Long Beach, CA: Christar Publishers, 1984. Softcover. Near fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1932 original, which was distrbuted by the Long Baach Chamber of Commerce. 24 pp, illustrated with b/w photos. Minimal handling wear; about fine. Includes sections on parks and playgrounds, amusements, golf courses, hotels and apartments, beaches, the..... Item #20320
San Leandro, CA: City of San Leandro, 1971. Softcover. Very Good. 39 pp, with illustrations, subscription form, in original illustrated wrappers. Very light handling wear, internally clean and sound. A compilation of "San Leandro Recollections" articles assembled to celebrate the city's 99th anniversary. Item #1327
Centennial Historical Committee, 1969. Softcover. Very Good. 20 pp, with many illustrations from photographs, in original wrappers. Minimal handling wear, else fine.. A brief history of the community of San Juan Bautista (San Benito County, CA), established by Spanish Missionaries in 1797.0. Item #1324
Modern three-ring binder containing 27 black and white 8” x 10” photographs showcasing high-end vehicles for rent from the Iowa Garage, owned by former race car mechanic Eugene Lajunie of Pasadena. Each photo is accompanied by a typed caption giving the model number, color, some specifications, and the price per..... Item #20563
Advertising handbill, approximately 8.5 x 5.5 inches, illustrated with a wonderful (or not, depending on your point of view) image of "A Flea Magnified." Some staining, old folding creases. Joseph Fusch trademarked his Eureka Insect Exterminator--guaranteed to kill fleas, flies, mosquitoes, bed bugs, ants , moths, lice, and cockroaches without..... Item #21613
[Murrieta, CA]. Softcover. Near fine. Undated, 1930s or 1940s. Single sheet printed on both sides, folded to a 4 x 9-inch brochure, with bright color covers, b/w illustrations from photographs inside. "Riverside County" written in pen on front cover; else fine. Fritz Guenther began developing Murrieta’s natural hot springs as..... Item #21382
Sacramento: State Office, 1887. Softcover. Good. Second edition. 8vo, 24 pp, including a full-page map. Original printed wrappers have several small chips and tears, pamphlet has an old vertical folding crease and a quarter-inch in the front wrap that also affects the first three leaves, text has occasional foxing and..... Item #20149
San Francisco: Frank Eastman, 1859-1873. Hardcover. Good. Seven volumes bound together. Three-quarter maroon leather over cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Moderate external wear, including staining, chipping to leather and cloth, mild bow to boards. Dampstain to margin of somepages (text unaffected), some damage to endpapers. Binding sound..... Item #2462
Undated and uncredited albumen photograph (image size 4.75" x 7.75"), identified in a handwritten caption on the mount as Forest City, a town in Sierra County, California, where gold was discovered in 1852. Slight fading and spotting, crack in the glass negative appearing in lower left, but still a clear..... Item #19245
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North, 1961. Hardcover. Near fine. Facsimile of the 1883 edition, with a new introduction.7.25 x 11 inches, 477 pp, with index and many illustrations, including portraits of prominent citizens and engravings of public buildings and notable private homes, ranches, etc. Light rubbing to edges, otherwise as-new. Item #20677
San Leandro, CA: City of San Leandro, 1970. Softcover. Very good. 16 pp, with illustrations, subscription form laid in, in original illustrated wrappers. One of two staples in binding missing, light handling wear to wrappers; contents clean. Periodical created as part of the city's Centennial celebration. Main article in this..... Item #1322
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1920. Softcover. Very Good. pp. 47-69, with b/w illustrations from photographs, in original wrappers. Light handling wear and soiling to wrappers; else clean and sound. College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 325, September, 1920. A report on the ongoing research and experiments..... Item #1406
Sacramento: State Office, 1881. 72 pp, illustrated with small wood engravings, in original lavender printed wrappers. Some chipping to spine, old tears and tape repairs to back wrapper, else very good. Matthew Cooke was in the business of manufacturing fruit boxes in the 1870s when California’s apple crop was devastated..... Item #20560
San Francisco: Sunset Publishing House, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 275 pp, illustrated. Original blue pictorial cloth; no dust jacket. Mild rubbing to extremities and bumping to corners, else fine. No dust jacket. The author was a singer and music teacher in San Francisco. The book provides good detail..... Item #20461
San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 1892. Hardcover. Very good. 384 pp, in original brown cloth decorated in black and gilt. Rubbing to edges, dent to top edge of front board, otherwise very good. Binding tight, text clean. Beautifully illustrated with engravings of various hot springs and scenic locations in California..... Item #20811
Santa Barbara, CA: Fithian Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in brown cloth boards. Light spotting to top edges of pages, binding is tight, text is clean. Dust jacket has very small chip to top edge of front panel. From the dust..... Item #21072
Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 37. Trade paperback, 116 pp, ca. 8.5 x 11 inches. As new. On place names of the Cahuilla Indians. Item #21185
New York: William Morrow, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited edition, signed by Bartlett on the limitation page, which page states that there were 210 copies for sale; this copy is numbered 217 (so perhaps was a hors commerce copy). There is also a previous owner's gift inscription on..... Item #21453
1919. Softcover. Very Good. 22 pp, in original wrappers. Light handling wear to wrappers, old horizontal crease; contents clean and sound. Text of the resolution of a lawsuit grought by the United States Govenment over oil-bearing lands in California granted to Southern Pacific Railroad. The Government argued that Southern Pacific..... Item #1495
London: Richard Bentley, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo, pp. xiii, 364, illustrated with engravings. Dark blue leather spine and corners over blue cloth boards, red spine label. Some scuffing to leather, mainly at corners and head of spine. Binding tight, text clean. Account of a tour through the..... Item #21447
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. xvii, 94 pp + 2 (illustrations), with frontispiece, bibliography, index, book store label on front free endpaper. Upper corners lightly bumped, text clean, binding sound. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear. Santa Barbara Historical..... Item #2185
Washington DC: Department of the Treasury, United States Customs Service Pacific Region, 1991. Softcover. Near Fine. v, 88 pp, with illustrations, in original wrappers. One light crease to outer bottom corner of rear cover; else fine. Item #3174
Rome and St. Louis: Jesuit Historical Institute and St. Louis Univesity, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Sources and Studies for the History of the Americas, Volume II. vii, 212 pp, with illustrations (facsimile pages) and folding map. Blue cloth boards stamped on the spine in gilt; no dust jacket..... Item #18544
Rome and St. Louis: Jesuit Historical Institute and St. Louis Univesity, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Sources and Studies for the History of the Americas, Volume II. vii, 212 pp, with illustrations (facsimile pages) and folding map. A fine copy bound in 3/4 red leather and marbled boards; signed by..... Item #17389
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1862. First American Edition. Hardcover. good. 8vo, xii, [4], 574+ [2] ads. Illustrated with engravings; 3 maps on one folding sheet. Blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine darkened, fraying to spine ends, corners rubbed, front hinge partially cracked. Embossed library stamp on a...... Item #13758
