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Seventy-five years in California : a history of events and life in California : personal, political

Creator:
Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909
Watson, Douglas S. (Douglas Sloane)
Published / Created:
1929
Call Number:
Zc72 929da
Image Count:
1
Description:
2,250 copies printed and type distributed: Library edition on "Dresden" paper, 2000 copies; the remaining copies on "Utopian" paper: Argonaut edition, copies numbered 151 to 250; Author's section of Argonaut edition, copies 101 to 150; the "El Dorado" numbered 46 to 100; the "Pioneer" copies 26 to 45; California collectors' copies 4 to 25; in addition an Editorial copy, a Publisher's copy and the Presidential copy destined for Herbert Hoover., BEIN Zc72 929da: No. 80 of the El Dorado ed., signed by the editor and publisher. Extra illustrated with ms. letters, reproductions and leaves from other books, with "Table of additional material". Bookplate: Robert Watt Miller. Mounted to front flyleaf: Davis, William Heath. ALS to Mssrs. Morse, Noell, and Whaley. 7 Sept. 1885. 2 p., Colored view of San Francisco in 1846-7, by Capt. W.F. Swasey, mounted on inside front cover and guard leaf, with Seal of the city in right hand margin. Map, "Californias: antigua y nueva ... Diego Francosa sc. Mexco. a. 1787" mounted on inside back cover and guard leaf. 68 original sketches by Douglas Rodger as chapter head-pieces., Includes index., and The facsimiles of letters and autographs are accompanied by typographical transcripts.
Publisher:
J. Howell,
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, California--History, California--History--To 1846, and California--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Davis, William Heath,--1822-1909--Ms. letter, Howell, John,--1874---Autograph, Miller, Robert Watt--Bookplate, and Watson, Douglas S.--(Douglas Sloane)--Autograph
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Seventy-five years in California : 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 reissue 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 forward and index by Douglas S. Watson, by William Heath Davis.

2.
The annals of San Francisco; containing a summary of the history of ... California, and a complete

Creator:
Gihon, John H
Nisbet, James, 1816-1865
Soulé, Frank, 1810-1882
Published / Created:
1855
Call Number:
Zc72 855s
Image Count:
1
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Company,
Subject (Geographic):
California--History and San Francisco (Calif.)--History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The annals of San Francisco; containing a summary of the history of ... California, and a complete history of ... its great city: to which are added, biographical memoirs of some prominent citizens. By Frank Soulé, John H. Gihon, M.D., and James Nisbet. Illustrated with one hundred and fifty fine engravings.

3.
The emigrants' guide to Oregon and California / by Lansford W. Hastings ; reproduced in facsimile

Creator:
Hastings, Lansford Warren, 1819-ca. 1870
Published / Created:
1932
Call Number:
Zc72 845hh
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Narratives of the Trans-Mississippi frontier
Description:
Bibliography: p. [xxiii] -xxiv. and Includes index.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, California--History, Oregon--Description and travel, Oregon--History--To 1859, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Carey, Charles Henry
Subject (Topic):
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The emigrants' guide to Oregon and California / by Lansford W. Hastings ; reproduced in facsimile from the original edition of 1845, with historical note and bibliography by Charles Henry Carey.