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Francis P. Harper. 1900 Set of Volumes I and II, 308 of 950 copies, both volumes G+/--. No DJ, both volumes rubbed on top edge, Vol I 2nd page with 3" separation from binding, but intact, foldout map of Mal Dar Sol, glue on inside back cover, may have been map pocket,, IN

Some rubbing to extremities and light scuffing to covers; bookplates on pastedowns; very good.2 volumes. xxx+312 pages with frontispiece folding map, plates, facsimiles and maps; vii+[313]-608 pages with frontispiece, facsimiles, map, plates and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/2) bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine with blind stamped ruled edges. American explorer series number III. Limited to 950 copies of which this is 258. First edition. The final work of editor Coues. Francisco Garcés was a Spanish Franciscan friar who served as a missionary and explorer in the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain. He explored much of the southwestern region of North America, including present day Sonora and Baja California in Mexico, and what became the U.S. states of Arizona and California. He was killed along with his companion friars during an uprising by the Native American population, and they have been declared martyrs for the faith by the Catholic Church. The cause for… Read More

New York: Francis P. Harper, 1900. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+. American Explorers Series No. 3. First Edition, Limited Edition, No. 54 of 950 copies; 8vos, blue cloth, no djs. Good+ (boards rubbed, stain to rear board of v1; spines darkened with bumped and frayed ends; corners worn; uncut pages; several pages which have been cut are worn and lightly chipped; eps and pages toned; v1 cracked at p101; small tear to top edge of fold-out map in v1; strip of cloth on spine head of v2 worn off); includes fold-out map. 608 pp. total incl. index.