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Lot Description

[BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA]. A group of Annual Keepsakes, 1940, comprising:

WELLER, Earle V., editor. Pacific Adventures. No.1 The King of California, an excerpt from…Drake’s Voyage Around the World. The Archetype Press. -- No.2 A Description of the Southernmost Part of California by Cap. George Shelvocke… The Grabhorn Press. -- No.3 The Wreck of the Wager, from the Narrative of the Honorable John Byron… The Windsor Press. -- No.4 CORNEY, Peter. The Sack of Monterey. The Schwabacher-Frey Company. -- No. 5 ANSON, George. The Manilla Galleons…from A Voyage Round the World… The Ward Ritchie Press. -- No.6 KING, James. The Death of Captain Cook. The Eucalyptus Press. All printed San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1940.

6 volumes, 8vo. Numerous illustrations. Original printed paper wrappers; cloth slipcase and chemise (slight sunning to spine). LIMITED EDITIONS, each one of 650 copies. Each narrative of an early explorer in the Pacific area designed and printed by a different California printer. BCC VII.

Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher

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