Politi, Leo. Bunker Hill. Los Angeles. Inscribed by the author. Reminiscences of Bygone Days. Photo available. Palm Desert. Desert-Southwest, Inc. 1964. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very rare in this condition. Signed and dated "Leo Politi 1964" with a wonderful painting of flowers. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $225 |
Book ID: 207781 |
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Politi, Leo. Tales of the Los Angeles Parks. Photo available. Palm Desert. Desert-Southwest, Inc. 1966. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very rare in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $250 |
Book ID: 208534 |
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Polk, Dora Beale. The Island of California. A History of the Myth. Photo available. Spokane. The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1991. 398 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 207657 |
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Pomeroy, Elizabeth. John Muir in Southern California. Photo available. Pasadena. The Castle Press. 1999. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 207018 |
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Pomfret, John (ed). California Gold Rush Voyages, 1848-1849. Three Original Narratives. Photo available. San Marino. Huntington Library. 1954. 246 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 206315 |
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Porter, Bruce et al. Art in California. A Survey of American Art with Special Reference to Californian Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Past and Present. Particularly as Those Arts were Represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Photo available. San Francisco. R.L. Bnernier. 1916. 183 pps. 4to. Buckram spine, leather label over cloth boards. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Rare. Fine copy (very light wear at tips, light sunning to spine) in fine slip case.
Price: $450 |
Book ID: 206454 |
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Poulton, Helen J. Index to History of Nevada. Thompson & West. 1881. Photo available. Reno. University of Nevada Press. 1966. 148 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 206401 |
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Pourade, Richard F. The Colorful Butterfield Overland Stage. Reproduction in Color of 20 Paintings by Marjorie Reed. Photo available. Palm Desert. Best-West Pub. 1966. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 208499 |
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Pourade, Richard. Anza Conquers the Desert. The Anza Expeditions from Mexico to California and the Founding of San Francisco: 1774 to 1776. Photo available. San Diego. A Copley Book. 1971. 116 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: $30 |
Book ID: 205861 |
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Powell, G. Harold & Lawrence Clark Powell. Letters from Orange Empire. Photo available. Los Angeles. Historic Society of Southern California. 1996. 142 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 207960 |
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Powell, G. Harold & Lawrence Clark Powell. Letters from the Orange Empire. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell. Photo available. Los Angeles. Historic Society of Southern California. 1990. 142 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Colored tipped-in frontis. Important reference work. Limited edition of 100 signed copies. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 206547 |
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Powell, H.M.T. & Douglas S. Watson (ed). The Santa Fe Trail to California. 1849-1852. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. E. & R. Grabhorn. 1931. 272 pps. Folio. Half leather over boards. First edition. Illustrated. Folding map. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Very rare in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $2,000 |
Book ID: 207281 |
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Powell, John J. Nevada: The Land of Silver. Photo available. San Francisco. Bacon & Company. 1876. 305 pps.+ ads. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Embossed boards. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Rare in this condition. Near fine copy (light wear to spine tips, light fading to boards).
Price: $325 |
Book ID: 206353 |
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Powell, Lawrence Clark & Kevin Starr. An Orange Grove Boyhood. Growing Up in Southern California. 1910-1928. Photo available. Santa Barbara. Capra Press. 1988. 80 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 207816 |
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Powell, Lawrence Clark. Bibliographies of The Golden State. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1967. 30 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 200 copies. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 208021 |
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Powell, Lawrence Clark. Books in my Baggage. More Delightful Essays on Books... (signed by the author). Photo available. Cleveland. World Pub. 1959. 258 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 207257 |
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Powell, Lawrence Clark. Books West Southwest. Essays on Writers, Their Books, and The Land. Photo available. Los Angeles. Ward Ritchie Press. 1957. 157 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 206176 |
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Powell, Lawrence Clark. Land of Fiction. Thirty-Two Novels and Stories about Southern California from Ramona to The Loved One. A Bibliographical Essay. Photo available. Los Angeles. Glen Dawson. 1952. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 325 copies. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 207568 |
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Powell, Lawrence Clark. Philosopher Pickett. The Life of the Eccentric Pamphleteer Who Became the West's First Political Reformer. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1942. 178 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. "With the Librarian's Compliments" Lawrence Clark Powell's card on end paper. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 207027 |
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Powell, Lawrence Clark. The Alchemy of Books and Other Essays and Addresses on Books & Writers. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. Los Angeles. Ward Ritchie. The Zamorano Club. 1954. 263 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "To Dwight Clarke with affectionate wishes. Larry Powell". Dwight Lancelot Clarke (historian, author) book plate. Fine copy.
Price: $100 |
Book ID: 207098 |
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Powell, Philip Wayne. Soldiers, Indians & Silver. The Northward Advance of New Spain, 1550-1600. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1952. 317 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 206251 |
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Powers, Bob. Desert Country. Photo available. Spokane. The Arthur H. Clark Company. 2002. 166 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 206963 |
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Powers, Laura Bride & Herbert Bolton. Old Monterey. California's Adobe Capital. Photo available. San Francisco. San Carlos Press. 1934. 301 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 206649 |
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Powers, Stephen. Afoot and Alone; A Walk From Sea to Sea by the Southern Route. Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Etc. Photo available. Hartford. Colombian Book Co. 1872. 327 pps. + ads. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear). Very scarce in this condition.
Price: $150 |
Book ID: 206245 |
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Powesr, Laura Bride. Historic Tales of The Old Missions for Boys and Girls. Photo available. San Francisco. Walter N. Brunt. 1902. 155 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear, library stamp on title page).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 207640 |
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