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 about Golden Gate Country
NP [San Francisco?]: [Bank of California] [1965]. Illustrated by 15 b/w illus. First Thus. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG in wrappers (sl rub/wraps) tall thin 8vo [16]pp One hundred-year history and development of the San Francisco-based institution; "Rev. 10-65" (lower wrapper). Exterior as noted; slight internal... More about The Story Behind the Bank of California: The Bank for Action
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 about The California Legislature
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 about The California Legislature
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 about Christmas in California Part One Christmas at Sutter's Fort in 1847 Part Two Christmas Before the...
Studio City, CA: Vaquero Books, 1966. about 20 b/w illus / ep map. First Thus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good (sl warping to covers). Tall 8vo xii+70 Includes Murray's commentary on locations. Introduction by John Lawlor. One of 1000 numbered copies. (light cupping to boards). More about Explorations in Lower California
N.Y. Bank of the Manhattan Co, 1935. None. First Thus. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very good (sl rubbing to wraps). 12mo [8]+80 Series: The Manhattan Library, Volume 3-S. More about California the Golden State
[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 about Constitution of the State of California : [with] The Constitution of the United States :...
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 about 1929 Supplement: Political Code of California
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 about San Francisco: Center of the California Vacationland: A Guide Book for Visitors
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 about San Francisco : Center of the California Vacationland : A Guide Book for Visitors
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 about Lighter and Sadder Sides of School Life: A Sequel to "School Days in Califo rnia" /...
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 about Stanford's Judge Crothers
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 about San Diego as Others See Us!
San Francisco: The California Promotion Committee, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Kight shelfwear, else a Very Good copy. More about The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco / The Log of the San Carlos...
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 about The Old Spanish Missions of California: An Historical Sketch by Paul Elder Illustrated Chiefly...
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 about Around California in 1891
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 about The Politics of California: A Book of Readings
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 about Society of California Pioneers. Ceremonies at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the New Pioneer...
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). More about The Experiences of a Forty-Niner During Thirty-Four years' Residence in California and Australia
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 about California Sketches
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 about San Francisco Bay
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 about The Comstock Club
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 about A Tenderfoot in Southern California / by M.D. Yeslah
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 about The Luck of Roaring Camp
