signed Hardcover
1926 · San Francisco
by Rezanov, Nikolai Petrovich
San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1926. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Limited Edition, this is No. 230 of 260 copies signed by the publisher. This is the report of Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov (1764-1807) to the Russian minister of commerce at Saint Petersburg. Thererin he details the chief incidents of that historic Russian voyage in 1806 - "the first footstep of a Russian on the soil of Nueva California." An English Translation, Revised and Corrected, with Notes etc. by Thomas C. Russell. Tall octavo: xii, 104 p. with a frontispiece and four plates. Original blue paper-covered boards over a red cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some mild fading and wear along the extremities. (Inventory #: 75451)