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A MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospective Future [etc.].
Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1891. First edition. 4to. Full blind-stamped brown morocco with giltstamped spine and front cover ("Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World"), gild dentelles, AEG. Floral-pattern endpapers. Near fine with just touches of minor rubbing to edges of leather. Else a bright, sound, handsome example. 834pp. with 36 plates (w/tissues, all present). Leather Bound. Near Fine. First of four, often misidentified, editions issued in the same year, each with differing paginations and contents. Represents the first published histories for several counties included. A rare title, esp. in this condition. We find no sales records for this edition since Howell. [Rocq 15952]. [Howell 50-1499A].
Offered for US$ 800.00 by: Brian Cassidy, Bookseller - Book number: 10955
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