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

Barrett, S.A. Myths of the Southern Sierra Miwok. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1919. 28 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 207052

Barrington, Alexander. A California Gold Rush Miscellany. Comprising: The Original Journal of Alexander Barrington, Nine Unpublished Letters From the Mines, Reproductions of Early Maps and Towns From California Lithographs; Broadsides, &c., &c. Photo available. San Francisco. The Grabhorn Press. 1934. 45 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Limited edition of 550 copies. Folding maps, broadsides in facsimile, lithographs. Subscriber announcement laid in. Fine copy.

Price: $65	Book ID: 205729

Barry, T. A. and B. A. Patten. Men and Memories of San Francisco In the "Spring of 50." Photo available. San Francisco. A.L. Bancroft & Company. 1873. 296 pps. 12mo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Green, embossed cloth over boards. First edition. According to Cowan, this book presents "a most brilliant panorama of the times." Fine copy (very light shelf wear).

Price: $300	Book ID: 206622

Barry, T. A. and B. A. Patten. San Francisco, California. 1850. Photo available. Oakland. Biobooks. 1947. 296 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Limited edition of 650 copies. Material is present in rear pocket. Includes The Barry and Patten Index. Fine copy in near fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $60	Book ID: 207309

Basbanes, Nicholas. A Gentle Madness. Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books. Photo available. New York. Henry Holt and Co. 1995. 638 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 207878

Bastian, Beverly Wright. A Pictorial History of Belvedere. 1890-1990. A California Island Town. Photo available. Belvedere-Tiburon. The Landmark Society. 1990. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $75	Book ID: 207883

Bates, Craig D. & Martha Lee. Tradition and Innovation. A Basket History of the Indians of The Yosemite-Mono Lake Area. Photo available. Yosemite. Yosemite Association. 1990. 225 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $75	Book ID: 208057

Bateson, Charles. Gold Fleet for California. Forty Niners from Australia and New Zealand (Gold Rush). Photo available. East Lansing. Michigan State University Press. 1963. 144 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $75	Book ID: 208115

Battey, Thomas C. The Life and Adventures of a Quaker Among the Indians. Western Frontier Library. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1967. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 209221

Bauer, Helen. California Gold Days. Photo available. Sacramento. California State Department of Education. 1954. 128 pps. Octavo. Decorated hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 209073

Bauer, Helen. California Rancho Days. Photo available. Sacramento. California State Department of Education. 1953. 126 pps. Octavo. Decorated hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 207923

Baumgartner, Jerome W. Rancho Santa Margarita Remembered. On Oral History. Photo available. Santa Barbara. Fithian Press. 1989. 170 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 208253

Baur, John E. The Health Seekers of Southern California, 1870-1900. Photo available. San Marino. The Huntington Library. 1959. 202 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 208117

Beahrs, Andrew. Twain's Feast. Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens. Photo available. New York. Penguin Press. 2010. 323 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 207674

Bean, Lowell John. Mukat's People. The Cahuilla Indians of Southern California. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1972. 201 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 209112

Bean, Walton. Boss Ruef's San Francisco. The Story of the Union Labor Party, Big Business, and the Graft Prosecution. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1952. 345 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $20	Book ID: 209965

Bear, John and David Gregory. Mendocino. Signed by author and artist. Limited edition. Photo available. Urbana. Mendocino Book Partnership. 1986. 95 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Limited edition of 300 copies, number 101. Signed by the author and artist. Fine copy in fine slip case.

Price: $75	Book ID: 207413

Beard, Yolande S. The Wappo. A Report. Signed by the author. Photo available. St. Helena. Self published. 1977. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 207602