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ON OLD RANCHO SAN PASQUAL
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- Used
- Edition
- Original
- Published
- 1922
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- Stiff Wrappers
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$75.00
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Small octavo (7 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches) 48 page stapled promotional booklet, written by the Publicity Department, South Pasadena Branch Security Trust & Savings Bank, bound in decorative stiff wrappers, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of scenery, portraits, prominent buildings, and other historical images; plus descriptive text. Very good condition.
Rancho San Pasqual was deeded as part of… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
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A DAUGHTER OF THE SNOWS
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- Used
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- Second Edition
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- 1923
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- Stiff Wrappers
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$85.00
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Small octavo (7 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches) Published by the Lankershim Branch of the Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles, 1923, written by the Publicity Department, Lankershim Branch, Security Trust & Savings Bank. Second Edition. 56 page stapled promotional booklet in decorative stiff wrappers, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of scenery, portraits, prominent landmarks, and… Read more about this item Item Price
$85.00
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FIRST OF THE RANCHOS
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- Used
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- Third Edition
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- 1927
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- Stiff Wrappers
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$50.00
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Small octavo (7 7/8 by 4 1/4 inches) Glendale Branch of the Security Trust & Savings Bank, 1927. Written by the Publicity Department, Glendale Branch, Security Trust & Savings Bank. Third Edition.
48 page stapled promotional booklet in decorative stiff wrappers, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of street scenes, portraits, and historical images; plus descriptive text. Very good condition.
Originally… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
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THE FIVE FRIENDLY VALLEYS
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- Used
- Edition
- Second Edition
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- 1923
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- Stiff Wrappers
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$75.00
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Small octavo (7 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches) Highland Park Branch Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles, 1923. Written by the Publicity Department, Highland Park Branch, Security Trust & Savings Bank, second edition. 48 page stapled promotional booklet in decorative stiff wrappers, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of scenery, portraits, prominent buildings, and other historical images;… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
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THE LAND OF SUNSHINE FRUIT AND FLOWERS [1898 Southern California View Book]
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- Used
- Edition
- Original Edition
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- 1898
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- Hardcover, Cloth
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$295.00
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Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 1/8 inches) Columbus, Ohio: Ward Brothers, 1898. Original Edition. twelve plates folded leporello style containing upwards of 70 images, plus seven pages of text describing the natural, historical, and cultural qualities of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Bernardino. Bound in red moire cloth, with minimal wear to edges. Very good condition.
An illustrated, souvenir,… Read more about this item Item Price
$295.00
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HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
by Wilson, John Albert
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- Used - Good condition
- Edition
- First Original Edition
- Published
- 1880
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- Embossed cloth over boards
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$1,495.00
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Quarto in oblong format (11 by 14 1/2 inches) Oakland, California: Thompson & West [Printed by Pacific Press Printing and Publishing House], 1880. First, Original Edition. [3] iv-vi [2], [1] 12-192 pages; eighty-seven full page lithographic views, including a double page bird's-eye-view of the Wolfskill Ranch; full page colored map showing the Western States of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,495.00
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BLINKEY BEN
by Walker, H. M.
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1920
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$25.00
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Small octavo (7 3/4 X 5 1/4 inches) Los Angeles: Los Angeles Examiner, 1920. First Edition. 79 page stapled booklet printed on pulp paper, bound in wrappers, illustrated by the American painter and illustrator B. G. Seielstad, good condition (minor old tape repairs to two portions of covers, neat rubber stamps with name of previous owner on front and back… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
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Riverside County California
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- Used - Very good
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- Original
- Published
- early 1900s
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- Staplebound wrappers
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$45.00
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Octavo (8 1/2 X 5 5/8 inches) Hildreth Brothers, 1910. 20 unnumbered pages. Original booklet in staplebound wrappers, illustrated with captioned photo vignettes and descriptive text; plus large folded black and white grid map (10 3/4 X 22 1/2 inches) showing "Western Portion of Riverside County, California" to the boundary line of San Bernardino County on the North, to the… Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
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Southern California Tourist
by {SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EPHEMERA}
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- Used - Good
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- Original
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- May,1927
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- Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$15.95
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Small octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches) Los Angeles, May, 1927. 96 page stapled promotional guidebook, illustrated with black and white halftone photos of sights and scenery in Southern California, and many interesting local ads. Original, wrappers, good condition (old bend to front cover, small residue of stuck paper on page 11, inked name on page 19, small tear… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.95
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Los Angeles County, California
by {LOS ANGELES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ephemera}
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- Original
- Published
- 1924
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$35.00
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Octavo (9 x 4 inch) Los Angeles: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1924. Paper promotional advertising pamphlet folded twice to form eight panels printed on both sides, illustrated with halftone black and white photos of Mt. Lowe, a California Mission, a view of an automobile traveling through "mountains and valleys," a young lady posing with Southern California flowers, a "Typical… Read more about this item Item Price
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LONG BEACH CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY July 17-28, 1899 and LONG BEACH SUMMER SCHOOL July 17 to August 11
by {LONG BEACH}
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- Used - Good
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- Original
- Published
- 1899
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- Wrappers
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$35.00
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32 mo. (5 x 6 3/4 inches) 1899. rectangular stapled booklet of 30 unnumbered pages, illustrated with black and white half tone photos, sketches, numerous ads for local businesses, land development companies.
