Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1920. First Edition Thus. Octavo; 45pp, illustrations, 2-page map. Illustrated staplebound wrappers in fine condition, with a hint of wear. A very good copy in staplebound wrappers(one staple pulled from text block; previous owner namestamp; rubbing & soiling to covers). Cover image is Half Dome..... More
San Francisco: Woodhead, Field & Co., 1916. First Edition. 4to. 98 pp. Color cover image by Maynard Dixon titled "Over the Border". Illustrations throughout; full-page color image of native americans looking out over Roosevelt Dam northeast of Phoenix, AZ painted by W.H. Bull. Color illustrated wrappers. A very good copy..... More
San Francisco: Sunset Magazine, Inc., 1924. First Edition. 4to. 104 pp. Color cover image by Maynard Dixon titled "The Vultures' Prey". Illustrations throughout (some in color).collor illustrated wrappers. A fine copy. The lead article is titled "The Red Slaves of Oklahoma" by John Collier with photographic image of a young..... More
[San Luis Obispo CA: Plagiarist Presse, No date. First Edition. Octavo; 34pp; illustrations, including 2 folding maps (Rancho Huasna diseno and 'Rancho Huasna, its neighbors... and their relation to the present day locality') in pocket at rear. A Fine copy in stapled wrappers; photo of Sparks to front cover. #51..... More
[San Francisco]: (1915). First Edition Thus. SIGNED by E.F. Green on last page. 3 1/4" x 2 1/8". [22] pp. Five full-page photo-illustrated plates (including frontispiece). Brown suede covers wtih dark brown lettering and illustration of a ship to front and two crests to rear cover. The cover title reads..... More
Fresno, CA: Dumont Color Lithography, ca. 1940s. Color proof sheet (23" x 14 1/2") depicting 12 iconic images of Yosemite National Park on the front side and a description of each image with Post Card & stamp notation on the back side. Fine condition. The images include: Arched Rock on..... More
Southern Pacific Lines, ca. 1950s. Poster measures approximately 23 x 16" (27 x 20 overall on linen backing). Black & white photographic image of the 18th hole on the Pebble Beach Golf Course with blue and black lettering. The photographer is unknown. A small crowd is watching the golfers on..... More
Yosemite National Park, CA: Yosemite Association, 2002. Limited Edition to 250 numbered copies, this being "Press Copy" Octavo. (ix) 33pp. Original grey wraps. Line drawings by Jane Gyer. one of an edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Book designed by Michael Osborne Design; printed letterpress at One Heart Press in..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1965. First Edition. Large 4to. 160 pp. Edited by David Brower. Photographs by Ansel Adams, Morley Baer, Wynn Bullock, Steve Crouch, William E. Garnett, Philip Hyde, Eliot Porter, Cole Weston, Edward Weston, Don Worth, Cedric Wright, and others. Twenty-eight illustrations lithographed in color, fifty-one printed in..... More
Los Angeles: China City Publishing Co., 1938. First Edition. 4to. [26] pp (including 7pp business advertisements). Illustrated by F. Paul Sylos. Orange printed staplebound softcover in fine condition; a surprisingly uncommon illustrated brief history of China City, no copies currently on the market and no copies located in online institutions..... More
[San Luis Obispo CA?]: NP, 1980s? First Edition. Spiral bound. 12mo; [55]pp : illustrations; facsimiles. Near Fine copy. Record of guests transported to Hearst Castle 1928-1930 by Yugoslav immigrant Steve Zegar (who eventually owned a garage and Yellow Cab franchise, a restaurant, two hotels and three gas stations in SLO)..... More
Sacramento: Valley Press Printing House, 1881. First Edition. Octavo; xix, 1-373, [25 blank leaves], 375-417pp (list of Officers of City of Sacramento 1849-1881 plus Index). Original full tan sheepskin, front cover printed and ruled; red title label to spine, splitting black compilor label laid in. Poor condition (front board detached..... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1939. First Edition. INSCRIBED 'May 3, 1939/Sacramento, California/For C. Don Field-/California needs more leaders/like you -/ A toast, my friend, and more/power to you!/Evelyn Wells' on ffep. Field, from Glendale, was a CA Assemblyman in the 1930s qnd 40s; he was author of AB 2342..... More