Los Angeles: Western Litho, [1923]. [74]pp. Oblong quarto [23 cm x 30 cm] Color illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Los Angeles area view book that contain 67 full-page captioned views of attractions, sites, and city scenes. Work opens with a four page description of the Al Malaikah's Los Angeles Temple and..... More
Oakland, CA: Biobooks, 1946. 1/675. 287pp. Dark blue leather with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Better than very good. Both fold-outs present in the rear pocket. This work was limited to 675 signed and numbered copies, this is number 248. Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. Attractive edition of..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. Second Edition. 509pp. Octavo [24 cm] Black cloth with the title silver stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Inscribed by the authors on the front free endsheet. In this urban biography, which is an anthology, John and LaRee Caughey illustrate the unarguable thesis..... More
[Palm Springs, CA]: (c.1930). Panorama silver gelatin photograph [18 cm x 88 cm] / [7" x 34.5"] Bend at the upper right and a minor stain at left edge. Panorama photograph of the Colorado Desert with San Gorgonio to the left, the Coachella Valley to the right, and the Chiriaco..... More
[Berkeley, CA]: California Art & Engraving Company, 1931. Pictorial map [63.5 cm x 48 cm] / [25 " x 19"] printed in full color. Nice condition. Pictorial map of the gold regions of the Sierra Nevada depicting the people and places of the California gold country, with a descriptive panel..... More
Sacramento: California Alaska-Yukon Exposition Commission, 1909. 172pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with nice color illustrated panels laid over. Very good. Bookplate on the front free endsheet. Work touting the Golden State that was produced for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition that was held in Seattle in 1909. Printed by..... More
Sacramento, CA: California State Library, 1893. First Edition. 711pp. Octavo [23 cm] Full calf with gilt stamped labels on the backstrips. Very good. Bookplate on front pastedown and inscription on the front free endsheet. Expertly rebacked with the original leather labels laid down. Gentle rubbing to corners. Publications of the..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1965-1992. First Editions. 51 volume set Duodecimos [22 cm] all bound in full cloth with the titles and volume numbers gilt stamped on the backstrips. All volumes very good or better. This important set of travel narratives provides a comprehensive historical record of the Baja..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, May, 1933. First Edition, 1/500. 100pp. Octavo [25 cm] 1/4 tan cloth over brown printed boards. Better than very good. Name in ink on the front free endsheet. Number 7 of the Rare Americana Series. Includes an introduction by Charles L. Camp and nine color illustrations..... More
Berkeley, CA: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1966. First Edition. 118pp. Folio [36 cm] Full green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. The discovery of gold on the American River, east of Sacramento, on January 24, 1848, caused Stockton to transform from a small settlement..... More
San Francisco: The Philopolis Press, 1914. First Edition. 79pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Brown grained boards with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Very good with gentle rubbed corners and a partial bookplate on the front pastedown. Love letter to the California Missions that is inscribed by the..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library, 1976. First Edition. 170pp. Octavo [26.5 cm] Brown cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Volume 1 in the Santa Barbara Bicentennial Historical Series. Printed in edition of 500 copies. In this work the Father Maynard Geiger and..... More
San Francisco: Sunset Photo-Engraving Company, (c.1902). 33 Magic Lantern Slides. Silver gelatin glass positives [8 cm x 10.5 cm] / [3" x 4"] Typed and manuscript labels. Five images cracked through the center. - Orange Groves - Onion Fields, San Joaquin - Cabbage Fields, San Joaquin - Knocking Almonds -..... More
Pasadena, CA: Hill, (c.1893). Large Format. Albumen photograph [20 cm x 25 cm] on a black Hill mount. Gilt edge mount. Nice contrasts. Nice view of a small group in an open top trolley on the Mount Lowe Railway tracks with the San Gabriel Valley behind and beneath the group..... More
San Francisco: Stone Educational Company, 1898. First Edition. 67pp. Octavos [20.5 cm] Gray cloth with red and black stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. Abbreviated edition of Hittell's four volume work, which Cowan stated was "the best history of California within reasonable proportions." Howes..... More
New York: William Gowans, 1850. Unauthorized edition. 34pp. Octavo [22 cm] Marbled wrappers. Near fine. King arrived in California on June 4, 1849, by way of the Isthmus of Panama. In this government report, laid on the table March 27, 1850, King reported on the conditions of California and its..... More
Washington DC: Printed by Gideon & Co., 1850. Second Edition. 72pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan printed wrappers. About very good. Extremities of covers chipped in a handful of places with loss. 'Removed' stamp on the cover and a blind stamp on the title page. King arrived in California on June..... More
[Washington DC]: House of Representatives Executive Document 59, 1850. First Edition. 32pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Very good. Stab holes at spine. King arrived in California on June 4, 1849, by way of the Isthmus of Panama. In this government report, laid on the table March 27, 1850, King reported on..... More
Chicago, IL: Geo. R. Lawrence & Co., 1906. Photolithograph [48 cm x 81 cm] / [19" x 32"] Left edge bumped and chipped with a few closed tears. Printed to be a supplement to the Los Angeles Examiner (May 27, 1906). Bird's eye view of San Francisco taken within weeks..... More
Los Angeles: The Lummis Foundation, 1928. [24]pp. Duodecimo [16 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Near fine. Short work covering the published works of Lummis to that time. Work begins with a brief biography, which is followed by a list of works - each with a brief description. Charles F. Lummis (1858-1928)..... More
Chicago: Riverton Press, 1950. First Edition. 283pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. Inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet: "To C.D. Clark, with compliments of G. Frank Lydston." This work recounts the author's..... More
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[Santa Monica]: May 13, 1930. Original pencil sketch [25 cm x 25 cm] of a seated nude female. Initialed and dated in pencil at the upper right corner. Nice condition. Matted in a period wooden frame. Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890–1973) was a pioneering American modernist painter and a key co-founder of..... More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1932. First Edition. 195pp. Octavo [26 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Better than very good. Complete with all seven plates. During the month that the German ship Rurik was anchored in the San Francisco Bay, visits were made to the..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1952. First Edition. 59pp. Quarto [28 cm] 1/4 vellum over decorative boards. Better than very good. This Grabhorn printed edition was limited to 375 copies. Prospectus laid in. This work gives a graphic day-by-day account of Miller's travels through California in 1856 during which..... More
[San Diego]: Home Federal Savings and Loan Association, 1973. Map [95 cm x 62 cm] / [37.5" x 24.5"] printed in vibrant color. Slight discoloration to the upper right corner, otherwise bright and nice. Killer pictorial map of California. More