Sacramento: D. W. Gelwicks State Printer 1868. lxix 3 909 i.e. 809 3 blanks 40 pp. Pages 796-809 wrongly numbered 896-909. A clean and Very Good text bound in modern legal buckram with gilt-lettered morocco spine title. Inner front hinge strengthened bookplate remnant on front pastedown.<br /> <br /> A gargantuan compilation including the Constitution of California and in the final forty pages the Treasurer's Report.<br /> OCLC 251179045 1- U MN 647108269 1- U MI as of September 2024. D. W. Gelwicks, State Printer unknown
Sacramento: State Office. James J. Ayers 1883. xlv 3 410 19 pp. Contemporary sheep front cover detached but present. Several library marks otherwise a clean text. Good. State Office. James J. Ayers unknown
San Jose i.e. New York: J. Winchester State Printer 1850. ix 1 482 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf expertly rebacked retaining original backstrip and gilt leather labels new endsheets. Calf a bit rubbed. Stains in the early and late parts of the text else rather clean internally. A good copy. ix 1 482 pp. 1 vols. 4to. The first published volume of the statutes of California. Herein are contained some of the basic laws establishing the government and civil operations of the state including naturalization laws the acts incorporating San Francisco Sacramento Los Angeles and other cities and acts regarding the militia internal improvements marriage rights etc. <br/>Chapter 1 of the Laws establishes the Public Archives; chapter 2 creates the office of the State Printer. <br/>Although the title page bears a San Jose imprint these laws were actually printed in New York. "The Legislature of 1850 in consideration of having the Statutes and Journals printed at a reduction of 50% from the price of its contract with the State Printer agreed to allow them to be printed in the east. When Winchester received his appointment he agreed to this condition and had them printed in New York by J. Craighead of Fulton Street" - Wagner. Cowan p.610; Wagner California Imprints 147; Greenwood 167 J. Winchester, State Printer unknown books
San Francisco: California State Automobile Association. Circa 1910. 1st edition. Pages 4 pp. Single sheet printed both sides & folded.6� x 3.5� folded. Single sheet folded twice. 1st edition. Black & white photographs throughout. Scare early promotional piece for the hotel together with 2.25� x 3.25� photo card of the building. Very good. San Francisco: California State Automobile Association. Circa 1910. unknown