Mallette Dean, 1959. Hardcover. From George P. Hammond's introduction: "Those who love the adventure of the sea must ever be indebted to John Charles Duchow for keeping a diary of his voyage from Boston around Cape Horn on his way to California, for it is one of the liveliest and.....
Wallace W. Elliott and Company, 1975. Hardcover. This 1970's reprint of the original 1882 printing brings the history of Humboldt County alive "With illustrations descriptive of its scenery, farms, residences, public buildings, factories, hotels, business houses, schools, churchs, etc., from original drawings, including biographical sketches." 15" x 11". Blue cloth.....
San Francisco: The Porpoise Bookshop, Peregrine Press, 1955. Soft cover. This illustrated collection of poems, was published in 1955 by the Porpoise Bookshop, a San Francisco based shop that had a small press dedicated to printing original contemporary work. Description: Cream softcover portfolio with title printed in black on cover.....
Grabhorn Press, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Edwin Grabhorn, with his brother Robert, produced some of the finest of American independent press books during the twentieth century. 11.25" x 7.75". Yellow dolphin-patterned overlay over grey cloth boards, paper title to spine with red and black ink, rough cut pages. Signed by.....
Brad Young and Steve Dawson, 2007. Soft cover. This book details climbing at Pinnacles, using a combination of maps, topos, and photographs to locate and describe over 800 climbing routes. Soft cover, photo of Laura Dawson on front cover, 398 pp. including index. Sketches of routes, photos, and maps throughout.....
The L-D Allen Press, 1950. Hardcover. A short Western novel by Bret Harte, exploring the negative consequences of discovering sudden wealth for one miner. 10" x 6.75". Light and dark brown boards with gilt decoration and gilt titles to spine. Rough-cut pages. Condition: Spine and small segment of covers are.....
California Historical Society, 1933. Hardcover. Reprinted from the Quarterly of the California Historical Society, Volume XII, Number 3, September 1933. Five chapters, each with a different author, on: "The Russian Colonies in California- A Russian Version", "The Russian Settlement at Ross", "Bibliography Relating to the Russians in California", "Russian Sea-Otter.....
John Howell, 1942. Hardcover. Edwin Grabhorn, with his brother Robert, produced some of the finest of American independent press books during the twentieth century. Description: 9" x 5.5". Red boards with tan and red patterned overlay and paper title to spine. Signed by Edwin Grabhorn on front free endpaper. 188.....
The Book Club of California, 1956. Hardcover. From the Prospectus: "Early Printing in California encompasses the whole field of typography in the State from 1833-1850. Not only has Mr. Rahey explored thoroughly the output of the Zamorano Press--the first in California--but also the products of other presses, including those of.....
Hicks-Judd Company, 1906. Hardcover. This fourth edition of the San Francisco Block Book was published just 6 months after the 1906 earthquake. "On account of the recent fire that visited our City, we were called on, within a period of twelve months, to issue a second volume of our Block.....
The Grabhorn Press, 1954. Hardcover. From the Dedication: "This book gives [Hale's] impressions of the conditions he found along the Emigrant Trail and in the placer mines, particularly on the Feather River in California." 11.5" x 8". Tan cloth and marbled boards with paper title and rough-cut pages .One of.....
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Hardcover. Previously unpublished writings of Muir's, his personal journals from 1869-1911, beginning when Muir first came to California, through his visits to Alaska. They are described as "written with joy and spontaneity for himself and his intimate friends". 6" x 8". 457 pp., including index. Pictorial.....
San Francisco: The Porpoise Bookshop, 1956. Fielding Dawson. Soft cover. According to the Poetry Foundation, Robert Creely is one of the most important and influential poets of the 20th century, known for his concise emotional power. This illustrated collection of poems, was published in 1956 by the Porpoise Bookshop, a......
John Henry Nash, 1933. Hardcover. A definitive reference for California history, "relating to the discovery, exploration, colonization and evangelization of California" beautifully printed with an extensive index. 12 x 8". Three volume set in slipcase. Brown slipcase with paper title to spine. Books have brown boards with tan cloth spines.....
Sacremento, CA: Crocker Art Museum, 2013. Hardcover. Very good condition, almost like new. A little wear to dust jacket. Signed and dated by artist "G Kondos 2013" and editor "Scott Shields 2013"
1933. Hardcover. From the limitation page: "Two hundred and forty copies printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for The Book Club of California in December, 1933." From the foreword: "The account of Vizcaino's expedition as given on the following pages is based on a narrative of the voyage written by.....
American Society of Civil Engineers, 1932. Soft cover. This report was commissioned by President Steele of the San Francisco Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1929, with the purpose of "investigating the problem of subsidence". The text details subsidence early in the history of the city, and.....
Architectural League of the Pacific Coast, 1915. Hardcover. The Architectural League of the Pacific coast was organized in Portland, OR in 1909, which organized annual architectural exhibitions and organized scholarship work, and published the book. This yearbook contains lists of the club's members, patrons, exhibitors, photographs, illustrations, and sketches of.....
Architectural League of the Pacific Coast, 1913. Hardcover. The Architectural League of the Pacific coast was organized in Portland, OR in 1909, which organized annual architectural exhibitions and organized scholarship work, and published the book. This yearbook contains lists of the club's members, patrons, exhibitors, photographs, illustrations, and sketches of.....
The Book Club of California, 1947. Hardcover. From the Introduction: "Rosales . approached his material from still another and in some ways a still more alien vantage point. It is this which accounts for the critical and satirical direction of his glance, a thing unmatched in other accounts." (xiv). 9.25".....
The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Hardcover. Edwin Grabhorn, with his brother Robert, produced some of the finest of American independent press books during the twentieth century. The Duke of Sacramento is a comedy in four acts by Warren Baer reprinted from the rare edition of 1856, to which is added a......
Berkeley, California: Associated Students Store, 1935. Hardcover. From the preface: "It is the purpose of this flora to describe in a systematic way, for the use of the beginner, the more important economic plants of California in connection with the more important or well-known native plants." Willis Linn Jepson graduated.....