The centennial year book of Alameda County, California ... An account of the organization and settlement of Alameda County, with a yearly synopsis of important events ... also, a gazetteer of each township ... biographical sketches of prominent pioneers and public men illustrated with numerous engravings
Oakland: William Halley, 1876. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 586, [6]; wood-engraved frontispiece of the Alameda courthouse and 13 wood-engraved plates; illustrated ads throughout; original pictorial black cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; upper joint cracked and weak, ex-Odd Fellows library, with call number on spine, bookplate, and stamps throughout text, "Huston" written in ink on fore-edge, textblock relatively clean and sound. "Leaves of advertisements have been incorporated throughout it, which have not graced the work; but despite this undignified feature the contents form the best source of authority that we have for the history of this county" (Cowan). Cowan, p. 103. Item #58690
Price: $225.00
