Search Results: Californiana from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

Oakland, CA: Tooley-Town Printers / Juanita Miller. Near Fine. 1946. 18th Edition. Pamphlet. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. Signed by director and producer Cecil B. De Mille on the front cover and notated throughout by Juanita Miller with changes and additions to the text in her own rather florid hand. This is a slim pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled binding. The pamphlet is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The pamphlet and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some toning / fading to the covers of the book. The cover of the book has been signed by its recipient, Cecil Bl. DeMille. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been annotated throughout (on nearly every page) by the author, Juanita Miller with details about her life and small bits about the homestead "The Heights". ; Signed by Author .

San Francisco, CA: California Historical Society. Very Good+. 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Magazine. B&W Illustrations; This is a larger than trade sized magazine . The magazine is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The majority of this volume consists of old photographs of types of transportation from the earlier days of California. .

San Jose, CA: The Rosicrucian Press. Near Fine. 1990. Facsimile. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a facsimile reprint of an orginal pamphlet published c1884. This is a limited edition. The book is a small trade paperback which has a hard cloth slipcase that looks like a hardcover binding. The book is in Near Fine condition and the slipcase is in Near Fine condition. The text pages are clean and bright. .

Vallejo, CA: Citizens' Committe, Vallejo, CA. Good. 1916. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a slightly larger than trade sized paperback book with cardstock covers and side stapled spines. The book covers have noticeable toning / foxing and some water marking. The front spine joint is detatched. The text pages are clean and bright, with the exception of the title page and the first three or so pages -- which each have lessening amounts of water spotting / foxing - with the most noticeable on the title page, by the spine joint and the top edge. There are several maps included, all of which are in clean, bright condition. There is only one copy of this item listed in OCLC. " Mare Island Naval Shipyard also took a commanding role in civil defense and emergency response on the West Coast, dispatching warships to the Pacific Northwest to subdue Native American violence. MINSY sent ships such as Wyoming south to Central America and the Panama Canal to… Read More

Death Valley, CA: Death Valley '49er Encampment. Very Good. 1984. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations .

Santa Clara, CA: Ralph Rambo. Very Good+. 1970. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This is an oversized paperback book. The book has been signed by the author on the title page. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some toning to the spine joints and rear edges. The text pages are clean and bright. ; Signed by Author & Illustrator .

Yosemite, CA: Yosemite Park and Curry Co.. Very Good+. 1977. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Photographs; This is a large format paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is generally clean and bright. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the top edge of the front endpaper. A number of the photographs in the book are by Ansel Adams. .

San Francisco, CA. Very Good+. 1915. Photograph. B&W Illustrations; Oblong panorama photograph (approximately 32" x 8") This is an oversized oblong photograph of the American Press Humorists Day events (including a Tree planting) at the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915. The photograph was taken by The Cardinell-Vincent Co. (official photographers to the Pan Pacific Exposition). The photograph features a group of officials planting a tree, with a large seated crowd of onlookers. .

San Francisco, CA: Whitaker and Ray Company. Very Good+. 1901. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Booklet. This booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet covers are of medium cardstock covers that have been crimped to resemble the bark of a redwood tree and a string binding. There is some beginning edge wear and creasing to the corners of the booklet covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper / frontispiece has a tear to the bottom punch hole. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. "Born in 1853 to J. M. Hinman and Betsy Burlingame Hinman in Toulon, Illinois. Family came to California in 1853 where father was Methodist minister. Married Marcus Martin Shuey in 1877 (divorced in 1906). Lived in variety of places in California, working as school teacher, wrote poetry which was published in numerous magazines. Died in 1921." (from Calisphere) .

Lafayette, CA: John E. Keller. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy includes an ALS with envelope by editor and grandson, John E. Keller laid-in. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The white dust jacket has some spots of edge wear and ground-in dirt, especially to the corners and spine ends. There are a couple of small edge tears as well. "California voted full suffrage for women in 1911. In 1918 Reed, who wrote and lectured about woman suffrage, was one of several women in the state who ran for public office. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the state assembly from Ukiah. Reed was founder and publisher of the Northern Crown and one of the founders of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association. She wrote poetry. Newspaper reports state that she was raised… Read More

Encinitas, CA: Heritage Media Corporation. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1886483078 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has a couple of small edge nicks and tears to the edges of the front cover. .

