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California and Its Resources by Seyd, 1858 [158985]

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California and Its Resources by Seyd, 1858 [158985]
NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER), HIGH BID WAS
900.00USD+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2022 Dec 03 @ 10:00UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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California and Its Resources: A Work for the Merchant, the Capitalist, and the Emigrant by Ernest Seyd. Published by Trubner and Co. in 1858. First edition. A thorough and lively work on California, with much on the state's natural resources, history, and economy, as well as its gold fields and agricultural prospects. Illustrated with 18 plates, 8 of which are colored or tinted. The tinted frontispiece showing Yosemite Falls and another tinted plate showing Yosemite Valley were derived from sketches made in 1855 and appear to be the first views of Yosemite Valley to be published in a book. Other illustrations show buildings in San Francisco, forest scenes, and mining operations. This book also contains two foldout maps. One map shows all of California, while the other shows several routes to California from England and Europe, including overland from New York or New Orleans, across the Isthmus of Panama, or around the Horn. 168 pages plus advertisements. Original cloth binding. Light edge wear, joints a bit worn. Light tanning, occasional foxing, but generally clean internally. 5.75 x 9 inches.

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