The California Of the Padres

8vo [4]. San Francisco: I.N. Choynski, 1875. 8vo [4], 41 pp. Original pale blue printed wrappers, a little worn but good. § First edition, Jennie Crocker Henderson's copy (JCH 7626 at front). "One of the most interesting examples of the tendency to endow Spanish California with the attributes of a lost utopia" (Starr, Americans and the California Dream, p.… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: I. N. Choynski, 1875. General wear and toning. Damage to back strip.. A short book that glorifies the "Padres", the priests, who came over with the Spaniards and set up Missions in the New World. The book specifically deals with the missions built in California, and how their influence has waned since it was ceded… Read more about this item

San Francisco, 1875. 41pp. Original printed wrappers. Chipped, else good. An early history of the missions of California and the life there as observed in the 1870s. EBERSTADT 132:138. COWAN, p.295.

I.N. Choyinski 1875, 1874, 0000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good to very good (sl wear/stains to wraps; sl browning/text). 8vo [4]+41 R are tract on the California Indian lifestyle in the 18th century as observe d by various missionaries.None.