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 ... 1838 until the end of a long life in 1909 by Davis, William Heath - 1967-01-01

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San Francisco: John Howell, 1929. Hardcover. Fair. Limited to 2250 copies. 422 pp. Color frontispiece of San Francisco in 1849. Index. Ex-library book in original cloth, smudged, spine mark, stickers on rear cover. Few normal markings to endpapers etc, else interior clean and secure.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation. Sets or unusually heavy items ship in a box.

John Howell - Books, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book near fine, clean and strong. Pages are pristine with no marks noted to text. Matte dust jacket with cornucopia logo matching cloth of book is clean with some moisture staining at spine, small tears at edges. Nice clean copy overall.

John Howell, 1967. Hardcover. Like New/vg. Fine in vg dust jacket colored plates book appears unused

San Francisco CA: John Howell, 1967. rep . Hardcover. Good/None. 345 pages. Some color and black & white illustrations. Edited by Harold A. Small. Foxing to top edge at spine. Record # 801693

San Francisco: John Howell. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. Limited to 2500 copies. Upper points slightly bumped, trace soil to edge. The DJ in mylar is mildly edgeworn. ; quarto .

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

John Howell-Books, 1929. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth, very good copy. Second edition. Zamorano Eighty 27: "A thoroughly readable account of life in Pastoral California, mainly before the American conquest.Davis came to California by sea in 1831, became a successful merchant and recorded his memories of men and events in this trustworthy book. The edition of 1929 is preferable." Herd 659: "A scarce book with chapters on the cattle industry of California." Cowan p. 160. Graff 1020. Howes D136. Libros Californianos: "The second.edition is by far the best, containing a fine index, numerous illustrations, many valuable appendices, and a comprehensive introduction by Douglas S. Watson.

John Howell Books, San Francisco, CA, 1967. Hardcover (7.5 x 10.5 inches (19 x 27 cm)), 345 pages. First Printing of this limited edition (2,500 copies) designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, San Francisco. The original was published in 1889 by Andrew J. Leary. The book is in Very Good condition. The dust jacket (dj) is in Good condition. Hardbound in tan cloth, covered by original dj. The book is solid and clean. Lightly bumped/rubbed. Name inscribed in black grease pencil on front pastedown. Rough cut page foredge (as published). Pages browning/foxing, most notably along edges. The dj is bumped, chipped and wrinkled, particularly along the edges. There are small pieces missing (chipped) at head & foot of spine, along rear top edge, and at corners. Soiled with some waterspots on dj. The dust jacket is protected in an archival (removable) book jacket cover. Contains twenty beautiful reproductions of an oil paintings, watercolors, sketches and lithographs. Additional photos… Read More