456 pp. 6 steel-engraved portrait plates; 6 duotone woodcut plates; map; folding facsimile. (12mo), original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt seal on front cover, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Contains an oft-lacking facsimile of the California Declaration of Rights facing page 412. "Colton, the first alcalde of Monterey under American control, wrote a diary largely devoted to interesting details of incidents connected with the author's administration of justice, with frequent remarks on the manners and customs of the people..." - Zamorano. Cowan p.137; Graff 839; Howes C625; Kurutz 151a; Wheat Gold Region p.74, map 148; Zamorano Eighty 20.