ELLIS, W. T. Memories, My Seventy-Two Years in the Romantic County of Yuba California.
Item #7921
308 pp., port. frontis; 4to; original cloth backed marbled boards; paper spine label; in publisher's slipcase; black & white photographs. Eugene: The University of Oregon. Printed by John Henry Nash., 1939. First Edition. Rocq 15600. Early days of Marysville recounted from the experiences of a prominent citizen after whom Ellis Lake is named. Railroads, mining, fire fighting gambling, street duels, newspapers, and Black Bart are among the many subjects as well as much information on flood control and levee construction on which Ellis was considered an authority, serving as Manager of the Levee Commission. Fine condition in slipcase which is worn & rubbed at extremities. |
