California '46 to '88
San Francisco: Bancroft Company, 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The first edition of 1888. A memoir of early California, beginning with young Harlan's journey to California with his family, taking the Hastings Cutoff shortly before the Donner Party. Recorded long after the events described, Harlan's account is vivid but sometimes jumbled and considered inaccurate. Harlan documents more than forty years of travel and varied occupation in a rapidly changing California. Worn cloth binding with beveled edges, with loss to corners and the head and tail of the spine, as well as fading to the spine. Rear hinge cracking. 242pp. 8.75 x 6.25" Good. Item #2024-Q267
Price: $175.00