Original mustard cloth and marbled boards, quarto, xxviii, (49) pp., frontispiece coat-of-arms, 5 plates from photographs, folding map. Main text was self-published in Rochester in 1851. Subtitle to the original edition reads: "Being a Description of a Tour by the Overland Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains Across the Continent of North America: Giving an Account of the Great Desert Basin, Boiling Springs, and many other Natural Curiosities, Emigrant Sufferings, Fraudulent Speculations, Descriptions of Soil, Gold Region, Mining, etc. Also, the Society of California, Indian traits, and Journey Home across the Isthmus." This new edition adds family background and historical notes. Grabhorn Press Bibliography 553. Some wear to corners, spine label slightly darkened, else near fine.

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CALIFORNIA AS IT IS: A Reprint of the Edition of 1851, with Biographies of the Ancestors of John Hale, 1637-1800, and his Descendants, 1826-1952.

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Privately Printed at the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco

Publication Date

1954

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Hardcover

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Limited edition of 150 copes.

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We had our open bookshop in the town of Sonoma for a total of 17 years, including 9 years at our East Napa St. location, however, as of April 13, 2013 we have closed our doors. Our business is now conducted online, by appointment, and occasionally at antiquarian bookfairs at which we exhibit annually. Chanticleer Books is a sole-proprietorship owned and operated by Steve Blackmer, a full-time bookseller since 1985 and member of the Antiquarian Booksellers� Association of America (ABAA) from 1998 to 2026

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