Seventy-Five Years in California, 1831-1906. by William Heath Davis - 1929.

San Francisco, CA John Howell, 1929. Hardcover First Edition [1929], unstated. Very Good: shows light wear to the extremities; very faint soiling to the panels; the backstrip shows some sunning - or perhaps toning or dust-dulling (the gilt titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible); the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. Remains a handsome volume: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable, but showing some minor flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to.(10.25 x 7.4 x 1.75 inches). xxxii, 422 pages. Gilt lettering and bars on spine. 44 plates:25996 black & white photos and illustrations. Some maps. Dark blue-gray cloth binding, with gilt decal of The Great Seal of the State of California on front cover. Front end pastedown and FFEP include a color illustrated "View of San Francisco Formally Yerba Beuna, in 1846-7", Rear pastedown and FEP features a map of "The Californias: Old and New". 45 color and B/W illustrations throughout, including maps and a four page newspaper facsimile of "The Californian" from March 15, 1848. Deckle fore-edge. [Howes D-136]. "The final, enlarged, illustrated edition of the 'most valuable Californian reminiscences.' -- Howes." A sturdy copy of a scarce title. [1 of 2250 copies]. Weight: 3 pounds, 3.2 ounces. Published by John Howell in San Francisco in 1929, and printed at the Lakeside Press. First Edition [1929], unstated. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. "A History of Events and Life in California: Personal, Political, and Military; Under the Mexican Regime; During the Quasi-Military Government of the Territory by the United States, and after the admission of the State to the Union: Being a compilation by a witness of the events described; a re-issue and enlarged illustrated edition of 'Sixty Years in California,' to which much new matter by its author has been added which he contemplated publishing under the present title at the time of his death; edited and with an historical foreword and index by Douglas S. Watson."