The History of Warner's Ranch and its Environs. With a Preface by Herbert E. Bolton

Los Angeles, CA: Privately Printed, 1927. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. 11 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches. [ii], x, [ii], 221 [1 blank] pp. Frontispiece portrait of William Griffith Henshaw after an etching by Loren Barton, tile page printed in red and black inks (including a vignette), headpieces, decorative initials, chapter numbers printed in red ink, nine plates illustrate the 5 appendices at the rear; text clean, unmarked. Maroon buckram, spine titled in gilt, dust-jacket in archival mylar; binding square and tight, jacket with chips and tears. Bookplate of James Strohn Copley on front free end-paper. BO118-125. Very Good. FIRST TRADE EDITION, limited to 1,000 copies and printed by Young & McCallister for John Treanor, as a memorial of the life and public services of William Griffith Henshaw. Jonathan Trumball (Juan Jose) Warner (1807-1895) was among the earliest American settlers in Southern California. He arrived in 1831, became a Mexican citizen and was granted the 45,000 acre Rancho Agua Caliente – Valle de San Jose in 1844. Warner's ranch was a way station for immigrants on the southern route to California. The author, Joseph H. Hill, was Associate Curator of the Bancroft Library and a distinguished scholar of the southwestern fur trade. Hill utilized the resources of the Bancroft collection as well as local archives and other repositories to write this book. Herbert Eugene Bolton (1870-1953) was a prominent California historian who wrote the Preface to this book. PROVENANCE: This copy is from the private collection of James Strohn Copley (1916-1973), journalist, newspaper publisher and book collector. REFERENCES: Adams, The Rampaging Herd, 1036; Cowan, A Bibliography of the History of California, p. 280; Davies, Bruce McCallister, Los Angeles' First Fine Printer, p. 25; Farquhar, The Books of the Colorado River & The Grand Canyon, No. 11a; Howes, USiana, No. H486; Rocq, California Local History, No. 7382. (Inventory #: BO118-125)