Seventy Five Years in California Recollections and Remarks By One Who Visited These Shores in 1831, and Again in 1833, and Except When Absent on Business Was a Resident from 1838 Until the End of a Long Life in 1909

William Heath Davis

Published by John Howell Books, San Francisco, 1967

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*** BOOK in very good clean tight and unmarked condition. dull gold buckram covered boards with gilt title on spine and cornucopia design on upper board. xi, 344 pages incluing index of people and places, a glossary and a bibliography. Fore edge untrimmed. Several pairs of pages throughout the book are uncut, so presumably the book remains unread. Coloured frontispiece and 19 other illustrations, mostly in colour or sepia and several are double page foldouts. This is a very handsome production indeed. ***DUST JACKET in good condition, with some nicks and closed tears. All now plastic protected. Cornucopia design on front. *** CONTENTS: The first edition of this important memoir and local history was in 1889, followed by a second edition in 1929. This edition, limited to 2500 copies, is revised and corrected from the author's original first edition. Please note, this book weighs about 1.5kg. In the UK it will be mailed at the default rate, outside the UK Royal Mail rates apply. Size: 270x185mm. Seller Inventory # 005580

Bibliographic Details

Title: Seventy Five Years in California ...

Publisher: John Howell Books, San Francisco

Publication Date: 1967

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: Limited Edition.