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Laura Bride Powers, Foreword Dr. Herbert E. Bolton, Back Blank Flyleaf FORMER OWNERS STAMP, B/W Illustrated Endpapers Old Monterery Map, Customs House Group Has Former Owner BOOKPLATE Attached, Illustrated in B/W, Frontispiece in B/W Bay of Monterey from : Old Monterey California's Adobe Capital, This Volume is Composed in Benedictine Type, Derived from Types of Plato De Benedictis, An Italian Master Printer of 15th Century. Typography & Presswork are By Carmel Press. Book Focuses on the Role That the Missi

Printed for San Carlos Press, San Francisco, Binding is By T. J. Cardoza, San Francisco,CA, 1934

HB NODJ, Stated 1st edition, 1st Printing, 1934, Dates Match on Title & Copyright Pg, VG+/GOOD+, NOJACKET, with Erratum Note on Last Page in Black, saying The Caption Beneath the illustration opposite page 204 should Bear the Date 1882, NOJACKET, Gold Cloth Decorated & Titled in Black, Cvr light soil, rub, Wear , Light Sun Spine Cvr & Light Scuff Ends Spine Cvr, Interior nice tight Clean light FOX, Wear, 299 pgs, Index, Some Scuffing front Titles Cvr .Frontispiece in B/W bay of Monterey from a print by Captain William Smyth, R. N. appearing in Forbes California in 1839, Plates of illustrtions were made by the American Engraving & Color Plate Co. San Francisco. paper is Mount Vernon Text . Book focuses on the role that the missions play in the history and architecture of California. From discovery of the bay by Cabrillo in 1542, the story runs through the founding and development of the Mission and Presidio in 1770; the secularization and dismemberment of the Mission lands under California's "First Racketeers"; the American Occupation; and the colorful life of the Old Capital until the cry of "Gold!" carried its power to the north.. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket

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