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WATSON, DOUGLAS S. THE FOUNDING OF THE FIRST CALIFORNIA MISSIONS UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE VENERABLE PADRE FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA. AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITIONS SENT BY LAND AND SEA IN THE YEAR 1769 AS TOLD BY FRAY FRANCISCO PALOU AND HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED
San Francisco: Nueva California Press, 1934. First edition, ltd. to 1000 copies. 124 pp. Frontis. Double-page map. Boards. 4to. Near fine uncut copy, with pictorial bookplate of noted Americana collector Edwin Stanton Fickes inside front cover. Pasted on front fly is announcement beginning "This is the first book to be printed by the Nueva California Press...." Translation of recently discovered materials concerning the California missions.
Offered for US$ 80.00 by: Almagre Books - Book number: 16177