Local History

Good with no dust jacket; 1911. FIrst edition. Hardbound. Book good, no . jacket. No PO marks, 318pp, no index. Includes 2 big fold out birds eye . views of Philadelphia. Cover bent, gilt page tops. How Wanamakers grew the . first 50 years in Philadelphia -- lots of local history.. 1911. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Very Good; 1930. First edition. Softbound. Book very good, no jacket. No . PO marks, 115pp, no index. Date estimated, cover a bit worn, cute 30s . cover. Lots of local ads. Lots of good old recipes - Ice Box Cake, Devils' . Food Cake, even Christmas Cake (no eggs, butter or milk).. 1930. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Very Good; Soft Cover. No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 1969. First . edition. Softbound, 13 issues. the only PO marks are mail labels on each . issue. unpaginated, no index. The issues include all from 1969 up until . January of 1970. Articles on water testing, insects, labor problems. Both . January issues include cover pictures of the Date Queen and Court.. 1969. First Edition. Softcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Very Good; Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 1978. Presumed first . edition. Softbound. Book is in very good condition, no jacket. no PO . marks.88pp, indexed. Edge is worn. Riverside, CA street directory, map, . shopping guide, pics of the fire department group (portraits and work . shots). THis was a fire department fundraiser.. 1978. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall . more information

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South Dakota: Broadcaster Press. Very Good; 1962. Presumed first edition. SOftbound with colorful cover. . Book is in very good condition, no jacket. no PO marks. unpaginated, no . index. Local history of the town and folks of Nevada city, CA. 1962. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Los Angeles: Industrial Department of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Good; 1931. First edition. Softbound. Book good, no jacket. No PO marks, . 416pp, index. Cover quite edgeworn, lower right corner missing. Everyone . who was manufacturing anything in the Greater Los Angeles area in 1931. . Indexed by product and co names.. 1931. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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New York: Harry N Abrams Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket; 1988 Presumed first edition Hard cover green . cloth Book mint Jacket mint No PO marks Beautiful presentation by a very . exensive county- from the beaches and groves to the mountains. Picture . essay. 1988. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 0810914263 . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall . more information

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Near Fine; 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Softbound. Book near mint, . no jacket. PO mark on cover, unpaginated, no index. Includes program from . the local histocial Pageant "Through the years 1853-1953". Pictures and . local history plus laid in newspaper report of the celebration. Lots of . local ads with pictures of owners.. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Very Good; 1910. First edition. Softbound. Book very good, no jacket. No . PO marks, unpaginated, no index. Date estimated from binding, 17 large . photographs with tissue. Scrapbook bound, cover quite edgeworn. (Includes . Little Gems - 5 hand tinted pictures of Clovelly - a fishing village & . resort town). A sepia picture gallery, tipped in full page pictures with . tissue.. 1910. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Very Good; 1976. First edition. Softbound. Book very good, no jacket. No . PO marks, 48pp, no index. Map on title page, cover rubbed. Who was who in . business in Pico Rivera, CA in 1976. Ads, pictures, phone directory.. 1976. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Very Good; 1963. Reprint. Softbound. Book very good, no jacket. No PO . marks, 31pp, no index. The history of names like Eureka, Diablo and . Mariposa.. 1963. Reprint. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Fine; 1977. First edition. Softbound. Book mint, no jacket. No PO marks, . 18pp, no index. Southern California has a strong interest in its Spanish & . Mexican roots -here are 50 locations where restoration has been done, . pictures of a half dozen.. 1977. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Red Marie's Bookstore. Very Good; 1990. First edition. Softbound. Book very good, no jacket. No . PO marks, 175pp, no index. Spots on cover. Pictures & stories of the Wild . West of Arizona, pictures of the mystic men of the time - the Earps, Doc . Holliday, more.. 1990. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Garden City: Doubleday & Company. Good in Good dust jacket; 1951. First edition. Hardbound. Book/jacket . good. PO marks:ex-library. 92pp, no index. Has jacket made by the library . after they cut up the original and pasted the flap to the ffe. Big water . spot on lower right corner of all pages, doesn't obscure text. The . infamous local history of chicago by the author of the man with the golden . arm.. 1951. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Seagraves, TX: Pioneer Book Publishers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket; 124187 1974. Presumed first edition. . Hardbound in decorated yellow cloth boards. Book mint, DJ very good. . Signed by the author on copyright page, b/w photos, maps, drawings, . indexed, 116 pp. , dust jacket soiled, a bit chipped. The true story of a . J. Wright Mooar, who was born in Vermont but headed west as a young man to . find adventure, and who became a buffalo hunter, killing thousands. . Confirmed as a first edition by the author in Dec 2007.. 1974. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author . more information

