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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 450 copies. "Grapevines and wineries do not tell the whole story of the Napa Valley, and this history covers the settlement of the region up to 1900, beginning with a description of its dramatic geography and topography. Resident Wappo and Patwin Indians were joined by mountain men from the Rockies and desert Southwest - George Yount, Jim Clyman, Old (Caleb) Greenwood, and others - who found the valley in the lee of Mount St. Helena to be a grizzly bear hunter's paradise. Yount became a cattle rancher there in 1836. It was also Yount who pioneered the next phase of development, when wheat was king in California. Grain growers were eventually succeeded by horticulturists and, of course, viticulturists, starting with Charles Krug." Prospectus laid in. Quarto: 382 p. with 43 historical black-and-white photographs and a folding map (laid in at rear). Full linen cloth binding, with an illustration inset on the… Leer más

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2004. First edition, limited to 450 copies. Hardcover. Like new. Original natural linen cloth over boards; pictorial paper inset on front cover; quarto (10 x 12 inches); xi, 363 pp. 43 full-page plates from historic photographs. Pictorial endpapers. Large folding map printed in colors at rear. A superb history of the Napa Valley from the aboriginal Wappo Indians, through the first European pioneers, to the end of the 19th century. Photographer Charles Beebe Turrill (1854-1927) was born in Folsom, CA, but lived most of his life in San Francisco. His archive of nearly 5000 images of California forms part of the Alice Phelan Sullivan Library of the Society of California Pioneers in San Francisco.

The Book Club of California, 2004. Hard cover. Near fine/No jacket. Limited edition of 450 copies printed. Cloth bound with fold out maps and illustrations. Includes original publication prospectus. Excellent condition. No visible flaws apart from light handling wear on cover. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

The Book Club of California, 2004. First Edition. Fine condition. Limited to 450 copies.

The Book Club of California, 2004. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. Limited edition of 450 copies printed. Signed by author. Cloth bound with fold out maps and illustrations. Fore edge of text block is scuffed, not visible on pages. Book has no other visible flaws. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

San Francisco. : The Book Club of California. , 2004.. First edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in glassine wrapper. In original shipping box.. 4to.. Illustrated. Folding plates. Important reference work. Limited edition of 550 copies. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition.