Soule, Frank, John H. Gihon, M.D., and James Nisbet. The Annals of San Francisco; Containing A Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California, and a Complete History of All the Important Events Connected With Its Great City: to Which are Added, Biographical Memoirs of Some Prominent Citizens. Photo available. [New York] Berkeley. [D. Appleton & Company] Berkeley Hills Books. [1855] 1998. 852 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Folding map. Illustrated. One hundred and fifty engravings. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $65	Book ID: 207331

Southworth John R. Santa Barbara and Montecito. Past and Present. Photo available. Santa Barbara. Orena Studios. 1920. 268 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Rare. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 207903

Sparks, Drew & Sally Kellman. A Salon at Larkmead. Signed by the authors. A Charmed Life in the Napa Valley. Photo available. Oakland, Mills College. Center for the Book. 1999. 144 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 250 copies. Signed by the authors. Prospectus, with photograph laid in. Fine copy in fine slip case.

Price: $125	Book ID: 206716

Spaulding, George H. & W.W. Robinson. The First 25 Years. A History of The Los Angeles. State and County Arboretum. Photo available. Arcadia. The California Arboretum Foundation. 1973. 44 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Limited edition of 100 copies, number 16. Very rare. Fine copy.

Price: $125	Book ID: 207228

Spearman, Arthur. The Five Franciscan Churches of Mission Santa Clara. 1777-1825. Photo available. Washington. The National Press. 1963. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding plates and maps. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 207862

Spearman, Arthur. The Five Franciscan Churches of Mission Santa Clara. 1777-1825. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. Palo Alto. The National Press. University of Santa Clara. 1963. 154 pps. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding plates and maps. Inscribed by the author "Inscribed for Jerry Peltier Arthur D. Spearman, S.J. Santa Clara, California". Fine copy in fine (very light wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $75	Book ID: 207049

Spitz, Barry. Mill Valley. Signed by the author. The Early Years. Photo available. Mill Valley. Portrero Meadow. 1997. 265 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy with band around book.

Price: $50	Book ID: 206564

Spitz, Barry. San Anselmo. A Pictorial History. Photo available. Mill Valley. Portrero Meadow. 2003. 246 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 750 copies, number 373. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 206576

Spurling, Fannie Smith (ed). Postmarked. Vermont and California. 1862-1864. Photo available. Rutland. The Tuttle Publishing Co. 1940. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in very good (edge chipped) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 207040

Stanford, Sally. The Lady of the House. The Autobiography of Sally Stanford. Photo available. New York. G.P. Putnams Sons. 1966. 255 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 207526

Stanger, Frank M. Peninsula Community Book (San Mateo County, California). Photo available. San Mateo. A.H. Cawston. 1946. 406 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. Embossed boards. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Rare. Fine copy.

Price: $150	Book ID: 206425

Stanger, Frank M. and Alan K. Brown. Who Discovered the Golden Gate? The Explorers' Own Accounts. How They Discovered a Hidden Harbor and at Last Found It's Entrance. Photo available. San Mateo. San Mateo County Historical Association. 1969. 173 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Number 109 of 1500 copies. Excellent overview of the events leading up to the discovery of the Golden Gate. Reproductions of the explorer's maps and their accounts. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.

Price: $50	Book ID: 206643

Starn, Orin. Ishi's Brain. In Search of America's Last "Wild" Indian. Photo available. New York. W.W. Norton. 2004. 352 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $20	Book ID: 208336

Starr, Kevin. California. A History. Photo available. New York. The Modern Library. 2005. 271 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 208123

Starr, Kevin. Clio on the Coast. The Writing of California History. 1845-1945. Signed by the author. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 2010. 203 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 350 copies. Signed by the author. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $75	Book ID: 206241

Starr, Walter A.. Jr. Guide to The John Muir Trail and The High Sierra Region. Photo available. San Francisco. The Sierra Club. 1934. 145 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Large, folding map in rear pocket. Fine copy.

Price: $85	Book ID: 208180

Stasz, Clarice. Jack London's Women. Photo available. Amherst. University of Massachusetts Press. 2001. 393 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 207003

Stauffacher, Jack Werner. A Typographic Journey. The History of The Greenwood Press an Bibliography, 1934-2000. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1999. 323 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $100	Book ID: 206909

Steele, Romney. My Nepenthe. Signed by the author. Bohemian Tales of Food, Family, and Big Sur. Photo available. Kansas City. Andrews McMeel. 2009. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 208232

Steinbeck, John & Wallace Stegner, Karin Wikstrom. Flight. A Story by John Steinbeck. Photo available. np. The Yolla Bolly Press. Carolyn and James Robertson, Publishers. 1984. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color with tipped-in wood blocks by Karin Wikstrom. Limited edition of 250 copies, number 26. Signed by Wallace Stegner and Karin Wikstrom. Fine copy in fine slip case.

Price: $450	Book ID: 206563

Stellman, Louis. Mother Lode. The Story of the Gold Rush. Photo available. San Francisco. Herr Wagner Pub. Co. 1934. 304 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 207751

Stenzel, Franz, M.D. James Madison Alden. Yankee Artist of the Pacific Coast, 1854-1860. Photo available. Fort Worth. Amon Carter Museum. 1975. 209 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 205873

Stephenson Terry E. Don Bernardo Yorba. Photo available. Los Angeles. Glen Dawson. 1963. 115 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 600 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $75	Book ID: 207470

Stephenson, Terry E. Caminos Viejos. Signed by the author & printer. Tales Found in the History of California of Especial Interest to Those Who Love the Valleys the Hills and the Canyons of Orange County, its Traditions and its Landmarks. Photo available. Santa Ana. The Press of the Santa Ana High Shool. 1930. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Embossed boards. Deluxe edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies, number 336. Signed by the author and printer. Fine copy. Zamorano Club #447 plate on end paper.

Price: $200	Book ID: 208496

Sterling, George & Ambrose Bierce, Roger K. Larson (ed). Dear Master. Letters of George Sterling to Ambrose Bierce. 1900-1912. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 2002. 257 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Facsimile tipped-in. Important reference work. Limited edition of 350 copies. Publisher invitation to "Publication Presentation" laid in. Fine copy in fine slip case.

Price: $100	Book ID: 207136