This is one with a rare does cover that still attached of course with chipping as it’s been sitting on shelves for 75 years but as histories of Los Angeles go there will never be another book with so much research published 150 years ago now is this one Thompson and West set out throughout LA county talking to all the large land owners to find out their history to dig in to where they needed to go from there find who were some of the first settlers and what made-up the history of Los Angeles to the words of those who lived then you can find a lot of history books of Los Angeles but you’re never gonna find one with all this information and honestly with all the reproduction illustrations that are in this it’s worth every penny please take a look at the pictures and ask any questions you might have thank you for looking.