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11:00 AM PT - Feb 16th, 2012
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Title: A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California
Author: ** Description: [4], 822 pp. Illus. with photo plates & portraits; (4to) 29x22 cm. (11¼x8¼") original full embossed morocco with gilt pictorial front cover lettered "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World," spine gilt, decorative endpapers, all edges gilt. First Edition.Scarce history of 3 Central Valley counties, none of which were among the 27 original California counties named in 1850. Fresno County was created in 1856 from portions of Mariposa, Merced and Tulare Counties; Kern was organized in 1866 from portions of Los Angeles and Tulare Counties; Tulare was created in 1852 from portions of Mariposa and Los Angeles Counties. Cowan p. 848; Rocq 1839 Heading: (Fresno, Tulare, and Kern Counties)Place Published: Chicago Publisher: Lewis Publishing Co. Date Published: [c.1892] Condition reportCovers scuffed, short split to bottom of front joint, wear to spine foot, corners worn with boards exposed; front hinge starting, text block somewhat shaken, else very good.
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