Bixby-Smith, Sarah. Adobe Days. Being a Truthful Narrative of the Events in the Life of a California Girl on a Sheep Ranch and in the el Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles While it was Yet a Small and Humble Town... Photo available. Los Angeles. Jake Zeitlin. 1931. 148 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition, third printing Important reference work. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).

Price: $40	Book ID: 206749

Black, Esther Boulton. Rancho Cucamonga and Dona Merced. Photo available. Redlands. San Bernardino County Museum Assoc. 1975. 323 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 205816

Blackmur, Arnold. In Old Diablo. A Social History. Photo available. Redwood City. Ampex Corp. 1981. 65 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 207713

Blake, Evarts. Greater Oakland. 1911. A Volume Dealing with the Big Metropolis on the Shores of San Francisco Bay. Photo available. Oakland. Pacific Publishing. The Chamber of Commerce and Commonwealth of Oakland. 1911. 455 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding map. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $75	Book ID: 208042

Blanchard, Sarah Eliot. Memories of a Child's Early California Days. Photo available. Los Angeles. Ward Ritchie Press. 1961. 118 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy (light rubbing to covers).

Price: $75	Book ID: 207905

Bledsoe, A.J. Indian Wars of the Northwest. A California Sketch. Photo available. San Francisco. Bacon & Company. 1885. 505 pps. 4to. Hardcover. Full leather. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy (professionally rebound, retaining original back strip.

Price: $250	Book ID: 206328

Bliss, Carey S. The Beginnings of Journalism in Southern California. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. 1976. 15 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Near fine copy (light sunning to edges).

Price: $25	Book ID: 208355

Bliss, Carey S. The First School Book Printed in California. With an Exact Facsimile Reproduction of the Unique Copy in the Huntington Library. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Zamorano Club. 1976. 15 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Facsimile in pocket. Limited edition of 200 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 207356

Bliss, Carey. The Willow Oak Press. 1879. With Notes on the History of the Amateur Press in California. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1975. 21 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Limited edition of 10 copies. 4 copies in rear pocket. Important reference work. Rare. Fine copy.

Price: $125	Book ID: 206473

Blodget, Rush Maxwell. Little Dramas of Old Bakersfield. Inscribed by the author. As Seen by a Boy and Told in After ears. Photo available. Los Angeles. Carl A. Bundy Quill & Press. 1931. 222 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Rare. Inscribed by the author "To Bab Rush M. Blodget". Rare in this condition. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.

Price: $100	Book ID: 208255

Bloss, Roy. Pony Express - The Great Gamble. Photo available. Berkeley. Howell-North. 1959. 159 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Large folding map. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 206164

Blow, Ben. California Highways. A Descriptive Record of Road Development by the State and by Such Counties as Have Paved Highways. Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. 1920. 308 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Map in rear pocket. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).

Price: $95	Book ID: 207455

Boda, Joyce. Pioneer Leather Tanners. A History of The Wagner Family. Photo available. Eureka. Self published. 1997. 182 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 207712

Boelter, Mr. & Mrs. Homer. Desert Sanctuary. Christmas Greetings. Signed by the author. Photo available. Palm Springs. Self published. nd. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Signed by the author (prominent Native American artist and lithographer). Very scarce. Fine copy.

Price: $125	Book ID: 208360

Boessenecker, John. Lawman. Signed by the author. The Life and Times of Harry MOrse, 1835-1912. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1998. 366 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 207046

Boggs, Mae Helene Bacon. My Playhouse Was a Concord Coach. An Anthology of Newspaper Clippings and Documents Relating to Those Who Made California History During the Years 1822-1888. Photo available. Oakland. Howell-North Press. 1942. 763 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Embossed blue cloth. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. A fascinating compendium of articles from many of the earliest California papers covering virtually every facet of transportation, banking, gold camps and everyday life on the frontier. A "Not for sale" copy. Presented to "Alice Spencer Downing 2815 Ashby Avenue. Berkeley California by Mae Helene Bacon Boggs - 99. Envelope including "Reviews of my Playhouse was a Concord Coach attached to a rear end paper. Rare, especially in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $350	Book ID: 206913

Bohn, Dave. East of the Golden Shores. Architecture of the Earlier Days in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. Photo available. np. Self published. Junior League of Oakland. Scrimshaw Press. 1971. 130 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.

Price: $45	Book ID: 206863

Bolton, Herbert E, Drake's Plate of Brass. Evidence of His Visit to California in 1579. Photo available. San Francisco. California Historical Society. 1937. 62 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Large folding map. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 206121

Bolton, Herbert E. New Spain and the Anglo-American West. 2 volumes. Limited edition of 250 copies, number 207. Photo available. Lancaser. George P. Hammond. 1932. 333 & 277 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard covers. First edition. Two volumes. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies, number 278.. Fine copy.

Price: $350	Book ID: 208170

Bolton, Herbert E. New Spain and the Anglo-American West. 2 volumes. Signed by the contributors. Historical Contributions Presented to Herbert Eugene Bolton. Photo available. Lancaser. George P. Hammond. 1932. 4to. Gilt decorated hard covers. First edition. Two volumes. Important reference work. Both volumes signed by the contributors. Fine set, in glassine wrappers.

Price: $500	Book ID: 206860

Bolton, Herbert E. Wider Horizons of American HIstory. Photo available. New York. D. Appleton Century. 1939. 191 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 208523

Bolton, Herbert E. et al. Drake's Plate of Brass. Evidence of His Visit to California in 1579. Photo available. San Francisco. California Historical Society. 1937. 62 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Large folding map. Fine copy.

Price: $45	Book ID: 205744

Bolton, Herbert Eugene & Palou, Fray Francisco, O.F.M. Palou's New California. Historical Memoirs of New California. 4 volumes. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. c. 1926. 4to. Gilt decorated hard covers. First edition. Four volumes. Important reference work. Fine copies.

Price: $400	Book ID: 206150

Bolton, Herbert Eugene. Anza's California Expeditions. 5 volumes. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1930. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First editions. Five volumes. Important work by one of the great historians. Illustrated. Fine copies. 3 volumes in near fine (very light edge wear) dust jackets (in mylar).

Price: $650	Book ID: 206205

Bolton, Herbert Eugene. Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimeria Alta. 2 vols. A Contemporary Account of the Beginnings of California, Sonora, and Arizona, by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, S.J. Pioneer Missionary Explorer, Cartographer and Ranchman. 1683-1711 Photo available. Cleveland. The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1919 379 & 329 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Top edge gilt. First editions. Illustrated. Very important work on the Jesuit influence in the Southwest. Two volumes. Fine set.

Price: $400	Book ID: 206110