Search Results: Titles starting with C from Argonaut Book Shop

London: Faber and Faber, 1992 First edition. Specially packaged with a free promotional copy of the author's earlier novel, "Ratking." Black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. The next installment of the author's mystery series featuring Inspector Aurelio Zen, this time being a murder mystery at the Vatican..

Sonora: The Mother Lode Press, 1955 First edition. vii, [1], 158pp. 16 historic photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Tan cloth lettered in brown on spine and front cover. A very fine copy. Early explorations, early camps of Southern and Northern Calaveras, State government & county boundaries, crime and miner's justice, miners and mining, churches and preachers, schools and teachers, transportation and roads, etc. One of the photographs is stated to be an enlargement of a daguerreotype of Joaquin Murieta, given to sheriff Ben Marshall in 1850..

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006 Octavo. Black & white photogrpahs throughout. Notes, index. Tan cloth with blue lettering on spine. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. Bottom rear edge of dust jacket slightly wrinkled, else fine. A study of the Spanish-colonial architecture and landscape of Southern California..

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934 One of 550 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Edited by Oscar Lewis. Thin quarto. x, [64]pp. Frontis portrait of Commodore Stockton, four facsimile color lithographs, 5 facsimile documents. Handset Bauer Bodoni type. Black cloth spine, gilt-stamped blue boards, paper spine label. A very fine and bright copy with plain blue dust jacket (darkened at edges). Includes Larkin's report on conditions in California on the eve of the Conquest; a contemporary account of events printed in "The Farthest West," 1846; a letter from E. M. Kern giving contemporary views of a participant in the early stages of the Conquest; and a letter from Lieut. Colonel Cooke in command of the Mormon Battalion. Also included are biographical sketches of the important figures in the American Conquest. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. Grabhorn Second Series of Rare Americana, Number 5. [Grabhorn: 209]..

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969 Third edition, extensively revised and enlarged. xxi, [5], 416pp. Maps. Tan cloth. Owner's name inked to endpaper. A very fine and bright copy with dust jacket. Presents the story of thousands of geographical names of California, giving their dates, circumstance of naming, their origin and evolution, their connection with national history and relation to the California landscape. The standard reference..

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916 First edition. 1,200 copies. Small octavo. vi, [2], 217pp. plus ads. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front cover, pictorial element on front cover in light blue, gold and black. Very minor rubbing to spine ends and corners, light foxing to six preliminary leaves. Overall, a fine copy. The author's second book and the first to be published by a major publishing house. [Alberts: 15]..

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1948 First edition. 4to. 159pp. Frontis plus 69 plates, ten in color. Tan cloth, lettered in red. Very slight soiling to lower front corner, else a fine copy. Another of this author's excellent titles, packed with illustrations and reference to California art. A desirable reference which brings to light previously unpublished or little-known historical drawings and paintings. The first section provides illustrations by artist-explorers under Spanish rule. Paintings and drawings are then presented from the Mexican period; drawings and paintings by soldiers and sailors during the Conquest, etc. A major portion of the book deals with painting and drawings during the Gold Rush period in 1848 and the subsequent settlement during the next ten years. Each plate is accompanied by the title and artist, its source or collection, and extensive notes on the artist. An index of artists is provided..

San Marino: Huntington Library, 1956 First edition. Edited by Benjamin B. Richards. Pp. xvii, [1], 124. Map, notes, index. Cloth-backed decorated boards, paper spine label. A very fine copy. Signed by noted author, E. Geoffrey Bangs. Presents the gold rush through the eyes of a seventeen-year-old merchant. "Davis and his brother, Josiah, of Nashua, New Hampshire, sailed from New York City via Panama for San Francisco and the gold fields. The journal begins on June 1, 1850, and concludes on May 26, 1854, with some gaps. The brothers operated a successful mercantile operation in Long Bar on the Yuba River before trying their luck in Oregon. Unsuccessful, they returned home. Stephen's description of their return trip across the Isthmus of Panama and of a riot between natives and Americans is dramatic. Tired of the New England climate, Stephen left for California on January 21, 1852, and kept a store at Coulterville, on Maxwell's Creek for the next two years. News of his brother's death… Read More

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1980 Introductions by Muir Dawson and Carey S. Bliss, Bruce L. Johnson and Robert D. Harlan, and Sandra Kirshenbaum and Kenneth Karmiole. 3 parts, complete. Original printed wrappers. One spine slightly faded. A fine set. This three-part keepsake was limited to approximately 1350 copies for each part, printed in Glendale by Patrick Reagh. Part one covers printing in California, 1838-1890; part two from 1890-1925; part three from 1925-1975. Includes articles by Glen Dawson, Richard Dillon, Carey Bliss, Mike Harrison, Gary Kurutz, John Kemble, Ward Ritchie, Rodman Paul, and many others..

