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Early Days of San Francisco, Grabhorn Press 1933

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Description

Heading:
Author: Brown, John Henry
Title: Reminiscences and Incidents of Early Days of San Francisco (1845-50)
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Grabhorn Press
Date Published: [1933]
Description:

[12], 138 + [5] reader's guide pp. Introduction and Reader's Guide by Douglas Sloane Watson. Illustrated with folding facsimile map of John Henry Brown's San Francisco in 1846 on blue paper plus woodcut vignettes for each chapter. (8vo) 24x15.7 cm (9½x6¼"), cloth-backed marbled boards, paper spine and cover labels. One of 500 copies.

Robert J. Woods in Zamorano 80 states: "John Henry Brown was a fur trader, bartender, citizen-soldier, hotel builder, capitalist, man of affairs, and author...Brown observed and told of many happenings here. His reminiscences fill in many gaps in the early history of San Francisco." Zamorano Eighty 10.

Condition

Part of paper label lost, faint rubbing to ends of spine and edges of boards; hinges tender; very good.

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Name: Early Days of San Francisco, Grabhorn Press 1933
SKU: 82938323
Price: 100 USD
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