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| Atkinson, Janet. Colorful Men and Women of the Mother Lode. Photo available. Sonora. Self published. nd. 353 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy.
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| Raymond, Rossiter. Silver and Gold. An Account of the Mining and Metallurgical Industry of the United States. U.S. Mining Industry. Photo available. New York. J.B. Ford & Co. 1873. 550 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding plates. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Lacks title page. Top of contents page missing. Otherwise very nice copy.
Book ID: 221304 |
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| Ross, Dudley T. Devil on Horseback. A Biography of the "Notorious" Jack Powers. Photo available. Fresno. Valley Publishers. 1975. 185 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 163157 |
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| Lynch, Robert M. The Sonoma Valley Story. Pages through the Ages. Sonoma Valley through the Eyes of The Sonoma Index-Tribune Family and Staff. Photo available. Sonoma. The Sonoma Index-Tribune, Inc. 1997. 311 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 224868 |
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| Ruth, Kent. Touring the Old West. Photo available. Brattleboro. Stephen Greene Press. 1971. 218 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 101351 |
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| Lyman, George D. Ralston's Ring. California Plunders The Comstock Lode. Photo available. New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1947. 368 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (book plate) in very good (light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 198409 |
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| Wagner, Glendolin Damon. Old Neutriment. Memoir of the Custers. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1989. 256 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 222294 |
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| Mails, Thomas E. The Pueblo Children of the Earth Mother. 2 volumes in slip case. The Heritage, Culture, Crafts and Traditions of the Anasazi Ancestors of the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. The Culture, Crafts, and Ceremonials of the Pueblo Indians of Yesterday and Today. Photo available. New York. Doubleday & Company. 1983. 522 & 534 pps. Folios. Gilt decorated hard cover. First editions. Two volumes. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copies in fine (price clipped) dust jackets and fine (very light shelf wear) slip case.
Book ID: 225706 |
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| Sparks, Drew & Sally Kellman. A Salon at Larkmead. A Charmed Life in the Napa Valley. Photo available. Berkeley. Ten Speed Press. 2000. 144 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
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| Bieter, John & Mark. An Enduring Legacy. The Story of Basques in Idaho. Photo available. Reno. University of Nevada Press. 2000. 191 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
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| Nunis, Doyce B., Jr. The Life of Tom Horn Revisited. Keepsake No. 30. Photo available. Los Angeles. San Marino. The Westerners. 1992. 116 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 209995 |
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| Lyford, Carrie A. Quill and Beadwork of The Western Sioux. Indian Handcraft Pamphlets 1. Photo available. Lawrence. The Haskell Press. 1954. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very good copy. Light edge dampstaining, not affecting text.
Book ID: 189784 |
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| Newhall, Beaumont & Diana E. Edkins. William H. Jackson. Photo available. Fort Worth. Morgan & Morgan. Amon Carter Museum. 1974. 159 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 205579 |
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| Visscher, William Lightfoot. A Thrilling and Truthful History of The Pony Express, or Blazing the Westward Way and Other Sketches and Incidents of Those Stirring Times. Photo available. Chicago. Charles T. Powner. 1946. 98 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (partial dust jacket laid in).
Book ID: 211579 |
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| Bowles, Samuel. Across the Continent. Photo available. np. Readex. 1966. Octavo. Hard cover. Reprint. Large folding map. Fine copy.
