Narrative of a Voyage to California Ports in 1841-42 by Sir George Simpson

Description: Sir George Simpson. Narrative of a Voyage to California Ports in 1841 – 42. Together with Voyages to Sitka, the Sandwich Islands & Okhotsk; to which are added Sketches of Journeys across America, Asia & Europe. From the Narrative of a Voyage Round the World by Sir George Simpson, Governor-in-chief of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Territories in North America. This Edition Edited, Corrected Typographically, with Sketches of Visits and Journeys made Outside of California, and with a Foreword, New Division Synopses, and an ample Index, by Thomas C. Russell. SF: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1930. #89 of 250 copies. [8], xxxii, 232, [8] pp. + 2 plates [4] pp. Ports, index, series advert, folded map tipped in. 10 x 6 ½, blue boards, light brown Irish linen backstrip, white paper spine label lettered & bordered in black, blue e.p., plain blue dust jacket with paper spine label. Provenance: label laid in: Irving W. Robbins, Jr. Postcard laid in: Sunset on Golden Gate, San Francisco, California. PM: San Francisco [&] Oakland, 1909. Cachet cover laid in: Golden Gate International Exposition. PM: San Francisco, Feb. 18, 1939. Book condition: dust jacket spine & top edges a bit darkened. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Please note that all of my books with a dust jacket are protected in a clear archival cover. Because of the glare when photographing the book, the clear cover is temporarily removed. Also note that each of my books contain related laid in items, such as a postally used postcard, a cachet cover [with a small gold specimen enclosed], a match cover or some other type of ephemera.

Price: 425 USD

Location: Cayucos, California

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