Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County California Containing Everything of the World to the Year of Our Lord 1870
The Chronicles of a Border County Settled Without Law, Harassed by Savages, And Infested by Outlaws. Also Much of the Pioneer History of the State of Nevada, Showing the Efforts of the Settlers to Obtain Freedom from Mormon Rule The History of Lassen's Trail, Roops Settlement, The Murder of Harry Gordier and the Hanging of Snow, Edwards and "Lucky Bill," Told in Full for The First Time: The Biographies of Governor Isaac N. Roop and Peter Lassen, The Ormsby Massacre, The Boundary Line War, The Pearson Massacre, And Many Stories of Indian Warfare Never Before Published San Francisco: Published for the Author by H. S. Crocker Company, 1916.
First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii, 506 pages, [6]. Frontispiece photograph of the author. Folding map in back in very good condition. A few illustrations on text. Burgundy cloth hardcover with lengthy gilt title and gilt illustration on the front cover. Title on the spine. Gilt top edge. Spine slightly faded. Scattered white spots to the front cover. Damp stains to the upper edges of the first 50 pages. Inscription at the bottom of the title page reads "Printed and bound under the Supervision of John B. Swarts." A fair to good copy. Fair. Item #25692
Price: $80.00