California history
Signature Press, 2010. 4To Hardcover. 496pp. Text is unmarked on white pages with photos throughout. Bound in navy blue cloth with white lettering and crisply pointed corners. Binding is tight and square. Jacket is glossy mylar and remains unclipped with minimal shelf wear.
Pocket Books, 1947. Complete & Unabridged. 2nd printing, thus, Paperback. 12mo. Spine slightly bowed and sunned. Binding secure. Wraps are moderately worn- perma-gloss of rear is mostly removed and beginning to peel on front. Shadow of penned numbers on rear cover. 310p. Toned pages unmarked. Red text block faded to.....
Orange County Report, 1994. 8Vo Softcover. 98pp. Text is unmarked on clean, white pages. Bound in glossy turquoise covers with crisply pointed corners. Tightly bound, front hinge is beginning to split but is fully attached. Spine remains uncreased.
Stanford University Press, 1930. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 155pp. Text unmarked on warm pages with some b/w photos. Bound in illustrated orange boards with lightly bumped corners and moderately rubbed edges. Binding is tight, hinges are secure. A 1" inch tear present near hinge on title page.
University Press of Florida, 1999. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 114pp. Text is unmarked with on white pages. Binding is tight and square, hinges are secure. Red cloth boards are clean and pointed. Jacket is glossy and unclipped with minimal wear. Foxing present on top of text-block.
John Howell, 1929. Hardcover. 4to. 422 pages. Olive cloth boards with gilt golden lettering on front board and spine. There is some spottage and general wear to the boards, some chips at top of spine. Text is clean on natural pages with glossy photo inserts throughout. Textblock is square. Considerable.....
Berkley, 1901. Fourth Edition. Oblong hardcover. 8vo. Hardbound in green paper over boards. Book remains in fair-/poor+ condition. Ex-library copy with stamps on ending pages and a few plates. Backstrip is missing, leaving binding partially attached. Foxing across upper edge. Faint moisture staining marks upper corner and first few pages.....
Theme Park Press, 2015. Nirattisai, Preston. 4To Hardcover. 308pp. Signed by author on title page. Text is unmarked on white pages with colorful illustrations. Colorful boards are glossy with light shelf wear and bumped corners. Binding is tight and square.
Heyday, 2012. 1st Printing. 8Vo Softcover. 369p. Pages unmarked with a few b/w photos. Spine is unbroken, binding square. Wraps are clean with a creased bottom corner and minor edge wear. Bookstore stamp on front endpage.
G.P. Putnam & Sons / Knickerbocker Press, 1906. 8Vo Hardcover. 401pp. Green boards, golden lettering and graphics on spine and front board. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with bumped corners. Moderate++ overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, edge and corner abrasions, spottage, bleaching and rubbing.....
Pasadena: G. Wharton James, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is in good condition with some minor wear to the cover near the edges, the inner front hinge is weakened and there is an inscription from the previous owner on the first page.
Academy of American Franciscan History, 2013. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine with minimal shelf wear over boards. Binding tight. 422p. Text unmarked on crisp pages. Near fine jacket minimally worn.
The Talisman Press, 1962. 'Reprinted From the Supplement to the Sacramento Union of December 25, 1858'. Hardcover. 8vo. 398pp. Bound in burnt orange cloth with yellow title plate on the spine; boards are clean with pointed corners and only light wear to bottom edges. Binding remains squared and hinges are.....
David R. Godine, Publisher, 1988. 1st. 4To Oblong Hardcover. 78p. Contents unmarked with colorful illustrations. Pictorial paper boards are clean and pointed. Jacket protected in mylar and remains unclipped with minimal wear. Faint remnants of erased price on front endpage. Binding is firm, hinges are secure.
The Sacramento Pioneer Foundation, 1969. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 229ppg. Text is clean and unmarked on lovely deckle edged pages. Mustard yellow cloth cover boards are clean and square with pointed corners. Gilt lettering on the spine and drawing on the front is vibrant and intact. The head edge of the.....
Westernlore Press, 1979. 1st Signed. 4To Hardcover. 101pp. Maroon boards, gilt golden lettering on spine and front board. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Signed by author on halftitle page. Moderate overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, edgeblush, considerable jacketwear, jacket edgewear.....
Westernlore Press, 1979. 1st Signed. 4To Hardcover. 99pp. Maroon boards, gilt golden lettering on spine and front board. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Signed by author on halftitle page. Moderate overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, edgeblush, considerable jacketwear, jacket edgewear.....
Westernlore Press, 1981. 2nd Ptg Signed. 4To Hardcover. 160pp. Maroon boards, gilt golden lettering on spine and front board. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Signed and inscribed by author on halftitle page. Moderate overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, edgeblush, considerable.....
Westernlore Press, 1980. 4th Ptg Signed. 4To Hardcover. 123pp. Maroon boards, gilt golden lettering on spine and front board. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Signed by author on halftitle page. Minimal overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, faint edgeblush, some jacketwear.....
Simon Fine Art, 1997. Signed. 4To Hardcover. 107p. Signed by Steve Simon on front endpage. Bound in blue cloth with orange lettering. Jacket is glossy and unclipped with light edge wear. Binding is tight, hinges are secure.
Rizzoli International, 1992. 1st. 4To Hardcover. 143pp. White boards, black embossed lettering on spine, embossed lettering on front board. Text and photography is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Minimal overall book shelf/timewear, slight bend in upper foredge corner of textblock, one.....
Harper's Magazine Press, 1970. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo, Hardbound in brown cloth with black cloth spine titled in red. Binding square and secure. Boards lightly rubbed around edge. 268p. Text unmarked. Sticker residue remains on front fly. Deckled text block. Dust jacket included in very good condition, unclipped, with patina.....