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San Francisco: California Historical Society,, 1965. Hardcover. VG/poor. Hard cover in very good condition, jacket has tear, poor. 196 pp. maps. There are 3 parts to the reports, the 1st describes his travel from Europe, the 2nd the expulsion of the Jesuits the last is mainly a treatise on the Indians of Sonora.

California Historical Society. 1965. Hardback. Good. In a good dust wrapper that has some short tears.. Travels.

San Francisco. : California Historic Society. , 1965.. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo. . Illustrated. Map. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1965. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/very good. A near fine first edition. Brown quarter cloth under yellow cloth boards with gilt motif. Gilt title stamping on spine. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. In a very good, original, unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket showing a 1 inch closed tear and a crease. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Illustrated with maps and drawings. 196 pp. including index. Octavo. Och's comments on Spanish life and customs, both in the Old World and in the New, provide many a gem of human interest. He finds fault with the Spanish people for their failure to take advantage of business opportunities, with Spanish officials for graft and greed, with Spanish sea captains for inefficiency, and with Spanish miners for waste and incompetence. But ultimately he gives the Spanish their due: "I must admit that in my fourteen… Read More