1830. On the Ambitious Projects of Russia in Regard to North West America, with Particular Reference to New Albion & New California. By an Englishmen.
Hardcover
1955 · San Francisco
by Hammond, George P. [Introduction]
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1955 Book. Fine. Hardcover. One of 350 copies printed by the Allen Press. Introduction by George P. Hammond. 79pp. Handset in Bulmer type and printed in two colors on all-rag paper. Facsimile map. Half paper vellum and printed boards, spine lettered in red. A fine copy. First published anonymously in 1830, of which only 1 copy is thought to exist, and here reprinted for the first time. The original was printed to rouse the English nation to realize the importance and possibilities of the little-known Pacific Northwest, (truncated)