Gambling Memorabilia Featuring the Collection of Tom Blue

Lot #304:

The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California.

Soule, Frank, John Gihon and James Nisbet. The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California. New York: D. Appelton & Co., 1855. Publisher’s dark purple cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Six steel-engraved plates (incl. frontis.), two maps, one folding, numerous text illustrations. 8vo. 824pp. New endpapers. Plates foxed, text clean with occasional finger-smudging and soiling; cover rubbed and lightly soiled. A good firm copy.