21. BOLTON, Herbert E. Rim of Christendom: A
Biography of Eusebio Francisco Kino. New York:
Macmillan, 1936. [16] 644 pp., illustrations, 8 maps, 12
plates, 3 facsimiles. Tall 8vo, original cloth with gilt
title on cover and spine. D.j. slightly chipped but very
good. Presentation inscribed and signed by Bolton, dated
January 28, 1937.
First
edition. Harvard Guide to American History, p.
198. Howes B587. Rader 396. Pingenot: One of
Bolton’s most important works, the biography of the
pioneering missionary and cartographer of Arizona and
California. It was Kino who exploded the mistaken
geographical notion that had persisted for nearly two
centuries that California was an island. Presentation
copies in the d.j. in nice collector’s condition are
very uncommon.
($60-120)