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Howell, John . CALIFORNIA SPANISH EXPLORATION TO AMERICAN STATEHOOD - THE LIBRARY OF JENNIE CROCKER HENDERSON WITH ADDITIONS CATALOGUE 50 (parts 1 and 2 bound as one)
San Francisco 1979-1980 John Howell. Parts 1 and 2 bound together. Hardcover. Sm.4to. 560pp., photo illustrations, blue buckram cloth with mounted shiny black leather spine label. Fine, no DJ. (a10227)
$79.00 Dawson, Glen . CALIFORNIA AUTHORS CATALOGUE 330 A PRICED BOOK CATALOGUE
Los Angeles 1962. 8vo., illustrated, boards. Signed by Dawson. Institution stamp on end paper. VG. (a11040)
$50.00 Prevost, Renan . SUNDOWN ON THE PACIFIC SHORE HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
1957 1st Author. Historical novel of Southern California in 19th century. Octavo, 512pp., numerous photo illustrations of old California. Hardcover. Ex-library but no spine numbers. Good text clean although very slightly toned. (a11659)
$25.00Wood, Ruth Kedzie. TOURIST'S CALIFORNIA
NY 1915 (1914) Dodd Mead. Hardcover. Octavo, 395pp., monochrome photo illustrations, color foldout map, index, red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Good, a bit worn, spine browned; binding secure; hinges not cracked; text clean; no owner marks. original printing, not modern remake. (a12157)
$33.00 Weatherson, Micahel and Hal Bochin . HIRAM JOHNSON A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY
NY 1988 Greenwood. Hardcover octavo. Johnson, 1866-1945, was California politician who played big role in formation of National Progressive Party and was Theodore Roosevelt 's running mate in 1912. 155pp., gilt printed cloth. Fine, as New. no dj as issued. (a12295)
$50.00 Kent, Kenneth . PRISONER OF ALCATRAZ
Groton 1922 1st Homestead Studios. Hardcover. 12mo., 69pp., mounted photo illustration of Alcatraz as frontis, original paper covered boards with gilt lettering on front. Every text page has full decorated border. This book is a tribute to Edward Henley Halsey. It begins with a 9 page foreword by Kent explaining how he met Halsey in Sausalito after the big San Francisco Fire. "From the heights of Sausalito (we) looked down upon the island of Alcatraz, with its military prison whose somber walls were silvered in a flood of moonlight. A cry of anguish, imagined or real, seemed to sound across the water. 'What was that?' 'Only some unfortunant Alcatraz prisoner' " which inspired Kent to write these poems. Then follows a 13 page prose introduction by Halsey. Them the poems themselves which are on prison, freedom and its meaning, battles, military matters. VG plus. (a12850)
$45.00 Walcott, Charles D. . U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 1903-4
Washington 1904 first edition GPO.Hardcover. 4to., 388pp., 25 double page4 maps, index, cloth. Maps show Alaska, Florida, California, Colorado, Idaho, Indian Territory, Montana, etc. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, cover a bit worn. (a16724)
$45.00 Byerly, Perry PhD . PACIFIC COAST EARTHQUAKES
Eugene 1952 Condon Lectures Oregon State. Octavo, 38pp., photo illustrations, wraps bound in institution folder. Blind stamp on titlepage. Good. (a16736)
$22.00 Stauffer, Clinton . DEVONIAN OF CALIFORNIA
Berkeley 1930 University of California. Geological Science Volume 19, No. 4. Sm.4to., pp. 81-118, 5 plates, wraps. VG, cover browned. (a17252)
$34.00California. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REPORTS ON FILE WITH THE DISTRICT O1 CLEARINGHOUSE SOCIETY FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL CENTER, CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Sonoma 1977 Sonoma State College. 4to., 76pp., wraps. VG. (a18146)
$29.00 Chapin, Helen B. (editor) . LEAVES FROM A WESTERN GARDEN A MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE ORIENT
1938. The first 3 issues, Ocober 1938, April 1938 and July 1938. Lg.8vo., a few mounted monochrome illustrations, wraps with cloth spine. All 3 volumes signed by Chapin, who worked at Mills College in California. Good, light wear. 3 issues. (a19459)
$95.00 Kyle, Patricia Murray . POEMS FROM EARTH'S FAIR CORNERS
Boston 1925 -1st Strafford. 37pp. Southern California poetry. Signed presentation copy. Fine in VG-Fine DJ. (a20315)
$40.00 Lardizabal y Elorza, Juan Antonio de . SERMON QUE SACA A LUZ ...LARDIZABAL Y ELORZA , OBISPO DE LA PUEBLA DE LOS ANGELES, DEL CONSEJO DE SU MAGESTAD
La Puebla 1733 por la Viuda de Miguel de Ortega en el Portal des las Flores. Medina 398. In Spanish. 8vo., 20pp., rebound in 1/2 cloth with blue marbled paper-covered boards. Good, some worming on majority of pages but only final three pages have serious loss of text (one of final three pages lacks about half a square inch of text, second to last page lacks two square inches of text and final page has about 5 square inches of text missing). (a20685)
$270.00Taylor, G. M.. AMONG THE RUNES LYRIC POEMS AND METRIC EXPERIMENTS
Eureka 1979 Trinidad Irregular Press. Limited to 200 copies printed. 8vo., about 20 pp., pictorial wraps. Near Fine. (a21756)
$29.00 Robinson, Zona . THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS JAMES NEWTON ROBINSON 1882-1934
Los Angeles 1934 Private. 12mo., 39pp., portrait frontis. Banker. VG. (a21814)
$35.00Knabb, Ken. REMARKS ON CONTRADICTION AND ITS FAILURE
Berkeley Dec 1974 2nd. Author. 14pp., wraps. VG. (a21827)
$24.00 Howard, L. O. and C. L. Marlatt . THE SAN JOSE SCALE: ITS OCCURRENCES IN THE US
Wash. 1896 GPO. US Dept. of Agriculture. With a full account of it slife history and the remedies to be used against it. Plant pest. 80pp., illus, wraps. Owner signed. Good, backstrip lightly chipped. (a22028)
$25.00Hertlein, Leo George and Eric Knight Jordan. PALEONTOLOGY OF THE MIOCENE OF LOWER CALIFORNIA
San Francisco 1927. California Academy of Sciences Vol. XVI No.19, Sept. 2, 1927. Large octavo, pp. 605-647, plates 17-21, wraps. Near Fine. (a22117)
$22.00 (postal) . AIR MAIL SCHEDULE TO AND FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MARCH 1, 1939
1939. 4to., 18pp., photo illustration of new U.S. Post Office and Court House, Los Angeles on front, wraps. VG. (a22242)
$24.00 Hatch, F. W. . ON THE CLIMATE OF THE VALLEY OF THE SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
New York 1855. Single article in The New York Journal of Medicine and Collateral Sciences at pp. 9-49. Other articles in ame issue. Octavo, wraps. Good plus, wraps worn and soiled. (a22709)
