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First edition. Original printed wrappers, shows slight crease where once folded, wraps lightly soiled. A near fine copy.
$ 385.00

32. Coblentz, Stanton A. VILLIANS AND VIGILANTES THE STORY OF JAMES KING OF WILLIAM AND PIONEER JUSTICE IN CALIFORNIA.
New York, 1936. 261 pp., plates, illus.

First edition. Original cloth, near fine in very good and seldom encountered dust jacket. Quite scarce in such nice condition. This is the story of the two San Francisco Committees of Vigilance, which took the law into their own hands in the hectic 1850's.
$ 85.00

33. Coy, Owen Cochran. THE BATTLE OF SAN PASQUAL.
Sacramento, Calif., 1921. 18 pp., plates.

First edition. Original printed wrappers, lightly soiled, else a very good copy. A report done under the auspices of the California Historical Survey Commission. Illustrated with two maps and one photograph. A scarce and documented account of this military encounter during the Mexican-American War. Map 1 is entitled: CONTEMPORANEOUS MAP BY LIEUT. COL. W. H. EMORY. Map 2 is entitled: TOPOGRAPHICAL SHEETS SHOWING ROUTES OF KEARNEY AND PICO. The forces fought in what is now the San Pasqual Valley community of the city of San Diego, California. COWAN p.148-9: "All of the writings of Dr. Coy exhibit much research and accuracy."
$ 125.00

34. Jackson, Joseph Henry. BAD COMPANY THE STORY OF CALIFORNIA'S LEGENDARY AND ACTUAL STAGE-ROBBERS, BANDITS, HIGHWAYMEN AND OUTLAWS FROM THE FIFITES
TO THE EIGHTIES. New York, [1949]. 346 pp.

First edition. Original cloth, near fine in very good tape-repaired dust jacket. ADAMS (GUNS) 1120: "One of the best books on California outlaws, this volume shows scholarly research. Many accounts of such outlaws as Murieta are revealed as legendary. It also contains good accounts of other California outlaws, such as Tom Bell, Rattlesnake Dick, Black Bart, Dick Fellows, and Tiburcio Vasquez.".
$ 45.00

35. Jackson, Joseph Henry. TINTYPES IN GOLD FOUR STUDIES IN ROBBERY.
New York, 1939. 191 pp.

First edition. Original cloth. A near fine copy. ADAMS (GUNS) 1122: "Scarce. Contains thorough studies of four celebrated California outlaws-Black Bart, Rattlesnake Dick, Dick Fellows, and Tom Bell - later incorporated into the author's Bad Company."
$ 35.00

36. Schoonover, Thomas J. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEN'L JOHN A. SUTTER.
Sacramento: D. Johnston & Co., Printers, 1895. 136 pp., plates.

First edition. Original cloth. A very good copy. "The most complete biography of this noted Californian." - Cowan. COWAN p.572. GRAFF 3705. HOWES S-196.
$ 85.00

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