Davidson, George, Ph.D. The Origin and the Meaning of the Name California. Calafia the Queen of the Island of California. Title Page of Las Sergas. Volume VI, Part I; Series II. Photo available. np. Geographical Society of the Pacific. 1910. 50 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Folding plate in rear. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear, owner name on front panel).
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Book ID: 212096 |
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Davidson, George. Francis Drake on the Northwest Coast of America in the Year 1579. Francis Drake on the Northwest Coast of America. The Golden Hinde Did Not Anchor in The Bay of San Francisco. Vol. V, Series II. Transactions and Proceedings. Photo available. Washington. The Geographical Society of the Pacific. 1908. 114 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $85 |
Book ID: 212358 |
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Davies, Colin. Around the Bluff in the 1970s "The Way We Were". Photo available. San Francisco. Galves Publishing. nd. 202 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 208385 |
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Davies, Gilbert W. (ed). Fort Jones (CA) 1852-1858. Military Notes. Photo available. Hat Creek. HiStory In Books. 1994. 380 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 207734 |
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Davies, Gilbert W. (ed). Memories from the Land of Siskiyou. Past Lives and Times in Siskiyou County. Photo available. Hat Creek. HiStory Ink Books. 1993. 452 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 210219 |
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Davies, Marion & Orson Welles. The Times We Had. Life with William Randolph Hearst. Photo available. Indianapolis. Bobbs-Merrill. 1975. 276 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 222164 |
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Davis, Barbara A. Edward S. Curtis. The Life and Times of a Shadow Catcher. Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle. 1985. Folio. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (small, closed tear bottom edge) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 198813 |
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Davis, Barbara A. Edward S. Curtis. The Life and Times of a Shadow Catcher. Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle. 1985. Folio. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 210933 |
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Davis, Dorothy (ed). A Pictorial History of Pleasanton. Bicentennial Edition. Photo available. Pleasanton. Pleasanton Bicentennial Heritage Committee. 1976. 96 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 209290 |
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Davis, Erik. The Visionary State. A Journey Through California's Spiritual Landscape. Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle Books. 2006. 272 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: 201999 |
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Davis, John. California. Romantic and Beautiful. A Plea for the Collection, Preservation and Diffusion of Information Relating to Pacific Coast History. Photo available. San Francisco. A.M. Robertson. 1914. 80 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author "To Mrs Wm. Greer Hitchcock, With the Compliments of John F. Davis". Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $85 |
Book ID: 206297 |
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Davis, Leonard M. Milestones and Memories. 1850-2000. The Story of Roseville, California. Photo available. Roseville. Roseville Arts Center. 2002. 166 pps. Folio. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 189452 |
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Davis, Leonard M. Milestones and Memories. Inscribed by the author. 1850-2000. The Story of Roseville, California. Photo available. Roseville. Roseville Arts Center. 2002. 166 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "For the Gores with best wishes always. Leonard M. Davis. 5-21-2002". Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 217081 |
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Davis, Leonard M. Profiles Out of the Past. A Biographical History of Roseville, California from Its Earliest Days to the Present. Photo available. Roseville. The Roseville Community Projects. 1982. 88 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light wear to covers).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 227286 |
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Davis, Leonard M. Profiles. Out of the Past. A Biographical History of Roseville, California. From Its Earliest Days to the Present. Photo available. Roseville. The Roseville Community Projects. 1982. 88 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Rare. Fine copy.
Price: $85 |
Book ID: 204254 |
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Davis, Leonard M. Rocklin. Past, Present, Future. An Illustrated History of Rockin, Placer County, California. From 1864 to 1981. Photo available. Roseville. Rocklin Friends of the Public Library. 2004. 162 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition, third printing. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 226812 |
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Davis, Margaret Leslie. Rivers in the Desert. William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles. Photo available. New York. HarperCollins. 1993. 303 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 210077 |
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Davis, Mary M. Dr. Pete of the Sierras. Photo available. New York. Macmillan. 1928. 211 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color by G.B. Cutts. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 225603 |
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Davis, Olive. Tales of a Gold Rush City. Stockton. Vol. I. Photo available. Stockton. Bluebird Publishing. 2003. 202 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 207096 |
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Davis, Ronald L. William S. Hart. Projecting the American West. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 2003. 269 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: $25 |
Book ID: 206822 |
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Davis, Sam P. (ed). The History of Nevada. 2 volumes. 1913. Photo available. Reno. The Elms Publishihg Co 1913. 1279 pps. + index. 4tos. Gilt decorated hard cover. Three quarter leather. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. First edition. Two volumes. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine set. Light wear to edges.
Price: $500 |
Book ID: 221278 |
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Davis, Sam. A Miner's Christmas Carol and other Frontier Tales. 150-1918. Photo available. Santa Cruz. Western Tanager Press. 1987. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 183205 |
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Davis, Sam. A Miner's Christmas Carol and other Frontier Tales. 150-1918. Photo available. Santa Cruz. Western Tanager Press. 1987. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 221317 |
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Davis, Samuel P. The Typo-Graphical Howitzer. Photo available. Morongo Valley. Sagebrush Press. Christmas, 1989. 20 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Limited edition of 100 copies. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 212134 |
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Davis, Stephen. California Gold Rush Merchant. Photo available. San Marino. Huntington Library. 1956. 124 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 206656 |
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