$45.00 Clark, Bruce L. and Arthur S. Campbell . EOCENE RADIOLARIAN FAUNAS FROM THE MT. DIABLO AREA, CALIFORNIA
Baltimore 1942. Geological Society of America Special Papers No. 39. Large octavo, 112pp., plates, wraps. Good, rear cover lacks top corner, a few leaves have bumped corners. (a24895)
$33.00 Chapman, Frederick . ON SOME PLIOCENE OSTRACODA FROM NEAR BERKELEY
Berkeley 1896. Offprint from the University of California Bulletin of the Department of Geology, Vol. 2, No. 2. Large octavo, pp.93-100, plates, wraps. Unopened. Good, front wrap and a few text pages a bit stained. (a25896)
$30.00 Humphrey, Effingham Jr. . GONE WEST NEW YORKERS IN CALIFORNIA 1856
NY 1975. In The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 106, Numbers 2 and 3, April, July 1975, at pp. 65-70, 136-138. 8vo., wraps. VG. 2 Issues: (a26531)
$35.00(oil). FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE OIL AND GAS SUPERVISOR SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS CALIFORNIA OIL FIELDS, vol 42 parts no 1 and no 2, 1956
San Francisco 1956 first edition. Matching yellow covers, octavo wraps. Vol. 42, No. 1. 120p. No. 2. 200 pages. Both volumes have numerous foldout maps and diagrams. near VG, wraps a bit soiled and lightly worn. Maps are in Fine condition. no owner marks. Pair of volumes: (a27099)
$69.00 Knifen, Fred B. . POMO GEOGRAPHY
Berkeley 1939 University of California Publication in American Archeology and Ethnology, Vol. 36 # 6, pp.353-400, plates 5-7, 3 maps. 8vo., wraps. Institutional owner stamps on cover and on several text pages. Good. (a27799)
$40.00 Kroeber, A. L. . ETHNOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATIONS 1-6 , 7-11
Berkeley 1957, 1959. University of California Publication Vol. 47 Nos. 2,3, pp. 191-234, map, pp.235-310. 8vo., wraps. Institutional owner stamps on cover and on several text pages. VG. Pair: (a27804)
$50.00 Oliver, Symmes C. . ECOLOGY AD CULTURAL CONTINUITY AS CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PLAINS INDIANS
Berkeley 1962. University of California Publication Vol. 48 No. 1, pp. 1-90, plates 1-30, map. 8vo., wraps. Institutional owner stamps on cover and on several text pages. VG. (a27805)
$37.00 Wilson, H. Clyde . JICARILLA APACHE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
Berkeley 1964 University of California Publication Vol. 48 # 4, pp. 297-360, 2 maps. 8vo., wraps. Institutional owner stamps on cover and on several text pages. Good plus. (a27813)
$45.00 Pettitt, George A. . PRIMITIVE EDUCATION IN NORTH AMERICA
Berkeley 1946 University of California Publication Vol. 43 # 1, pp. 1-182. 8vo., wraps. Institutional owner stamps on cover and on several text pages. Good (a27815)
$40.00 Mitchell, Ruth Comfort . HIS WIFE COULD EAT NO LEAN
Los Angeles 1937 Book Club of California. Original printed wraps. Limited to 600 copies. VG, small bit of fading along backstrip and extreme tip of one cover corner chipped. (a27820)
$50.00 Church, Clifford C. . LOWER CRETACEOUS FORAMINIFERA OF THE ORCHARD PEAK-DEVILS DEN AREA, CALIFORNIA
Berkeley 1968. Offprint from the Proceedings of California Academy of Sciences Vol. XXXII No. 18, pp. 523-580, 8 plates, printed wraps. Complete in one volume. Owner stamp on front. VG. (a28525)
$27.00Kane, Douglas V.. WESTERING (signed)
MIll Valley 1959 Wings Press. Poetry. Hardcover. Octavo, 87pp., cloth. **Signed presentation copy. Fine in VG DJ. (a28766)
$27.00 Dillon, Richard H. . IMAGES OF CHINATOWN LOUIS J. STELLMAN'S CHINATOWN PHOTOGRAPHS
San Francisco 1976 Book Club of California. Ltd to 450 copies. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo., 68pp., photo illustrations, decorated boards with red cloth spine with paper spine label. **Inscribed and signed by Adrain Wilson, the printer, and his wife Joyce. Original promotional literature (illustrated pamphlet and envelope) laid in. Near Fine, spine label chipped. (a29407)
$49.00 Bird, Frederick L. and Frances M. Ryan . THE RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
NY 1930 1st Macmillan. A study of the operation of the Recall in California. 8vo., 403pp., index. VG, rear cover slightly bowed, no DJ. (a30127)
$50.00 Collins, Holdridge Ozro (editor) . ANNUAL DINNER BROCHURE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
Los Angeles 1908. Annual Dinner Commemorating the 15th year of the Establishment of the California Society of Sons of the Revolution and Reception to Officers and of the Atlantic Fleet. Lg.8vo., about 45pp., photo portraits, wraps. Atlantic Fleet was under the command of Rear-Admiral Charles M. Thomas. Good. (a30846)
$50.00 (books) . TWO MILLION SEVERAL ADDRESSES GIVEN UPON THE ACQUISITION OF ITS TWO MILLIONTH VOLUME BY THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
Berkeley 1960. 4to., 14pp., wraps. Designed by Adrian Wilson. Type designed by Frederic W. Goudy. Near Fine. (a30934)
$20.00 Mead, Cyrus D. . MEASURING CLASSROOM PRODUCTS IN BERKELEY SECTIONS 1 AND 2 (ORIGINAL PRINTING, NOT A REPRINT)
Berkeley 1921. Bureau of Research in Education, Study No. 1. 8vo., 108pp., illustrations, wraps. VG. (a31342)
$20.00Herre, Albert W. C. T.. THE LICHEN FLORA OF THE SANTA CRUZ PENINSULA
Washington 1910. Sm.4to., pp. 27-269, removed from the Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences and rebound in wraps. VG. (a31700)
$35.00 Warner, Charles Dudley . OUR ITALY
NY 1902 (1891). California travel. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 226pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. VG, light wear. (a32990)
$24.00 Miller, Joaquin . THE BUILDING OF THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
Trenton 1905. Religious fiction-a sort of Christian utopia by California author. Sm.8vo., 243pp., frontis illus., decorated boards. Top edge gilt. VG, some rubbing on front board. (a33616)
$25.00 (design) . A TRIENNIAL EXHIBITION OF MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS AND THE WORK OF THE STATE'S ARTIST CRAFTSMEN
Pasadena 1971 1st. Square Sm.4to, 175pp., photo illustrated in color and bw. Fine in Good DJ, light wear. (a35132)
$45.00 (san francisco) . LAW AND ORDER IN SAN FRANCISCO A BEGINNING
San Francisco 1916 Chamber of Commerce. Merchants organize to stop a wave of strikes beginning with Longshoremen in 1916. 8vo., 41pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Ex-library with blind stamp on title page pockets, spine numbers, etc. VG, text clean. (a3681)
