Pacific Slope Railroads, from 1854 to 1900.
Seattle: Superior Publishing, 1959. Many Illus. 4to, gray cloth, cloth lightly soiled. Seattle: Superior Publishing, (1959). More
CALIFORNIA
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
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
The Great Houses of San Francisco.
200 illus., 8 in color. square 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Arch Cape, (1987). vg. More
California Jubilee.
Nuggets from Many Hidden Veins. 8vo, cloth. Culver City, CA, 1948. More
Stanford; From the Foothills to the Bay.
many color and b/w illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. Stanford: Stanford Alumni Assoc., (1980). vg. More
See Los Angeles If You Can
T.C.G. Offset lithograph. 18.5" x 9.75". In very good condition. No. 1 in a series of 24 Cereal Premium Posters published by T.C.G., circa 1970s. The cartoon image shows citizens made miserable by an oppressive cloud of L.A.'s famous smog. More
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
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
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
Asher and Adams' California & Nevada. North Portion. Asher and Adams' California & Nevada. South Portion.
New York: Asher & Adams, 1872. Set of 2 Maps. Lithograph original hand coloring. Each sheet measures 17 1/2 x 24". This interesting pair of maps depict the States of California and Nevada divided on two separate sheets. With special focus on the developing railroad systems, the maps show early counties not yet present, including Orange, Riverside and Imperial. Early railroad lines, including the Napa Valley and the California Pacific Railroad, the Bloomfield Railroad, the Visalia Railroad, the Stockton Railroad..... More
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
Golden Gate Country.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., (1945). More
My San Francisco; A Wayward Biography.
illus. 8vo, cloth; (spine ends slightly worn). Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1946). More
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
Pacific Coast from Point Pinos to Bodega Head California; San Francisco Bay Area
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866. Map. Uncolored lithograph. Sheet measures 41.75" x 30.5". This exceptional sea chart issued by the United States Coast Survey in 1866 beautifully depicts the San Francisco Bay. The chart extends from Point Pinos and Monterey Bay northward to Bodega Bay and includes the whole of San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay. Offers inland detail along the coast and details the city of San Francisco. Oakland, Napa, Petaluma, Brooklyn, Union City, Vallejo, Redwood City, Alviso..... More
Preliminary Sketch of Santa Barbara, California
Survey of the Coast of the United States, 1853. Sea chart. Engraving. Image measures 14.25 x 16.5". Nice early sea chart of part of the coast of Southern California which includes a plan of Santa Barbara, mission and an inset bird's eye view. Soundings in feet and detailed sailing instructions including to avoiding the thick kelp in winter. Lovely elevation details included with this small chart. Splitting apart along margins of original folds but no tape or repairs. Alexander Dallas..... More
Reconnaissance of the Western Coast of the United States from San Francisco to San Diego
U.S. Coast Survey, 1853. Sea chart. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 22.75" x 22.75". Great sea chart of the coast of California. Includes various data such as "General Sailing Directions from San Francisco to San Diego", topographical views of the coast line and notes on the tides. Some discoloration along folds, otherwise in very good condition. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an incredibly prolific surveyor, who worked as the superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. More
Reconnaissance of the Western Coast of the United States Lower Sheet from San Francisco to San Diego
U.S. Coast Survey, 1853. Lithograph with hand coloring. Sheet measures 24" x 24.5". Shows some toning along original fold lines. In very good condition. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an incredibly prolific surveyor, who worked as the superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. More
Reconnaissance of the Western Coast of the United States Middle Sheet from San Francisco to Umpquah River
U.S. Coast Survey, 1854. Lithograph with hand coloring. Sheet measures 24.25" x 22.5". Left margin is trimmed just beyond the border of the neat line. Shows some wear along original fold lines. In very good condition. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an incredibly prolific surveyor, who worked as the superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. More
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
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
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
Dreamers Of The Valley; A Portrait of the Napa Valley.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Scribner, (1995). vg. More
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