The First Californiac, Being a Reprint of Prospects of California Written by Dr. Victor H. Fourgeaud for the April 1, 1848 Issue of The California Star, San Francisco's First Newspaper, of Which Samuel Brannan Was the Publisher.

Victor J. Fourgeaud

Published by The Press of Lewis and Dorothy Allen, San Francisco, 1942

About this Item

[xvi], 44, [1] pp., 7 x 6.25", two illustrations, quarter tan calf, greenish decorated paper sides. Hand-set in Bulmer types and printed on Worthy Charta paper. Designed, hand-set and printed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Marginal notes printed in orange. One of 225 copies. Darkening to endpapers at the gutters, as usual; a few small darkened areas on the spine, possibly from the same cause. Previous owner's signature in ink on front pastedown. Overall, very good. The second publication of The Allen Press.

Seller Inventory # 1545

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Californiac, Being a Reprint of Prospects of California Written by Dr. Victor H. Fourgeaud for the April 1, 1848 Issue of The California Star, San Francisco's First Newspaper, of Which Samuel Brannan Was the Publisher.
• Publisher: The Press of Lewis and Dorothy Allen, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1942
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Private press and modern fine printing