Story of the Earthquake and Fire
San Francisco, Calif. Leon C. Osteyee [1906], 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. Red publisher's cloth with black lettering and a black border on the front board, a mounted black and white photograph of a scene of destruction in San Francisco. Illustrated with nearly 100 half-tone engravings from photographs by F.E. Strohmeier, A. Blumberg, and others. Several of these engravings fold out, however, most of them are full-page engravings. The images show the utter devastation and ruin that the 7.9 earthquake wrought on the city's infrastructure, and its inhabitants. Very Good+. Item #000014041
The binding slightly bowed, two contemporary gift inscriptions (1908) on the front preliminaries.
Price: $150.00