379 pp. Intro. by W.H.L. Barnes. Illus. with 25 wood-engraved plates after Ernest Narjot. Original ¾ calf & marbled boards, morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers & edges. 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.