Description: TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA by John Xantus. Translated, edited and with an introduction by Theodore Schoenman and Helen Benedek Schoeman. Detroit: Wayne University Press, 1976. First edition thus, first printing. Originally published in the author's native Hungarian language in 1859. Illustrated with eighteen drawings and maps on b&w plates. The detailed account of the surveyor's experiences, observed cultures, Native Americans, working people, animals and plant life, and more in the 1850s while traveling through California, Baja California, Mexico, and in a caravan from Los Angeles via the Sierra Nevada to Fort Tejon. Fine and fresh in brown linen with bronze embossed titles to the spine, brown-and-yellow headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $12.95 price still intact to the front inner flap Octavo; 213 pages; index. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT VINTAGE HISTORY BOOKS THANKS! "http://pics.ebay.com/aw/pics/viewitem/viewItemLogo_88x33.gif" border="0" align="top"> Created by eBay Seller's Assistant Basic. On Dec-11-03 at 18:03:08 PST, seller added the following information:
Price: 22.99 USD
Location: Glendale, California
End Time: 2023-08-22T05:00:49.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.25 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year Printed: 1976
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Western Americana, History, Surveyor, Immigrant
Binding: Hardcover
Region: California, Los Angeles, Mexico, Baja, Tejon
Author: John Xantus
Subject: Americana
Personalized: No
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Character Family: John Xantus
Signed: No
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Place of Publication: Detroit
Special Attributes: First edition thus, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
