San Francisco and Its Environs. With Routes from San Francisco through California
first edition
1903 · San Francisco
San Francisco: California Promotion Committee, 1903 First edition. Quite scarce, most especially in this condition. Tall 16mo. 6¾x3¾ inches. Double-page map. Maroon pebbled leatherette, gilt-lettered front cover. Tiny wear spot to foot of spine. A superb, very fine copy. A comprehensive little guide for the 1903 tourist in San Francisco, listing places to stay, places to see, where to eat, how to get around, a brief history, etc. Also covers the suburbs (Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, and other areas). This guide is much more comprehensive than the simple title would indicate, also including cab stands, horse races, bowling alleys, hospitals, educational institutions, ferry and local trains, libraries, resorts around the Bay Area, mineral springs, historic landmarks, and on, and on. This is one of those guides that shows up in institutional collections but is almost never offered. Most likely, copies burned in the fire & earthquake of 1906. The Argonaut Book Shop has handled only one other copy of this guide in the last 50+ years, in 1994. [Rocq: 8728; noted by OCLC; not noted by Cowan].. (Inventory #: 8377)