Author: DeWitt, Frederic M. Title: An ILLUSTRATED And DESCRIPTIVE SOUVENIR And GUIDE ... To SAN FRANCISCO.; A New Handbook for Strangers and Tourists. With a Short Historical Sketch and a Bird's-Eye View of the Business Center of the City
Description: San Francisco, Cal: Published by Frederic M. DeWitt, 1900. Third Edition. Cf. Cowan II, p. 168 & Rocq 9139 for the 1897 first edition. Not in the Norris Collection Catalogue, nor the Streeter Collection catalogue. Original publisher's printed grey paper wrappers. 144 pp. Advertising. Illustrated "by nearly twenty engravings." With large folding map [26-1/4" x 21-1/2"; "DeWitt's Indexed Map of the City of San Francisco, Corrected and Revised 1901"] of the city at rear and small "bird's-eye" map of the commercial district at front. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 5". Minor wear, a bit of age-toning along spine. Two short tears to the folding map. A solid VG copy. A city guidebook listing tourist sights, hotels, restaurants, banks, businesses, churches, clubs, schools, etc. At the time of cataloguing, OCLC locates 6 holding institutions for this 3rd edition. A search of RBH yields no prior offerings, of any edition. Uncommon in the trade.
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Price: US$ 825.00 Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA
- Book number: 46704
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