DESIGNS ON THE LAND: Diseños of California Ranchos and Their Makers
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 500 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. A sequel to Becker's Diseños of California Ranchos (1964), "this work concentrates not on the land cases, as did the first, but on the map makers, some of whom remain anonymous. Others, however, like John Bidwell, James Alexander Forbes, and Abel Stearns, are well known." Prospectus laid in. Oblong elephant folio: 178 p. with 64 facsimile map reproductions (2 folding), of which 20 are in color. Original brown cloth-covered boards over a brown suede spine, with the title stamped in black. Light fading along the extremities; else near fine. Two Hundredth Book 133. Near fine. Item #75488
Price: $350.00