Fortunes mended while you wait, Colorado’s greatest gold camp; The desert maiden; To Palm Canon; Pied pipers of Santa Barbara; A bone of contention; The days of Forty-Nine; Memorial which Fray Juan de Sandander. . . presents to his Catholic Majesty the King, Philip IV; Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway. . . ; In: The land of sunshine. The magazine of California and the West. . . Vol. XIII, No. 4.
by [CALIFORNIA -- WESTERN AMERICANA]. LUMMIS, Charles F. (Ed.)
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About This Item
Los Angeles, CA: Land of Sunshine Publishing Co., Inc., 121 1/2 So. Broadway, Sept.-Oct., 1900. 8vo. [10], [213]-309, [29] pp. With numerous text illustrations, decorated initials, photo illustrations, plates. Illustrated printed softcovers, yapp edges (chipping head & foot of spine, some scuffing, edgewear), still G copy. First edition scarce magazine edited by Lummis. Of particular interest, this issue features the first installment of the translation into English of the 1630 Spanish original of Fray Alonso de Benavides to Fray Juan de Santander detailing the early missionary efforts amongst the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. The translation was executed by Emma Ayer (1845-1932) whose husband Edward E. Ayer (1841-1927) was noted bibliophile and collector whose 50,000 piece library were absorbed into the Newberry Library. See: Harriet & Seymour Koenig, The Puebloans and the Settled Spaniards, The Benavides Era, 1626-1630, In: Acculturation in the Navajo Eden: New Mexico, 1550-1750 (2005), pp. 116-118.
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- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56795
- Title
- Fortunes mended while you wait, Colorado’s greatest gold camp; The desert maiden; To Palm Canon; Pied pipers of Santa Barbara; A bone of contention; The days of Forty-Nine; Memorial which Fray Juan de Sandander. . . presents to his Catholic Majesty the King, Philip IV; Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway. . . ; In: The land of sunshine. The magazine of California and the West. . . Vol. XIII, No. 4.
- Author
- [CALIFORNIA -- WESTERN AMERICANA]. LUMMIS, Charles F. (Ed.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Land of Sunshine Publishing Co., Inc., 121 1/2 So. Broadway,
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, CA:
- Date Published
- Sept.-Oct., 1900.
- Keywords
- Western Americana, Utah & Los Angeles Railway, 19th-century Imprints, Southern California, Californiana, Western Americana, American Indians, New Mexico, Pueblo Indians, Emma Ayer, Edward E. Ayer, Fray Alonso de Benavides, Memorial, Southwestern Americana
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