Beschreibung:

A Biographical Sketch of the Life of William B. Ide: With a Minute and Interesting Account of one of the Largest Emigrating Companies. (3000 miles over land), 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" Author: Ide, Simeon Place Published: [Claremont, NH] Publisher: Printed for the Subscribers Date Published: [1880] Description: [2], 239, [1] pp. (12mo) 16.5x11 cm (6½x4¼"), rebound in blindstamped morocco, title in gilt on front. 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. The Zamorano 80 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." Cowan p 301; Graff 2059; Howes I4; Streeter sale 2967; Zamorano 80 #45. According to Streeter: "This Sketch contains an account of the early years of W.B. Ide, recollections by his daughter of the family's trip across the plains to California in 1845, and an account of the Bear Flag revolt of 1846 as told by Ide to his brother in 1849, and in a letter to a Senator Wambough which, as Ide died in 1852, must have been written within a few years of the event. [An] interesting account of the overland journey of 1845 and important source on the beginnings of American rule in California in 1846." Condition: Light wear; near fine. Item#: 353187 Headline: Life of William B. Ide inscribed by author Simeon Ide