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Allen, Benjamin Shannon (editor). California and Its Resources: An Illustrated History. San Francisco: California Development Board, 1910. Quarto (14 x 11 inches). Original full dark brown pebble-grained cloth, front covers lettered in gilt “California” diagonally across center and “Volume One / 1910″ and “Volume Two / 1910″ at lower right corners. Patterned endpapers in tan and orange floral motif. Volume I: An Illustrated History. Edited by Benjamin Shannon Allen, with contributions from writers of the leading San Francisco newspapers. Title printed in black within a yellow field with red pictorial border; illustrated throughout with maps, portraits, and photographic plates. Includes a “General Map of California” reproduced from the map issued by the California Development Board, Arthur R. Briggs, President and Manager. Volume II: The Men of the State. Biographical sketches of prominent Californians, each page printed within red pictorial borders depicting agricultural and frontier scenes. Illustrated with halftone portraits on yellow panels; includes a “Relief Map of California” reproduced from the California State Mining Bureau, Lewis E. Both volumes printed on coated stock with high-quality gravure illustrations. Condition: Very good overall. Light rubbing and minor fraying to spine ends and corners; a few faint scuffs to boards. Some offsetting and mild age toning to endpapers; occasional light foxing and top edge staining, marginal smudging to text. Bindings tight, contents clean and well-preserved. An attractive and substantial turn-of-the-century survey of California’s industries, civic development, and leading figures, prepared under the auspices of the California Development Board shortly before the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Combining boosterism, economic analysis, and photographic documentation, it captures the state’s rapid transformation in the early twentieth century.

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California, Her Resources and Possibilities, Fourteenth Annual Report of the California State Board of Trade for the Year 1903 [Cover title: California, The Land of Promise]. Published: San Francisco; California State Board of Trade, 1904. Condition: Near fine (please see full item description for details). Description: 55 pp, with chromolithograph frontispiece (of a poppy), folding map (Geographical, Topographical and Railroad Map of California, with birdseye view of San Francisco in 1903 on the verso), tables (one folding), and illustrations from photographs. An attractive promotional piece containing detailed statistics on demographics, agricultural production, natural resources, imdustry, and other aspects of commercial development. See our other Californiana. Condition Descriptions Defined: We grade our books and dust jackets using the traditional language of the antiquarian book trade. In brief: Fine is the highest grade and means essentially as new, without visible faults or defects; Near Fine means approaching fine, but with one or more very minor defects or faults, which will be noted; Very Good means the book shows some general (but not too offensive) signs of wear and use, which will be noted; Good means the book is complete and intact, but has more wear or some internal markings. Any ex-library book will be graded no higher than Good, even if it is otherwise a very nice copy. Again, all flaws will be noted. We rarely offer any books in Fair or Poor condition, but if we do, the reasons for the grade will be evident from the photo(s) and description. Please notify us in advance of any return. About us: Walkabout Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “walkaboutbooks” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Author: Chipman, N.P.
• Subject: Americana
• Topic: Californiana
• Binding: Softcover
• Publisher: California State Board of Trade
• Publication Year: 1904
• Publication Location: San Francisco

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