California in the fifties : fifty views of cities and mining towns in California and the West, originally drawn on stone by Kuchel & Dresel and other early San Francisco lithographers / Introduction & explanatory text by Douglas S. Watson.

Main entry:

Watson, Douglas S. (Douglas Sloane)

Title & Author:

Publication:

San Francisco : J. Howell, 1936.

Description:

[113] pages : 50 plates (including frontispiece) ; 32 x 38 cm

Notes:
"Issued by John Howell in an edition of 1,000 copies." This is one of "850 copies upon Highway text bound in deep wine buckram."
"Errata" slip inserted between plate 50 and p. [113].

Summary:

"An outstanding work, bringing together views of California cities, towns, and mining camps in the decade following the gold discovery. Six of the views show towns in Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Each illustration has an accompanying page of explanatory text by Douglas Watson. The typography for the book was designed by Edwin Grabhorn, though it was not printed by the Grabhorns. Instead, the printing and 'lithotones' are by A. Carlisle & Company, the successors to the prolific San Francisco printing firm of Britton & Rey, who were responsible for many of the originals depicted herein"-- from book dealer's catalogue

Subject:

Lithography, American.
Lithographie américaine.
California Pictorial works.
California

Form/genre:

Illustrated works

Added entries:

Howell, John, 1874-1956.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 126927
Call No.: WM9635; ID:86-B6148
Status: Available

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