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Auction 206, Lot 202

"Motor Guide to California"

Subject: California

Period: 1925 (published)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
4.3 x 7.3 inches
10.9 x 18.5 cm
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This small guidebook published by the National Automobile Club is filled with information on automobile touring in California. There are a total of 62 maps including: an index map of the state; 25 detailed single-page maps covering the entire state with parts of Oregon and Nevada; 27 single-page maps of the “main trunk highways”; and 9 double-page folding diagrams including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe with text on verso highlighting points of interest and history. Text includes a 26-page mileage table, Instructions to Members, and Official Service Units. First edition of a short-lived publication that began in 1925 after the Club’s establishment in 1924. Loose leaf binder with faux leather covers and gilt-stamped logo of the Club on the front cover.

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Condition: B+

Contents are remarkably clean and bright save for some minor foxing and soiling to the first page and last few pages. Covers are slightly bent at right.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $200

Closed on 11/12/2025

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