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White oblong quarto, group pagination, approx. 200 p, 60 leaves, b&w illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm. Historic buildings -- California -- San Francisco -- Directories. || Scarce.
Small quarto in offwhite color illus dust jacket; 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Fine Inscribed by author. || California. Hollywood. Santa Cruz (Calif.) -- Biography. California -- Biography. Philanthropy
pp. xii, 322 + Full page illustrations. Pictorial end papers, foxed. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding lettered in yellow. Original dust jacket, worn with loss. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. W6
403p. illus. At head of title: Lower California: A Cruise Hardcover Very good condition
392p. illus. Hardcover Very good conditon ex-lib.
304pp. 29 cm. (5.25 lbs.) Hardcover Very good condition good Essays by Donald Canty and Lawrence Halprin at end.
283 p. + Photo Illustrations. Some slight foxing. Gilt decorated full green cloth binding. Dr. Willoughby H. Reed was born in Norristown, Montgomery county, PA in, 1856. He learned the trade of printing; graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1879, and from Jefferson Medical College in 1882. He practiced medicine for several years at Cape May Point, New Jersey, and at his home at Jeffersonville. After his marriage to Annie R. Jarrett, November 8, 1884, he engaged in the drug business at Norristown. This is a collection of a series of letters sent to the Press (especially the Norristown Daily Ledger) chronicling trips made from 1903-1922. Many interesting photos, including: Mr. and Mrs. Reed in their home in Jeffersonville; "Wren's Nest" near Audubon, PA on the Perkiomen Creek; Multoman Falls and Benson Ridge; Keye's Gold Mine; Kern River Valley, CA; Grand Canyon, Arizona; Bright Angel Trail; Hilburd Ranch, CA; Etc. Signed presentation from the author to Frederick S. Fox on the rear pastedown. Hardbound. Very good+. Scarce. PA 13
323p., illus. Colored frontis. Hardcover Very good condition! rear blank torn
32p. + frontis. Wood engraved color frontis, chapter heading and colophon by Mallette Dean. Title page bordered in red. Number 5 of the Colt Press Series of California Classics. Uncut. 8vo. Original cloth backed decorated paper binding. Hardbound. Limited Edition of only 500 copies. Nice copy. PRESS/W32
78 pages. Cover photo of Sue Laurence and Jackie Vargas of the Athen Water Follies, Oakland, California. Includes 1960 official synchronized swimming rules, national summaries, and list of champions. Many diagrams and great black and white photos of prize-winning swimmers. Heavy wear and soiling. Tape along spine. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy of this vintage work. Book
Vintage fold-out brochure for Amtrak's west coast service in 1973. Great colour photos, replete with now humorous fashions of the day. 19.5" x 15" which folds down to 9.8" x 7.5". Folded open, one side features text, colour photos of scenes aboard the train, and map of Amtrak's national network. Reverse side features map (split into two) of the route from Vancouver, B.C. down to San Diego, with tourist information for the many stops along the way. Average wear and soiling. Provides a pleasing snapshot of Amtrak's West Coast service in the early 1970s. Brochure
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
272 pages including index. A comprehensive handbook for all of Mexico's fascinating Sea of Cortez from San Felipe to Cabo San Lucas along Baja California, and from El Golfo to Mazatlan on the Mexican mainland. Includes 115 photos and 96 charts. Well worn and soiled. Unmarked. Book
Two-color, five-panel, two-sided pamphlet celebrating the Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair held in Portland in 1959. Includes two other pieces of vintage Chevron ephemera. Unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
120 pages. Haunting black and white photos. "The stubborn fact is, our fellow Japanese American citizens lost their liberty simply and only because of their ancestry." - former Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
128 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. The Junior League of Oakland spent five years compiling an inventory of pre-1917 structures in these counties. Of the more than 1,000 such buildings located, 125 are presented here. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound reading copy of this pleasing reminiscence, one of only 2,500 paperback copies printed. Book
413 pages including index. Your water is in peril, whether you live on the shores of the Great Lakes, into which industrial and farm poisons continue to pour; or in the arid US southwest, which has essentially "stolen" the water of the Colorado River from the Mexicans to water Las Vegas, Palm Springs and Southern California; or the Middle East, which is already using every drop of its available water, turning the Jordan River into little more than a drainage ditch; or in the grain belt of China, whose water tables are dropping at the alarming rate of a metre or more each year. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
Features include: Understanding Cymbidiums in Southern California in 1956; Some Terrestrial Orchids of Sumatra; The Orchid Lip - Lineograph Study (Pt VI); Salamanders and Cymbidiums; Cymbidium devonianum and Cymbidium Jean Brummitt; Notes on Cymbidium Culture: The Summing-Up; and Beginners' Handbook: Phalaenopsis, the Moth Orchid. Average wear. Top of front cover and subsequent pages slightly worn. A clean copy. Book
Features include: Miniature-flowered Cymbidiums; Indigenous Orchids of South Africa; Habenarias in Japan; Dig Those Crazy Orchids; Outstanding Cymbidiums in Southern California; Book Review "Orchids of East Africa" by Frank Piers; Cymbidiums from Pod to Pot; Pot Hangers from Coat Hangers; and Collectors' Item: Zygostates lunata. Light wear. Marks in ink - pages 800 to 806. A sound copy. Book
Features include: Epidendrums for the Sub-Tropics - and Elsewhere; Orchid Cultural Calendar for March: What to Do in Mid-America; What to Do in the Southwest; What to Do in the Pacific Northwest; What to Do in California; What to Do in Florida; What to Do in the Northeast; What to Do in Hawaii; Orchid Under Lights; Barkerias; Famous Orchid Collectors (Pt 2): The Rev. Charles Samuel Parish; An Oddity in Cymbidium Behavior; Thoughts on Growing Reed-stemmed Epidendrums; How I Grow Cyps in Michigan; Pots to Fit the Orchids; Orchids in a New Synthetic Growth Medium; and Collectors' Item: Epidendrum purpurascens and Epidendrum polychlamys. Little Wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
Features include: A Custom-made Greenhouse Humidifier; Our Two Purple-fringed Orchids; The Green Thumb Room Came to California; Dendrobium maccarthiae - "Wesak Mal"; Our Native Orchids: Tipularia discolor; Dendrobium loddigesii; Orchid Diseases; Man-Made Genera: Laeliopsis Hybrid Genera; Managing Deciduous Calanthes in the Home and Garden; and Collectors' Item: Epidendrum gracile and Epidendrum odoratissimum. Little Wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
48 pages. Each song presented in both Eddy Duchin's own style and as originally written. Songs include: In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town; I'm Just Wild About Harry; I Get a Kick Out of You; California Here I Come; Lullaby of Broadway; Three Little Words; Limehouse Blues; The Continental; Shadow Waltz; My Darling; Am I Blue; For You. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this great compilation. Book
150 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
144 pages. Features: Down East Bungalow Cottage; Bungalow's of Florida's first great boom; Olympia home of Cheryl and Jeff Petra; Recreating an Authentic Chicago Bungalow Exterior; Nick and Ruth Clemence adapt Greene & Greene's interior approach in California; Steve and Mary Ann Vorhees; and more. Unmarked. with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
122 pages. Features: Model Carly Lyn Terrell; Artist/Tattooist Nick Baxter of Austin, TX; Visual Artist Justice Howard; Southern California Tatto Artist Luke Wessman; Painter/Tattooist Nobu Isobe; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy copy of this colorful issue. Magazine
