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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(CALIFORNIA.) Ryan, William Redmond. Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California. 23 plates, including 3 tinted lithographed views. vi, [2], [vii]-x, 347, [1]; [2], 413, [1] pages. 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary 1/2 calf, minor wear; moderate foxing on plates; bookplates on front pastedowns. London, 1850
first edition. 'The charming narrative of an artist and bohemian who left unrecorded but little that he saw. His descriptions are among the best of his time'--Cowan 1933, page 547. Hill 1508; Howes R558 ('aa'). Provenance: J. Bailey (early armorial bookplates); Frederick Fermor Hesketh (later bookplates tipped over Bailey's); Fermor Hesketh sale, Sotheby's London, 15 December 1999, lot 599.
