Herbert E Bolton Preface (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Broken front hinge, foxing to endpapers, otherwise text clean and solid with paper of uniform color; no dust jacket; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 221 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: In Fair Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No. No. 45 of One Thousand Copies. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full maroon cloth with spine title label tipped-on and sans dust jacket, pp. x, 221. Illustrated with two etchings by Loren Barton. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. . San Diego historian Kathy Flanigan in her article "The Ranch at Warner's," -(Journal of San Diego History Fall 1996)-, noted: "Of the several historians who have researched and written about the Valle de San José, perhaps the most comprehensive account is The History of Warner's Ranch and Its Environs, published in 1927 by Joséph J. Hill, Associate Curator of the Bancroft Library and distinguished scholar of the southwestern fur trade. Prominent California historian, Herbert J. Bolton, who wrote the preface to Hill's book, claimed he was "a trained scholar who knew how to draw upon the fountains of knowledge." Bolton noted that Hill had at his fingertips the unrivalled resources of the Bancroft collection and that "his instinct for research took him to local archives and other repositories." Bolton concluded by saying, "We may feel condent that he has utilized all the principal materials pertinent to his fascinating subject.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine - Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). Los Angeles, California: Privately Printed A presentation copy from Bill Henshaw and two others to John McQuilken ("Happy you are with us. Thanks for your advice."). Frontispiece portrait of William Griffith Henshaw after a Loren Barton etching. Cover is in Near Fine condition. FINE inside. Preface by Herbert E. Bolton. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO foxing. NO toning. With "1927" imprinted at the foot of the title page, but lacking any limitation statement. With 9 monochrome plates. Ornament and chapter numbers printed in red. Printed on high quality "OLDE STYLE" watermarked paper. Bound in maroon cloth with"Winter Springs Guest Ranch, Golf Course Ground-Breaking, February 4, 1965" imprinted in gold on the front cover. See: Rampaging Herd #1036. Howes H-486. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine - Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xi, 221pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

First edition. Original maroon buckram, quarto (7.75 x 10.75 inches), pp x, 221 including 9 monochrome plates A history of the famous ranch in Southern California from the earliest days of the Spanish discovery of the region, through the mission period, Mexican rule, statehood, and into the modern era. Limited edition of 1000 copies, this #467. Slight fading to spine, else very good.