Sacramento: An Illustrated History: 1839 to 1874 From Sutter's Fort to Capital City. by Severson, Thor - October, 1973.

San Francisco:: California Historical Society, October, 1973.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark olive cloth with gilt text and vignette; small address label on the front endpaper, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped.. 4to (11.25 inches tall) . Bibliography, index. Description: The panoramic scene on the dust jacket is a sketch by Emil Lehman showing the corner of 3rd and J streets in 1852. This is a limited printing of 5000 copies. Well illustrated with black and white and sepia tone pictures -- contemporary art and many historic photographs. Also includes a few pages in color. A history of California's capital city, from the days of John Sutter's empire to the completion of the capitol building in 1874. Printed at the Phelps / Schaefer Litho-graphics Company in San Francisco. Book design by John Beyer.