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| Moorhead, Max. The Presidio. Bastion of The Spanish Borderlands. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1975. 290 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 232750 |
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| Sheldon, Charles. The Wilderness of Denali. Explorations of a Hunter-Naturalist in Northern Alaska. Photo available. Lanham. The Derrydale Press. 2000. 412 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| McClatchy, Charles. Private Thinks by C.K. and Other Writings. Photo available. New York. Scribner Press. 1936. 342 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Hotchkis, Katharine Bixby. Christmas Eve at Rancho Los Alamitos. Photo available. np. California Historical Society. 1971. 23 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated by Clement Hurd. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 208602 |
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| Cornell, Ralph D. Conspicuous California Plants. With Notes on Their Garden Uses. Photo available. Pasadena. San Pasquel Press. 1938. 192 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Limited edition of 1500 copies. Fine copy (book plate) in fine (price clipped) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 234190 |
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| Redinger, David H. The Story of Big Creek. Photo available. Glendale. Trans-Anglo Books. 1994. 4to. Hardcover. Revised edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 218272 |
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| McGlashan, C.F. (Nora and Betty McGlashan ed.). From the Desk of TruckeeÕs C.F. McGlashan. His Letters to Eliza Donner Houghton, Donner Party Survivor... Photo available. Truckee. Sierra State Parks. 1986. 198 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 183215 |
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| Taylor, Alexander. A History Summary of Baja California. Photo available. Pasadena. Socio-Technical Books. 1971. 200 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light wear at spine tip).
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| Redinger, David H. The Story of Big Creek. Photo available. Glendale. Trans-Anglo Books. 1989. 256 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Second edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Related material laid in. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
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| Prowse, Brad. Hard-Rock, High-Grading and Harlots. Tales of Nevada County in the Days of Gold. Photo available. np. Self published. 2002. 171 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 229990 |
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| Casebier, Dennis. Reopening the Mojave Road. Signed, limited edition. A Personal Narrative. Photo available. Norco. Tales of the Mojave Road. 1983. 265 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding plates, maps. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Limited edition of 1,250 copies, number 296.Related material laid in. Fine (owner name on title page) copy.
Book ID: 231290 |
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| Dickover, Robert. California Bookplates. A Keepsake for the Members of The Book Club of California. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 2006. 39 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 208027 |
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| McGaw, Sister Martha Mary. Stevenson in Hawaii. Photo available. Westport. Greenwood Press. 1978. 182 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated. Folding map. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 220479 |
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| Santos, Robert LeRoy. The Gold Rush of California. A Bibliography of Periodical Articles. Photo available. Turlock. California State University , Stanislaus. 1998. 122 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Scarce. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Teiser, Ruth (ed). This Sudden Empire California. The Story of The Society of California Pioneers 1850 to 1950. Photo available. San Francisco. The Society of California Pioneers. 1950. 76 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Decorations by Mallette Dean. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 208143 |
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| Calderwood, David. Voices From the Dust. Inscribed by the author. New Insights Into Ancient America. Photo available. Austin. Historical Publications. 2005. 599 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "To Steve and Julie Rich Thank you for your interest in Voices from the Dust. I hapoe it Proviced new insights into ancient America. Warm Regards David G. Calderwood". Fine copy.
Book ID: 228185 |
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| Bell, Ed. Zuni. The Art and the People. Volume I. Photo available. Grants. Dallas. Squaw Bell Traders. Taylor Pub. 1975. 80 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 236252 |
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| Wallis, Michael. The Real Wild West. The 101 Ranch and The Creation of The American West. Photo available. New York. St. Martin's Press. 2000. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (small library stamp on end paper).
