![Item #11357 Maverick Mayor: A Biography of Sam Yorty of Los Angeles [inscribed by Sam Yorty]. Ed...](https://longbrosbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/11357.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761853549)
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. viii, 256. Bibliography. Inscribed by Sam Yorty opposite half-title. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Minor shelf-wear to cover. In the dust jacket with color photograph of Yorty on front cover and.....
New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xii, [2], 341. Engraved frontispiece for each part, illustrated. Rebound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, five raised bands, marbled endpapers. Spine shows wear, hinges weakened, FPDEP bookplate, mild ex-lib with call letters.....
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. viii, 178, [2] of publisher's advertising. Top edges gilt. Frontis. is a tipped-in watercolor plate with captioned tissue guard. Illustrated with 32 tipped-in color plates and fold-out map. Green art nouveau illustrated cloth, gilt title block to spine. Light.....
![Item #12247 The New Pacific [inscribed by the author]. Herbert Howe BANCROFT](https://longbrosbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/12247.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1772914625)
New York: The Bancroft Company, 1900. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. iv, [2], 738. Frontis. map of the Pacific Ocean with tissue guard. Index. Bound in gilt decorated green cloth, spine lettered in gilt with flourishes. Minor edge-wear; front hinge tender. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads.....
San Francisco: World Publishing Co., 1891 - 1895. First printings. Wrappers. Quarto. Six numbers: Vol. IV No. 19, Vol. IV No. 26, Vol. VI No. 1, Vol. VI No. 11, Vol. VIII No. 4, and Vol. XII No. 9. Pp. 16 to 20 each. Off-white paper, Vol. IV printed in.....
Chicago: Lakeside Press for R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1928. First Thus. Hardcover. Two titles bound in one. 12mo. Pp. xxii, 377. Introductions and notes by Milo Milton Quaife. Frontis. illustration with printed tissue guard. Illustrated with a facsimile of the first edition title page of each title. Top.....
![Item #11427 Mostly California [INSCRIBED]. Don BLANDING](https://longbrosbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/11427.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1763081610)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. 158. Illustrated throughout with black & white illustrations by the author. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine and gilt flower illustration stamped on cover. In the dust jacket, price of $2.50.....
Berkeley: University of California Archaeological Research Facility, 1967. First Edition. Stiff wrappers. 4to. Pp. 99. Illustrated with black & white illustrations and maps. Bibliography. Bound in stiff printed wraps. Former owner name on title page. Slight wear to head and tail of spine; scuffs to wrapper front panel. Includes a......
(San Francisco): The Book Club of California, 1960. First edition. Pamphlets within folder and slipcase. Tall 8vo. Unpaginated. Illustrated with black & white photographs on blue paper. Keepsakes are inserted in a pale blue cardboard folder within a blue cloth slipcase, black morocco spine label stamped with gilt lettering. Small.....
(San Francisco): The Book Club of California, 1972. First Edition. Pamphlets in slipcase. 4to. Unpaginated. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Illustrated with black & white photographs on blue paper. Keepsakes are inserted in a pale blue cardboard folder within a blue cloth slipcase, black morocco spine label stamped with gilt lettering.....
San Diego: The San Diego-California Club, nd [ca.1920]s]. Hardcover. 8vo. [Pp.24] Frontis. three-color illustration of conquistadors. Illustrated with illustrations printed in purple ink. Bound in light-brown paper-covered boards over brown cloth. Minor soiling to covers. A scarce promotional, with OCLC recording only four institutional copies.
Downieville: Sierra County, California, 1857. Loose sheet. Loose leaf of blue laid paper measuring 8 x 12.5 inches with recto being a manuscript arrest warrant for a citizen who's a threat to the community and himself when drunk. Verso blank. Three old folds, now mellowed, with two 2-inch closed tears.....
