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Book Condition: Used Fine
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop

United States
About Item: Berkeley: Friends of The Bancroft Library, 1964 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Fourth edition. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. 55pp. + 32 page facsimile of the original printing. Folding map; bibliography. Blue plaid patterned cloth, gilt-lettered spine. A very fine, uncut copy. Includes an excellent introduction and bibliography by Francis P. Farquhar, and a folding map of the route of the Bartleson-Bidwell Party. Printed by Lawton Kennedy. First published in 1842. A classic of its kind, depicting with grim realism the hazards and frustrations experienced by the early California pioneers. This edition includes a facsimile of the unique copy of the 1842 printing in the Bancroft Library..
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