Directory of the County of Placer, for the Year 1861. Containing a history of the county, and of the different towns in the county; with the names of inhabitants, and everything appertaining to a complete directory - Steele, E.I., James P. Bull and F.I. Houston. San Francisco; Charles F. Robbins, 1861. (iii)-208 pp. (8vo) later blue cloth. First Edition. The first directory of Placer County. Norris describes this volume as "Extremely rare and one of the most important of the California directories. Most of the towns and mining camps have long since disappeared and this work constitutes the only accurate record of their existence." P. 37 repaired. Norris 3063; Rocq 6258; Howes P402; Greenwood 1515; Quebedeaux 41; Cowan (II), p. 171. Graff 3968. Light wear to cloth, lacking blank leaves at front and rear, lacking first leaf (i-ii); two leaves (pp.16/17 & 37/38) lacking large portions, repaired with blank paper, very good. Copies of these pages inserted. Formerly the Library of Congress copy, with their bookplate and other markings Auburn California