Brown, William Richard & Barbara Wills. An Authentic Wagon Trail Journal of 1853. Signed by Granddaughter. From Indiana to California. Photo available. Mokelumne Hill. Self published. 1985. 82 pps. Octavo. Comb binding. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by Barbara Wills. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 205468 |
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Browne, J. Ross. A Dangerous Journey. California 1849. Photo available. Palo Alto. Arthur Lites Press. 1950. 93 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Limited to 1000 copies. Illustrated in black, white and color. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 203757 |
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Browne, J. Ross. A Peep at Washoe and Washoe Revisited. Photo available. Balboa Island. Paisano Press. 1959. 240 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 206378 |
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Browne, J. Ross. A Peep at Washoe and Washoe Revisited. Limited edition. Inscribed by the publisher. Photo available. Balboa Island. Paisano Press. 1959. 240 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Lengthy inscription by publisher. Limited edition of 85 copies, number 82?". Prospectus laid in. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 221730 |
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Browne, J. Ross. A Peep at Washoe. Sketches of Virginia City. Photo available. Las Vegas. Nevada Publications. 1986. 48 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 221746 |
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Browne, J. Ross. Muleback to the Convention. Letters of J. Ross Browne. Reporter to the Constitutional Convention. Monterey, September-October, 1849. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1950. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Facsimile letter tipped-in. Limited edition of 400 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 205709 |
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Browne, J. Ross. Resources of The Pacific Slope. A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the Mines and Minerals, Climate, Topography, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Productions of the States and Territories West of The Rocky Mountains. With a Sketch of The Settlement and Exploration of Lower California. Photo available. New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1869. 209 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (old paper label on spine, several old library stamps).
Price: $250 |
Book ID: 208074 |
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Browne, J. Ross. The Indians in California. Photo available. San Francisco. Colt Press. 1944. 75 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $150 |
Book ID: 207549 |
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Browne, J. Ross. Washoe Revisited. Notes on the Silver Regions of Nevada. Photo available. Oakland. Biobooks. 1957. 186 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. One of 500 copies. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 221359 |
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Browning, Peter (ed). Bright Gem of the Western Seas. California. 1846-1852. Photo available. Lafayette. Great West Books. 1991. 205 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Large folding map in rear pocket. Fine copy (very light edge wear).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 230024 |
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Browning, Peter. Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. From Abbot to Zumwalt. Photo available. Berkeley. Wilderness Press. 1991. 253 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 188421 |
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Browning, Peter. San Francisco Yerba Buena. Signed by the author. From the Beginnings to the Gold Rush. 1769-1849. Photo available. Lafayette. Great West Books. 1998. 191 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 209609 |
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Browning, Peter. To the Golden Shore. American Goes to California - 1849. Photo available. Lafayette. Great West Books. 1995. 418 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 191877 |
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Browning, Sinclair. Enju. The Life and Struggle of an Apache Chief from the Little Running Water. Photo available. Flagstaff. Northland Press. 1982. 154 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 199543 |
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Brubaker, Isabelle Spencer. 100 Years of Growth. Signed by the author. 1850-1950. A History of Walnut Creek. Contra Costa County, California. Photo available. np. Self published. 1975. 176 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy (owner inscription).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 209590 |
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Bruce, Irene. Night Cry. Inscribed by the author. Limited edition. Photo available. Reno. Poetry West. 1950. 61 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very sjcarce in this condition. Limited edition of 250 copies, number 19. Inscribed by the author "For Ronnie With sincere wishes Irene Virginia City July 20, 1950". Fine copy (light stain on top edge) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 221729 |
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Bruce, John. Gaudy Century. 1848-1948. The Story of San Francisco's Hundred Years of Robust Journalism. Photo available. New York. Random House. 1948. 302 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 209882 |
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Bruff, J. Goldsborough. Gold Rush. The Journals, Drawings, and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff. Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association. Photo available. New York. Columbia University Press. 1949. 794 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Color plates, black & white reproductions. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $200 |
Book ID: 209802 |
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Bruno, Lee. Misfits, Merchants & Mayhem. Tales from San Francisco's Historic Waterfront, 1849-1934. Photo available. Petaluma. Cameron Company. 2018. 161 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 226067 |
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Bruno, Lee. Panorama. Tales from San Francisco's 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exposition. Photo available. Petaluma. Cameron + Company. 2014. 192 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 203109 |
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Bruno, Lloyd. Old River Town. A Personal History of Sacramento. Photo available. Sacramento. Suttertown Publshing. 1996. 123 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 201866 |
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Bruno, Lloyd. Old River Town. A Personal History of Sacramento. Photo available. Sacramento. Suttertown Publshing. 1996. 123 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 210296 |
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Bruntz, George G. History of Los Gatos. Gem of the Foothills. Photo available. Fresno. Valley Publishers. 1971. 173 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 223546 |
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Bryan, Edwin H., Jr. American Polynesia and the Hawaiian Chain. Photo available. Honolulu. Tongg Publishing Company. 1942. 253 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 193348 |
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Bryant, Edward C. Hat Creek and Hard Times. People and Events in the History of a Wyoming Community. Photo available. Fairfax. Hero Books. 1988. 144 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 219708 |
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