Beilharz, Edwin. We Were 49ers! Limited edition. Chilean Accounts of the California Gold Rush. Photo available. Pasadena. Ward Ritchie Press. 1976. 230 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Leather. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies, number 140. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 208606

Bekeart, Philip. Three Generations. Presentation copy to Alfred Ghiradelli. 1837-1949. Jules Francois Bekeart, A Gunsmith, Philip Baldwin Bekeart, His Son, Philip Kendall Bekeart, His Grandson. Photo available. Oakland. Westgate Press. 1949. 26 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Tipped color frontis piece. Illustrated. Limited edition of 500 copies. Signed by the author. Inscribed by the author "To Alfred Ghiradelli Greetings & regards. Phil K. Bekeart". Signed letter to Alfred Ghiradelli. Alfred Ghirardelli book plate. Limited edition of 500 copies. Rare association copy. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.

Price: $225	Book ID: 209150

Belden, Josiah. Josiah Belden. 1841. California Overland Pioneer: His Memoir and Early Letters. Photo available. Georgetown. Talisman Press. 1962. 150 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Limited to 750 copies. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 206678

Belden, L. Burr. Mines of Death Valley. Photo available. Glendale. La Siesta Press. 1966. 72 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 206824

Bell, Geoffrey. The Golden Gate and the Silver Screen. San Francisco in the History of the Cinema. Photo available. New York. Cornwall. 1984. 186 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 210128

Bell, Horace & Ward Ritchie. Reminiscences of a Ranger or Early Times in Southern California. 3 volumes. Photo available. Los Angeles. Anderson, Ritchie & Simon. 1965. Octavos. Gilt decorated hard covers. First edition thus. Three volumes. Illustrated by Gene Holtan. Important reference work. Limited edition of 1200 copies, number 1119. Very scarce 3 volume set. Fine copies in fine slip cases.

Price: $225	Book ID: 207821

Bell, Horace. Reminiscences of a Ranger or Early Times in Southern California. Photo available. Santa Barbara. Wallace Hebberd. 1927. 499 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard covers. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very rare in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $150	Book ID: 208679

Bell, Katherine M. Swinging the Censer. Reminiscences of Old Santa Barbara. Photo available. Santa Barbara. Self published. 1931. 287 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $125	Book ID: 209491

Bell, Major Horace & Dewey and Nola Mosier (eds). Tales of the Trinity. Signed, limited edition. Photo available. Weaverville. Trinity County Historic Society. 1983. 55 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 100 copies, number 13. Signed by the authors. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.

Price: $100	Book ID: 207743

Bell, Major Horace & Dewey and Nola Mosier (eds). Tales of the Trinity. Signed, limited edition. Photo available. Weaverville. Trinity County Historic Society. 1983. 55 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 100 copies, number 34. Signed by the authors. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.

Price: $100	Book ID: 207879

Bell, Major Horace. On the Old West Coast. Being Further Reminiscences of a Ranger. Photo available. New York. William Morrow. 1930. 330 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: $50	Book ID: 208537

Bell, Major Horace. Reminiscences of a Ranger or, Early Times in Southern California. Photo available. Los Angeles. Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes, Printers. 1881. 457 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard covers. Embossed boards. First edition. Important reference work. Rare in this condition. Near fine copy. Bright copy. Light foxing to preliminaries, edges. One signature sprung. In cloth dust jacket.

Price: $450	Book ID: 208172

Belous, Russell E. (ed). A Guide and Catalogue of the California Hall at the Los Angeles County Museum. With a Running Historical Text: California: The Dream of Paradise. Photo available. Los Angeles. Los Angeles County Museum. 1964. 147 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 208305

Belyk, Robert C. Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast. Photo available. New York. John Wiley & Sons. 2001. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 208886

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

Benson, Ivan. Mark Twain's Western Years. Together with Hitherto Unreprinted Clemens Western Items. Photo available. Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1938. 218 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine (very light wear to spine tip) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 208757

Benson, Robert. Great Winemakers of California. Photo available. Santa Barbara. Capra Press. 1977. 303 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 210021

Benton, Lisa M. The Presidio. From Army Post to National Park. Photo available. np. Northeastern University. 1998. 277 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $20	Book ID: 209574

Berger, John. The Franciscan Missions of California. Photo available. New York. G.P. Putnams. 1941. 392 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: $25	Book ID: 209029

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