THE QUEEN OF CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco: The Colt Press. 1945. First edition thus. Hardcover. 9'' x 6 1/4''. 47pp. With a folding map at rear. General light wear, some toning to pages and inked signature on paste-down.
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THE INDIANS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
Los Angeles: Southwest Museum. 1968. First edition thus. Hardcover. 10 1/2'' X 7''. 142pp. Light wear to covers. Without dust jacket, as issued.
EL CAMINITO REAL.
Los Angeles. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2'' X 5 3/4''. 169pp. Tiny spot on half-title, otherwise fine in a nice dust jacket.
GEORGE WASHINGTON SMITH.
Salt Lake City. Gibbs Smith, Publisher. 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 10 3/4'' x 9''. 178pp. Illustrated with color photographs and detailed drawings, the book also contains a complete catalog of Smith's work. Fine book in a fine dust jacket.
A Southern California Historical Anthology: Selections from the Annual and Quarterly Publications of the Historical Society of Southern California 1883-1983
Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, 1984. Hardcover. Octavo. 545pp. Limited to 500 copies. Illustrated. Hint of fading to spine. In matching slipcase which is tight with a little bump to edge.
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA: Recollections and Remarks by One who Visited These Shores in 1831, and Again in 1833, and Except When Absent on Business was a Resident from 1838 Untile the End of a Long life in 1909.
San Francisco: John Howell, 1967. Limited edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 2500 copies. Quarto. 345pp. 19 plates (some in color; 4 folding). Editied with an historical foreword and Index by Douglas S. Watson.
ON THE TRAIL OF A SPANISH PIONEER, THE DIARY AND ITINERARY OF FRANCISCO GARCES. In His Travels Through Sonora, Arizona, and California 1775-1776. (Two Volumes)
Francis P. Harper, 1900. Limited edition. Hardcover. Un-numbered copy of a limited edition of 950 copies. Two Volumes. Octavo. Continuous pagination 608pp. Incl. index. Fold-out map. Some illustrations. This copy belonged to Sayre Macneil, Dean of Loyola Law School and was later given to his son- inscriptions to both, in.....
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN JOURNALS OF WILLIAM MARSHALL ANDERSON The West in 1834.
San Marino, CA: Huntington Library Press, 1967. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. 10.25 x 7". 430pp. Incl. index.
Conquest Of The Coeur d'Alenes, Spokanes & Palouses
Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1975. Hardcover. Quarto. 312pp. Incl. index. Originally published in 1912. New introduction. Photographs, illustrations and fold out map. Mottled red cloth stamped in gold. Gold lettering dulled.
COMSTOCK, MINING AND MINERS
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883. Hardcover. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Volume IV. Quarto. 451pp. Bound-up report in plain black library cloth. Ex-Library, with stamp on paste-down, but no other markings. Includes three maps, two which are folding; one in color. Tape repairs to the larger map.....
THE DISCOVERY OF YELLOWSTONE PARK 1870: The Complete Story of the Washburn Expedition to the Headquarters of the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the Year 1870.
Saint Paul, MN: J.E. Haynes, 1923. Flexible boards. Second edition. 12mo. 188pp Illustrated. Decorative embossed leatherette. Spine a little darkened, rubbing to spine folds. Pencil ownership signature.
EXPLORING SOUTHWESTERN TRAILS 1846-1854. Philip St. George Cooke, William Henry Case Whiting, Francois Xavier Aubry.
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1938. Hardcover. The Southwest Historical Series. VII. Lg. octavo. 9.5 x 6.75" Red cloth. T.e.g. Illustrated, folding map. Spine is lightly faded, lettering dull.
SOUTHERN TRAILS TO CALIFORNIA IN 1849
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1937. Hardcover. The Southwest Historical Series. V. Lg. octavo. 9.5 x 6.75" Red cloth. T.e.g. Illustrated, folding map. Covers early Gold Rush years. Spine is lightly faded; a couple small spots to cover; spine lettering dull.
LEGENDS OF THE SPANISH SOUTHWEST
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1938. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. 9.5 x 6.75" Blue cloth, gilt title. Some illustrations. Spine tips ligtly rubbed.
LOOKING BACK: The History of the Baldwin Ranch, "El Descanso"
Privately printed, 1999. Hardcover. Quarto. 302pp. Plus several epilogues. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Glossy pictorial cover, issued without dust jacket. Light bump to one corner. Light wear.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCT. Final Report
Los Angeles: Department of Public Service, 1916. Hardcover. Quarto. 320pp. plus index. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings. Complete with 23 small maps and one large map at rear. Green cloth shows some wear and silverfish damage. Envelope containing the maps is in browned and in pieces and binding is.....
THE SUNSET CLUB OF LOS ANGELES. Initial Meeting June 28, 1895. Volume II (Volume I, issued August, 1905, included)
Los Angeles: George Rice & Sons, 1916. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Profusely illustrated from photographs with approx. 150 pp. of text, but many more pages with portraits of the members. Limited to 120 copies, this one with presentation leaf issued to Mrs. Hugh L. Macneil and signed by the Secretary.....
CALIFORNIA COAST TRAILS; A Horseback Ride From Mexico to Oregon
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 326pp. Incl. index. Illustrated from photographs. Gilt stamped pictorial cover is nice, though spine is dulled. Rubbing to spine corners. Some foxing to fore-edge and very light foxing on front end paper.
THE CRIMSON TRAIL OF JOAQUIN MURIETA. The Romance of California's Bandit Chief
Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Company, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 216pp. Red embossed cloth with gilt title in pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket is in two pieces, with split down spine fold and has fading and tears to top edge and spine. Nice copy.
EMPEROR NORTON OF SAN FRANCISCO
Santa Monica: Norton B. Stern, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 66pp. Limited to 300 un-numbered copies bound in purple cloth with gilt title on spine. Short gift inscription on front fly-leaf. Issued without dust jacket.
EARLY SACRAMENTANS
Sacramento: The Nugget Press, 1949. Hardcover. Octavo. 37pp. Tipped in illustrations. (Portraits). Mottled red cloth as light rubbing to hinge.
CONTROVERSIAL JAMES. An Essay on the Life and Work of George Warton James.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 98pp. Limited to 400 copies printed at the Yolla Bolly Press. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. 20 photographic plates. SIGNED and dated by Larson on half-title. Red linen, gilt cover ornament, slip case with paper spine label. Slipcase has.....
H.M.S. SULPHUR AT CALIFORNIA, 1837 and 1839: Being the Accounts of Midshipman Francis Guillemand Simkinson and Captain Edward Belcher
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1969. Limited edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 70pp. Limited to 450 un-numbered copies. Decorated paper covered boards and cloth spine. Nicely printed. Issued without dust jacket.
EXPOSITION ADDRESSED TO THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNION BY SENOR DON CARLOS ANTONIO CARILLO, DEPUTY FOR ALTA CALIFORNIA CONCERNING THE REGULATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE PIOUS FUND
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1938. Hardcover. Quarto. {v-xx} 15pp. First Thus in book form after the rare pamphlet now in the Bancroft Library. Limted to 650 un-numbered copies. Green paper covered boards, with dark green cloth spine and original matching dust jacket.
PORTOLA EXPEDITION : The Official Account of the Portola Expedition of 1769-1770; The Narrative of the Portola Expedition of 1769-1770 by Miguel Costanso; The Portola Expedition of 1760-1770, Diary of Vincente Vila; The Portola Expedition of 1769-1770, Diary of Miguel Costanso. (Four titles)
Berkeley: University of California, 1910-1911. Softcover. Octavo. Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History. Four volumes: Vol.1, No.2. 15pp.159pp. some pencil annotations; Vol.1, No. 4 (hardcover-plain library binding) ; Vol.2,No.1. 119pp.; Vol.2, No.4. 167pp. Sold as a group.