NASATIR, Abraham P. (ed.) with J. Milford Ellison, Stanislaus Sowinski, Alexander Summers, Lauren Post, Dr. Leonard Waitman, David Weber, Clyde McMorrow, Sister Mary Bridget Flaherty, Robert Long, et al. (contributors)

PRESENTATION Copy with Prospectus: Brand Book Number Four [4; IV] The San Diego Corral The Westerners

San Diego: (The San Diego Corral of the Westerners), 1976. Stan Sowinski. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. ix, [2], 3-175 followed by several color plates by Stan Sowinski. Richly illustrated with reproductions of historic photographs and print matter. Maps. With a note on contributors. Bound in textured cloth with gilt artwork stamped on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. The prospectus is laid in, as well as an order form and an article on the death of the widow of author Max Miller, a contributor here and the author of I Cover the Waterfront.. Of an edition limited to 500 copies, the limitation is stricken and noted in manuscript pen: "Presentation copy." Several of the entries are signed by the authors. Fine. Item #11815

A bright, fresh copy of the annual, this issue being the "Bicentennial Year" issue featuring articles on early efforts by the British to establish a consulate in California, the history of Fort Piute, the evolution of the University of San Diego, Father Lasuen's 1783 report on the Mission San Diego, historian-journalist Max Miller, the Molokan Russian Colony of Guadalupe, Santa Catarina de Las Yumas, etc.

Price: $40.00