Boston: The Page Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue. In this romantic relic of bygone California, Murphy extols the wealth of heritage and beauty in a variety of Golden State locales, all..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Brewer (1828-1910), who served as Josiah D. Whitney's principal assistant and field leader of the California Geological Survey in the early 1860s, wrote a series of..... More
Arcadia, California: The Big Santa Anita Historical Society, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. The story of overland travel through the vital mountain gateways and the significance of this travel in the history of Southern California. Profusely..... More
Berkeley: Western Guidebook Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Wells Drury on the front flyleaf. This rather uncommon Golden State travel guide is arranged in routes, which..... More
Santa Barbara, California: Wallace Hebberd, 1927. Second Edition. Hardcover. Bell (1830-1918) was an incendiary attorney who was fond of the seamier side of life. This true account of the lawless days of Los Angeles during..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906. Hardcover. An early printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by James to California's second Poet Laureate, Henry Meade Bland (1863-1931), on the half-title. No less an authority on the missions than..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Groundbreaking academic study by two members of the University of Chicago faculty, concerning the immigration and assimilation of Japanese into California. Following the lifting of Japanese..... More