White, Gerald T.

Baptism in Oil. Stephen F. Peckham in Southern California, 1865-66.

1984. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1984.

4to, 138pp. Portraits, plates from photographs; extensive notes. Cloth-backed decorated green boards with gilt-lettered spine. A very fine copy.

§ Limited to 500 copies printed by the Castle Press designed by Ward Ritchie. The book documents the history of the formative years of California's oil industry. Peckham came to Ventura's Ojai Ranch in 1865 to refine oil for the California Petroleum Company. Item #124738

Price: $60.00