California - The Golden State - A Sketch Book of the Great Valley

"This 9.25 x 12.25 inch, unpaginated softcover booklet is an 80-page promotional booklet with the Associated Editors San Francisco, California in 1956 as shown on the title page. This attractive promotional is housed in thick pebbled cardstock wrappers with gilt titling on the front panel. The condition of this item is fine with virtually no handling or time wear showing to the binding and text pages. The text pages feature multiple black-and-white photographs of California’s two interior valleys … with numerous pictures taken from the air … and with several aerial photos of some of the valley cities. Of particular interest are the more than 100 thumbnail sketches of prominent personalities … each sketch showing a black-and-white photo and brief career summary. The final three pages provide short summaries of the "Counties of the Valley.".