Peninsular California. Some Account of the Climate, Soil, Productions, and Present Condition Chiefly of the Northern Half of Lower California by Nordhoff, Charles - 1888

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New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 130, 2, 4 (ads) pages; Contents clean and secure in original navy blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorative borders blindstamped, minor rubbing at head of spine and lower corners. Quite a nice book. Publisher's advertisement (Shepard Book Company) tipped in at rear. Twelve b&w photographic plates (including frontispiece), 2 maps (one double-page). The author owned property near the Bay of Todos Santos. This investigative and descriptive book on the lower part of California was an invaluable resource for potential immigrants and investors. Charles Nordhoff (1830 – 1901) was an American journalist, travel and miscellaneous writer. He was born in Erwitte, Germany (Prussia) in 1830, and emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1835. He was educated in Cincinnati, and apprenticed to a printer in 1843. In 1844, he went to Philadelphia where he worked for a short time in a newspaper… Read More

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1888. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 130 pages of text followed by six pages of publisher's advertisement. Hardcover binding with moderate rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with numerous illustrations. Previous owner's name stamped neatly on the endpapers, title page, and to several pages of text: Natural History Library of U.S. Grant 4th [and] Library U.S. Grant IV. A few pages are creased on the bottom corner, with minor paper loss to one corner. First edition..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. First edition. Octavo. 130, 4 [i.e. 6] pp. including 12 full page photographic illustrations and two maps. publisher's blue cloth with blind-stamped borders and gilt spine and cover lettering. Minor extremity wear. An exceptionally clean copy.An early treatment of Baja California. Numerous comparisons between Alta and Baja California.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888., 1888. 8vo. pp. 130, [6]ads. 12 full-page illus. & 2 maps (1 double-page). original blind-stamped cloth (extremities trifle frayed, covers scuffed). First Edition.. F. Hardcover.