Book ID: 192258 |
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| (Gray Davis, Governor). Management of the California State Water Project. Bulletin 132-00. Photo available. Sacramento. Department of Water Resources. December 2001. 340 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 105214 |
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| (anon). Mendocino County Historic Annals. No. 1. Photo available. Mendocino. Pacific Rim Research. 1977. 96 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 222559 |
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| Bowler, Ann Martin. The History of The Paso Robles Inn. More Than a Century of Pride. Photo available. Loomis. Oak Lake Press. 2003. 119 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Martin, Charles L. A Sketch of Sam Bass. The Bandit. Western Frontier Library. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1956. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 209205 |
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| Monaghan, Jay. Chile, Peru, and the California Gold Rush of 1849. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1973. 312 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 206539 |
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| Sorensen, Scott. Kipawa River Chronicles. Signed by the author. Adventures in the North Woods. Photo available. Fabre. Self published. 1999. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 167492 |
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| Reps, John. Cities on Stone. Nineteenth Century Lithograph Images of the Urban West. Photo available. Fort Worth. Amon Carter Museum. 1979. 99 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 213674 |
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| Andrews, Ralph. Picture Gallery Pioneers. First Photographers of the West. Photo available. New York. Bonanza Books. 1964. 192 pps. 4to. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 131596 |
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| Agnew, Jeremy. Brides of the Multitude. Prostitution in the Old West. Photo available. Lake City. Western Reflections. 2008. 256 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 209588 |
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| Edwards, Elbert. 200 Years in Nevada. A Story of People Who Opened, Explored and Developed the Land. Photo available. Salt Lake City. Publishers Press. 1978. 401 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on title page) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 209707 |
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| Bonnett, Wayne. Mt. Shasta Camera. The Photographs of Charles Richard Miller. Photo available. Sausalito. Windgate Press. 2005. 144 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on half-title page) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 236350 |
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| Remington, Frederic. Frederic Remington Selected Writings. Photo available. Secaucus. Castle. 1981. Octavo. Hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 141203 |
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| Rice, Julian. Black Elk's Story. Distinguishing Its Lakota Purpose. Photo available. Albuquerque. University of New Mexico. 1991. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 167325 |
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| Cerwin, Herbert. Bernal Diaz. Historian of the Conquest. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1963. Octavo. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 190253 |
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| Jackson, Helen. Ramona. A Story. Photo available. Boston. Little, Brown Co. 1922. 457 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. Red cloth. Reprint. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (ink letter/number on spine).
Book ID: 197267 |
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| Riggs, Arthur Stanley. The Spanish Pageant. Photo available. Indianapolis. Bobbs-Merrill. 1928. 416 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (spine lettering faded).
Book ID: 197264 |
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| Johnson Kenneth M. The Bar Association of San Francisco: The First Hundred Years. 1872/1972. Photo available. San Francisco. The Bar Association of San Francisco. 1972. 168 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).
Book ID: 209682 |
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| Hafen, LeRoy. Powder River Campaigns and Sawyers Expedition of 1865. Signed by Dee Brown. A Documentary Account Comprising Official Reports, Diaries, Contemporary Newspaper Accounts, and Personal Narratives. Photo available. Glendale. The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1961. 386 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Dee Browns copy. Signed by Dee Brown. Fine copy (folding map lightly edge worn).
Book ID: 235880 |
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| Culver, J. Horace & Mead Kibbey. J. Horace Culver's Sacramento City Directory for the Year, 1853-54, Signed by Mead Kibbey. Facsimile Reproduction of The California State Library Copy. With a History of Sacramento. Biographical Sketches, and Informative Appendices. Photo available. Sacramento. California State Library Foundation. 1997. 200 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Large folding 1850 map of Sacramento. Important reference work. Signed by Mead Kibbey. Errata slip laid in. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 206203 |
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| Kniffen, Fred. Lower California Studies. IV. The Natural Landscape of the Colorado Delta. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1932. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Large, folding map. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light wear).
Book ID: 233055 |
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| Palmquist, Peter. Carleton E. Watkins. Photographs. 1861-1874. Photo available. San Francisco. Fraenkel Gallery. Bedford Arts. 1989. 222 pps. 4to. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Folding plate. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 207778 |
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| Hill, Dorothy et al. Ripples Along Chico Creek. Perspective on People and Times. With map. Photo available. Chico. Butte County Branch, National League of American Pen Women. 1992. 255 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Large, folding John Bidwell map "Plat of the Rancho Arroyo Chico". Fine copy.
