Reproduction of Thompson and West's History of Sacramento County, California. With Illustrations

Berkeley Howell-North Books 1960, Reprint of the rare 1880 first edition, with a new introduction for this 1960 reprint by Allan R. Ottley. Oblong quarto. [6], 294pp. plus 2 color maps (1 folding) and 238 illustrations reproducing the original lithographs (mostly full-page; 8 double-page). Black cloth lettered and decorated on spine and front cover in gilt. A very fine and clean copy with slightly chipped printed dust jacket. A complete history of the county: early discovery, aborigines, missions, primitive agriculture, Sir Francis Drake, American Conquest, General Sutter, Sutter's Fort, Donner Party, gold discovery, squatter riots, courts, navigation, floods and levees, fires and fire department, public and state buildings, journalism, churchs and schools, crimes and punishment, fraternal societies, land titles, agriculture, railroads, the military, etc., etc. Also includes histories of all the townships and biographical sketches of leading citizens and pioneers. One of the scarcest of the county history reprints.

• USD 225.00 > other currencies
• ordernr.: 4439

• bookseller: Argonaut Book Shop (USA)