4 volumes. (8vo), original brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Editions, Volumes 1 and 2 with the imprint of the Pacific Press; 3 and 4 with N.J. Stone imprint.

Review of Volumes 1 and 2 and prospectus for Volumes 3 and 4 laid in. "By a capable historian who used, for the Spanish period, documents since destroyed" - Howes. Cowan calls it "The best history of California within reasonable proportions. The accuracy of its author is well known, and the individual who inclines to history will find it readable...." Cowan p.285; Howes H544; Zamorano 80, 43.