El Monte: 'The End of the Santa Fe Trail'
El Monte Young Adult Historical Society, 1965. Trade Paperback. 24 pages. B/W photographic illustrations. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Southern California
(Santa Anita Park) (untitled B/W photograph)
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.
Mining in Upper San Antonio Canyon
Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press, 1958. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 12 pages. Article originally appeared in 'The Quarterly' of the Historical Society of Southern California, March, 1948. Reproduced by Messrs. George Whitney, et al. for members of the Zamarano Club and Roxburghe Club on the occasion.....
La Jolla Life
La Jolla Press, 1984. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 50 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
typed letter signed
1938. Trade Paperback. Typed letter signed, on Los Angeles Times letterhead, dated January 3, 1938, addressed 'Dear Mr. (Edward F.) O'Day.' Letter thanks O'Day for a essay O'Day, as editor, had written for the State Bar Journal and inquires about other essays by O'Day. Edgar Vincent Durling (1893-1957) was a......
Yoncalla: Home of the Eagles
Anne Applegate Kruse. Printed at Drain Enterprise Print, 1951. Trade Paperback. 61 pages. 6 full-page B/W illustrations. Photograph on inside cover of George A. Burt, first sheriff of Yoncalla. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated wrappers (paperback).Tanning to covers.
The Historic Valley of Temecula: Thriving, Tempting Temecula of 1909
Paisano Press Librito, 1987. Trade Paperback. 28 unnumbered pages. B/.W illustrations. Second printing. A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Pasadena Summer and Winter. Pasadena cordially invites the Affiliated Exchange Clubs of California May 23, 24, 25, 1929
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association, 1929. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 32 pages. B/W photographic images including 2-page aerial view showing City Hall, Public Library and Maryland Hotel, pages 16-17. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Albert Billings Ruddock 1886-1970
California Institute of Technology, 1970. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 20 pages. B/W photographic portrait of Ruddock page 6. Pamphlet reproduces the speaker's remarks at a memorial service held July 31 at CIT. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in tan wrappers (paperback).
Licenses and Police Regulations Ordinance No. 672: An Ordinance regulating and licensing certain kinds of business in the County of Los Angeles
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.
Lady Adams 'A.A.A.'
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.....
San Pedro Harbor Highlights
La Siesta Press, 1968. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 36 pages. Illustrated with B/W photographs. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated wrappers (paperback). Tanning to front cover.
The Temecula Massacre (The Historic Valley of the Temecula)
Paisano Press, 1987. Trade Paperback. 24 pages. Illustrated with B/W photographs. Second printing. A near fine copy in illustrated red wrappers (paperback).
Henry R. and Blanche C. Wagner
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.....
autograph letter signed from James W. Foley to Edward F. O'Day. with 'Of Suffering and Rest and Peace (pamphlet) (2 items)
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.....
Walt Disney's Guide to Disneyland (poster, 1974)
Walt Disney Productions, 1974. Trade Paperback. Poster, oblong format, 30 x 45 inches, printed in color. Very good copy. Pinholes and small holes in corners. 6 inch closed tear with clear tape repair left lower edge. Poster previously folded.
17 for the Road
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.....
An Illustrated History of Southern California, Embracing the Counties of San Diego, San Bernadino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower California, from the Earliest Period of Occupancy to the Present time...Cover title: 'Pen Pictures from the Garden World'
Lewis Publishing Company, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. 898 pages. 36 unnumbered leaves of plates. A massive history of Southern California. Individual communities are discussed, as are agricultural development and infrastructure. The history is followed by hundreds of biographical sketches of notable citizens. Remains a useful historical record of Southern California.....
Diamonds for Your Jubilee
Ethel Jacobson, 1964. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12 unnumbered pages. Oblong pamphlet, 5 x 8 inches. Ethel Jacobson was an Orange County poet of light verse. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated white wrappers (paperback).
San Juan Capistrano Community Presbyterian Church 1919-1959
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).
A Modjeska Letter, June 14, 1894
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.
Autumn in the Highlands
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.....
Terry E. Stephenson
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).....
Henry R. and Blanche C. Wagner
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.....
The Story of Ventura County
Title Insurance and Trust Co., 1955. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 48 pages. Centerfold 2-page map of Ventura County. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in tan wrappers (paperback).With 'Map of Ventura', single sheet, 9.5 x 16 inches, folded, issued by the Chamber of Commerce, no date, ca. 1940.....