160, [8], (161)-264, 17-88 pp. 15 (of 16) inserted leaves of advertisements printed on colored stock. (8vo) original black morocco-backed printed boards. First Edition.

 With ink ownership inscription of land commissioner Hiland Hall on front cover. In this copy, the compiler's name on the title page is covered by a thin strip of paper. Several of the inserted ads concern San Francisco printing, publishing, photography, and bookselling establishments (e.g., Harrison Eastman, George H. Leland, John H. Still, Marvin & Hitchcock, etc.). One of the ads on yellow paper relates to P. A. Brinsmade, agency for claims against the federal government, including those for Col. Stevenson's regiment and Fremont's California Battalion, for land and other such remunerations; in fact, Brinsmade was probably merely in the business of buying such claims at a discount. Cowan I, p. 70. Cowan II, 172. Greenwood 506 (same pagination). Howell 50, California 425. Norris 3425. Quebedeaux 68: "Rare." Rocq 7984. Sabin 76092n. Very rare, OCLC WorldCat locates 6 copies, no copies currently in the trade and only a single copy appears in auction records, offered in the sale of the Daniel G. Volkman collection in 2005. It is that same copy that we offer here.