Author: Various
Title: California, the Empire Beautiful. Her Great Bays, Harbors, Mines, Orchards and Vineyards, Olive, Lemon and Orange Groves. Her Men and Women, a Prophecy of the Coming Race
Description: San Francisco: Mrs. J. J. Owen, 1899. Hardcover. First edition; oblong 9 x 12; pp. 250; tan cloth over boards; gilt title and decorations to front board; small rubbed spots to corners and tips of spine; several spots to boards; illustrated with in-line and full-page photographic plates and steel engravings; light foxing to first and last few pages; text mostly clean with occasional finger smudges to margins; good to very good condition. Published under the auspices of the Native Sons and the Native Daughters of the Golden West - the former a fraternal organization and the latter, their sister organization, dedicated to preservation and documentation of historic landmarks in California - the book is a beautiful pictorial history of California, describing the Golden State in words and photographs. Ill.: 0. 2.

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