van der Zee, John, The Gate. The True Story of the Design and Construction of The Golden Gate Bridge. Photo available. New York. Simon and Schuster. 1986. 381 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition (number line starts with "2"). Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light edge wear).

Price: $20	Book ID: 215610

van Dyke, Dix. Daggett. Life in a Mojave Frontier Town. Photo available. Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1997. 186 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 232356

van Etten, Carol. Lakers & Launches. Launches, Cruisers, Sedans and Marine Miscellany of Lake Tahoe. Photo available. Tahoe City. Self published. 1992. 152 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.

Price: $50	Book ID: 221307

Van Nostrand, Jeanne. California Pictorial; A History in Contemporary Pictures, 1786 to 1859, With Descriptive Notes on Pictures and Artists (Gold Rush). Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1948. 159 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (light spotting on top and fore edge) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $60	Book ID: 209820

Van Nostrand, Jeanne. San Francisco, 1806-1906. In Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1975. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Errata slip laid in. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $75	Book ID: 208823

Van Nostrand, Jeanne. The First Hundred Years of Painting in California. 1775-1875. With Biographical Information and References Relating to the Artists (Gold Rush). Photo available. San Francisco. John Howell Books. 1980. 135 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Color plate reproductions of many major works. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 2500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (very light sunning to edges) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 207131

Van Nostrand, Jeanne. The First Hundred Years of Painting in California. 1775-1875. With Biographical Information and References Relating to the Artists (Gold Rush). Photo available. San Francisco. John Howell Books. 1980. 135 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Color plate reproductions of many major works. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 2500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (small nicks on bottom edge) in fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 213524

Van Nostrand, Jeanne. The First Hundred Years of Painting in California. 1775-1875. With Biographical Information and References Relating to the Artists (Gold Rush). Photo available. San Francisco. John Howell Books. 1980. 135 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Color plate reproductions of many major works. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 2500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (owner inscription on end paper) in very good (chip at spine bottom, light fading) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 217256

Van Orman, Richard A. A Room for the Night: Hotels of the Old West. Photo available. New York. Bonanza. 1966. 162 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $20	Book ID: 173275

van Ryzin, Robert. Crime of 1873. The Comstock Connection. A Tale of Mines, Trade and Morgan Dollars. Photo available. Iola. Kraus. 2001. 197 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.

Price: $50	Book ID: 229479

van Sicklen, H.P. Publication of The Society of California Pioneers. Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. 1942. 31 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy "Rec'd March 4, 1943 E.B. Holladay" on front cover.

Price: $20	Book ID: 198711

van Sicklen, H.P. Publication of The Society of California Pioneers. Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. 1941. 31 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy "Rec'd Oct. 4, 1941 E.B. Holladay" on front cover.

Price: $20	Book ID: 198713

Van Tassel, Bethel Holmes. Wood Chips to Game Chips. Inscribed by the author. Casinos and People at North Lake Tahoe. Photo available. Sacramento. Self published. 1999. 138 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "Bethel Holmes Van Tassel 6/28/03". Fine copy (title written in marker on spine).

Price: $100	Book ID: 229080

van Tramp, John C. Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures, or, Life in the West. Photo available. Columbus. Segner & Condit. 1867. 763 pps. 4to. Calf skin binding. Marbled end papers. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Inner hinges taped. Joints separated.

Price: $125	Book ID: 221557

Van Wagoner, Richard S. Mormon Polygamy. A History. Photo available. Salt Lake City. Signature Books. 1986. 307 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in very good (edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 223171

Vanasse, Deb (ed). Picture This. Alaska. Historic Photographs from the Last Frontier. Photo available. Seattle. Sasquatch Books. 2009. 133 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 201945

Vanderbilt, Cornelius. Reno. Photo available. New York. The Macaulay Company. 1929. 251 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $750	Book ID: 221461

Vanderburg, William O. Mines of Lander and Eureka Counties. Photo available. Las Vegas. Bureau of Mines. Nevada Publications. 1988. 138 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 221712

Vane, Sylvia Brakke (ed). The Cahuilla Landscape. The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains. Photo available. Menlo Park. Ballena Press. 1991. 116 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 199859

Varien, Mark et al. Survey, Testing and Excavation Along New Mexico State Highway 53, Between the Black Rock Cutoff Road and the Nutria Road, Zuni Indian Reservation, McKinley County, New Mexico. Photo available. Zuni. Zuni Archaeology Program. 1987. 306 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 188718

Varney, Philip. Southern California's Best Ghost Towns. A Practical Guide. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1990. 137 pps. 4to. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 208250

Varney, Philip. Southern California's Best Ghost Towns. A Practical Guide. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1990. 137 pps. 4to. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $40	Book ID: 210137

Vaughan, Ruben V. & Betta Rebal Figge (ed). Doc's Catalina Diary. Signed by "Doc". Photo available. Los Angeles. Limb Publishig. 1956. 74 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author "R. V. "Doc" Vaughan". Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).

Price: $25	Book ID: 207159

Vaught, David. Cultivating California. Growers, Specialty Crops, and Labor, 1875-1920. Photo available. Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1999. 280 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 208309

Vedder, Alan C. Furniture of Spanish New Mexico. Photo available. Santa Fe. Sunstone Press. 1982. 4to. Soft cover. Revised edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 189826