Original, wrappers, good condition, (old tape repairs to inside of back cover, minor wear and chipping to fragile spine, not affecting contents), embossed title in gilt on front cover.
Brief… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
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TARNISHED ANGELS
by Robinson, W. W.
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- As new
- Published
- 1964
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- Hardcover, cloth boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$80.00
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32 mo. (4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches) Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, Printed for Members of the Roxburghe Club and the Zamorano Club September 1964. 26 pages of historical text [plus 16 pages printed on yellow paper purportedly reproducing, in facsimile, a "Souvenir Sporting Guide" (a guide to the prositutes and madames) for gentlemen visitors to the Fiesta de… Read more about this item Item Price
$80.00
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Real Estate Tract Directory and Land Purchasers' Guide of Los Angeles County
by HOWELL, Wm. E.
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- Original Edition
- Published
- 1888
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- Quarter cloth, rebacked, with title in gilt on spine; contemporary original orange paper, covered with old printed advertisement
- Quantity Available
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$1,750.00
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Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches) Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House, 1888. 278 pages listing 1700 tracts alphabetically. Rebacked quarter cloth with title in gilt on spine, contemporary original orange printed paper over boards, with old printed advertisements for local businesses framing the title and author, centered, on the upper cover; other ads on back cover, and… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,750.00
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Souvenir: Los Angeles Fire Department
by {Los Angeles Fire Department} Crockett & Conklin (Compilers)
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- Used - Good
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- Original
- Published
- December 1900
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- Cloth over boards
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$325.00
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Small quarto (11 x 8 1/4 inches) Published in the Interest of the Firemen's Relief Fund, December 1900. 116 pages of half tone black and white photos of early Los Angeles, portraits, and advertisements for Los Angeles businesses of the period.
Descriptive text includes a short history of the Los Angeles Fire Department: "In May, 1875, Engine Company No. 2 was… Read more about this item Item Price
$325.00
Homes and Happiness in the Golden State of California
by Truman, Major Ben C.
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- Used - Very good
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- Original
- Published
- October, 1883
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- Cloth over boards
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$425.00
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Small quarto (10 x 7 inches) San Francisco: Published by the Passenger Department of the Central Pacific Railroad Company and Leased Lines, Including the Southern Pacific Railroad and Connections, October, 1883. first two leaves are railroad ads for Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads [9]-63 pages [1], 20 illustrations in descriptive text, map, brown cloth binding, covers bordered top and… Read more about this item Item Price
$425.00
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History of San Bernardino Valley
by {SAN BERNARDINO} Caballeria, Reverend Father Juan
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- Used - Good
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- Original First Edition
- Published
- 1902
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$55.00
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Small octavo (7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches) San Bernardino, California: Times-Index Press, 1902. Original First Edition. 130 pages, frontis portrait of author, black and white pen and ink illustrations by Constance Farris, contents good, wrappers fragile (stiff and brittle charcoal wrappers repaired on front cover where split, repair to chip at upper right corner of front cover, contents not… Read more about this item Item Price
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A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PARADISE (In the Suburbs of Los Angeles)
by {FIRST SEPARATE DIRECTORY OF PASADENA} Farnsworth, R. W. C. (Edited and Published By)
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- Used - Very good
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- Original First Edition printed by the well known Pacific Press,
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- 1883
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$855.00
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Small Quarto (10 x 7 inches) Pasadena, California, R. W. C. Farnsworth, 1883 [1]-vi, [7]-132 pages with engraved and half-tone photo illustrations, map of Pasadena in text.
"First separate directory of Pasadena; first history of the area in particular, and one of the best promotional works of its time for the Los Angeles region." - Quebedeaux: "Prime Sources of California and… Read more about this item Item Price
$855.00
Catalina Island
by {CATALINA}
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- Original
- Published
- 1930s
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$20.00
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Octavo (9 x 4 inch) circa 1930s, original promotional paper brochure folded five times to form 12 unnumbered panels printed on both sides with halftone photos and descriptive text; cover title against an orange background, headlines printed in red, Wilmington Transportation Company flag on front cover surrounded by images of recreational activities on the Island. Very good condition
"In All the… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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Official Program of the Second Annual Ball Given by the Beer Drivers, Helpers and Stablemen's Local Union No. 242 Saturday Evening, Dec. 4 1909 at New Turner Hall 321 South Main St.
by {LOS ANGELES}
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- Used - Good
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- 1909
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- Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$60.00
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16 mo. (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches) Los Angeles, "OFFICIAL PROGRAM for Saturday Evening, Dec. 4 1909 at New Turner Hall 321 South Main St." staple bound paper program of 14 unnumbered pages, one halftone captioned photo illustration of men standing at a bar: "Grand Annex, 106 So. Main St.;" good condition (old horizontal fold on front cover indicating… Read more about this item Item Price
$60.00
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Los Angeles
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- Original
- Published
- 1925
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$35.00
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Octavo (9 x 4 inch) folded paper brochure that unfolds to 32 inches, creating eight panels printed on both sides, illustrated with black and white half tone photo images of city landmarks, and tourist destinations; descriptive text; bird's-eye-view map across four panels showing the coastal plain intersected with unnamed highways radiating out from Los Angeles to surrounding areas from San… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00