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REMINISCENCES OF SENATOR WILLIAM M. STEWART
by STEWART. William M.; BROWN, George Rothwell (Editor)
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- First Edition
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- 1908
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Nevada City, California, USA
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CA$103.52
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New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1908. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Custom Clear Mylar. 358 pages. Frontispiece portrait from photograph of Senator Stewart. Red cloth. Gilt cover and spine titling. T.E.G. 6" x 9". An early participant in the California Gold Rush, Stewart was stricken with "Panama Fever" and was taken by teamsters to a fresh water spring… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SHIRLEY LETTERS FROM THE CALIFORNIA MINES 1851-1852
by CLAPPE, Louise
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- Near Fine
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- First Borzoi Editon
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- 1949
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Borzoi Editon. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. (xxix) 216 (1) pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Introduction by Carl I. Wheat. Illustrated from contemporary lithographs and woodcuts. Endpaper map of Feather and Yuba River country. Cloth. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". A series of 23 letters from the California mines. A California classic.… Read more about this item Item Price
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SILVER KINGS (SIGNED); The Lives of Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien, Lords of the Nevada Comstock Lode
by LEWIS, Oscar
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- Very Good Minus
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- First Edition, Third Printing
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- 1959
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. (xii) 286 (viii) 1 pp. SIGNED in ink by Oscar Lewis on the half title. Illustrated, primarily from period photographs. Illustrated dust jacket. Bibliography. Index. Cloth. Silver spine titling. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". The story of the big four men of Nevada's… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE OVERLAND JOURNEY OF JOSEPH FRANCL: The First Bohemian To Cross the Plains to the California Gold Fields
by (BRAUTIGAN, Richard) FRANCL, Joseph
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1968
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- Pictorial boards
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CA$117.32
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San Francisco: William P. Wreden, 1968. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Fine/Fine. 55 pp. Illustrated with highly stylized line drawings by Patricia Oberhaus. Typographic design by Jack Werner Stauffacher, at the Greenwood Press, San Francisco. Set in Monotype Baskerville and Walbaum types; binding by the Schuberth Bookbindery. Limited to 540 unnumbered copies. Pictorial brown paper over boards. Paper spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SAGA OF THE COMSTOCK LODE. BOOM DAYS IN VIRGINIA CITY (SIGNED)
by LYMAN, George D.
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- Custom Clear Mylar
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- First Edition
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- 1934
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Custom Clear Mylar. 399 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author George Lyman in ink on the half-title: "Inscribed, with great pleasure, for Gladys Mary Smith / George D. Lyman / San Francisco / May 1934.". Illustrated. Scribners' "A" present. Illustrated endpapers. Notes. Sans dust jacket. Blue Cloth. 6" x… Read more about this item Item Price
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NARRATIVE OF MY EXPERIENCES IN THE EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE AT SAN FRANCISCO
by JAMES B. STETSON
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- Custom Clear Mylar
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- First Thus
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- 1969
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- Illustrated Cloth
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CA$55.21
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Palo Alto: Lewis Orborne, 1969. First Thus. Illustrated Cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 51pp. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. #1085 of a limited edition of 1400 copies. Illustrated, including several from fine pencil drawings of pre-earthquake San Francisco by Vernon Howe Bailey. Map of period San Francisco as front endpapers. Brown illustrated cloth.7" x 10 1/2". Businessman James Stetson lived… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE FIGHTING RANGER" ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTER: 1934 LINEN-BACKED
by BUCK JONES (Star)
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- 1934
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CA$3,312.48
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Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures, 1934. Fine. This is an ORIGINAL fully restored, linen-backed three-sheet (41" x 81") movie poster for "THE FIGHTING RANGER" starring Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier, Frank Rice, Bradley Page and Ward Bond. Buck Jones posters from the 1930's are among the most colorful, spectacular and collectible of all the Western movie posters. This particular three-sheet… Read more about this item Item Price
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1928 ORIGINAL MAP: SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA / LINEN-BACKED
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- 1928
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Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1928. This is an ORIGINAL map of the SAN FRANCISCO BAY DISTRICT. 1928. Expertly linen-backed for restoration and ease of handling. 32 1/4" x 26 1/4" plus white border. Color. Note: There is no Golden Gate Bridge. There are two drawn lines representing purposed Bay Bridge routes; one approaching what was to become Treasure… Read more about this item Item Price
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NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO CALIFORNIA PORTS IN 1841-42 TOGETHER WITH VOYAGES TO SITKA, THE SANDWICH ISLANDS & OKHOTSK TO WHICH ARE ADDED SKETCHES OF JOURNEYS ACROSS AMERICA, ASIA & EUROPE
by SIMPSON, Sir George
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- Near Fine
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- Second Edition
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- 1930
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CA$621.09
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San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1930. Second Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. (xxvii) 232 pp. Presentation copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Publisher/Printer Thomas C. Russell in ink on the limitation page: "Wilber F. Swett from the Printer / Christmas, 1930 / Thomas C. Russell". Two hand printed photogravure portraits of Sir George Simpson. Facsimile of… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE EXPLORER KING (SIGNED); Adventure, Science, and the Great Diamond Hoax--Clarence King in the Old West
by WILSON, Robert
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2006
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- Cloth-backed Boards
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CA$69.01
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New York: Scribner, 2006. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Fine. (13) 302 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author in ink on the title page: "Robert S. Wilson / For Matt, longtime friend, and biographer of my father. Bob / March 1, 2006". Illustrated, from period photographs and 2 maps. Illustrated unclipped dust jacket. Bibliography, Notes and Index. Cloth-backed boards. 6"… Read more about this item Item Price
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LAW AND ORDER LTD. THE ROUSING LIFE OF ELFEGO BACA (SIGNED)
by CRICHTON, Kyle S.
