University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. 1st. Paperback. First Edition. 4to. 160 pp color and black & white illustrations. Stiff color printed paperback in fine condition; as new. still in shrinkwrap. An acclaimed rawhide braider of horse gear, Luis Ortega elevated his craft to collectible art and influenced a generation of... More about Luis Ortega’s Rawhide Artistry: Braiding in the California Tradition
San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft, 1885. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. iii, Part I: 118 pp; Part II: 114 pp. Color fold-out map depicting the area bounded by Stockton to Kearney streets and California to Washington streets. N.B - the area of the map north of Washington is roughly... More about The Chinese At Home and Abroad: Together with Report of the Special Committee of the Board of...
Los Angeles: A.H. Dutton, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. "This book is no. 527, and was made for Charles Edgar Phillipi. It is one of a limited Southern California Club edition. A. Dutton Cartoonist - Publisher Los Angeles 1924. Presented to my friend "Phil" in appreciation if his work reproduced within... More about Builders and Developers of the Pacific Southwest in Cartoon (SIGNED
Pomona, CA: Progress Publishing Company, (1925). First Edition. 16mo. 23 pp. Map; 2 black & white photo-illustrations. Tan printed staplebound wrappers. Small chip to upper rear cover; minor wear, else a near fine copy of an uncommon title. In 1846, President Polk declared war on Mexico. The Mexican provinces of... More about Battles of San Pasqual: A Study, With Map, Itinerary and Guide to the Battle Fields
Los Angeles: Published by the author, (1937). First Edition. 8vo. [63 pp], unpaginated. Single-page map. A full-page illustration of various California missions face each text page. Tan wrappers with black illustration & lettering to front cover. Minor wear; a near fine copy. A guide to California missions, containing something of... More about Pen Pictures of California's Missions
Yosemite National Park: U.S. National Park Service in Charge of Information, 1920. First Edition. Tall 12mo. 98 pp. Fold map; 2 single page maps. Stiff tan wrappers with black illustration of Half-Dome in Yosemite Valley and black lettering. Minor wear, small scrape to spine end, else a fine copy. Ansel... More about Guide to Yosemite: A Handbook of the Trails and Roads of Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region
San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft, 1885. First and only edition. Original cloth. 8vo. iii, Part I: 118 pp; Part II: 114 pp. Color fold-out map depicting the area bounded by Stockton to Kearney streets and California to Washington streets. Publisher's plum color cloth with gilt lettering; marbled page edges. Light... More about The Chinese At Home and Abroad: Together with Report of the Special Committee of the Board of...
New York: Social Register Association, 1956. First Edition. 12mo. 180 pp. 2 pp Dilatory Domiciles printed on salmon paper at front. Black cloth with red ruling and lettering. Might wear to extremities; else a fine copy. contains full names and addresses of members of prominent families grouped together, the clubs... More about Social Register of San Francisco 1957 (Vol. LXII, No. 9
Notre Dame, Indiana: Ave Maria Press, 1948. First Edition. Small 8vo. 155 pp. Illustrated by Sister Genevieve, Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary. Orange cloth in illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy with minor wear to extremities and short closed tears to dustjacket edges. Not in Baird and Greenwood. A... More about Juan of San Bruno
Riverside, CA: Riverside County Historical Commossion Press, 1993. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To ***/Best personal wishes/Bob Fitch 10/5/93." 8vo. 300, [22] pp. Bibliography; Index. Blue cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition. "This book has two purposes: (1) to briefly describe the history and functions of each department of Riverside County... More about Profile of a Century: Riverside County, California 1893 - 1998 (INSCRIBED
Laguna Beach, CA: Published by the author, 1991. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 115 pp. Bibliography. Black & white photo illustrations. A fine copy in fine dustjacket (previous owner name). "Villa Rockledge, originally known as Mariona, was built by Frank Miller, developer of the Mission Inn in Riverside... More about The History of Villa Rockledge: A National Treasure in Laguna Beach (SIGNED
