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McKenney's District Directory California 1879-80

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Title: McKenney's District Directory for 1879-80, of Sacramento, City and County, Amador, Eldorado, Placer and Yolo Counties
Author: **
Description: 606pp. Illustrated with engravings. (8vo) 9x6½, original calf-backed printed boards, spine lettered in gilt.Early directory of "all residents, with Sketch of Cities and Towns" with a "New and Prominent Feature...that every Resident Land-Owner in these Five Counties appears with the Number of Acres and Postoffice Address." Includes one example of Gloss Color printing from Bancroft Printers. Interesting book plate on front board dated 1879-80 of a man atop a ladder brushing clean a window where the owner's name is written. OCLC locates only one copy. ABPC locates no auction records in at least 30 years.
Heading: (California)Place Published: Sacramento and San Francisco
Publisher: L.M. McKenney
Date Published: 1879