L. W. Currey, Inc.

TOURIST TICKET AGENCY. California tourist. Hand book for Yosemite, the big-tree groves, geysers, Monterey[,] and other popular summer resorts of California. [cover title]. S[an] F[rancisco]: Crocker & Co's Print, 1881. 13.8x8.6 cm, pp. 1-28 (including covers) 3 maps, one double-page with smaller inset map, 1 illustration, self wrappers, sewn. First edition. At head of title: "No. 3. 1881." Imprint on rear cover: "TOURIST TICKET AGENCY AT / 2 NEW MONTGOMERY STREET, 2 / Cor. Market, / SAN FRANCISCO." Printed on cream paper stock. Information for fourteen routes, plus schedules and other information for travel to California resort areas. Includes schedule, rates and routes to Yosemite Valley and the big tree groves from various points. The double-page map, "Rail and Stage Routes to the Yosemite, the Big Trees and the Geysers," shows routes to Yosemite Valley, the Calaveras and Mariposa big tree groves, and the geysers. The illustration is a full-page view of Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, California. Currey and Kruska 332 (this 1881 printing). Last leaf soiled and stained, a good copy. (#166657).