Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 225 pages. With a focus on Northern California, Raphael 'interweaves his narrative with first person stories, letting the stubborn holdouts of country living -- the ’hard and crusty’ older folk and the ‘newly converted agrarian’ young folk -- tell in their own voices.....
Harper Perennial, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and.....
Sierra Club, 1928. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Unnumbered, 8 pages. Reprinted from the Sierra Club Bulletin Annual Number, 1928. First edition thus. Very good in wrappers (paperback).Wrappers with some foxing.
The Society of California Pioneers, 1929. Trade Paperback. pp. 119-160. Includes 3 articles on the Ship 'Niantic': 'From New York to San Francisco in 1849...including the voyage from Panama to San Francisco on the Ship Niantic,' by John M. Cushing; 'The Earliest Days of the Niantic,' by F. C. Mathews;.....
United States Department of the Interior, 1961. x Book Club Edition. Trade Paperback. 54 pages with 3 plates and 9 folding maps in color at rear. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
United States Government, 1965. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 62 pages. 5 folding plates in envelope pasted inside rear cover. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Plates are fine.
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).
Dumont Press, 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 294 pages. The 'first eye-witness account of Henry Miller's sojourn on the California coast' -- from the back cover. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the author to the previous owner, 'with affection.' Also signed by the.....
1888. Ephemera. 6 sheets, 5.25 x 8.1 inches, with text on 11 leaves. Autograph letter signed, dated Jan. 8th, 1888, on letterhead of Grand Central Hotel, New York. Addressed 'Wm. K. Flint, Esq.' Detailed letter regarding mining operations and potential mine sales in which Flint is involved and J.P.H. is.....
Energy and Environmental Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, 1977. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 46 pages. With 8 B/W figures. Preprint copy (to be submitted for publication). Asaro used neutron activation analysis to study the plate and found it contained too much zinc and too few impurities to be.....
Library Associates of University Library, Davis, 1971. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 17 pages. Keepsake Number 4. Limited to 750 copies. Saunders was UCSF Chancellor and noted medical historian. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in turquoise wrappers (paperback).
Byra and Bill Wreden. Printed by Sherwood and Katharine Grover at the Grace Hoper Press, 1974, 2011. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4 pages. Christmas Greetings from Byra & Bill Wreden, 1974, limited to 300 copies of a clipping from a newspaper of 1949, telling of events in San Franciso, Benicia.....
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.....
Corporate Society of California Pioneers, 1874. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 47 pages. Contains 'List of Passenger Arrivals at the Port of San Francisco, for the year 1849.' First edition (first printing). Very good in worn wrappers (paperback).
The Book Club of California. Printed by L-D Allen Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Limited to 250 copies. Allen Press Bibliography, #4. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in brown quarter leather and blue cloth covers with title blind-stamped on spine and decorative stars in gilt on.....
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.....
Frontera, 1995-1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Issue 1, 48 pages; Issue 2, 48 pages; Issue 32 pages. Issues 1-3 published in San Francisco. Issue 4, 48 pages; Issue 5, 46 pages; Issue 7, 38 pages; Issue 8, 48 pages; Issue 9, 50 pages. Issues 4 and after published in Los.....
Peter Palmquist, 1990. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 272 pages. Limited to 500 copies. 11 x 8.5 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Book Club of California, 1935. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 'A series of letters, reproduced in facsimile of twelve distinguished Pacific Coast authors of the past. Each with a comment by a contemporary western writer.' - from from warpper. Limited to 500 copies. Enclosed in a light tan wrapperwith black lettering.....
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.
Book Club of California, 1966. Trade Paperback. Keepsake of 9 folders. Printed by Garbhorn-Hoyem for members of the Book Club of California. 9 folders are near fine. With 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 &.....
TwoDot, September 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Unearth the Mysteries of Those Who Lie Beneath the Oldest Graveyards in the Golden State In each of California's 58 counties there are hundreds (and hundreds) of cemeteries, burial sites, and abandoned graveyards, some tucked away behind storefronts or under paved streets.....