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1) Paper upon California, read before The Maryland Historical Society
HARRIS, J. Morrison

Printed for the Society by John D. Toy,: 1849. First edition. original printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled, with a contemporary ownership signature and notation at top of front wrapper, otherwise fine. . 8vo,. (more information)

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2) Anybody's Gold: The Story of California's Mining Towns
JACKSON, Joseph Henry

D. Appleton-Century,: 1941. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate neatly tipped in; better than very good in a nice jacket with a little use at the top of the spine and an external tape repair at the top of the back panel. . 8vo,. Illustrated by E. H. Suydam. (more information)

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3) Gold Rush Album
JACKSON, Joseph Henry

Charles Scribner's Sons,: 1949. First edition. publisher's black cloth in slipcase. Fine copy in a fine slicpase. Folio,. Illustrated. (more information)

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4) California: The Wonder of the Age
KING, Thomas Butler

William Gowans,: 1850. Unauthorized edition; Howes K-153. disbound. Some light use; a few smudges to the title page. 8vo,. (more information)

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5) California Sketches with Recollections of the Gold Mines
KIP, Leonard

N. A. Kovach,: 1946, With an Introduction by Lyle H. Wright. First edition, with errata slip tipped to rear endpaper. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket with a touch of sunning to the spine. 8vo,. Illustrated. (more information)

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6) The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California
KNEELAND, Samuel

Alexander Moore,: 1872. First edition. publisher's green bevelled green cloth decorated in gold and black, a.e.g. Some scattered very inoffensive foxing (the images all fine); light use to cloth. Tall 8vo,. With ten original photographic illustrations, by John P. Soule; text illustrations and two maps. (more information)

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7) Adventures of a Forty-Niner
KNOWER, Daniel

Weed-Parsons,: 1894. First edition. publisher's decorated blue cloth. A very good copy with some slight rubbing to edges and a small ink spot to back panel. 12mo,. (more information)

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8) Leary's Hand-Book for Election Officers
LEARY, A. J

Estate of A. J. Leary,: 1891. Sixth edition. original printed wrappers. Rear wrapper chipped at bottom edge; otherwise very nice. 8vo,. Folding sample ballot. (more information)

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9) Mariposa Grove of Big Trees California
LEITCH, B. M

H. C. Tibbitts,: 1910]. original wrappers with applied color illustration; string tied as issued. Light use to wrappers; one tiny chip to a corner. Folio,. Illustrated from photographs used by permission of the Southern Pacific Co. (more information)

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10) High Sierra Country
LEWIS, Oscar

Duell, Sloan and Pearce,: [1955]. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A near fine copy in a nice jacket with a touch of use to the bottom of the spine, which is slightly faded. A very attractive copy. 8vo,. (more information)

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11) The Big Four
LEWIS, Oscar

Alfred A. Knopf,: 1966. Fourteenth printing. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. About fine in jacket with minor traces of wear. Large 8vo,. (more information)

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12) California of the South
LINDLEY, Walter and WIDNEY, J. P

D. Appleton,: 1888. First edition. original red cloth. Lacks front free endpaper; insitutional bookplate on pastedown and white-lettered call numbers on spine; spine slightly faded. 8vo,. Illustrated. (more information)

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13) Berkeley: the town and gown of it
PETTITT, George A

Howell-North Books,: [1973]. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Gift inscription on flyleaf; a little shelf-slanted; in jacket with a few small chips and light wear. Folio,. Illustrated from photographs. (more information)

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14) Map of Ocean Shore Lands, Sutro Baths & Museum, Sutro Heights. [Plus Statement of Facts Concerning Sutro Properties]
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE, [SAN FRANCISCO] BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Printed by Britton & Rey for the Board of Supervisors,: [1912]. Creased where folded; chip at one corner affecting just a few letters of headline on verso. 15 x 14 inches. Printed in green and black, with three views from photographs of the Sutro Heights area and another view f the Aquatic Park on verso. (more information)

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15) J. Ross Browne, Adventurer
RATHER, Lois

The Rather Press,: 1978. First edition; No. 46 of 150 copies. publisher's cloth-backed boards. Tiny spot to front board, else a bright, near fine copy. . 8vo,. Illustrated. (more information)

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16) The Los Angeles Star 1851-1864. The Beginnings of Journalism in Southern California
RICE, William B

University of California Press,: 1947. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Spotting to cloth and fore-edge, preliminaries a little browned, else a very good copy in an unchipped jacket with a little rubbing and wrinkling to the extremities of the spine and very slight soiling to the back panel. 8vo,. (more information)

