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 about GATEWAYS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Indian Footpaths, Horse Trails, Wagon Roads, Railroads and Highways
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 about CALIFORNIA: Tourist Guide and Handbook - Authentic Description of Routes of Travel and Points of...
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 about REMINISCENCES OF A RANGER or Early Times in Southern California
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 about IN AND OUT OF THE OLD MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA: An Historical and Pictorial Account of the...
Boston: The Page Company, 1914. Second Impression. Hardcover. Inscribed by James on a prefatory blank leaf. Lavish popular guide to the Golden State's people, places, and history, along with descriptions of its flora and fauna... More about CALIFORNIA ROMANTIC AND BEAUTIFUL
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 about JAPAN AND THE CALIFORNIA PROBLEM