A Short History of California

Red cloth; gilt spine lettering. Ex-library. "In writing this book, the endeavor [of the authors] has been to relate the story of California from the beginning to the present time in succinct form, not too long for the student or busy reader but with sufficient detail to reveal the atmosphere of the successive phases." Frontispiece fold-out map showing Spanish place names. Second fold-out map page 306 showing early routes to California. Illustrated with black-and-white text plates. Moderate rubbing to cover extremities. Spine moderately faded and discolored; library catalog numbers at base of spine. Few light spots to front cover. Front endpaper missing. Library marks: inkstamps ("discarded") to verso of front folding map, inside rear cover, and rear endpaper; bookplate (scarred) affixed to inside front cover; and neat ink catalog notations to title page and inside rear cover. Light creasing to edges of front fold-out map. Interior otherwise clean, tight, and unworn.