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

Benson, Ted. Mother Lode Shortline. A Sierra Railroad Pictorial. Photo available. Burlingame. Chatham Pub. 1970. 48 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light rubbing to covers, book plate).

Price: $25	Book ID: 211244

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

Berg, A. Scott. Lindberg. New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1998. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Pulitzer prize winner. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 147069

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

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, Paul. Waikiki. In the Wake of Dreams. Photo available. Filmworks Press. 2000. 4to. 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: $25	Book ID: 211637

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

Berry, William. Lost Sierra. Gold, Ghosts & Skis. The Legendary Days of Skiing in the California Mining Camps. Photo available. Soda Springs. Western America Skisport Museum. 1991. 227 pps. + appendix. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 211384

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

Beserra, Sarah Senefeld. Sex Code of California. A Compendium. Photo available. Sacramento. Planned Parenthood Affiiates of California. 1977. 187 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 208286

Best, Gerald. Promontory's Locomotives. Photo available. San Marino. Golden West Books. 1980. 43 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $15	Book ID: 211728

Best, Gerald. Ships and Narrow Gauge Rails. The Story of the Pacific Coast Company. Photo available. Berkeley. Howell-North. 1964. 157 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (spine lettering faded) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 211344

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

Betts, Robert B. The Ramparts of the Tetons. The Saga of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Photo available. Boulder. Colorado Associated University Press. 1978. 249 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).

Price: $20	Book ID: 211616

Biddle, Nicholas (ed). The Journals of the Expedition Under the Command of Capts. Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri... 2 vols. Photo available. New York. The Heritage Press. 1962. 4to. Decorated hard covers. First edition thus. Two volumes. Illustrated. Folding map. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copies in near fine slip cases (worn spot, top rear edge).

Price: $50	Book ID: 210621

Bidwell, John & Francis P. Farquhar (intro.). A Journey to California, 1841. The First Emigrant Party to California by Wagon Train. Photo available. Berkeley. Friends of the Bancroft Library. 1964. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Facsimile of The Journal. Folding map. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 209046