xiii, [1], 904 pp. Numerous illustrations from photographs, maps, etc., including large folding panorama of San Francisco in flames after 1906 earthquake, and folding color map of Boston, MA. 9x5¾, red buckram lettered in gilt. First Edition.

With rubberstamps of Steinbrugge and Thomas, Inc., Structural Engineers, on the endpapers. T.L.s. from San Francisco architect and developer Corwin Booth to Donald R. Thomas of the aforementioned firm, thanking him for forwarding a page from the book about building with brick on landfill, and discussing the ramifications, laid in.