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191521208New York: Abingdon Press 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 184 pp with illustrations by the author. Green pictorial cloth boards with image of a ship sailing into the sunset. Rubbing to corners and spine ends; binding tight text and endpapers clean. Short sketches of travels in the Bay Area mostly focused on the natural world but including a chapter on Chinatown. Abingdon Press hardcover books
1928014556Maestricht chez A.A.M. Stols, collection "Les Belles Heures" 1928 In-8 Broché, couverture rempliée Edition originale
1939SB2716Lusk Wyoming: Mrs. E. B. Willson 1939. owner's neat pencil signature at the top of the ffep else an immaculate and tight gift quality copy; no dust jacket; 64p. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Mrs. E. B. Willson Hardcover
194726390Stamford: The Overbrook Press 1947. Hardcover. Introductory note by Thomas K. Finletter. 8vo. Sage green paper over boards. xii 31pp. Near fine. Lower corner slightly bumped. First separate printing of this essay originally published in a scholarly journal in 1879 with rear colophon noting limitation of 1000 copies. Uncommon. The Overbrook Press hardcover
192782667Auxerre, Impr. L'Universelle, 1927, gr. in-8°, clxxxviii-407 pp, broché, bon état (Coll. de documents inédits sur l'Histoire économique de la Révolution française publiés par le Ministère de l'Instruction publique)
20001323664PN. New. 2000. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
195042909Denver: The Range Press 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. Beige calf spine with gilt lettering and pink paper over boards with paper label. xix 146pp. Sepia-tone frontispiece sepia-tone illustrations foldout map. Near fine. A superb handsome first edition of this biography limited to 200 numbered copies this #137 signed boldly by Mumey. Scarce described by Ramon Adams as "The most scholarly research done on this notorious woman." Both the numbered foldout map and the two numbered facsimile pamphlets in rear pastedown pocket are pristine. HOWES M 888. SIX-GUNS 1565. The Range Press hardcover
1944906513Dover De.: Public Archives Commission 1944. One of 300 copies bound in blue buckram sans DW as published; 558pp. with 133 page index. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket as published. Public Archives Commission Hardcover
1947SB10364El Paso TX: Carl Hertzog 1947. Christmas card signed & inscribed by publisher Carl Hertzog laid in; Miniscule age spot on fep else exceptionally clean and tight. Grey cloth semi-flexible binding slight chip and couple miniscule round holes on top corners light sun toned spine and a bit to the top and bottom edges. Unclipped dust jacket heavily worn and moderately soiled chipped at the edges corners and head/foot of spine; Pencil notations on rear jacket panel; Mylar sleeved. Unpaginated; . Special Edition of 100 Copies. Tan Cloth. Very Good/Fair in mylar. Illus. by Tom Lea Jacket Art and Plates. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Semi-Flexible Hardcover. Carl Hertzog Hardcover
19468127El Paso: Carl Hertzog 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Tom Lea. Limited First Edition No. 64 of 365 copies SIGNED by Lea and Erwin Will president of El Paso Electric Company on limitation page and by Hertzog in rear; folio tan cloth no dj; good cocked; covers sunned soiled and bowed; bump to top joint end from cover to cover affects pages; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; cloth on spine ends chipped; one chip to spine tail reveals boards; top corners worn to boards; owner's name stamp and penciled note on first blank flyleaf; ghosts of illustrations and some text on opposite pages; eps and pages toned. Please be aware that shipping this large item internationally may require shipping fees. <br/> <br/> Carl Hertzog hardcover
1945907Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1945. Hardcover. Two volumes. Small 4to. Blue cloth. xi 1951pp. Very good. Part I covers 1831-40 and Part II 1841-49 although the set represents Volumes II and III of the 1944 Annual Report of the American Historical Association. Government Printing Office hardcover
