Browne, J. Ross. A Dangerous Journey. California 1849. Photo available. Palo Alto. Arthur Lites Press. 1950. 93 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Limited to 1000 copies. Illustrated in black, white and color. Browne, a colorful adventurer, reporter, Minister to China and chronicler of early California, recounts a walking trip from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo. His encounter with a Donner party survivor, romance and an element of personal danger make this an interesting read. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 207378

Browne, J. Ross. A Peep at Washoe and Washoe Revisited. Photo available. Balboa Island. Paisano Press. 1959. 240 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 206378

Browne, J. Ross. A Peep at Washoe or, Sketch of Adventure in Virginia City. Photo available. Ashland. Lewis Osborne. 1968. 148 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Limited edition of 1400 copies, number 502. Fine (bookplate) copy (light sunning to edges).

Price: $20	Book ID: 151705

Browne, J. Ross. Muleback to the Convention. Letters of J. Ross Browne. Reporter to the Constitutional Convention. Monterey, September-October, 1849. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1950. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Facsimile letter tipped-in. Limited edition of 400 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $45	Book ID: 205709

Browne, J. Ross. Resources of The Pacific Slope. A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the Mines and Minerals, Climate, Topography, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Productions of the States and Territories West of The Rocky Mountains. With a Sketch of The Settlement and Exploration of Lower California. Photo available. New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1869. 209 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (old paper label on spine, several old library stamps).

Price: $250	Book ID: 208074

Browne, J. Ross. The Indians in California. Photo available. San Francisco. Colt Press. 1944. 75 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $150	Book ID: 207549

Browning, Peter. Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. From Abbot to Zumwalt. Photo available. Berkeley. Wilderness Press. 1991. 253 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 188421

Browning, Peter. San Francisco Yerba Buena. Signed by the author. From the Beginnings to the Gold Rush. 1769-1849. Photo available. Lafayette. Great West Books. 1998. 191 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 209609

Browning, Peter. To the Golden Shore. American Goes to California - 1849. Photo available. Lafayette. Great West Books. 1995. 418 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 191877

Browning, Peter. To the Golden Shore. American Goes to California - 1849. Photo available. Lafayette. Great West Books. 1995. 418 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 192267

Browning, Peter. Yerba Buena. San Francisco. From the Beginning to the Gold Rush. 1769-1849. Photo available. Lafayette. Great West Books. 1998. 191 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 210635

Browning, Peter. Yosemite Place Names. The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Photo available. Lafayette. Great West Books. 1988. 242 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 203996

Browning, Sinclair. Enju. The Life and Struggle of an Apache Chief from the Little Running Water. Photo available. Flagstaff. Northland Press. 1982. 154 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 199543

Brubaker, Isabelle Spencer. 100 Years of Growth. Signed by the author. 1850-1950. A History of Walnut Creek. Contra Costa County, California. Photo available. np. Self published. 1975. 176 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy (owner inscription).

Price: $35	Book ID: 209590

Brucato, John G. The Farmer Goes to Town. The Story of San Francisco's Farmers' Market. Photo available. San Francisco. Burke Pub. 1948. 143 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $35	Book ID: 206513

Bruce, John. Gaudy Century. 1848-1948. The Story of San Francisco's Hundred Years of Robust Journalism. Photo available. New York. Random House. 1948. 302 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 209882

Bruchac, Joseph. Native American Animal Stories. Golden. Fulcrum. 1992. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 119565

Bruff, J. Goldsborough. Gold Rush. The Journals, Drawings, and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff. Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association. Photo available. New York. Columbia University Press. 1949. 794 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Color plates, black & white reproductions. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $200	Book ID: 209802

Brumgardt, John R. & Larry Bowles. People of The Magic Waters. The Cahuilla Indians of Palm Springs. Photo available. Palm Springs. ETC Publications. 1981. 122 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 220223

Bruno, Lee. Panorama. Tales from San Francisco's 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exposition. Photo available. Petaluma. Cameron + Company. 2014. 192 pps. 4to. 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: 203109

Bruno, Lloyd. Old River Town. A Personal History of Sacramento. Photo available. Sacramento. Suttertown Publshing. 1996. 123 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 201866

Bruno, Lloyd. Old River Town. A Personal History of Sacramento. Photo available. Sacramento. Suttertown Publshing. 1996. 123 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 210296

Bryan, Edwin H., Jr. American Polynesia and the Hawaiian Chain. Photo available. Honolulu. Tongg Publishing Company. 1942. 253 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 193348

Bryant, Edward C. Hat Creek and Hard Times. People and Events in the History of a Wyoming Community. Photo available. Fairfax. Hero Books. 1988. 144 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 219708

Bryant, Edwin. What I Saw in California. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1985. 455 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 196069