Description: 1883 Tourists' Illustrated Guide SUMMER AND WINTER RESORTS California YOSEMITEUNRECORDED EDITION (SEE PAGINATION BELOW): DESCRIPTION: Tourists' Illustrated Guide to the Celebrated Summer and Winter Resorts of California Adjacent and upon the Lines of the Central and Southern Pacific Railroads by Major Ben C. Truman; San Francisco: H. S. Crocker & Co., 1883; First Edition (Housed in a custom slipcase); Large 8vo.; 256 pages [(i-iii ads) (iv woodcut) (v title page) (vi ad) (vii contents) (viii ad) (ix text) 10 to 232 text - 233 to 256 ads] (5 pages of ads at front and 24 pages of ads at back included in pagination)]; Map inside front cover and on page 130; 65 woodcut illustrations throughout. Original color-lithographed wrappers; Includes descriptions of Yosemite Valley, Hetch Hetchy Valley, the Yosemite High Sierra and the Calaveras and Mariposa big tree groves. (Currey & Kruska 336). PAGINATION: This page numbering does not match Curry & Kruska which gives 192 pages for the First 1883 edition and 224 pages of text for the second 1884 edition. This 1883 edition has 256 numbered pages with 232 pages of text] which is a greater number than either C&K’s First 1883 or Second 1884 Edition. CONDITION: Very good (Housed in a custom slipcase of simulated leather); Light creases in front & back covers [SEE SCANS]. SECURITY: ARGUS BOOKS [or other wording] in PINK may have been super-imposed over the images for security and are not on the actual item. BIOGRAPHICAL: Major Ben C. Truman: The image of California as the every-man's paradise of health and the good life owes something to the efforts of B.C. Truman (1835-1916), an ex-Civil War journalist and confidential secretary of Andrew Johnson, who discovered southern California in the late 1860's and spent the rest of his life promoting it in books, articles, and other promotional efforts. A biography “Benjamin C. Truman, California Booster and Bon Vivant” by G.F. Kurutz emphasizes Truman's publishing and publicity activities and provides a checklist of some of his writings. SHIPPING: FREE: Books, journals, magazines, multiple copies or issues, etc. thicker than 1/4 inch are boxed securely and shipped by USPS Media mail insured [unless other arrangements have been made with seller]. [PNN – S1 (Code to find item)]
Price: 575 USD
Location: Auburn, California
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: SAN FRANCISCO
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated
Region: North America
Author: Major Ben C. Truman
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: CALIFORNIA RESORTS
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Year Printed: 1883
Original/Facsimile: Original
