[Les Annales Franc-Comtoises]Livre Rare Book
Discovery of the Yosemite and the Indian War of 1851 Inscribed
188063938Chicago: Fleming H. Revell 1880. Second Edition slightly expanded and with 12 pages of advertisements added. Inscribed "To Capt. John Whytock from his comrade The Author" on front flyleaf. Octavo 20cm. Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt; grey and white patterned endpapers; 349148pp; 12pp publisher's advertisements at rear; black and white illustrations. Inscribed "To Capt. John Whytock from his comrade The Author" on front flyleaf. Ownership stamps of A. Taylor Smith to front endleaves. A straight copy with minor edgewear rough repair to cloth over upper spine front and rear endpapers thinly crcked at gutter but holding; mild toning: Good and sound.<br /> <br /> Bunnell 1824-1903 was a member of the Mariposa Battalion famous as the first non-indigenous group to enter Yosemite Valley where they burned Native American villages and forcibly relocated the inhabitants. Bunnell's book describes the discovery of an iconic American landmark and one episode in what is sometimes called the California genocide. This copy is inscribed by Bunnell to a fellow soldier. HOWES B954. 63938. Fleming H. Revell unknown
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