Beschreibung:

A Biographical Sketch of the Life of William B. Ide: with a Minute and Interesting Account of One of the Largest Emigrating Companies (3,000 Miles Overland), from the East to the Pacific Coast. And What Is Claimed as the Most Authentic and Reliable Account of "the Virtual Conquest of California, in June 1846 by the Bear Flag Party," as Given by Its Leader, the Late Hon. William Brown Ide Author: Ide, Simeon Place: [Claremont, NH] Publisher: Published for the Subscribers Date: [1880] Description: [2], 239, [1] pp. 6½x4¼", original beige-tan cloth stamped in black, lettered in gilt on front cover, terra cotta endpapers. First Edition. William Brown Ide settled in northern California in 1845 and became a leader of the short-lived Bear Flag revolt in 1846. This contains his own account of that affair written before his death in 1852 and not published until 1880 when his brother, Simeon Ide (86 years old at the time), set the type and printed only a few copies. J. Gregg Layne in Zamorano Eighty declares "This little book is source material, and the only volume published thus far that deals exclusively with this incident of California History... The edition was small and copies are now extremely rare." This copy complete with the half-title ("Scraps of California History Never Before Published"), under which title the book is sometimes catalogued. Cowan p.301; Graff 2059; Howes I4; Zamorano Eighty 45. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine a bit darkened, light soiling, faint foxing, a few tiny spots to covers; hinges tender; very good or better. Item number: 310244