Renown Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 117 pages. 8 by 10 inches. A comprehensive history of the Shasta Dam's construction. 'This was the last major concrete dam built in America and the story of its construction is an incredible adventure of men and machines set against a harsh environment.....
Houghton Mifflin, October 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. James Conaway picks up the story begun a decade ago in his earlier book about Napa Valley, the premier American wine country and a place synonymous with the good.....
Cornell University Press, May 1993. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. Given its tumultuous history, one would hardly have expected Petaluma, California, to become transformed into the San Francisco bedroom suburb that it is today. It had been a small-town agricultural community, where Jewish chicken ranchers and.....
San Juan Bautista Historical Publisher, 1983. Trade Paperback. 208 pages. 'A true story of early romance and tragedy that divided the families of San Juan and the Port of Monterey' -- from the cover. Illustrated in black-and-white from drawings. Second printing. A paperback copy in very good condition. Short, faint.....
Privately Printed, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 81 pages plus black-and-white plates, many reproducing historic photographs. A near fine paperback copy. Spine is cocked at very small degree; else fine.
[Estate of the Author], 1994. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy.
City of San Mateo, 1969. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 48 pages. B/W photographs. Double-page 'Map of San Mateo showing parks and Heritage Trees.' First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated green wrappers (paperback).
Mission Motor Car Company, n.d., ca. 1922. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Single sheet, folded to create 4 pages, 9 x 12 inches when folded, printed recto and verso. Back page with illustrations of Chevrolet automobiles distributed by the publisher. A special San Jose edition of this popular song. Front.....
San Mateo County Title Co, 1949. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 58 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
California History Center, De Anza College, 1975. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 146 pages. B/W illustrations. 16 articles on local history. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Meyer Bros. 1929. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Map, 10.9 x 17 inches, oblong format, printed in black on white. Map shows the planned housing development between Maple St. and El Camino Real, on Aragon Boulevard (houses numbered 17-32, north side; and houses 1-16, south side; on Seville Way (houses numbered.....
County of Santa Clara, 1956. Trade Paperback. 16 pages. Includes maps and designs in color. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback).
The J. Dewing Co., 1888. First Edition. Print. Engraving, 5 x 7 inches, on sheet, 5.6 x 7.6 inches, in black on white. Engraving is mounted on sheet, 14.2 x 19 inches. From Picturesque California, edited by John Muir in two volumes. This is page 459 from volume two. First.....
San Jose Candy Factory, n.d., ca. 1898-1899. Ephemera. Near fine, with residue of old adhesive backing to rear of image, light wear to edges. An exceptionally well-preserved piece of advertising.
n.d., ca. 1930. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8 unnumbered pages. Issued on the occasion of the 'opening of your new telephone building at 529 Bryant Street.' Illustrated. 4.25 x 6.2 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Mayfield Board of Trustees, 1908. Print. 2 separate sheets, 8.5 x 11 inches. 1. Resolution 'determining that the public interest and the public necessity demand the acquisition, construction and completion of certain public municipal improvements...Resolved that the sewerage system...be constructed for said town and that whatever private property may be.....
George E. Crane Co., 1910. Trade Paperback. Lease form, single sheet folded in half to create 4 leaves, 8.5 x 14 inches when folded. Very good copy. Lease arrangement between Mamie E. Miller, City of Stockton, and San Joaquin Lumber Copamy, a corporation, Stockton, California,...those certain lots...Lots One (1), Three.....
El Dorado County, 1873. Trade Paperback. Certificate, 6.5 x 8.1 inches, printed in black. First edition (first printing). Very good copy. On front of certificate Edward Allen 'has paid me upon Lot No. (6) ten (sic), Block (10) ten in Town of El Dorado,... Oct. 14th, 1871, Chas. F. Irwin.....
F.R. Smith, n. d., ca. 1920. Photograph. B/W photograph, oblong format, 3.75 x 6.25 inches. Photo is done in pictorialist style. Frances R. Smith studied the architecture of the California Missions. Signed by the photographer with name on right edge of photograph. A near fine copy hinged in folder. Tan.....
Print. Printed form, 8 x 13 inches. 'Know all Men by these Presents that, Whereas, the United States by Letters Patent dated the 20th day of November, 1879...of the Town-Site of El Dorado...in Book 'A' of land Patents, on pages 72 & 73. And whereas, David Thornton has made the.....
El Dorado County, 1875. Print. Printed form, 8 x 13 inches. 'State of California, County of El Dorado, Alex Siesbuttet...says that he is by purchase from Chas. A. Gardner since the Survey of the Town of Diamond Springs the owner and since said purchase has been in the possession of.....
El Dorado County, 1871. Print. Printed form 8 x 13 inches. 'State of California, County of El Dorado, R. K. Harvey, agt for C. Comins...says that he is by purchase J. Jackson since the year A,D. 1866 the owner and in possession and entitled to the possession of that certain.....
El Dorado County, California, 1871. Print. Printed form, 8 x 13 inches. 'State of California, County of El Dorado, Henry Britt,...says that he is by purchase possession and occupation since 1866 the owner and in possession of that certain piece or parcel of land in the Town of El Dorado...Lot.....
El Dorado County, 1875. Print. Printed form 8 x 13 inches. 'State of California, County of El Dorado, McNiel Filson...says he is by purchase and more than five years continuous and undisturbed possession and occupation the owner and is now in the quiet and peaceable possession of that certain piece.....
El Dorado County, California, 1871. Print. Printed form, 8 x 13 inches. 'State of California, County of El Dorado, John Atmore...says he is by occupation and possession since the year 1860 the owner and entitled to the possession of that certain piece or parcel of land in the Town of.....