Browne, J. Ross. A Dangerous Journey. California 1849. Photo available. Palo Alto. Arthur Lites Press. 1950. 93 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Limited to 1000 copies. Illustrated in black, white and color. Browne, a colorful adventurer, reporter, Minister to China and chronicler of early California, recounts a walking trip from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo. His encounter with a Donner party survivor, romance and an element of personal danger make this an interesting read. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 207378

Browne, J. Ross. A Peep at Washoe and Washoe Revisited. Photo available. Balboa Island. Paisano Press. 1959. 240 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 206378

Browne, J. Ross. Muleback to the Convention. Letters of J. Ross Browne. Reporter to the Constitutional Convention. Monterey, September-October, 1849. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1950. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Facsimile letter tippe-in. Limited edition of 400 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 205709

Browne, J. Ross. Resources of The Pacific Slope. A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the Mines and Minerals, Climate, Topography, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Productions of the States and Territories West of The Rocky Mountains. With a Sketch of The Settlement and Exploration of Lower California. Photo available. New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1869. 209 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy (old paper label on spine, several old library stamps).

Price: $250	Book ID: 208074

Browne, J. Ross. The Indians in California. Photo available. San Francisco. Colt Press. 1944. 75 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $150	Book ID: 207549

Browne, Juanita Kennedy. A Tale of Two Cities and a Train. In shrink wrap. History of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad 1872-1942. Photo available. Nevada City. Nevada County Historical Society. 1990. 205 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy. As new in shrink wrap.

Price: $50	Book ID: 207243

Browne, Juanita Kennedy. A Tale of Two Cities and a Train. Signed, limited edition. History of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad 1872-1942. Photo available. Nevada City. Nevada County Historical Society. 1990. 205 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 2000 copies, number 231. Signed by the author. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 207707

Browning, Peter. San Francisco Yerba Buena. Signed by the author. From the Beginnings to the Gold Rush. 1769-1849. Photo available. Lafayette. Great West Books. 1998. 191 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 209609

Browning, Peter. Yerba Buena. San Francisco. From the Beginning to the Gold Rush. 1769-1849. Photo available. Lafayette. Great West Books. 1998. 191 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 210635

Brubaker, Isabelle Spencer. 100 Years of Growth. Signed by the author. 1850-1950. A History of Walnut Creek. Contra Costa County, California. Photo available. np. Self published. 1975. 176 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy (owner inscription).

Price: $45	Book ID: 209590

Brucato, John G. The Farmer Goes to Town. The Story of San Francisco's Farmers' Market. Photo available. San Francisco. Burke Pub. 1948. 143 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 206513

Bruce, John. Gaudy Century. 1848-1948. The Story of San Francisco's Hundred Years of Robust Journalism. Photo available. New York. Random House. 1948. 302 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 209882

Bruff, J. Goldsborough. Gold Rush. The Journals, Drawings, and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff. Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association. Photo available. New York. Columbia University Press. 1949. 794 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Color plates, black & white reproductions. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $200	Book ID: 209802

Bryant, Edwin & Richard Dillon (intro). What I Saw in California. Comprising the Complete Original Narrative and Appendix from the 1849 Appleton Edition. In True Facsimile. Photo available. Palo Alto. Lewis Osborne. 1967. 480 pps. + obituary and index. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Large, folding map in rear pocket. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 208259

Buchanan, A. Russell. David S. Terry of California. Dueling Judge. Photo available. San Marino. Huntington Library. 1956. 238 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 206394

Buck, Franklin. A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush. The Letters of Franklin A. Buck. Photo available. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1930. 294 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Illustrated. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy.

Price: $45	Book ID: 209135

Buckbee, Edna Bryan. Saga of Old Tuolumne. Photo available. New York. The Press of the Pioneers, Inc. 1935. 526 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $75	Book ID: 205823

Buffum, E. Gould & John W. Caughey. Six Months in the Gold Mines. From a Journal of Three Years Residence in Upper and Lower California. 1847-8-9. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Ward Ritchie Press. 1959. 145 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Interesting observations from a member of Stevensons Regiment. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.

Price: $50	Book ID: 205797

Buley, R. Carlyle. The Old Northwest. Pioneer Period. 1815-1840. 2 vols. in slip case. Photo available. Bloomington. Indiana University Press. 1951. 632 & 686 pps. 4tos. Gilt decorated hard cover. First editions. Two volumes. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine set in fine slip case.

Price: $125	Book ID: 209801

Bunje, Emil T.H., Ph.D. Pre-Marshall Gold in California. Volume II (Discoveries and Near-Discoveries, 1840-1848). Photo available. Sacramento. Hammon's Archives. 1983. 70 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 207460

Buranelli, Vincent. Gold. An Illustrated History. Photo available. Maplewood. Hammond Incorporated. 1979. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 207513

Burchell, R.A. Harriet Martineau and America. Selected Letters from the Reinhard S. Speck Collection. Photo available. Berkeley. The Friends of the Bancroft Library. 1995. 119 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 209592

Burgess, Dr. Larry E. Redlands: Remembrance and Reflection. Signed by the author. Photo available. Redlands. Redlands Federal Savings. 1981. 51 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies, number 48. Signed by the author and President of Redlands Federal Savings. Fine copy.

Price: $45	Book ID: 207768

Burgess, Gelett et al. The California Poetry Folios. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1947. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. Fine set in fine (light rubbing to spine) slip case.

Price: $50	Book ID: 209396

Burgess, Gelett. Behind the Scenes. Glimpses of Fin de siecle San Francisco. Photo available. San Francisco. Grabhorn-Hoyem. The Book Club of California. 1968. 127 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Limited edition of 400 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 205766