SUMMER AND WINTER RESORTS. Tourists’ Illustrated Guide to the Celebrated Summer and Winter Resorts of California Adjacent and upon the Lines of the Central and Southern Pacific Railroads. By Major Ben C. Truman ; San Francisco: H. (Housed in a custom slipcase); Large 8vo. 256 pages [(i-iii ads) (iv woodcut) (v title page) (vi ad) (vii contents) (viii ad) (ix text) 10 to 232 text – 233 to 256 ads]. 5 pages of ads at front. 24 pages of ads at back included in pagination. ; Map inside front cover and page 130; 65 woodcut illustrations throughout. Original color-lithographed wrappers; Includes descriptions of Yosemite Valley, Hetch Hetchy Valley, the Yosemite High Sierra and the Calaveras and Mariposa big tree groves. (Currey & Kruska 336). This page numbering does not match Curry & Kruska which gives. 192 pages for the First 1883 edition. 224 pages of text for the second 1884 edition. This 1883 edition has 256 numbered pages with. 232 pages of text. Which is a greater number than either C&Ks First 1883 or Second 1884 Edition. (Housed in a custom slipcase of simulated leather). Creases in front & back covers [SEE SCANS]. [or other wording] in. May have been super-imposed over the images for security and are not on the actual item. The image of California as the every-man’s paradise of health and the good life owes something to the efforts of B. Truman, California Booster and Bon Vivant. Emphasizes Truman’s publishing and publicity activities and provides a checklist of some of his writings. Books, journals, magazines, multiple copies or issues, etc. The item “1883 Tourists’ Illustrated Guide SUMMER AND WINTER RESORTS California YOSEMITE” is in sale since Monday, February 10, 2020. This item is in the category “Books\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “marcas” and is located in Auburn, California. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Year Printed: 1883
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Topic: CALIFORNIA RESORTS
- Binding: Softcover, Wraps
- Region: North America
- Author: Major Ben C. Truman
- Subject: History
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Language: English
- Place of Publication: SAN FRANCISCO
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition