[Newspaper History] - The SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE And ITS HISTORY.; The Story of Its Foundation, The Struggles of Its Early Life, Its Well-Earned Success. The New Chronicle Building, The Edifice and Machinery Described, Comments of the Press

San Francisco, Cal: , 1879. 1st edition (Cowan II, p. 556). Original publisher's green cloth binding, with elaborate gilt stamping. 60 pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. 4 inserted chromolithographs. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Bright gilt. Minor wear. A pleasing Nr Fine copy. The Chronicle newspaper was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by the two teenage brothers, Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. Benefiting from the growth of San Francisco, by 1880, it had the largest circulation of all West Coast newspapers. This book tells the story of that founding & growth. Uncommon in the trade.

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