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Very Rare Occidental Yearbook not to be found anywhere else in the world.
LA ENCINA: Occidental College, 1915 yearbook
"Therin is recorded the events of the year 1913-1914 by the Junior Class of 1915 Occidental College"
Hardback, 8 inches tall by 11 wide. 180 pages
Condition: one loose page. Spine split on one page but holding together by string binding. Cover clean but has irregular staining. No writing inside.

Mines, Murders & Grizzlies: Tales of California's Ventura Back CountryCharles F. OutlandPublished by Ventura Historical Society, 1986ISBN 10: 0870621734ISBN 13: 9780870621734
Signed because this edition came out before the death of Charles Outland. Very, very rare to find signed copies. This original edition was in 1969. This next edition is also very rare and was printed under the direction of Robert A. Clark in 1986. Later editions were printed in 1998. Condition Very Good.

Signed by author Charles F. Outland. Second edition copy of Man-Made Disaster. Wear damage along the edge of the book and binding

On March 12, 1928, a huge dam nestled in the foothills north of Los Angeles collapsed and spread death and devastation from Newhall to the Pacific Ocean near Ventura. Some 450 lives were lost, making this disaster equivalent in its human tragedy to the great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. But the earthquake was an act of God, while the dam's collapse resulted from the actions of men.From its canyon above Castaic Junction the wall of deadly water was unleashed on the Santa Clara Valley and its ranches, citrus groves, towns of Fillmore, Santa Paula, and the valley south of Ventura. Homes, schools, bridges, highways, power lines, a railroad-all were ravaged under a blanket of seething water and debris.This classic account of one of California's great tragedies is once again made available to the public after being out-of-print for over twenty years. It is a fascinating… Read More

Stagecoaching on El Camino Real. Los Angeles to San Francisco, 1861-1901.Outland, CharlesPublished by The Arthur H. Clark Co., Glendale, 1973
First edition. One of 1,493 copies published. 339 pp. Numerous photographs, 2 maps (one folding); notes, bibliography, index. Red cloth. A very fine copy . No Dust Jacket. Scarce, especially in this condition. A thoroughly researched, scholarly and well-written history of stagecoach transportation along the coast of California from its inception in 1861 to its termination in 1901. [Clark and Brunet I: 173; Clark and Brunet II: 199].

First edition. One of 1,493 copies published. 339 pp. Numerous photographs, 2 maps (one folding); notes, bibliography, index. Red cloth. A very fine copy with printed dust jacket. Scarce, especially in this condition. A thoroughly researched, scholarly and well-written history of stagecoach transportation along the coast of California from its inception in 1861 to its termination in 1901. [Clark and Brunet I: 173; Clark and Brunet II: 199].