Forster vs. Pico: The Struggle for the Rancho Santa Margarita by Gray, Paul Bryan

The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1998-10-23. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket as issued. 809 copies printed. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images are unmarked. Light foxing on the top and fore edges. 8vo. 256pp.

The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002-10-23. Second printing. Hardcover. Like New/No dust jacket as issued. Second printing, 2002. 750 copies printed. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images are unmarked. Publisher prospectus is laid in. 8vo. 256pp.

Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1998. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near Fine. FIRST EDITION. During 1873 a jury trial took place in San Diego to decide whether Pio Pico, the last Mexican governor of California, had been the victim of a fraud by his brother-in-law, John Forster. Pico claimed title to the huge Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores land grant in southern California, located approximately 208 square miles north of San Diego on the California coastline, and today occupied by Camp Pendleton.Pico's battle to retain that grant in the face of formidable legal challenges from John Forster and others, provides an absorbing view of California during its transitional era and Americanization. The Introductory gives an overview of both families and an early history of California.<br><br>CONDITION: Hardbound red boards, gilt title on front and spine. Bibliography, Indexed, 256 pp. This copy comes from the library of previous owner, Terry Ruscin, author of Mission Memoirs: A… Read More

The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002-10-23. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 256 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Edition. Fine.

Arthur H Clark, 1998. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 10.00x6.50x1.00 inches.

The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002-10-23. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!