[Rarebooks] FS: Very scarce first book of The Peregrine Press. SF: 1950

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(THE PEREGRINE PRESS) Evans, Henry Herman. A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD A CHECKLIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND REFERENCE MATERIAL Relating to the History of the States and Territories of the American West Including Alaska and Hawaii. San Francisco: The Peregrine Press. 1950. (94)pp. With an Index. Edition limited to 75 copies. This copy presented to "James Jackson." Orig. green paste paper wrappers. Fine copy.                    $300.00 (trade discount allowed)
The very scarce first book (after 3 broadsides) of  The Peregrine Press of Henry Evans, the San Francisco, bookseller, artist and printer. The text lists and annotates 152 Americana reference works. This is the only copy currently for sale on line.

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