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The 40 [cent] rate period to California : the "stampless" covers / Basil C. Pearce -- Adams & Company : first large organized Western express company and its successors / M.C. Nathan -- Samuel M. Langton : California's greatest independent expressman / M.C. Nathan -- Pioneer expressmen : Hunter & Co.'s Express, Everts & Co.'s Express and successors / Henry H. Clifford -- Todd, Reynolds, and related companies / Henry H. Clifford -- Gregory's Express, Berford & Co.'s Express / Henry H. Clifford -- The Pony Express / Edgar B. Jessup -- Overland Mail / Basil C. Pearce -- Wells, Fargo & Co. / M.C. Nathan -- Early California local mail / M.C. Nathan -- Outside the mails : via Nicaragua, via Panama / Basil C. Pearce -- Ocean Mail : to the Pacific coast / Edgar B. Jessup.
[editors, Edgar B. Jessup, M.C. Nathan, and Henry H. Clifford].
"Each folder deals with some phase of California mail during the Gold Rush period. ... The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, is designing and printing the series."
Most folders have illustrations inserted.
The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.
Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive
Keepsake series (Book Club of California)