Description: [REGIONAL / LOCAL HISTORY, COMMERCIAL ATLAS] DAVIS, Ellis (Editor) 'DAVIS' COMMERCIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST - CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH, ARIZONA' Oakland. Ellis A. Davis. 1915. Folio (15.0 x 12.0). 410 pp. Bound in gilt embossed black cloth. One sprung signature (pp.139 -142) Contents clean. Hinges sound. Profusely illustrated with photos & maps throughout. Overall, very good or better. An interesting and useful insight of the major states of the Southwest just as WWI & the Pan Pacific Expo were about to occur. All of the notable cites, businesses, and leaders of California are featured including William Workman whose full page bio appears at the end of the volume. Provenance: From the Family collection of William Henry Workman (1839 - 1918) two term Mayor of Los Angeles, banker, & pioneer settler of the Los Angeles & Boyle Heights area. We acquired some 300 volumes from the Estate of David J. Workman (1930 - 2020) who was a Los Angeles Judge and functioned as the Workman family historian. An important and rare opportunity to acquire items from one of the key families of early Los Angeles. Please email any questions -
Price: 229.99 USD
Location: Beverly Hills, California
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Subject: History
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Language: English
