HISTORY OF POLITICAL CONVENTIONS IN CALIFORNIA, 1849-1892
Sacramento: California State Library, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of California pioneer William Heath Davis (1822-1909), author of Sixty Years in California (1889), with his signature and date to the front flyleaf. "When published in February 1893, newspapers around California hailed Davis's book as the 'best work of political reference ever published in the state.' ... Based on painstaking research, this encyclopedia of state politics starts with the first political mass meeting in California, the Democratic Convention held in San Francisco on October 25, 1849, and concludes with the state convention of July 26, 1892" (Kurutz: The Zamorano 80 Collection of Daniel G. Volkmann Jr.). Publications of the California State Library, No.1. Octavo: [vi], 711 p. with the errata slip. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. The spine is darkened just a touch, with some minor wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. Zamorano Eighty 28. Very Good. Item #75505
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