Search Results: Californiana from Gargoyle Books

Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1970. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Local architect & community leader in Phoenix, Arizona, offers this lovely collection of 34 poems & pencil sketches celebrating the beauty of this area in 67 pages. Long, personalized inscription SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the half title page. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1970, this hardcover book has brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Fine (our highest grade): completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white. Former owner's embossed stamp on ffep. The price-clipped DJ is downgraded to Near Fine due to some small rubbed spots & chips randomly scattered, extremely minor rubbing to extremities. Beautifully protected in new mylar cover Free! Protected in new archival mylar cover.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders… Read More

La Jolla, California: Tasende Gallery, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Monograph from exhibitions held Mar-May 1990 at the Tasende Gallery in La Jolla, CA, & the Chicago International Art Exhibition featuring the work of Spanish artist Andres Nagel (b.1947, "not a damned artist, but an artist damned" (YASPACE). Thirty colorful plates are preceded by a 17-page introduction ("The American Factor") by gallery owner J. M. Tasende. Unpaginated softcover (10" x 8.8") has decorative paper wrappers with photo of the artist & his dog in front of one of his works on front. Condition is Fine: shelved since brand new. Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white, colors bright. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

San Francisco, California: Paul Elder and Company, 1916. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Taylor, Harold A.. A verbal & photographic chronicle of the Panama California Exposition, designed both as a World's Fair & as a way to highlight the beauty of the growing city of San Diego, the nearest Pacific port in the US to the newly opened Panama Canal. In 154 pages, with 68 duotone illustrations from photos + frontispiece tipped in, all by Harold A. Taylor, who was just making his way as a notable Western photographer. In his Introduction, architect Bertram Goodhue explains why some of the park's features were designed to be temporary ("essentially the fabric of a dream"), & should be razed after the fair, & some should become permanent fixtures in what endures today as Balboa Park. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1916 (the fair had opened the previous year & would close on 1 Jan 1917), this hardcover 8vo is bound in a nubby tan cloth… Read More

New York, New York: Hastings House, 1968. Revised Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. Part of the American Guide Series created in the mid-20th century, originally compiled by members of the Federal Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration (WPA), this is a comprehensive guide to the state of Arizona, past & present, in 532 pages, well-illustrated with 7 separate sections of black-and-white vintage photos throughout text. First published in 1940, this is the Fourth Edition, completely revised, from May 1966 (this a May 1968 reprint). Hardcover 8vo book has red cloth-covered boards stamped in black lettering to front & spine. Condition is Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding tight & square, hinges intact, corners crisp, pages only lightly tanned around edges. The price-clipped DJ is only Good, downgraded due to chipping at both ends of spine & corners, light soil, & a vertical 2" tear ascending from heel of spine; nicely protected in new mylar cover… Read More

North Palm Springs, California: Cliff Cross Guide Books, 1970. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes 60 maps & 450 vintage black-and-white photographs of the entire Baja Peninsula in Mexico, with detailed mileage guides & points of interest. In 170 pages with Index. Oversized softcover is generally clean & tightly bound, with NO writing, underlining, or highlighting. Minor edgewear & some soil spots to both covers & first blank page & exterior page edges.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Chronicles a traveling exhibition organized by the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Seattle Art Museum, & Vancouver Art Gallery, Oct 2003-Jan 2005 to highlight some of the best art produced by West Coast artists. In 150 pages with over 150 full-color reproductions. Oversized softcover 4to (9" x 11") has brightly decorated paper wrappers with fold-in French flaps. Condition is Fine: looks Brand New! Completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white, colors vivid. Virtually flawless! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping without preapproval of extra (at least double)… Read More

La Jolla, California: University of California Press, 1985. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Exhibition catalogue for a retrospective (the last before her death) on the work of artist/muralist/lithographer/illustrator Belle Baranceanu (1902-1988) held 8 Nov-15 Dec 1985 at the Mandeville Gallery, University of California, La Jolla. Baranceanu had painted many murals around the town of La Jolla in the 1930s-1940s & taught at local schools. Softcover in decorative wrappers (8.5" x 11") has 64 pages, including images of 81 painting, two essays by Bram Dijkstra & Anne Weaver, & a Preface & Acknowledgment by gallery director Gerry McAllister. Condition is Fine: just removed from shelf where it has been since brand new! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white, colors vivid. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received… Read More

