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. D. Appleton & Company. 1855. 824 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Leather. All edges gilt. First edition. Folding map. One hundred and fifty engravings. Important reference work. Rare. Near fine copy. Light discoloration on spine. Tissue guard on frontis torn.
Price: $300 |
Book ID: 205687 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Stanger, Frank M. South From San Francisco; San Mateo County, California Its History and Heritage. Signed by the author. Photo available. San Mateo. San Mateo County Historical Association. 1963. 214 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 208706 |
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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 |
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Stark, Julie et al. Yuba City. Our Home Town. Signed by the authors. Photo available. Virginia Beach. Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County. Donning. 2008. 160 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Signed by the four authors. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 208625 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Stellman, Louis J. Port O' Gold. A History-Romance of The San Francisco Argonauts. Photo available. Boston. Richard G. Badger. 1922. 416 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Near fine copy (covers lightly soiled).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 208780 |
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Stellman, Louis J. Sam Brannan. Builder of San Francisco. Photo available. Fairfield. Jones Stevenson. 1996. 254 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 208553 |
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