[ALLEN PRESS – BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA]. BREEN, Patrick. The Diary of Patrick Breen. Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound in the Sierras 1846-47. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1946.
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May 13, 2021
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Lot Description
[ALLEN PRESS – BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA]. BREEN, Patrick. The Diary of Patrick Breen. Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound in the Sierras 1846-47. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1946.
8vo. 29pp. facsimile of Breen’s diary. Numerous decorations by Mallette Dean. Original beige cloth-backed green, brown and white patterned boards.
LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 unnumbered copies printed by the Allen Press for the Book Club of California. Allen Press 5; BCC 64.
Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher
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