Lo Owen (5 results)

Condition: New.

hardcover octavo(VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 264 pages. 6.00x0.63x9.00 inches. In Stock.

8vo. 3.25 x 9.25 in. intaglio-printed engraved bond, green, red & black ink, which folds out to 9.25 x 13 in. sheet, printed recto & verso, w/ folds as issued, signatures of McAleer, and city officials, w/ original embossed seal stamp, redeemed Nov. 2, 1934, payment coupons removed, and perforated hole stamps indicating it had been redeemed (minor dustsoiling, edgewear, 1 very small closed tear at lower fore-edge), still VG copy. First edition of this scarce cancelled original Water-Works Bond, 1 of 1000 $ 500.00 bonds issued originally, when in 1905 Los Angeles voters approved a $ 1.5 million bond for the purchase of lands and water and the inauguration of work on an aqueduct. The second bond passed later in 1907 with a budget of $ 24.5 million furthered construction. The construction oversaw by William Mulholland, encompassed the construction of a 230-mile aqueduct diverting water from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles. See: Walton, Western Times and Water Wars: State, Culture and Rebellion in California (1991).…