A COUNTY JUDGE IN ARCADY: Selected Private Papers of Charles Fernald, Pioneer California Jurist, with an Introduction and Notes by Cameron Rogers
Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1,003 copies. Inscribed by Cameron Rogers to noted bibliophile Henry H. Clifford on the front flyleaf, with the carbon copy of a typed letter from Clifford to Florence Fernald laid in. "Fernald was a prominent pioneer and cultural leader of Santa Barbara County, California, during the latter-half of the nineteenth century. He was a miner in the California gold rush, a self-taught lawyer, member of the California Bar at age twenty-two, and by age twenty-three had been sheriff, district attorney, and judge of Santa Barbara County." Prospectus laid in. Octavo: 268 p. with a frontispiece portrait and six illustrations. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light wear to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is somewhat edgeworn, with a closed tear along the front fold that has been mended with archival tape on the verso; otherwise very good. Clark and Brunet 90. Very good / Very good. Item #74988
Price: $75.00