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| Morgan, Murray. Puget's Sound. A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound. Photo available. Seattle. University of Washington Press. 2003. 360 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 227236 |
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| Swett, John. History of the Public School System of California . Photo available. San Francisco. A.L. Bancroft and Company. 1876. 247 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Costanso, Miguel. The Costanso Narrative of The Portola Expedition. First Chronicle of the Spanish Conquest of Alta California. Photo available. Newhall. Hogarth Press. 1970. 112 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. Facsimile edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
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| Richey, Elinor. Eminent Women of the West. Inscribed by the author. Florence Sabin, Gertrude Atherton, Imogen Cunningham, Jeannette Rankin, Abigail Scott Duniway, Julia Morgan, Sarah Winnemucca, Isadora Duncan, Gertrude Stein. Photo available. Berkeley. Howell-North Books. 1975. 276 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "To Norma & Egbert Brix With my best wishes Elinor Richey". Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 221700 |
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| Wheat, Margaret M. Survival Arts of the Primitive Paiutes. Photo available. Reno. University of Nevada Press. 1986. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 223977 |
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| Colville, Samuel. Sacramento Directory for the Year 1853-54. Together with a History of Sacramento Written by Dr. John F. Morse. Photo available. Sacramento. California State Library Foundation. 1997. 200 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Blue cloth. Facsimile edition. Large folding map in rear. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 212185 |
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| Carr, Stephen. The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns. Photo available. Salt Lake City. Western Epics. 1986. 174 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Revised and enlarged edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Large folding map. Fine copy.
Book ID: 218234 |
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| Kip, Leonard. California Sketches with Recollections of the Gold Mines (Gold Rush). Photo available. Los Angeles. N.A. Kovach. 1946. 58 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very edge sunning) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 163153 |
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| Blew, Robert. A Grand Score. Brand Books 1-20. A Guide to the Contents and Authors of the First Twenty Brand Books Issued by the Los Angeles. Corral of the Westerners. Photo available. Los Angeles. Westerners. 1999. 48 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Limited edition of 540 copies. Fine copy.
Book ID: 209606 |
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| Sommer, Skip et al. Celebrating Petaluma. Photo available. Petaluma. Petaluma Sesquicentennial Committee. 2007. 218 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Book ID: 221958 |
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| Posehn, Margaret. History of Gibson Ranch. 1860-2000. Photo available. North Highlands. Self published. 2001. 74 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Spiral bound. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "Lynette - Enjoy! Thanks Margaret E. Posehn 4-28-02". Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 231292 |
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| Coburn, Jesse L. Letters of Gold. California Postal History Through 1869. Photo available. Canton. U.S. Philatelic Classics Society. 1984. 389 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Review laid in. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new,
Book ID: 206565 |
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| Fenton, Laura. Henry Fenton. Typical American. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. np. Self published. nd. 160 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "To Bob Ashcroft from his friend Aunt Laura Fenton". Fine copy.
Book ID: 209467 |
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| McLane, Louis & Jay Monaghan. The Private Journal of Louis McLane U.S.N. 1844-1848. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. The Santa Barbara Historical Society. 1971. 120 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 206244 |
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| (Lesson Committee). Museum Memories. Volume Two. Photo available. Salt Lake City. Daughters of Utah Pioneers. 2010. 481 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 231952 |
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| Hothem, Lar. North American Indian Artifacts. A Collector's Identification and Value Guide. Photo available. Florence. Books Americana. 1982. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Book ID: 192190 |
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| Dockstader, Frederick. Indian Art in America. The Arts and Crafts of the North American Indian. Photo available. London. Studio Books. 1973. 304 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First U.K. edition. Illustrated in color and black & white. Tipped-in plates. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in very good (light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 171977 |
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| von Berg, Baron Gustav & Henry Miller Madden (translator). From Kapuvar to California. 1893. Travel Letters of Baron Gustav von Berg. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1979. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 207485 |
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| Wheeler, Sessions S. The Nevada Desert. Photo available. Caldwell. Caxton Printers. 1972. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221823 |
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| Tannenbaum, Mary et al. Chinese Book Arts and California. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1989. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. Fine set in fine slip case.