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17) Maps of Los Angeles From Ord's Survey of 1849 to the End of the Boom of the Eighties
ROBINSON, W.W

Dawson's Bookshop,: 1966. First edition; No. 303 of 380 copies printed at the Plantin Press and signed by the author. publisher's gray cloth, red leather label on spine(lacking publisher's slipcase). . A near fine copy. Folio,. Handsomely illustrated with facsimile maps, some in color, some folding, and one in pocket at rear. . (more information)

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18) The First Forty-Niner and the Story of the Golden Tea-Caddy
SCHERER, James A. B

Minton, Balch & Company,: 1925. First edition. publisher's cloth-backed boards. . Bookplate and ownership markings on pastedown; otherwise very good. 12mo,. (more information)

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19) The Lion of the Vigilantes." William T. Coleman and the Life of Old San Francisco
SCHERER, James A. B

The Bobbs-Merrill Company,: [1939]. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate on pastedown; otherwise very good or better in a bright unchipped jacket with a closed tear and some very slight fading to the spine. . 8vo,. Illustrated. (more information)

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20) It's an Old California Custom
SHIPPEY, Lee

The Vanguard Press,: [1948]. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A few spots to cloth, else better than very good in an unchipped jacket with some slight tanning to the spine. 8vo,. (more information)

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21) The Shirley Letters from the California Mines 1851-1852
SHIRLEY, Dame [CLAPPE, Louisa Amelia Knapp Smith]

Alfred A. Knopf, : 1949, With an Introduction by Carl I. Wheat. First of this edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Better than very good in a bright jacket with some insect damage to the spine. 8vo,. Illustrated. (more information)

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22) The Gold Rush Letters of J. D. B. Stillman
STILLMAN, J. D. B

Lewis Osborne,: 1967. First edition; one of 2350 copies. publisher's cloth. Ownership stamp on front free endpaper; otherwise a fine copy. Folio,. Illustrated. (more information)

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23) Vigilante. A Novel
SUMMERS, Richard

Duell, Sloan and Pearce,: [1949]. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A fine copy in an unchipped jacket with some sunning to the spine. 8vo,. (more information)

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24) Eldorado, or Adventures in the Path of Empire
TAYLOR, Bayard

Alfred A. Knopf,: 1949, Introduction by Robert Glass Cleland. First of this edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Better than very good, in a bright unchipped jacket with a little rubbing to the extremities of the spine and some slight browning to the top of the back panel. 8vo,. Illustrated. (more information)

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25) Map of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona
THOMPSON & WEST

Thompson & West,: 1880. Fine. 9-5/8 x 12-1/4 inches (image). Lighographed map printed in colors. (more information)

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26) Catalogue of the Loan Book Exhibition, held at the University of California, Berkeley, May 26th to 31st, 1884
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

James Ayers, Supt. State Printing,: 1884. First edition. original printed wrappers. Tiny chips and two small tears repaired with archival tape; ink numbers on wrapper and title page. . 8vo,. (more information)

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27) Southern California: Its Valleys, Hills and Streams; Its Animals, Birds and Fishes; Its Gardens, Farms and Climate
VAN DYKE, Theodore S

Fords, Howard and Hulbert,: 1886. First edition. publisher's green lettered cloth. Ink name and date on front free endpaper; bookseller's ticket on pastedown; slight chipping to edge of front free endpaper; the spine slightly worn at its extremities; otherwise a tight, very good copy. . 8vo,. (more information)

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28) California Pictorial. A History in Contemporary Pictures, 1786 to 1859
VAN NOSTRAND, Jeanne and COULTER, Edith M

University of California Press,: 1948. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Two corners bumped, otherwise fine in jacket with three chips and a big snag (tears and creases) to the front panel. Folio,. Illustrated in black and white and color with plates of California paintings. (more information)

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29) San Francisco's Literary Frontier
WALKER, Franklin

Alfred A. Knopf,: 1939. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate on pastedown; a few spots of foxing to preliminaries; one corner bumped; else very good or better in an unchipped jacket with a browned spine. 8vo,. Illustrated. (more information)

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30) Hallowed Were the Gold Dust Trails: The Story of the Pioneer Priests of Northern California
WALSH, Henry L

University of Santa Clara Press,: 1946. First edition. original green cloth. Slightest or rubbing at corners; a nice copy. 8vo,. 9 plates. (more information)

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