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xiv,116,[16]pp. plus fifteen plates (fourteen colored, including frontispiece), and folding map. Errata page. Original cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt. Cloth scuffed and worn along spine. One plate loose. Good. A scarce and beautifully illustrated handbook to California. The illustrations include scenes of Yosemite, mining, railroad lines, Clear Lake, steamboats, and more. The text describes various routes for reaching California, its natural resources and agricultural potential (with specific sections on several crops), its population, etc. The preface is signed by "A. Carr," to whom the entire work is often attributed. Not in Howes. ROCQ 16761. COWAN, p.301. Seller Inventory # WRCAM43986
Title: ILLUSTRATED HAND-BOOK OF CALIFORNIA: HER ...
Publisher: London
Publication Date: 1870
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
A scarce and beautifully illustrated handbook to California. The illustrations include scenes of Yosemite, mining, railroad lines, Clear Lake, steamboats, and more. The text describes various routes for reaching California, its natural resources and agricultural potential (with specific sections on several crops), its population, etc. The preface is signed by "A. Carr," to whom the entire work is often attributed. Not in Howes. ROCQ 16761. COWAN, p.301. xiv,116,[16]pp. plus fifteen plates (fourteen colored, including frontispiece), and folding map. Errata page. Original cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt. Cloth scuffed and worn along spine. One plate loose. Good. Seller Inventory # 43986
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