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Chronicles the rise of the Central Pacific's "Big Four,'' men who played a major role in the development of the Pacific Coast region of California in the period following the completion of the transcontinental Central Pacific railroad in 1869: Collis Huntington,Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker. In 418 +vi pp, with Index, Bibliography; extensively illustrated throughout. SIGNED by the author with a personalized inscription to one George W. Kemper, "in admiration & friendship'' to ffep. Orig. published in 1938, this is the Ninth Printing (1946) of that First Edition. With blue cloth over boards is stamped & lettered in gilt to front & spine, this hardcover is in Near Fine condition, marred only by light rubbing to lower spine & extremely mild corner bumping. Else, completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy… Read More

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1902. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Fogarty, Thomas. Classic western about early American pioneers, in 527 pages + ads for other titles in rear, illustrations by Thomas Fogarty (glossy frontispiece & 3 glossy internal plates). First published in 1902 by McClure, this is the Grosset & Dunlap reprint edition (no date). Hardcover 8vo has gray cloth over boards with a stamped yellow/black/red design of a forest to front, red lettering to spine. Condition is solidly Good: generally very clean & tight with the occasional smudge. Hinges secure, but cracking between half-title page & frontis. Pages moderately tanned, heavier to edges, commensurate with age. Rubbing to extremities, heavy at all corner & spine tips, with cloth loss & fraying. No DJ, as issued. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have here! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm… Read More

Portland, Oregon: Metropolitan Press, 1935. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Belser, Karl J.. Collection of verse about the Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon & other elements of Nature. A First Edition, first printing from 1935, SIGNED by the AUTHOR (his name only) on half title page. Delicate pen-and-ink illustrations by Karl Belser throughout. With 41 creamy off-white, deckled edge, vellum-like pages, this slim hardcover has a blue quarter cloth-wrapped spine with lighter blue paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine, downgraded solely due to sunning to spine & surrounding cloth. Else, AS NEW: completely clean, binding tight & square, hinges secure. Pages white & unmarked. Former owner's bookplate inside front cover. No DJ, likely as issued. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2… Read More

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Being "An Introduction to the History & Heritage of this State as revealed in the collection in the Pasadena Public Library assembled by Nellie May Russ," who served as librarian of that institution 1898-1919. In 213 pages with Index & comprehensive list of Books in the Collection. A wonderful reference & piece of California history! A First Edition, First Printing from 1968, this hardcover book has rust-colored linen cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Condition of both book & DJ is Fine: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked. The unclipped DJ is equally pristine, with perhaps a whisper of edgewear. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends &… Read More

New York, New York: Avon, 1967. First Paperback . Soft cover. Very Good+. Written shortly after what was then "the most vivolent, destructive race riot in American history,'' the 6 days of unrest that besieged what was then referred to as "the Negro ghetto" in the Watts neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles, CA. Orig. published in hardcover in 1966 with the subtitle, "The Los Angeles Race Riot, August 1965"), this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition from Avon (V2167), the First Printing from Feb. 1967. In 287 pages + 8 pages of black-and-white photos in center. Condition is VG+: very clean & bright, bBinding straight & strong, pages modestly tanned, commensurate with age, heavier inside both covers. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders,… Read More

San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 1986. First Thus . Hardcover. As New/As New. Byfield, Barbara Ninde. Debut children's book by the acclaimed San Francisco native & journalist (1916-1997). It is a story is about Charlie, the youngest cable car in San Francisco, & his adventures once he meets a friendly dragon during Chinese New Year & give him a ride. Unpaginated, with lovely watercolor illustrations on nearly every page by Barbara N. Byfield. Orig. published in 1972, this is the First Edition (7th printing) from Chronicle Books from 1996, with a sticker Signed by the Author affixed to both title page & front DJ flap. Oblong hardcover has glossy gray paper-covered boards with white lettering to front & spine. Condition is Fine/Fine: both book & DJ look like NEW! Completely clean , binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages white, colors bright; no tanning or foxing. The unclipped DJ is equally pristine. GUARANTEED gift-giving quality! Our photos depict… Read More

