Santa Cruz, CA: Unique Theatre, 1905. First Edition. Small 8vo. [12] pp. Illustrations. Pink printed wrappers in near fine condition (short closed tear to upper edge of first two pages; minor wear to extremities; a bit of fraying to page edge of rear cover) An unusual and early Santa Cruz..... More
Monterey, CA: The Planning Commission, 1939. First Edition. 4to. 31, [3] pp. Color plate titled 'First Theater in California'; photo-illustrations; single-page map; 4 folding maps in rear pocket showing Parks, Parkways and Recreation, Conservation of Bay & Beach Frontage with Proposed Promenade, Streets and Hiwhays with Existing Traffic Volumes, and..... More
San Francisco: Gray Line, ca. 1945. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo; [16] pp. Frontispiece woodcut. Illustrated with photographs. Near Fine copy in stapled yellow & red wrappers. Uncommon tourist pamphlet for San Francisco's Chinatown shortly after World War II. The tour included visits to Old Chinatown Lane, the Chinatown Telephone Exchange..... More
(Los Angeles): Ebell Club of Los Angeles; 75th Diamond Anniversary Committee, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto; 47pp. Photo-illustrations. Near Fine copy in stapled illustrated wraps. 'The Ebell of Los Angeles is an educational and philanthropic organization founded by women, for women in 1894. Our mission is to participate in and..... More
(Los Angeles): Ebell Club of Los Angeles; 75th Diamond Anniversary Committee, 1969. First Edition. Quarto; 47pp. Photo-illustrations. Near Fine copy in stapled illustrated wraps in original glassine. 'The Ebell of Los Angeles is an educational and philanthropic organization founded by women, for women in 1894. Our mission is to participate..... More
(Monterey): N.p., 1886. First Edition. Large 8vo. 29, (1) pp. Text in double column. Portrait plate of Major Edwin A. Sherman; 5 illustrations (including three on wrapper covers. Dark brown blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering; original blue wrappers bound in. Offsetting from endpaper adhesive to ffep and rfep; front hinge..... More
Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, 1896. First Edition. SIGNED label "Compliments of J. J. Crawford, State Mineralogist" affixed to ffep; additionally stamped similarly on second page. Large 8vo. xiii, [1], 726 pp. Illustrations from photographs, maps (including long fold-out titled "Geological Map of the Mother Lode Belt in El Dorado Co."..... More
San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco: South Moulton Company, 1923. Booklovers' Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. 4to. Illustrated by 16 photogravures, 32 full-page duotone plates and more than 1100 half-tone cuts of birds in life, nests, eggs, and favorite haunts, from photographs chiefly by Donald R. Dickey, Wright M. Pierce..... More
Yerba Buena, CA: Printed by Clamprinters Lawton R. Kennedy and John J. Johnck at the Platrix Press, 1935. First Edition, Limited to 200 numbered copies, this being No. 2 (as apparently are most copies). Tall 8vo. xi, 27 pp. Color woodcuts. Green paper covered boards with illustrated paper title label..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Abrams, 1932. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 13-347pp. Index. 12 full-page illustrations by Charles Sindelar and George Keen. Brown and cream cloth with gilt lettering to spine; pages uncut; endpapers illusted with views of California missions in scarce blue and cream illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy (minor wear..... More
Hollister, CA: Hollister Free Lance, June, 1886. First Edition. Folio. 17 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings; ads for local businesses; map. Color lithograph wrappers in very good condition (wear along spine and extremities; short closed tear to page 11/12; two small chips to front and rear edge). An uncommon and..... More
San Diego, CA: The Union-Tribune Publishing Company, 1960-1977. First Edition. No. 302 of an unspecified number of copies of the "Special Edition" Volumes 1-6 commissioned by James Copley and SIGNED by the author and Copley; volume 7 commissioned by Helen Copley and SIGNED by her and the author. 4to. Various..... More