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Published by John Howell, San Francisco, CA, 1971
Seller: Burke's Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Louis Choris (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco, CA. One of 5000 copies. Blue covers w/gilt titles and illustration of a sailing ship on cover. Slight rubbing at toe of spine, otherwise like new. Book.
Published by John Howell Books, San Francisco, 1971
Seller: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
Translated ed. Hardback large quarto, two dustjackets (one paper, one clear plastic), very good condition (in good dustjacket), blue cloth boards, gilt title cloth cover & jacket, frontispiece, maps, colour illustrations, fore-edge pages untrimmed (roughly cut), edges paper jacket chipped (spine & title faded, closed tears), top corners plastic jacket few small tears. Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 130 pp. Father Santa Maria's journal of 1775, a record of a participant in the first Spanish voyage of exploration into San Francisco Bay, has only recently been located. It contains four contemporary maps and six illustrations in full colour from the brush and pencil of Louis Choris who was at San Francisco in 1816. There is a glossary, references and an index at the rear of the book. (Parallel text in Spanish and English. Limited edition, 5000 copies.).
Published by John Howell Books, San Francisco, CA, 1971
Seller: COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Louis Choris (illustrator). First Limited Edition. Pale blue dust jacket has edgewear and chips, blue cloth covered text is without flaw. 9 X 12" 130 pages, 1.5 kg (may require extra postage), from 1971. One of 5,000 copies, this is the original narrative of the first Spanish entry into San Francisco Bay, 1775. With further details by participants in the first explorations of the Bay's waters, together with four contemporary maps and six illustrations in full colour from the brush and pencil of Louis Choris who was at San Francisco in 1816. Canizares, under Captain Ayala's orders surveyed the bay and produced the map in this volume.