The Covered Wagon 1958
Shasta Historical Society, 1979. Pamphlet. Very good paperback copy.
Northern California
A History of Folsom, California, 1850-1900
[Estate of the Author], 1994. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy.
The Scandal of Cal: Land Grabs, White Supremacy, and Miseducation at UC Berkeley
Heyday, August 2023. Hardcover. A new copy. The incendiary story of conquest, racism, warfare, and historical amnesia at one of the world's most celebrated and ostensibly enlightened public universities. "This is a land acknowledgment." --Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Abolition Geography: Essays towards Liberation "The Scandal of Cal is a......
Handbook to the Klamath River Canyon
J.M. Quinn, 1983. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy.
Plumas County: History of the Feather River Region (CA) (Making of America)
Arcadia Publishing, March 2003. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. The expansive national forests, craggy canyons, sparkling waterways, and downy meadows of Plumas County lie along the union of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountain ranges in northeastern California. Native home to the Maidu tribes and settled by Euro-American gold.....
Shasta County (CA) (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, 2003. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. Picturesque Shasta County, located at the northern end of California's Sacramento Valley, is known for its colorful history, abundant natural beauty, and unlimited recreational opportunities. First home to native tribes such as the Wintu and Yana, Shasta County was officially established.....
Womens Roots in Southern Oregon and Northern California
Carol Barrett, 1993. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 85 pages. Stories and historical events that relate to women in northern California and southern Oregon. Illustrated from black-and-white photo reproductions. First edition (first printing). Very good paperback copy. Uneven toning to cover edges. A nice, square copy.
California Del Norte
R. O. Willard, 1966. Hardcover. The author presents a fictionalized story of the settling of Northern California centered around Proberta in Tehama County. A near fine copy; no dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.
Touring the Old Redwood Highway: Mendocino County
Hawk Mountaintop Pub, January 2001. Trade Paperback. A new copy.
West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern California
PM Press, April 2012. Trade Paperback. A new copy. In the shadow of the Vietnam War, a significant part of an entire generation refused their assigned roles in the American century. Some took their revolutionary politics to the streets, others decided simply to turn away, seeking to build another world.....
Yurok Language, Literature and Culture (Third edition)
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1974. Trade Paperback. 51 pages. 8-1/2 by 10-3/4 inches. 'This lexicon textbook is made from lessons at Trinidad, California from 1970 to 1974. This was only possible by the time gratefully given by our native language experts: Mr. Frank Douglas, Mrs. Eileen Figueroa, Mr. Milton.....
Asilomar: The First Fifty Years, 1913-1963
Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds, 1963. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unnumbered, 15 pages. Sepia-toned photographic illustrations. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated creamwrappers (paperback).
Heritage Trees of the City of San Mateo (California)
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).
'West!' 'The Best Song of the West Ever Written' (sheet music)
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.....
Days of the Dons: On the Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley
San Mateo County Title Co, 1949. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 58 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Cupertino Chronicle (Local History Studies, Volume 19)
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).
A Short History of Big Sur
d'Angelo Publishing Co., 1970. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 47 pages. Map on page 29. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Trinity County Poets' Chapbook
Quail Creek Press, January 1992. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Map of Subdivision No. 1 Aragon, San Mateo, California. Meyer Bros., owners and builders, San Francisco and San Mateo
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.....
A General Plan for Saratoga: A Community Preserves Its Way of Life
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).
Navarro (engraving) (Mendocino, California)
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 (advertisement)
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.
...Growing With Palo Alto
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).
Resolution and Ordinance No. 37 (Mayfield, Santa Clara County, California, 1908) (2 items)
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.....
Indenture for lease of lands, Stockton, California, 1910
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.....