Menlo Park: Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce, 1948. First Edition. Self Wraps, Printed, Saddle-Stapled. 8vo. Pp. [52]. Includes welcoming notes from Charles P. Burgess, Mayor of the City of Menlo Park, and Daniel Hayes, President of the Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce. With programs for various days of the celebration.....
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 247; index unpaginated. Frontis. tipped-in black & white photo portrait of James Clyman, with his facsimile signature below. Illustrated with maps, one of them folding. Index. Bound in navy-blue cloth; spine and cover lettered in gilt. Two small stains.....
(San Francisco): The Bohemian Club, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 55. Fold-out list of past Grove plays at rear. Bound in magenta-colored cloth with black lettering printed on cover and spine. Light sunning to spine. With music by Leigh Harline, and directed by Thomas Terrell, this was the sixtieth.....
London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1868. First English Edition. Leatherbound. 12mo. Pp. x, 361. Frontis. etching. Illustrated with an additional 23 etchings, section head decorations. Errata leaf following p. x. Recent full burgundy pebbled calf, gilt spine titles between four raised bands, pale pink endpapers. Merest hint of toning.....
San Francisco: A. H. Robertson, 1913. Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 20. Frontis. black & white drawing titled "View of the Presidio of San Francisco." Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and illustrations. Bound in grey cloth with gilt lettering and lines stamped to cover and spine. Spine a tad darkened;.....
New York: T. J. Maloney, Inc., (1937). Will Connell (photography). First Edition. Coil bound in slip case. Folio. Pp. 104. Illustrated with full-page black & white fine gravure photo reproductions recto, text verso, on Collins special gravure stock. Stiff printed wraps with titles in black, wire coil bound. Edges minimally.....
Sacramento: State Printing Office of California for Charles Forrest Curry, Secretary of State, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Stout 12mo. Pp. 969. With many plates of photo portraits, historical vignettes, color maps (one depicting railroad districts of California), tables, charts, etc. Index. Bound in bright blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped.....
![Item #6696 Brand Book II [2; Two] The San Diego Corral The Westerners. Jim DARLING, James Currie...](https://longbrosbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6696.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1674698242)
San Diego: (The San Diego Corral of the Westerners), (1971). Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. XX. Richly illustrated with reproductions of historic photographs and print matter. One US Postage stamp tipped-in to the article on Powell on the Colorado. Large folding map laid-in at rear, as issued. With a note.....
San Francisco: The Geographic Society of the Pacific, 1907. First Edition. Self-wrappers. Large 8vo. Pp. 153. Index. Staplebound. Final leaf torn; light wear to edges. Presented in "Transactions and Proceedings of The Geographical Society of the Pacific" Vol IV, Series II. The author was well-suited for this work: Upon sailing.....
London: J. Nichols, 1781. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 471-557, index. Map, charts. Bound in recent half black leather over marbled paper-covered boards, black leather title label lettered in gilt. Taken from the 1781 first edition of Barrington's Miscellanies and bound thus. Translated by Barrington, it's the only contemporary account.....
Fairfax, California: Mallette Dean, 1959. Mallette Dean. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated. [Pp. 66.] Full-page initials and decorations by Mallette Dean. Quarter teal cloth over decorated paper-covered boards. Near Fine: lower corners bumped; without plain paper dust jacket. Prospectus laid in. Originally designed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen; upon their.....
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1974. Tim Crawford photography. First Edition. Stiff illustrated wraps. 4to. Pp. 95. Illustrated with b&w photo reproductions, drawings and maps. Foreword by Dr. Alex Comfort. Photo illustrated stiff paper wraps, goldenrod endpapers, perfect bound. Spine sunned, spine lean, cover creased at the spine. Leaves crisp and.....
(Stephen J. Field), (1893). First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Pp. 472. Bound in navy cloth with gilt lettering printed on spine, blindstamp design on front and rear boards. Front hinge cracked; front free endpaper lacking; a bit shaken; cloth a bit worn and soiled, with bleach spots on rear board.....