Stories from Life
C.E. Gillis, 1980. Trade Paperback. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Humboldt County
Dear Mad'm (Women of the West)
Naturegraph Publishers, October 1982. Trade Paperback. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Spend a delightful evening enthralled by the true and captivating experiences of this city lady who at age 80 spent one full year on her mountain mining claim and faced the challenges of a vastly different life.....
Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier
Grand Central Publishing, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. A look at Humboldt County's marijuana culture in the last gasps of prohibition. In the final few years before California voters legalized recreational cannabis in 2016, growers young and old grappled with the transition from being secretive black-market farmers to legit business owners.....
Looking Back 90 Years: Recollections of an Oldtimer
Lynfood 'Bud' Scott. Printed by Eureka Printing Company, 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 167 pages. B/W photographic illustartions. Inscribed by the author inside front cover: 'Best Wishes Bud Scott'. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
When Money Grew on Trees: A. B. Hammond and the Age of the Timber Baron
University of Oklahoma Press, 2014. Hardcover. 482 pages. Combines labor, environmental and business history with the biography of the founder of the Hammond Lumber Company. Born in the timber colony of New Brunswick, Maine, in 1848, Andrew Benoni Hammond got off to an inauspicious start as a teenage lumberjack. By.....
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad: Redwood Empire Route
Fred A. Stindt, 1987. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on title page: 'With all good wishes! Fred A. Stindt.' Near fine copy in green leatherette covers with gilt insignia and lettering. Mild edge wear. In a very good dust jacket with edge and corner wear.
Dead Reckoning
Baaa! Press, September 2020. Hardcover. On September 8, 1923, seven ships of the U.S. Navy's Destroyer Squadron 11, led by Commodore Edward H. Watson on board the flagship USS Delphy, bore full speed into a treacherous section of California coastline informally known as Honda Point. Traveling south in single file.....
Timber Industry Ghosts
America Through Time, July 2019. Trade Paperback. Timber has always been one of the principle industries in the United States. The tasks and technologies associated with logging trees, hauling them to sawmills and other forest product plants, processing them into useable products, and then moving those to market always have.....
Timber Industry Ghosts
America Through Time, July 2019. Trade Paperback. Timber has always been one of the principle industries in the United States. The tasks and technologies associated with logging trees, hauling them to sawmills and other forest product plants, processing them into useable products, and then moving those to market always have.....
Saint Mary's Parish, Arcata, California: Centenary, 1883-1983
Saint Mary's Parish, 1983. Hardcover. 64 pages. B/W photographic illustrations. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in blue cloth covers with decoration and lettering in gilt on front cover. No dust jacket as issued.
Eureka (California) High School Reunion, 1943-1968
1968. Trade Paperback. 24 pages, printed recto only. Brief biographies of class members. First edition (first printing). Very good copy in 3-pronged manila folder.. Covers soiled.
Sequoia 1942 Eureka (California) High School Yearbook
Eureka High School, 1942. Hardcover. 109 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in embossed decorated blue covers. Some cover soiling.
Northern California's Lost Coast
Arcadia Publishing, 2017. Trade Paperback. 127 pages. Images of America series. The Lost Coast is the undeveloped stretch of 80 miles of shoreline in Southern Humboldt and Northern Mendocino Counties, with little or no road access. Before 1930s, small fishing and timber settlements dotted the landscape, but most have been.....
Soldiers Unknown
Great Oak Press, August 2019. Trade Paperback. A graphic novel. Based on the true experiences of Yurok Native American men called up to fight in WWI for a country that had horrifically mistreated their people, culture and land. With beautiful illustrations of life along the Klamath River in the Early.....
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Mills of Humboldt County [volume one]
Arcadia Publishing, 2016. Trade Paperback. 127 pages. Images of America series. A survey of the lumber trade in Humboldt County from 1850 to 1910, illustrated with photographs. The authors are noted local historians. The book covers advances in logging and milling technology and the related industries, such as shipbuilding, boiler.....
Northwestern California Celebrates A Century of Progress 1854-1954
Humboldt Times. Eureka Newspapers, Inc., 1954. Trade Paperback. 17 newspaper sections emphasizing different aspects of the history of the businesses, industries, people, etc. of Northwestern Caliofrnia. First edition (first printing). Very good copy.
The Arcata Union: 100: The Story of the Century (newspaper)
The Arcata Union, 1986. Trade Paperback. Newspaper with 5 sections: 1886-1911; 1911-1936; 1936-1961; 1961-1986; The Arts. First edition (first printing). Very good copy.
A Vulcan Among the Argonauts: Being Vivid Excerpts from those Most Original & Amusing Memoirs of John Carr, Blacksmith
George Fields, 1936. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 73 pages, followed by editor's postscript and printer's note. An abridged version of Carr's 1891 book Pioneer Days in California, to preserve 'the purely interesting and significant parts of John Carr's record' -- from the introduction. One of 500 copies designed andf hand.....
Comedy Sketches for 2-Man Comedy Teams or Ventriloquists
n.p., ca. 1965. Trade Paperback. 40 pages. 12 different sketches. First edition (first printing), presumed. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
The Construction of the Humboldt County Courthouse at Eureka, California, 1883-1889 (cover title: Humboldt County Centennial 1953)
Humboldt County, 1953. Trade Paperback. 19 pages. B/W photographic illustrations. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Re-driving of the Golden Spike. June 16, 1965, South Fork, California. Northwestern Pacific Rail Service Restored After 1964 Flood Damage. Souvenir Booklet [cover title]
Northwestern Pacific Railroad, 1965. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [12] pages. 7-1/2 by 11 inches. Printed in two colors; illustrated throughout. A pamphlet commemorating the extremely fast repair work to the NWP following the massive 1964 Christmas floods. Rather uncommon. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers.....
Annual Report of the Financial Transactions of the City of Eureka, California, for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1952
City of Eureka, 1952. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 28 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
1982 Eureka (Humboldt County, Calif.) Directory, including Arcata, Fortuna, and McKinleyville
R. L. Polk & Co., 1982. Hardcover. Fine hardcover.
A View from the Hill : A History of Humboldt State University
University Graphic Services, 1993. Trade Paperback. 182 pages. Oblong format, 10 x 9 inches.
The Discovery of Humboldt Bay
(Society of California Pioneers), 1932. First Edition Thus. Pamphlet. 22 pages. LK Wood's account of the discovery of Humboldt Bay by the overland Gregg party, in December 1849. It was originally published in the Humboldt Times newspaper, in 1856, and reprinted in booklet form sometime later by Wood's sons, David.....