CROSS, SWORD AND GOLD PAN: A Group of Notable Full-Cover Paintings Depicting Outstanding Episodes in the Exploration and Settlement of the West, with interpretive historical essays by Herbert E. Bolton and a ballad by John R. McCarthy
Los Angeles: The Primavera Press, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. This copy is Number 53 of 100 signed by Carl Oscar Borg, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Millard Sheets, and John Russell McCarthy. "The paintings, historical essays, and ballad appearing herein were first published in 1931 by Touring Tropics (now Westways), the official publication of the Automobile Club of Southern California, in an effort to portray, visually, outstanding and decisive episodes in the development of the Southwest." The twelve color paintings include depictions of Coronado discovering the Zuni, the founding of Los Angeles, Fremont crossing the Sierra, and the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill. Quarto. In a three-quarter vellum over brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Near fine. Near fine. Item #75484
Price: $250.00