Shipley, Dr. William C. Tales of Sonoma County. Reflections of a Golden Age. Photo available. Santa Rosa. The Sonoma County Historical Society. 2000. 160 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Illustrated. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 207837 |
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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. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $750 |
Book ID: 206147 |
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Shuck, Oscar T. Historical Abstract of San Francisco. Volume I. (other volumes never published). Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. 1897. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Rare. Fine copy in custom clam shell box.
Price: $200 |
Book ID: 206420 |
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Shumate, Albert & Kevin Starr. The Notorious I.C. Woods of the Adams Express. Photo available. Glendale. Arthur C. Clark Company. 1986. 144 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 207479 |
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Shumate, Albert , M.D. ECV News. From the Miners. 1856-1860. Inscribed by the author. Clampers. E. Clampus Vitus. Photo available. San Francisco. The Zamorano Club. The Roxburghe Club. 1960. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "For John Swingle - A great bookman - Sincerely Albuquerque. Schumate". Fine copy.
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 207164 |
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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 Goddard Map in rear pocket. Fine copy in original mailer.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 207597 |
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Shumate, Albert. The California of George Gordon and the 1849 Sea Voyages of His California Association (Gold Rush). Photo available. Glendale. Arthur C. Clark Company. 1976. 271 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 205832 |
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Shumate, Dr. Albert. Captain A.A. Ritchie. California Pioneer. Inscribed by the author. An Account of His Life, Family and Ranchos. Photo available. San Francisco. Society of California Pioneers. 1991. 87 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "For George Steinmetz With very best wishes Albert Shumate 1/24/92". Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 207188 |
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Shumate, Dr. Albert. Francisco Pacheco of Pacheco Pass. Signed by the author. Photo available. Stockton. University of the Pacific . 1977. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 207613 |
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Shumate, Dr. Albert. Lord Sholto Douglas, Clamper. Photo available. Sausalito. Windgate Press. 1996. 36 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 207695 |
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Shumate, Dr. Albert. The Dictation of Mariano Malarin. Inscribed by the author. Whose Life Spanned Two Cultures. Photo available. np. De Anza College. California History Center. 1980. 37 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "For Denis (?) with best wishes, Albuquerque. Shumate". Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 208007 |
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Shumway, Nina Paul. Your Desert and Mine. Photo available. Los Angeles. Westernlore Press. 1960. 322 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 208332 |
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Shutes, Milton H. Lincoln & California. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1943. 269 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "Especially inscribed for Dr Harold H. Hitchcock the famous "bone-setter" Minton H. Shutes. 6-16-'43". Scarce. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 206653 |
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Shutes, Milton Henry, M.D. A History of the Alameda County Medical Association. Photo available. Berkeley. The Alameda County Medical Association. 1947. 137 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 207041 |
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Siefkin, David. Meet Me at The St. Francis. In shrink wrap. The First Seventy-Five Years of a Great San Francisco Hotel (1904-1979). Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. 1992. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy. As new in shrink wrap.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 207503 |
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Siegel, Robert. United States 19th Century Clipper Chip Cards at Public Auction. Photo available. New York. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries. 1990. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Prices realized laid in. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 208851 |
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Silvera, Katherine M. Baja California Bibliography. 1965-1966. A Supplement. Photo available. La Jolla. Friends of University of California, San Diego. 1968. 42 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 207373 |
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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. 381 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 208300 |
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Simpson, Henry I. The Emigrant's Guide to The Gold Mines. Photo available. Haverford. Headframe Publishing Co. 1978. 83 pps. Octavo. Half-leather over marbled boards. First edition. Illustrated. Folding map. Important reference work. Limited edition of 250 copies, number 223. Very rare in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $100 |
Book ID: 207661 |
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Simpson, Lesley Byrd. The Encomienda in New Spain. The Beginning of Spanish Mexico. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1950. 257 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 208839 |
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Simpson, Sir George. Narrative of a Voyage to California Ports in 1841-42. Together with Voyages to Sitka, the Sandwich Islands & Okhotsk. Photo available. San Francisco. The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell. 1930. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding map. Important reference work. Facsimile title page tipped-in. Important reference work. Limited edition of 250 copies, number 104. Fine copy in fine (lightly sunned on edges) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $225 |
Book ID: 207320 |
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Sinnott, James J. History of Sierra County. 7 volumes. Signed by the author. Downieville Gold Town on the Yuba (2 volumes, one signed), Sierra City and Goodyears Bar, Alleghany and Forest City. Treasure Towns, Sierra Valley. Jewel of the Sierras, "Over North in Sierra County, A General History of Sierra County. Photo available. Fresno. Mid-Cal Pub. c. 1977. 4to. Gilt decorated hard covers. First editions. All volumes signed by the author (Downieville is 2 volumes, only one is signed) Illustrated. Important reference work. Very rare to find ALL seven books in the series. Fine set.
Price: $2,000 |
Book ID: 207669 |
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Sister Mary Ste. Therese Wittenburg, S.N.D. & Jose Agustin Antonio Machado. The Machados & Rancho La Ballona. Signed, limited edition. The Story of the Land and its Ranchero. Jose Agustin Antonio Machado. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1973. 72 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding plates and maps. Limited edition of 325 copies, number 238. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.
Price: $500 |
Book ID: 208243 |
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Sitton, Tom & Doyce Nunis. The Development of Los Angeles City Government. 2 vols. new in shrink wrap. An Institutional History, 1850-2000. Photo available. Los Angeles. Los Angeles City Historic Society. 2007. 4tos. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Two volumes. Important reference work. Fine copies, new in shrinkwrap.
Price: $95 |
Book ID: 208086 |
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Sleeper, James. Bears to Briquets. A History of Irvine Park. 1897-1967. Photo available. np. Orange County Parks Department. nd. 32 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 208820 |
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