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CA - 1907-08 - Southern Pacific Publications

Currency:USD Category:Books Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
CA - 1907-08 - Southern Pacific Publications
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 10 softcover handbooks published by Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Railroad, San Francisco, California. Described on the inside cover as "up to date handbooks, profusely illustrated from the best photographs, and form a series invaluable to the tourist, settler, and the investor." Each measures 5" x 7". 1) The Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, by A.J. Wells. Published in 1907, 64 pages. 2) The New Arizona, by A.J. Wells. Published in 1907, 80 pages. Text has separated from front/back cover. 3) The Inside Track, The Way Through the Wonderful Fruit and Flower Garden of Southern California. Published in 1907, no author listed, 24 pages. 4)The Sacramento Valley of California, by A.J. Wells. Indexed, 96 pages, published in 1908. 5) The San Joaquin Valley of California, by A.J. Wells. Published in 1908, 96 pages. 6) Government Lands in Nevada, no author or publishing date listed, 24 pages. 7) California and Oregon, the Klamath Country, approved by W.H. Heileman. No publishing date listed, 16 pages. 8) New Nevada, The Era of Irrigation and Opportunity, by A.J. Wells. Published in 1908, 62 pages. 9) Imperial Valley, California, with no author listed. Published in 1908, 42 pages. 10) Eat California Fruit, by One of the Eaters, published in 1908, 40 pages. The handbooks' back covers, except for The New Arizona, which has an advertisement for Sunset Magazine, have great ads for the Southern Pacific Steamship Lines, tourist sleeper cars, or Overland Limited route.