Building Your Great Collection; One Fine Book at a Time. Semi-Tropical California: Its Climate, Healthfulness, Productiveness, and Scenery; its Magnificent Stretches of Vineyards and Groves of Semi-Tropical Fruits, Etc. Truman, Major Ben C. Bancroft;, 1874 Signed with the non-personal inscription With Compliments of the Author, Ben C. Publisher’s blue cloth with blind-stamped front decoration in gilt with the pattern repeated in blind on the rear board, spine ornament presenting the title in outline. 8vo, 9 inches tall; 204 pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, even toning of the pages. Spine darkened and glue residue mark on the lower gutter of the rear paste-down. Very Good / No Dust Jacket As Issued. Truman visited nearly every orange grove and vineyard in Los Angeles County gathering his statistics. Truman was a civil war correspondent and journalist, Truman wrote for the Los Angeles Star, which he acquired in 1873. Much of the book is expanded from articles he wrote for the newspaper. Of importance, beyond the colorful style, are the author’s observations on the agricultural advantages of southern California, particularly for the cultivation of fruit. Truman discusses specific mines, residences, fruit orchards, vineyards, and ranches as well as general patterns of agriculture, sheep and cattle raising, irrigation, and mineral resources. Beyond Los Angeles, he describes the towns and cities of Anaheim, Wilmington, and San Bernardino. He defines “semi-tropical” California as portions of Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties, but devotes most of its attention to the city and county of Los Angeles and neighboring San Gabriel Valley. Ref; Cowan, 645, LOC. And Check out our other items. ABAA [American Booksellers Antiquarian Association]. FABA [Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association]. IOBA [International Online Booksellers Association]. The Ephemera Society of America. Guarantee We tend to be conservative in our grading, but even the best booksellers make an occasional mistake. Our books, and ephemera are described using AB Bookman standards. Our Guarantee: All items will be received as advertised and in the condition described. Any item is returnable for any reason within 30 days of receipt (prior notice appreciated). We are members of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), and we adhere to these associations’ strict ethical guidelines and conditions of sale. Please choose that at checkout. Feedback We leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. Our priority is to make customers happy and to resolve problems as promptly as possible. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.