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First edition, second printing; November, 1960. Octavo. 13 b/w photographs; map. Original wrappers. No dust jacket. Very good. 32 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Laid in loose is a six page "Imperial Irrigation District Fact Sheet."

First edition thus. Small octavo. 53 b/w illustrations. Original wrappers stamped in red and brown. No dust jacket. Very good. 124 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Chapter two is on Father Junipero Serra; with twenty-six other chapters on various Missions, etc. James later expanded his text to cover in greater details the California Missions and Indians.

First edition. Octavo. Two tipped-in samples. Title page in blue and black. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. No dust jacket. Fine. 17 pages. No signatures or bookplates. One of 128 copies printed by the Stagecoach Press, Houston, Texas.

First edition. Octavo. 4 pictures and 5 facsimiles. Two page foreword by W. Jarvis Barlow. Original brown cloth, paper labels, t.e.g. No dust jacket. Good (rubbed; inner hinges starting). 361 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Details the founding of the city of Torrance and the history of the Torrance family.

First edition. 4to. Profusely illustrated from photographs and drawings; facsimiles; maps. Chronology. Dust jacket (unclipped). Fine. 199 pages. No signatures or bookplates.

First edition. Large thick octavo. Two page foreword by J. P. Bradley. Frontispiece portrait, over 100 b/w illustrations. Bibliography. Pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; small chip on back panel). Very good. 473 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Laid in loose are Ed Ainworth's 1961 review and two other related clippings.

First edition. Octavo. Seven b/w photos. Original color pictorial wrappers. No dust jacket as issued. Good (two chips at folds). 48 pages. No signatures or bookplates.

First edition thus. Octavo. Numerous b/w illustrations; 5 diagrams; folding maps at end. Original gilt stamped red cloth. Dust jacket (unclipped; few short tears; old paper reinforcement on verso of dust jacket). Very good. 265 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by The Colonial Press: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston. Special printing designed for sale in Fred Harvey Stores and Hotels… Read more

First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece and three other illustrations. Original blue wrappers (now laid down on a later pamphlet binder). No dust jacket. Very good (few spots). 39 pages plus 12 pages of advertisements including "James' System of Easy Memorizing;" Stege's Quaker Restaurant; The Overland Monthly; The Remington Type Writer; The Southern Pacific Company; Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Co. Privately printed for… Read more

New and enlarged edition. Octavo. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Brick-red cloth, stamped gilt and black. Dust jacket (unclipped). Fine, fresh copy in a fine rare dust jacket. 280 pages. No signatures or bookplates. James's has added a new chapter on "mental" qualities of the Indians. Printed by J. F. Tapley Co., New York.

Octavo. 142 halftone photographs. Original tan pictorial cloth, stamped in dark brown. Dust jacket (unclipped with $4.50 price; a few short tears). Very good. 392 pages. No signatures or bookplates. James died in 1923. This is the last edition published in his lifetime.

First edition. Thin octavo. Original red cloth with black lettering. No dust jacket. This scarce supplement which was prepared to list all cattle brands recorded with the State of California between 1918 and January, 1921, with a detailed index. Good (few stains). 135 pages. G. H. Hecke, Director. James B. Newsom, Secretary. Tipped in is a 1 page TLS June 14, 1949… Read more

ca. 1890 (?). First edition. Octavo. Original green printed wrappers, stitched. No dust jacket. Good (spine chipped; small chip front wrapper). 34 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Herald Print, Los Angeles. Stearns offers a selection views for many California Cities, The Missions, Ferry Boats, and "The Most Complete Collection of Yosemite Valley;" Lumber Camps; Sandwich Islands et.al.

San Francisco and Houston Texas, Southern Pacific, System Passenger Traffic, 1935.. 4" x 9", 26 pages. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with 22 b/w halftone photographs; vignette map. 1). Arizona - details on 35 ranches. 2). New Mexico - details on 6 ranches. 3). California - details on 4 ranches. 4). Nevada - details on 5 ranches. 5). Texas - details… Read more

Los Angeles, Bekins Fireproof Storage, ca. 1918.. 21" x 28", folds to form 16 panels. Printed by Economic Press Print.. No Binding. Very Good.

4 3/8" x 3". Color lithographed trade business card with picture of a baby seated out of doors beneath a paper tent. With printed information on the other side for Western Hotel, Wm. Land, Proprietor. "Leading Business Hotel. . .The Most convenient to all banks, post offices, express and land offices, all courts and places of amusement. Meals 25 cents.… Read more

Chicago/Salt Lake, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1919.. 4to. Illustrated. Original gilt stamped green cloth (dampstain to back covers of 2 volumes; head of one spine torn). Good. 3 volumes. Signature of David Openshaw in volume I. The Openshaw's were a prominent Utah family who settled in Santaquin, Utah. See page 534-535 in Volume II for the family history.. Hardcover. Good.… Read more

1933.. 7" x 6". Brochure folds to form 4 panels. 3 sepia halftone illustrations. Fine and fresh. No signatures or bookplates. The ranch operated as a horse ranch. Horses were available for sale. The facilities were open only to area residents and guests of Hotel Del Monte and Del Monte Lodge. Weekly rates were $35.00 including horseback riding, fishing and… Read more

Los Angeles, California [University Club] 1948.. First edition. 8vo. 14 b/w halftone illustrations and portraits. Foreword by John S. Chapman. Essays by Russ Avery, George W. Dryer, Philip H. Richards. Title page printed in red and black. Original brick red wrappers stamped in black and blind. Very good. 63 pages. No signatures or bookplates.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.… Read more

Burlingame, California, William P. Wreden, 1948.. First edition thus. 8vo. 3 page introduction by Nathan Van Patten. Frontispiece portrait. Original 1/2 tan linen over pictorial green boards, printed paper spine label. Very good. 36 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. One of 200 copies printed at the Greenwood Press, San Francisco, California. See Howes I-87.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.… Read more