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Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1967. First Edition. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 116 pp. Illustrated from drawings by Daniel Wadsworth Coit, including frontispiece self-portrait. Historical introduction by Editor George P. Hammond. Edition limited to 1250 un-numbered copies, designed and printed by Lawton and Alred Kennedy of San Francisco. Gilt spine titling. Illustrated cloth. 9" x 13". Includes twenty-one letters written by artist/financier Daniel Wadsworth Coit (1787-1876) to his wife, from February 10, 1848 to December 13, 1851. He describes the business and social life of San Francisco during the Gold Rush. Kurtuz 142. A Very Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin / Primavera Press, 1932. First Edition. Boards. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 74 pp. Yellow boards; red front cover paper titling. 5" x 7 3/4". Bookplate of California bibliophile Arthur R. Anderson on the front pastedown. This is the first edition of this book, which was later revised and enlarged by Lawrence Clark Powell. Essays on books about California plus lists of such books, by Leslie E. Bliss (20), Robert E. Cowan (20) and author Hanna. A near Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket.

Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1958. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Boards. Very Good Minus/Custom Clear Mylar. 87 pp. Preface by Editor Lawrence Clark Powell. Edition limited to 1000 un-numbered copies, printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, Los Angeles. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by both Lawrence Clark Powell and Jake Zeitlin: "For John B. Lee for auld lang syne Larry Powell / Jake 11/11/58". Also signed and dated by Larry G. Powell. SIGNED on the colophon by Lawrence Clark Powell. Yellow boards; printed paper labels on spine and front cover. 5" x 7 3/4". Book list laid in. Second and best edition. Several lists by learned individuals of what each regards as the 20 most important books about California. First published in 1931, this revised edition was published in tribute to Phil Hanna after his death in 1957. The revised edition includes lists by Leslie E. Bliss, Robert E. Cowan, Henry R. Wagner, Phil Hanna, Glen Dawson, Warren R. Howell, as well as Powell's own list of the 25 most important… Read More

New York: Arcade Publishing, 1990. First Edition. (xxvii) 335 pages. First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket. Maps. Cloth-backed boards. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Selected bibliography. Indes of Places, Events, Things. Index of Persons. A well-researched and described guide to the important places in expatriate Paris. From the jacket: "Structured in thirty-three geographical and very walkable sections, the book is indexed by streets, names, and topics, so that even the most demanding reader--or traveler--can follow his or her favorite character from haunt to haunt, or retrace the footsteps of a whole host of people in one section or arrondissement of Paris." A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.

Portland: Richard Abel & Company, Inc, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 140 pp. Annotated by William F. Heintz. Foreword by Thomas W. Chinn, a Founder and First President, Chinese Historical Society of America. Two Illustrations. One of 1000 un-numbered copies. Designed and printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. Orange cloth. Index to Bibliographical Annotations. The best bibliography on the subject. Gladys Hansen (1925-2017) was the City Archivist of San Francisco, and authored Denial of Disaster. about the 1906 earthquake and fire. Slight crimp to lower right cover corners, else a Fine copy, now in a custom, clear mylar protecive jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail to any United States address.

San Francisco: Bay Books Limited, 1951. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xv) 157 (5) pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly from period photographs, including many of ferryboats; 6 schematic plates. Roster of Ferry Vessels. Bibliography. Index. Blue cloth; silver titling. Sans dust jacket. 6 1/2" x 10 1/4". Presentation inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Photographic endpapers. Map of Ferry Lanes of San Francisco Bay. A detailed maritime history of the ferry vessels that plied San Francisco Bay through time. A worthy book and a valuable research piece. But for the aforementioned inscription, a Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via media mail to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1983. First Thus. Cloth. Fine in (Mylar) DJ/Custom Clear Mylar. 84 pages. Illustrated. Frontis portrait of William Doxey from The Bancroft Library. Preface. Notes. Annotated bibliography. Index. Errata sheet laid in. Publication Number 173 of The Book Club of California. 8vo. Designed and printed by Harold Berliner of Nevada City. Limited to 550 copies.ket. The story of one of San Francisco's most fascinating and important booksellers/publishers. A fine copy in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Rocklin, California: Prima Publishing & Communications, 1989. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Fine. (x) 326 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by author Laurie Harper in ink on the title page. Foreword by Herb Caen. Index. Octavo. Illustrated from black and white photographs. The story of the legendary Bay Area disc jockey on KSFO, who entertained commuters and San Francisco natives for many years. From Herb Caen's Foreword: "To those who came along too late for him to be a part of their daily lives, conversations, joys and sorrows, I can only say---too bad!. As a disc jockey on radio station KSFO, he played an occasional record, but mainly he rambled--and my, could he ramble...Like all geniuses, he was complicated, by turns generous and mean-spirited, dedicated and careless...And yes, he smoked and drank. A lot." Author Laurie Harper was the wife of Hap Harper, "who invented airborne traffic watch with Sherwood." A FINE copy in a FINE dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve.

