New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945. Map (endpapers). Third Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good (sm chips/rubbing to DJ; prev owner's insc). 8vo with DJ xi+[1]+2 56 Series: American Folkways (edited by Erskine Caldwell). Rocq #8145. Signed/dated by Atherton on half-title, 1945. More
Sacramento, CA: California State Printing Office, 1950. Putnam, Claude G.; 11 b/w illustrations; 5 b/w Photographs; Few Facsimiles. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, [1], 251 pages. Originally published in 1942; introduction by Walter F. Dexter, with author's forewords to both editions. Slight rubbing to..... More
Sacramento, CA: California State Printing Office, 1950. Putnam, Claude G.; 11 b/w illustrations; 5 b/w Photographs; Few Facsimiles. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, [1], 251 pages. Originally published in 1942; introduction by Walter F. Dexter, with author's forewords to both editions. Slight rubbing to..... More
San Francisco: California Historical Society. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" One of 1000 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Red decorated boards. Soiling in places else a Very Good copy. More
[Sacramento, CA]: [California State Printing Office], 1953. 1 b/w Photograph; 1 b/w Illustration (tailpiece). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" xvii, [1], 354 pages. Text of the 1879 state constitution of California (with amendments to November 4, 1952), plus the aforementioned United States Constitution (with amendments)..... More
San Francisco and Los Angeles: Recorder Printing and Pub Co, 1929. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xxiv, 519 pages. "Containing all amendments made by the legislative session of 1929, together with a subject reference index to the Code of Civil Procedure, civil and penal codes..... More
San Francisco: Californians, Inc., 1933. Over 30 b/w Illustrations (including maps). First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy with faint sunning to stapled spine; light rubbing, scuffing and creasing to wraps. More
San Francisco: Californians Incorporated, 1934. Over 85 Duotone photographs; 3 b/w Maps (including frontispiece). Second Edition. Paperback. Thin Tall 12mo. 63, [1] pages. Rocq #8760; later issue (original edition published in 1933). Slight soiling and rubbing to wrappers; slight internal browning (chiefly to edges). More
NP [Carpinteria, CA?]: NP [Cate School?] ND [ca. 1965?]. 11 b/w illus (inc plates). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG+ Tall 8vo xi[1]106pp+pl Subtitle in full: A Sequel to "School Days in California", written by their schoolmaster for the boys of Santa Barbara School, 1910-1950..... More
San Francisco: George E. Crothers Trust, 1967. over 20 b/w Photos. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG in wraps (sl soiling to wraps). 8vo xiii[1]161[1] Biography of the noted California jurist, political leader and businessman (1870-1957). Foreword by J.E. Wallace Sterling. More
San Francisco: John Howell, 1929. Color, b/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt. A good copy (has wear to cloth; inner hinges starting). The folding facsimile newspaper at rear has tears and wear to folds. More
San Diego: SD Chamber of Commerce [1945]. Illustrated by over 100 b/w & duotone illus. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG in wrappers (sl stains/rub to wraps) 8vo [4],106,[2]pp "Digest of the Day & Zimmermann Report: an impartial survey of the commercial and industrial prospects..... More
San Francisco: The California Promotion Committee, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Kight shelfwear, else a Very Good copy. More
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1913. Tipped-in B&W Plates. First Edition. Full Vellum. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publisher's deluxe binding, full heavy white vellum, spine and covers stamped in gilt, all edges gilt (both boards present but detached; some wear; ink inscription). Elder was noted for their many..... More
Stanford, California, U.S.A. Stanford Alumni Assn, 1991. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A VG copy. Some edge/corner wear to wraps. Minor soiling to page edges. Text is clean, tight. More
New York: Ronald Press, 1951. Few B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good (sm nicks/rubbing to DJ; few pencil annotations). 8vo with DJ [2] +viii+320. More
San Francisco: Charles A. Calhoun, 1862. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Original tan pinted wraps (lacks rear wrap; spine perished, has some creasing and wear). More
Cleveland: Willliams Publishing Company, 1888. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Original reddish-brown cloth stamped in gilt and black (some rubbing and bumping; discoloration to cloth on upper half of rear cover). More
Nashville, TN: Pub House/M.E. Church, South 1899 [1879]. Later Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG in cloth (slight rubbing/stains to cloth). Sm 8vo 208 See Rocq #15807 (cites the "Consolidated edition" of 1895); not located in Howes. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1957. endpaper maps. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good (upper hinge almost detached; spine/edges sunned/browned). 8vo 336 Rocq #9541. More
Salt Lake City: Tribune Job Printing Co, 1891. None. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good in cloth (sl rubbing/stains to cloth). 8vo [6]+314pp Novel concerning mining in California and Nevada by the editor of the Salt Lake City Daily Tribune. See Wright III, 2205..... More
New York: J.J. Little & Ives, 1908. vignette Illus. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Rare in dust jacket (jacket spine darkened with some nicking to edges; inkinscription on endpaper). Rocq #16273. One of an unspecified number of copies, signed by Halsey (with both pseudonym and real..... More
San Francisco: Ransohoffs, 1948. Wngravings By Mallette Dean. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. Original red cloth over matching boards, paper spine label (minor wear). One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. GB #469. More
Pasadena: C.B. Herr, 1924. B/w Frontis. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good (tape rep/foxing to DJ; slight browning to internals). Sm 8vo with DJ [10]+ 120+pl Preface by John Steven McGroarty; frontis by Frances Creedon. Not located in Rocq. More
New York: George Braziller, 1972. None. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good to fine (slight mark on VG DJ spine). 8vo with DJ [8]+254 History of the ill-fated expedition in verse format. More
