Bidwell, John. In California Before the Gold Rush. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Ward Ritchie Press. 1948. 113 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 206391

Bieber, Margarete. Ancient Copies. Contributions to The History of Greek and Roman Art. Photo available. New York. New York University Press. 1977. 302 pps. + plates. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $95	Book ID: 211807

Biesty, Stephen & Richard Platt. Stephen Biesty's Incredible Explosions. Photo available. Ontario. Scholastic. 1996. Folio. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Fold out panels. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $20	Book ID: 184587

Biesty, Stephen & Richard Platt. Stephen Biesty's Incredible Explosions. Photo available. Ontario. Scholastic. 1996. Folio. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Fold out panels. Fine copy (small tear on edge of foldout).

Price: $20	Book ID: 203365

Biggs, Donald C. Conquer and Colonize. Stevenson's Regiment and California. Photo available. San Rafael. Presidio Press. 1977. 263 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 210573

Billeb, Emil. Mining Camp Days. Bodie, Aurora, Bridgeport, Tonopah, Lundy, Masonic, Benton, Thorne, Mono Mills, Mammoth, Sodaville, Goldfield. Photo available. Las Vegas. Nevada Publications. 1968. 229 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 207518

Billeci, David A. & Celia Carmichael (ed). Crockett and Its People. Signed by the authors. Limited edition. Photo available. Crockett. Crockett Improvement Assn. 1981. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 1500 copies, number 701. Signed by the authors. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 207392

Billington, Ray. The Far Western Frontier. 1830-1860. Photo available. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1956. 324 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 208672

Bingham, Edwin R. Charles F. Lummis. Editor of the Southwest. Photo available. San Marino. The Huntington Library. 1955. 218 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine (very lightly sunned) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $35	Book ID: 208732

Bingham, Helen. In Tamal Land. Photo available. San Francisco. The Calkins Publishing House. 1906. 141 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very rare in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $225	Book ID: 207294

Bird, Allan. Silverton Gold. Signed by the author. The Story of Colorado's Largest Gold Mine. Photo available. np. Self published. 1999. 221 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (spine slightly rolled).

Price: $20	Book ID: 211890

Bird, Esabella L. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. Western Frontier Library. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1960. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 209187

Bird, Isabella. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. Photo available. Sausalito. Comstock. 1987. 240 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $15	Book ID: 211757

Birmingham, Stephen. California Rich. The Lives, The Times, The Scandals and the Fortunes of the Men & Women Who Made and Kept California's Wealth. Photo available. New York. Simon and Schuster. 1980. 318 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 209429

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

Bjork, Kenneth W. West of the Great Divide. Norwegian Migration to the Pacific Coast, 1847-1893. Photo available. Northfield. Norwegian-American Historical Assocition. 1958. 671 pps. 4to. Gilt 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: 209566

Black, Dustin Lance & Armistead Maupin. Milk. Signed by the authors. A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk. Photo available. New York. Newmarket Press. 2009. 144 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Signed by the authors. Fine copy.

Price: $75	Book ID: 208972

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

Black, Robert C. III. Railroad Pathfinder. The Life and Times of Edward L. Berthoud. Photo available. Evergreen. Cordillera Press. 1988. 177 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 211029

Black, Robert C. III. The Railroads of the Confederacy. Photo available. Chapel Hill. University of North Carolina. 1998. 360 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (spine slightly cocked)/

Price: $20	Book ID: 211375

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

Blaisdell, Marilyn. San Francisciana. Photographs of the Sutro Baths. Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. 1987. 57 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Spiral bound. Illustrated. Important reference work. Postcard laid in. Fine copy.

Price: $15	Book ID: 208878

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

Blanco, Antonio de Fierro (Walter Nordhoff). The Journey of the Flame. Being an Account of One Year in the Life of Senor Don Juan Obrigon... Photo available. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1955. 295 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine (price clipped) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 208841