Shanks, Ralph. Guardians of the Golden Gate. Inscribed by the author. Lighthouses and Lifeboat Stations of San Francisco Bay. Photo available. Petaluma. Costano. 1990. 318 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "To Glen & Carrie, In memory of your first date. Best wishes! Ralph Shanks & Lisa Wood Shanks". Fine copy (owner inscription on end paper).

Price: $35	Book ID: 214505

Shanks, Ralph. Guardians of the Golden Gate. Lighthouses and Lifeboat Stations of San Francisco Bay. Photo available. Petaluma. Costano. 1990. 318 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 176967

Shanks, Ralph. Guardians of the Golden Gate. Lighthouses and Lifeboat Stations of San Francisco Bay. Photo available. Petaluma. Costano. 1990. 318 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 194045

Shea, John. Anatomy of Contemporary Furniture. New York. Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1973. 191 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 239917

Shearer, Frederick. The Pacific Tourist. Illustrated Trans-Continental Guide of Travel From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.... Photo available. New York. Bounty Books. 1970 (1884). 379 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Illustrated. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 221574

Shebl, James. In this Wild Water. The Suppressed Poems of Robinson Jeffers. Photo available. Pasadena. Ward Ritchie Press. 1976. 123 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Ansel Adams photo on dust jacket. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 183928

Shields, Scott A. (ed). et al. Rain Forest Visions. Amazonian Ceramics from Ecuador. The Melza and Ted Barr Collection. Photo available. Sacramento. Crocker Art Museum. 2015. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $65	Book ID: 202343

Shields, Scott A. (ed). et al. Rain Forest Visions. Amazonian Ceramics from Ecuador. The Melza and Ted Barr Collection. Photo available. Sacramento. Crocker Art Museum. 2015. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy (small holes drilled on rear cover).

Price: $35	Book ID: 204805

Shields, Scott et al. San Francisco and the Second Wave. The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism. Photo available. Sacramento. Crocker Art Museum. 2004. 240 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $45	Book ID: 217290

Shigo, Alex. A New Tree Biology. Facts, Photos, and Philosophies on Trees and Their Problems and Proper Care. Durham. Shigo and Trees, Associates. 1993. 618 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition, fifth printing. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.

Price: $200	Book ID: 239891

Shirley, Dame (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe & Thomas Russell. The Shirley Letters from California Mines. Signed by publisher, limited edition. Being a Series of Twenty-Three Letters from Dame Shirley to her Sister in Massachusetts. Photo available. San Francisco. Thomas C. Russell. 1922. 350 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated with hand-colored plates. Important reference work. Limited edition of 450 copies, number 306. Signed "Thomas Russell". Very rare in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).

Price: $750	Book ID: 206147

Sholin, Bill. Bill Sholin's "The Sacrifical Lambs" (Who Fought like Lions). Inscribed by the author. The Kamikaze Massacre of - 157 - Us Destroyers. The True Story Screaming to be Told. Photo available. Bonney Lake. Mountain View Books. 1989. 240 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "Dedicated to Walter Newport. Walter as you read about the many ships hit by Kamikazis - always remember the brave men who faced them - and died! Bill Sholin". Fine copy. As new.

Price: $100	Book ID: 224276

Shook, Dr. Edward. Elementary Treatise in Herbology. http://www.bookmine.com/images/239078.jpg Banning. Enos Publishing. 1993. 160 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $95	Book ID: 239078

Shub, Boris. Since Stalin. A Photo History of Our Time. Photo available. New York. Swen. 1951. 4to. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 152362

Shumate, Albert M.D. & Francis P. Farquhar. The Life of George Henry Goddard. Artist Architect Surveyor, and Map Maker. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. The Friends of the Bancroft Library. 1969. 11 pps. Folio. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Large (Approx. 32" x 26") Goddard Map in rear pocket. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (light crease on front panel).

Price: $30	Book ID: 221330

Siegel, Jeff. The American Detective. An Illustrated History. Dallas. Taylor Publishing. 1993. 168 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $35	Book ID: 239753

Silverman, Barton. Capturing the Moment. The Sports Photography of Barton Silverman. New York. Penguin Studio. 1996. 192 pps. Folio. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.

Price: $50	Book ID: 239795

Silverman, Kenneth. Houdini!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss. http://www.bookmine.com/images/239057.jpg New York. HarperCollins. 1996. 467 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.

Price: $50	Book ID: 239057

Simon, Andre. Dictionary of Gastronomy. Photo available. Woodstock. Overlook Press. 1978. Folio. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in very good (light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 153840

Simon, Hilda. Chameleons and Other Quick-Change Artists. Photo available. New York. Dodd, Mead & Company. 1973. 157 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $20	Book ID: 102655

Simon, Ted. The River Stops Here. How One Man's Battle to Save His Valley Changed the Fate of California. Photo available. New York. Random House. 1994. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 157220

Simpson, Harold. Audie Murphy. American Soldier. Veterans Edition. http://www.bookmine.com/images/239077.jpg Dallas. Alcor Publishing. 1982. 466 pps. Folio. Gilt 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: $200	Book ID: 239077

Simpson, Lee. Sacramento's Oak Park. Images of America. Photo available. Charleston. Arcadia. 2004. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 239537

Simpson, M.A. Fair Oaks. Images of America. http://www.bookmine.com/images/239124.jpg San Francisco. Arcadia. 2005. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 239125

Singer, Charles. A History of Scientific Ideas. From the Dawn of Man to the Twentieth Century. New York. Barnes & Noble. 1996. 525 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.

Price: $30	Book ID: 239571