THE FILIBUSTERS OF 1890: The Captain John F. Janes and Lower California Newspaper Reports and the Walter G. Smith Manuscript
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 500 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press, Pasadena. Inscribed by editor Annie Marie Hager on the title page. Janes, a crusading newspaper editor, considered himself the "Messiah of the Southland". He advocated the annexation of Baja California to the United States and participated in the "last all-American filibustering attempt" on Baja California in 1890. Includes contemporary articles by and about Janes from the San Diego Shipping Gazette, San Francisco Chronicle, and Los Angeles Times. Volume 14 in the Baja California Travels Series. Octavo: 85 p. with a color frontispiece and 3 illustrations. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. The spine is moderately toned; otherwise very good. Very good. Item #76939
Price: $45.00