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company. Very Good+. 1941. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription, on the half title page. (technically, this is an association copy as well, as the inscription by Jackson is to author L. Dennison and mentions his book Devil Mountain. ) The front endpapers have some light toning, especially to the edges. Laid-in are a group of newspaper clippings regarding the author, or this book. "Joseph Henry Jackson was born in Madison, New Jersey on July 21, 1894, and received his schooling in the East. After World War I he moved to California and began his literary career. He was associate editor and managing editor of Sunset magazine from 1920-1926, and editor from 1926-1928. In 1929 he became literary… Read More

San Francisco, CA: The Argonaut. Very Good+. 1906. Magazine. B&W Illustrations; This is a newspaper - made from a single sheet. The newspaper is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light rubbing, edge wear and creasing to the corners and spine ends. There is a tear to the bottom front text page. "The Argonaut was a political journal based in San Francisco, California, from 1878 to 1895, founded and published originally by Frank M. Pixley. Pixley sold the journal before his death for $11,000.00. The name comes from the local term for gold prospectors, argonaut. The magazine was known for containing strong political Americanism combined with art and literature. Many 19th-century writers such as Ambrose Bierce, Yda Addis, and Gertrude Atherton Frances Dawson appeared regularly in its pages. It was considered one of the most important publications in California, and it had a great deal of political influence. As a staunch Republican, Pixley used… Read More

Berkeley, CA: At the Sign of the Berkeley Oak. Very Good-. 1915. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a small format paperback with cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. There is one small nick / tear to the bottom rear spine joint. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The edges of the first several text pages have dog-earing and wear. "Among the exhibits at the Exposition was the C. P. Huntington, the first steam locomotive purchased by Southern Pacific Railroad; the locomotive then went on static display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. A telephone line was also established to New York City so people across the continent could hear the Pacific Ocean. The Liberty Bell traveled by train on a nationwide tour from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to attend the exposition. The 1915… Read More

Stockton, CA: Rockwell D. Hunt. Very Good+. 1957. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a trade sized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The Pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The pamphlet and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and spine joints have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription by the author, on the last page of text. "California historian, a professor at the University of Southern California and the University of the Pacific, and prolific author. He was named Mr. California by Governor Goodwin Knight in 1954. Hunt was born in Sacramento, California. He received his bachelor's degree from Napa College in 1890 and his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1895. He taught economics at the University of Southern California starting in 1908, and served as dean of its graduate school from… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. Very Good+. 1940. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Joseph Henry Jackson was born in Madison, New Jersey on July 21, 1894, and received his schooling in the East. After World War I he moved to California and began his literary career. He was associate editor and managing editor of Sunset magazine from 1920-1926, and editor from 1926-1928. In 1929 he became literary editor of the San Francisco Argonaut, and in 1931 he joined the staff of the San Francisco Chronicle, also as literary editor. " .

Berkeley, CA: Friends of the Bancroft Library. Very Good-. 0. 1st Printing. Booklet. This is small, thin booklet made up of one sheet of handmade paper that has been folded 4 times to make 8 pages. The booklet is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet has a dual use of teaching about the Bancroft Library in general, and also includes a short list of upcoming books relating to Californiana. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but has one inked notation ("trade edition") and a couple of lightly penciled notations. "The Bancroft Library is located on the east side of Doe Library, just northwest of the Campanile. First housed in the attic of California Hall, The Bancroft moved into its present quarters in 1950. At the same time, the original scope of the library was enlarged to include a number of other “special collections, ” including the former Rare Books Collection. The Bancroft Library now includes the Mark Twain… Read More

Northbrook, IL: Apple Core Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0963959107 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

Oakland, CA: Oakland Public Library. Very Good+. 1961. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Booklet. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. This is a simplified history of the city of Oakland, CA by the current (in 1961) City Librarian - Peter Thomas Conmy. .

San Francisco, CA: Francisco Publishing Company. Good. 1924. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The trade sized paperback book has self covers and yapping to the bottom edges. The spine of the book has cracking and tearing to the spine end, and the top three inches had been torn off and repaired. The text pages are clean and bright. The book discusses the California State Library, written by the person who was in on the project from the beginning. "Starting with a traveling library, the system gradually expanded from its base in Sacramento; for a number of years, Laura Steffens headed a section known as the Extension Department. " Steffens was the founding librarian of the Stat Library's Sutro Branch from 1916-1923. .