Signed California Classic
Spanish Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America in the Sixteenth Century
Notes: A classic work on early Spanish exploration of the West Coast of the United States, documented with extensive notes.
571 pages. Illustrated with maps. California Historical Society Special Publication No. 4.
Howes US-iana, W11. Cowan and Cowan, Bibliography of the History of California, p. 666, "The ablest general work on this subject."
Edition + Condition: First edition (trade issue; there was also a limited edition of 25 copies). A very good copy in blue cloth with bumped corners and light wear to the cloth. This copy is inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Voorhis School Compliments of H. R. Wagner", with the bookplate of Charles Brown Voorhis. The Voorhis School evolved into Cal Poly Pomona University. Uncommon signed.
Publication: San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1929.
Item No: #361574
Price: $400