379 pp. Introduction by W.H.L. Barnes. Illustrated with 25 wood-engraved plates after Ernest Narjot. 8x5¼, publisher's violet cloth, decoratively stamped in gilt and black, lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Delightful work on nineteenth century California, called by Carl I. Wheat "Refreshing Sketches, mostly of the later period, but with some significant material on Gold Rush days" - Wheat Gold Rush 68. Cowan p.199 notes it as "a very entertaining book." Much is devoted to San Francisco.