Pacific Slope Railroads, from 1854 to 1900.
Seattle: Superior Publishing, 1959. Many Illus. 4to, gray cloth, cloth lightly soiled. Seattle: Superior Publishing, (1959). More about Pacific Slope Railroads, from 1854 to 1900
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Private Gold Coinage of California, 1849-55, Its History and Its Issues.
Stackpole. Many black & white plates. 110pp., slim small 4to, black cloth n.p., (Stackpole, 1970). Reprint of the original 1913 edition. Near Fine. More about Private Gold Coinage of California, 1849-55, Its History and Its Issues
El Atlas Abreviado, o Compendiosa Geographia del Mundo Antiguo, y Nuevo.
Antwerp: Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen, 1709. 42 maps with original hand color, including elaborate "Plani-Spherium Coeleste." Colored frontispiece (split along right margin of plate). 232 pages, slight water staining on lower right of pages. 12mo, original brown calf (corners rubbed), tan leather label. Antwerp: Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen, 1709. Third edition. Very good (+). This very rare pocket atlas describes the world at the end of the 17th century. Published in the former Spanish Netherland by the Catholic cleric Don... More about El Atlas Abreviado, o Compendiosa Geographia del Mundo Antiguo, y Nuevo
The Great Houses of San Francisco.
200 illus., 8 in color. square 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Arch Cape, (1987). vg. More about The Great Houses of San Francisco
California Jubilee.
Nuggets from Many Hidden Veins. 8vo, cloth. Culver City, CA, 1948. More about California Jubilee
Stanford; From the Foothills to the Bay.
many color and b/w illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. Stanford: Stanford Alumni Assoc., (1980). vg. More about Stanford; From the Foothills to the Bay
The Time of the Furnaces; A Case Study of Black Student Revolt.
8vo, cloth; (cloth lightly soiled, otherwise very good). N.Y.: Dial Press, 1971. More about The Time of the Furnaces; A Case Study of Black Student Revolt
El Alisal; Where History Lingers
Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, 1994. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, (1994). Near Fine Biography of Charles Fletcher Lummis and his home. More about El Alisal; Where History Lingers
The Barbary Coast; An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld.
Garden City: Garden City Publishing, 1933. Illus. 8vo, purple boards, torn d.w., wear to extremities of boards. Garden City: Garden City, Publishing, (1933). More about The Barbary Coast; An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld
The Barbary Coast; An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld.
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1933. Illus. 8vo, red cloth. Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, (1933). More about The Barbary Coast; An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld
California; An Intimate History.
New York: Harper, 1914. Illus. 8vo, original red cloth, spine sunned and lightly dampstained, ex-lib, corners bumped. New York: Harper, 1914. More about California; An Intimate History
Golden Gate Country.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., (1945). More about Golden Gate Country
My San Francisco; A Wayward Biography.
illus. 8vo, cloth; (spine ends slightly worn). Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1946). More about My San Francisco; A Wayward Biography
Los Angeles County Historical Directory
Jefferson: McFarland, 1988. Illus. 8vo, orange cloth, some underlining in yellow marker. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, (1988). More about Los Angeles County Historical Directory
The Land of Little Rain
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. 48 Photo. Illus. by Ansel Adams. 4to, yellow cloth, torn d.w., cloth lightly soiled at corners. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. First edition with illustrations by Ansel Adams. More about The Land of Little Rain
The Lands of the Sun
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927. Illus. xiii, 214pp. 8vo, blue cloth, lightly soiled and slightly chipped d.w., pencil notations on margin of last text page and last blank page. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927. On California. The Sierra Edition. More about The Lands of the Sun
The Los Angeles Times California Cookbook.
New York: Abrams, 1981. 120 Illus., 20 in color. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. New York: Abrams, (1981). More about The Los Angeles Times California Cookbook
Bancroft's Tourist Guide. The Geysers. San Francisco and Around the Bay, (North.)
San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft, 1871. 227pp. 79pp. of ads, 2 plates. 18mo, modern green cloth, part of original back and front wrs. preserved on covers. San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft, 1871. First Edition. More about Bancroft's Tourist Guide. The Geysers. San Francisco and Around the Bay, (North
History of California, 1542 - 1890.
Santa Barbara: Wallace Hebberd, 1963. Illustrated with maps. 7 volumes. Thick 8vos, original buckram, d.w. (d.w. torn on back portion of volume I, d.w. lightly soiled on volume I, otherwise very good). Santa Barbara: Wallace Hebberd, (1963-1970). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, volumes XVIII-XXIV. Facsimile edition of the first American edition. "Colossal co-operative undertaking; nothing approaching it has ever been attempted in this country." Howes B-91. More about History of California, 1542 - 1890
Dreamers Of The Valley; A Portrait of the Napa Valley.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Scribner, (1995). vg. More about Dreamers Of The Valley; A Portrait of the Napa Valley
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. 564 illustrations, with 402 in full color. 352pp. Thick 4to, pictorial boads, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2000). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. With essays by Stephanie Barron, Sher Bernstein, Michael Dear, Howard N. Fox, and Richard Rodriguez. More about Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. 564 illustrations, with 402 in full color. 352pp. Thick 4to, pictorial boads, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2000). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. With essays by Stephanie Barron, Sher Bernstein, Michael Dear, Howard N. Fox, and Richard Rodriguez. More about Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000
Notes of a Tour in Mexico and California
New York: Privately Printed, 1887. viii, 167pp. 12mo, rebound in modern blue cloth, leather label, with green cloth from original front cover mounted on front cover, some margins lightly soiled, otherwise very good. New York: Burr Printing House, 1887. First Edition Printed for private distribution.The first hundred pages are of a tour in Mexico. Author also visited San Francisco, the Napa Valley, Monterey, and Salt Lake City. More about Notes of a Tour in Mexico and California
American Ecclesiastes; The Stories of James Pattie
San Diego: Harcourt, 1984. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 brown cloth, d.w. chipped. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1984). More about American Ecclesiastes; The Stories of James Pattie
California Mission Days.
illus. square 8vo, boards, d.w.; (boards spotted, d.w. sunned). Doublday, (1951). Juvenile Edition. More about California Mission Days