MY PLAYHOUSE WAS A CONCORD COACH: An Anthology of Newspaper Clippings and Documents Relating to Those Who Made California History During the Years 1822-1888
Oakland, California: Printed at the Howell-North Press, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mae Helene Bacon Boggs to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Grabhorn of San Francisco on the colophon. "To celebrate the lives and deeds of the stalwart stagecoach drivers of the nineteenth century, long-lived Mae Boggs (1863-1963) researched the newspaper morgue at the Bancroft Library for several years, gathering all the articles she could find about Northern California stagecoaching ... Many well-known persons are mentioned in these pages (among them General Mariano Vallejo, Robert Ingersoll, and Charles Crocker), along with a wide range of events and facts (accidents, stage robberies, Chinese life, crime and penalties, values of horses and mules, deep snow, mining camps, and transportation rates)." Quarto: xvi, 763 p. with numerous illustrations and maps, some folding. Original blue cloth binding, with a stagecoach blind-stamped on the front panel and gilt lettering on the spine. The spine is a trifle sun faded, with some general rubbing to the boards; otherwise very good. Zamorano Select 78. Very Good. Item #75479
Price: $450.00