$22.00 Shippey, Lee . IT'S AN OLD CALIFORNIA CUSTOM
NY 1948-lst Vanguard.292p.Signed by author. Customs of Californians. G-Vg. (a3822)
$35.00 Reed, Willoughby H. Ph.G. M.D. . NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS JOURNEYS TO FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, PANAMA CANAL, ETC. REPRINT OF SERIES OF LETTERS TO THE PRESS
Jeffersonville 1938 first edition. Privately Printed. Hardcover, dark green cloth. Lg.8vo., 283pp.,Frontispiece of author and his wife; photo illustrations in text. near VG, light discoloration inside front and rear boards along top edge, some light erosion along right margin of two front free blank end papers. Binding secure ; no ownership marks; text clean. (a38537)
$45.00 Knights, Captain Arthur E. . NOTES BY THE WAY IN A SAILOR'S LIFE (signed)
San Francisco 1905 Robertson. Nineteenth century Pacific Ocean/California maritime. Hardcover. 12mo., 61pp., cloth. Signed presentation copy from author. Near Fine. (a41663)
$68.00 (art) . ILLUSIONISM & TROMPE L'OEIL
San Francisco 1949. Exhibition catalogue, California Palace of Legion of Honor, May 3-June 12. 1949. 4to., 78pp., monochrome illus., stiff wraps. Unusual cover with outline of apple with two leaves cut from front board to show a fly within. Good plus, light cover wear. (a42071)
$22.00 Lamprecht, Sandra J. . WATER POLLUTION: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CALIFORNIA AND U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Monticello (Illinois) 1974. Council of Planning Libraries, Exchange Bibliography 604. 4to., 30pp., mimeo, bound in later transparent plastic. Ex university library, with bookplate, discard stamp and label on front, a few stamps on pages, large chip on rear wrap. Good. (a42947)
$40.00 Grier, William M. Jr. . GRIER OF SAN FRANCISCO
Denver 1989 1st Grier. Builder in the West and his family 1878-1988. 8vo., 320pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a4350)
$20.00 Hamblin, Judge Donald William . FIVE HISTORIC CHARACTERS IN CALIFORNIA LAW
1968 1st Hamblin. Octavo, 55pp., wraps. VG. (a44979)
$29.00 (Schaffner, Frances Porter Adler) . BLYTHE AND BUOYANT SPIRIT
1967. Eulogy to Schaffner. Limited to 350 copies. 8vo., 30pp., illustrated with 4 fine wood engravings of California, gilt papercovered boards, etc. VG, very light wear on cover edges, in Fine glassine DJ. (a45803)
$40.00 Gifford, Edward Winslow . MIWOK MOIETIES
Berkeley 1916. University of California American Archeology and Ethnology Volume 12 No. 4. Lg.8vo., pp.139-194, wraps. Owner name stamp and label on front cover. VG. (a45909)
$45.00 Gifford, Edward Winslow . MIWOK MYTHS
Berkeley 1926. University of California American Archeology and Ethnology Volume 12 No. 8. Lg.8vo., pp.283-338, wraps. Owner name stamp and label on front cover. VG. (a45910)
$45.00 Barrett, S. A. . MYTHS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA MIWOK
Berkeley 1919. University of California American Archeology and Ethnology Volume 16 No. 1. Lg.8vo., pp.1-28., wraps. Owner name stamp and label on front cover. Good. (a45912)
$45.00Warren, Henry White. AMONG THE FORCES
NY 1898 Eaton and Mains. Religious thought inspired by natural wonders in the American West: Old Faithful in Yellowstone, the ocean surf in Santa Cruz, California, several natural arches in Santa Cruz, The Grand Canyon etc. Sm.8vo., 197pp., illustrations, cloth with mounted picture. Good, lightly foxed and worn, closed tear in margin of one leaf. (a45961)
$30.00 Seal, Hitchhiker Herb (Rev. Ralph Carr) . 60,000 MIRACLE MILES
Glendale 1947. Foreword by Dr. Harry Vom Bruch. Pamphlet is dedicated to Reverend Ralph w. Carr, Pastor Hydewood Park Baptist Church. America Revival Campaign. large octavo., 55pp., photo illustrations, yellow wraps. 55p. Photo illustrated. wraps. **Laid in: original photograph postcard of dedicatee Rev. Carr, and mimeo of sermon with a few hand annotations. VG plus, light wear. (a46019)
$35.00 (government) . AN ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL DECISION-MAKING AND IMPACT: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN OAKLAND II
San Francisco 1969. Oakland Task Force, San Francisco Federal Executive Board. 8vo., 311pp., wraps. Volume 2 of 2. (a46579)
$45.00Brooke, Mildred Crew. MILDRED CREW BROOKE - AN UNFINISHED MANUSCRIPT OF REMINISCENCES AND SOME EXTRACTS FROM HER DIARY
Casa del Oso November 1940. first edition. Hardcover. 4to.110p. Photo illus. Well-off California woman, married into the Hoover family. Very Near Fine in later protective removable glassine dust jacket. (a4794)
$50.00 Miles, Josephine (editor) . BERKELEY STREET POEMS MAY 1969 BY STUDENTS AND OTHER CITIZENS OF BERKELEY
Berkeley 1969. An Other Ways Book. 8vo., about 16pp., wraps. VG. (a48704)
$40.00 Steinbrugge, Karl V., William Cloud and Nina Scott . THE SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA, EARTHQUAKES OF OCTOBER 1, 1969
Rockville 1970. U.S. Department of Commerce. Lg.8vo., 99pp., photo illustrations, maps, errata slip, wraps. Depository Library name on title and cover; ink numbers on cover. VG. (a49265)
$50.00 (noise) . SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA CASE HISTORY OF A MUNICIPAL NOISE CONTROL PROGRAM
Washington 1978 Environmental Protection Agency. 4to., about 200pp., wraps. Depository library stamp on front and on title page. A few ink numbers on front. VG. (a49508)
$85.00 Baird, Joseph Armstrong Jr. . CATALOGUE OF ORIGINAL PAINTINGS, DRAWING AND WATERCOLORS IN THE ROBERT B. HONEYMAN, JR., COLLECTION
Berkeley 1968 Friends of Bancroft Library. Western, mostly California, art, acquired by the Bancroft Library at University of California at Berkeley. 4to., 196pp., index, wraps. Published without illustrations. VG, some wear and light soiling on cover. (a49533)
$55.00 Verner, J. and A.S. Boss . CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS:WESTERN SIERRA NEVADA
Berkeley 1980. 4to., 439pp., photo illustrations, stiff wraps. Depository library stamp on cover and front blank. A few ink numbers on cover. VG. (a49687)
$45.00 Ferrier, William Warren . CONGREGATIONALISM'S PLACE IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY
Berkeley 1948. 8vo., 58pp., wraps. Good, light wear and soiling, a few small chips on wraps. (a50358)
