They Would Rule the Valley

Private Print, 1947. Not Stated. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Hardback in good condition. 256 pages. Early book on Central Valley and the water issues. Chapters are:What is the Issue?, Propaganda Mill, The family sized farm, The irrelevant cow-company, The opposition brings forth its mouse, Portrait of an Excess land owner, Two Towns, The Great Valley, The Project, The… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Sheridan Downey, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. green cloth. 256 pp. [8] pp. B&W photos + frontis. Light chafing to extremities, else a very fine copy. In brown paper backed publisher's slipcase w/ pictorial only. Slipcase is generally lightly rubbed. The author, a senator from California, attacks the 160 acre limitation imposed… Read more about this item

Self-published. 1947. Hardback. Very good. Owner's book plate. Faint shelf wear. The slip case/box is good with wear, fading and short tears.. Signed by the author. There's a tipped in, signed letter on United States Senate Letterhead to congressman George Outland. Also a promo card about control of the valley's water.

San Francisco: Sheridan Downey. Good with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green boards with gilt imprint on front and spine. Light bumping to corners and head and foot of spine. Nominally ex-library with pocket at back library pastedown inside front board. Signed by the author, former California Senator Sheridan Downey on first endpaper. Broad… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: Sheridan Downey. Fine. 1947. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Fine condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Author, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Nicely inscribed and signed on one fep. The story of this senators battle with the bureau of reclaimation in the central valley of calirfornia.

San Francisco.: Self published., 1947.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Fine copy. . Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

San Francisco [Downey] 1947., 1947. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated. Original green cloth stamped in blue. Very good. 256 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

San Francisco.: Self published., 1947.. First edition.. Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Author. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in very good condition, faint rubbing to edges of boards. DJ good plus condition with taping at top edge, now in protective mylar cover. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947.

hardcover. illus. 8vo, cloth. San Francisco, 1947. Study of the impact of the Central Valley Project in relation to water usage.<br/><br/>

(the author), 1947. Hardcover. 256 pages. A book attacking the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to regulate irrigation in California's Central Valley. A very good copy with no dust jacket.

USA: Sheridan Downey, 1947. Sheridan Downey 1947 First Edition SD Fine/ no dj, dark green cloth with gold lettering front and spine, solid structure, photo illustrated text. 256 pages with appendix. HEAVY ITEM.. First Edition SD. Hardcover. Fine. No Exp.

San Francisco Sheridan Downey 1947., 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. Octavo, hardcover, VG in green boards. Written by Downey, US Senator from California in the 1940's. critique of the federal water projects in contral California. Map frontis showing the canals and dams project surrounding the fertile Central Valley. Illustrated by photographs. This book was distributed… Read more about this item

Sheridan Downey, 1947. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

San Francisco Sheridan Downey, 1947. hardcover. Good. . Cover and edges shows shelf wear and minor tanning. Front page shows light foxing. Pages shows minor tanning.

San Francisco: The Author, 1947, 1969-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Cover and edges shows shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

Hardcover. Very Good. Minor cover and edge wear, no DJ. Previous owner's name stamp on bottom of book; text block cracked at one place but all pages intact. Pages are clean with no markings or writing. Nice copy. Satisfaction guaranteed.

San Francisco, 1947. appears self published, 256pp, illus., slight foxing to eps, dj w/ tears & soiling.. Cloth. Very Good -/Poor.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.