University of Arizona Press, August 2004. Trade Paperback. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Studies of the Spanish conquest in the Americas traditionally have explained European-Indian encounters in terms of such factors as geography, timing, and the charisma of individual conquistadores. Yet by reconsidering this history from the perspective.....
Stagecoach Pub, April 2003. Trade Paperback. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Women from all walks of life helped make California what it is today. There were the Sisters of Mercy who waded into the smallpox infested hospitals to care for the needy of all races and financial means.Donaldina.....
Globe Pequot, October 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A stirring trip through the history of the Golden State through gloriously detailed, fascinating maps from the Library of Congress - 50 full-color historical maps from the Library of Congress- Informative.....
University of California Press, 2009. Trade Paperback. 281 pages. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). This book unravels the ethnic history of California since the late nineteenth-century Anglo-American conquest and the institutionalization of "white supremacy" in the state. Drawing from an array of primary and secondary sources, Tomás Almaguer weaves.....
Irvine Museum, January 1994. Hardcover.
Biobooks, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. Limited to 750 copies. Map of Point Reyes tipped-in at rear. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in green and black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Issued without dust jacket.
Sterling, May 2009. Trade Paperback. Praise for Weird California: "This book is filled with surprises...even if you never leave your house, this book is a trip." --Sacramento News and Review "It's a handsome thing: nearly 300 colorful pages..." --San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus. Printed by Lawton R. Kennedy and John J. Johnck at Platrix Press, 1935. Hardcover. 27 pages. Limited to 200 copies. Illustrated color frontispiece. Gumshaniana 'tells how the land of Gum Shan, now known as California, was first discovered by the Chinese navigator.....
Pacifica Publishing Company, 1972-3. Trade Paperback. 15 issues of the short-lived Humboldt County, CA magazine. 24-28 pages. Vol. 1, No. 1, June, 1971; Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1971; Vol. 1, No. 8, January, 1972; Vol. 1, No. 11, April, 1972; Vol. 1, No. 12, May, 1972; Vol. 2, No.....
Quill Driver Books, 2000. Trade Paperback. Later printing. A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback). Historic desperadoes tell their tales of holdups, shootouts and desperate flights from the law in this chronicle illustrated with many rare photographs. From the famous 1892 shootout at Young's cabin as told by Chris.....
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1869. Hardcover. 470 pages. New 'author's edition.' Copyright page dated 1868 but Preface page dated 1869. Very good copy in original green cloth with illustrations and lettering in black with title in gilt on spine. Edge and corner wear. Spine ends rolled and beginning to fray.....
The Southern California Rancher, 1964. Hardcover. 277 pages. B/W illustrations. Second edition. Near fine copy in red covers with bright gilt lettering on front cover and spine. No dust jacket.
California Library Association, 1960. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 26 pages. Reprinted from The California Historical Society Quarterly Volume XXXVIII, Number 4, December, 1959. First edition thus. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Mild soiling to front cover.
1954. Ephemera. Autograph letter, 5.3 x 7 inches, dated June 7, 1954, from Thomas Coakley, Judge, Superior Court, Mariposa, California, to Henry (C. Collins), sending a book to him for his library, approximately 33 words. With typed signed (with initial) reply from Collins, dated June 15, 1954, thanking Coakley for.....
1954. Ephemera. Typed letter signed with initials from Henry C. Collins, dated June 15, 1954 to William Knowland re the threats to Dinosaur National Monument by the Echo Park Dam, approximately 165 words. Typed reply signed from Knowland to Collins dated 1 July 1954 promising futher study on the issue.....
1892-6. Ephemera. 21 autograph letters on half-sheets. Charles Moore came to California in 1879. He was a son of Alanson (Alison) S. Moore [1817-1897] and Laura Jane Nielson Moore [1825-1903. Alanson went to California in 1850 via Nicaraugua and worked as a yard master for Dorsey & Co., lumber dealers.....
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 372 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in red cloth covers with gilt lettering. No dust jacket.
A. A. Knopf, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. 388 p. with xiv page index. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
E. Clampus Vitus, n.d., ca. 1960s. Trade Paperback. Single sheet, folded to create 4 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches when folded. Printed in red on blue. First edition (first printing). Very good copy with illustration of dancing miners on front. Announcement has been previously trifolded.
Ward Ritchie Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 278 pages. B/W illustrations with maps. Inscribed by the author on half-title page: 'Best wishes to a real prospector, Herman Loethen, Remi NaDeau.' First edition (first printing). Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has surface scuffing and edge and.....
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.....
B. B. Redding, State printer, 1855. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 2 pp. The claims of San Jose and others are considered. Disbound. First edition (first printing). Very good copy with staining.
The Murdock Press, 1907. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8-1/2 by 6 inches (oblong). 40 pages. Reproduces black-and-white photographs of the region, with captions. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Grabhorn Press, 1934. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. An attractive production, with the text printed in two colors, augmented by color illustrations by Arvilla Parker. One of 550 copies. First edition thus. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, darkening at the spine and missing a small chip.....
T. A. Springer, State Printer, 1874. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 6 pages. Includes the names of applicants and number of acres their names in Colusa, Fresno, Lassen, Inyo, Solano, Sutter, Siskiyou, Shasta, Plumas, and Tehama County, First edition (first printing). A very good slightly foxed copy.