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

Blew, Robert (ed). Last Nuggets from the California Gold Rush. 1849. Keepsake 32. Photo available. Studio City. Los Angeles Corral. 2001. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 210085

Blew, Robert. A Grand Score. Brand Books 1-20. A Guide to the Contents and Authors of the First Twenty Brand Books Issued by the Los Angeles. Corral of the Westerners. Photo available. Los Angeles. Westerners. 1999. 48 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Limited edition of 540 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 209606

Bliss, Anthony. The Legacy of James D. Hart at The Bancroft Library. 1970-1990. Photo available. Berkeley. The Friends of The Bancroft Library. 1991. 93 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 209983

Bliss, Carey S. The First School Book Printed in California. With an Exact Facsimile Reproduction of the Unique Copy in the Huntington Library. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Zamorano Club. 1976. 15 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Facsimile in pocket. Limited edition of 200 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 207356

Bliss, Carey. The Willow Dale Press. 1879. With Notes on the History of the Amateur Press in California. With 3 original "Willow Oak" sheets. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1975. 21 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Limited edition of 52 copies. With three original sheets of "Willow Oak Press" in the rear pocket. Important reference work. Rare. Fine copy.

Price: $125	Book ID: 206473

Block, Eugene. The Immortal San Franciscans. For Whom the Streets Were Named. Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle Books. 1971. 244 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine (price clipped) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 208604

Blodget, Rush Maxwell. Little Dramas of Old Bakersfield. Inscribed by the author. As Seen by a Boy and Told in After ears. Photo available. Los Angeles. Carl A. Bundy Quill & Press. 1931. 222 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Rare. Inscribed by the author "To Bab Rush M. Blodget". Rare in this condition. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.

Price: $100	Book ID: 208255

Blodgett, Peter J. Land of Golden Dreams. California in the Gold Rush Decade, 1848-1858. Photo available. San Marino. Huntington Library. 1999. 147 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 209580

Bloss, Roy. Pony Express - The Great Gamble. Photo available. Berkeley. Howell-North. 1959. 159 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Large folding map. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 206164

Blow, Ben. California Highways. A Descriptive Record of Road Development by the State and by Such Counties as Have Paved Highways. Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. 1920. 308 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Map in rear pocket. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).

Price: $95	Book ID: 207455

Boardman, John. Archaic Greek Gems. Schools and Artists in the Sixth and Early Fifth Centuries B.C. Photo available. Evanston. Northwestern University Press. 1968. 236 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 211827

Boda, Joyce. Pioneer Leather Tanners. A History of The Wagner Family. Photo available. Eureka. Self published. 1997. 182 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 207712

Boessenecker, John. Lawman. Signed by the author. The Life and Times of Harry MOrse, 1835-1912. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1998. 366 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 207046

Bogart, Sewall. Lauriston. Signed, limited edition. An Architectural Biography of Herbert Edward Law. Photo available. Portola. Alpine House Publications. 1976. 194 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies, number 459. Signed by the author. Fine copy in fine slip case.

Price: $200	Book ID: 209916

Boggs, Mae Helene Bacon. My Playhouse Was a Concord Coach. An Anthology of Newspaper Clippings and Documents Relating to Those Who Made California History During the Years 1822-1888. Photo available. Oakland. Howell-North Press. 1942. 763 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Embossed blue cloth. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. A fascinating compendium of articles from many of the earliest California papers covering virtually every facet of transportation, banking, gold camps and everyday life on the frontier. A "Not for sale" copy. Presented to "Alice Spencer Downing 2815 Ashby Avenue. Berkeley California by Mae Helene Bacon Boggs - 99. Envelope including "Reviews of my Playhouse was a Concord Coach attached to a rear end paper. Rare, especially in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $350	Book ID: 206913

Bohn, Dave and Petschek (Darius Kinsey). Kinsey. Photographer. A Half Century of Negatives by Darius and Tabitha May Kinsey. Volume 3. The Locomotive Portraits. Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle Books. 1984. 143 pps. Oblong folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (book plate, light offsetting to title page) in near fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 211882

Bohn, Dave and Petschek (Darius Kinsey). Kinsey. Photographer. A Half Century of Negatives by Darius and Tabitha May Kinsey. Volumes One and Two. Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle Books. 1978. 319 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $35	Book ID: 211041

Bohn, Dave. East of the Golden Shores. Architecture of the Earlier Days in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. Photo available. np. Self published. Junior League of Oakland. Scrimshaw Press. 1971. 130 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.

Price: $45	Book ID: 206863

Bolin, C. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Major C. Bolin, Alias David Butler as Related by Himself. to A.A. Sargent. Palo Alto. Lewis Osborne. 1966. 87 pps. 4to. Hardcover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 100120

Bollinger, Edward. The Moffat Road. Photo available. Denver. Sage Books. 1962. 359 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Maps. Folding plates. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in very good (light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 211031

Bolton, Herbert E, Drake's Plate of Brass. Evidence of His Visit to California in 1579. Photo available. San Francisco. California Historical Society. 1937. 62 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Large folding map. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 206121

Bolton, Herbert E. New Spain and the Anglo-American West. 2 volumes. Limited edition of 250 copies, number 207. Photo available. Lancaser. George P. Hammond. 1932. 333 & 277 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard covers. First edition. Two volumes. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies, number 278.. Fine copy.

Price: $350	Book ID: 208170