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1928
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CA$483.07
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Santa Fe: New Mexican Publishing Corporation, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. (viii) 219 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Elfego Baca on the front free endpaper: "Albuquerque N.M. March, 21-1932 to my Dear Friend Pat Vigil. Elfego Baca". Pictorial dust jacket (not price-clipped). Illustrated from vintage photographs. Cloth. 6" x 8 3/4". Per Adams, Six-Guns: "The first… Read more about this item Item Price
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DAN DE QUILLE OF THE BIG BONANZA
by DE QUILLE, Dan; RAWLS, James J. (Editor)
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- Custom Clear Mylar
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- First Thus
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- 1980
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- Cloth-backed patterned boards
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Nevada City, California, USA
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CA$41.41
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1980. First Thus. Cloth-backed patterned boards. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xii) 129 pp. Prospectus and related material laid in. Illustrated, including several from pencil sketches by Dan De Quille. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Edited with an Introduction by James J. Rawls. Edition limited to 650 un-numbered copies. Printed by Arlen & Clara… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG SWISS IN CALIFORNIA
by de RUTTE, THEOPHILE
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- Custom Clear Mylar
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- First Edition, Stated
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- 1992
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- Cloth-backed Boards
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Sacramento: Sacramento Book Collectors Club, 1992. First Edition, Stated. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (x) 109 (1) pp. Prospectus laid in.Translated and edited by Mary Grace Paquette, One of 400 un-numbered copies. Designed by Susan Acker and Mary McDermott at the Feathered Serpent Press. Illustrated. Index. Cloth-backed boards; gilt spine titling. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". The well-written… Read more about this item Item Price
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LAST ADVENTURE. SAN FRANCISCO IN 1851. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL JOURNAL OF ALBERT BENARD DE RUSSAILH
by de RUSSALTH, Albert Benard. CRANE, Clarkson (Translator; Introduction)
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- Custom Clear Mylar
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- First Thus
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- 1931
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- Leather backed marbled boards
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CA$117.32
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San Francisco: The Westgate Press, 1931. First Thus. Leather backed marbled boards. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xviii) 96 pp. Limited edition. One of 475 un-numbered copies printed at The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Illustrated from seven contemporary facsimile lithographs on folded blue paper; one facsimile pamphlet, inserted. Green suede-backed marbled boards. 8 5/8" x 5 1/2. Frenchman Albert Benard… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MUSSEL SLOUGH TRAGEDY
by BROWN, J. L.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 4-mil clear mylar envelope
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- First Edition
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- 1958
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- Original wrappers
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CA$69.01
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NP: Self Published, 1958. First Edition. Original wrappers. Near Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. 153 pp. Illustrated. Folding map in rear. Bibliography. Index. Original yellow wrappers. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4". Scarce. The well-documented history of a complicated land dispute between settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad, culminating in a deadly shoot-out which took place near Hanford, California on… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MARIPOSA INDIAN WAR 1850-1851
by ECCLESTON, Robert : CRAMPTON, C. Gregory (Editor)
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- Custom Clear Mylar
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- 1957 University of Utah Edition
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- 1975
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Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1975. 1957 University of Utah Edition. Cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (vii)168 pages. Sans dust jacket. Folding map of The Mariposa Indian War, showing the campaigns of the Mariposa Battalion, in and around Yosemite. Cloth. 7" x 10 1/4". Many unopened pages. Tipped in frontispiece portrait from photograph of Eccleston.This is the1957… Read more about this item Item Price
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STARR KING IN CALIFORNIA
by SIMONDS, William Day
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- First Edition
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- 1917
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CA$48.31
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San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1917. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. (x) 105 (2) pp. Dust jacket. Two tipped-in illustrations. Printed for Paul Elder at the Tomoye Press under the direction of Ricardo J. Orozco.Navy blue cloth-backed gray boards, with gilt trim and spine titling. 5" x 8 1/4". Thomas Starr King's (1824-1864) anti-slavery advocacy wasinstrumental in… Read more about this item Item Price
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JAMES MASON HUTCHINGS OF YO SEMITE. A BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
by KRUSKA, Dennis
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- First Edition
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- 2009
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- Cloth-backed cloth
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2009. First Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xv) (1) 324 (3) pp. 208 illustrations, some in color. Color illustrated endpapers. One of 500 un-numbered copies designed and printed by Castle Press of Pasadena. Black cloth backed green cloth. Silver spite titling; paper titling on front cover. Large quarto. Appendices. Location… Read more about this item Item Price
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ELOQUENCE FROM A SILENT WORLD. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF DALE L. MORGAN
by SAUNDERS, Richard L.
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- As New
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- First Edition
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- 1990
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Salt Lake City: The Caramon Press, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Custom Clear Mylar. (xiii) 74 (2) pp. #103 of a limited edition of 274 copies. Foreword by Robert Greenwood of the Talisman Press. Title Index.Tan textured cloth; gilt spine titling. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Sans dust jacket. A well-written and useful descriptive bibliography of the published… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE HISTORY OF WARNER'S RANCH AND ITS ENVIRONS
by HILL, Joseph J.
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- First Trade Edition
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- 1927
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CA$89.71
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Los Angeles: Privately Printed, 1927. First Trade Edition. (x) (2) 221 pp. Printed dust jacket. Illustrated, including frontispiece portrait from Loren Barton drawing of William Griffith Henshaw; facsimilies of Spanish land grant and Warner documents and maps. Preface by Professor Herbert E. Bolton. Red cloth. 7 1/2" x 10 3/4". Appendices. One of 1000 un-numbered copies of the first… Read more about this item Item Price
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