72 pp. With double-page color map, 11 wood-engraved plates. 23.4x14.7 cm. original lithographed pictorial wrappers. First Edition.

Rare promotional and settlement guide for Northern California, with a locomotive and a bountiful farm on the front wrapper, produced by the Immigration Association of Northern California). With information on climate, crops (including grape culture), the various counties, and an interesting appendix listing “Retail Prices in Interior Towns” including plows, clothing (Ladies’ French Kid Shoes, $2.00 to $2.50), dry goods, groceries (codfish, 7c per lb), furniture and carpets. The Immigration Association of Northern California was made up of leading citizens, including N. D. Rideout, President (and President of the California State Bank); Joseph Steffens, Vice President (and President of the Sacramento Board of Trade), as well as other bankers, legislators and newspaper editors. OCLC/WorldCat lists 13 copies. Rocq 15871.