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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 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 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)
$49.00Briggs, 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 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)
$125.00Ho, 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)
$149.00Elliott, O. L. and O. V. Eaton. STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND THEREABOUTS
San Francisco 1896 first edition. C. A. Murdock. Octavo, 79pp., photo illustrations, music of Stanford song, local advertisements, pictorial brown cloth hardcover. VG, slight soiling. Original book, not remake. (a67712)
$79.00 (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 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 Gorby, John S. and Guy Stevens . MANUSCRIPT LOG/ DIARY OF CRUISE FROM LOS ANGELES ABOARD SS ANTONIO TO MEXICO
January to March 1933. Hardcover. They traveled to Baja California and to San Juan, Mexico for bicycling. 12pp. in both ink and pencil. A bit messy, but can be read if one reads carefully and slowly. Rest of the 47p in the booklet are blank. Sm.4to., cardboard boards diary with cloth spine. Laid in: 21 page printed pamphlet Log of the Peninsula of Lower California and the Gulf of California dated 1930 . (a69615)
$55.00 Chapman, Charles E. PhD . CATALOGUE OF MATERIALS IN THE ARCHIVO GENERAL DE INDIAS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC COAST AND THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
Berkeley 1919 University of California. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 755pp., dark blue cloth. 755p . Faint owner blind stamp on title page. VG. (a71604)
$150.00 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 (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 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)
$75.00 (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 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 Anderson, F. M. . LOWER CRETACEOUS DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON
1938. Geological Society of America Special Papers Number 16. Sm.4to., 339p., 84 plates (including foldout map) and 3 figures, original wraps. VG. No ownership marks. (a86135)
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