first edition Hardcover
1850 · Washington
by Browne, J. Ross
Washington: John T. Towers, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo: 479, xlvi p. The original brown cloth binding has been rebacked, with the spine laid down and the original endpapers intact. The corners are showing, with a bit of shallow loss to the tips. Cowan, p.79; Zamorano Eighty 11.
Offered together with RELACION DE LOS DEBATES DE LA CONVENCION DE CALIFORNIA, SOBRE LA FORMACION DE LA CONSTITUCION DE ESTADO, EN SETIEMBRE Y OCTUBRE DE 1849. Nueva York: S.W. Benedict, 1851. The first edition in Spanish. Octavo: 439, xiii p. The period calf binding has been rebacked with a new calf spine. Some general edgewear and scuffing to the leather.
Accompanied by MEMORIAL OF THE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES ELECT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Asking the admission of said State into the Union, together with the credentials of said representatives, and a certified copy of the constitution of said State. March 18, 1850. House of Representatives, 31st Congress, 1st Session - Miscellaneous, No. 44. Octavo: 35 p. An uncut example, bound with a single stitch, with some uneven toning and minor edgewear.
All three are housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell box.
John Ross Browne (1821-1875) was an Irish-born American son of a newspaperman whose intelligence, charm, and uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time always seemed to turn to his advantage. In Gold Rush California, Browne found work as a Treasury Agent inspecting customs houses, and at the time of the State Constitutional Convention was determined to be the only shorthand reporter in California, securing the position of official reporter to the convention for $10,000. His records of the proceedings are the single-most important document concerning the formation of the state government of California, reflecting popular political thinking at the time concerning key issues like slavery, suffrage, the recognition of Mexican law, and property rights for women. (Inventory #: 77158)
Offered together with RELACION DE LOS DEBATES DE LA CONVENCION DE CALIFORNIA, SOBRE LA FORMACION DE LA CONSTITUCION DE ESTADO, EN SETIEMBRE Y OCTUBRE DE 1849. Nueva York: S.W. Benedict, 1851. The first edition in Spanish. Octavo: 439, xiii p. The period calf binding has been rebacked with a new calf spine. Some general edgewear and scuffing to the leather.
Accompanied by MEMORIAL OF THE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES ELECT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Asking the admission of said State into the Union, together with the credentials of said representatives, and a certified copy of the constitution of said State. March 18, 1850. House of Representatives, 31st Congress, 1st Session - Miscellaneous, No. 44. Octavo: 35 p. An uncut example, bound with a single stitch, with some uneven toning and minor edgewear.
All three are housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell box.
John Ross Browne (1821-1875) was an Irish-born American son of a newspaperman whose intelligence, charm, and uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time always seemed to turn to his advantage. In Gold Rush California, Browne found work as a Treasury Agent inspecting customs houses, and at the time of the State Constitutional Convention was determined to be the only shorthand reporter in California, securing the position of official reporter to the convention for $10,000. His records of the proceedings are the single-most important document concerning the formation of the state government of California, reflecting popular political thinking at the time concerning key issues like slavery, suffrage, the recognition of Mexican law, and property rights for women. (Inventory #: 77158)