$29.00 Coombs, Gary B.et al . THE ARCHEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEAST MOJAVE DESERT
1979 Bureau of Land Management. 4to., 148pp., illustrations, wraps. Depository library stamp and a few ink numbers on front and title page. VG. (a50434)
$65.00Briggs, K.T. et al. MARINE MAMMAL SURVEY AND SEABIRD SURVEY OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT AREA. VOLUME III. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR'S REPORTS. BOOK2. SEABIRDS. BOOK 3. APPENDICES AND LITERATURE CITATIONS
Santa Cruz 1978. 2 volumes. 4to., pp.473-775, pp.776-1225, wraps. Depository library stamp and a few ink numbers on front of each volume. Depository library stamp on first leaf of second volume. Near Fine. 2 volumes. (a50445)
$150.00 Coombs, Gary B.et al . THE ARCHEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE
1979 Bureau of Land Management. 4to., 115pp., illustrations, wraps. Depository library stamp and a few ink numbers on front and title page. VG. (a50454)
$65.00 Kimble, J. M. and W. D. Nettleton (editors) . PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SOIL CORRELATION MEETING (ISCOM): CHARACTERIZATION, CLASSIFICATION AND UTILIZATION OF ARIDISOLS TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA - PART A PAPERS
Conference October 1987. Published October 1990. 4to., 250pp., wraps. Depository library name and numbers on front cover. VG. (a50603)
$75.00 Hart, James D. and Ward Ritchie . INFLUENCES ON CALIFORNIA PRINTING
Los Angeles 1970 Clark Memorial Library. 8vo., 84pp., wraps. VG. (a50608)
$25.00 Greenhood, Clarence David . THE GREEN KNIGHT (1871-1951) IN MEMORY OF PORTER GARNETT
1951 The Grabhorn Press. Octavo, 16pp., wraps. Uncut. VG, some fading along right edge of front, light wear. (a50615)
$42.00 Comstock, Adelaide . THE KREUTZER SONATA REVIEWED BY A WOMAN
NY 1904 1st Broadway Publishing. Ventura, California woman uses the Tolstoy novel as a basis for an impassioned plea for Women's Rights. 12mo., 70pp., decorated hardcover. Good, some cover wear with light wear at spine ends and corners, binding secure and text clean; no ownership marks; no dj. (a51755)
$125.00 Steiner, George A. . NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1961-1970
Los Angeles 1961. A statement of policy by the Southern California CED Associates together with a research report by George A. Steiner. 8vo., 139pp., wraps. VG. (a52566)
$39.00 East, Donald Yale . FIRST ASCENT, SAN JOSE STATE COLLEGE STUDENT UNION AND GALLERY (BURKE'S VARIATION) A CATALOG OF THE CREATIVE PROJECT PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ART CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN JOSE
July 1972. 4to., 7 mounted original photographs (each 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches) of two men climbing the Student Union, no text, just brief titles for each photograph, original blue printed cloth. Master's degree presentation. Pocket removed from inside cover with some residue remaining, small stain on top corner of front board. Good plus. (a54273)
$50.00 Gordon, Margaret S. and Margaret Thal-Larsen . EMPLOYER POLICIES IN A CHANGING LABOR MARKET - REPORT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA EMPLOYER POLICY SURVEY
Berkeley 1969. Institute of Industrial Relations University of California. Sm.4to., 534pp. plus appendices, wraps with cloth spine. VG. (a54779)
$65.00 (university of california law school) . THE LAW SONGS OF WM. J. HILL. JIM WROTE FRANK PLAYED APRIL 15, 1988
1988. Dinner party songs given by friends of University of California Law School Professors Jim Hill and Frank Newman. 8vo., 34pp., original decorated wraps. Some pencil annotations by participants. 5 page mimeo of party script prepared by Jim Hill laid in. Good, lower corner of first three leaves folded, small spot on front. (a55069)
$40.00 Hinds, Norman E. A. . PALEOZOIC ERUPTIVE ROCKS OF THE SOUTHERN KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
Berkeley 1932 University of California. Sm.4to., pp.375-410, 2 plates, original printed wraps. VG. Not a modern reprint. (a56295)
$35.00 (stanford university) . ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH, TAKEN BY FRANK DAVEY, PHOTOGRAPHER, 126 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
1915. Davey was a photographer active in the Palo Alto area c. 1915, and the author of Frank Davey's Photographic Souvenir of Leland Stanford University. This is a silver print (6 x 9.5 inches) of a young women in costume, perhaps part of a Stanford University performance. Stamped on the verso are Davey's name and address, and the words The Quad 1915 No. 93502. The Quad is the Stanford yearbook. VG, small chip at top left corner. (a56402)
$35.00 (stanford) . THE MCDOWELLS SEND GREETINGS FROM 1929...JOHN EZRA ALICE JACK JR. CARL
1929. Printed greeting card from John Ezra McDowell, who was the alumni director and academic secretary at Stanford for many years. 4.5 inches by 6. inches, with mounted photo of Memorial Church. Fine. (a56405)
$25.00 Sleggs, George F. . MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON IN THE REGION OF LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA DURING THE SUMMER OF 1924
Berkeley 1927. Offprint from the Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Lg.8vo., pp.93-117, 8 text figures, original printed wraps. Signature of Major H. R. Seiwell on front. Near Fine. (a57094)
$35.00 Allen, Winfed Emory; Barnhart, P. S. . QUANTITATIVE STUDIES ON MARINE DIATOMS AND DINOFLAGELLATES AT FOUR INSHORE STATIONS ON THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA IN 1923; PELAGIC FISH EGGS OF LA JOLLA CALIFORNIA
Berkeley 1927. Two articles in a single offprint from the Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Lg.8vo., pp.19-29, 1 text figure, pp. 31-28, 2 text figures, original printed wraps. Signature of Major H. R. Seiwell on front. Near Fine. (a57095)
$35.00 Holmes, H. E . PIONEER LINKS A NARRATIVE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS ON THE PACIFIC COAST AND A HISTORY OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN WASHINGTON TO 1880
1913 Holmes. Sm.4to., 232pp., photo portraits, hardcover. Signed by Holmes on the title page. Near VG, light cover wear. (a58046x)
$35.00 Mahood, Ruth I. (editor) . PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE SOUTHWEST ADAM CLARK VROMAN 1856 - 1916. ISBN 0-517-186160.
