Bakken, Gordon Morris. Practicing Law in Frontier California. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1991. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $45	Book ID: 208231

Baldridge, M. A Reminiscence of the Parker H. French Expedition through Texas & Mexico to California in the Spring of 1850. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Zamorano Club. 1959. 52 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding map. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies, number 292. Fine copy.

Price: $125	Book ID: 207647

Ballard, Margaret. Coal Mining in The Mt. Diablo Region. Masters Degree Thesis. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1931. 96 pps. 4to. Stiff folder. Photo on cover. First edition. Carbon copy manuscript. Important reference work. Signed (in copy) by Herbert E. Bolton. Very rare. About one half of spine edge showing chew marks.

Price: $150	Book ID: 209502

Balzar, Robert Lawrence & Ansel Adams. This Uncommon Heritage. The Paul Masson Story. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Ward Ritchie Press. 1970. 118 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Illustrated with photographs by Ansel Adams. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 209087

Bamford, Georgia Loring. The Mystery of Jack London. Some of His Friends. Also a Few Letters. A Reminiscence. Photo available. Oakland. Self published. 1931. 255 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in near fine (edge chips) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 207250

Bancroft, Anne. The Memorable Lives of Bummer & Lazarus (Citizens of San Francisco). 185? - 1865. Signed by the author. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Ward Ritchie Press. 1939. 26 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Signed by the author. Very rare in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $100	Book ID: 207651

Bancroft, Hubert Howe & Everett Gordon Hager (ed). The Zamorano Index to History of California. 2 volumes. Photo available. Los Angeles. University of Southern California. 1985. 759 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard covers. First edition. Two volumes. Important reference work. Fine set.

Price: $125	Book ID: 207792

Bancroft, Hubert Howe & Joe Sullivan. History of the Life of Leland Stanford. A Character Study. Photo available. Oakland. Biobooks. 1952. 235 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Limited edition of 7.50 copies. Signed "Joe Sullivan". Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 207198

Bancroft, Hubert Howe. Some Cities and San Francisco and Resurgam. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. New York. Bancroft Co. 1907. 64 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. "Press Notice" laid in. Inscribed by the author "Supervisor Brenon. With the respects of Hubert Howe Bancroft. San Francisco. Aug 1907". Very rare in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $350	Book ID: 209667

Bandini, Don Arturo and Gladys Louise Williams. Navidad; A Christmas Day With the Early California's and Pastorela; A Shepherd's Play, Translated, With a Note. Photo available. San Francisco. California Historical Society. 1958. 49 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in near fine (very light soiling to edges) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 206262

Bandini, Jose & Doris Marion Wright (trans.). A Description of California in 1828. Photo available. Berkeley. The Friends of the Bancroft Library. 1951. 52 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Limited edition of 400 copies. Rare. Letter from Bancroft Library laid in. Fine copy.

Price: $75	Book ID: 205704

Bangs, E. Geoffrey. Portals West. Limited edition. A Folio of Late Nineteenth Century Architecture in California. Photo available. San Francisco. California Historical Society. 1960. 86 pps. + 36 plates. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 1000 copies, number 128. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (light spotting on top edge) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $75	Book ID: 209825

Banning, Capt. William and George. Six Horses. Photo available. New York. The Century Co. 1930. 410 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $125	Book ID: 208095

Bari, Valeska (compiler). The Course of Empire. First Hand Accounts of California in the Days of The Gold Rush of '49. Photo available. New York. Coward-McCann. 1931. 368 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (spine lightly sunned) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 209648

Barich, Bill & Therese Hayman. Picturing California. A Century of Photographic Genius. Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle Books. 1989. 152 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 210133

Barker, Malcolm E. Bummer & Lazarus. San Francisco's Famous Dogs. A True Story, as Reported in the Newspapers of 1861-1965. Photo available. San Francisco. Londonborn Pub. 2000. 86 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $15	Book ID: 208931

Barker, Malcolm E. Three Fearful Days. Signed by the author. San Francisco's Memories of the 1906 Earthquake & Fire. Photo available. San Francisco. Londonborn Pub. 2006. 333 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $35	Book ID: 208573

Barlow, William P., Jr. et al. Remembering Albert Sperisen. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. nd. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 209753

Barnes, Dwight H. The Greening of Paradise Valley. Where the Land Owns the Water and the Power. The First 100 Years of the Modesto Irrigation District. Photo available. Modesto. Modesto Irrigation District. 1987. 172 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 206998

Barnhart, Jacqueline Baker. The Fair but Frail. Prostitution in San Francisco. 1849-1900. Photo available. Reno. University of Nevada Press. 1986. 136 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 208285

Barns, George C. Denver. The Man. The Life, Letters and Public Papers of The Lawyer, Soldier and Statesman. Photo available. Wilmington. Self published. 1950. 372 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 206588

Barr, Louise Farrow. Presses of Northern California and Their Books. 1900-1933. Photo available. Berkeley. The Book Arts Club. 1934. 277 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 400 copies, number 5. Fine copy (spine very lightly sunned).

Price: $85	Book ID: 208039

Barrett, Elinore M. The California Oyster Industry. Fish Bulletin 123. Photo available. Sacramento. Department of Fish and Game. 1963. 103 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 209734

Barrett, Ellen C. Baja California II. 1535-1964. A Bibliography Historical, Geographical and Scientific Literature Relating to the Peninsula of Baja California and the the Adjacent Islands in the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean. Photo available. Los Angeles. Westerlore Press. 1967. 250 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 550 copies. Fine copy in glassine wrapper (closed tear).

Price: $75	Book ID: 206116

Barrett, Ellen C. Baja California. 1535-1964. A Bibliography Historical, Geographical and Scientific Literature Relating to the Peninsula of Baja California and the the Adjacent Islands in the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean. Photo available. Los Angeles. Bennett & Marshall. 1957. 285 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.

Price: $225	Book ID: 206095