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MCCARTHY, John Russell, editor.
California.
Published in Los Angeles by Powell, (1928-29).
Eight of Nine volumes. Royal octavo, publisher’s deluxe full tan crushed morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and covers with bell and golden bear motifs, raised bands, red and blue morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt,
Deluxe limited first edition of this monumental historical tribute to California,
number 359 of only 387 sets, signed by a number of California’s early settlers, many of whom were “pioneer babies” (that is, babies born on the trail westward), including two survivors from the Donner party, a Pony Express rider, and several actual ’49ers.
Illustrated with numerous full-page wood-engravings and multiple maps.
“It is only by the intimate story of the common people—how they lived, what they ate, how they dressed, of their joys and sorrows, of their everyday doings—that we gain a true picture of what lies behind us. It is upon personal memoirs that we must depend for this picture.” This monumental set is comprised of nine separate works, each drawing heavily on primary source documents, of which “we here in California are singularly rich”:
Vols are;
1) Pathfinders, by Robert Glass Cleland;
2) Spanish Arcadia, by Nellie van de Grift Sanchez;
3) The Great Trek, by Owen Cochran Coy;
5)Songs and Stories, by Edwin Markham;
6) Oxcart to Airplane, by Rockwell D. Hunt;
7) March of Industry, also by Cleland.
8) Land of Homes, by Frank J. Taylor;
9) Outdoor Heritage, by Harold Child Bryant;
This set was especially prepared for John Barnes Miller
In 1901 Miller was elected president of the Edison Electric Company which became Southern California Edison years later in 1909. He was president for 31 years until his death in 1932. In 1918 he was also named Chairman of the Board.He also founded banks such as the First National Bank and the Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, other gas, water, and electric companies in Long Beach and Santa Barbara, and was director of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance.

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