first edition Hardcover
1978 · Los Angeles
by Truman, Benjamin Cummings
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Edited and annotated by Msgr. Francis J. Weber. Illustrated with photographs by A.C. Vroman. First edition, limited to 400 copies. This copy is signed by Msgr. Weber on the title page. A collection of 22 articles on the California Missions by the congenial California journalist who was at various times a Civil War correspondent, private secretary to Abraham Lincoln, and editor in chief of the Los Angeles Star. The ninth volume in the Los Angeles Miscellany series. Original patterned paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with gilt titles. A near fine copy. Signed by Editor.
(Inventory #: 59653)