University of California Press, May 2026. Hardcover. A new copy. Ten millennia in the Mono Lake Basin, showing how this complex ecosystem came to be what it is today. Nestled at the base of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California sits a stunning landscape overlooking a saline lake with picturesque.....
Back Bay Books, March 2024. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Named One of the Year's Best Books by VULTURE - THE NEW REPUBLIC - DAZED - WIRED - BLOOMBERG - ESQUIRE - SALON - THE NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB The history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is an.....
Timber Press (OR), October 2025. Hardcover. A new copy. Winner of the California Independent Booksellers Association 2026 Golden Poppy Award for Nonfiction From the award-winning author of Creep comes a powerful book by a writer at the peak of her powers--at once a love letter to California and a literary.....
Heyday Books, July 2025. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Now in paperback: "A profound alternative institutional history, one that sees the long arm of institutional racism implicated everywhere." (Publishers Weekly) "This is a land acknowledgment." -Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Abolition Geography: Essays towards Liberation "The Scandal of Cal is.....
University of Nebraska Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. After the U.S.-Mexican War, gold was discovered in northern California, a Mexican territory that had been ceded to the United States. Thousands of Mexican and American citizens traveled to the.....
New Press, The, October 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. "Olmsted finds in Depression-era California the crucible for strong-arm policies against farm workers that bolstered the conservative movement" (Kirkus Reviews). At a time when a resurgent immigrant labor movement is.....
Bison Books, August 2024. Trade Paperback. A new copy. When Captain Charles Young and the Ninth U.S. Cavalry stepped ashore in San Francisco in 1902, Young was only one of three Black officers serving in the U.S. Army. He had graduated from West Point as its third Black graduate, established.....
Frank McCaffrey / Dogwood Press, 1936. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A collection of writings by Joaquin Miller, an American poet and writer known. This diary provides a firsthand account of Miller's experiences during a formative period in California's history. A very good copy in boards (no dust jacket). The spine.....
Oregon State University Press, May 2025. Trade Paperback. A new copy. First Fruits offers a fascinating look at the lives of Pacific Coast horticulturists Henderson, Jonathan, and Seth Lewelling. Traveling across the Overland Trail--Henderson to Oregon in 1847, with a wagonload of fruit trees, and Seth and John to California.....
University of California Press, February 2003. Trade Paperback. A new copy. In 1860 William Brewer, a young Yale-educated teacher of the natural sciences and a recent widower, eagerly accepted an offer from Josiah Whitney to assist in the first geological survey of the state of California. Brewer was not a......
Soft Skull, September 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A "must read" debut collection of poetic, linked essays investigating the past and present state of California, its conflicting histories and their impact on a writer's family and life (Los Angeles Times). California has been advertised as a destiny manifested for.....
Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971. Hardcover. A very good copy with no dust jacket.
James Stevenson Publisher, March 2008. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. The author, June Oxford, received the Award of Merit from the Conference of California Historical Societies for "The Capital That Couldn't Stay Put, The Complete Book of California's Capitols." The award states that this book, .,."with a rich vein.....
The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1989. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy.
Arcadia Publishing, April 2008. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. The California Highway Patrol has its roots in the early 1920s motorcycle traffic cops employed by counties and cities. The CHP became a separate state entity in 1929 and has grown from the early traffic enforcement role to that of.....
The History Press, August 2012. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. Throughout California's history, remarkable women have been at the core of change and innovation. In this unparalleled collection, Gloria Harris and Hannah Cohen relate the stories of forty women whose struggles and achievements have paved the way for generations.....
Crescent, April 1988. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
California Theatre Council, 1981. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Includes 'Intrigue at Ah-pah' by The Dell'Arte Players. Illustrations in black-and-white. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). A few shallow creases to the covers but a nice, square copy.
Ten Mile River Press, 1981. First Edition. Pamphlet. 16 pages. The text of eight commentaries recorded for National Public Radio's All Things Considered. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback).
1874. Ephemera. Three handwritten letters (four pages in all) by Hoitt (1833 - 1905) to San Diego attorney S. S. Sanborn, all dating 1874 (February 10, February 18, and May 18). The letters exhibit both a friendly tone ('how is your family?') and the writer's underlined exasperation ('my tax receipts.....
1918. Ephemera. Typed letter signed, dated 21 May 1918, addressed to 'Dear Eddie' (Edward F. O'Day). Letter discusses William's recently published book, 'The Book of High Romance: A Spiritual Autobiography', thanks O'Day for a story on the book, comments on reviews of the book in New York press, sales of.....
Book Club of California. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom Castle Press, 1963. Ephemera. Twelve illustrated keepsakes, each 4 pages (single sheets, folded in half). Folders are each near fine. In original printed Book Club of California mailing envelope. Envelope with wear and closed tears.
The Book Club of California. Printed by Grabhorn Press, 1960. Trade Paperback. 12 folders with illustrations. Traces the history of California philately. Designed and printed by Grabhorn Press. Folders are near fine. With original unprinted mailing envelope with wear.
The Book Club of California. Printed by Grabhorn Press, 1960. Trade Paperback. 12 folders with illustrations. Traces the history of California philately. Designed and printed by Grabhorn Press. Folders are near fine. With original printed mailing envelope of Book Club of California. Envelope with wear and closed tears.
The Book Club of California. Printed by Adrian Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley, 1970. Trade Paperback. 10 folders, 4-6 pp. each, each with one (sometimes two) facsimile color reproductions of postcards mounted on first page. Index includes folders (with facsimiles) of the California Midwinter International Expo, Lewis &.....