The First Spanish Entry into San Francisco Bay 1775
by Galvin, John (ed)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA: John Howell-Books, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. Limited to 5000 copies. 130 pages. 6 color illustrations. Color frontispiece. The original narrative, hitherto unpublished by Father Vicente Maria and further details by participants in the first explorations of the Bay's waters. Illustrations by Louis Choris in brush and pencil who was at San Francisco in 1816. Blue dust jacket with wear. Sun-fading to spine. Blue boards with gilt title to spine and front. Previous owner sticker on front flyleaf. Overall, a clean, tight copy. Record # 385038
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 385038
- Title
- The First Spanish Entry into San Francisco Bay 1775
- Author
- Galvin, John (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- John Howell-Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- History, California, , .
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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- Gilt
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