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

Blair, Todd & Karen Garvey. Hometown Memories... When We Got Electric... Tales from the Gold Old Days in Northwest West Virginia. Photo available. Claremont. Hometown Memories. 2012. 448 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: $75	Book ID: 212930

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

Price: $20	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

Blanch, Josephine Mildred. The Story of a Friendship. A California Reminiscence of Robert Louis Stevenson. His Few Months in Monterey and His Old Friend Jules Simoneau. Photo available. np. Self published. 1921. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (light sunning to edges).

Price: $450	Book ID: 212155

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

Blanding, Gordon. Notes on Earthquakes Along the California Coast Line. Photo available. Belvedere. Self published. 1908. 13 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $85	Book ID: 212356

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

Bloomfield, Sara J. Flight and Rescue. Photo available. Washington. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2001. 218 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated 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: $40	Book ID: 212928

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