Santa Barbara Bicentennial Historical Series

Heading: (Santa Barbara Bicentennial Historical Series)
Author: Various authors
Title: Santa Barbara Bicentennial Historical Series, Volumes 1-5
Place Published: Santa Barbara, CA
Publisher:Various publishers; Distributed by the Arthur H. Clark Company.
Date Published: Various dates
Description:

Includes:
Geiger, Maynard O.F.M and Clement H. Meighan. As The Padres Saw Them: California Indian Life and Customs as Reported by the Franciscan Missionaries, 1813-1815. Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library. 170 pp. Illustrations, photographs, illustrated endpapers. (4to) 10x7". Brown cloth, gilt spine stamping, notes. One of 500 copies. 1976. First Edition. Number One.
Huse, Charles Enoch. The Huse Journal: Santa Barbara in the 1850's. Translated by Francis Price and augmented/edited by Edith B. Conkey. Santa Barbara Historical Society. 279 pp. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles, illustrated endpapers. (4to) 10x7", rust cloth, gilt spine stamping, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. One of 500 copies. 1977. First Edition. Number Two.
Broughton, Jacqueline P. A Sketchbook of Santa Barbara's Native Wildflowers. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. 120 pp. Color frontispiece, all other illustrations black and white, selected references. (4to) 10x7". Yellow cloth binding, gilt spine stamping, illustrated endpapers. Signed and hand numbered by the author on the colophon page, copy number 106. 1977. First Edition. Number Three.
Librado, Fernando, known as "Kitsepawit", John P. Harrington. The Eye of the Flute: Chumash Traditional History and Ritual as Told by Fernando Librado Kitsepawit to John P. Harrington. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. 141 pp. Color frontispiece and chapter heading illustrations, black and white illustrations, appendices, index, illustrated endpapers. (4to) 10x7". Red cloth, gilt spine stamping. One of 500 copies. 1977. First Edition. Number Four.
Hageman, Fred C. and Russell C. Ewing. An Archaeological and Restoration Study of Mission La Purisima Concepcion. Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation. 307 pp. Illustrations, maps, photographs, appendices, bibliography, index. (4to) 10x7". Green cloth, gilt spine stamping, illustrated endpapers. One of 500 copies. 1980. First Edition. Number 5.

Total of 5 titles, set complete.

NOTE: Number 6 in the series, After the Bugles - The West, was never published by Friends of the Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

The Santa Barbara Bicentennial Historical Series - To commemorate the Bicentennial of the Independence of the United States and in tribute to Thomas More Storke (1876-1971), pioneer California newspaper editor and publisher, six Santa Barbara institutions have cooperated in the preparation of a book reflecting its own focus of interest. Limited to 500 copies each, the six-volume series, each book measuring 7" x 10", beautifully designed and printed, are bound in colorful linen boards and contain appropriate endpapers and illustrations. The first book will be released in November of 1976. Participating in the production are: Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library, Santa Barbara Historical Society, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Trust for Historical Preservation, and Friends of the Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. Editor of the Series is Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., professor of History, University of Southern California, and editor of the Southern California Quarterly.

Complete set of 5 volumes rarely seen.Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply.
Condition Report: Series prospectus laid in to volume 1, all volumes near fine.