Jottings In Southern California History (Inscribed By Author To A Boyhood Friend)
Language: English
Published by Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, 1955
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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162, (X) Pp. Brown Cloth Sp;Ine, Tan Boards. First Printing.Nicely Inscribed To A "Boyhood Chum And Life Long Friend" Who Is Also Mentioned In The Book As Being Present At The Very Small Memorial For Homer Lea. This Copy Also With Errata Slip At Rear, The Four Page (Single Sheet, Folded) Prospectus For The Book From The Ward Ritchie Press, And Several Early Clippings About The Book And Newmark. A Clean Copy, A Little Aging At Top Of Boards At On Front Endpaper From Newspaper Clippings, No Damage To Fragile Paper Covers. Heavy Glassine Dust Jacket Is Chipped, Large Chip Taking Away Much Of Top Rear Panel, But All Printed Lettering Unaffected And Not Price-Clipped. Marco R. Newmark Was One Of The Children Of Harris Newmark (1834 – 1916), Who, Per Wikipedia, Was A Jewish American Businessman, Philanthropist, And Historian Who Was Born In The West Prussian City Of Löbau (Now Lubawa, Poland). Newmark Immigrated To The United States In 1853. He Sailed From Europe To New York City, And Then To San Francisco. He Joined His Older Brother And Other Family In Los Angeles. His Branch Of The Family Were Among The Founders And Developers Of The Region. At The End Of 1885, Newmark Retired From The Grocery Business To Devote More Time To His Real Estate And Investment Pursuits. In 1886, He And Four Other Businessmen: His Nephew Kaspare Cohn, John D. Bicknell, Stephen M. White, And I.W. Hellman—Purchased A 5,000-Acre (20 Km2) Ranch Located In East Los Angeles Called Rancho Repetto. The Land Had Been Owned By An Italian Settler Named Alessandro Repetto, Who Had Bequeathed The Ranch To His Brother Antonio. Newmark's Group Bought The Inheritance For Us$60,000, Or About $12 Per Acre. In May 1899, Newmark Subdivided The Tract Owned By Him And His Nephew, After Contracting With William Mulholland To Design And Construct A Suitable Water System For The New Settlement.[9] Accounts Differ As To The Actual Size Of Newmark And Cohn's Parcel, But It Was Somewhere Around 1,200 To 1,500 Acres (6.1 Km2). A Piece Of This Tract, Adjacent To The Tracks Of The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, Was Developed Into A Town Site Called Newmark. The Remaining Land Was Subdivided Into 5-Acre (2.0 Ha) Lots Suitable For Small-Scale Agriculture. The Entire Settlement, Including The Newmark Town Site, Was Given The Name Montebello. When The Town Incorporated In 1920, It Renamed The City As Montebello. Newmark Contributed To Developing Many Local Institutions, Such As The Los Angeles County Library And Others Supporting Children's Welfare. He Wrote A Memoir, Sixty Years In Southern California: 1853–1913, Which Has Been Cited In Dozens Of Academic Papers And Books. It Is Described As The Los Angeles Equivalent Of A Pepys Diary.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Jottings In Southern California History (Inscribed By Author To A Boyhood Friend)
- Author
- Newmark, Marco R.
- Publisher
- Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles
- Publication year
- 1955
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fair
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Boards
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Edition
- First Edition
- Seller catalogs
- California: History, Art, Culture and Travel, California: Los Angeles and Vicinity, Economics and Business
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