Search Results: California from Texas Star Books

Palo Alto, CA: Lewis Osborne, 1967. Limited Reprint Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 75 pp. plus Illustrations explanations and Colophon which designates that the edition was limited to 2,350 copies.Bright, crisp and clean copy with very minor wear. Dust jacket is blank - the same cream color as book without print or illustration. It has a little light smudging and is now in protective cover.

Santa Rosa, CA: Nomis Press, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "Comprising Sonoma, Marin, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, Del Norte and Siskiyou Counties", "The Grape Growers, the Wine Makers and the Vineyards". Volume 1. 456 pp. Tight and crisp copy. Previous owner's name in pencil on front free end paper - else clean interior. Dust jacket is clean with very light wear. Spine has slight fading. Very nice copy.

Los Angeles, CA: Historical Record Company, 1912. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Rebound in gray-green cloth. 1,044 with 2 foldout county maps intact. Tight and sturdy. Title page has staining and edge wear, while rear papers have light smudging and tape repairs. Gilt page edges show light wear on top and forward edges and are worn on bottom page edge.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1978. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 156 pp. Oversize format, 8 3/4"W X 11 1/4"H. Very light edgewear. Bottom page edge has blue remainder mark. Front free end paper has erasure near top edge towards corner. Dust jacket has light corner and spine end wear. Front top edge has a little creasing with 1/2" closed tear. Rubbing/soiling shows on cream-colored background, especially on rear panel. Now in protective cover.

Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1888. First Edition . Leather. Poor. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Large format, 9 1/2"W X 12"H. 664 pp. Book is intact with all pages and end papers intact. Front hinge has loosened, and rear hinge is separated from leather of spine, which has worn and cracked places and a piece missing from base, Significant wear on corners and edges with rubbing on boards. Gilt design and print on front board are dulled, as is that on page edges.. Front end papers have some penciled writing, a stamped word, "March", and a few small tears. Both front and rear end papers have foxing and smudging. Pages have occasional foxing, spotting and a few tears. Opens to signature in places due to condition of spine. Once beautiful embossed leather boards with historical contents well worth restoration.

New York, NY: Stein and Day, 1971. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Eye-witness accounts are included in this history of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. 316 pp. Bumping on corners and spine end which also shows damp staining which shows a little on small area of bottom edge of front and rear boards. Tanned pages with small spot on forward page edge - clean interior. Book-of-the-Month Club brochure laid in. Dust jacket has corner and edgewear. Interior at bottom edge shows damp stain which shows through slightly on outside.