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San Francisco: Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1925. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the printer. Octavo. xxvii, [1], 316, [1, printer's slug, [1], [2, publisher's ads] pp. plus seven full page mezzotint illustrations. Publisher's quarter linen over brown boards, printed paper spine label, top edge gilt. Original dust jacket with two small chips. Jacket a bit darkened at spine and edges. Extra spine label tipped in at rear. A very good copy in the dust jacket.A wonderful recollection of early Southern California. Alfred Robinson sailed to Alta California in 1829 in the employ of Bryant, Sturgis and Company, a Boston-based firm in the California hide and tallow trade. He married Anita de la Guerra de Noriega y Carrillo, of the locally prominent de la Guerra family of Santa Barbara. The marriage party is described by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., in "Two Years Before the Mast". After the Mexican Cession, and California was annexed by the U.S. in 1848 and became a state in 1850, Robinson worked as… Leer más

San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1925. First Edition. Very Good Plus. In 1925, Thomas C. Russell, decided to research and republish Robinson's 1846 book as part of his California history series from his private press. For this book, and the others in the series, Russell would edit and added notes to the original editions. He would make extensive pencil annotations and editing notes throughout the book for typesetting of the republished work. His notes significantly add to the rich narrative of Robinson's book and provides historic insights. In this book he refers to Robinson as a "Pioneer Californian Transportation Manager". Alfred Robinson(1806-1895), immigrated to Mexican Alta California in 1829 as an resident agent in the export of cattle hides and tallow. He became a well-connected businessman, and sympathetic to Californio society by marrying into a prominent family (de la Guerra). In this book, Robinson describes his personal activities and the politics of California… Leer más