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Hardcover. Condition: Good Only. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition. 808 pages. Leather covers with gold lettering. Spine is loose. Front cover is loose. Biinding generally is loose. Pages 599-602 are missing: The book has the following inscription: "This book is a Present from Capt. Mendis to my Daughter in Law Lizzie Mendis" on front free endpaper. Further there is a pencil note on verso of front endpaper that reads: "This book is a present from Josephine E. Healey Hardy (grandaughter {sp} of Captain Mendis (Antonio Mendez) to her daughter Ona Hardy Evers. 1979. (Someone has torn out biographical sketch of Anton Mendis - pg 599 - which I understand was inaccurate. Said Antonio Mendez, was Portuguese, not Spanish, etc. He was born in Barcelona, Spain. Ona C. Evers." Illustrated. Sacramento County history with an interesting association history. Cover title is "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World", a title used by the publisher for a number of similar books covering different counties of California.…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Chicago. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1890. First Edition. Thick Quarto (11 x 8). 808 pp. including addenda. The book includes sections and chapters on typography, soil, climate, John A. Sutter and his fort, the California Revolution, county government, criminals, railroads, and businesses. Also important chapters on charitable institutions, Sacramento City, townships, and finally, biographical sketches of important county residents. There are full-page illustrations of important landmarks and prominent individuals. This book is personal to me. It has been in my family since its publication, and my paternal great-grandfather, John Bradford Cave, was one of the men presented in the group of biographical sketches; the family line ends with me. The book is bound in its original black leather with gilt titles and decorations on the spine and front cover. Black and gold pattered end papers. There is light cover wear, and the book is in very good condition. …