Bench, Joseph Perkins & James P. Delgado (ed). The Log of Apollo. Joseph Perkins Beach's Journal of the Voyage of the Ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco. 1849. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1986. 122 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding plates. Important reference work. Limited edition of 550 copies. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.

Price: $100	Book ID: 206500

Benedict, Pierce I. (ed). History of Beverly Hills. In Two Parts. Narrative and Bigraphical. Photo available. Beverly Hills. A.H. Cawston - H.M. Meier. 1934. 240 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Walter G. McCarty's personal copy (name on front panel). Related material laid in. Near fine copy (small worn area on spine edge).

Price: $950	Book ID: 206360

Benemann, William (ed). A Year of Mud and Gold. San Francisco in Letters and Diaries, 1849-1850. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1999. 241 pps. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 206970

Benjamin, [I.J.]. Three Years in America. 2 volumes. Volume I: 1859-1862, Volume II. 1859-1862. Photo available. Philadelphia. The Jewish Publication Society of America. 1956. 335 & 290 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First editions. Two volumes. Important reference work. Fine set.

Price: $75	Book ID: 207739

Bennett, Melba Berry & Lawrence Clark Powell. The Stone Mason of Tor House. The Life and Times of Robinson Jeffers. Photo available. Los Angeles. Ward Ritchie Press. 1966. 264 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. Fine copy in near fine (light sunning to spine, minor nicks) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $75	Book ID: 207489

Bennett, Virginia Smith. Dublin Reflections and Bits of Valley History. Signed by the author. California. Photo available. Union City. Mill Creek Press. 1978. 92 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 207065

Bergman, John. The History of the Sunset Railway. Including the McKittrick Branch of the Southern Pacific Company. Photo available. Bakersfield. Kern County Historical Society. 1994. 114 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $100	Book ID: 207080

Berner, Bertha. Mrs. Leland Stanford. An Intimate Account. Photo available. Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1935. 231 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $75	Book ID: 206292

Bernhardi, Robert C. The Great Buildings of San Francisco. A Photographic Guide. Photo available. New York. Dover. 1980. 83 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $15	Book ID: 207631

Berry, Roger B. & Sylvester E. Klinicke. Centennial Bibliography of Orange County California. Photo available. Santa Ana. Orange County Historic Society. 1989. 340 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $75	Book ID: 208072

Berry, Roger et al. Centennial Bibliography of Orange County, California. Photo available. Santa Ana. Orange County Historical Society. 1989. 339 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $75	Book ID: 206199

Bert, Norman. A History of Kern County Land Company. Photo available. Bakersfield. Kern County Historic Society. 1971. 50 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $75	Book ID: 206371

Berthold, Victor M. Ph,.D. The Pioneer Steamer California. 1848-1849. Photo available. Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1932. 106 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 205690

Berton, Francis. A Voyage on the Colorado - 1878. Photo available. Los Angeles. Glen Dawson. 1953. 104 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 207569

Bestor, Arthur Eugene, Jr. David Jacks of Monterey, and Lee L. Jacks His Daughter. Photo available. Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1945. 45 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Tipped-in plates. Limited edition of 105 copies. Related material laid in. Fine copy.

Price: $450	Book ID: 206625

Bickham, William Dennison. A Buckeye in the Land of Gold. The Letters and Journals of William Dennison Bickham. Photo available. Spokane. The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1996. 286 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $45	Book ID: 208169

Bidwell, John & Herbert Ingram Priestley. A Journey to California. With Observations about the Country, Climate and The Route to this Country. A Day-by-Day Record of the Journey from May 18, 1841, to November 6, 1841. Photo available. San Francisco. John Henry Nash. 1937. 48 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 205860

Bidwell, John (ed.), A Bibliophile's Los Angeles. Essays for the International Association of Bibliophiles on the Occasion of Its XIVth Congress. 30 September - October 1985. Photo available. Los Angeles. The William Andrews Clark Memorial LIbrary. 1985. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $85	Book ID: 206691

Bidwell, John et al. Century Magazine. Bound volumes. c. 1890. Photo available. Century Magazine. 1890-1892. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Articles on early California, Spanish Pioneers, Missions, Gold Discovery, Fremont, Panama, Donner Party, Mining, Vigilance Committees, etc. Fine copy.

Price: $125	Book ID: 206114

Bidwell, John. In California Before the Gold Rush. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Ward Ritchie Press. 1948. 113 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 206391

Bieber, Ralph P. (ed). Southern Trails to California in 1849. Photo available. Glendale. Arthur C. Clark Company. 1937. 386 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Folding map. Fine copy.

Price: $85	Book ID: 205805

Bigler, David L. Forgotten Kingdom. The Mormon Theocracy in the American West. 1847-1896. Volume 2. Kingdom of the West. Photo available. Spokane. The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1998. 411 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Deluxe binding. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 55 copies, number 21. Signed by the author. Fine copy.

Price: $75	Book ID: 206571

Billeb, Emil. Mining Camp Days. Bodie, Aurora, Bridgeport, Tonopah, Lundy, Masonic, Benton, Thorne, Mono Mills, Mammoth, Sodaville, Goldfield. Photo available. Las Vegas. Nevada Publications. 1968. 229 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 207518

Billeci, David A. & Celia Carmichael (ed). Crockett and Its People. Signed by the authors. Limited edition. Photo available. Crockett. Crockett Improvement Assn. 1981. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 1500 copies, number 701. Signed by the authors. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 207392

Bingham, Helen. In Tamal Land. Photo available. San Francisco. The Calkins Publishing House. 1906. 141 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very rare in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $225	Book ID: 207294