Golden Odyssey. John Stroud Houston. California’s First Controller and the Origins of State Government by GRENIER Judson A - 1999

California Historical Society., 1990. Very Good/Unknown. Quarto, softcover, near fine in brown pictorial wraps. pp 320to 420. 100 pp. Features: Hispanic Californians and Catholic Higher education, diary of Jesus Maria Estudillo 1857-1864; William James at Stanford; Hiram Johnson the old progressive and new deal taxation; the political response to urban growth: Sacramento and Mayor Marshall Beard, 1863-1914; the politics of a lost cause (Democrats in Civil War); A tribute to James Hart; reviews and notes etc.

California Historical Society., 1990. Very Good/Unknown. Quarto, softcover, near fine in brown pictorial wraps. pp 320to 420. 100 pp. Features: the California National Parks Centennial; chronology of Natl Parks; Sequoia and Kings Canyon; the realm of wonder (Yosemite 1855 to 1916); sublime vistas and scenic backdrops 19th century painters and photos of Yosemite; from stagecoach to packard twin six: yosemite and changing face of tourism; Joseph Grinnell and Yosemite; in harmony with landscape: Yosemite's built enviroinment 1913 to 1940; conservation conflict and founding of Kings Canyon Natl Park, reviews and notes etc.

California Historical Society., 1990. Very Good/Unknown. Quarto, softcover, near fine in gray pictorial wraps. pp 158 to 275. Volume 68, no. 4. An introduction by Jeff Lustig; envisioning California by Luis Valdez; from El Dorado to the Pacific Rim, the place called California; a visual artist in today's landscape; literary California, policy and the arts.

California Historical Society., 1990. Soft cover. Very Good/Unknown. Quarto, softcover, near fine in salmon pictorial wraps. pp 235 to 316. 81 pp. Features: taking the country barefooted (So. Ca); Sara Bard Field and the phenomenon of migratory divorce; Japanese immigrant nationalism: the Issei and the Sino-Japanese War 1937-1941; Race prejudice is not inborn; it is learned; many wanted to know which was Mr. Bigler 1898 Ca Golden Jubilee; reviews and notes etc.

California Historical Society., 1990. Very Good/Unknown. Quarto, softcover, near fine in salmon pictorial wraps. Articles featured are: California Indians and workaday west; Thomas Starr King, naturalist of Civil War; a fresh voice from the West: Mary Austin; Sequoia seminar; Maynard Dixon as muralist reviews and more. 82 pp.

Watson Land Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. Signed by Author . Signed by Author Hardcover; brown cloth boards in the original dust jacket. Very Good condition In Good dust jacket. Jacket edges dust soiled ; 8vo ; 520 pp. pages .

Los Angeles, CA: Historical Society of Southern California, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. In excellent condition except for some sunning to the dust jacket. Fast shipping with free delivery confirmation.

Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, 1999. Cloth, 222 pages, illustrations, portrait; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Bound in brown fabric over boards with gilt text on spine. From the publisher blurb, "This book solves the mystery of [Houston] and restores [him] to his rightful position in the pantheon of California pioneers." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and photographs. [8], 9-222 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Los Angeles, CA: Historical Society of Southern California. INSCRIBED by author on second page. Very light edge wear, clean copy. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1999.