52 issues bound together, Vol. XV, No. 1 (Jan. 6, 1849) to Vol. XV, No. 52 (Dec. 29, 1849). Each issue 8 pp. for a total of 416 pages. 22x15½.

Complete year of this weekly version of the New York Herald, covering the key events of one of the seminal events of the 19th century, the rush to California in search of gold. Among the articles: "The Gold Excitement: The Emigration to California" (Jan. 20); "The Gold Excitement: Three Weeks Later From California" (Jan. 27); "The Latest From California: Highly Important and Authentic from the Placers" (Feb. 17); plus mny others, including numerous listings of ships bound for California and their passengers, memberships of emigrant companies bound for California, etc. etc.