Paul Frenzeny's Chinatown Sketches
The Book Club of California, 2012. Hard cover. Small, light stains on front cover, not covering text. Book is in otherwise fine condition. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked. More
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Paul Frenzeny's Chinatown Sketches: An Artist's Fascination with San Francisco's Chinese Quarter, 1874-1882
The Book Club of California, 2012. Hard cover. Near fine condition. More
Troupers of the Gold Coast, or the Rise of Lotta Crabtree
Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1928. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to John Howell, dean of the antiquarian book trade in San Francisco during the first half the the 20th century. Covers shelfworn. More
Croesus Gold Mining and Milling Company Checks 7656-7659
Croesus Gold Mining and Milling Company, 1910. Soft Cover. Binder 6. Sheet of 4 blank checks and check register receipts. Undated circa 1910; last digit of year left blank to fill in. Four large chips out of left edge. Paper is clean. More
A History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines: Nevada and the Great Basin Region; Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras
F. Boegle, 1889. Hardcover. Scarce cloth issue. Covers shelfworn. Owner's name inside front and back covers. More
My Ascent of Grizzly Peak: The Adventures of a Middle-aged Gentleman
Privately Printed at the Grabhorn Press, 1950. Softcover. binA. Limited to 50cc. Printed as a Christmas gift for close friends of the author. More
The Tennessee Letters: From Carson Valley, 1857-1860
The Grace Dangberg Foundation, Inc., 1983. Hard cover. Jacket is lightly worn along edges. Jacket is sunned along spine and around top edge of front cover, but text is legible. Spine is slightly shaken, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked. More
The San Francisco Tape Music Center: 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde
University of California Press, 2008. Hard cover. Like new, in original shrink wrap. More
They Saved the Crops: Labor, Landscaping, and the Struggle Over Industrial Farming in Bracero-Era California
The University of Georgia Press, 2012. Soft cover. Front cover is lightly sunned along hinge, not affecting legibility. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked. More
Chavez Ravine, 1949: A Los Angeles Story
Chronicle Books, 1999. Hard cover. First edition. Jacket is rubbed and lightly worn along edges. Spine is cracked but binding is secure. Inscription from previous owner on back of front endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. More
Malaspina in California
John Howell Books, 1960. Hardcover. Limited to 1000cc. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Covers mildly shelfworn. Alejandro Malespina was the commander of a Spanish scientific expedition in September 1791. More
Artists of the American West: A Biographical Dictionary
Sage, 1974. Hard cover. First edition, first printing. Some rubbing on jacket and wear on corners. Clean and unmarked inside other than one very small stain on inside front cover. More
Down East Gold and Silver Mining Co. Share Transfer Certificate
Down East Gold and Silver Mining Co., 1860. Soft Cover. Binder 5. Blank share transfer certificate. Undated circa 1860; last digit of year left blank to fill in. Some remnants of text from another paper stuck on. Paper is tanned. More
Six Months in the Gold Mines: from a Journal of Three Year's Residence in Upper and Lower California in 1847-8-9
Richard Bentley, 1850. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth covers water damaged. Spine faded. Bookplate inside front cover. Hinges cracked. More
To-Night! A Dramatic Cantata, in Three Acts--entitled: "Lost and Saved!"
E. Muller, 1880. Soft Cover. Binder 6. Flyer advertising local play; undated circa 1880. Edges are lightly chipped. Paper is tanned and fragile. More
Burbank Among the Indians
Caxton, 1946. Hardcover. Second printing. Dust jacket chipped, with a few small tears. More
Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground
Caxton Printers, 1936. Hardcover. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Covers mildly edgeworn. More
The Etchings of Edward Borein
John Howell, 1971. Hardcover. Binding is tight. Covers have very light surface wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. More
Yerba Buena-- 1846 (Sketched Through a Loophole)
Johnck and Seeger, 1935. Hardcover. Kemble is referred to as "San Francisco's First Printer." Reproduced from the Sacramento Daily Union of August 26, September 16, and October 14, 1871. Limited to 300cc. Bookplate inside front cover. Mild shelfwear. More
The Twenty-One Missions of California: Reproductions from Paintings by Edwin Deakin
Edwin Deakin, 1899. Hardcover. Covers worn. Interior in excellent shape. Scarce copy of an important Berkeley artist. Gift inscription on front endpaper. More
The Justice of Gideon
Macaulay Company, 1910. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author with her full married name. First edition. Covers faded. More
Rough Justice
Little, Brown and Company, 1950. Hard cover. First edition. Dust jacket bright with two large scuffs on front and minor wear on spine. Previous owner's name on inside front cover, otherwise clean throughout. More
Fine Saddles, Bits & Spurs
Butterfield & Butterfield, 1989. Soft Cover. Auction catalog. Spine and top inch of front cover are sunned. Inside is clean and unmarked. More
The Art of the Exhibition
Paul Elder and Co, 1915. Hardcover. Third edition, revised. Gift inscription on front flyleaf. Dust jacket chipped along edges. "Personal impressions of the architecture, sculpture, mural decoration, color scheme & other aesthetic aspects of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition." More
Cowboys Who Rode Proudly: Carrying Cattle...and the Methods of Handling Them
The Nina Stewart Haley Memorial Library, 1992. Hard Cover. Dust jacket spine is sunned. Inside is clean and unmarked. More