NY 1961 1st Bonanza. ISBN 0-517-186160. Introduction by Beaumont Newhall. 4to., 127pp., full page photo illustrations, hardcover. Intro by Beaumont Newhall. Fine in VG DJ. (a58107)
$39.00 Sebastian, John . THE GOLDEN STATE CALIFORNIA A GRATUITOUS GUIDE
Chicago 1903 Sebastian. Brochure selling railroad tours of California. Sm.8vo., 79pp., many small photos of California, original illustrated wraps. Good plus, slight water staining on top portion of pages. (a58967)
$35.00 Irvine, Leigh . SANTA CLARA COUNTY CALIFORNIA
n.d. (c.1915). Souvenir brochure. 8vo., 63pp., color and monochrome photo illustrations, original wraps. Good, light wear, light wrinkling. (a58983)
$45.00 McDougall, Hon. J. A. . SPEECH OF HON. J. A. MCDOUGALL, OF CALIFORNIA, ON THE ARREST OF GEN. STONE, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE SOLDIER AND CITIZEN
Washington 1862 Towers. 8vo., 32pp., stringbound wraps. Good plus, light wear. (a59117)
$55.00 Borrege, J. G. X. . WHITED SEPULCHRES (THE ISRAFEL SERIES) RIMED AND UNRIMED, VERSE SERIOUS & DROLL AND ONE (PROSE) GHOST STORY. ISBN 1-57502-127-7
El Cerrito 1996 1st Ivanhoe. ISBN 1-57502-127-7. Poetry. 8vo., 113pp., portrait of author, original wraps. Fine. (a59595)
$29.00 Stevens, Glenhope Russell . GOLD HUNGRY (signed)
Sherman 1927 1st Tribune. Fiction. Hardcover. Octavo, 256pp., cloth. **Inscribed and signed by Stevens (to Mr. J G Erickson). Owner bookplate (Catherine and Strohm Newell). Good, cover a bit worn, spine ends rubbed, no DJ. (a61446)
$30.00(shasta route). A PICTURE JOURNEY OVER SHASTA ROUTE
San Francisco n.d (c. 1920?) Southern Pacific Lines. Being a series of 65 photos of the principal spots of scenic, romantic and historic interest between San Francisco and Portland and the Pacific Northwest. 4to., original illustrated wraps. Good plus, wraps a bit worn and soiled. (a61513)
$40.00 Woodring, W. P. et al . GEOLOGY AND OIL RESOURCES OF THE ELK HILLS CALIFORNIA INCLUDING NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE NO. 1
Washington 1932. U.S. Department of Interior Bulletin . Octavo., 82pp., 5 large foldout maps and charts in rear pocket, wraps. Owner signed. Ex-library. Good, library stamps on verso of each map, spine reinforced with clear tape, light wear. (a62714)
$35.00 Shaw, Henry W. (Josh Billings) . IN MEMORANDUM HENRY WHEELER SHAW
Printed eulogy for Shaw. 12mo., 26p., stringbound wraps. Laid in: short newspaper article dated 1966 on Shaw. Good, some light staining on cover. (a64316)
$30.00 Weinschenk, Jacob Hugo . THE SONNETS OF JACOB HUGO WEINSCHENK
Madera 1944 Madera Tribune Press. Poetry. 12mo., 123pp., original wraps. Good, spine browned, light cover wear. (a65107)
$32.00 Goodwin, C. C. . THE COMSTOCK CLUB
Salt Lake City 1891 1st edition.Tribune Job Printing Co. Hardcover. Octavo, 288pp., brown cloth with black and gilt trim. 2 pages have light offset from inserted newspaper clippings. Good plus, light wear on cover corners. no ownership marks. no dj. (a67003)
$25.00 Kearney, M. Theo . FRESNO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE FRUIT VALE ESTATE
1980. Hardcover. Reissue by Fresno City Historical Society of original 1899 edition. Oblong sm.4to., 34 pages of introductory text, about 100 photo illustrations of early California, maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Fine. (a67185)
$65.00 Beebe, Lucius and Charles Clegg . VIRGINIA & TRUCKEE, A STORY OF VIRGINIA CITY AND COMSTOCK TIMES (signed by both authors)
Oaklanda 1949 1st Grahame Hardy. Octavo, 67pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. **Signed by both Beebe and Clegg. Owner bookplate and owner name card clipped on front free blank. Fine in VG DJ, price clipped on dj (a67618)
$28.00Ho, Christine. SALT-WATER TRINNIES AFRO-TRINIDADIAN IMMIGRANT NETWORKS AND NON-ASSIMILATION IN LOS ANGELES ISBN 0-404-19483-4
NY 1991 1st AMS. ISBN 0-404-19483-4. Octavo, 237pp., original gilt printed hardcover. Fine, as new. (no dj as issued) (a67638)
$149.00 Kercheval, Albert F. . DOLORES; AND OTHER POEMS
San Francisco 1883 1st A. L. Bancroft. Sm.4to., 532pp., original gilt pictorial grey green cloth hardcover. All edges gilt. Owner signed (A. H. Wheeler, 1889). Good, hinges tender, text very lightly and evenly browned. (a67829)
$60.00 Dowse, Lucy Simmons . A LITTLE BOOK OF POESY FROM MY GARDEN
Los Angeles 1928 1st Fred S. Lang Company. Octavo, 26pp., mounted photo frontid, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a68097)
$35.00 (mexico) . KNOCKING ABOUT IN MEXICO
Thousand Oaks 1977 1st Cal Oaks Publishing. Octavo, 95pp., wraps. One publisher ink correction in text. VG, light wear. (a68183)
$45.00 (college yearbook) . BLUE & GOLD 1961 YEARBOOK UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
Berkeley 1961. Yearbook for University of California at Berkeley. 4to., 515pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Small owner signature on end paper. VG plus. (a68453)
$75.00 (art) . TRANSFORMATION: UCLA ALUMNI IN FIBER
Los Angeles 1979. Exhibition April 10-May 13 1979. Square octavo, about 30pp., monochrome illustrations, original wraps. VG, light wear. (a68473)
$32.00Nye, Stephen G.. ADDRESSES AND LETTERS OF TRAVEL
San Francisco 1908 1st Nye. New York attorney born in 1834 moved to California where he became an important judge. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 353pp., cloth. ***Presentation copy signed by Mrs. Stephen G. Nye. Top edge gilt. Good Plus, cover slightly worn; hinges not cracked; text clean. no dj. (a6890)
$50.00 Northup, John Wood . SONGS OF NATURE LOVE AND LIFE
San Francisco 1916 1st Paul Elder. Octavo, 164pp., hardcover. VG, corners a bit worn, in later removable glassine jacket. (a69094)
$47.00 Graves, Jackson A. . CALIFORNIA MEMORIES 1857-1930
Los Angeles 1930 1st Times-Mirrow. 4to., 330pp., photo illustrations, blue cloth hardcover. VG. slight bumping at top corner, no DJ. (a69158)
$22.00 Haas, John B. . JOHN B. HAAS, PIONEER AUTOBIOGRAPHY
1938. Edited by Carl Hass, John's son. Southern California pioneer history. Folio, 55pp., printed pages from the Pony Express Courier June and July 1938 which carried this autobiography, photo illustrations, stiff cardboard boards cover with green cloth spine. *Signed by Carl Haas in presentation to Walter H. Robinson. Good, light wear, small chip on spine cloth. Scarce. (a69440)
