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824 pp. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings, 6 steel-engraved plates (including frontispiece); 2 maps (1 folding). (8vo), original full black morocco, covers stamped in blind and lettered in gilt, rebacked with original spine leather laid down, spine lettered in gilt, all edges marbled. First Edition.

"A necessary reference book of San Francisco to the middle fifties, compiled mainly from newspapers and information received from pioneer citizens..." - Zamorano. Also, the work “not only gives an outstanding narrative history of San Francisco, but also supplies much information on mining and its impact on this instant city" – Kurutz. Kurutz 594; Cowan p.601; Graff 3901; Howes S769; Sabin 87268; Zamorano Eighty 70.