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HARDCOVER Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Like New. Patterned paper over boards with linen spine, 11 x 8, 252 pages, portrait of the author, never before printed, and coat of arms tipped-in, 9 plates and illustrations, prospectus laid in. A very well kept copy showing little wear, pages are clean and bright; protected in a white mylar wrapper. Limited to 350 copies by fine printer Patrick Reagh. Previously only published in French, Italian, and partially in English, this edition is the first complete English translation of Captain Duhaut-Cilly' journal detailing his two years of sailing Alta and Baja California's coasts. From the prospectus, "Don Augusto, along with Alfred Robinson a year or two later, was almost the last literate visitor to see the California missions in the days just before they were despoiled. His account is quite equal to and fuller than Robinson's Life in California. He also tells the story of a troubled voyage, complete with a traitor on board and a secret competitor following behind. It is our good fortune that the author was an educated man with literary tastes and artistic talents.
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First edition. One of 350 copies hand-printed by Patrick Reagh. Scarce. Newly translated and edited by August Frugé and Neal Harlow. Small quarto. xxix, [1], 252pp. Tipped-on frontis in color, tipped-on coat of arms in color, and 9 plates and illustrations. Bibliography and index. Printed letterpress. Gray patterned boards with bright red linen spine, printed paper spine label. A very fine and bright copy, as new, with the original plain white dust jacket. The story of the Breton sea captain, who failed to sell his cargo in the expected three or four months and sailed his ship, the Héros up and down the Alta and Baja California coasts from Fort Ross to Cabo San Lucas for nearly two years, visiting most of the missions, including the inland islands of San Luis Rey, San Gabriel, and Santa Clara, as well as all the ports, presidios, and pueblos. Crossing the Pacific he spent two busy months in the Sandwich Islands. Back home in Saint-Malo he revised his journal into a long book, published in France in 1834-35. Don Augusto (given this name by the Californios) was almost the last literate visitor to see the California missions in the days just before they were despoiled. His account is quite equal to and fuller than Robinson's Life in California. This work went out-of-print immediately upon publication.