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1973. First Edition. Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. This is an ORIGINAL still photograph from the 1973 Paramount Pictures movie, "BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY", starring Michael Moriarty, Robert DeNiro, Vincent Gardenia and Ann Wedgeworth. 8" x 10". Black & White, glossy finish. Text at lower border. Included is a press release descriptive note from Paramount Pictures concerning the photograph and the film. "Bang the Drum Slowly" had a major league baseball setting, featuring Moriarty and DeNiro as teammates with the "New York Mammoths". The screenplay was by Mark Harris, based upon his sourcework novel. Fine condition, and now in a 4mil clear mylar protective envelope. FREE SHIPPING to any United States address.

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1973. First Edition. Fine. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet movie poster for "BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY", the 1973 Paramount Pictures film starring Robert DeNiro, Michael Moriarity, Vincent Gardenia (Academy Award Nominee), Phil Foster, Anne Wedgeworth and Danny Aiello (his first film). Directed by John Hancock. Screenplay by Mark Harris from his novel. Expertly linen-backed. 27" x 41" with a 1" linen perimeter. One of the finest baseball films, with young Robert DeNiro as dying catcher Bruce Pearson with the "New York Mammoths" (but Yankee-like uniforms, and games played at Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium) protected by star pitcher Henry Wiggen, played by Michael Moriarty. A Fine linen-backed poster, shipped rolled. FREE SHIPPING to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Pioneer Press, 1987. First Edition. Leather backed marbled boards. Fine/Very Good Plus. (14) 56 (7); (x) 76 (4) pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated. Bookplate of California bibliophile Roger K. Larson affixed to front pastedown. Leatherbacked marbled boards. Gilt spine titling. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Two books in one. The first book, Clark's Point, describes the early days of California and San Francisco against the backdrop of the wharf built by her father. The second book is entitled "Lone Mountain. The Most Revered of San Francisco's Hills", and traces San Francisco's pioneers "...copied from headstones and other old records". Unique approaches to California history. A Fine copy in a Very Gook Plus dustjacket (price-clipped; edgewear), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1961. First Thus. Cloth-backed illustrated Boards. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (8) 106 (1) pages. First Edition Thus. Illustrated by David Stone Martin. Limited edition of 475 un-numbered copies. Printed by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. Edited with Introduction by Prof. James D. Hart of The University of California, Berkeley. Prospectus laid in. Linen-backed Illustrated green boards, 6 3/4" x 10". In this book, eleven California authors describe their earliest appearances in print. The authors are Richard Henry Dana, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Joaquin Miller, Gertrude Atherton, Gelett Burgess, Mary Austin, Wallace Irwin, Jack London, Robinson Jeffers and William Saroyan. Reproductions of representative pages from the authors' original publications are tipped in. In my opinion, one of the most handsome and interesting books published by The Book Club of California. A FINE copy, now in a custom, clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS… Read More

New York: The Heritage Pess, 1944. First Thus. Near Fine/Near Fine Slipcase. (xii) 223 pp. Illustrated from art by Fletcher Martin. Introcusction by Oscar Lewis. Publisher's slipcase. Cloth-backed gold metallic paper on boards. 6 1/2" x 10". Thirteen of Harte's stories of the California Gold Rush, including The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat and Tennessee's Partner. A handsome collection. fA Near Fine copy (slightly rubbed) in a Near Fine Slipcase (rubbed from use). ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. (xiii) 310 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated, mostly from period photographs, including frontispiece portrait of Sadakichi Hartman. Long Introduction by Jane Calhoun Weaver. Chronology. Checklist of Artists named in the Essays. Hartmann Bibliography. Index. Gray cloth; gilt spine titling. 6" x 9 1/4". From the jacket flap: "Brilliant and controversial, art critic Sadakichi Hartmann wrote copiously about American and European art and the shaping of American culture during the decades from 1890 to 1910. Jane Weaver has recovered and assembled over fifty of Hartmann's critcal writings from influential, though often obscure, turn-of-the-century journals". Hartmann (1867-1944) wrote early appreciative essays about photography as an art form. Hartmann is a prominent character in Gene Fowler's Hollywood classic, Minutes of the Last Meeting. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve.… Read More