19150007889Washington DC : Government Printing Office 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to 7412865 pages red cloth; ex library the John Crerar Library and the Chicago Bar Association. Will require extra shipping fees. <br/><br/>Covers from Bunker Hill in 1775 to his resignation of his commission in 1783 with a report by Major Knox in 1784. This calendar covers Gen. Washington's correspondence with the military and naval officers of every rank of Continental and State troops the French auxiliaries foreign ministers and agents and officers in the British service. With facsimile plates. Note: These are not the letters but they are a chronological sequence with a brief of the contents. Vol. 4 is an extensive Index of topics. Government Printing Office hardcover
1938032768San Francisco: California State Division Of Mines 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Complete Issue Folding Maps Including Map In Pocket At Rear. Near Fine Slight Fading On Spine And Edges No Names Or Marks. <br/> <br/> California State Division Of Mines paperback
19829215Fresno: Fresno City and County Historical Society. Fine. 1982. Facsimile Reprint. Softcover. 94 pp.; folio; color illustrated wrappers; reproductions of the original illustrations albeit not with the original quality. "The original book from which this copy was reproduced is in the Woodward Collection at the California State University Fresno. It is the only known copy to be in existence." This reprint also appears to be a bit scarce. . Fresno City and County Historical Society paperback
1935053105Los Angeles / Garvanza: Abbey San Encino Press Clyde Brown 1935. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Color Frontispiece Tipped In B/W Illustrations Throughout. 93 Pp. Original Black Card Covers With Cover Title Label Embossed In Silver And Black. Apparent First Printing No Later Printing Indicated In Original Card Covers. Covers With Some Wear Spine Has Bottom 1/2" Of Surface Paper Worn Away . No Marks. Per The Los Angeles Explorers Guild Website In 1915 Clyde Browne - Of Browne & Cartwright The Company That Printed Usc'S Daily Trojan And Occidental College'S Weekly Paper - Started Building His Home Along The Arroyo Seco. He Used Rocks Taken From The Arroyo Seco As Well As Whatever Other Materials He Could Get His Hands On; Browne Even Built His Own Railroad From The Property Down To The Banks Of The Arroyo Seco To Facilitate Rock Harvesting. In Addition To Rocks From The Adjacent Riverbed Browne Used Bits And Pieces From The Ruins Of European Buildings Including Westminster Abbey And The Tower Of London Scrounged Rocks And Bricks From Demolished Local Buildings Metal From Dilapidated Cars And Bells From Train And Fire Engines And Garvanza Elementary School To Craft His Dream House. It'S Said He Even Used Material From The San Gabriel Mission. Clyde Was A True Printer At Heart - He Laid Out The Plans For The Ambitious Construction Of The Abbey San Encino In Picas A Measurement Used In Type - And Opened A Print Shop In The Abbey As He Was Building It. He Really Wanted To Start A Roycroft-Like Community In Garvanza Building Off The Artistic Movement Already On The Rise In The Small Community. Browne Worked With The Local Stained Glass Masters At Judson Studios To Build And Install A Circular Stained Glass Window In The Front Of The Building Facing Arroyo Glen Street. The Window Which Details A Franciscan Monk Reading A Manuscript While A Native American Man Works The Printing Press Was Intended By Browne To Represent California'S First Printing Press. Another Local Artisan Pasadena'S Ernest Batchelder Contributed His Tile-Making Talents By Crafting The Abbey'S Fireplace. He Was Also Influenced As Is Evident By Looking At It Some Of The California Missions. The Interior Of The Abbey Features A Number Of Dungeons A Cellar A Refectory And A Chapel. Over The Years The Chapel Was Host To Many Weddings. Browne Who Worked As A Piano Player Before He Started His Printing Company Often Played The Chapel'S Organ - An Instrument That Had Been Shipped From Germany And Hand-Assembled And Installed By Browne - At These Celebrations. Browne Was The Grandfather Of Singer Jackson Browne. <br/> <br/> Abbey San Encino Press (Clyde Brown) paperback
1996600252California: California State Parks 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Crease on bottom corner of front panel.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. California State Parks unknown
