formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience

California View Book. (No author indicated. circa 1905.

California View Book. (No author indicated. Art Publishing Co. San Francisco. Judging from photos of Alcatraz Island and the Cliff House of San Francisco book was published about 1905. 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" 32 one sided pages with one photo each  Hardcover with no dust jacket.  Moderate cover edge wear, a bit heavier on the bottom of the spine. Book has a several line gifting in ink for a new year (unknown which) on the front end paper. Some water stain on the bottom corner tip of the pages not going to the photos. I found a couple of pages with closed tears from the bottom of the page. Some of the pages seem to have light smudges.  I see no other previous owner markings.  No  folds or creases to pages. Binding has been repaired and is now tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. sKK13b

Photos of: Mt. Shasta, Shasta Springs, Chapel at Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley., Mt Tamalpais., State capital Sacramento., Lake Tahoe., Yosemite Valley., Mossbrae Falls., Hotel del Monte, Monterey., Lick Observatory, Mt Hamilton., Vineyards at Asti, Sonoma County., Carmel Mission, Monterey County., Orchards near Healdsburg., Midway point (It looks like a photo from the Monterey coast)., The Geysers, Sonoma County., Mission Dolores., Harvesting wheat (probably from the Central Valley)., Orange Grove (Folks picking fruit)., Santa Barbara Mission., Rabbit drive (this is ot a street but a hunt)., Fallen monarch (a redwood tree)., The Golden Gate., "Wawona" Big Tree., others