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Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. Fine; 123602 1976. First Paperback Edition. Softbound. Book mint, no . jacket. No PO marks, 203pp, no index. Signed by the editor, map taped to . back endpaper, glossary, illustrated. The Dominguez-Escalante expedition . through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776.. 1976. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0842501215 . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Signed by Editor . more information

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Montgomery, Alabama: Community Communications Corp. Fine in Good dust jacket; 123445 1996. Presumed First Edition. Hardbound. . Book mint/jacket good. No PO marks, 152pp, index. Jacket has several taped . tears, especially on the back. The city of Riverside, CA - the important . history (citrus, Mission Inn) and the growth plans.. 1996. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 1885352247 . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Montgomery AL: Community Communications. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; 124397 1996. Marked first edition. . Hardbound in light blue-green cloth. Book near mint, DJ very good. . Previous owner note in front, dust jacket price clipped and chipped on . lower right corner, indexed, 152 pp. A summary of the history of . Riverside, California, and its current place in the Southern California . Inland Empire.. 1996. Marked First Edition. Hardcover. 1885352247 . Folio - over 12" - 15" tall . more information

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Riverside, CA: No Publisher. Fine; 125185 1995. Presumed first edition. Paperbound in comb binding. . Book mint, no DJ. 156 pp. , no previous owner marks, includes signed note . from the author. History of the Babcock family and their many years . creating a testing lab for air pollution and chemicals.. 1995. Presumed First Edition. Comb Bound. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Unknown: Unknown. Very Good; 126314 1902 Full leather cover with the mission Inn Seal . embossed on the front, quite edgeworn but not through the leather, Epic . poem by the architect of the inn, printed in brown ink (poem and drawings) . on fanfold paper. Frank Miller's personal card is pasted on the rear . endpaper along with a newspaper obituary dated 6-13-1935. A beautiful book . on watermarked paper.. 1902. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. no isbn . Drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 30 pages . more information

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U.S.A.: Bunkhouse Publishers. Good; Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1980 Presumed first edition . Soft green cover black titles Book good No jacket No PO marks Dampstain . cover and edges. Poetry on the history of 3 Southern California Ranchos. 1980. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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San Francisco: Independent Pressroom. Very Good with no dust jacket; 1924. First edition. Hardbound in red . cloth. Book very good, no jacket. PO marks: ex-library. 63pp, no index. . Cover is edgeworn. Sketches of SF's highlights and articles on what to see . in 1924.. 1924. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom: Dovecote Press. Fine with no dust jacket; 19991. First edition. Hardbound. Book mint, no . jacket. No PO marks,126pp, index. Signed by author & illustrator. Lacks . jacket. Pictorial work with annotations about a beautiful green . countryside.. 1991. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 0946159882 . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author and Illustrator . more information