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1975 8 page pamphlet plus facsimile of the first number of "Le Petit Journal des Refusées." Articles by Joseph M. Backus, et al. A fine set in half-leather slipcase. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. A keepsake from the Book Club of California..

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1963 12 folders. Illustrated from numerous seals. A fine set in cloth slipcase. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press. A keepsake from the Book Club of California..

San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft, 1865 First edition. 12mo. 100pp. Stiff black cloth wrappers, gilt title on cover, all edges gilt. Contemporary pencil signature on dedication. Spine chipped at spine ends, ends lightly foxed, a few penciled marginal notes. A fine copy. Stirringly patriotic poem written to commemorate J. Sewell Reed and his gallant California volunteer band, who fought in Virginia with the Union forces during the Civil War. [Cowan: p.539; Sabin 72703]..

San Francisco: Albert Dressler, 1930 First edition. Limited to 525 numbered copies. 72pp. Color frontis, map, numerous illustrations, plates and facsimiles, from old photos and early prints. Original green cloth, lettered in black on front cover. Slight rubbing to corners and spine ends. A fine copy. Story of John Thomas Mason who crossed the plains in 1851 and spent the next 79 years in the Rabbit Creek region (Plumas county) and Sierra County. Covers the history and growth of Rabbit Creek along with numerous accounts of local events of the early days. Much on the mining areas, local individuals, the California Stage Company, etc..

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1991 Spring issue, 1991, Volume LXX, No. 1. Quarto. 140pp. Well-illustrated throughout with vintage photographs, reproductions (some in full color), maps, etc. Stiff pictorial wrappers. A fine copy. This issue is devoted entirely to railroads. Two of the seven articles include, Railroads in the History of California and the Far West with an introduction by Richard J. Orsi, and The Paper Trail of the Iron Horse: The California State Railroad Museum Library by Blaine Peterson Lamb and Ellen Halteman Schwartz. Includes an extremely informative section, Checklist of Major Collections, California State Railroad Museum, outlining each of the collections at the Museum..

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994 First edition. Small quarto. 112pp. Illustrated with a multitude of stereopticon slide reproductions. Original folding 3-D stereo viewer in rear pocket. Bibliography, index. Pictorial boards. A very fine, as new copy still in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. The author reproduces 170 stereo slides of native Californians, Yosemite, San Francisco, the Modoc War, the tourists, and other California subjects. The stereoview is composed of two almost identical images mounted side-by-side. When seen through a viewer, the two images merge into one to create a realistic three-dimensional depiction of each scene. Includes the folding 3-D stereopticon viewer for viewing the reproductions in 3-D (and it works!)..

San Fernando Valley: J.E. Reynolds, Bookseller, 1954 First edition. One of 400 copies of which 350 were for sale. 102pp. 8 photographic reproductions; bibliography. Printed letterpress at the Westernlore Press. Title page printed in red and black. Maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing to spine ends. A fine copy. Includes an alphabetical list of the newspapers covered and an alphabetical list of mining town editors..

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997 Square quarto. 204pp. Index. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Alan Weintraub. Forward by Robert Mondavi. Green cloth. A very fine copy in very fine pictorial dust jacket. Devotwe to the Wine Country lifestyle and interiors, over 200 photographs shot year-round reveal the glory of these unique and beautiful homes. .

San Jose: Harlan-Young Press, 1966 First edition. Presentation inscription, signed by the editor, Richard H. Dillon. 70pp. Introduction by Richard H. Dillon. 6 illustrations from photographs. Tan cloth lettered in brown. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. The first published account of an 1846 overland crossing, including the Battle of Santa Cruz, and deaths at the Mission Santa Clara in the harsh 1846-47 winter..

Santa Barbara: by the author, 1969 First edition. Small quarto. Designed and printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. Illustrated. Red cloth, lettered in gilt. A fine copy. Details the Lake County incident during the late 19th century involving the KIan-like vigilante White Cap movement. Whitecapping is a phenomenon that occurred specifically in America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was originally a ritualized form of enforcing community standards, appropriate behavior and traditional rights. However, as it spread throughout North America it took on a distinct racial characteristic. It started in Indiana around 1873, as white males began forming secret societies in order to attempt to deliver justice. These groups were known as the "White Caps". The first White Cap encounters were generally aimed at those who went against a community's values such as abusive family men, women giving birth out of wedlock, et al. This important work details the Lake County incident, the… Read More

Glendale: Printed for the author and distributed by The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1970 First edition. One of 530 copies. 220pp. Red cloth, gilt. A fine copy. Drury was the author of a great many books and articles dealing with religion and the protestant missionaries on the frontier. This bibliography was one of the results of his years of research. It contains 1099 titles including books, pamphlets, broadsides, periodicals, newspapers, and manuscripts, each described, annotated, and located. [Clark and Brunet I: 64; Clark and Brunet II: 73]..