Search Results: California from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

Fresno: Academy Guild Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. 312pp + Note On Contributors (4pp). Index. Intro states, "... contains some valuable nuggets of California history that are not readily available anywhere else." Essays on California church history, only 500 copies printed. Previous volumes were compiled short issues by subscription. This was to be the last volume. Near fine, probably no dj issued.

S. F.: Francis Valentine & Co, 1879. First Edition. Soft cover. Collectible Fair. Original publication. Printed wraps. 23pp. (sewn; title page detached). Former owner's description: "... addressed the injustice of the railway system, focusing on the need to have them contribute their fair share to locally used taxes, and to give reasonable paymen to farmers." A piece 3/8" x 2 3/4" cut from top of cover page, which as noted is detached. Stain lower 2/3 of last leaf, but all on unprinted section. Small dark rectangle lower front cover near spine. Very scarce.

Los Angeles: Remick Music Corp, 1930. Soft cover. Very Good. Not a book. Heavy gauge metal sign, 14" x 20", painted in red, gray-blue, & white, advertising in bold letters the realtor's location at "231 1/2 Vermont EX. 7044 (Last Number in the Phone Book) Free Parking at the Ravenna Theatre Lot". SUTRO in 5 1/2" letters. According to research, Adolph N. was the son of the famous San Francisco mayor / entrepreneur, Adolph H. Sutro, by his "contract wife', Clara Klug. Upon Sutro's death, Klug filed a sizable claim for part of the estate & won. Of Adolph N. (Newton?) Sutro, we read: "Adolph N. Sutro of the class of 1909 gained a most distinguished record in France as a machine gunner of the First Division ; he is a veteran of five battles." (1921 Polytechnic H.S. yearbook) (San Francisco)". The Ravenna Theatre was built approx 1935 and was part of the Clotiner chain. Condition very good. A few quite small rust spots & extreme right edge with paint chipped back 1/8" to 1/2". The white paint around the… Read More

S. F.: Press of San Francisco Photo-Engraving Co, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st printing. 12mo elaborately gilt-stamped dark blue cloth. 56pp. Nicely illustrated. Fine. Scarce. Cowan p290.

Berkeley, 1960, 1960. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Pictorial wraps. 39pp. Illust. The Gayley Lecture dealing with the "transition from Spanish and Mexican dominion to that of American" ca 1830 - 1846. Uncut, a nicely printed Howell-North publication. Some fading to cover edges, else near fine.

NY: Henry Holt and Co, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st printing. 487pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Index. A pristine, never-read copy in fine dj.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 516pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Index. A pristine copy in fine dj; never been read.

LA: Friends of the UCLA Library, 1957. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st printing. Printed wraps. 4pp. A wonderful short essay -- a speech given by the great librarian and lover of books, Powell, to a conference of librarians in California. Fine copy.

L. A.: Glen Dawson, 1954. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fine letter press reprint of item first published apparently in 1951. Pictorial paper over boards. 32pp. This imprint a Keepsake presented at Occidental College. Minor soiling. Near fine.

San Jose: Smith & McKay, 1978. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto. Gilt-stamped cream cloth with matching slipcase. "Special Edition" this being #96 of 100 copies. To be clear, this is NOT signed by the author. 154pp. Illustrations, including 3-fold color reproduction of the battle. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps. Fine in fine slipcase. The trade edition was published in 900 copies. "The Only Campaign in the Northern District between the Californios and the United States Forces during the Mexican War

n.p.: The Clinker Press, 2008. First Edition. Soft cover. As New. Fine, letter press printed wraps with titles in red. (8pp). "Printed for the delectation or detestation of the members of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs..." Fine, like new.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 399pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Fine in dj with some foxing on backstrip.

Surrey & Blaine: Hancock House, 2005. First Thus. Soft cover. As New. 1st printing, which includes the 4th printing of Patterson's1966 seminal, groundbreaking book. Glossy pictorial wraps. 264pp. Illus. Maps. The Murphy part of this volume is a superb 70pp consideration of the famous Patterson-Gimlin film footage of the female Bigfoot on Bluff Creek in northern California filmed in 1967. This Patterson part of this volume is sequence COPY 8 of your bookseller's recently published fine bibliography of the Patterson book, titled, Roger Patterson's Snowman Book.

n.p.: Independently published, 2021. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good+. Print-on-demand book apparently but this copy purchased immediate after issue. Pictorial wraps. 603pp. Illustrated. Maps. This is a superb book describing in great and intricate detail the study and survey of the P-G film site by the authors and other individuals in 2010-2012. Over the decades uncertainty had naturally evolved as to the precise location of the filming of the female sasquatch by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in 1967. A team of men went in and with arduous technical work re-established the location studying everything pertinent from Mother Nature and original visual information as well as early map assessments and photos. Only your bookseller has read this copy (carefully) and there is one ink note he made in the text, referenced also in ink on the ffep. This copy is offered to you from a genuine bookseller. Vg+ copy.

NY: Knopf, 1945. Hardcover. Good. 5th printing. Cloth. 341pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Gift inscription ffep. Good condition even though paper cracked after front blank page.

San Francisco: CBAG, 1982. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. As New. Limited to 100 case bound copies, this being copy #14. Gilt-stamped cloth. Unpag. Illus. Reference books listed in the back. 783 items in the following three lots: Book Club of California, The Grabhorn Press, Various Western Presses. Fine, like new. No dj as issued.

n.p.: Peter Jackson, 1964. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st printing. Printed pictorial wraps. 28pp. Notes. Lovely fine press booklet printed by Lawton Kennedy. Bookplate on preliminary leaf of Frank Allen Hubbell & signed on the bookplate by Thelma L. (Hubbell). Keepsake #6. Near fine.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2011. First Edition. Soft cover. Collectible Good. 1st printing. Pictorial trade wraps. 211pp. Signed (signed only) by Laufer on dedication page. Small but noticeable when opened compression bump to text block top front corner. Essays by the author featuring various residents of this border town east of San Diego. Scarce signed.

Portland: Charles H. Belding, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Fine/Very Good. 1st printing. Quarto/nearly folio size cloth & boards. 186pp. A great display of the fine color landscapes by two fine photographers, the accomplished Ray Atkeson of Oregon & the famous David Muench noted for his photos of the desert and mountain Southwest. This is a truly rare copy signed (not signed to anyone) by both Atkeson and Muench, on the title page. I challenged you to find another copy thus. Fine in dj which has some vertical shelf rubbing on it, but has no tears or chips. If you collect modern (1950+) western landscape photography, this should be on anyone's high spot list.

Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Co, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Fine. q. 1st printing. Full leather with raised bands with gilt title / year of pub on spine. 401pp. Illus. Index. Inscribed (12 line presentation) by the editor and McKinstry descendant to the fine Chicago book binder Ed Lhotka, the author of ABC of Leather Bookbinding, on January 2, 1975. Lhotka died in 2007 at the age of 97. He was a book binder at the great R. R. Donnelley Company in Chicago for nearly 50 years and "... did work for museums and libraries around the country..." (Chicago Tribune obit). This copy is fine and elegant, and is bound in red leather with a gold stripe running diagonally across both front and back covers. It represents the trail and features a wagon wheel on both covers. The presentation page appears to be bound in. In the back, also bound in most creatively is the dust jacket of the trade edition. The rear paste down has paper adhering from something that was glued and removed. This is the only… Read More