All Things Bright & Beautiful: California Impressionist Paintings from the Irvine Museum
Irvine Museum, January 1994. Hardcover.
California
A History of Californias
The Southern California Rancher, 1964. Hardcover. 277 pages. B/W illustrations. Second edition. Near fine copy in red covers with bright gilt lettering on front cover and spine. No dust jacket.
'Rational Amusement in Our Midst': Public Libraries in California, 1849-1859
California Library Association, 1960. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 26 pages. Reprinted from The California Historical Society Quarterly Volume XXXVIII, Number 4, December, 1959. First edition thus. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Mild soiling to front cover.
autograph letter
1954. Ephemera. Autograph letter, 5.3 x 7 inches, dated June 7, 1954, from Thomas Coakley, Judge, Superior Court, Mariposa, California, to Henry (C. Collins), sending a book to him for his library, approximately 33 words. With typed signed (with initial) reply from Collins, dated June 15, 1954, thanking Coakley for.....
typed letters signed (2 letters)
1954. Ephemera. Typed letter signed with initials from Henry C. Collins, dated June 15, 1954 to William Knowland re the threats to Dinosaur National Monument by the Echo Park Dam, approximately 165 words. Typed reply signed from Knowland to Collins dated 1 July 1954 promising futher study on the issue.....
21 autograph letters, all but one addressed to 'Dear folks at home' in Vermont; the other to Cousin H. W. Moore in Candia, N. H. (1895-1896)
1892-6. Ephemera. 21 autograph letters on half-sheets. Charles Moore came to California in 1879. He was a son of Alanson (Alison) S. Moore [1817-1897] and Laura Jane Nielson Moore [1825-1903. Alanson went to California in 1850 via Nicaraugua and worked as a yard master for Dorsey & Co., lumber dealers.....
A Mirror for Californians
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 372 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in red cloth covers with gilt lettering. No dust jacket.
Report of the Committee on Claims, with reference to the petition of the City of San Jose for Relief. Document No. 21, In Assembly, Session 1855
B. B. Redding, State printer, 1855. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 2 pp. The claims of San Jose and others are considered. Disbound. First edition (first printing). Very good copy with staining.
Views and Legends of Monterey and Surroundings.
The Murdock Press, 1907. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8-1/2 by 6 inches (oblong). 40 pages. Reproduces black-and-white photographs of the region, with captions. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
The Duke Of Sacramento: A Comedy in four Acts by Warren Baer, reprinted from the rare edition of 1856, to which is added a sketch of the early San Francisco stage by Jane Bissell Grabhorn
Grabhorn Press, 1934. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. An attractive production, with the text printed in two colors, augmented by color illustrations by Arvilla Parker. One of 550 copies. First edition thus. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, darkening at the spine and missing a small chip.....
Governor's Special Message and Communication from A. A. M'Means, State Treasurer, in Relation to the Prompt Payment of the Interest and Principal of the Civil Debt of the State. Document No. 6 in the Assembly, Session of 1854
George Kerr, State Printer, 1854. Trade Paperback. 3 pages. Disbound. Near fine copy, sewn, with title page.
Quarterly of The Society of California Pioneers. Vol. II, No. 1
California Society of Pioneers, 1925. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 56 pages. Contains biography of William Van Voorhies, pp. 5-6; Address of Van Voorhies, pp. 7-18; Biography of John Shertzer Hittell, pp. 19-20; Address of Hittell, pp. 21-34; Address of John J. Lermen, pp. 35-44; Address of Henry L. Van Winkle.....
Quarterly of The Society of California Pioneers. Vol. IV, No. 1
California Society of Pioneers, 1927. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Vol. IV, No. 1: 54 pages. Contains Almarin B. Paul, 'My First Two Years in California' (1849-50), pp. 25-54. Also with stories of John Perrott, Maxwell Wood, and Henry E. Highton. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy infaded blue.....
Notre Centenaire: le guide franco caliofrnien de centenaire
Jehanne Bietry-Salinger. Printed by Pisani Printing & Publishing Co., 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 279 pp plus 63 pp Annuaire des Populations de Descendance ou d'Origine Francaise. Text in French. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in green cloth covers. Limited to 600 hardcover copies. Mild edge wear. Spine.....
The French in California: One Hundred Years of Achievement, 1850-1950
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1950. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, 69 pages. Exhibition catalogue for exhibit November 11 through November 30, 1950. B/W illustrations. With listing of prints and paintings, notes on French artists, and listing of books. Inscribed by Jehanne Bietry-Salinger on title page: 'This catalogue.....
Books in Their Sea Chests: Reading Along the Early California Coast
California Library Association, 1964. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 28 pages. California Library Association Keepsake Number Six. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated cream wrappers (paperback).
1850: A Year of Destiny
The University of Southern California Press, 1947. Trade Paperback. 20 pages. The fourteenth annual research lecture of the division of research of the graduate school, the University of Southern California. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback). Small stain to the cover.
'Their Blood is Strong': A Factual Story of the Migratory Agricultural Workers in California
Simon J. Lubin Society of California, Inc., 1938. Unknown. 33 pages plus 2 page description of the Simon J. Lubin Society of California and its mission and work supporting the rural farmer, the rural worker and the consumer of farm produce. B/W cover photographs and text photograph by Dorothea Lange.....
California History, Vol.LXIII, No. 3, Fall 1989
California History, 1989. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Issue offered complete. Includes 'Dust Bowl Legacies: The Okie Impact on California, 1939-1989,' by James N. Gregory; and 'Ethnic Solidarity Turned to New Activism in a California Enclave: The Japanese Americans of 'Delta,'' by Richard K. Beardsley. Steinbeck focus. First edition (first printing).....
Modern San Francisco: 1907-1908
Western Press Association. Printed by Commercial Art Company, Inc., 1908. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, 126 pages, with folding map 1905 showing San Francisco before the fire. B/W photographs and illustrations of the rebuilding of the city. First edition (first printing) of Edition de Luxe. Very good in blue illustrated.....
Concepcion de Arguello (Presidio de San Francisco, 1806)
Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1926. Trade Paperback. 7, [1] , [8] pages. A rather odd production: Harte's poem followed by an extended advertisement for the press described as 'typographical specimen pages of the report of Count Rezanov of his voyage to Nueva California in 1806.' BAL 7558, identifying.....
Guide to Steinbeck Country
John Steinbeck Library, 1984. Trade Paperback. 36 pages.
History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851: A Study of Social Control on the California Frontier in the Days of the Gold Rush
University of California Press, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. 543 pages. University of California Publichations in History, Volume XII. Bound in contemporary blue boards with original printed wrappers preserved. First edition (first printing). Blue cloth with gold in spine. A very good hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Rear hinge cracked. Previous.....
California Gold Rush Wood Engraving [Cover title]
Sacramento Book Collectors Club, 1967. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Single sheet, folded, with engraving printed from the original woodblock. In dark blue wrappers. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Corner creased on rear cover.
Books in Their Sea Chests: Reading Along the Early California Coast
California Library Association, 1964. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 28 pages. California Library Association Keepsake Number Six. First edition (first printing). Light toning to edges else a fine copy stapled cream in wrappers (paperback) with blue illustration of a sailing ship on the cover.