The first Witness
Humboldt State Reproduction Center, 1975. Trade Paperback.
Humboldt County
Looking Back 90 Years: Recollections of an Oldtimer
Lynfood 'Bud' Scott. Printed by Eureka Printing Company, 1999. Trade Paperback. 167 pages. B/W photographic illustartions.
Journey to the Redwoods: A pictorial pleasure
[Sam Burre], 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of editorial-style cartoons on outdoor topics by a long-time Humboldt County resident. A near fine copy. Signed by the author, with ephemera laid in.
Fortuna: A Growing City Reflects
(n.p.), 1953. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [48] pages. 8.25 by 10.75 inches. Illustrated from photographs. Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the city and the 100th anniversary of the county. First edition (first printing). Very good copy in cream wrappers (paperback).
Ingomar Club (cover title)
Ingomar Club, (n.d. but 1980s?). First Edition. Pamphlet. 8-page brochure of color photographs of the interior of the house. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback).
The First Hundred Years: Arcata Volunteer Fire Dept., 1884-1984
(Arcata Volunteer Fire Deptartment), 1984. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 194 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated white wrappers (paperback).
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.
California Redwood Empire Place Names
Journal of the West, 1968. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Reprint from Jornal of the West, Volume VII, No. 3, July, 1968, pp. 363-380. First edition thus. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Marine Disasters of the Humboldt, Del Norte Coast, Northern California, USA (poster)
Lambert and McKeehan, 1956. First Edition. Poster. Poster, 29.25 x 19.2 inches. Printed in black on cream stock with map of the coastline and illustration of the sinking vessel 'Corona' with framed table listing of wrecks from 1850 to 1956. First edition (first printing). Very good copy, previously rolled. Mild.....
A View from the Hill : A History of Humboldt State University
University Graphic Services, 1993. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 182 pages. Oblong format, 10 x 9 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated purple wrappers (paperback). Slight edge wear.
Serving the People...As Well as the Trees
National Forest Products Association, n.d., ca. 1967. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12 pages. An address by Clausen before the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the International Hoo Hoo Club, February 15, 1967. Clausen represented coastal northern California in Congress from 1963-1983. In this talk he argues for the timber industry supported.....
Redwoods - How much is enough? Congressional Record, Vol. 123, No. 107
1977. Trade Paperback. One sheet, printed on both sides, 14 x 8.5 inches. This entry into the Congressional Record is a from Clausen's address to the Commonwealth Club, arguing against the expansion of Redwood National Park as unnecessary for protection of the Tall Trees Grove and job destroying. Clausen represented.....
A Livable Redwood National Park and Seashore Plan. Congressional Record, Vol. 112, No. 175, pp 25240-25243
1966. Trade Paperback. 4 pages. Clausen's arguments for supporting the establishment of Redwood National Park but opposing the more ambitious plans of the Sierra Club. Clausen represented the north coast of California in Congress from 1963-1983. A near fine printed copy.
Redwoods-to-the-Sea: A Comprehensive Regional Conservation Plan (map)
The Redwoods-to-the-Sea Citizens' Committee, n.d. 1967. First Edition. Poster. Single sheet, 38 x 22.25 inches, printed in color: side 1. National Redwood Park & Seashore, the northern unit of Redwoods-to-the Sea; side 2: coastline map San Francisco to Oregon border, Redwoods-to-the-Sea: A Comprehensive Regional Conservation Plan. These maps illustrate the.....
The Redwood Park and Recreation Plan
The Redwood Park and Recreation Committee, 1967. First Edition. Pamphlet. 24 pages. This proposal was put forward by the local timber industry leaders to counter the proposals from the Sierra Club and The Save-the-Redwoods League who were proposing a larger Redwood National Park. Photographic illustrations, maps, and figures. 11 x......
Redwoods-to-the-Sea: Regional Planning for a National Family Playground
The Redwoods-to-the Sea Citizens' Committee, 1967. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, 30 pages. This plan was put forward by the timber industry and its supporters in oppostion to the plans of the Sierra Club for Redwood National Park. Robert Barnum owned large tracts of timber lands in Humboldt County. Contains.....
In the Redwood's Realm: By-ways of Wild Nature and Highways of Industry As Found Under Forest Shades and Amidst Clover Blossoms in Humboldt County, California
D.S. Stanley & Co, 1893. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 112 pages, including more than 200 half-tone reproductions of photographs. The most elaborate of the 19th century booster publications on Humboldt County, California, extolling the region's extensive natural resources with an eye toward attracting investment. As with most such publications of.....
Fine California Views: The Photographs of A. W. Ericson
Interface California Corporation, 1975. Hardcover. 111 pages. The first monograph on the great photographer of the redwoods, Augustus William Ericson, who took many iconic images in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Carson Mansion & Ingomar Theatre: Cultural Adventures in California
Valley Publishers, 1979. Trade Paperback. 165 pages.
Life in the Peace Zone: An American Company Town
Macmillan Company, 1971. Hardcover.
The Quest for Qual-a-Wa-Loo (Humboldt Bay)--a Collection of Diaries and Historical Notes Pertaining to the Early Discoveries of the Area Now Known As Humboldt County, California
(the authors), 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. 190 pages. 'Adventures of the rugged pioneers who fought their way against hostile Indians, through forbidding forests, over high mountains, to the Discovery of Humboldt Bay, California 1850 from the land side' -- from the jacket cover. First edition (first printing). A very good.....
The Way It Was Vol. I: Stories and Essays from the 1979 The Way It Was contest sponsored by Humboldt State University Retired Senior Volunteer Program
Retired Senior Volunteer Program. Trade Paperback.
1976 McKinleyville High School Commencement
Trade Paperback.
Legendary Locals of Arcata
Arcadia Publishing, July 2013. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Perched on a hilly clearing between the Pacific Ocean and a rainforest along California s coastal highway, Arcata occupies a special niche behind the Redwood Curtain. A cultural and geographic crossroads, Arcata s story is told in the faces of its.....
Castle in Fairyland and Other Stories of the Carson Family and Their Mansions
Eureka Printing Company, January 1984. Trade Paperback. 104 pages. William Carson built one of the largest fortunes in the timber business on the West Coast. His house, now a private club, is still a tourist attraction. This collection of anecdotes, but the author and her father, describe incidents in the.....