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San Francisco: Fearon Publishers, Inc. Near Fine; 1956. First edition. Softbound. Book near mint, no jacket. No . PO marks, 196pp, index. Bodie was the most lawless, wildest & toughest . mining camp the west ever knew -- here is its story and that of the men . who saw it.. 1956. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania: W W Norton & Co Inc. Near Fine; 1984. Second edition. Softbound. Book near mint, no jacket. No . PO marks, 204pp, index. Cover is edgeworn. Covers time from 1780 and the . British fort of Mackinae Island, through the Detroit years.. 1984. Second Edition. Softcover. 0393301753 . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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No Place: Stanley F. Barker. Very Good with no dust jacket; 125015 1941. Presumed first edition. . Hardbound in light green cloth with gilt. Book very good, no DJ. Part of . dust jacket glued in free front endpaper, cover sunned, old old . booksellers label flagged onto title page, no previous marks, 101 pages, . local picture endpapers. Lovely b/w summertime photos of the coast of . Maine, from Kittery in the south up through Eastport and the easternmost . point of the United States. Minimal text, just lots of photos.. 1941. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Santa Barbara, CA:: Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.:. Very Good; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Various First edition Soft cover . pictorial arts of Santa Barbara Book very good No jacket No PO marks Local . history sights ads 1768- 1971 Santa Barbara No mail labels 9 issues. First Edition. Softcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Coffeyville, Kansas: Coffeyville Journal Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; 125647 1969 Paperbound in tan cover, more . than half the book bound backward, lots of newspaper clippings about the . celebration laid in. A history of Coffeyville, Kansas, from its founding . in 1869, through the raids of the Daltons and others on its banks, to its . 1969 centennial celebration.. 1969. Presumed First Edition. Paperback. no ISBN . 4to 11" - 13" tall; 176 pp. pages . more information

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Fine with no dust jacket; 1984. First edition. Hardbound in black board. . Book mint, no jacket. No PO marks, 152pp, index. The early history of . Jurupa/Roubidoux California and the families there - Jensen, Parks, . Roubidoux.. 1984. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . more information

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Los Angeles: Title Insurance and Trust Company. Very Good; 123580 Unknown year. Sixth edition. Softbound. Book very good, . no jacket. No PO marks, 40pp, no index. Cover edgeworn, spotted and rubbed . throughout - text block excellent. Big fold out map - may be parchment, . dated 1919. Story of the Ranchos into which California was cut by the . Spanish.. Sixth Edition. Softcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . more information

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Upper Montclair, New Jersey: The New Jersey Almanac Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket; 119174 1964. First edition. Hardbound. Book . very good, no jacket. No PO marks, 212pp, index. Map endpapers. Stories of . the important people and places in New Jersey's history with an eye to . historical accuracy & telling a good story.. 1964. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Near Fine; 1937. Fourth edition. Softbound. Book near mint, no jacket. No . PO marks, unpaginated, no index. Golden Anniversary edition, bound in gold . paper covers with a leather effect, in commemoration of the Golden . Anniversary of the San Diego Turst and Savings Bank. Cover corners . slightly bent. A light-hearted and tongue-in-cheek history of the earliest . years of San Diego.. 1937. Fourth Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Old Tappan, New Jersey: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; 1977. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardbound dark gray cloth, white titles. Book/jacket near mint. 357pp, . index. Cover faintly edge sunned, jacket faintly edgeworn. 750 picture . history of New York, from the Eric canal and farms to the 1970s. From . Stuyvesant to La Guardia.. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0684147726 . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Padua Hills, CA: Padua Institute. Very Good; 1961. First edition. Softbound. Book very good, no jacket. No . PO marks, 80pp, no index. Map endpapers, cover soiled, spotted. The Padua . Hills Theatre in Claremont, CA has a long history, from 1930. Pictures, . reertoir list from 1930-1960.. 1961. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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New York: E. P. Dutton. Very Good with no dust jacket; 1919. First Edition, Third Printing. . Hardbound. Book very good, no jacket. No PO marks, 336pp, no index. Cover . edgeworn, spine wrinkled, b&w photos. Fascinating story of how a little . red schoolhouse in Porter, Missouri, found the labor and materials to . update the whole educational process for its students. Let's send copies . to all our governors.. 1919. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Boston, Massachusetts: Harry N Abrams Inc. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; 1993. Second edition. Hardbound. Book . mint/jacket near mint. No PO marks, 480pp, index. Cover & pages mint, . jacket has slight wear. The revised, expanded edition of the classic work . adds landmarks from 1988 through 1993.. 1993. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0810935694 . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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N Y: Lewis Historical Publishing Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; 124419 1952. Presumed first edition. . Hardbound in dark blue cloth. Book very good, no DJ. Previous private . owner's name in front of each book rwice--no other marks, slight edgewear . to covers, all books clean and tight, Vol III is cracked at page 112 but . still tightly bound, vols 1&2 indexed together, vol 3 by itself. B/w . plates, 864 (1&2) and 570 (3) pp. A study of area from the formation of . Lake Erie, the long history of Lake Shore in various ages of history, and . even its long term predicted disappearing, when Lake Erie disappears . through Niagara Falls.. 1952. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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San Francisco. Good with no dust jacket; 1947. First edition. Hardbound in dark green . cloth. Book good, no jacket. PO marks: ex-library. 256pp, no index. Cover . edgeworn. California's central valley water problems - the history, the . scandal, the resolution.. 1947. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Near Fine; 1978. FIrst edition. Softbound. Book near mint, no jacket. No . PO marks,53pp, no index. The history of Fontana, CA in pictures, personal . stories, documents and maps.. 1978. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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London: Great Western Railway Company. Good; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1934 Presumed first edition Soft cover . pictorial art paper Book good No jacket No PO marks Somerset in the 30's . from stylized cover to hundreds of Sepia photos and text on the sights . Apparently English railways were after the tourist dollar too Huge fold . out map in back. 1934. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Chatsworth, California: Windsor Pubns. Fine in Very Good dust jacket; 1988. Marked first edition. Hardbound. Book . mint/jacket very good. 191pp, index. Short closed tear on the back of the . jacket. Long PO inscription on the FFE. Pictures & history of the economic . wonder of Orange County, CA.. 1988. Marked First Edition. Hardcover. 0897812433 . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Chatsworth, California: Windsor Pubns. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; 123615 1988. Marked first edition. . Hardbound. Book/jacket very good. No PO marks, 191pp, index. Cover and . dust jacket both slightly edgeworn. Lots of color pictures from Newport . Harbor to the dozens of major businesses in the county. A sales piece for . Orange County - glossy, beautiful, strong on business interests.. 1988. Marked First Edition. Hardcover. 0897812433 . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Chatsworth, California: Windsor Pubns. Fine in Fine dust jacket; 1986 Markes first ediiton Hard cover brown cloth . Book mint Jacket mint No PO marks DJ price clipped History of the county, . its people, its attractions ( Disneyland, beach) its businesses. 1986. Marked First Edition. Hardcover. 0897811607 . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall . more information

