1897 Booklet HOTEL DEL MONTE [Variation One] MONTEREY California LAID-IN SHEET

Description

1897
Booklet
HOTEL DEL MONTE
[Variation One]
MONTEREY
California
LAID-IN SHEET
DESCRIPTION: 1897
Booklet [Pamphlet]
HOTEL DEL MONTE
[Variation One]
MONTEREY,
California with
LAID-IN SHEET
; Sunset Photo-Engraving Company, San Francisco; 64 pages including text and 49
photos
in and round the hotel; 5 pages of floor plans of the hotel and its grounds;
measuring 10-1/4 inches by 6-3/4 inches
.
[There is a second
(Variation Two)
of this booklet dated,
[post 1898]
thus
1899,
which I am offering in another Auction (unless it has sold)
which has slight cover changes, internal page color changes, the climate chart updated to
December 1898
,
and five picture changes, including the last picture which is of the
New Golf Course
and text about it added to the following inside back cover which
I will show the
new cover
[Variation Two]
in my last image here
]
LAID-IN SHEET:
A
Laid-in
single sheet dated
“Monterey, California,
March 2, 1897
”
, printed on one side stating, “on or after
May 15, 1897
, the
Hotel del Monte
will be conducted on the
European
plan”. The back of the laid-in sheet is stamped three times:
“SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.
SUNSET ROUTE
[WITH AGENTS NAMES]
”
DATE(S):
1.
Laid-in sheet dated
March 2, 1897
.
2.
Page 16 statistical climate material ends
in
December 1896
3.
Page 16
Has the date
April 1, 1897
(Probably the date of this booklet)
.
FRONT COVER:
Has blank areas on both sides of the front cover design.
[The back of the front cover has
“with the…. Compliments of the manager”
].
CONDITION:
Very good plus [see scans]
SECURITY:
ARGUS BOOKS
[or other wording] in
PINK
may have been super-imposed over the images for security or informational reasons and are not on the actual item.
HISTORY:
The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was considered to be one of the finest luxury hotels in North America.
The property extended south and southeast of the hotel and included gardens, parkland, polo grounds, a race track, and a golf course. Originally used for hunting and other outdoor activities, the hotel's property eventually became Pebble Beach. The famous 17-Mile Drive was originally designed as a local excursion for visitors to the Del Monte to take in the historic sights of Monterey and Pacific Grove and the scenery of what would become Pebble Beach.
SHIPPING:
All paper items [broadsides, labels, pamphlets, brochures, photos, etc.] that are 1/4 of an inch thick or less are shipped between two double-walled pieces of cardboard [equal to 4 sheets of cardboard and are virtually impossible to bend] by USPS Media mail [unless other arrangements have been made with seller].
[LN – B1 – S4
(code to locate the item)
]