A History of the City of San Francisco and Incidentally of the State of California

first edition

1878 · San Francisco

by Hittell, John Shertzer
San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Company, 1878. First Edition. 498pp. Octavo [23 cm] Brown cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board decoartive floral stamping to boards. Good. Boards faded with the corners bumped and rubbed. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Written in commemoration of the centennial of the United States, this work is notable for its insights into the economic tides that shaped San Francisco and the personalities and events of city politics. "The most reliable and standard authority that has yet appeared upon the period it includes" - Cowan [II] p.283. Howes H539. Uncommon. (Inventory #: 10495) (truncated)
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