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The Squad. Fine in Good dust jacket; 119056 1980. First edition. Hardbound. Book . mint/jacket good. No PO marks, 224pp, no index. Jacket edgeworn, chipped. . A pictorial history of the volunteer emergency squad of Warren County NJ.. 1980. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 0960402004 . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Sojourn Publications. Fine; 1983 Presumed first edition Soft pictorial cover black titles Book . mint No jacket No PO marks Signed by the author St Simons island off . Georgia- local history pictures. 1983. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author . more information

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Piercy, California: Hawk Mountaintop Publishing. Fine; 1997. First Edition, Later Printing. Softbound. Book mint, no . jacket. No PO marks, 141pp, index. Local history of Southern Humboldt . County, CA and its families, schools, and companies.. 1997. First Edition; Later Printing. Softcover. 0967216214 . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Cave Creek, Arizona: Black Mountain Press. Very Good; 119551 1970. First edition. Softbound. Book very good, no . jacket. PO name on inner front cover.340pp, index. Cover rubbed & very . edgeworn. Arizona from her native tribes: yuman, navajo, apache, to . statehood.. 1970. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Menlo Park: Lane Magazine & Book Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; 1968. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardbound. Book very good/jacket good. No PO marks, 304pp, index. Jacket . quite edgeworn and back and flap pages present but seperated, clean & . tight. Cover slightly edgeworn. A Sunset pictorial view of the history and . culture of present day LA - to 1968!. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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New York: Double Day & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket; 1971. Marked first edition. Hardbound in . green cloth, dark green spine, gilt titles. Book very good, no jacket. No . PO marks, 240pp, index. Cover soiled, edgeworn. Sierra Nevada mountains . map endpapers. 400 miles of mountain. Pictures and history beginning 1776 . - American settlement 1820.. 1971. Marked First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Leavenworth, Kansas: J. H. Johnston III. Fine with no dust jacket; 1976. Limited edition. Hardbound. Book mint, no . jacket. No PO marks, 239pp, index. Illustrated, gold bicentennial crest on . the cover. #464 of a fist edition of 1000 copies. The story of Leavenworth . KS from its boisterous early days to 1976!. 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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