Semi Tropic California The Garden of the World
Including a Concise History of Panama and the Panama Canal - With Map- And the Missions of California Together With Verses in Accord With the Topic Los Angeles: Benton Publishing Company, 1915.
Second Edition. Limited edition of One hundred, numbered copies. Leather bound. Quarto. 92 pages, [24] pages "Memorial To His Excellency Woodrow Wilson President, United States of America Embracing An Invitation to Visit The Golden State and the Two Panama Expositions With An Appendix of Autograph Letters By Representative Citizens Concerning the Reason Why the President of These United States Should Visit California in the Year 1915 G. A. Bachman, San Diego Representative." Illustrated with color frontispiece, black and white photographs, and color illustrations. The map is missing. Maroon leather hardcover with embossed panels with metal screws and gilt illustrated title on the front board. Embossed panels without the screws on the rear cover. Former owners' name in gilt at the bottom right corner - A. J. Hutchings." A small printed card that reads - "President Wilson Memorial Invitation Limited Edition One Hundred Numbered Copies A. J. Hutchings Owner Copy No. 48" pasted down on the right front flyleaf. Some rubbing to the leather edges and head and base of the spine. Scarce 7 copies of the second edition located in OCLC (6 in California). Fair. Item #15809
This book was a publication for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. From wikipedia:
The Panama–Pacific International Exposition was a world's fair held in San Francisco, California, U.S., from February 20 to December 4, 1915. Its stated purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, but it was widely seen in the city as an opportunity to showcase its recovery from the 1906 earthquake. The fair was constructed on a 636 acre site along the northern shore, between the Presidio and Fort Mason, now known as the Marina District.
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