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Author: Larkin, Thomas Oliver
Title: The Larkin Papers: Personal, Business, and Official Correspondence of Thomas Oliver Larkin, Merchant and United States Consul in California
Place Published: Berkeley and Los Angeles
Publisher:University of California Press
Date Published: 1951-1968
Description:

11 volumes. Edited by George Peter Hammond. Illustrated including frontispieces from early photographs and other sources. 26x16.5 cm (10¼x6½”), green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, dust jackets. First Editions.

Papers of Thomas Oliver Larkin, perhaps the most important merchant in Mexican California and the only U.S. Consul in the province. An important compilation, shedding light on events during a seminal period of California history, from 1822 to 1858. Includes Index Volume XI, which was not published until 4 years after completion of the main work. Zamorano Select 61. Prospectus included.

A few tears to jackets, ownership marks in each volume; very good or better to near fine.,