Risen, Clay. American Whiskey Bourbon & Rye. A Guide to the Nation's Favorite Spirit. Includes Profiles, Ratings, and Tasting Notes for More than 200 Whiskeys. Photo available. New York. Sterling Epicure. 2013. 298 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Second edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. Band around rear panel.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 218504 |
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Rising, William H. & Richard Dillon. The Overland Express. Being a Correct True Account of Earliest Beginnings in New England, Battlefront Service During the Civil War & Perilous Adventurers in the Far West, 1837-1875. Photo available. Ashland. Lewis Osborne. 1970. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 650 copies, number 453. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 208326 |
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Ritchie, Robert Welles. San Francisco. Photo available. San Francisco. San Francisco Committee National Conference of Social Work. 1929. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color by Charles W. Simpson. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. "Before and After the Conference" laid in. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 212119 |
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Ritchie, Ward. A Bookman's View of Los Angeles. Published for Members of the Grolier Club. Photo available. Los Angeles. Zamarono Club. 1961. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Illustrated. Limited edition of 500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 206179 |
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Ritchie, Ward. Frederic Goudy, Joseph Foster and the Press at Scripps College. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1978. 38 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 550 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 207483 |
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Ritchie, Ward. Of Bookmen & Printers. A Gathering of Memories. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1989. 191 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 206905 |
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Ritchie, Ward. Paul Landacre. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1982. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated with prints by Paul Landacre. Important reference work. Limited edition of 650 copies. Very rare in dust jacket. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $200 |
Book ID: 207482 |
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Ritchie, Ward. The Dohenys of Los Angeles. A Talk Before the Zamorano Club. Los Angeles Miscellany 3. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1974. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Insert in rear pocket. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 206802 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 207529 |
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Ritzenthaler, Robert E. Prehistoric Indians of Wisconsin. Photo available. Milwaukee. Milwaukee Public Museum. 1970. Octavo. Soft cover. Revised edition. Illustrated in color and black & white. Important reference work. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 189839 |
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Ritzenthaler, Robert. Masks of the North American Indians. Photo available. Milwaukee. Milwaukee Public Museum. 1970. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 189841 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 205820 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in very good (light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 193510 |
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Robbins, William G. Hard Times on Paradise. Coos Bay, Oregon, 1850-1986. Photo available. Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1990. 194 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 214558 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 207139 |
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Roberts, David. A Newer World. Kit Carson, John C. Fremont, and the Claiming of The American West. Photo available. New York. Simon and Schuster. 2000. 320 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 198742 |
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Roberts, George & Jan. Discover Historic California. A Travel Guide to Over 1,500 Places You Can See. Photo available. Pico Rivera. Gem Guides. 1990. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 191679 |
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Roberts, James et al. The Legend of White Elk. Signed by 3 authors. Photo available. np. Self published. 2014. 198 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Prepublication. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by James, JoEllen, Joseph Roberts. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 201803 |
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Roberts, Monty. The Man Who Listens to Horses. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. London. Hutchinson. 1996. 309 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First British edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "To Chris & Dually Monty". Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 212274 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (lightly soiled at edges) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 208249 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 224980 |
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Robertson, David. West of Eden. A History of the Art and Literature of Yosemite. Photo available. np. Yosemite Natural History Association. 1984. 174 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Color plate reproductions. Seventy-two color plates. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (crease on rear panel).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 195646 |
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Robertson, David. West of Eden. A History of the Art and Literature of Yosemite. Photo available. np. Yosemite Natural History Association. 1984. 174 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Color plate reproductions. Seventy-two color plates. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 224077 |
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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. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (spine lightly sunned) copy in fine slip case. Largely unopened.
Price: $300 |
Book ID: 206872 |
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Robertson, Ralph. Irrigation and Soil Conditions in The Sierra Nevada Foothills, California. Bulletin No. 253. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1915. Octavo. Bound circulars. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 222015 |
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