John Marsh, Pioneer; The Life Story of a Trail-blazer on Six Frontiers
New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1930. Fine. First Edition. SIGNED, #16 of 150 limited copies [6x8.75”]; Two-toned red cloth on covers with gilt lettering and border on black label on spine, gilt vertical rule on front and back covers, top edge gilt, fore edge untrimmed, map of United States on front end papers and California on back end papers; Red cloth slip case with gilt lettering and border on black label on upper front; [1] Limitation page with signature, xii, [2] illustration and facsimile lists, 394 pp., frontispiece image of Marsh, 23 illustrations, 4 tipped in folded facsimile letters, appendix, bibliography, index; No shelf wear to book, bookseller stamp bottom of back end paper with prior owner penciled initials and date; Slip case shoes fading on spine and edges, minor shelf wear and rubbing to surfaces. [Cowan II p. 400]. Item #13203
John Marsh (1799-1856) was a physician, rancher, early pioneer of the Southwest. He emigrated to California in 1836 and , after becoming a Mexican citizen, acquired Rancho Los Meganos in Contra Costa County in Northern California. He became one of the wealthiest ranchers and assisted in California statehood after the Mexican-American war and secession of the West to the United States.
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