$270.00 Slobodek, Mitchell . A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CALIFORNIA LABOR HISTORY
Los Angeles 1964 1st University of California. Octavo, 265pp., red cloth hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a69601)
$23.00 Chard, Thomas S. . CALIFORNIA SKETCHES
Chicago 1888 1st Author. Chard visited San Francisco and Los Angeles. 12mo., 16pp., yellow snakeskin style papercoved boards with beveled edges. Good, cover somewhat worn, hinges beginning to crack. (a70230)
$49.00 Chapin, Helen B. (editor) . LEAVES FROM A WESTERN GARDEN A MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE ORIENT - VOLUME I NUMBER 4 OCTOBER 1938 CH'AN BUDDHIST NUMBER
1938. 8vo., 104p., a few mounted illustrations, wraps with cloth spine. Good, light wear, occasional spots. (a70280)
$40.00 Chapin, Helen B. (editor) . LEAVES FROM A WESTERN GARDEN A MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE ORIENT - VOLUME I NUMBER 2 APRIL 1938
1938. 8vo., 48pp., a few mounted illustrations, wraps with cloth spine. Good, light wear, occasional spots. (a70281)
$30.00 Junker, Howard (editor) . ZYZZYVA - PREMIER ISSUES SPRING 1985
1985. Volume 1 Number 1. This issue features: Lucia Berlin, Eknath Easwaran, M. F. K. Fisher, John Krich, Jeremy Larner, David Rains Wallace. Octavo, (10), 145pp., original printed wraps.Near Fine. (a70473)
$30.00 Wilkinson, Hugh . SUNNY LANDS AND SEAS A VOYAGE IN THE SS. 'CEYLON' NOTES MADE DURING A FIVE MONTHS' TOUR IN INDIA, THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MANILA, CHINA, JAPAN, THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND CALIFORNIA
London 1883 1st John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 324pp., frontis folding map, illustrations, attratcive blue cloth cover with gilt and black decoration and lettering. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, cover a bit worn. Good solid copy of Scarce book. (a71131)
$290.00 Clark, Susie E. . THE ROUND TRIP FROM THE HUB TO THE GOLDEN GATE
Boston 1890 Lea and Shepard. Octavo, 193pp., bound in later wraps. VG. (a71195)
$25.00Le Conte, Joseph. A JOURNAL OF RAMBLINGS THROUGH THE HIGH SIERRA OF CALIFORNIA BY THE UNIVERSITY EXCURSION PARTY
San Francisco 1930 1st Sierra Club. Limited to 1500 copies. Octavo, 156152p. Mounted paper spine label. Wraps. octavo. Owner signed. VG plus. (a71241)
$35.00 Massett, Stephen C. . DRIFTING ABOUT OR WHAT JEEMS PIPES OF PIPESVILLE SAW AND DID , AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
NY 1863 Carleton. Massett travelled over the U.S., to Boston, to San Francisco and elsewhere. Comments on Gold Rush, travels to Panama, South Pacific, Malta, etc. Hardcover. Small octavo, 371pp., small text illustrations by Mullen, green cloth. Faint owner signature on front end paper. VG, a few pages lightly spotted. (a71512)
$45.00 Eden, Mark . THE PROPHECY
no date, Privately bound typescript Poem. Hardcover. 4to., 107 leaves (rectos only), full fine maroon leather with gilt border and fancy gilt lettering on front board and spine. Only information given is that author's address is 25152 Malibu Road, Malibu, California. Near Fine. Rare. (a71659)
$150.00 Moure, Nancy ; Dustin Wall (William Wendt) . WILLIAM WENDT 1865-1946
Laguna Beach 1977 1st Laguna Beach Museum of Art. Exhibition catalogue. Limited to 1000 copies. Sm.4to., 64pp., color and monochrome illustrations, green wraps with gilt lettering. Fine, as New. Sealed in original publisher's bubble pack (packing cellophane has a few minor tears) (a71944)
$100.00D'Orge, Jeanne. VOICE IN THE CIRCLE
Santa Barbara 1955 1st Noel Young. Limited to 500 copies. Hardcover. Octavo, 96pp., cloth. Fine in Fine glassine jacket. (a72548)
$23.00 Donaldson, Jean Chalmers . VELVET FOIL
Mill Valley 1958 1st Wings. Poetry. Hardcover. Octavo, 89pp., cloth.Signed by Donaldson. VG, slight browning on endpapers, in Good DJ, unevenly browned and lightly worn. (a72550)
$35.00 Turner, Ethel and Will Aberle (editors) . THE WANDERER VOLUME 1, NO. 1 AUGUST 1923
San Francisco 1923. Single issue (only issue?) of this poetry journal. Poetry by: George Sterling, Esther Helfrich, Jay Sigmund, Gobind Behari Lal, Margaret Widdemer, Will Aberle, Anne Bremer, Harry Noyes Pratt, Mary Barrett and Frank O'Hara. 12mo., 15pp., original wraps. Near Fine. (a73035)
$75.00 Higgins, C. A. . TO CALIFORNIA AND BACK
Chicago 1897 Passenger Department Santa Fe Route. Small octavo, 175pp., illustrations by J. T. McCutcheon, wraps. Some light pencil lines in margins of about half the pages. Good, spine chipped. (a73556)
$20.00 (san francisco) . ADVERTISING BROCHURE FOR AMBASSADOR HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO
no date. Original advertisement. From automobiles in photos would say 1920s. One sheet 14 x 7 inches printed in both orange and black on both sides, folded into quarters. Half front side is drawing of the Hotel with adjacent two panel map of San Franscisco. On verso are 3 interior photo views of the hotel rooms and one long photo panorama of San Francisco shoreline and waterfront. Fine. (a73561)
$29.00 Saunders, Charles Francis . FINDING THE WORTH WHILE IN CALIFORNIA
New York 1916 1st McBride. Hardcover. 12mo., 229pp., photo illustrations, maps, gilt printed green cloth. Owner blind stamp on end paper. VG plus. (a73599)
$50.00Sorlien, Christopher C.; Craig Nicholson and Bruce P. Luyendyk; Miller Kate C. and Anne S. Meltzer. MIOCENE EXTENSION AND POST-MIOCENE TRANSPRESSION OFFSHORE OF SOUTH-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA; STRUCTURE AND TECTONICS OF THE CENTRAL OFFSHORE SANTA MARIA AND SANTA LUCIA BASINS, CALIFORNIA: RESULTS FROM THE PG & E/EDGE SEISMIC REFLECTION SURVEY
1995 U. S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 1995-Y-Z. 4to., about 40pp., illustrations, 5 plates, maps in separate folder, inserted in printed cardboard case, stiff paper cover. A few Depository Library and number stamps on front of case--no other markings. Near Fine, (a75067)
$30.00Bogardus, Emory S.. THE EXPLORER (signed)
Los Angeles 1961 1st University of Southern California. Poetry.Hardcover. Octavo, 116pp., cloth. Signed by Bogardus on title page. Small blank white label stuck on title page (possibly used by Bogardus to cover a mistake in his inscription). Very Near Fine, no faults, no DJ. (a75086)
$24.00 Lummis, Charles . FLOWERS OF OUR LOST ROMANCE
Boston 1929 Houghton Mifflion.288p. Essays about early California and Mexico. Good-bookplate.Illus. (a7527)
