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Lot 277
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
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MANLY, William Lewis (1820-1903). Death Valley in '49. Important Chapter of California Pioneer History. San Jose, CA: The Pacific Tree and Vine Co., 1894.
8vo (195 x 135 mm). Frontispiece portrait, three plates. Original publisher's decorated mustard cloth gilt, (slight rubbing to extremities).
FIRST EDITION. As a tribute to Manly, the pioneer who helped to name Death Valley, many geographic features in Death Valley bear his name including Manly Beacon, Manly Peak, and Lake Manly. Howes M-255; Kurutz 427a; Zamorano 80, 51.