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Nordhoff, Charles : California, Complete in Three Parts, Pre-Publication Serial Appearance, from Harper's Magazine

Harper & Brothers, NY, 1872

8vo. 48pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 32 characteristic Harper's engravings, including 3 maps, one of the Sacramento Valley, one of points of interest to tourists, and one of the San Joaquin Valley, salvaged from damaged issues of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume XLIV, No. 264, May, 1872, and Volume XLV, Nos. 265 & 266, June / July, 1872. These articles would be gathered into the author's title, CALIFORNIA FOR HEALTH, PLEASURE, AND RESIDENCE, which would be published by Harper & Brothers, 1873. Illustrations include a view of the cliff house at San Francisco, a bird's - eye view of the Pacific Railroad from Chicago to San Francisco, the interior of a Pullman Palace Car on the railroad, the dining room of the Union Pacific Railroad, the cooking range, the interior of a Pullman Sleeping Car, a view rounding Cape Horn, the Observation Car, Eagle Gap on the Truckee River, snow sheds along the line, the snow plow, the interior of the snow shed, the summit of the Sierras, a view of Alkali Desert and the Central Pacific Railroad, Bloomer Cut, the flume and railroad at Gold Run, sixty-four miles from Sacramento, the first office of the Central Pacific Railroad, Secret Town and a view of the trestle from the east, 1100 feet long and 90 feet high, Green Bluffs above the American River, the Central Pacific Railroad Hospital, the geysers, a Piute squaw and papoose, a California Live-Oak, a view of the Yosemite Valley, a sequoia tree, a view of Donner Lake, Crested Peak, and Mount Lincoln, a view near the state line at Truckee River, Lake Tahoe, a scene of boating on Donner Lake, and portraits of George M. Pullman, and C. P. Huntington. Housed in protective mylar report cover.. Book. Book Condition: VG. Binding: Soft cover

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