Los Angeles: Oil Maps and Prospectus, 1901. Fine, Linen-Backed. This is an ORIGINAL MAP, 1901, of the MIDWAY OIL FIELD, Kern County, California. It has been expertly LINEN-BACKED. Compiled from public records and private surveys by E. C. Hedges, R. L. Bisby and H. I. Austin. Exceedingly rare. Blueprint. Image approximately 33 1/4" x 32" with a small linen border. The Midway Oil Field (Now, Midway-Sunset Oil Field) was discovered in Kern County in 1894.This map predates the establishment of Taft, California. It is the largest oil field in California. It has produced over 3 billion barrels of oil to date, with substantial reserves still in the ground. This map shows that, as of 1901, relatively few wells had been drilled. It was not until 1909 that the first gusher (oil blown over the derrick top) came in to Midway Field Well 2-6. A Fine linen-backed copy, rolled for shipping. FREE SHIPPING to any United States address.

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 trade edtion. Prepared as a Memorial to banker William Griffith Henshaw. His last project was the development of a water supply for an arid area of San Diego County, including Lake Henshaw, constructed at Warner's Ranch. This book is the history of Warner's Ranch, from the Native Americans through the Californios and the ownership of pioneer J. J. Warner to Mr. Henshaw's acquisition in 1911 and development. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket (slight edgewear; rear cover taped abrasion), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1943. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. (ix)158 pp. SIGNED in ink by both James Hilton ("with all good wishes James Hilton") and Dr. Corydon Wassell ("Comdr. C. M. Wassell, (M.C.) U.S.N.R.") and a gift INSCRIPTION in ink from Dr. Wassell's wife, Madeline D. Wassell ("To our Friends the McMahons / Madeline D. Wassell") on the front free endpaper. Illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth. 5" x 7 1/2". In 1942, U.S. Navy Dr. Wassell was assigned to care for the wounded from the cruisers Marblehead and Houston which had sought refuge in Java after heavy action. With the Japanese advancing, the ships were to depart. Dr. Wassell elected to stay with the 12 men who were badly wounded at a Dutch inland hospital. Dr. Wassell then miraculously sheparded the men to the seacoast and safety. He was awarded the Navy Cross. James Hilton ("Lost Horizon") wrote this book, which was the sourcework for the 1944 movie "The Story of Dr. Wassell" by Cecil B. DeMille… Read More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1923. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Very Good Plus/Custom Clear Mylar. 221 pp. Illustrated. List of Mining Companies. Bibliography. Cloth-backed boards. 10" x 7". Sans dust jacket. From the Preface: "This is the story of the companies of adventurers who left Massachusetts for California to acquire wealth and assist in building a new state in a distant and, to them, unknown country." A Very Good Plus copy (toning to covers), now in a custom clear mylar jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

London: Pilot Press Ltd, 1946. Reprint Editon. Cloth. Very Good Minus/Custom Clear Mylar. 382 pp. Burgess Meredith's copy. SIGNED/INSCRIBED to Burgess Meredith in ink on the front free endpaper by the Author, Spike Hughes" "For Burgess to keep his mind on things from the Author / London 1948". Laid in is a CERTIFICATE OF PROVENANCE dated and signed by Jonathan Meredith (Burgess Meredith's son) certifying that this book came from his father's collection.Sans dust jacket. Blue cloth. 5" x 7 1/2". Patrick "Spike" Cairn Hughes (1908-1987) was a British jazz musician, composer and music journalist. This is the first volume of his autobiography, including his introduction to jazz in Vienna in 1924. A Very Good Minus copy (Faded and worn; spine sunned), now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1942. First Edition. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. Unpaginated (71). One of 700 limited un-numbered copies printed by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. 56 plates from period pencil drawings by William Rich Hutton reproduced frrom the originals in The Huntington Library. Introduction by Willard O. Waters. Frontis portrait from photo'graph of Artist Hutton (1826-1901). Cloth-backed marbled boards. Paper spine label. 9 1/4" x 12" (oblong). A beautifully produced collection of vintage drawings, many of the California missions. GB 371. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.