This map, of the entire State of California, has been published by the Automotive Department of the Oakland Tribune as a service to the motorists of California. . . .

Published by Oakland Tribune,, Oakland, CA:, 1931

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Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books

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One Elephant folio map, sized 22 x 34 in., printed on blue-tinted paper stock, w/ scale of 1:1,520,000, and includes 6 different inset maps, fold creases (minor dustsoiling, thumbing), still VG bright copy. First edition, thus, of this well-executed and scarce automobile travel map issued by the Oakland Tribune at the onset of the Great Depression, with specific mileage tables for traveling on U.S. Highways 99W, 99E, 99, 40, & 101, with distances calculated from Oakland. Inset maps include Eastbay & Vicinity, Sacramento, Fresno, Santa Clara & San Jose, Bakersfield, and Stockton, CA. This automobile motoring map adapted and enhanced the 1923 and 1927 Oakland Tribune maps. Worldcat locates 2 copies (CA Hist. Soc., Bancroft).

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Title
This map, of the entire State of California, has been published by the Automotive Department of the Oakland Tribune as a service to the motorists of California. . . .
Author
[CALIFORNIA -- AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL MAP].
Publisher
Oakland Tribune,, Oakland, CA:
Publication year
1931
Edition
1st Edition
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Automobile Travel

Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.

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We are a small Used & Rare Bookseller available by appointment through phone, or e-mail. We exhibit at 10-14 trade shows a year, including the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, Rose City Book Fair in Portland, Oregon, as well as many others. We specialize in History, Medicine, Science, Children's Literature, Photographs, Photography, Archives, Trade Catalogues with an emphasis on Salesman Sample Catalogues, and Nineteenth-century imprints.

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