Reminiscence of the Parker H. French Expedition through Texas and Mexico to California in the Spring of 1850 de Baldridge, M.; Goodman, John B - 1959

Los Angeles, CA: Private Printing. Good with no dust jacket. 1959. Limited and Numbered. Hardcover. Light blue paper boards with gilt on spine. Toning on covers and spine, save where covers were protected by smaller book. Corners of spine are rubbed through. Pages are clean and binding is tight. This letterpressed volume was privately printed for the Zamorano Club - Southern California's oldest organization of bibliophiles and manuscript collectors - in an edition of 300, of which this is number 123; it is Number IV in their Scraps of Californiana series. It documents the tragic, fantastical overland expedition made to California in the rush from 1849-1850. A reprint of M. Baldridge's first-person account, this edition is supplemented by an introduction and fold-out illustration by Academy Award-winning art director John B. Goodman III. ; Book; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 51 pp .