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CALIFORNIA AS IT IS: A Reprint of the Edition of 1851, with Biographies of the Ancestors of John Hale, 1637-1800, and his Descendants, 1826-1952.
by Hale, John. Edited by Thomas B. Hunter and Richard L. Wellington
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San Francisco: Privately Printed at the Grabhorn Press, 1954. Limited edition of 150 copes. Some wear to corners, spine label slightly darkened, else near fine. Original mustard cloth and marbled boards, quarto, xxviii, (49) pp., frontispiece coat-of-arms, 5 plates from photographs, folding map.
Main text was self-published in Rochester in 1851. Subtitle to the original edition reads: "Being a Description of a Tour by the Overland Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains Across the Continent of North America: Giving an Account of the Great Desert Basin, Boiling Springs, and many other Natural Curiosities, Emigrant Sufferings, Fraudulent Speculations, Descriptions of Soil, Gold Region, Mining, etc. Also, the Society of California, Indian traits, and Journey Home across the Isthmus." This new edition adds family background and historical notes. Grabhorn Press Bibliography 553.
Main text was self-published in Rochester in 1851. Subtitle to the original edition reads: "Being a Description of a Tour by the Overland Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains Across the Continent of North America: Giving an Account of the Great Desert Basin, Boiling Springs, and many other Natural Curiosities, Emigrant Sufferings, Fraudulent Speculations, Descriptions of Soil, Gold Region, Mining, etc. Also, the Society of California, Indian traits, and Journey Home across the Isthmus." This new edition adds family background and historical notes. Grabhorn Press Bibliography 553.
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- Title
- CALIFORNIA AS IT IS: A Reprint of the Edition of 1851, with Biographies of the Ancestors of John Hale, 1637-1800, and his Descendants, 1826-1952.
- Author
- Hale, John. Edited by Thomas B. Hunter and Richard L. Wellington
- Book Condition
- Used - Some wear to corners, spine label slightly darkened, else near fine
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- Edition
- Limited edition of 150 copes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately Printed at the Grabhorn Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1954
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