98 pp. 72 photogravure plates. (Small 4to) original full brown morocco, decoratively stamped in blind, lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom brown morocco and cloth drop-back box. First Edition.
Illustrated with fine photogravures of San Diego including beaches, La Jolla, and back country scenes, after photographs made by Herve Friend. The author owned the San Diego Union newspaper for eighteen years and here presents one of the finest books ever published about San Diego. Edition limited to one thousand copies which originally sold at a hefty $10 each. The best pictorial record of San Diego's built and natural environment until then issued. Zamorano Select 36.
Condition:
Binding lightly rubbed; 1896 gift inscription on front free endpaper verso; very good, better than typically encountered, in a fine custom box.