Shafter, CA: Published by the author, 1936. 1st. Half-leather. First Edition, Limited Edition #4 of 10 copies printed on special paper and hand-bound by the Santa Barbara Bindery as noted by the author in his own hand; SIGNED by Latta. 8vo. 209 pp. 34 photo-plates. Latta's business card as Directory..... More
Shafter, CA: Published by the author, 1936. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. 209 pp. 34 photo-plates. SIGNED and dated by the author. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A fine copy. As Told to F. F. Latta by 15 Native Americans. A Collection of California Indian Folklore Tales..... More
Santa Cruz: Bear State Books, 1979. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 365pp. Index. Many photo illustrations. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and design to front cover. Fine condition. Recollections Latta collected from friends and descendants of the Death Valley '49ers. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Museum, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition to 500 copies. 4to. (xiii), 287pp. 50 illustrations. Green cloth in cream and green illustrated dustjacket; map endpapers. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (darkening to spine; wear and chips to extremities). The most exhaustive data published concerning..... More
Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Museum, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition to 500 copies. 4to. (xiii), 287pp. 50 illustrations. INSCRIBED & dated by the author. Green cloth in cream and green illustrated dustjacket; map endpapers. A fine copy (previous owner name) in fine dustjacket. The most exhaustive data published concerning..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Bear State Books, 1980. First Edition. Small 4to. 685 pp. Index. Color frontispiece portrait of Murrieta; black & white photo-reproductions; maps; drawings by Joe Rodriquez. Tan cloth with gilt illustration to front cover and gilt lettering to spine; illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. Biography of Joaquín Murieta..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Bear State Books, 1976. First Edition. Small 4to. 293 pp. Black & white photo-reproductions; drawings by Joe Rodriquez. Tan cloth with red illustration to front board and red lettering; map endpapers. Small stain inside front board; else a fine copy. The history of Rancho El Tejon and..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Bear State Books, 1976. First Edition. Small 4to. xx, 323 pp. Photo-reproductions; drawings by Joe Rodriquez. Green cloth with dark green illustration and lettering in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. 'Tailholt Tales' is a much expanded version of an earlier work titled..... More