Perhaps the most famous of the Nevada County directories, notable for the extended histories of the various settlements and the numerous advertisements in addition to the directory listings themselves. Quebedeaux notes it as the "first Nevada County directory; first history of county as a whole; first book printed in the county... Edward F. Bean was Nevada County assessor and editor and publisher of the Daily Gazette in Nevada City. His history and directory is, by far, the best-known of all California directories. One of the great 'standard' county histories, it is, in the minds of many collectors, dealers, historians and libraries, one of the most valuable - content-wise - of all directories published in the United States." Graff 219; Howes B278; Quebedeaux 36; Streeter 2913; Wheat Books 13. With small, old bookplate "Wm. Montgomery's Library" on front pastedown; ticket of John Howell, Importer, at bottom of rear pastedown, with pencil notation at the top of the page indicating it was bought at auction for $47.50 in 1922.