Ritter, Betsy. Life in the Ghost City of Rhyolite, Nevada. Photo available. Terra Bella. The Terra Bella News. Sagebrush Press. 1982. 17 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. With leaves from the original 1939 edition of "Life in the Ghost City of Rhyolite, Nevada" in rear pocket. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 207529 |
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Robbins, Millie. Tales of Love and Hate in Old San Francisco. Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle Books. 1971. 200 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 205820 |
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Roberts, Bruce & Ray Jones. Lighthouses of California and Hawaii. Eureka to San Diego to Honolulu. Photo available. Guilford. The Globe Pequot Press. 2002. 88 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 207139 |
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Roberts, Edwards. Santa Barbara and Around There. Photo available. Boston. Roberts Brothers. 1886. 188 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated by H.C. Ford. Important reference work. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.
Price: $300 |
Book ID: 207036 |
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Robertson, David & Kevin Starr. Yosemite as We Saw It. A Centennial Collection of Early Writings and Art. Photo available. Yosemite. Yosemite Association. 1990. 106 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine (lightly soiled at edges) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 208249 |
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Robertson, Donald B. Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History. Volume IV. California. Photo available. Caldwell. Caxton Printers. 1998. 254 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 208260 |
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Robertson, J.W. The Harbor of St. Francis. Inscribed by the author to Carl Wheat. Francis Drake Lands in a Fair and Good Bay Near North Latitude 30¡; Also a Narration of the Arguments advanced by Certain Historians in in their Selection of The Harbor of St. Francis" Together with a Relation of the Spanish Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco. Photo available. San Francisco. The Grabhorn Press. 1926. 120 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Cover decoration by Valenti Angelo. Important reference work. Limited edition of 100 copies. Inscribed by the author "For Carl Wheat Esq, With my Compliments John W Robertson May 10 1927-". Very rare in this condition. Fine (spine lightly sunned) copy in fine slip case. Largely unopened.
Price: $325 |
Book ID: 206872 |
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Robertson, James & Carolyn. Making Books in the Woods. Hand-written letter from authors laid in. Photo available. Covelo. The Yolla Bolly Press. 1977. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Signed letter from authors laid in. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 208490 |
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Robinson, Alfred & Thomas C. Russell (ed). Life in California Before the Conquest. Hispano-Californians, Leperos, & Indians, Franciscan Misioneros & Misiones, American & English Comerciantes, Puertos, Presidios, Castillos, Sailors & Backwoodsmen, Revoltions & Strife. Photo available. San Francisco. The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell. 1925. 104 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Gilt top edge. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very rare in this condition. Limited edition of 250 copies, number 76. Signed "Thomas C. Russell". Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $400 |
Book ID: 207319 |
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Robinson, Alfred. Life in California. During a Residence of Several Years in That Territory. Comprising a Description of the Country and the Missionary Establishments, with Incidents, Observations, Etc. Photo available. San Francisco. William Doxey, Publisher. 1891. 284 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Important reference work. Rare. Fine copy.
Price: $400 |
Book ID: 205868 |
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Robinson, John V. Building the Benicia-Martinez Bridge. Photo available. Crockett. Carquinez Press. 2007. 128 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $36 |
Book ID: 206530 |
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Robinson, John V. Spanning the Strait. Building the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge. Photo available. Crockett. Carquinez Press. 2004. 116 pps. Octavo. 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: 207092 |
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Robinson, John W. Los Angeles in Civil War Days. Los Angeles Miscellany Eight. 8. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1977. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding map. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 206809 |
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Robinson, John W. Southern California's First Railroad. The Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad. 1869-1873. Los Angeles Miscellany Ten. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1978. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 206799 |
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Robinson, John W. The San Bernardinos; Signed by the author. The Mountain Country From Cajon Pass to Oak Glen. Two Centuries of Changing Use. Photo available. Arcadia. Big Santa Anita Historical Society. 1992. 256 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 208280 |
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Robinson, W.W. Bombs and Bribery. The Story of the McNamara and Darrow Trials Following the Dynamiting in 1910 of the Los Angeles Times Building. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1969. 52 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Fine copy.
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 208789 |
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Robinson, W.W. Land in California. The Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squatters, Mining Claims, Railroad Grants, Land Script, Homesteads. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1948. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 208682 |
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Robinson, W.W. Land Titles in Long Beach. A Calendar of Events That Made a City. Photo available. Los Angeles. Title Guarantee and Trust Company. 1935. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 207620 |
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Robinson, W.W. Lawyers of Los Angeles. A History of The Los Angeles Bar Association and of The Bar of Los Angeles County. Photo available. Los Angeles. Los Angeles Bar Association. 1959. 370 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 208316 |
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Robinson, W.W. Los Angeles from the Days of the Pueblo. Together with a Guide to the Historic Old Plaza Area. Including the Pueblo de Los Angeles. State Historical Monument. Photo available. Menlo Park. California Historic Society. 1959. 97 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 207353 |
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Robinson, W.W. Maps of Los Angeles. From Ord's Survey of 1849 to the End of the Boom of the Eighties. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1966. 89 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding maps. Important reference work. "Map of the City of Los Angeles" in rear pocket. Fine copy.
Price: $350 |
Book ID: 206632 |
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Robinson, W.W. People Versus Lugo. Story of a Famous Los Angeles Murder Case and Its Amazon Aftermath. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1962. 36 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Fine copy.
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 208503 |
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Robinson, W.W. Ranchos Become Cities. Photo available. Pasadena. San Pasqual Press. 1939. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated by Irene Robinson. Important reference work. Fine copy (name covered on end paper).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 206312 |
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Robinson, W.W. The Indians of Los Angeles. Story of the Liquidation of a People. Photo available. Los Angeles. Glen Dawson. 1952. 44 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 200 copies. Fine copy.
Price: $100 |
Book ID: 206704 |
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Robinson, W.W. The Story of Your Land. Signed by the author. Photo available. Los Angeles. Title Guarantee and Trust Company. nd. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 207117 |
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