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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/fine. A very near fine first edition, as stated. In a fine dust jacket. Blue paper boards under blue quarter cloth. Binding is sturdy and square. Lightest of marginalia in pencil, otherwise fine. 289 pp. : illustrations, maps. Octavo. Award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards gives… Read more about this item

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. A very near fine first printing in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Black cloth boards. Rear lower corner bumped, and jacket marred at the bump, otherwise as new. 291 pp. Quarto. A history that is… Read more about this item

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1936. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +/very good. A very good plus first edition in a very good dust jacket. Buckram cloth binding with green stagecoach motif. Green title stamping on spine. Dust stain to top edge. Red mark on front pastedown. Previous owner's book stamp in red on first free endpaper.… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 1911. Early Printing. Cloth. Very good +/none as issued. A very good plus "fine paper edition." Red cloth boards with gillt title stamping on spine. Gilt top edge. Previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper. Toning to endpapers. No other flaws. 388 pp. 4&1/4 x 6&1/2 inches tall, 18mo. Bret Harte (born… Read more about this item

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Fine/very good. A fine first edition in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Pictorial covers. Pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket shows a small square of sunning, label residue, and wear at corners. 335 pp. including index. Quarto. Samuel Clemens was the local reporter for the San Francisco… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City, Utah: Western Printing Company, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Leatherette. Very Good +. A very-good+ /near fine, signed, first edition Author's signature dated 1930 on first blank leaf. Green pictorial limp leatherette cover with green and gilt stamping of a pioneer wagon, and author's name embossed at foot of cover. Minor shelfwear at corners,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: George Fields, 1936. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/missing. hans. A fine limited edition, one of 500 Copies Designed and Hand Printed by Wilder Bentley & His Wife, Apprentice. Originally published as "Pioneer Days in California" Pictorial buckram boards. Binding is sturdy and square. Deckled pages. SIGNED on the second leaf by the editor, Robin Lampson. Missing the… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1930. Limited Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good/good +. A very good limited edition (1 of 1000 copies,regular edition on India antique paper) in a good plus dust jacket. Brown quarter cloth under green paper boards. Bottom edges worn. Binding is sturdy, tight, and square. Uniform toning to first free endpaper. Deckled pages.… Read more about this item

Oakland: Biobooks, 1947. First Thus; Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/missing. A about fine first thus, one of 750 printed. Binding is perfect. Brown faux leather boards. Decorated endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate has come loose from front pastedown. Rear map intact and pristine. 166 [1] pp. Octavo. Thomas Jefferson Farnham (1804–1848) was an explorer and author of the… Read more about this item

San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1953. First Thus. Cloth. Near fine/very good +. An about fine first thus in a very good plus dust jacket. Quarter cloth over green glitter-speckled boards. Binding is sturdy, tight and square. Previous owner's address label on verso of first free endpaper. Erasure marks on first free endpaper. Map endpapers. Additional… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1949. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Very good +/good +. A very good plus first trade edition (stated first edition) in a good plus dust jacket. Red cloth-covered boards with black title-stampiing. Wear to top and bottom edges of book. Deckled pages. Map endpapers. Dust jacket is price clipped and taped into older Brodart archival cover. jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. A very near fine first edition, with Rinehart colophon present, in a very good dust jacket. Navy blue boards with bright gilt title stamping on cover and spine. Binding is sturdy and square. pages and pastedown show mild toning, otherwise fine. Loss at crown of dust… Read more about this item

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1955. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Near Fine/near fine. Near fine, first edition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Marbled vellum-style paper cover with red quarter cloth covering spine. Near fine dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 244 pp. Small octavo, 5 3/4… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company., 1917. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Good +/missing. A good plus first edition. Blue cloth under parchment boards with gilt accent and gilt title stamping on spine. Rubbed joints and bumped and frayed corners. Water stain on front cover (see photo). Binding is sturdy and square. loss on foot of spine. … Read more about this item

Bath: University of California Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/as new. A near fine first edition in an as new (fine) dust jacket. Book review laid in. From the library of noted (late) senior researcher for Historical Services, Wells Fargo Bank. Dr. Chandler's signature on front pastedown, otherwise as new (fine).148 pp. Glossy color photographs… Read more about this item

New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/poor. A good plus first edition, as stated, in a poor dust jacket. Buckram covered boards with brown crest and title stamping on spine. Tape marring rear cover, residue on front cover. Binding is tight, sturdy and square. Map endpapers showing tape residue.Wartime paper announcemnt on… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Pacific Art Company, 1901. First Edition. Leather bound. Very good/none as issued. A gorgeous first edition in full pebbled leather boards. Maroon pebbled leather boards with bright gilt title stamping on cover and spine. Rubbing to joints and bottom edge. Corners bumped, rubbed. Shelfwear to crown and foot. Binding is sturdy and square. All edges bright… Read more about this item

1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. A near fine first edition in the original unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket was covered in the past with a clear adhesive covering which shows ome creasing..With 34 black and white photgraphs, 17 maps, sources and index. 552pp. including index. Octavo.

San Francisco: Alta California Book and Job Office, 1863. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good +. A very good plus, original softcover booklet. Green loose dust cover over string binding. Octavo. Established in 1850, The Society of California Pioneers is dedicated to the study and enjoyment of California art, history, and culture. Founded byindividuals arriving in California before… Read more about this item

Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1960. Facsimile. Hardcover. Fine/missing. A fine facsimile of Thompson & West's 1880 edition. Black cloth with bright gilt title stamping on cover and spine. Binding is sturdy and square. Gift inscription on front pastedown. Pristine color foldout map of Sacramento County. Missing dust jacket. Long folio, 14 x 11 inches tall.