Chimes of Mission Bells: An Historical Sketch of California and Her Missions

San Francisco: The Philopolis Press, 1914. First Edition. 79pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Brown grained boards with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Very good with gentle rubbed corners and a partial bookplate on the front pastedown. Love letter to the California Missions that is inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet. Complete with both plates. Starting in 1769, Spain built a chain of 21 missions up the California coast from San Diego to San Francisco in an effort to colonize the area and to convert the indigenous people to Catholicism with the backing of the Spanish Empire. (Inventory #: 10223)