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[16] pp. (including covers). Illustrated from 20 photographs and 2 birds-eye view map drawings, both showing the Del Monte Golf Links (one of which is double-page and goes into detail marking all 18 holes); color artwork illustrated on covers (one side shows a man golfing with antique car in background; other a close-up of the car with a male and female and the hotel in the backdrop). 9x8 (unfolded), color pictorial souvenir wrappers, staple-bound.

Stunningly attractive and rare Del Monte golf souvenir booklet, with a color golfing image on one cover; twenty captivating photographic images (including two of players on the golf links and of a championship tennis match held on Hotel Del Monte grounds; an amazing double-page birds-eye view of the entire Del Monte Golf Course and the surrounding area (with hotel grounds, race track, Monterey Bay and rolling hills); another smaller map which includes both Del Monte Golf and Pebble Beach; plus other historic locations, old roads and residences, Asilomar (retreat-by-the-sea), Hope Ranch Park in Santa Barbara, and more. Hotel manager Carl S. Stanley’s rubberstamp over previous manager’s name (which is printed) H.R. Warner on the bottom of the first text page. One of the best early Hotel Del Monte souvenir items one can find, by far.