Heyday Books, September 2026. Hardcover. A new copy. A revelatory cultural history of free spirits and wild ideas from Alan Watts to George Lucas and far beyond. "Those of us who grew up in Marin always knew it was a special place. Just how special, and why, is brilliantly articulated.....
Sierra-Tahoe Publishing Co., 1964 and 1973. Hardcover. 519 and 528 pages. 9 by 11 inches. Volume 1 includes large pull-out topographic map of Lake Tahoe. 'A complete documentation of Tahoe's development over the last one hundred years including inspiring early-day panoramas of its natural wonders, authentic evidence of the sailing.....
Analecta Publishing, 1996. Trade Paperback. 219 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Published under the auspices of the Redwood Empire Collectors Club. 'Thoroughly researched from national, state and county archives and supplemented by illustrations of rare photographs and postal artifacts, BEAR FLAG COUNTRY promises to set a new standard for this.....
Arcadia Publishing (SC), November 2003. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. Spanning from the shores of San Francisco Bay to the rolling hills of the San Pablo Ridge, Richmond is a city with a history as diverse as its citizens. From its beginnings as a part of.....
Arcadia Publishing, September 2007. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. Beginning in the 1860s, the first vestiges of the resorts of Lake County appeared around the sparkling pools of the region's many hot springs and upon the shores of Clear Lake. Lured by the supposed medicinal qualities.....
Arcadia Publishing, July 2002. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. The Russian River begins in the hills of Mendocino County and meanders past Cloverdale and Healdsburg on its way to the sea. But when locals say The Russian River or even just The River, they're talking about.....
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.....
Moonstone, 2018. Trade Paperback. When the Tubbs Fire swept through Santa Rosa on October 8, 2017, Jon Humboldt Gates “lost everything at midnight on a Sunday.” He tells the tale in his new book, a volume of vignettes called Firestorm: A Personal Narrative from the Epicenter of a California Wildfire.....
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.....
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.....