New York: Robert M. McBride, 1930. Fourth Edition, New and Revised. INSCRIBED "To the 'Lancers'/with the author's compliments and regard/Feb. 1930/Pasadena, California." Harry Carr's personal bookplate inside front cover, facing the inscription. Carr (1877–1936), whose byline for most of his career was Harry Carr, was an American reporter, editor and..... More about Finding the Worth While in California (INSCRIBED to Harry Carr
Elsinore, CA: Laguna House, 1966. First Edition. SIGNED by Tom Hudson. 8vo. 22, [2] pp. Illustrations from originals by Ralph Love. Stiff illustrated wrappers with leather tie. Minor wear; slight darkening to covers; a near fine and uncommon copy. Rancho Monserate, one of the old Mexican land grants, was located... More about Rancho Monserate: A Story in Poetry of Life, Love and Tragedy at an Old California Rancho (SIGNED
San Diego, CA: Sunbelt Publications, Inc., 2004. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 152 pp. Bibliography; Index. Black & white photo-illustrations. A fine copy in fine dustjacket, as new. "An inspiring and wonderfully told account of one man's fight to save and preserve the mountains of Southern California..." -dustjacket rear cover. More about Will Thrall and the San Gabriels: A Man to Match the Mountains (SIGNED
Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. 133 pp. Index. Black & white photo-illustrations; maps. A fine copy in fine dustjacket (previous owner name). "The Census of 1790 offers data that refute the long-held myth of Spanish purity in the social and cultural roots of our state...Mason's synthesis... More about The Census of 1790: Demographic Account of Colonial California
Riverside, CA: Privately Printed, 1984. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To ***/from your shirt-tail cousin (Graser)/Jane Davis Gunther April 17, 1985." Apppendix; Glossary; Index. Blue cloth with silver lettering in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities). "With over 1,200 names considered, almost every place that has ever had a name put... More about Riverside County, California, Place Names: Their Origins & Their Stories (INSCRIBED
Del Monte, CA: Pebble Beach Company, 2004. Jo J. Mora. First Edition thus. Paperback. Small octavo (6 1/2" x 4 1/2"). 32pp. 6 full-page Jo Mora illustrations; in-text decorations on every page. Yellow staplebound wraps with red lettering and Jo Mora design. With a new introduction by Pebble Beach Company... More about Del Monte Cocktail Book
Rizzoli, 2008. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. Oblong 4to. 427 pp. Bibliography; Index. Profusely illustrated throughout with over 300 color and black & white photo-reproductions. Publisher's tan cloth with color plate mounted to front cover; gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Small stain to front cover else a fine... More about The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills
Visalia, CA: Tulare county Board of Trade, Municipal Auditorium, (1943). Appears to have been first published in 1938. 8vo. 12 pp (including covers). Bifold. (Black & white photo-illustrations. Map. 4 pp insert (bound in) titled "Production of Wealth", each page for the years 1940-1943. Contains information on a range of... More about Tulare County: In the Heart of the Fertile San Joaquin Valley - California
Pomona, CA: Pomona Board of Trade, ca. 1910s. 12mo. 23 unnumbered pages. Black & white photo-illustrations. Light brown wrappers with black lettering & decoration to front cover. A near fine copy. Not in Rocq. More about Pomona and Vicinity: The Home of the Goddess of Fruits
Visalia, CA: Tulare County Board of Trade, ca. 1920. Tall 8vo (3 3/4" x 9). 16 pp. Illustrated with 14 black & white photographs. Original stiff red wrappers with gilt lettering in fine condition. Content is in the form of questions and answers regarding various aspects of Tulare County. (Rocq 15252). More about Tulare County Catechism: The Ultimate Place. Why Not Now? Tulare County, California
Visalia, CA: Tulare County Board of Trade, [1920]. First Edition. Original wrappers. Text makes reference to the 1920 U.S. Census. 8vo. 32 pp. Photographic illustrations. Map of California inside front cover, and map of Tulare County inside rear cover. Printed by The Neuner Co., Los Angeles. Stiff blue wrappers illustrated... More about Tulare County
Visalia, CA: Tulare County Board of Trade, (1918). 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Tall 8vo. [32] pp. Black & white photo-illustrations of scenery throughout Tulare County; folding map dated 1918 at rear. Publisher's photo-illustrated wrappers in fine condition, with a hint of wear. Promotional pamphlet devoted to describing the beauties... More about Tulare County's Wonderland Highways and By-Ways