ANZA'S CALIFORNIA EXPEDITIONS. Five volume set.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1930. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Five volume set. Navy blue hardcover cloth bindings with gilt spine lettering; clean and bright with minor shelfwear to the boards, and minor bubbling to the spines. Lacking the original dustjackets. Each volume contains an index. Vol. I: AN OUTPOST OF EMPIRE. xxiv, 529 pages of text. Illustrated with 55 black & white plates and 10 maps, many of which are folding, including one large fold-out. Vol. II: OPENING A LAND ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. Diaries of Anza, Diaz, Garces, and Palou. xvi, 473 pages of text. Illustrated with 33 black & (truncated) white plates. Vol. III: THE SAN FRANCISCO COLONY. Diaries of Anzo, Font, and Eixarch, and Narratives by Palou and Moraga. xxii, 436 pages of text. Illustrated with 22 black & white plates. Vol. IV: FONT'S COMPLETE DIARY OF THE SECOND ANZA EXPEDITION. xiv, 552 pages of text Illustrated with 34 plates and one fold-out map. Vol. V: CORRESPONDENCE. xx, 426 pages of text. Illustrated with 12 plates. Numerous pages are uncut and unopened. An attractive copy of this scholarly publication.. (Inventory #: 020252)