Sketches of California and Hawaii by William H. Meyers, Gunner, U.S.N., Aboard the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane, 1842- 1843

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1970 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited to 450 copies printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem. Introduction and Notes by John Haskell Kemble. Folio. 104pp. Printed on all-rag paper with hand-set type. Illustrated with 22 reproductions (in color) of Meyers' original watercolors. Original loose-weave cloth over rust boards, printed paper spine label. A very fine copy. A beautiful production with fine reproductions of these early sketches. The illustrations, reproduced full size, were taken from the original manuscript in The Bancroft Library, and include views of Hawaii, Monterey, the San Francisco Bay area, and San Pedro. Seven of the plates are of the Sandwich Islands. All but four are published here for the first time. [Grabhorn-Hoyem: 42]..