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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 207016 |
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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 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 207012 |
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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 |
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Lewis, Oscar and Carroll Hall. Bonanza Inn. America First Luxury Hotel. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1959. 360 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 193724 |
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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: $40 |
Book ID: 210215 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (fore edge staining).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 207077 |
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Lewis, Oscar. Anthropological Essays. Photo available. New York. Random House. 1970. 523 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (book plate) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 202029 |
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Lewis, Oscar. California Avifauna. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1990. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. Fine set in fine slip case.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 210518 |
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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 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 206497 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $85 |
Book ID: 206750 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 205870 |
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Lewis, Oscar. Sea Routes to the Gold Fields. Inscribed by the author. The Migration by Water to California in 1849-1852. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1949. 286 pps. + appendice. Octavo. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Large folding map. Prospectus laid in. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "For: Dr. A.T. Leonard. Regards & greetings from, Sincerely, Oscar Lewis S.F. 3-5-'49". Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 203772 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 159583 |
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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. Fine copy in very good (light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 187820 |
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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 |
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Lewis, Oscar. Sutter's Fort. Signed by the author. Gateway to the Gold Fields. The Story of Captain John A. Sutter's California Empire. Photo available. Englewood Cliffs. Prentice-Hall. 1966. 224 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 208333 |
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