Search Results: seventy five years in california 1831 1906 by william heath davis

San Francisco, CA: John Howell, 1929. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 422pp.incl.index+facsimile newspaper; HB blue w/gilt; rubbed w/lt.stain; wear on edges&corners; spine sunned; ft.hinge cracked; PON; tanning on facsimile pages,otherwise clean,tight pgs. "A history of events and life in California: Personal, Political and Military; under the Mexician regime; during the quasi-military government of the territory by the United States, and after the admission of the State to the Union...." illus.

John Howell, San Francisco.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 1929. Limited edition of 2250. Facsimile of the newspaper "The Californian", of March 15, 1848 is present (first to mention gold discovery at Sutter's Mill) . Hardcover. Size: 7 1/4 in. X 10 1/4 in. 422 pages, appendix, bibliography, index. The editors, Watson and Howell, added illustrations and new material to the authors book, "Sixty Years In California", Zamarano 80 #27 ( the author had contemplated adding the new material before his death in 1909 and had already chosen the title, "Seventy-Five Years In California, 1831 - 1906") . Editor Watson added the index and a historical foreword. Editor Howell provided the Publisher's Preface. No dust jacket. Book does not have any names, writing, or marks. Original blue cloth binding with gilt seal of the State of California on the front and gilt titles on the spine. Book has fraying to the cloth one… Read More