$25.00 (water power) . HYDRO ELECTRIC CO. - RECORD IN THE CASE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. HYDRO ELECTRIC CO. IN THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Washington 1912 GPO. 62nd Congress, 2d Session. House Doc. No. 714. Hydro Electric company was in California. Octavo, 135pp., photo illustrations, several maps and charts (many large foldout), removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a75326)
$75.00 (california) . POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF MEXICAN AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA
August 1971 1st GPO. A Report of the California State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on civil Rights. 4to., 90pp., original printed wraps. A few ink numbers on top margin of cover. VG. (a75605)
$75.00 Greeley, Ronald et al (editors) . AEOLIAN FEATURES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: A COMPARATIVE PLANETARY GEOLOGY GUIDEBOOK
Washington 1978. 4to., 264pp., photo illustrations of geological formations, original wraps. A few non-circulating library stamps and numbers. VG. (a75922)
$25.00Etter, Patricia A. (editor). AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A NINETEENTH CENTURY SCOTSMAN, ROBERT BROWNLEE, AT THE REQUEST OF HIS CHILDREN, NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 1892
Fayetteville 1986 1st University of Arkansas. Hardcover. ISBN 0-938626-53-1. Brownlee left Scotland in 1835 for New York, Arkansas and then California to find gold. Hardcover. Octavo, 240pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Near Fine (slight residue from price tags on end paper and faint spoiling on top closed page ends) in Near Fine dj (light rubbing on dj, no tears, no chips, price not clipped.) (a76364)
$26.00 Hawthorne, Hildegarde . CALIFORNIA'S MISSIONS THEIR ROMANCE AND BEAUTY
New York 1942 1st Appleton. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 237pp., illustrations by Suydam, cloth. Signed by Hawthorne. VG, light cover soiling and very light wear, no DJ. (a76373)
$28.00 Wyatt, David . THE FALL INTO EDEN: LANDSCAPE AND IMAGINATION IN CALIFORNIA
Cambridge 1986 1st Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 32399 1. Hardcover. Octavo, 280pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Owner signed. Near Fine in VG DJ, one small chip and one inch long closed tear. (a76450)
$25.00Coolidge, Dana. DEATH VALLEY PROSPECTORS
NY 1937 1st (stated) Dutton. Hardcover. Octavo, 178pp., photo illustrations, printed cloth. VG, no DJ. (a76714)
$24.00Flagg, Josiah Foster. A PHILADELPHIA FORTY-NINER
1946. Diary of man who went West in the Gold Rush. Article on pp. 390-422 in single issue of The Pennsylvania Magazine. Several additional articles in issue as well. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good. (a78061b)
$35.00 Zierer, Clifford M. . MIGRATORY BEEKEEPERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
1932. Article on pp. 260-269 plus 5 small text photo illustrations in single issue of The Geographical Review. Additional articles in same issue. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG (a78108b)
$30.00 Palmer, Emily G. . A SURVEY OF THE GARMENT TRADES IN SAN FRANCISCO
Berkeley 1921. University of California Bureau of Research in Education Study No. 3. Octavo, 87pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, cover toned. (a78367)
$75.00 (Taylor, William F.) . GEMS FROM THE LOVE OF THE HEROES AND HEROINES OF WM. SHAKESPEARE ARRANGED FOR SOCIAL READING
San Francisco 1884 1st Jos. Winterburn & Co. Hardcover. Octavo, original maroon-colored cloth on limp boards with gilt line trim and lettering on front. Original photograph of actress Adelaide Neilson mounted on plate in text. Neilson was a well known Shakespearean actress working in San Francisco in the 1870s and 1880s. Owner inscribed on top of title page. Good, somewhat worn, opens to title page, original photograph slighty yellowed. Binding secure and text clean. Rare. (a78377)
$215.00 Bolton, Herbert Eugene . PALOU AND HIS WRITINGS
Octavo, xcvi, 5 plate illustrations, dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. A reprint of the introduction to Palou's New California. VG. (a79166)
$44.00 Pitt, Robert and Martin Bozeman . WATER QUALITY AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OFURBAN RUNOFF ON COYOTE CREEK - PHASE 1 PRELIMINARY SURVEY
Cincinnati 1980. Environmental Protection Agency. Coyote Creek is near San Jose in California. 4to., 73pp., original wraps. Non-circulating depository library numbers and stamps, no pocket. VG. (a79308)
$35.00 Atkinson, Janet I. . LOS ANGELES COUNTY HISTORICAL DIRECTORY
North Carolina 1988 1st McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-301-2. Essential information on the history of Los Angeles, California. Hardcover. Octavo, 207pp., original printed orange cloth. Near Fine, some light cover soiling. (a79556)
$75.00Slingerland, William H.. CHILD WELFARE WORK IN CALIFORNIA
New York 1915 Russell Sage. Hardcover. Octavo, 247pp., photo illustrations, green cloth. Gardner Sage Library bookplate . VG. (a79638)
$22.00 Comstock, Timothy F. . THE SUTTER CLUB ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Sacramento 1989. Hardcover. Oblong 4to., 250p., photo illustrations of early San Francisco, glossy maroon silk -covered boards. VG plus, light cover wear. (a79825)
$40.00 Montgomery, Douglass W. M.D. (1859-1941) . COLLECTED WRITINGS OF DOUGLASS W. MONTGOMERY CONSISTING OF PAPERS ON DERMATOLOGY, SYPHILOGY, BIOLOGY, TRAVEL, ETC. DURING MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS OF PRACTICE IN SAN FRANCISCO (TWO VOLUMES, COMPLETE)
San Francisco 1943 1st. Two volumes. Hardcovers. Octavos, 375p., 388pp., photo illustrations, light blue buckram cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine, no DJs. 2 volume set. (a80805)
$120.00 Simpson, Anna Pratt . PROBLEMS WOMEN SOLVED- BEING THE STORY OF THE WOMAN'S BOARD OF THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION WHAT VISION , ENTHUSIASM , WORK AND CO-OPERATION ACCOMPLISHED (original book not a reprint)
San Francisco 1915 1st Woman's Board. Hardcover. Square large octavo, 191pp., mounted photo illustrations, paper covered boards with cloth spine and mounted printed spine label. Photo illustrations of all members of the Board. VG, spine label a bit rubbed, spine toned. (a81159)