Book ID: 209409 |
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| Koch, Margaret. They Called It Home. Santa Cruz, California. Photo available. Fresno. Valley Publishers. 1974. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 206167 |
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| Hadley, C.J. (ed). Reflections of the West. Cowboy Painters and Poets. Photo available. Carson City. Range Magazine. 2015. 160 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 236889 |
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| Goetzmann, William, David C. Hunt, Willism J. Orr. Karl Bodmer's America. Photo available. np. Joslyn Art Museum. 1984. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Exhibition pamphlet laid in. Fine copy in near fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 223475 |
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| Twain, Mark. Roughing It. Photo available. New York. Book-of-the-Month Club. 1992. 620 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 219570 |
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| Wagner, Henry R. California Imprints. August 1846 - June 1851. Photo available. Berkeley. Self published. 1922. 97 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 150 copies. Very scarce. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Book ID: 208576 |
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| Jackson, Joseph Henry & Wallace Stegner. Anybody's Gold. The Story of California's Mining Towns (Gold Rush). Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle Books. 1970. 205 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in edge worn dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 190159 |
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| Bolton, Herbert. Coronado on the Turquoise Trail. Knight of Pueblos and Plains. Vol. I. Coronado Historical Series. Photo available. Albuquerque. University of New Mexico Press. 1949. 491 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Three folding maps. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. Partially unopened, in fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 236808 |
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| Jackson, Joseph Henry. Mexican Interlude. Photo available. New York. The Macmillan Company. 1936. 232 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated. Fine copy.
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| Perry, George Sessions. Texas. A Word in Itself. Photo available. New York. Whittlesey House. 1942. 193 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (end paper corner clipped).
Book ID: 218299 |
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| Lanyon, Milton. Cinnabar Hills. The Quicksilver Days of New Almaden. Photo available. Los Gatos. Village Printers. 1991. 128 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition, fifth printing. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 230097 |
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| Schoenherr, Steven. Chula Vista Centennial. 1911-2011. A Century of People and Progress. Photo available. Chula Vista. City of Chula Vista. 2011. 228 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 213339 |
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| Hine, Robert (ed). William Andrew Spalding. Los Angeles Newspaperman. Photo available. San Marino. Huntington Library. 1961. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 138365 |
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| Zauner, Phyllis. California Gold. Story of the Rush to Riches. A Mini-History. Photo available. Sonoma. Zanel Pub. 1980. 58 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 219234 |
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| Reps, John. Cities on Stone. Nineteenth Century Lithograph Images of the Urban West. Photo available. Fort Worth. Amon Carter Museum. 1976. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 191868 |
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| Johnson, Dorothy M. The Bloody Bozeman. The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold. Photo available. New York. McGraw-Hill. 1971. 366 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (spine lightly sunned, light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 173976 |
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| Latta, Estelle. Controversial Mark Hopkins. The Great Swindle of American History. Photo available. New York. Greenberg. 1963. 195 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. Revised edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 220026 |
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| (anon). The Gund Collection of Western Art. A History and Pictorial Description of the American West. Photo available. np. Gund Collection. 1980. 75 pps. Octavo. Pictorial soft cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 106650 |
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| Crampton, Frank. Deep Enough. A Working Stiff in the Western Mine Camps. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1993. 281 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Foreword by W.H. Hutchinson. Fine copy.
Book ID: 230092 |
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| Adams, Ramon. Six-Guns and Saddle Leather. A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunman. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1954. 426 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Valuable reference for the Western Americana collector. Very rare in this condition. As new. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 207302 |
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| Sykes, Godfrey. The Colorado Delta. Photo available. New York. Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1937. 193 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Large, folding map in rear. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (book plate).
Book ID: 232791 |
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| Newhall, Beaumont & Ruth I. Mahood. Photographer of the Southwest. Adam Clark Vroman, 1856-1916. Photo available. Los Angeles. Ward Ritchie Press. 1961. 127 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (small nick on spine) glassine wrapper.
Book ID: 207284 |
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| Berton, Pierre. The Klondike Fever. The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 2010. 457 pps. + index. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 205044 |
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| McLaughlin, Castle. Arts of Diplomacy. Lewis and Clark's Indian Collection. Photo available. Seattle. University of Washington Press. 2003. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Book ID: 189556 |
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| Rhodes, Eugene Manlove. Copper Streak Trail. Western Frontier Library. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1970. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 209930 |
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| Zarbin, Earl A. Roosevelt Dam: A History to 1911. Photo available. Phoenix. The Central Arizona Museum. Salt River Project. 1984. 254 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Related material laid in. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (name and small blemish on end paper) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 203690 |
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| (anon). The City and County of San Diego. Illustrated, and Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers. Photo available. San Diego. Leberthon & Taylor. 1888. 218 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Professionally rebound. Fine copy.
