Title: The Harbor of St. Francis: Francis Drake Lands in a Fair and Good Bay Near North Latitude 38o... Author: Robertson, J[ohn] W. Place: San Francisco Publisher: Printed for private distribution Date: 1926 Description: [4], 119, [1] pp. Frontispiece facsimile map; folding map within; decorations by Valenti Angelo. 10¾x7½, attached wrappers over boards, slipcase. 1 of 100 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Narrative of the landing by Francis Drake at a harbor in northern California, and of the arguments advanced by certain historians in their selection of "The Harbor of St. Francis" together with a relation of the Spanish discovery of the Bay of San Francisco. Lot Amendments Condition: Light fading to slipcase spine and edges, volume spine faded; dampstain to front blank preliminary pages, offsetting from the frontispiece to the title-page, else in very good or better condition. Item number: 170623
Title: The Harbor of St. Francis: Francis Drake Lands in a Fair and Good Bay Near North Latitude 38o... Author: Robertson, J[ohn] W. Place: San Francisco Publisher: Printed for private distribution Date: 1926 Description: [4], 119, [1] pp. Frontispiece facsimile map; folding map within; decorations by Valenti Angelo. 10¾x7½, attached wrappers over boards, slipcase. 1 of 100 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Narrative of the landing by Francis Drake at a harbor in northern California, and of the arguments advanced by certain historians in their selection of "The Harbor of St. Francis" together with a relation of the Spanish discovery of the Bay of San Francisco. Lot Amendments Condition: Light fading to slipcase spine and edges, volume spine faded; dampstain to front blank preliminary pages, offsetting from the frontispiece to the title-page, else in very good or better condition. Item number: 170623
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