THE SYSTEM: AS UNCOVERED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT PROSECUTION

1915. HICHBORN, Franklin. "THE SYSTEM": AS UNCOVERED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT PROSECUTION. San Francisco: James H. Barry Co., 1915. Small 8vo., dark-blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed presentation from Hichborn on front endpaper: "To Gardiner Johnson, with whose father, more than eighty years ago, I set coon traps and quail traps in pioneer Humboldt County. Franklin Hichborn, Santa Clara Calif. May 14, 1959." Gardiner Johnson was a California Assemblyman. Hichborn (1897-1951) was the former legislative reporter in Sacramento for the San Francisco Examiner. An examination on political corruption in San Francisco under the Ruef-Schmitz administration. Near fine (clean & bright, few minor dings edge of covers). Uncommon to locate an autographed copy. $150.00. (Inventory #: 1988)