Book ID: 206549 |
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| Hemp, Michael Kenneth. Cannery Row. Signed by the author. The History of Old Ocean View Avenue. Photo available. Pacific Grove. The History Company. 1986. 127 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Signed by the author. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 201938 |
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| Stellman, Louis J. Sam Brannan. Builder of San Francisco. Photo available. Fairfield. James Stevenson. 1996. 254 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 210208 |
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| Caen, Herb. Herb Caen's San Francisco. The Guide to the City and the Bay Area Today. Photo available. Garden City. Doubleday and Co. 1965. 224 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated by Earl Thollander. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 229629 |
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| Lloyd, B.E. & Gary F. Kurutz. Lights and Shades in San Francisco. A Complete Facsimile Edition of the Original Work Printed in San Francisco. in 1876 by A.L. Bancroft & Company. Photo available. Berkeley. Berkeley HIlls. 1999. 523 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 206242 |
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| Miyakawa, Edward. Tule Lake. A Novel. Photo available. Waldport. House by the Sea Publishing. 1979. 232 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 225252 |
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| Zauner, Phyllis. Virginia City. Its History... Its Ghosts. Photo available. Sonoma. Zanel Pub. 1989. 63 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221724 |
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| Craven, Margaret. Again Calls the Owl. Photo available. New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1980. 122 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (spine very lightly sunned) dust jacket.
Book ID: 234278 |
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| Vogliotti, Gabriel R. The Girls of Nevada. Prostitution in Nevada, from the Roadside Brothels, to the Beauties of Vegas, Told Against a Background of Gambling and Glamour. Photo available. Secaucus. Citadel Press. 1975. 264 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 207367 |
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| Lotchin, Roger. San Francisco. 1846-1856. From Hamlet to City. Photo available. New York. Oxford University Press. 1974. 406 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (remainder mark bottom edge) in near fine (lightly faded spine) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 222876 |
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| Jackson, Donald. Gold Dust. The Saga of the Forty-Niners. Their Adventures and Ordeals... Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1980. 361 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 209525 |
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| Newmark, Leo, M.D. California Family Newmark. An Intimate History. Photo available. Santa Monica. Norton B. Stern. 1970. 110 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (book plate) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 208616 |
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| Bolin, Major C. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Major C. Bolin, Alias David Butler, as Related by Himself to A.A. Sargent. Photo available. Palo Alto. Lewis Osborne. 1966. 86 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Black & white illustrations. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 217143 |
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| Squires, Mark E. The Dutchman., A Novel Based on the True Story of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine. Photo available. Apache Junction. Desert Candle Pub. 1994. 167 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 219674 |
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| Carlson, Chip. Tom Horn. Blood on the Moon. Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective. Photo available. np. High Plains Press. 2001. 382 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 215191 |
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| Hull, David (ed). Up the River. Steam Navigation above Carquinez Strait. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 2003. 59 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 210138 |
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| Meyer, Larry L. California Quake. Photo available. Nashville. Sherbourne Press. 1977. 172 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).
Book ID: 207390 |
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| Turpie, David (ed). The Journal of Arizona History. Volume 64, No. 2. Photo available. Tucson. Arizona Historic Society. Summer, 2023. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 233262 |
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| James, H.L. H.L. James' Rugs and Posts. The Story of Navajo Weaving and Indian Trading. Photo available. Atglen. Schiffer. 1988. 120 pps. Folio. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 235974 |
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| Austin, Steven A. (ed). Grand Canyon. Monument to Catastrophe. Photo available. Santee. Institute for Creation Research. 1994. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 177124 |
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| Scott, Ed. San Diego County Soldier-Pioneers. 1846-1866. Photo available. San Diego. San Diego Bicentennial Project. 1976. 174 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 207618 |
