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Years in California by William Heath Davis: 2 Books 1889 & 1967 [182285]

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Years in California by William Heath Davis: 2 Books 1889 & 1967 [182285]
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A pair of books by William Heath Davis, one published in 1889, the other 1967 and signed by the publisher's son. Includes: "Sixty Years in California - 1831-1889: A History of Events and Life in California; Personal, Political and Military, under the Mexican Regime; during the Quasi-military government of the territory by the United State, and After the Admission of the State into the Union, being a compilation by a witness of the events described," William Heath Davis, 1889, first edition, 639 pp., 8.75" x 6", minor upper/lower spine and corner damage, hinges repaired; and "Seventy-Five Years in California," William Heath Davis, 1967, third edition, with additions, signed by the publisher, John Howell's son, Warren R. Howell, Tokyo, Japan, 1973, "Recollections and remarks by one who visited these shores in 1831, and again in 1833, and except when absent on business was a resident from 1838 until the end of a long life in 1909," 345 pp., 10.5" x 7.5", dust jacket, fine. [ California