Pearl Hunters in the Gulf of California, 1668: Summary Report of the Voyage made to the Californias by Captain Francisco de Lucenilla
by Cavallero Carranco, Fr. Juan. Transcribed, translated and annotated by W. Michael Matthes
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About This Item
Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1966. Limited . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 91 pp., two maps (one folding), Bibliography. One of 600 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press, Pasadena. Baja California Travels Series 4. Signed by Mathes on title page. This copy from the library of Southwest historian France Scholes, with a (non-author) gift inscription to him and wife Lillith ("for Mama + Papa Scholes") on blank opposite title page. Slight lean to spine; heel of spine, corners of boards, and lower edge of front board lightly bumped; page edges tanned, corners of last few leaves very lightly bumped, tiny spot on rear pastedown. Issued without dust jacket.
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- Crane's Bill Books
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- 012189
- Title
- Pearl Hunters in the Gulf of California, 1668: Summary Report of the Voyage made to the Californias by Captain Francisco de Lucenilla
- Author
- Cavallero Carranco, Fr. Juan. Transcribed, translated and annotated by W. Michael Matthes
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dawson's Book Shop
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, CA
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Spanish Conquest, Mexico
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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