All Eleven Volumes of Larkin papers, Inscribed & Signed

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Author: Larkin, Thomas Oliver
Title: The Larkin Papers: Personal, Business, and Official Correspondence of Thomas Oliver Larkin, Merchant and United States Consul in California
Place Published: Berkeley and Los Angeles
Publisher:University of California Press
Date Published: 1951-1968
Description:

11 volumes. Edited by George Peter Hammond. Illustrated including frontispieces from early photographs and other sources. (Large 8vo) original green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, dust jackets. First Editions.

Volume I Inscribed: "Inscribed for my good friend Ralph P. Bieber, who knows the value (and labor) of such a work as This. George P. Hammond." all subsequent volumes signed. Bieber was a contemporary author of texts on the history of the American Southwest. Papers of Thomas Oliver Larkin, perhaps the most important merchant in Mexican California and the only U.S. Consul in the province. An important compilation, shedding light on events during a seminal period of California history, from 1822 to 1858. Includes Index Volume XI, which was not published until 4 years after completion of the main work.Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply.
Condition Report: Slight fading and wear to some of the jackets; faint touches of wear to cloth; near fine volumes in like jackets.