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
New York: Russell & Russell, 1966. 5 volume set. Octavos [22 cm] Dark blue cloth with titles and bands gilt stamped. All volumes very good or better. Volume 1: An Outpost of Empire (fold-out map present) Volume 2: Opening a Land Route to California. Diaries of Anza, Diaz, Garces, and..... More
San Francisco: 1884. 40pp. Octavo [22 cm] Previously bound with stab holes at spine. Very good. California land promotion with sections titled: 'Description of San Luis Obispo County' - 'The Sacramento Valley and Tributary Country' - 'Amador County' - 'Butte County' - 'Colusa County' - 'El Dorado County' - 'Lake..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1880. First Edition. 448pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Green cloth with gilt titles and designs and the front board and backstrip. New endsheets and pastedowns. Very good. Small library stamp on the title page and the final page of text. Small deaccession stamp on the..... More
Santa Ana, CA: Orange County Chamber of Commerce, (c.1920). [16]pp. Circular wrappers [9 cm] in the shape of an orange. About very good. Ink inscription on the front panel: 'Here's a Calif. Orange to my little honey doney xxx'. Illustrated promotional work for the prospective visitor or settler to Orange..... More
Los Angeles: W.P. Chase and Company, [1908]. Large format. Silver gelatin photograph [15 cm x 23 cm] / [6" x 9"] on a black mount [20 cm x 28 cm] / [8" x 11"]. Nice condition with strong contrasts. Photograph of an illustration of the 'Mermaid Queen' done W.P. Chase..... 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
Los Angeles: [Los Angeles Coral of the Westerners], 1948. First Edition, 1/100. [10]pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip and a green gilt stamped label on the front board. Near fine. Large fold-out map [25 cm x 56 cm] / [10" x 22"]..... More
Santa Ana, CA: The Fine Arts Press, 1937. First Edition. 2 volume set. 273, 352pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] 1/2 brown leather over brown boards with the titles gilt stamped on the backstrips. Near fine. Translated, edited, and annotated by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. Foreword by Frederick Webb Hodge. The author of..... 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
Sacramento, CA: State Office, James J. Ayers, 1886. First Editions. 2 volume set. 662, 672pp. Octavos [23 cm] Brown cloth with the titles gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Both volumes about very good. Crown of volume 1 is bumped with a short tear to the head of..... 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
San Francisco: Pacific Press Publishing House and Occidental Publishing Company - N.J. Stone & Company, 1885-1897. First Editions. 4 volume set. 799,823,981,858pp. Octavos [23.5 cm] Full calf with gilt stamped red and black labels on the backstrips. All volumes very good. Gentle rubbing to extremities. Crown of volume 4 is..... More
San Jose, CA: The Pacific Tree and Vine Co., 1894. First Edition. 498pp. Octavo [20 cm] Mustard colored cloth with the title and border stamped in black on the front board and the title is gilt stamped on the backstrip. Title blind stamped on the rear board. Very good. Classic..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1944. First Edition. 337pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth with the title stamped in black on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Faint offsetting to pastedowns and endsheets from former jacket protecter. This work provides an historical and cultural background for the prewar..... More
Chicago: Belford-Clarke Co., Publishers, 1890. 253pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Tan beveled boards with the title and author gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. About very good. Corners of boards gently bumped and rubbed. Library bookplate on the front pastedown. Lacks the rear free endsheet. Blind ownership embossment on..... 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
Mexico City: Don Felipe de Zuniga y Ontiveros, 1786. 344pp. Small quarto [20 cm] Full period leather with gilt stamped bands, author, and partial title on the backstrip. Very good. Gentle overall wear. p. 39/40 damaged at the fore-edge affecting some text - facsimile of 39/40 laid in after. Folding-map..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First Edition. 227pp. Quarto [31 cm] Tan beveled cloth boards with the title on the front board and backstrip. Near fine in a very good jacket, that has a few small chips. Housed in the original slipcase that shows minor wear..... More
Los Angeles: Pierce & McConnell, (c.1893). Boudoir cabinet card. Albumen photograph [19 cm x 11.5 cm] / [7.5 " x 4.5"] on a black 'Pierce & McConnell' mount [21.5 cm x 13.5 cm] / [8.5" x 5.25"]. Gray back with a lengthy printed description of Southern California (from the Chamber..... More
Balboa, CA: Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce, 1941. Pictorial Bird's Eye Map [46 cm x 40.5 cm] / [18" x 16"] that folds to pamphlet size [23 cm x 10 cm] Folds as issued. Better than very good. Charming pictorial map of the Newport Harbor with vignettes at the head..... More
Topeka, KS: 1901. First Edition. 627pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Pictorial stamping to front board and backstrip. Near fine. 'Map Showing Lines of the Great Overland Stage Route, The Santa Fe Trail, Butterfield Overland Dispatch, Mormon Route of..... More
Los Angeles: Western Litho, [1919]. [78]pp. Oblong quarto [23 cm x 30 cm] Yapp style color illustrated wrappers. Very good. Fore edge of wrappers bumped. Minor overall wear. Los Angeles area view book that contain 60 pages of captioned views of attractions, sites, and city scenes. Opening of work contains..... More
Los Angeles: Photo by Art Streib, (c.1940). 3 Silver gelatin photographs [25 cm x 33 cm] / [10" x 13"] Photographer's blind stamp at the lower right corners and hand stamps on the backs. One view has a short closed tear to the foot that has been repaired with tape..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1864. 2 volume set. 393, 379pp. Duodecimos [20 cm] Brown pebbled cloth with the titles gilt stamped on the backstrips. Both volumes better than very good. Gentle rubbing to corners. Clipped newspaper article on front and rear free endsheets of volume 1. Fold-out Colton map..... More