The GREAT SALT LAKE.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1947). 1st edition (Fitzgerald AL3). 432, [6] pp. Index at rear. Illustrated, including 6 maps. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. Map eps. No dust jacket. More
Americana
Tavistock Books is on vacation from January 21, 2023 to February 7, 2023. Beginning at 4:30 pm today, Saturday January 21st, and until 9am Tuesday, February 7th, I will be in Reno spending time with my family. Orders may certainly be placed, though shipment will be until after my return to Alameda. I thank you for your patience & understanding.
LOT Of 4 VINTAGE PRO-CHOICE BUMPER STICKERS.
Syracuse NY / West Orange NJ: Planned Parenthood Center of Syracuse / Ferne Sales, (n. d.). Ca 1980s (presumed). Smallest: 2-7/8" x 11-1/2". Largest: 2-5/8" x 15" The battle continues to this day, 4 decades later. More
SAN JOSE And Its CATHEDRAL.; Foreword by Bishop PIerre DuMaine.
Santa Cruz: Western Tanager Press, (1990). 1st Edition. SIGNED by the author. xii, 204 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated with b/w images. 11-1/4" x 8-5/8". Light blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Dust jacket. More
A DESCRIPTION Of The SOUTHERMOST PART Of CALIFORNIA. Reprinted from "A Voyage Round the World by Way of the South Sea ...". Pacific Adventures Number Two.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1940. 1st edition thus. Limited to 650 cc. [4], 13, [3] pp. Printed by the Grabhorn Press. Frontis. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. Yellow paper wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
NEW MEXICO In 1850: A Military View.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. 1st edition thus. xi, [1 (blank)], 222, [16pp (including Index). 8vo. Mustard yellow cloth binding. Yellow dust jacket. More
DEEPEST VALLEY. Guide to Owens Valley and Its Mountain Lakes Roadsides and Trails.
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1962. 2nd Printing. 206, [2] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Map eps. Plae pink dust jacket. More
MIRROR Of The DREAM. An Illustrated History of San Francisco.
San Francisco: Scrimshaw Press, 1976. 1st Edition. 300 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated with b/w images. 4to. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4". Linen cloth binding with orange lettering. Orange pictorial eps. No dust jacket. More
The STORY Of INYO. Revised Edition.
Bishop, California: Piñon Book Store, 1964. Fifth printing. 430, vii, [5 (blank)] pp. Frontis map. 8vo. Linen cloth binding. White dust jacket. "An authentic and often quoted record of the betrayal of Owens Valley to bring water to Southern California." [dj blurb]. More
The BLUE And GOLD. 1930. Volume 57.
San Francisco: Designed and Printed by H. S. Crocker Col. (1930). 1st edition thus. 575, [1 (blank)] pp. Profusely illustrated, primarily from photographs. Folio. 12-1/8" x 9". Blue buckram cloth binding with gold stamping. Color map eps. Heavy book, extra postage required. More
LET'S HAVE FUN In SAN FRANCISCO. A Handbook to the City.
San Francisco: Published by Edith Shelton; Press of Knight-Counihan Co., (1939). First Edition. 147, [5 (blank)] pp. Correction slip affixed to p. 6. Cartoons by Lois Hanscom. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-3/8". Hardback. Dust jacket. More
STORY Of The SESSION Of The CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE Of 1913.
San Francisco: Press of the James H. Barry Company, 1913. 1st edition (presumed). [2] - 367, xxiii [appendix], [26] pp. 24 page "Records of Assemblymen" at rear, including "Labor Issues" & "Policies Supported by Women". Crown 8vo. Green cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
CALIFORNIA WINGS. A History of Aviation in the Golden State.; "Partners in Industry by Carter Barber. Foreword by Robert J. Serling.
Woodland Hills, California: Windsor Publications, Incorporated, (1984). 1st Edition. 189, [3 (blank)] pp. Fully illustrated. 11-1/8" x 8-5/8". Brown cloth binding. Pictorial eps. Full color dust jacket. More
PALM SPRINGS. First Hundred Years.
