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San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1934. Hardcover. Fleur-de-lis blue boards and tan cloth. Very good. 77 pages. 24 X 16 cm. Sketch by Jane Bissell and color illustrations by Arvilla Parker. Reprinted from the edition of 1856. Limited edition, one of 500 copies, with original Grabhorn announcement laid-in. Free endpapers toned. GRABHORN 212.

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1922. Hardcover. Orig. vellum spine, brown boards with front cover label printed in gilt. Fine. Unpaginated. 25 X 18.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 210 copies printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn and James McDonald from John Payne's translation out of the Old French. Cover, title pag and initials by Joseph Sinef. Almost as… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light blue boards, decorated canvas back lettered in gray on front cover. Very good. [4] 14 pages. 29 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 250 copies privately printed for Samuel L. Wormser in Goudy Modern type. GRABHORN 349. Front cover faded at head.

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue boards, black cloth back, blue labels printed in gold on front cover and spine. Very good. 219 pages. 29 .5 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 235 of 250 copies privately printed by Mrs. Frank Hamilton Short. Frontispiece, printed in red and black. Short, an attorney, President of… Read more about this item

San Francisco: San Francisco Bay Cities Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark beige cloth and tan boards, front cover and spine paper labels. Very good. Unpaginated, 8 leaves. 29.5 x 21.5 cm. Pastedown front cover label noting "This volume has been made specially for Porter Garnett.......February 1929," with hand written inscription on free… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Westerners Los Angeles Corral, 1966. First printing. Paperback. Orig. printed tan wrappers. Very good. 46 pages. Subject Guide. Westerners Keepsake, Publication #80, 1966.

Denver: Old West Publishing, 1965. Hardcover. Orig. decorated green clean. Fine in nicked and chipped plain paper wrapper. 84 pages. 33 x 24.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Illustrated in color and black and white. Handsomely printed, bright, very clean copy.

Np: Ward Ritchie Press, 1959. Hardcover. Orig. decorated boards and cloth. Fine in clear plastic dust wrapper. 145 pages. Edited and With an Introduction by John W. Caughey. Originally published in 1850, Wheat [Books of The Gold Rush], regards it as "one of the earliest authentic personal accounts of the California diggings." BARRETT 389.BLUMANN & THOMAS 4876. COWAN… Read more about this item

San Francisco: California Academy of Medicine, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. marbled boards and niger back. Very good. 186 pages. Eighteen full-page photographs. References. Index. Four page facsimile pamphlet on tan paper inserted. Limited edition, one of 970 copies, printed by the Grabhorn Press. Spine darkened. GRABHORN PRESS 141.

San Francisco: John Howell-Books, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 135 pages. Forty-two plates, most in color.Foreword by Alfred Frankenstein. List of Artists. Bibliographical Information and References Relating to the Artists. Index. Well presented in an oversize format. Color reproductions of good quality. Limited edition, one of 3500.

Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. olive khaki cloth. Near fine in rubbed dust wrapper. 143 pages. Seventeen reproductions of the author's paintings, each designed to depictvery briefly the remarkably swift evolution of California's architectural and social history. Edges slightly sunned.

New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Near fine. 123 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Originally published 1935.

San Francisco: The California Academy of Sciences, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated gray cloth. Very good. 86 pages. List of Officers, 1930-1960. Membership Roll. Biographies of deceased pastpresidents, fifteen in total. Index. Partly unopened. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy.

San Francisco: Cameron & Co, 1984. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper.. Approx. 180 pages in text. Large landscape 4to, profusely illustrated with color photographs.

Sacramento: Senate. State of California, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Index. Owner inscription. Orig. red cloth. Near fine. 383 pages.

Palo Alto: Lewis Osbourne, 1967. Hardcover. Orig.blue cloth with front cover illustration in gilt. Very good. 92 pages. Illustrated. Foreword by Kenneth Johnson. The voyage of the "Pacific" took 194 days. There were other notable passengers who were to leave their mark on California history: Mark Hopkins, John Ross Browne, and A.S. Marvin. Limited edition, copy 1437 of… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1958. Revised edition. Hardcover. Orig. yellow cloth with paper spine and front cover labels.Very good. 87 pages. 19 x 12 1/2 cm. Originally published 1931. Index. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies signed by Powell. Cellotape remnants free endpapers, small spine nicks.

SanFrancisco: J.W. Stacey, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Near fine. 699 pages. Nearly 800 ilustrations in the text. With a chapter on the use of california shrubs in garden design by Fred H.Schumacher. Bibliography. Index.

Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1967. Hardcover. Orig. cream cloth with front cover illustration in gilt. Very good. 75 pages. Illustrated. Introduction by Kenneth Johnson. Originally published as part of "Seeking The Golden Fleece," 1887 [WHEAT 199], the letters are set forth in the same manner, without salutation or closing. Limited edition, one of 2350 copies.

Berkeley: The Friends of The Bancroft Library, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. rust cloth. Very good. 119 pages. Illustrated. A tribute, festschrift to Hammond, who served as Library Director at the Bancroft, andretired in 1965. Printed and designed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, signed and dated by George P. Hammond, May 23, 1965; bright, crisp copy. With the… Read more about this item