Search Results: California Scenery from Caravan Book Store

Oblong quarto (12 3/4 by 13 1/2 inches) Boston: A New York Graphic Society Book - Little, Brown and Company, 1984. First Edition. 143 pages, 117 pages of photo illustrations, bibliography, printed by The Stinehour Press. Half white linen binding over grey linen boards, housed in a grey linen slip case, with photo mounted on front cover. Very good condition (slight fading on back cover of slipcase, not affecting contents.)

A representative collection of this artist's work, where " . . . the interlocking relationship between what an artist creates and the environment he chooses to work in." are beautifully displayed.

Quarto in oblong format (11 by 14 1/2 inches) Oakland, California: Thompson & West [Printed by Pacific Press Printing and Publishing House], 1880. First, Original Edition. [3] iv-vi [2], [1] 12-192 pages; eighty-seven full page lithographic views, including a double page bird's-eye-view of the Wolfskill Ranch; full page colored map showing the Western States of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California dated 1878.

Good condition: stamped-embossed original cloth over boards, with title in gilt centered on the front cover; professionally re-backed, with new corners, new endpapers to match the period; title in gilt on spine. Loss to lower right margin of one view, not affecting that image, archival repair to tear in margin of another plate, not affecting that image; another view, and pages 19-22, 37-38, 129-130 provided in facsimile, and are compatible to the contents - the book is in otherwise original condition, with binding and contents intact.

The fine plates are of local businesses, residences, farms,… Read More

Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 1/8 inches) Columbus, Ohio: Ward Brothers, 1898. Original Edition. twelve plates folded leporello style containing upwards of 70 images, plus seven pages of text describing the natural, historical, and cultural qualities of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Bernardino. Bound in red moire cloth, with minimal wear to edges. Very good condition.

An illustrated, souvenir, hardcover, promotional booklet published by Ward Bros., Columbus, Ohio. in 1898.

The illustrations, taken from photographs, are on a strip folded accordion style, with the first leaf attached to the front cover. The seven unnumbered pages of text are attached to the back pastedown.

The views and vignettes include Downtown Los Angeles, the business district, a "Birdseye View of San Bernardino," the harbor, the "Ostrich Farm," "Hotel and Beach at Redondo," "Orange Grove & Vineyard Tracts, San Gabriel Valley," "Mount Lowe," "Catalina," "Hotel Del Coronado," and the "Long Wharf at Santa Monica," among many others.… Read More

32 mo. (5 x 6 3/4 inches) 1899. rectangular stapled booklet of 30 unnumbered pages, illustrated with black and white half tone photos, sketches, numerous ads for local businesses, land development companies.

Original, wrappers, good condition, (old tape repairs to inside of back cover, minor wear and chipping to fragile spine, not affecting contents), embossed title in gilt on front cover.

Brief descriptive text outlining history, railroad rates, courses of study and biographies of some of the principal participants. Advertisements for Santa Catalina, Alamitos Land Co., and Southern Pacific, and for druggists, a bank, hotels, and other small businesses.

Octavo (9 X 4 inches) Los Angeles (mid 1930s) folded paper pamphlet, that when unfolded, creates 14 unpaginated sections illustrated with photos, descriptions, and statistics about the cities, recreation, beaches, mountains, education, culture, agriculture, commerce, and transportation available in Southern California. Art Deco covers, very good condition (unobtrusive crease to one corner).
A proud promotion of the many advantages in "The Land of Sunshine."

Small octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches) Los Angeles, May, 1927. 96 page stapled promotional guidebook, illustrated with black and white halftone photos of sights and scenery in Southern California, and many interesting local ads. Original, wrappers, good condition (old bend to front cover, small residue of stuck paper on page 11, inked name on page 19, small tear to corner of last page, general age toning to covers - overall very readable and interesting).

The descriptive text covers, in part: Pomona, Orange County, Pasadena, Duarte, Glendale, Los Angeles, Riverside County, the Missions, San Fernando, the Valley, San Pedro, San Diego, San Bernardino County, and Death Valley.

In the center is a two page map "Lines of the Pacific Electric Railway in Southern California", with an ad for Mt. Lowe Tavern. There is a section for Southern Pacific Trips, and a "Route Map, with Mileage, from Los Angeles Half Way to San Francisco".

The front cover is an idealized illustration of Southern California orange trees,… Read More

Octavo (9 1/4 x 7 inches) Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, & Co.: Published by Authority of the Legislature, 1870. First Trade Edition, Second Printing. 155 pages, illustrated with engraved cuts of scenery throughout the text, and eight full page engraved plates with protective tissue guards; maps in pockets missing.

Original green cloth trade binding, decorated with a map of the Sierra and surrounding country stamped in gilt on the front cover; and similarly, a logo of the Geological Survey team with their equipment stamped in gilt on the back cover; title in gilt on spine.

Good condition, showing the results of being carried in a pocket or ruck sack (the covers and corners of the fragile binding show some wear; lower right corner of front cover appears to have been bent). Inscription of previous owner dated "July 4, 1889, (In camp under the Royal Arches, Yosemite)" on front fly leaf, light pencil notation on a few pages not affecting text or illustrations, contents clean and intact; ticket of the… Read More