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First edition. PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED by the author. xvii, 456 pp. & many illus. by E. H. Suydam. Color frontis. Index. very good Pict. cloth. in very good dj. San Diego California's first port of call; Los Angeles and the amazing contrasts in the city; the beaches, Long Beach and Laguna Beach; Pasadena and Hollywood; the lovely triangle of Ventura, Ojai, and Santa Paula; Santa Barbara and the mission; through the Valley of Gardens to Santa Maria, Lompoc and San Luis Obispo; Monterey and Carmel; San Francisco and the Contra Costa; up the Redwood Highway to Ukiah and Eureka; Sacramento, Queen of the Golden Empire; the gold towns of Weaverville and Chico, Placerville and Coloma; Auburn, Grass Valley, and Nevada City; Stockton and Mokelumne Hill; cities of the Santa Clara and San Joaquin valleys