Alta California

Alta California: Embracing Notices of the Climate, Soil, and Agricultural Products of Northern Mexico and the Pacific Seaboard; also a History of the Military and Naval Operations of the United States directed against the Territories of Northen Mexico, in the Year 1846–'47 ... by a Captain of Volunters. Phiadelphia: H. Packer & Co., 1847



In 6s (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.; 224 x 145 mm). Title-page and preface leaf a bit soiled and foxed. Nineteenth-century half maroon calf gilt; extremities rubbed.

Cowan, p. 13; Howes C37; Streeter sale 4:2515

First edition. Rare: only one ther copy has been sold at auction since the Streeter copy in 1968. The author of this intriguing work has still not been identified.