The Great San Francisco Earthquake, American Experience DVD in Clamshell
WGBH, 2005. 12Mo DVD. 56 minutes. DVD in clamshell with original insert. Incidental surface marks on disc do not affect play, insert is in very good condition.
CALIFORNIA
California history
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Union Pacific in the Los Angeles Basin
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.
The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld
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.....
The Irvine Ranch: A Time For People, A 50-year Overview of the Development of the Irvine Ranch
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.
Death Valley: the Facts
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.
The African-American Experience in the Civilian Conservation Corps
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.
Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California
1907. 8Vo Hardcover. 670pp. Tan boards, hand-written book title on spine. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, some separation with mesh exposure. Textblock is square with deckled and chipped foredge. Includes attached fold-out maps. Considerable shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge and corner abrasions, split and fraying at.....
The Twenty-One Missions of California
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.....
The Disneyland Railroad: A Complete History in Words and Pictures
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.
So Far from Home: Russians in Early California
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.
Life In the Open; Sport with Rod, Gun Horse, and Hound in Southern California
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.....
THE H. M. M. B. A. IN CALIFORNIA
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.
A History of California Newspapers 1849-1858
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.....
Murder State: California's Native American Genocide, 1846-1873
University of Nebraska Press, 2012. 8Vo Softcover. 436p. Bright pages are unmarked. Covers are pointed and glossy with minimal wear. Tightly bound with an unbroken spine.
The City of the Plain: Sacramento in the Nineteenth Century
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.....
Hot Springs Country
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.....
Kern River Country
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.....
North Fork Country
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.....
South Fork Country
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.....
Vanishing Landscapes: Land and Life in the Tulare Lake Basin
University of California Press, 1981. 1st. 4To Hardcover. 278p. Contents unmarked on bright pages. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Green jacket is unclipped with a closed tear on top corner and minor edge wear. Brown cloth boards are pointed with soiling on top edges. Foxing present text-block and endpages.
Orange County: Through an Artist's Eye
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.
The Melancholy History of Soledad Prison: In Which a Utopian Scheme Turns Bedlam
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.....
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