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Berekley, California: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition, 1964, Number 12 in the Bancroft Library Series. Book is Fine, 10.5 inches height by 7.25 in width, very clean publisher's plaid blue and brown cloth with bright gilt title to spine. Nice untrimmed and uncut foredge, introduction by Francis Farquhar with bibliography then two formats of John Bidwell's journal, No previous owner bookplate or writing, protected in a new removable custom mylar sleeve. A Fine and most presentable edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. First edition thus. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn. Original plaid cloth, octavo (7 x 10.5 inches), pp 55, 32. Folding map Number 12 in the Bancroft Keepsakes series. Second part is a facsimile of Bidwell's journal

USA: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Quarto. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.

Berkeley, Calif.: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. Fine in calico cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 1/4" by 7". Without a dust jacket. 55 pages followed by 32 page facsimile of Bidwell's original journal. That is followed by a fold-out map of the western United States showing the Bartleson-Bidwell Party route to California. "Number 12 in the series of keepsakes issued by The Friends Of The Bancroft Library for its members." Of special note: most of the pages in this copy remain uncut.

San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1937. First edition. Discoloration to front endpapers from now absent bookplate, else fine in lightly worn buff jacket with printed spine label. Original beige cloth and orange boards; quarto; ix, 48 pp. A beautifully printed edition of this important overland narrative. Howes B433

Berkeley: Friends of The Bancroft Library, 1964 Fourth edition. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. 55pp. + 32 page facsimile of the original printing. Folding map; bibliography. Blue plaid patterned cloth, gilt-lettered spine. A very fine, uncut copy. Includes an excellent introduction and bibliography by Francis P. Farquhar, and a folding map of the route of the Bartleson-Bidwell Party. Printed by Lawton Kennedy. First published in 1842. A classic of its kind, depicting with grim realism the hazards and frustrations experienced by the early California pioneers. This edition includes a facsimile of the unique copy of the 1842 printing in the Bancroft Library..

Berkeley: The friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. Blue & brown plaid cloth, gilt lettering to spine.