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Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1967. First Edition. Quarto. xxv, 206 pages, maps, illustrations, portraits. Bibliographic references, p. 197-201. One of the half dozen best of the travel diaries of the California gold rush, rising above the merely routine and often momentous accounts. Here he was able to capture the anticipation, the drama, and the terror. The work… Read more

Chicago: Theo. Noel Co. Print, 1904. First Edition. Octavo. 1)pp., portrait frontispiece, illustrated. The author tells his story in plain English just as he would have spoken to a friend. He writes about his childhood, and leaving home at the age of 14 along with his brother. They got their first job cutting railroad ties in the southeastern… Read more

San Francisco; (1914): Paul Elder and Co. First Edition. Octavo. 219pp., 8 tipped in illustrations in sepia tone. pp. 115-133 Jack London's The Son of Wolf. The Enchanted Mesa b Charles F. Lummis and others. Bound in brown paper covered boards lettered in gilt, pictorial pastedown to upper baord, spine lettering gilt, A few leaves… Read more

Hartford, Connecticut: Columbian Book Company, 1872. First Edition. Octavo. 327 pages, (1)pp. ad. "a vivid narrative of a pedestrian pilgrimage of 3500 miles from Carolina to California". Cowan, II, p. 498 "The author, later famous as a distinguished ethnologist, journeyed from Raleigh to San Francisco, a distance of 3,556 miles. ... his descriptions are entertaining and frequently… Read more

Los Angeles: Historic Record cO, 1919. First Edition. Thick Quarto. In two volumes. A massive set (2,603 pages) with plates, portraits. Much on its vast agricultural history as well as California outlaws, one to Vasquez, one to the Evans-Sontag gang, and another to various criminals of the county, including Murieta" - Bound in 3/4 black cloth… Read more

(San Fransico, 1941): Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California. Limited Edition. Quarto. 6 preliminary leaves, 74 pages, 4 color plates (including frontispiece) limited to 350 copies. The historical introduction by Edith Coulter shows the interaction of the ships which came for supplies but for whom inner California was still a mystery. There was much… Read more

San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1914. 446 pages. 36 leaves of plates. When Alexander Smith Taylor's article, "the Indianology of California" appeared in a 1860 edition of the California Farmer, it became the basis for work by Bancroft, Powers and Kroeber. This work was a supplement of the work and still delights the reader. The… Read more

Los Angeles: The Historical Society of Southern California, 1991. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. Limited edition of 100 copies signed by the author. Acollection of works pertaining to Southern California with an index of authors and titles. Bound in maroon cloth, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1874. First Edition. Tall Octavo. 256pp., illustrated. The sequel to his first book on California. This work includes Oregon, including a journey through Washington Territory to Victoria, in Vancouver's Island and the Sandwich Islands. He writes about the farm lands, Hawaiians, wine country, the rivers, lakes, Indians, and more found on his journey. A… Read more

(Dick Spencer, Inglewood, California; 1947). First Edition. Small Octavo. 30 pages, Illustrated by Carl Roehling. The Photo of Bear-Step was taken by Paul Denver Nelson. An Indian legend from the Miwoks of Yosemite with beautiful illustrations of the perhaps mythical lovers. A very attractive story and one of romance of a great love that… Read more

Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1906. First Edition. Octavo. (con't) ...to the Mysterious Salton Sea. In two volumes. Vol. I: xliv, 270pp. and Vol. II: xiv, (271)-547, (2)pp. publisher's ads. Both volumes illustrated by Carl Eytel with nearly 300 pen and ink sketches from nature and with full pager photographic images, maps (one folding) and plans. This work… Read more

A Collection of 14 Autobiographical Manuscripts of Early California Pioneers Who Became Major Political leaders in the State. These handwritten autobiographies represent the major California politicians, jurists and founders of the state. This unique collection reflects how all of these men began their careers in either the Midwest or Eastern United States but came to California in search of… Read more

Oakland: Post-Enquirer Publishing Company, 1931. Octavo. 174 pages. Davie was mayor of Oakland from 1895-1897 and from 1915-1931, the longest-serving mayor. During his life, he was a canal boy, law student, butcher, buckaroo, rancher, inventor, actor, opera singer, bouncer, miner, lawyer, crusader, merchant, bookseller, organizer, ship owner and politician. Not only is this copy inscribed to Dr. Porter,… Read more

(Santa Barbara, Ca:1984): Capra Press. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 200 copies signed by Powell and by Ward Ritchie, this copy not numbered. 129 pp. bound in tan paper covered boards backed in black cloth, upper board lettered in black, spine lettering gilt. foot lightly bumped otherwise a very good copy.

1851-1851. The only other known copy is at Yale University. It is an original lithograph that measures 11 x 19 cm on a sheet that is 13 x 22 cm. It depicts a street where a stagecoach is pulling away, three mules tied together are laden with packs, and two oxen pulling a wagon; a man… Read more

Chicago: Coronet, 1937. . 6 pages mimeographed, sent from Coronet Magazine (originally published June 1937) in original mailing envelope from Coronet. Accompanied with A.B. Lee's, Houses of Earth; an illustrated booklet on how to build rammed earth houses. 32 page booklet expands on Coronet article. Article was sent to William B. Wade who was the chief draftsman in the… Read more

Ca.1880. 3" X 3 1/2" Photo album with each page holding 4 tin type photographs each measuring 1" x 3/4" making a total of 48. These are students and a few faculty at San Jose Normal School in original blue case. We have been able to identify many of these students who later entered California society … Read more

(Wesley Tanner, Printer; Berkeley, 1974). Small Octavo. 20 pages. Mabel Dodge Bullis wrote her small book and then three years later at age 94 in 1977 provided a lengthy memoir for the Anne T. Kent California Room History Project in San Rafael. She was the daughter of the County Surveyor of Marin County in the last few decades… Read more

Marceline, MO: D-Books Publishers, 2002. Limited Edition. Quarto. . Limited edition #19 (no limitation) 96 pages, profusely illustrated, Limited Edition no. 19. Lake County borders Clear Lake (the largest natural lake in California) and has become an important part of the wine region. What makes this such a nice volume is long-time residents loaned photographs so… Read more

Los Angeles, nd[1918]: American Institute of Banking. First Edition. Octavo. The first issue published by the American Institute of Banking to inform the Southern California region on major changes, recent legislation, personal news of interest and related categories. Neither NUC or OCLC indicates any of these earliest issues are in US Libraries (the California State University Library has… Read more