A Record of Travels in Arizona and California, 1775-1776 de Francisco Garces - 1965

John Howell-Books, 1967-01-01. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good/No dustjacket as issued. 0x0x0. Second printing. The binding is tight, bottom corners lightly bumped. Text and images unmarked. Foldout maps intact. Damp staining on the bottom corner of the text block; light soiling on the RFEP and rear pastedown. 4to. ix, 113pp.

San Francisco. : John Howell., 1967. 2nd Edition, 1500 copies. . Brown cloth. . Very good, in the original glassine dustjacket.. 34x23,5 cm. . Large book, weight: 2.6 lb. may require extra shipping. 2 folding maps. color illustrations.

San Francisco, CA: John Howell Books, 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9-1/2" x 12" Cloth; 113pp; Tan patterned cloth boards with gilt titling to spine protected by clear plastic sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Edition limited to 1250 copies. 20th century translation of Father Francisco Garces' record of travels in Arizona and California from 1775 to 1776. Includes frontispiece color painting of Lipan Warrior and foldout map in rear. Illustrated.

San Francisco: John Howell-Books, 1965. First Edition of This Translation . Hardcover. Fine. 13" x 9. From Color Lithographs. San Francisco: John Howell-Books, 1965. First edition of this translation. Translated by John Galvin. Plates from color lithographs. Two fold-out maps, one at end, one just prior to appendices. 13" x 9", decorated cloth, 1 of 1,250 copies designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. REF.: Hill, Pacific Voyages, p. 120. Francisco Garces, a missionary based in southern Arizona, made a number of journeys into the lands of the Indians to the north and west. Hill calls this "his most noteworthy journey, lasting from 1775-1776..." Besides teaching the rudiments of faith to the Indians, Garces was tasked with finding an overland route that would link the province of Sonora and the Colorado River with Monterey and San Francisco. He crossed the Tehachapi Mountains and arrived at the Mission of San Gabriel after a journey of 2,000 miles. Fine… Leer más