A Tale of Two Oceans; New Story by an Old Californian.

San Francisco: E.I. Barra, 1893. "An Account of a Voyage from Philadelphia to San Francisco, Around Cape Horn, Years 1849-50, calling at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at Juan Fernandez, in the South Pacific." Barra, "a San Francisco character, succeeded in extracting from his log what is usually lacking in the rigid sameness of Atlantic to California voyages a readable narrative."- Hill 55. See also Cowan p. 35. Bound as issued in printed wrappers (backed in linen in this copy), with an illustration of Juan Fernandez decorating the front cover, repeated on the title page. Part of backstrip perished, edges of front cover tanned, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce book.. 23 cm. (7), 8-198 pp. b/w title page engraving