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Painter, Landscape painter, b. 1797 - d. 1851

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    • THREE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA BY REV. WALTER COLTON 1854 [181797]
      Jun. 06, 2024

      THREE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA BY REV. WALTER COLTON 1854 [181797]

      Est: $400 - $800

      Published first in 1850, this 1854 edition written by former Monterey Alcalde of Monterey, California is dedicated to Gen. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, his friend. Three Years in California was the sequel to his Deck and Port (1850). Colton corrected the final proofs for this momentous book in March 1850. He then fell ill and died on January 22, 1851. The preface is dated Philadelphia, July 1850. The humorous etchings, not found in later editions, are in keeping with Colton[x=#8217/]s wit. Three Years in California received glowing reviews upon publication. The Washington Republic wrote: [x=#8220/]While the reader is instructed on every page, he will laugh about a hundred if not a thousand times before he gets through this captivating volume.[x=#8221/] The Flay page is intact and it is signed, it is assumed, by the owner of the book, S.T. Altemus. Interestingly, Altemus appeared to have willed the book to a relative Samuel T.A. Loftis, a millionaire diamond merchant, who died in Chicago in 1920 under mysterious circumstances that made newspapers from Chicago to California. Book has slight bump damage. There's a foldout copy of the California constitution that is slightly torn. Book is in nice condition. California

      Holabird Western Americana
    • COLTON, WALTER. 1797-1851. Three Years in California. New York: A.S. Barnes, 1850.
      Dec. 02, 2010

      COLTON, WALTER. 1797-1851. Three Years in California. New York: A.S. Barnes, 1850.

      Est: $300 - $500

      Three Years in California. New York: A.S. Barnes, 1850. 456 pp. 6 engraved portraits, 6 plates, map. 12mo. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Wanting folding plate, some light spots, front hinge cracked after frontispiece, cloth with some rubbing and shelfwear. FIRST EDITION. Colton, the first alcalde of Monterey under American control, was one of the founders of the first American newspaper in California, The Californian. The present work is the diary of Colton's California experiences and of his impressions of the manners and customs of the people. Cowan p 137; Field 346 (later issue); Graff 839; Howes C625; Sabin 14800; Zamorano 80 20. Acquisition: not recorded.

      Bonhams
    • Three Years in California
      Feb. 12, 2004

      Three Years in California

      Est: $300 - $500

      456 pp. Illustrated with 6 steel-engraved portrait plates & 6 duotone woodcut plates; map. Original blindstamped blue cloth stamped with seal of California in gilt on front cover, lettered in gilt on spine. First Edition. Important observations by a participant of the American occupation of California and the first years of the Gold Rush, with a map of the Gold Region. "Colton, the first alcalde of Monterey under American control, wrote a diary largely devoted to interesting details of incidents connected with the author's administration of justice, with frequent remarks on the manners and customs of the people..." - Zamorano. Kurutz calls the book "momentous," and notes that "Colton corrected the final proofs...in March 1850. He then fell ill and died on January 22, 1851." The facsimile of the Declaration of rights is lacking in this copy, as is often the case. Cowan p.137; Graff 839; Howes C625; Kurutz 151a; Wheat Gold Region p.74, map 148; Zamorano Eighty 20.

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