California and Overland Diaries of Count Leonetto Cipriani from 1853 Through 1871...

Portland: The Champoeg Press, 1962 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited to 750 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Translated and edited by Ernest Falbo. Quarto. 148pp. Frontis portrait. Red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Spine slightly faded. A fine, uncut copy. Contains an account of his cattle drive from Missouri to California in 1853, a visit with Brigham Young, the assembling of his elegant prefabricated home in Belmont, etc. [Kurutz: 131-C]..