About this title: 1929. Of the series California edited by John Russell McCarthy. Contents: First on the California Coast; The Greatest of English Rovers; Explorers from Manila and New Spain; By Sea to San Diego; Soldier and Friar-The Story of the Overland Advance; The Long Trail to Monterey; Conquerors of the Desert; Visitors from Other Lands; Merchant Adventurers from New England; Jedediah Smith, the Pathfinder of the Sierras; The Trails of the Fur Traders; The First of the Overland Settlers; John Charles Fremont; and A Tragedy of the Trail.
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardbound.
Publisher: Powell Publishing Co, Los Angeles
Date Published: 1929
Description: Howard Simon. Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very Good sans DJ 8vo, 452pgs. Burgundy faux leather cloth with gilt lettering, 14 wood-cut plates illustrated by Howard Simon, folding map, index, bibliography. Part of the series of California, under the editorship of John Russell McCarthy. Previous owner's bookplate. Front hinge is noticeably loose. History of the opening of California. Much on John C. Fremont, Jedediah Smith, John Bidwell, Portola Expedition, Anza Expedition, early ... read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (468 pages) lang=english (Paperback) read more
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00466 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardback) read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Powell Publishing Company, San Francisco
Date Published: 1929
Description: Hardcover in dust jacket. Book is in near fine condition in red textured boards. Bright orange dust jacket is in very good condition, with sunning at spine. Part of the California series edited by John Russell McCarthy. Handsome woodcut illustration on cover and throughout text. by Howard Simon. The book is about overland settlers to California, including the ill-fated Donner party. 452 pp. including detailed index, maps, biographical notes, and an appendix, The Narrative of Benjamin D. Wilson. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781417903894ISBN:1417903899
Description: 1929. Of the series California edited by John Russell McCarthy. Contents: First on the California Coast; The Greatest of English Rovers; Explorers from Manila and New Spain; By Sea to San Diego; Soldier and Friar-The Story of the Overland Advance; Th... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780548013021ISBN:0548013020
Description: 1929. Of the series California edited by John Russell McCarthy. Contents: First on the California Coast; The Greatest of English Rovers; Explorers from Manila and New Spain; By Sea to San Diego; Soldier and Friar-The Story of the Overland Advance; Th... read more
Description: Very Good. Los Angeles: Powell Publishing Company, 1929. 8vo, 452 pp, VG+ in edgeworn pictorial dj. Illustrated in b&w woodcuts by the great Howard Simon. read more
Edition: Limited
Binding: Leatherette
Publisher: Powell Publishing, Los Angeles
Date Published: 1929
Description: Simon, Howard. Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 452pp, 3 maps (including folding map in rear), 14 woodcut illustrations. The limited, Gold Edition in blue leatherette binding with gilt titles & decorations (mostly darkened), t.e.g., gold pictorial endpages. Some soiling of rear board, interior is tight and clean. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Los Angeles: Powell Publishing, 1929
Description: VG/G+ (dj front separating from spine, but whole) in Mylar cover. Fourteen original woodcuts and cover art by Simon. Includes the history of the Donner Party. One of the series California. Illustrated by Howard Simon woodcuts. First edition. Binding is Cloth Bds. read more
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