Name/Title
"THE NATURAL WEALTH OF CALIFORNIA"Entry/Object ID
2004.38.1.1Description
Color: Green
"The Natural Wealth of California," by Titus Fey Cronise (San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft & Company,) 1868. The 696-page hardcover book has a green pebbled cloth cover with gilt lettering on the spine with the title, author's last name and abbreviated publisher's name. Contents include an introduction and chapters on early history; geography and topography; counties; climate; agriculture; geology; zoology; flora; mining and metallurgical processes; mines and mining; manufactures; the city and county of San Francisco; and miscellaneous subjects, including railroads, sea travel, finances of the state and counties, literary matters, and the Chinese question. There are no illustrations and, aside from the text, there is only an advertisement at the back for the publisher's other works. There are stamps from a previous owner. With cover edge and corner abrasions, acid burns on flysheets and on the first few pages, spine brittleness, dents at corners, some soiling on pages and their edges, cover and page discoloration, fading of cover lettering, flaking of cover fabric, light foxing on some pages, some minor handling stains, and some tears on cover fabric, the overall condition is good.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, H. H. Bancroft and Company, Natural resources--California, Industries--California
