On the Old West Coast: Being the Further Reminiscences of a Ranger, Major Horace Bell. Edited by Lanier Bartlett.  Published in 1930 by Grosset & Dunlap of New York.

Born in Indiana in 1830, Bell settled in Los Angeles in 1852.  He was a founding member of the Los Angeles Rangers, the first specific Los Angeles police force, and a member of Walker's Filibusters in Nicaragua ( The Filibuster War or Walker affair was a military conflict between filibustering multinational troops stationed in Nicaragua and a coalition of Central American armies. An American mercenary, William Walker, invaded Nicaragua in 1855 with a small private army. He seized control of the country by 1856, but was ousted the following year.) Howard was also a lawyer, journalist and newspaper publisher, and author of two Southern California history books.   He died in 1919.  His first book Reminiscences of a Ranger: Early Times in Southern California was published in 1881.  It is a classic account  of the “seamy” side of 19th century Los Angeles.  On the Old West Coast, published posthumously in 1930, is based on his notes and expands on the theme.

Condition:  Very Good for age. Sound binding. Rubbing to top of spine and bumping to bottom. Light rubbing to board tips. Faint pencil markings on front endpapers. Pictorial endpapers. Text is lightly toned, clean, tight and whole. Illustrated with 2 sided b&w plates. 8 1/4" x 5 1/2" with 336 pages.