Cornelius Cole, California Pioneer and United States Senator: A Study in Personality and Achievements Bearing upon the Growth of a Commonwealth. [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]

San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Hardcover. vg- to vg+. Quarto. (vii), [1], 379pp. Marbled cloth covered cardboard slipcase. Marbled cloth boards, blue leather label with gilt lettering mounted on spine. Pages uncut. Signed by and dated by Catherine Coffin Phillips on the front free end paper. Facsimile foldouts of letters of Schuyler Colfax & Julia Dent Grant at front of book. B/w illustrated frontispiece. Errata slip at rear.

B/w photographic reproductions, sketches and documents throughout. "The American pioneers fought for this land, cleared it and planted hopefully through a long period of germination, in order finally to lay it open to the sun of permanent achievement. To their descendants is presented herein the portrait of Cornelius Cole, pioneer, citizen and statesman, who, at the time of his death in Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Four, had lived during the lifetime of every President of the United States with the exception of George Washington. His activities were and integral part of the history of the Unites States for three-quarters of a century, and the events in which he participated portray the colorful story of California from the time of the gold seeker to that of the realtor. This volume presumes to furnish only the canvas and frame for the portrait of himself which Cornelius Cole has given the world in his own words and deeds. Only those events have been touched upon which are essential as background for a true and consistent characterization and which help to reach beyond the form of his life into its substance and spirit" - Introduction

Slipcase with light sunning. Binding with light rippling to covers, light sunning to spine. Slipcase in very good, binding in very good-, interior in very good+ condition overall.