University of New Mexico Press, 2005. Hardcover. 316 pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. In the American Southwest, no two events shaped modern Spanish heritage more profoundly than the San Diego Expositions of 1915-16 and 1935-36. Both San Diego fairs displayed a portrait of the Southwest and.....
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939. Hardcover. 75 pages. Part of the American Guide Series. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs. Folded map of Death Valley National Monument at rear. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a dust jacket with chips and tears to the edges. Some edge and corner.....
Arcadia Publishing (SC), February 2007. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. Of the rail lines created at the turn of the 20th century, in order to build interurban links through Southern California communities around metropolitan Los Angeles, the Pacific Electric grew to be the most prominent of.....
Arcadia Publishing (SC), April 2008. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. La Jolla, California, famously known as The Jewel, is noted for its natural beauty and appealing Mediterranean-like climate. Magnificent sea cliffs and caves, bathing coves, and sandy beaches have attracted visitors, developers, and residents since the.....
Mission Inn. Pamphlet. 48 pages in folded beige cardstock cover. Very good pamphlet. Slight wear to edges of cover.
Graphic Pub, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy.
Arcadia Publishing, August 2006. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. At 5:55 p.m. on March 10, 1933, Southern California was rocked by a massive earthquake. Wood-frame bungalows lost their chimneys, and engineered concrete buildings suffered minimal damage. But unreinforced masonry buildings near the epicenter failed catastrophically, and Long Beach was.....
Arcadia Publishing, September 2014. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. Forged from glaciers and sacred to Native Americans, the mountains, boulders, and rocks of the Alabama Hills mirror landscapes found all over the world. A scenic three-hour drive from the Hollywood sign, this location would prove to serve as the.....
Library Foundation of Los Angeles, January 1993. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Cook, C. Russell (chairman), [1959]. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 23 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in tan wrappers (paperback).
Glenwood Mission Inn, n.d., ca. 1930. Trade Paperback. 12 color postcards, 3.5 x 5.5 inches, of the Glenwood Mission Inn, Riverside, California. Title on envelope 'California Mission Inn, Riverside,' with a quote from David Starr Jordan praising Frank Miller 'to dream of the hotel that ought to be; to turn.....
Spencer Prange, n.d., ca. 1948. Photograph. B/W photograph, 10.25 x 13.25 inches, mounted to cardboard, 14 x 18 inches. Image of satisfied looking man holding racing form and newspaper. Very good copy Small defect on lower right of photograph.
Los Angeles County, n.d., ca. 1910. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8 pages. First edition (first printing). Very good in newsprint. Pages browned and fragile.
Los Angeles Chapter English-Speaking Union, [1942]. First Edition. Trade Paperback. ii, 13 pp. Frontispiece illustration of Alice A. Adams. Stevens's eulogy at memorial service at St. Columba's Chapel of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1942. The English-Speaking Union was formed in 1918 with the aim of brining together people of different.....
Orange County Historical Society. Printed by Pioneer Press, 1964. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 19 pages. Limited to 500 copies. B/W photographic illustrations. Orange County History Series, Volume Four, Number Two. A eulogy to the collecting and scholarly interests of Henry R. Wagner. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.....
n.d., ca. 1919. Ephemera. Autograph letter signed, dated September 18, on letterhead of The Pasadena California Evening News, James W. Foley, Assistant Editor. Letter thanks O'Day for 'the sympathetic and friendly review of the play' and sends him 'a prose bit you will like I am sure.' About 60 words.....
W. Donald Smith, 1969. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 64 pages. 17 short stories. 'This little selection is taken from stories I wrote during the past two years in my trailer for amusement in camp. Some are fiction; some result from direct experience, others from hearsay. All have been my pleasure.....
Friends of the Library. University of California, Irvine. Printed by Kalawpa Press, n.d. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 10 pages including 4-page facsimile of letter. Keepsake Number Three issued by The Friends of the Library. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in decorated wrappers (paperback), string-tied.
Ernest G. Bishop. Printed by The Bells, n.d. First Edition. Hardcover. 32 pages. Brief sketches of life on the Arroyo Seco before development, which the author sadly regrets. Inscribed by the printers: 'To our friends The Sudduths From The Bells - The Printers.' First edition (first printing). Near fine copy.....
Orange County Historical Society, 1965. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 24 pages. Limited to 500 copies. B/W photographic illustrations. An address delivered on November 12, 1964. A eulogy on the contributions of Stephenson to Orange County and its history. First edition (first printing). Very good copy in illustrated yellow wrappers (paperback).....
Orange County Historical Society. Printed by Pioneer Press, 1964. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 19 pages. Limited to 500 copies. B/W photographic illustrations. Orange County History Series, Volume Four, Number Two. A eulogy to the collecting and scholarly interests of Henry R. Wagner. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.....
Orange County Board of Supervisors, 1976. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12 pages. Map on inside of front cover. B/W photographs. 5 x 7 inches. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in illustrated yellow wrappers (paperback).
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, 1907. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unnumbered, 22 pages. Illustrated. Rocq 6500, 3rd edition 1908. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated wrappers (paperback).Covers mildly soiled. Spine edge is stained. Scarce as first edition.
Val Trefz Press, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 88 pages. Drawings by James Hawkins. Commonplace book of humorous commentary on the City of Angels, arranged chronologically from 1769 to 1941. Rocq 4359. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper: 'To the winnah! Robert Lennicott - an Angelino of parts -.....
Calexico Chronicle, 1930. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Born of Desert, 44 pages; Personal Recollections, 22 pages. Born of Desert originally published in the Calexico Chronicle in 1909. Personal Recollections was written in 1928 and revised in 1930. Each with photographically illustrated portrait of the author. First edition thus. Very.....