Antique 1879-1880 The Argonaut San Francisco Weekly Bound Vols 5 & 6 Historic CA For Sale

Antique Bound Volume of "The Argonaut" Newspaper (San Francisco, California)

Includes Volume 5 & Volume 6 (Continuous Run from July 1879 through June 1880)

Up for sale is a rare, fascinating piece of early California history. This large, heavy antique hardcover volume compiles a continuous one-year run of The Argonaut, the premier weekly literary, social, and political journal published in Gilded Age San Francisco.

Dates Covered:

• Volume V: July 1879 – December 1879

• Volume VI: January 1880 – June 1880

Historical Content Highlights:

• Gilded Age California Culture: Packed with local San Francisco social commentary, theater gossip, political satire, poetry, and serialized West Coast fiction from the late 19th century.

• Incredible Full-Page Advertisements: Features fantastic, visually striking full-page illustrated ads for legendary frontier enterprises, including the Southern Pacific Railroad, the Alaska Commercial Co., early Comstock Lode mining stock notices, local undertakers, luxury carriage makers, historic local banks, and vintage patent medicines.

• Global Shipping & Trade: Includes historic travel schedules and advertisements for global steamship routes navigating to China, Japan, and Australia (including the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition).

Binding & Condition Note:

This volume features its original blue-green marbled paper boards with a gilt-stamped dark spine. Please note that both the front and back covers are completely detached from the text block. Apart from the detached covers, the interior pages remain highly legible, complete, and serve as an incredible primary source for historians, regional researchers, or ephemera collectors.

• Publication Place: San Francisco, California

• Language: English

• Dimensions: Oversized / Large Folio format

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