Lewis, Ernest Allen. The Fremont Cannon. High Up and Far Back. Unraveling the Puzzle of the Brass Cannon Abandoned in 1844 and Never Recovered from California's Sierra Nevada. Photo available. Glendale. The Arthur Clark Company. 1981. 168 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Frontispiece, photographs. Large folding map. Abandoned by Fremont during a grueling march over the Eastern Sierra Nevada, this "12 pounder " Howitzer cannon has become somewhat of a "holy quest" for many. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 206688

Lewis, Oscar The California Mining Towns. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1934. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. One of the scarcest of the Keepsakes. Fine set in fine slip case.

Price: $200	Book ID: 209237

Lewis, Oscar & Chauncey L. Canfield (ed). The Diary of a Forty-Niner. Photo available. Stanford. James Ladd Delkin. 1947. 193 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 208656

Lewis, Oscar & Wayne Bonnett (ed). A Widely Cast Net Selections From the Work of a Veteran California Writer. Chosen with Comments by Their Author: Oscar Lewis. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1996. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Tipped-in frontispiece. Important reference work. Limited edition of 400 copies. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 207016

Lewis, Oscar (ed). California on Canvas. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1941. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. Fine set in fine (label on spine rubbed) slip case.

Price: $50	Book ID: 209232

Lewis, Oscar (ed). Letters of The Gold Rush Discovery. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1948. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. Fine set in fine slip case.

Price: $85	Book ID: 209248

Lewis, Oscar (ed). The California Literary Pamphlets. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1936. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. Fine set in fine slip case.

Price: $95	Book ID: 209395

Lewis, Oscar (ed). The Life and Times of the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. Being Reminiscences of Five Distinguished Comstock Journalist. Photo available. Ashland. Lewis Osborne. 1971. 54 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $45	Book ID: 207012

Lewis, Oscar (ed). The Life and Times of the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. Being Reminiscences of Five Distinguished Comstock Journalist. Photo available. Ashland. Lewis Osborne. 1971. 54 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy (very light soiling to covers).

Price: $45	Book ID: 208581

Lewis, Oscar (ed). This Was San Francisco. Inscribed by the author. Being First-hand Accounts of the Evolution of One of Americas Favorite Cities. Photo available. New York. David McKay Co. 1962. 291 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "For: George E. Stienmetz, Sincerely Oscar Lewis June 4 '62". Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 209645

Lewis, Oscar and Carroll Hall. Bonanza Inn. Signed by the author. America First Luxury Hotel. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1939. 420 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy (owner name on end paper) in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 210215

Lewis, Oscar et al. Breadbasket of the World. California's Great Wheat-Growing Era: 1860-890. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1984. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. 10 parts. Complete. Fine set in fine (lettering worn on spine) slip case.

Price: $30	Book ID: 209410

Lewis, Oscar et al. Lithographic Views of California Towns. 1875-1889. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1985. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. Fine set in fine slip case.

Price: $40	Book ID: 209399

Lewis, Oscar. A Family of Builders. The Story of the Haases and Thompsons. California Pioneers Since Gold Rush Days. Photo available. San Francisco. Grabhorn Press. 1961. 84 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Near fine copy (fore edge staining).

Price: $30	Book ID: 207077

Lewis, Oscar. Cathay in El Dorado. The Chinese in California. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1972. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. Fine set in fine slip case.

Price: $40	Book ID: 209246

Lewis, Oscar. George Davidson. Pioneer West Coast Scientist. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1954. 146 pps. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Tipped-in frontis. Illustrated. James K. Moffitt book plate. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 206497

Lewis, Oscar. High Sierra Country. Photo available. New York. Duell, Sloan and Pearce. 1955. 291 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Map end papers. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 209160

Lewis, Oscar. Lola Montez the Mid-Victorian Bad Girl In California. Signed by the author. Photo available. San Francisco. The Colt Press. Grabhorn. 1938. 70 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Mallette Dean. Typography by Jane Grabhorn. Limited edition of 750 copies. Signed by Oscar Lewis. Fine copy.

Price: $85	Book ID: 206750

Lewis, Oscar. One Fifty-Five Sansome. Signed by the author. Being the Story of the Land on Which the Industrial Indemnity Building Stands Today. Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. 1955. 26 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 209739

Lewis, Oscar. Sagebrush Casinos. Signed by the author. The Story of Legal Gambling in Nevada. Photo available. Garden City. Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1953. 256 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 209884

Lewis, Oscar. San Francisco Since 1872. A Pictorial History of Seven Decades. With Photographs and Poems from the Collection of Milton S. Ray. Photo available. San Francisco. Ray Oil Burner Company. 1946. 101 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Art work by Mallette Dean. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 205870

Lewis, Oscar. Sea Routes to the Gold Fields. Signed by the author. The Migration by Water to California in 1849-1852. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1949. 286 pps. + appendice. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Large folding map. Prospectus laid in. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 209125

Lewis, Oscar. Second Reading. Selections from the Quarterly News-Letter. 1933-1963. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1965. 170 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 425 copies. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 208712

Lewis, Oscar. Silver Kings. Signed by the author. The Lives and Times of MacKay, Fair, Flood, and O 'Brien. Lords of the Nevada Comstock Lode. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1964. 286 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy (price clipped) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 209134

Lewis, Oscar. Sketches of Early California. A Collection of Personal Adventures. Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle Books. 1971. 182 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine (price clipped) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 208607