1909 California Blue Book Original gilt stamped blue cloth; black white photographs of buildings, parks, schools, institutions, landscapes, and many portraits of politicians, judges, etc. ; charts; tables; color maps; color plates, California Poppy, U. S. Flag. A wonderfully historically significant publication, filled with a wealth of information and vintage photographs for any California history buff. A useful compendium of reference information on California after the turn of the century. 969 pages including index. w 9 blank pages at the end Compiled by and under the supervision of and published and distributed by Charles Forest curry Secretary of State. The Blue Book for 1909 has been carefully edited as to its historical features, and material added to increase its value in that respect; rearrangement has also taken place in the contents since the edition of 1907, with a view to the presentation of its statistics in connected form, and its illustrations have been largely increased. (This Book was not distributed to the general public, but to very specific entities and in very specific quantities, as follows) As the act for the publication of this volume provides that copies shall be distributed as follows: To the Governor of the State, fifty copies. To each elective State Officer, Senator, and, Member of the Assembly, twenty copies. To the Clerk, Sheriff, and District Attorney of every county of the State, one copy each. To every Judge of the Supreme Court, Supreme Court Commissioners, and Judges of the Superior Court, one copy each. To the Mayor of every city, or Chairman of its Board of Trustees in this State, one copy each. To the State Library, twenty copies. To every public and every law library in this State, one copy each. To the Governor and Secretary of State of every State in the Union, one copy each, To the Congressional Library at Washington, D. C., five copies. ' To each high school in this State, one copy. ' The remainder of the volumes shall be distributed at discretion by the Secretary of State CONDITION: Fair to Good condition, Except where noted; Pages are tight in binding, clean, not marked, torn or creased. Binding of pages feel tight (*unread) except for front cover binding which must have been opened a lot to read only the first few pages. Binding at spine and corner edges has signs of shelf wear, (see actual scans of the item you will receive). 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