Mission in the Valley of the Bears: A Documentary History of San Luis, Obispo de Tolosa

Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1985). First Edition, Limited to 350 copies. 8vo. 240 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's yellow & black dustjacket. Two small holes on dustjacket spine else a fine copy. One of the elusive titles in Msgr. Weber's acclaimed series on the history of California's missions along the El Camino Real. Item #21397

The author, Monsignor Francis J. Weber, is a distinguished Catholic scholar, an Honorary Chaplain to His Holiness the Pope, and the archivist for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the San Fernando Mission, as well as a former professor of history at Queen of Angels Seminary. "A collection of eyewitness accounts, historical memoirs and personal vignettes about an outpost of the Spanish Empire." - Weber, California Mission Bibliography pg. 112.

Price: $150.00

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