[Palm Springs]: Palm Springs Heritage Associates, Publisher, 1987. 1st Printing. 288 pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. Folio. 12-1/4" x 9-1/4". LIght tan cloth binding with gilt stamping. Blue dust jacket. More
U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Army and Navy Publishing Company of Louisiana, (n. d.). 1st edition thus, ca 1944. 146, [2] pp. Filled with b/w photographs. 4to. 12-1/8" x 9". Blue buckram cloth binding with gold lettering/USN Wings to front board, along with 3 airplanes aloft, stamped in blind. More
J. ROSS BROWNE. His Letters, Journals and Writings.; Edited, with an Introduction and Commentary by Lina Fergusson Browne.
Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1969. 1st edition. xxi, [3], 419, [1] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Brown cloth binding with black stamped lettering to backstrip. Light blue dust jacket. More
IRON WOMEN. The Ladies Who Helped Build the Railroad.
Guilford, CT: Twodot, 2021. First printing. 185 pp. B/W photographic images throughout. 9" x 6" Paperback. More
AUTOBIOGRAPHY Of LORENZO WAUGH.
San Francisco, Cal. Francis, Valentine & Company, Printers and Engravers. Acres & Williams, Bookbinders. 1888. Fourth and Enlarged Edition. Cf. Cowan II, p. 672; Graff 4561; Howes W-181; Kurutz 665; Mintz 487; Norris 4148. xii, [13] - 358 pp. Frontispiece of Waugh. Text illustrated with drawings & wood engravings. Facsimile..... More
An ILLUSTRATED MANUAL Of CALIFORNIA SHRUBS.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1959. 3rd Printing. xi, [1], 663, [1 (blank)] pp. Index at rear of volume. Color frontis. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout text. 8vo. Green cloth binding stamped with gilt. White dust jacket with green lettering / graphics. More
PRESCOTT From OGDENSBURGH HARBOUR
New York: Published by Charles Magnus & Co., 12 Frankfort Street, (n. d.). Ca 1858 - 1860. Bifolium, unused. Lithographed panoramic image [4-1/2" x 7-5/8"] at top of sheet, after an original sketch by William Henry Bartlett, ca 1840. 11-5/8" x 9-1/5". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. From..... More
PRESCOTT From OGDENSBURGH HARBOUR
New York: Published by Charles Magnus & Co., 12 Frankfort Street, (n. d.). Ca 1858 - 1860. Bifolium, unused. Lithographed panoramic image [4-1/2" x 7-5/8"] at top of sheet, after an original sketch by William Henry Bartlett, ca 1840. 10-11/16" x 8-5/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. From..... More
CALIFORNIA STREET From STOCKTON, San Francisco. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 967.
429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco: (n. d.). Ca 1869. Caption printed under right image. Series title to left; copyright statement to right. Stereo image mounted to deep yellow stiff-stock paper. Lettering in black ink. Verso blank. Oblong format: 3-3/16" x 6-5/8". Square corners. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve..... More
The CALIFORNIA TRAIL. An Epic with Many Heroes.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., (1962). 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. [8], 339, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Linen cloth binding. Pictorial eps. Dust jacket. More
CRYSTALLINE ROCKS Of SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. San Francisco. Bulletin 159. June 1951.; State of California. Department of Natural Resources. Division of Mines. Ferry Building, San Francisco
San Francisco: 1951. 1st Edition. 136 pp (including Index). Charts, graphs, maps (including 8 folding [#5 in duplicate] in rear pocket). 9-1/4" x 6". Original publisher's tan cloth binding with black stamping. More
The GOLDEN WEST. Souvenir Respectfully Dedicated to the Native Sons and Native Daughters of the State. Primitive Years in California.
(n. p.): (1919). 1st Edition (Cowan II, p. 217; Weber, p. 39). 103, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with numerous b/w half-tone photographic images. 7-1/2" x 5". Grey paper covers printed in black. The author "Formerly Keeper of the Spanish and Mexican Archives in the Office of the U. S. Surveyor..... More
HOMETOWN SAN FRANCISCO. Sunny Jim, Phat Willie, and Dave.
San Francisco: Scottwall Associates, 1994. 1st Edition. xiii, 177 pp. Illustrated from over 100 historic photographs. 11-1/8" x 8-5/8". Red cloth binding. Red dust jacket. Imprint & pagination from the OCLC entry, as we have not removed the book from it's original shrinkwrap. The story of San Francisco in the..... More