Buy this book on-line Sacramento Chamber of Commerce : The Romance of CaliforniaSacramento Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento, CA?, 1938
Original publisher's yellow wrappers with staple binding. 5 1/2" x 8." Forty-seven pages, complete. Black and white plates and one folding map, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Staples are slightly rusted but do not affect text or images. A Fine copy. This pamphlet promotes tourism in California and gives concise histories on the state's various cities and towns from its pioneer days and Gold Rush era. Many of the towns are tied to California's history of mining, some of which have become ghost towns. Beautiful illustrations depict some of the places described. The map in the back shows roads, freeways, and the locations of all of the towns that were described within the boundaries approximately demarcated, going clockwise from the northwest, by Red Bluff, Reno, Yosemite National Park, and San Francisco. Sacramento is placed roughly center. The last page of text encourages readers to stay in Sacramento and visit the aforementioned destinations surrounding it. Printed on the front cover: "Birth of the Golden Empire...The Thrilling Days of '49...Complete Guide to the Land of Bret Harte, Mark Twain.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Sacramento Chamber of Commerce : The Romance of California. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, libri antichi, out-of-print books, livres rares and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |