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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 122 pages. Signed by author. Black and white photos.
Mm 120x170 RARO - Prima edizione. Collezione "Architetti del movimento moderno" diretta dagli architetti Lodovico Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti, Ernesto N. Rogers - Brossura editoriale con bandelle, 158 pagine stampate su carta patinata con 40 tavole fotografiche in bianco e nero. Minimo ingiallimento a margine delle carte e lievissimi segni di usura all'esterno, nel complesso ottimo esemplare di un'edizione non comune.
43 p. Photo frontis. Very XLib. 12mo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Little book recording the wildflowers seen on a trip from Columbia, PA to California and back. Presented by the author. PA 29
63 pages. Many interesting old illustrations. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
240 pages. Bibliography. Index of names. Index of geographical references. Handsome reproductions of historic maps and illustrations. Printed upon glossy stock. Chapters include: Galleons, Pirates, Pearls and Fantastic Straits - California, XVIIth Century; Russian, French, British and American Incursions into "The Spanish Lake"; The Spanish Presence on the Northwest Coast - Sea-going Expeditions (1774-1793); Spanish Cartographic Surveys of the Northwest Coast in the XVIIIth Century - The Corps of Naval Steersmen; The Culture of the Indians of the Northwest Coast; Faces in the Forest - Mozino's Noticias de Nutka; A Personal View of the Northwest Coast - The journal of Tomas de Suria (1791); Nootka - the Crisis of 1789. Fore-edge of front free endpaper rumpled, othwerwise book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this handsome and very informative work. Book
Tan quarto ; xii, 128 p : illus ; 28 cm Uncommon. Numerous interesting sepia tone photo reproductions of historical interest throughout. // Yuba County (Calif.) -- History -- Law
287p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
pp. xviii, 280. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding. Reprint of the 1986 edition. Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture. Hardbound. Very good. W12
Oblong folio in black polished cloth backed boards with gilt titles to front and spine, in an original (to reprint) goldernrod dust jacket; [6] pages, reprint : 294 pages plates, color maps (1 folded); 28 x 36 cm. Numerous full-page b&w illustrations A high quality production with a new introduction. || Early history of Sacramento, City and County, California. || **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply.**
560 pages. Index. Bibliography. "The Great Northern played an historic and sound role in the settlement and development of the Northwest." - from Foreward. Map endpapers. Wonderfully illustrated in colour and black and white. Attractive green cloth-covered boards with bright gilt lettering. Clean, bright and unmarked. Minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
170, [2] pp., molte ill. a colori n.t.; 34,5 x 26 cm. Tela edit. con sovrac. Sovraccoperta. con dorso ingiallito, piccoli strappi ai margini, piccole mancanze e fioriture. Dedica alla prima pagina bianca. Testi di Joseph Wood Krutch, fotografie di Eliot Porter
64 pages. Features: Cover illustration of MCAS El Toro (Santa Ana), California; Photo ad for Fenestra SATS panels; Two-page illustrated ad for the Vertol YHC-1A helicopter; Nuclear Restraint - a two-edged sword - feature article with photos of missiles; New horizons in firearms; Douglas ad includes photo of their Vice-Presidents Elmer Wheaton and Arthur E. Raymond; Report from the Ready Forces - The 3d Marine Air Wing - Part I - Mission Readiness, and Part II - Programs to Improve Readiness; Aviation in the Navy - reprint of sensational photo-illustrated article from 1916; One-page Grumman ad features illustration of the Blue Angels in flight with their F11F-1 supersonic Tigers; Boondoggle Artist; Lockheed one-page photo ad for the C-130 Hercules "Ski-130" (skis mounted under landing gear); List of promotions and transfers; MCA ad inside back cover features large photo of Tennessee Ernie Ford; Back cover color ad for the Convair Redeye Missile; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
224 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Contents include: The Colorado Narrow Gauge Circle; Eastern Lines; Canadian Narrow Gauge; California; Central America. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
65 pages. Features: The First Bulldogger - Bill Pickett; Me and Paint; Siege at Fort Utah - Mormon, Timpanogos Ute band; Columbia - California Gold Rush; The Last Fighting Comanche - Quanah Parker; Mystery Outlaw of the Border - aka Joe Casey; The Choctaw Code - Silan Lewis; Custer: Hero - George Armstrong Custer; Custer: Coward; Little Bighorn; Death of the Empire - George D. Roberts; Hell Riders of the West - Pony Express, Bob Haslam; Spy for the Pinkertons - Charlie Siringo. Average wear. Pg 45/46 Corner piece cut out - text unaffected. A worthy copy. Magazine
français 0 1860, br, 15 p. Fascicule orig., extrait de la série TOUR DU MONDE de l'année et semestre indiqués. Gravures ou photographies in-t et h-t. Format 21 x 29cm. Ex. collé en couverture d'attente, illustrée, carton rouge ou vert. Bonne présentation. TOUR DU MONDE.VOYAGE.ETATS UNIS. CALIFORNIE
Folio in green DJ; 169 p, b&w illus (some color) ; 31 cm National Monument; California. One of e the better, more detailed books on Hearst Castle and San Simeon
166p. Numerous illustrations and photographs, some in color. Folio. Original full paper binding. Original dust jacket. Slightly chipped. ART 5
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
Octavo in black boards in b & w and green wrappers (mostly white spine); 228 pages, [8] pages of plates: illus.; 24 cm. In English. || Interersting association copy inscribed by Williams to the late S.F. Civil Rights activist Carlton Goodlett; also signed by Cecil Williams on ffep. || Abstract: "This is the true story of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, an inner-city locus of self-transformation and action, where Williams has been the Minister of Liberation for twenty-nine years."
Brown cloth octavo, gilt lettering; 141 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm; bibliographical references. Inscribed by Charles B. Faulhaber, Director Friends of Bancroft Library, to James Bancroft. || Number 52 in the Series of keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members || Voyages to the Pacific coast. Education -- California -- History. Education. Gold mines and mining. Travel. Voyages to the Pacific coast. || Transcribed from Willey's "Personal memoranda" and diary, manuscripts held by the Bancroft Library. "This book was designed and composed by Les Ferriss in Healdsburg, California. The type is University Old Style, a digital rendering of University of California Old Style ... Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc., in an edition of five hundred case-bound copies, and five hundred paper-bound copies, using 60 lb. Nature's Natural text paper, with Rainbow and Mohawk cover papers."--Colophon. Includes typed letter (TLS) to patrons from Friedn of the Bancroft Library laid in.
Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Witherell Kidnapping case - Mrs. Gladys Witherell was kidnapped for several days - article with photos of victim and perpetrators; Bad Man Louis - a tale from what is now Glacier National Park in Montana; The Justice of the North - The North-West Mounted Police set out in search of two Eskimos - Sinnisiak and Uluksak - who killed Catholic priests in Canada's north; The Cowboys of the Camargue - a description of the life and cowboys of Frances's Camargue; Through Central America on Horseback - Part I - Eugene Cunningham describes his trip by horseback south from San Jose, Costa Rica - with photos; The Wreck of the "Angola" - the horrible tale of 42 days afloat between China and the Philippines; The River of Mystery - the largely unknown Orange River of South Africa; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - VI - the author finds himself hired as a Montana ranch hand; Photo and brief writeup of Turkey farm of Mr. M.A. Stutsman in Barstow, California; Two Boys in the Foreign Legion - young men choose to escape from the French Foreign Legion in the African desert, pursued by Arabs; Photo and brief write-up of "The Joshua Tree", the world's largest Yucca tree in southern California; The Buried Cities of Asia Minor - II - investigating the cities of Carchemish and Jerablus, on the Euphrates; The Cowboy Outlaw - Kid Curry terrorized the western states; Odds and Ends - Hungarian barber and Egyptian fisherman at work; nice vintage ads. Average wear. Bits of external tape secure spine. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
393-488, 126 [ads] pages. One fold-out drawing. Profusely illustrated with detailed drawings and black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Includes dozens of magnificently illustrated ads. Features: The Residence of F.F. Peabody, Esq., Montecito, California; The Ravisloe Country Club, Homewood, Illinois - George C. Nimmons & Co., Architects; The Phi Delta Theta Chapter House at the University of California, John Reid Jr., Architect; Otto R. Eggers, Architectural Renderer and Designer; The Creole Architecture of New Orleans; Industrial Housing Developments in America - Part III, Sawyer Park, Williamsport, PA, George S. and Lewis E. Welsh, Architects; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Architect's Library - Hispanic Society Publications. Notes and Comments. Somewhat above-average external wear. Openings at each end of backstrip. Two small binding holes near spine. Faint library stamp upon front cover. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Lovely color fashion ads; Anatomy of the Goldwater Boom - great photo-illustrated article; Once More - The K.K.K. - photo-illustrated article, including burning cross and Robert M. Shelton, Imperial Wizard of the United Klans of America; Hopeful Dialogue of the Races - Whites and Negroes set a bright example in Knoxville, TN; Britain's brilliant Minister for Science, Viscount Hailsham; Drama at the House of Morgan - Dramatic photos taken at the corner of Broad and Wall Streets, including the aftermath of a bomb which exploded in 1920 killing 30; The Titles attached to our Rulers' Names - Fhurer, Renovator of the Nation, Duce, Maximum Leader, etc.; Our teen-agers are suffering from 'Automania' - an overobsession with the automobile as a status symbol, as a means of getting someplace in a hurry, as a vehicle for a flight from tensions, or to indulge in a craving to show off; Cose View of Kremlin Boss Premier Nikita Khrushchev; Lovely color-photo ad for Helen Harper features Susie King of San Gabriel, California; Now the Earlier, Earlier Show - more and more movies are being shown on TV - even in prime time - article with photos; Motorola ad highlights their new 18-Amp silicon controlled rectifier used in home appliances; Fantastic color photo centerfold Rheingold Beer ad features contestants in the Miss Rheingold 1964 competition, Joyce DeHardt, Kay Hughes, Sondra Kates, Sheri Rice, Barbara Julian and Celeste Yarnall; Nice photos of college fashions; Nice color-photo Milk ad called "Milk Has Staying Power"; and more. Four ink stamps on Peugeot ad on page 25. Above-average external wear. Library stamp on front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
347p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, spine darkened
New York, The Dund Dial Press, 1948. 4to. mayor; 4 hs.; 437 pp. + 395 pp. + 369 pp. Encuadernación original en tela. La trilogía novelada del "gold rush", la fiebre del oro iniciada en 1849 con los "fortyniners", los tormentosos tiempos de los "vigilantes" hacia 1852, y el lanzamiento a la gran prosperidad subsiguiente. California tenía en 1848 una población de unos 6.000 habitantes, y en 1852 el primer censo arrojaba 269.000. Quinientos millones de dólares en oro lavado y poblados nuevos salidos de la nada salvaje en cuatro años.