1931040950San Francisco: AT&SF Railway 1931. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 28pp; 38 views from photographs. Contains hotel rates in many different cities. Typically $1.50 in Bakersfield $2.00 with bath and $8.00 in Beverly Hills $6.00 with bath. Includes views of various hotels. Bound in pictorial self-wrappers 8" x 4". Laid in is a supplement showing new and lower California hotel rates. AT&SF Railway unknown
190381100Sacramento CA: State Printing Office 1903. C.F. Curry Secretary of State <br /> <br /> California Blue Book State Roster 1903<br /> <br /> First edition State Printing Office Sacramento Very Good condition. State Printing Office unknown
1901mon0000001205State of California State Print 1901. Stiff Covers. Very Good. in x in x in. Bulletin 21 Showing by Counties the Mineral Poductions of California for the year 1900. Ex UC Berkeley with usual library markings. No markings on the bulletin. Library placed it between stiff covers inside a flap they made to preserve it. Damp stain on the far right fold mark. Library also reinforced all the fold marks with tape on the back side. Down the side are listed the California counties. Across the top the categories are: Metallic Non-Metallic Hydrocarbons and Gases; Structural Materials with the final category being Total Product of Counties for 1900 and 1899. State of California, State Print unknown
194216933Sacramento CA: Department of Public Works. Very Good. 1942-1943. First Edition. Magazine. Usual xlib marks. I always thought the broken strips were developed to indicate passing/no passing zones. There is an article in the 1943 issue concerning the development of a "broken traffic line striping machine" inorder to save money on paint. Just breaking the lines up was going to save the state of California $112000 a year. Interesting magazine and great pictures. Price is for all 13 issues. ; Ex-Library; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 30 pages . Department of Public Works unknown
197936517San Francisco: John Howell Books 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. 560pp 19pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine. Custom bound in one volume complete set of all five parts of this renowned auction with original front wrappers bound in. The Californiana collection of Henderson 1887-1974 was according to Warren R. Howell "the last of the great collections of Californiana to come on the market. She was A granddaughter of Charles Crocker who was one of the celebrated 'Big Four'." Part I covers Spanish Exploration to American Statehood" Part II covers "1850 to the Twentieth Century: A to L" Part III covers "1850 to the Twentieth Century: M to Z" Part IV covers "Literature" and Part V "Fine Printing & Limited Editions Addenda & Index." Tight and pristine this full set is an essential reference. John Howell Books hardcover
191824397San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1918. Hardcover. Good. One of 500 copies printed by John Henry Nash with decorations by Lawrence B. Haste frontis portrait of Coolbrith by Dan Sweeney. 10.25" x 7.75" in original cloth-backed boards with printed paper spine label. Some soiling to boards page edges toned else very good. A commencement poem commissioned by the University of California with am additional two-page introduction by Coolbrith. Seventh publication of the Book Club of California. The Book Club of California hardcover
1940007833Pasadena 1940 1942 1943: California Institute Of Technology 1940 1942 1943 1940. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 12 " Tall. Four single issues with many articles focused on national defense. <br/> <br/> California Institute Of Technology 1940 1942 1943 unknown
1930057384Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Xvi 330 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. First Edition First Printing. Near Fine No Marks Gilt Brilliant Cloth Clean And Bright. Gift Inscription From Farmers And Merchants National Bank Dated 1953. Dust Jacket Worn Spine Faded Small Chips. <br/> <br/> Times-Mirror Press hardcover
199923669San Francisco: California Map Society Book Club of California 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8.5" x 11" 108 pp indexed with 7 tipped-in color plates many additional b/w plates folded sheet in rear pocket titled "Seven Contemporary Map Sections of California" described on the verso as maps 43-49. A near fine copywith a couple scuff marks to the rear board. Includes a brief history of the California Map Society by Bill Warren and a Foreword by Gary Kurutz. California Map Society, Book Club of California hardcover