$50.00 Dwyer, Richard A. and Richard E. Lingenfelter . YING ON THE EASTERN SLOPE, JAMES TOWNSEND'S COMIC JOURNALISM ON THE MINING FRONTIER
Miami 1984 University Presses of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-0780-1. A scholarly work which makes lively reading. California and Nevada mining-camp newspapermen were itinerant, impecunious, imaginative and sometimes vitriolic...contemporaries and predecessors of Mark Twain and Bret Harte."-Sonnichsen quoted on jacket. Fine in Good DJ, rubbed. (a81223)
$27.00 (bridges) . FIRST ANNUAL REPORT SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE JULY 1, 1934
1934. 4to., 75pp. of text with photo illustrations, 9 drawings,12 large foldout charts and maps and diagrams at end, original printed wraps with small picture of bridge onfront. Owner signed (R. G.Douglas) on front end paper. Good, edges and spine frayed, wraps are somewhat worn overall. (a81674)
$129.00 Pfeiffer, Rosina . ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF ROSINA PFEIFFER, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Hardcover album. Square octavo, 40 pages have entries of poems, statements or prose paragraphs in manuscript, all presented to Rosina. Album dated 1877. Entries dated from 1877 to 1884. Of special interest: original tintype photograph carefully tipped-in of one of Rosina's male admirers - Max Mirsital - with a romantic poem written by him in English and then in German. Also interesting is a skillfully drawn picture of a home, handrawn in pencil, 8x5 inches, with hammock in tree outside -perhaps Rosina' dream house? Signers in the album include Ettie Blum, Jno. C. Rowley, J. A. Buffer, Lillie Arnold, Delia Fried, Scott Cooke, Conrad W Hubner, Lehman Blum, Albert Morgenstern, many others. Album is brown cloth with full silver decoration with Rosina in gilt on front. Many blank pages in album. VG, ink on a few pages is very faded. All we could find out about Rosina Pfeiffer was that she was born in San Francisco in 1856, daughter of John Pfeiffer and Elizabeth Claup. (a81842)
$450.00 Chamberlain, Newell D. . THE CALL OF GOLD: TRUE TALES ON THE GOLD ROAD TO YOSEMITE
Mariposa 1936 1st Gazette Press. Hardcover. Octavo, 183pp., photo illustrations, yellow cloth. VG. Front panel and flap of jacket laid in. (a82172)
$25.00 Askue, Russell Pettis . THE BROWN THRUSH SINGS (signed)
Mill Valley 1957 1st Wings Press. Hardcover/ Large octavo, 56pp., cloth. **Signed by Askue. Near Fine in Good plus DJ, faded to tan on spine, lightly worn, one tiny closed tear. (a82378)
$35.00 Cooney, Percival J. . THE DONS OF THE OLD PUEBLO
Chicago 1914 1st McNally. Historical novel about Los Angeles. Hardcover. Octavo, 439pp., frontis map, cloth. Good plus, slight soiling on fore-edges, corners bumped,slight cover soiling. (a82606)
$22.00 Puck, Harry (music) Edgar Leslie (words) . CALIFORNIA AND YOU
New York 1914 (copyright) Kalmar and Puck. Sheet music. Folio, 5pp., original wraps. Great vintage-looking front panel (frameable) showing California mission-style mansion and very elegant couple in fancy dress standing next to an urn, bush and palm tree. Good plus, light fraying on edges. (a82844)
$29.00Miller, Max. CRUISE OF THE COW
NY 1951 1st Dutton. Being an introduction to San Diego, Mexico's Baja California and a voyage into the Gulf of California--this combined region of the southwest corner. 8vo., 256pp., 47 monochrome photo illus., hardcover. Good, cover just a bit rubbed and soiled. (a8317)
$22.00 de Silva, Rev. Owen . MISSION MUSIC OF CALIFORNIA A COLLECTION OF OLD CALIFORNIA MISSION HYMNS AND MASSES TRANSCRIBED AND EDITED
1941 first edition Franciscan Fathers of California. Published by Warren Lewis of Los Angeles. Accompaniments & Choreography by Arthur M. Bienbar. Mission sketches by Paul A. Moore with an introduction by John Steven McGroarty. Copy No. 572 of 1000 of which 975 were for sale. Hardcover. Folio, 132pp., index, half coarse linen cloth with green paper boards and gilt lettering. VG, corners frayed, no DJ. (a83412)
$370.00 Briggs, L Vernon . ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO 1882 CALIFORNIA 1886 MEXICO 1891 (signed)
Boston 1932 first edition Privately printed. Hardcover. Octavo, 282pp., photo illustrations, blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. **Signed by Briggs. VG, no DJ. (a83432)
$150.00 Moure, Nancy ; Dustin Wall (William Wendt) . WILLIAM WENDT 1865-1946
Laguna Beach 1977 1st Laguna Beach Museum of Art. Exhibition Catalogue. Limited to 1000 copies. Sm.4to., 64pp., color and monochrome illustrations, green wraps with gilt lettering. Fine. Like New. (a83779)
$95.00 Oldroyd, R. S. . THE FOSSILS OF THE LOWER SAN PEDRO FAUNA OF THE NOB HILL CUT, SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA
Washington 1925. Octavo, 36pp., 2 photo plates, removed from the Proceedings of the United States National Museum and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a84033)
$22.00 Skogsberg, Tage and Austin Phelps . HYDROGRAPHY OF MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA THERMAL CONDITIONS PART II (1934-1937)
1946. Article at pp. 350-386, in one complete issue of Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Other articles included in this issue. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG, cover toned. Part II. (a84106b)
$35.00 Vander Leck, Lawrence . PETROLEUM RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO UNPROVED AREAS
Sacramento 1921. California State Mining Bureau Bull. 89. Hardcover. 8vo., 186pp., several large foldout photo illus., map in rear pocket. VG plus. no ownership marks. (a9298)
$47.00See, E. Anna. GOLDEN HARP STRAINS OF CALIFORNIA
Chicago 1900 first edition. See. 72p. Hardcover. sm octavo. Poetry about California illustrated with photo illustrations of California. Inner hinges cracking. Fairly good. no dj. (a9918)
$24.00 Manly, William Lewis. . DEATH VALLEY IN `49, AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA PIONEER HISTORY.
NY 1929 Wallace Hebberd. Hardcover. Octavo, 524pp., gilt printed cloth. VG, no DJ. (ac207)
$33.00 Yeates, Fred. . GENTLE GIANT (signed)
San Francisco 1954 1st Bank of America. Biography of A. P. Giannini of California's Bank of America. Hardcover. Octavo, 80pp., cloth. **Signed presentation copy from Yates. VG, no DJ. (ec243)
$24.00