San Francisco, California: A. M. Robertson, 1916. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Reproduces an essay on California, its lifestyle, & the people who live there, orig. published in "Sunset, the Pacific Monthly" magazine in Feb. 1916. Small (12 mo), slim (63 pages) hardcover is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1916, not a modern reprint. Blue cloth-wrapped spine with tan paper-covered boards with a blue design & lettering. Tipped-in reproduction of a colorful coastline painting by William Keith serves as Frontispiece. Condition is Good: generally very clean, with large tanned areas inside both covers (looks like from old newspaper clippings). Former owner's name in neat pen on half title page. Binding is strong & straight. Heavy rubbing to extremities, bumped corners, fraying to cloth at both ends of spine. NO DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of… Read More

San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Chronicle Books, 1988. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Compiled as part of the Historical American Buildings Survey, this book examines over 1,000 historically important buildings in the Golden state, including photographs & drawings of plans, elevations, & cross-sectional diagrams for a complete architectural record. In 274 pages with Bibliography, Index, Catalogue. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1988, this oversized hardcover has burgundy paper-over-boards with gilt lettering to front & spine. Condition is Fine (our highest grade): looks & feels like a Brand New book with just slightly less crispness. Completely clean feels never opened. Binding strong & straight, pages white. The unclipped DJ is also Fine, virtually flawless! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific… Read More

New York, New York: Grossman Publishers, 1968. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Contemporary collection of 17 essays on the Golden State & how it was shifting with the cultural revolution that swept the country in the 1960s, frequently the birthplace of changes that would spread nationwide. 240 pp. A First Edition, first printing from 1968, the year after the famed "Summer of Love" in Haight-Ashbury, this hardcover 8vo has blue cloth-covered boards stamped with a lighter blue design to front & orange lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine: aside from a red remainder marl streaking along the outer fore edge pages & former owner's name in neat pen to ffep, it is completely clean & unmarked, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with modest tanning to edges. Very mild rubbing to extremities. The unclipped DJ is VG- (minus): bright yellow with light random soiling (heaviest to spine, with many small spots), small chips & tears… Read More

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc, 1969. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A look at the Golden State from every aspect: its history, demography, psychology, climate, terrain, politics, & people, which attempts to explain its fascination for so many. This is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1969, SIGNED by the AUTHOR (his name only) on ffep. Hardcover book is Near Fine: just lacks that brand new crispness! Completely clean & tight & square with very minor edgewear. The unclipped DJ is also Near Fine, marred only by a tiny chip at head of spine. White areas & colors are bright & clean. Nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship same day; weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG+/No Jacket. In-depth portraits of the 21 missions established by the Franciscan Padres (friars) along the coast of California from San Diego (1769) to San Francisco (1823), with particular focus on never-before-published facts about the Padres themselves (who were "never self-advertisers"). In 417 pages, many with uncut fore edges. Includes a Glossary of Spanish words & phrases & directions for reaching each Mission, pen-and-ink illustrations throughout, soft watercolor frontispiece with intact tissue guard. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1915, this hardcover(5.75" x 8.75") has blue cloth-covered boards stamped on front with a colorful picture of a mission & lettered in bright gilt to both front & spine (where it has faded somewhat); gilt-topped page edges, too. Condition is VG+: exceptionally clean & bright save for a small white stain dripping down from head of spine in a… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hurst & Company, 1900. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Story of an adventurous journey that began in 1846 in St.Louis through the Black Hills & Rockies the summer after the author graduated from Harvard. As he writes in the Introduction, he set off "to study the manners & character of Indians in their primitive state."detailing "their wild and picturesque life." Originally published in the 1850s, this is a slightly later reprint from Hurst & Company as part of their popular "Companion Books" series, in 299 pages, bound in brown faux leather with gilt lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG+ completely clean, sewn binding strong & straight, pages supple & white, with age-appropriate tanning to all edges. Former owner's name inside front cover in pen. No DJ, as issued.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day… Read More

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: Self-published, 1936. First Edition First Printing . Spiral-bound Hardcover. Near Fine. Comprehensive guide to 54 flowering plants that are native to California. Offered for the Nature Lover, the author's introduction asserts that "Nature's Garden is ours to protect, & an acquaintance should make us eager to preserve it for those who are to know it in the coming years..a knowledge of our native flowers will do more for conservation than will laws that prohibit the gathering of them." Harris (1873-1956) was an Iowan turned California landscape artist who specialized in botanical studies. Self-published from her home in Los Angeles, this oblong spiral-wire bound 32 mo (7.5" x 5") has green cloth-covered boards stamped in gilt lettering & butterfly image &1938 date to front cover. Printed on recto only, each page has a lithographed color image, plant name in English & Latin, family affiliation, physical description, &… Read More