San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California, 1952. First Edition Limited to 375 copies. 4to. (8), 59, (1) pp. 19 reproductions of pencil sketches the author drew during a the summer of 1856 while visiting the California missions. Vellum backed patterned paper covered boards;..... More
Carmel, CA: Published by the author, 1995. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Sharon Lawrence and Kathryn Prine. 4to. 55 pp. Photo-illustrations of early Carmel.Publisher's photo-illustrated wrappers. Small previous owner initials & number on first page else a fine copy. Louis S. Slevin was the first photographer to shoot a full range..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1914. First Edition. INSCRIBED "Los dias del sol dilaten del Alma. May we prove it true is the wish of Mary Austin, July - 1915". Large 8vo. 178 pp. Fold-out map of California at rear. 32 tipped-in color plates (including frontispiece) with titled tissue guards..... 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, as new. Biography of..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1914. First Edition. 8vo. 138 pp. Publisher's tan cloth with black lettering; gilt and black image on front cover. Minor wear else a fine copy. "This book tells of the old San Francisco and of the new: of the quaint, the queer and the fascinating peoples..... More
San Francisco: 1920. First Edition. INSCRIBED "For Rev. Father Mestres, trusting he may care to read my Father Serra * Mission poesm, and appreciating his own tireless endeavor in historic lines. Ella M. Sexton, September Eighteenth, '24". Father Raymundi M. Mestres was a Monsignor who served for thirty-seven years at..... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1937. First Edition. INSCRIBED "This book is inscribed for Clio Lee ?, by her friend, Charles Caldwell Dobie, Fresno, February 20 1938". 8vo. 228 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (minor fading to spine; wear..... More
Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Libraries, 1939. First Edition. 8vo. 273 pp. Bibliography; Index. Illustrations. Orange cloth in publisher's illustrated dustjacket; illustrated endpapers. Fine in near fine dustjacket (minor wera to extremities). The story of Thomas O. Larkin, California's only United States Consul. Based upon Unpublished Correspondence of Thomas Oliver..... More
Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith, Inc., 1973. First Edition. 4to. 127 pp. Black & white photo-illustrations. Half red cloth spine over cream cloth boards in photo-illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. The classic account of the artistic & literary period in Carmel centering on the years between 1905-1914; much..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1928. 8vo. 298 pp. 4 color plates; black & white illustrations. Illustrated by E. C. Millard. Publisher's yellow cloth stamped in black; illustrated endpapers. Light spotting and soiling; else a near fine copy. First published in 1926; the author's first book includes charming tales from..... More
Privately Printed, 1972. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To ***, George R. McIntosh". 8vo. 233 pp. Photo-reproductions. Illustrated by Lyle Morris and Ernest L. Morris. Tan illustrated wrappers in fine condition. Personal memoir and history of the McIntosh brothers' stage line and its operations in Monterey County, California during the late nineteenth..... More
Los Angeles: Privately Printed, 1948. First Edition. 8vo. 207 pp. Single-page map of Chinatown; illustrations. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black. Fading & light spotting to spine else a fine copy. In Garding Lui’s 1948" Inside Los Angeles Chinatown", he explores the vast history of LA’s Chinatown and the city’s..... More
Chicago: Charles T. Powner Co., 1937. Second printing. 8vo. 174 pp. Translated from the Spanish of Ireneo Paz. Rust color cloth in tan and brown illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy, in as new condition. The biography of one of the most infamous bandits in the history of the Old West..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's book Shop, 1987. First Edition Limited to 375 numbered copies, this being #59. SIGNED by the author. Small folio. xv, 244 pp. Bibliography; Index. Reproductions of maps. Printed by the Castle Press. Blue cloth spine over illustrated paper covered boards. Slight splaying of boards; small white mark..... More
Palo Alto: Pacific Books, 1950. First Edition. 4to. 159 pp. Bibliography. Illustrations of music chords, dance forms, and costumes. Green cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. "By going direct to the old timers who still remembered the original dances of early California days and their music..... More
Monterey, CA: Del Monte Property Co., 1941. First Color Printing. Color pictographic map. Image size 17 3/4" x 13 7/8". Light creasing; small stains along right edge not affecting the image; colors are strong and bright. A nice copy of the uncommon first color printing. Jo Mora's first Yosemite carte..... More
Hollywood: Hartwell Publishing Corporation, 1930. First Edition. 12mo; 55pp including 'Foreword,' 'Brief Guide to Pronunciation of Spanish Names' and 'A Word of Thanks.' Scarce publication in fine condition (previous owner name). More
Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1925. First Edition. Small 4to. 913 pp. Photo-illustrated plates of portraits and views. Three-quarter black morocco over green cloth boards; marbled endpapers. A near fine copy of an uncommon county history (light scuffing at spine ends). A history of Merced County from pre-statehood days, the..... More
Carmel, CA: Antiquities Research Publications, 1975. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Jean, from Vera Stokes, Pop Ernest's Daughter!" 8vo. 78 pp. Illustrations. Handwritten note tipped to front free endpaper explaining that the illustrations are after original drawings in the Pop Ernest restaurant, the first commercial business on Monterey's Fisherman's Wharf. Of..... More
Carmel, CA: Antiquities Research Publications, 1976. INSCRIBED by the author. 8vo. 96 pp. Illustrations; maps. Black & white illustrated softcover in near fine condition. More
Carmel, CA: Antiquities Research Publications, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 103 pp. Illustrations; plans; maps. Black & white illustrated softcover in near fine condition (previous owner name; light wear. More