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The California of the Padres: Or, Footprints of Ancient Communism.
by Hughes, Elizabeth
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
8vo [4]. San Francisco: I.N. Choynski, 1875. 8vo [4], 41 pp. Original pale blue printed wrappers, a little worn but good. § First edition, Jennie Crocker Henderson's copy (JCH 7626 at front). "One of the most interesting examples of the tendency to endow Spanish California with the attributes of a lost utopia" (Starr, Americans and the California Dream, p. 395). Eberstadt 132, 138: "Early history of the missions and mission life and thought in the seventies." Howell cat. 50, #533. Choynski may have had issues with English -- Junipero Serra (for example) is printed as Jumpero Lerra.
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- Bookseller
- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110814
- Title
- The California of the Padres: Or, Footprints of Ancient Communism.
- Author
- Hughes, Elizabeth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- I.N. Choynski
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- 8vo [4]
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
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- Wrappers
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- First Edition
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