(#166137) Hetch Hetchy: Its origin and history [by] M. M. O'Shaughnessy, consulting engineer, San Francisco. MICHAEL MAURICE O'SHAUGHNESSY.

Hetch Hetchy: Its origin and history [by] M. M. O'Shaughnessy, consulting engineer, San Francisco. San Francisco, 1934. 29.8x21.5 cm, pp. [1-6] 7-9 [10-12] 13-133 [134] [135: colophon] [136: blank] [note: the first leaf is a blank], 1 inserted plate (color frontispiece, vignette drawings in text, 1 map, original dark green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. 1000 copies were printed by The Recorder Printing and Publishing Company, San Francisco, California, October, 1934." Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy (1864-1934) was city engineer of San Francisco from 1912 to 1932 and provided capable management during the construction phase of the Hetch Hetchy project. O'Shaughnessy's history, including verbatim letters and financial reports, presents San Francisco's side of the controversy. A fine copy. Enclosed in an unprinted white dust jacket (as issued?) (#166137).

Printing identification statement for this book:
"Of this first / edition, one thousand copies were / printed by The Recorder Printing and / Publishing Company, San Francisco, / California, October, 1934" on page [135].