The San Francisco Chronicle and Its History. The Story of its Foundation, the Struggles of its Early Life, its Well-Earned Successes. The new Chronicle Building, the Edifice and Machinery Described, Comments of the Press

Book Description

, San Francisco, 1879. Very good. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 60 pages, decorative maroon cloth stamped in gold on upper cover and in blind on lower cover, corners rubbed, general wear to extremities , Black and white frontispiece engraving of the Chronicle Building. Four color-printed lithographs by Edward Bosqui & Co., each with tissue guard. These depict the publication office, the compositors' room (showing the setting of type by hand), a 50 horsepower engine used to power the presses, and the two printing presses.

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