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.....
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.....
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.....
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: 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.....
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.
Small oblong 12mo, 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. 52 images total. The images follow a local family on outings in and around Santa Barbara, documenting their.....
In the 1890s, Harmer settled in Santa Barbara, and began painting portraits and genre scenes depicting 19th-century California during the mission era when Mexico ruled California. He married into one of the old families of the area. His adobe gallery and home on De La Guerra Plaza was a popular.....
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.....
Washington DC: Academy of American Franciscan History, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 244pp. Blue cloth stamped in gold. Illustrated catalogue with many monochromatic plates of the Mission's collection. This copy with St. Francis Seminary stamp on title page and library pocket at rear, but no other marks.
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 129pp. plus Appendix. Illustrated with diagrams, charts and some photographs. Clean, bright copy.
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.
Santa Barbara: Press of the Schauer Printing studio, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 10 1/2'' x 8 3/8''. 63pp. Illustrated from photographs. Inscribed by Ervanna Bowen Bissell, "To Dr.Wilhelm Miller...1927" Original green cloth is rubbed, soiled and foxed. Interior has some staining and foxing throughout. A scarce Santa Barbara title. When.....
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......
Santa Barbara: The Santa Barbara High School Centennial Committee. 1975. First printing. Paperback. Quarto.60pp. Illustrated with numerous interesting old photographs.
Santa Barbara: McNally & Loftin, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Still in shrinkwrap.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1929. Paperback. Quarto. [24pp.] Geological Sciences Bulletin, illustrated with one plate. Cover toned and chipped on brittle edges.
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.....
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Historical Society, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 121pp. with Bibliography. Illustrated from photographs. Issued without dustjacket.
Pamphlet. Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens, was once the site of El Mirasol Hotel. 5.25" x 7.5" 16pp. Photographic souvenier pamphlet. Staples a little rusty.
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.
Santa Barbara: Schauer Printing Studio, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 6 3/8'' by 5''. 69pp. with Bibliography. Light wear to cover. Toning to endpapers.
Santa Barbara: The Easton Gallery, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 168pp. SPECIAL SIGNED EDITION.Signed by Ellen Easton and by 20 of the artists featured in the book. A history of the gardens and architecture of Santa Barbara, illustrated by contemporary Santa Barbara artists, with a 60pp. "Gallery of Paintings." Slipcase.....
Santa Barbara: The Easton Gallery, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 168pp. SPECIAL SIGNED EDITION.Signed by Ellen Easton and by 20 of the artists featured in the book. A history of the gardens and architecture of Santa Barbara, illustrated by contemporary Santa Barbara artists, with a 60pp. "Gallery of Paintings." Light.....
Santa Barbara: Santa Cruz Foundation. 1993. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 112pp. Occasional paper number 6.