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San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1958 One of 400 copies designed by James Robertson. Quarto. 53pp. Folding frontis map, 8-page octavo facsimile and 6-page quarto facsimile with folding map, one illustration. Decorated gray boards, black cloth back, gilt. Engraved bookplate on inner cover. Gilt spine lettering dulled, else a very fine copy. First printed in Spanish in 1770. An account of the occupation of Monterey. An important text, being the first official reports of the occupation of Alta California by Spain. There exist two printings of the original, one in octavo and one in quarto, both of the greatest rarity and here reproduced in facsimile from the copies in The Bancroft Library. Original announcement laid in. [BCC: 98]..
Noticias de California First Report of the Occupation by the Portola Expedition, 1770, With Facsimiles of the Original Printings, a New Translation, Contemporary Maps, and a Narrative of How It All Came to Pass by Hammond, George Peter - 1958
by Hammond, George Peter
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Noticias de California First Report of the Occupation by the Portola Expedition, 1770, With Facsimiles of the Original Printings, a New Translation, Contemporary Maps, and a Narrative of How It All Came to Pass
by Hammond, George Peter
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The Book Club of California. Near Fine. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Narrow black cloth and gray boards. Limited to 400 copies. Folding frontispiece, another folding plate. There is a 3/8" stain to the upper, front board. Also a couple of small creases to a corner of the frontispiece. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .
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- Publisher The Book Club of California
- Date Published 1958
- Keywords California History
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Noticias de California. First Report of the Occupation by the Portola Expedition, 1770, with facsimiles of the original printings, a new translation, contemporary maps, and a narrative of how it all came to Pass
by Hammond, George Peter
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