A memorial and biographical history of Northern California, illustrated.
Subtitle: Containing a history of this important section of the Pacific Coast from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its prospective future, full-page steel portraits of its most eminent men, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and also of prominent citizens of to-day.
Contributors: Lewis Publishing Company.
Publisher: The Lewis Publishing Company
Published: 1891
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 637
Subjects: California, Northern -- History.; California, Northern -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: On cover: Pen pictures from the garden of the world.

Another version, also dated 1891, has the same history but different biographies and illustrations.

One library copy full leather with blind and gold stamping; gilt edges. Another copy rebound in green cloth; missing t.p. replaced by hand-lettered facsimile; other damaged pages roughly repaired by cutting and pasting and inserting hand-lettered text.