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A SHORT HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA By Horace Campbell Philadelphia: Dorrance Company, (1949). First edition. SIGNED, dated 1949, and inscribed by the author to the front end-paper. In nineteen accessible and fascinating chapters, the author "offers a narrative of the main events" in the history of California. He includes special focuses on California's discovery, statehood, settlement, Los Angeles, San Francisco, the Chinese and Japanese immigrants, Mexicans, gold rush, missions, and the railroad. Minor stains to covers, wear to upper front corner edge, else very good in deep-blue linen with gilt embossed titles and rules to the front cover and to the spine; no dust jacket. Octavo; 201 pages; index. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.