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This is a hard cover stated First Printing. 262 pages with many illustrations and color photos. In brown slipcase dust jacket coated with a Pebbled (?) texture. Previous owner name on FFE. Library of Congress Catalogue Card number 73-861907.

Beautifully illustrated front cover. Back cover has small blemish where tape pulled off? Spine shows some ripples from manufacture? Five folding maps present. Endpapers show color map of waterways around Soochow.

Signed by the author on the half-title page.  A California Sesquicentennial Publication subtitled "The Emigrant Experience on the Truckee Route of the California Trail 1844-1852".

Leather binding back cover detached front loose. Gold decorations just visible. Interior in remarkable condition considering age. This is volume III. Many illustrations of shields and family crests. Includes a supplement "Shewing antiquity, dignity and use of armories with above 900 examples engrav'd and explained for the better attaining a perfect knowledge of the noble science of Heraldry." Each section is paginated but well over 500 pages total.

Full page inscription on FFE by Nicosa.  The story of the lady who was "the secret link" between Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady.