EDWARD BOREIN: Drawings and Watercolors, 1873-1945
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum Of Art, 1965. Softcover. Octavo. 20pp. Staple-bound pamphlet. Illustrated. Printed in brown and sepia. 1965 exhibition catalogue.
Santa Barbara
HISTORY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
Oakland: Thompson & West, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 391pp. Illustrated with engraved portraits and original lithographs showing local residences and businesses. Includes Chronological and Patron's Directory. Quarter leather with cloth boards, stamped in gold. Considerable chipping and loss to top and bottom of spine. Rubbing to edges and fraying.....
IN AN ABOUT SANTA BARBARA 1887-8 with SANTA BARBARA 1887-8. Original 19th. Century Hand-Made Albums of cyanotypes
Two albums. Small oblong 12mos, handmade paper covers with a title, in ink; ribbon ties. 1887-88. Cyanotypes, the images measuring approximately 3x4 inches, mounted recto/verso, each with a caption, in ink, below the image. 108 images total. The images follow a local family on outings in and around Santa Barbara.....
THE SAMARKAND PERSIAN HOTEL. Group of Ephemera
Three items: 1. The Samarkand Persian Hotel: 3" x 6" stapled pamphlet. 16pp. incl. cover. 7 illustrations done in pastel photolitho.; 2. Smarkand Heart's Desire: 4.5" x 2.5" stapled pamphlet. 32pp. Center sheet is map by W.J. Goodacre; 3. The Samarkand Persian Hotel folding avertisment card in color lithograph with.....
SANTA BARBARA (View Book)
Los Angeles: M. Rieder, Ca. 1903. First edition. Pamphlet. Oblong 9 3/8'' by 11 1/4''. Twenty-five photographs reproduced and tipped -in on 24 pages. Dark brown paper covers with a photo-reproduction of the Mission and two Padres tipped on. Bound with cord. Bookplate on inside cover, small tears and general.....
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SPRING FLOWER SHOW. The Armory March 31-April 1-2.
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Horticultural Society, n.d. (1939). Softcover. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. 16pp. in printed wrappers. Flower show program. Contains a "Where to Go and What to See" section and many ads for local businesses. Some toning to part of front cover.
(SANTA BARBARA MISSION) THE OLD MISSION
Santa Barbara: Old Mission Restoration Committee, 1926. Paperback. Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated with photographs by Hess. Rough brown paper wrappers with craft paper endpapers. Tan paper printed in brown and orange. Short history of the misson with a plea for funds to restore the mission after the 1925 earthquake. Includes statements.....
SANTA BARBARA TIERRA ADORADA
Los Angeles: Security-First National Bank, 1930. First edition. Paperback. Tall octavo. 112pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Staple-bound pictorial wrappers. Minor edge wear; tiny spot on rear.
SAMARKAND (Original Oil Painting)
ca 1920. Podchernikoff was born in Vladimir, Russia on Feb. 26, 1886. After the Russo-Japanese War, he immigrated to the U.S. He moved to San Francisco in 1903 and to Santa Barbara in 1913. 26" x 20". Oil on Canvas. Signed left corner. “The Samarkand Persian Hotel was flanked by.....
JAMES ARMSTRONG
Santa Barbara, CA: Self/ my publisher.com. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 30pp. Full page color illustrations of Armstrong's abstract paintings. Silk cloth over boards, with cover inset containing signed illustration of one of the paintings. Short bio, otherwise no text. Issued without dust jacket.
FERNAND LUNGREN.
Santa Barbara: The Schauer Press, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Lungren painted in the desert , but lived in Santa Barbara in his later years. 8vo. 347pp. with index. Some wear to covers, pages lightly toned.
The Pinto Horse: A Portfolio of Illustrations
Santa Barbara: (Fisher & Skofield). Hardcover. Quarto. No date, no publisher. Color frontise and the sixteen black and white illustrations for Charles Perkins', "The Pinto Horse" published by Hebberd in 1927 (red) and reprinted by Fisher and Skofield (tan) in 1937. Illustrations are enclosed in a paper wrapper within a......
A SALUTE TO 100 YEARS SANTA BARBARA HIGH SCHOOL 1875-1975
Santa Barbara: The Santa Barbara High School Centennial Committee. 1975. First printing. Paperback. Quarto.60pp. Illustrated with numerous interesting old photographs.
SEA CAVES OF ANACAPA ISLANDS
Santa Barbara: McNally & Loftin, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Still in shrinkwrap.
A NEW GOOSE (BRANTA) FROM THE LOWER PLIOCENE OF NEVADA; THE CALIFORNIA TAPIR...FROM SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CALIFORNIA; A SECOND NEW GENUS OF HEDGEHOG FROM THE PLIOCENE OF NEVADA
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1929. Paperback. Quarto. [24pp.] Geological Sciences Bulletin, illustrated with one plate. Cover toned and chipped on brittle edges.
JUAREZ-HOSMER ADOBE LANDMARK PROPOSAL
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara County Historical Landmark Advisory Commission, 1994. Softcover. Binder containing photocopies of all proposals, correspondence, maps, etc regarding establishing historic landmark status for this Montecito adobe.
"RIVEN ROCK BRIDGES" LANDMARK PROPOSAL
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara County Historical Landmark Advisory Commission, 1994. Softcover. Binder containing photocopies of all proposals, correspondence, maps, etc regarding establishing historic landmark status for The Riven Rock Bridges located in Montecito. Contains extensive Historical information and color copies of photographs of the bridges.
"RIVEN ROCK: STONE WATER TOWER AND RESERVOIR, STONE PUMP HOUSE AND RESERVOIR" LANDMARK PROPOSAL
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara County Historical Landmark Advisory Commission, 199. Softcover. Binder containing photocopies of all proposals, correspondence, maps, etc regarding establishing historic landmark status for The Riven Rock water Tower and Stone Pump House located in Montecito.
"TAR PITS PARK" LANDMARK PROPOSAL
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara County Historical Landmark Advisory Commission, 1993. Softcover. Binder containing photocopies of all proposals, correspondence, maps, etc regarding establishing historic landmark status for the prehistoric asphalt beds located in Carpinteria.
"YOUNG RANCH" LANDMARK PROPOSAL
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara County Historical Landmark Advisory Commission, 1993. Softcover. Binder containing photocopies of all proposals, correspondence, maps, etc regarding establishing historic landmark status for this property located in Carpinteria. Marked "Rejected"
"CLAVELITOS" LANDMARK PROPOSAL
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara County Historical Landmark Advisory Commission, 1995. Softcover. Binder containing photocopies of all proposals, correspondence, maps, etc regarding establishing historic landmark status for this Montecito estate. Many color copies of the exterior and photocopied photographs of the interior. "Clavelitos" (Little Keys) was also known as Lutah.....
UNTITLED. (Mountain View) Original Painting
In the annals of American art history, Carl Oscar Borg belongs to the group of artists including Joseph Sharp,Victor Higgins, and Oscar Berninghaus. Borg belongs also to the group of American artists who came to California at the turn of the century to record the California landscape. From 1918 to1924.....
ALICE'S GARDEN: Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden, Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 144pp. profusely illustrated with color photographs by Ralph A. Clevenger.
THE HUSE JOURNAL. SANTA BARBARA IN THE 1850s. by Charles Enoch Huse
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Historical Society, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto279pp. with index. Edition limited to 500 copies. Signed by Conkey. Issued without dustcover. Cloth lightly rubbed.
GOLETA DEPOT. The History of a Rural Railroad Station
Goleta: Goleta Beautiful, Inc., 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 83pp. Limited edition of 250 copies. Nicely illustrated from old photographs. Spine lettering a bit dull.