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New York: Devin-Adair, 1958.
A Near Fine copy with sunning to the front board in Very Good dust jacket missing a chip to the spine and some shallow closed edge tears to the rear panel. The author recounts the history and traditions of every island and important harbor along the California coast from San Diego to Humboldt Bay. Illustrated with over seventy historical paintings and drawings of ships and places along the California coast. more information
Price: 65.00 USD
Washington, D. C.: Tippin & Streeper, printers, 1848.
9" x 5.5". 68pp. Disbound, a few pages bumped at the top corner, else near fine condition. With a 24" x 45" folding map entitled "Outline Map of North Eastern Asia and the Asiatic Islands of the North Pacific Ocean." Also with a 9" x 12" folding map entitled "Isthmus of Nicaragua." The maps are in nice condition. Written as a letter to President James K. Polk; Issued as Senate report no. 80, 30th Congress, 1st session. With discussion of the Russian fur trade, Russian overland trade with China, tea, American whaling activity, Manchurian government and the Amur river, the... more information
Price: 250.00 USD
1955.
Contents: Riddell: Archaeological Excavations on the Farallon Islands, California. Treganza & Valdivia: The Manufacture of Pecked and Ground Stone Artifacts: A Controlled Study. McGee: An Obsidian Implement from Pleistocene Deposits in Nevada more information
Price: 4.75 USD
Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Co, 1978.
226p., frontis-portrait, foreword, preface, letters, appendices, index, illustrations, photos, footnotes, very good first edition in blue cloth and lightly-worn unclipped dj. more information
Price: 12.00 USD
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1927.
The author was Australian, according to Miller in the Bibliography of Australian Literature; this adventure tale involves the discovery of gold in Australia and California, and the activities of a pearler, trader and freebooter in the uncharted islands of the South Seas. Small 8vo, vi, 346pp. Dark blue cloth with yellow title and ship motif at front cover, yellow title at spine. Illustrated dj with title in dark blue on pale gray dj cover and spine. Sml chip to base of spine. more information
Price: 45.00 USD
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1958,
Oblong 8vo. Light blue cloth . Lightly faded at edges; else Fine in d.w. which is very good save for light soiling & two cello tape repairs at bottom edge. more information
Price: 40.00 USD
San Francisco, CA: John Henry Nash, 1934.
4to. Green bds. with white vellum spine with gilt lettering, two volumes in slipcase. This is copy No. 870. Fifty-three illustrations with a supplementary history and description of the Farallones, including notes on their plant, bird, and animal life. Slipcase worn at extremities. Vol. consists of poetry and Vol. 2 consists of photographs. more information
Price: 83.30 USD
San Francisco: Department of the Pacific Area Golden Gate International Exposition, 1938.
30 p., wraps with very slight coverwear, otherwise in very good condition. Pacific House Bibliography No. 1. more information
Price: 12.00 USD
Paradise, CA: the quarterly, 1994.
About [60]p.; Self-wraps magazine, 10.75 x 8.25 inches with a decorated unglazed cover, illustrated where possible with period photography, plats, line maps and images. Cover is possibly a trifle faded, otherwise as new. Collector's edition. more information
Price: 15.00 USD
Los Angeles: dIS.orient Journalzine, 1993.
80p.+ads, 7x11 inches, mission statement, biographies, illustrations, very good in original pictorial wraps. more information
Price: 20.00 USD
Santa Catalina Is, 1892.
No date. Published late 19th century, owners of the island at the time Banning Company (1892) Unpaginated, 22 full page color enhanced photos with descriptive text and 2pgs. of historical text. Printed sepia pictorial brown stiff wraps. Light foxing & smudging to coated stock margins, 2pgs. in center loose from staples. Size: 8x5 3/4 inches. Good+ more information
Price: 15.00 USD
