William F. Swasey Sold at Auction Prices

SWASEY, WILLIAM F.

COWAN-ZAMORANO CLUB-UCLA COPY. The Early Days and Men of California. Oakland, CA: Pacific Press Publishing, 1891. x, 9-406 pp. Illustrated with portrait and two plates. Original full brown morocco decorated in gilt and in blind. Light shelfwear, spine discolored and rubbed, joints somewhat tender. First edition, deluxe binding. This very readable account of the California pioneer days by Captain Swasey, who arrived in California in 1845, is generally considered reliable. Cowan p 627; Graff 4047; Howes S-1167; Kurutz 615; Zamorano 80 - 72. Provenance: Robert Cowan (bookplate); Zamorano Club copy (bookplate); University of California, Los Angeles (perforation to lower margin of title, withdrawn stamp to lower margin p 37).