The First Spanish Entry into San Francisco Bay, 1775. de GALVIN, John - 1971

San Francisco, CA: John Howell-Books, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. Limited to 5000 copies. 130 pages. 6 color illustrations. Color frontispiece. The original narrative, hitherto unpublished by Father Vicente Maria and further details by participants in the first explorations of the Bay's waters. Illustrations by Louis Choris in brush and pencil who was at San Francisco in 1816. Blue dust jacket with wear. Sun-fading to spine. Blue boards with gilt title to spine and front. Previous owner sticker on front flyleaf. Overall, a clean, tight copy. Record # 385038

San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1971. Limited Edition. Publisher's Cloth. Fine/near Fine. Limited Edition, 1 of 5,000, Book Fine Jacket near Fine, the original narrative, hitherto unpublished, by Father Vincent Maria and further details by participants in the first explorations of the Bay's waters. Fine blue cloth with bright gilt title to spine and front bord with ship. Jacket near fine with corner light wear and a small chip. 130 pages with index, 6 illustrations full color and 4 maps. small folio. Super Clean and Bargain Priced.

San Francisco: John Howell--Books. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A limited edition (1 of 5000 copies), presenting a modern English-language version of the journal kept by Father Santa María in 1775, recording the first Spanish voyage of exploration into San Francisco Bay. With four contemporary maps. Also with six Louis Choris illustrations in full color. Fr. Santa María's journal is reproduced side-by-side on versos of leaves, facing the English translation on rectos. --- In blue cloth-covered boards with illustration & titling stamped in gilt to cover & spine. Book wrapped in simple light blue jacket. --- A bright, newish, copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Unpriced jacket with tears to edges & sunning; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; [14], 130 pages .

San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Folio. [8], 132 pages. Illustrated by Louis Choris. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated title on the front cover. Blue dust jacket with title and illustration on the front side. Jacket is edge chipped at the top edges. Limited edition of 5000 copies.

John Howell, 1971, 130pp. excellent in dj.

John Howell Books, San Francisco, 1991; First Edition, limited to 5,000 copies; quarto, 130 pages; blue cloth; gilt spine titles and front board decorations; front page block edges untrimmed; illustrated. First publication of the 1775 journal of Father Vicente Santa Maria, member of the very first Spanish voyage of exploration into San Francisco Bay. Text on the left in the original eighteenth century Spanish, and corresponding English translation on the facing pages. Reproductions of four early Spanish maps, plus six color illustrations created by Louis Choris in 1816. Fine, no dust jacket.