SKETCHES OF SCENERY AND NOTES OF PERSONAL ADVENTURE IN CALIFORNIA & MEXICO, With a Foreword by Robert G. Cleland & Reproductions of the Sixteen Lithographic Plates

M'Ilvaine, William, Jr.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1951. Hardcover. Limited to 400 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. "A reprint of a scarce book originally published in Philadelphia in 1850. Ten of the lithographs are views of California as seen by a ’49er; the remaining six are of Mexico." Folio: ix, [3], 78, [1], [1, blank] pp. Original marbled paper-covered boards over a linen spine with a gilt-stamped paper spine label. The spine is a touch faded, with some bumping to the corners; otherwise very good. Very good. Item #79341

Price: $50.00