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Illustrated Souvenir Showing a Few Alameda County Homes. The Athens of the Pacific. The Flower Garden of California

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Sale 489: Americana - African-American History - Travel & Exploration - Cartography: Library of Jane Galante (#489) 09/27/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #68 Illustrated Souvenir Showing a Few Alameda County Homes. The Athens of the Pacific. The Flower Garden of California

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Heading:

(California - Alameda County)

Title:

Illustrated Souvenir Showing a Few Alameda County Homes. The Athens of the Pacific. The Flower Garden of California

Author:

Davoust, Martial

Place Published:

[Oakland, CA]

Publisher:

Published under the auspices of the Oakland Board of Trade

Date Published:

1903

Description:

13 + [57] leaves of photograph plates. 23x29.6 cm. (9x11¾"), dark blue wrappers illustrated in gold and green.

The front cover reads in gold, "The Athens of the Pacific." Full of beautiful views of grand residences and buildings in the city of Oakland and Berkeley. With the rubberstamp of Woodward, Watson & Co. Real Estate Company of Oakland on first blank leaf. Only 6 copies of this view book found by OCLC / Worldcat.

Condition:

Some faint sunning and light edge wear to wrappers; faint and thin stain at top edge of most leaves, a few plates with small spots of soiling; very good.

Item#:

223286

Headline:

Alameda County Homes viewbook souvenir 1903
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