On The Old West Coast, Being Further Reminiscences Of A Ranger, Major Horace Bell

BARTLETT, LANIER [EDITED BY]

Publication: William Morrow & CO, 1930, New York

First edition. 8vo. Two-tone cloth, titles printed in black on paper labels with each affixed to the front cover and spine, xiv [2], 336 pp., decorated endpapers, introduction, illustrated, notes, index. Interesting accounts of people and events in Southern California during Gold Rush days and after. Bell recounts the region's transition from Mexican to American rule, frontier lawlessness, bandits, duels, filibusters, buried treasure, land frauds, and the growth of Los Angeles. Discusses the notorious Basque rancher Miguel Leonis, the Peralta land fraud, Pegleg Smith, and episodes of violence and intrigue during the Civil War. Six Guns 188 says, "Scarce." "The book is drawn from the wealth of unpublished material that Major Bell left at his death, containing much information that he did not wish to make public while his subjects were still alive. There is material on Murieta and other California outlaws." Very good, tight copy in a bright dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, corners and extremities, a closed tear to upper portion of the front cover and light wear to the front flap fold.