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San Jose, California: San Jose Historical Museum Association, 1987. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket (only one short half inch closed tear to the jacket's rear panel). NO chips or fading. Previous owner's small name blacked out on the front endpaper. All other pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently seldom read. Profusely portrait and photo illustrated with much on Santa Clara County's history, buildings, important citizens and life at the turn of the century. The book "extoll[s] the glories of the Santa Clara Valley." Full title: "Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers: Santa Clara County, California and Its Resources, Historical, Descriptive, Statistical, A Souvenir of The San Jose Mercury 1896." Oversize Hardcover. Oblong. 11" wide by 9" tall. Bound in the original mauve cloth, with an off-white cloth spine, stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket.. Reprint of the 1896 original. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine…
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