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Item 217082Californie. Illustration pour L'Exposition de Paris, 1900. In English, French and German.
Price: $200
[Paris: Draeger Frères, 1900]. Fourth edition. Read More Item Details for Californie. Illustration pour L'Exposition de Paris, 1900. In English, French and German Add to Wish List
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Item 332661Collection of 14 broadside songsheets.
Price: $750
San Francisco: T.C. Boyd, Montgomery Street, 1860-1870. Includes: The Doony Song [re: the April 1867 victory of American Californian boxer Tom Chandler over British boxer Dooney Harris] * Great Prize Fight between Lazarus and Peter Daly * "I do not Want to be drowned" [re: Burning of the steamship Golden..... Read More Item Details for Collection of 14 broadside songsheets Add to Wish List
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Item 332662Collection of 22 California broadside song sheets.
Price: $500
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publlisher of Songs & Ballads no. 639 Kearny St, 1870s. Includes: You Never Miss de Lager till de Keg runs Dry * Since Terry First Joined the Gang * Tommy, Make Room for your Uncle * First She Would and Then She Wouldn't *..... Read More Item Details for Collection of 22 California broadside song sheets Add to Wish List
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Item 332660Group of four broadside songsheets printed by the San Francisco News Company.
Price: $200
San Francisco: San Fransisco News Company, 1871-1875. Includes: California's Golden Shield * As Good as Gold! As Sung by Vivian * Seven Oud! * Milburn's Motto! or, While I Live I'll Crow. Read More Item Details for Group of four broadside songsheets printed by the San Francisco News Company Add to Wish List
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Item 248351Journals of the Legislature of the State of California; at Its Second Session: Held at the City of San Jose...
Price: $275
[San Francisco]: Eugene Casserly, State Printer, 1851. An absolutely massive record of the second session of the California state legislature, held in the first half of 1851. A tremendous amount of legislative activity is recorded, reflecting the task of creating a civic apparatus for the newly-admitted state. Thankfully, there is..... Read More Item Details for Journals of the Legislature of the State of California; at Its Second Session: Held at the City of San Jose, Commencing on the Sixth Day of January, and Ending on the First Day of May, 1851 Add to Wish List
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Item 251925Monterey County Illustrated. Resources, History, Biography [cover title].
Price: $750
[Salinas, Ca: E.S. Harrison, circa 1889]. Designated "souvenir edition" on the front board and without a titlepage, apparently as issued. A scarce and early guide to Monterey County, featuring a general profile of the region, its history, resources, industries, and agriculture, as well as biographical sketches of prominent men. Several..... Read More Item Details for Monterey County Illustrated. Resources, History, Biography [cover title] Add to Wish List
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Item 316594[Photograph Album: King Boat Company].
Price: $2,500
[Oakland: 1927]. An unusual album featuring boats and canoes manufactured by the King Boat Company of California. Many of the photographs are dated 1927, and the album serves not only as a visual catalogue of various boats available from the King Boat Company, but also as a document of water..... Read More Item Details for [Photograph Album: King Boat Company] Add to Wish List
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Item 251884Report of the Public Lands Commission, Created by the Act of March 3, 1879, Relating to Public Lands in the...
Price: $500
Washington, D.C: 1880. House Executive Document No. 46, 46th Congress, 2nd Session. The Public Land Commission was first created after the discovery of gold in California, as a means to determine the validity of Spanish land grants in the area. This report addresses issues of public land as they relate..... Read More Item Details for Report of the Public Lands Commission, Created by the Act of March 3, 1879, Relating to Public Lands in the Western Portion of the United States and to The Operation of Existing Land Laws Add to Wish List
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Item 251930The Statutes of California, Passed at the First Session of the Legislature.
Price: $600
San Jose [i.e., New York]: J. Winchester, State Printer, 1850. The first published volume of the statutes of California. Herein are contained some of the basic laws establishing the government and civil operations of the state, including naturalization laws, the acts incorporating San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and other cities..... Read More Item Details for The Statutes of California, Passed at the First Session of the Legislature Add to Wish List
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Item 248542Tierra Perfecta, or "Perfect Land" of the Mission Fathers. Lower California, the Peninsula, Now Open to Colonists [wrapper title].
Price: $600
New York & San Diego: International Company of Mexico, [1887]. A fact-filled promotional encouraging emigration to and investment in Baja California. The International Land Company of Mexico issued several similar pamphlets on Baja in the mid-to-late 1880s (see Barrett 1303-1307), but the present example is the most elaborate in format..... Read More Item Details for Tierra Perfecta, or "Perfect Land" of the Mission Fathers. Lower California, the Peninsula, Now Open to Colonists [wrapper title] Add to Wish List
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Item 301604Dry Dock at California[Drop title].
Price: $50
Washington, D.C: [Towers, Printer][, Feb. 12, 1851. Read More Item Details for Dry Dock at California[Drop title] Add to Wish List
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Item 324251Summer and Fall in Western Alaska: The Record of a Trip to Cook's Inlet after Big Game.
Price: $800
London: Horace Cox, 1903. First Edition. Read More Item Details for Summer and Fall in Western Alaska: The Record of a Trip to Cook's Inlet after Big Game Add to Wish List
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Item 232949Hi, Stranger! - The Complete Guide to Dude Ranches.
Price: $50
Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1949. First Edition. Read More Item Details for Hi, Stranger! - The Complete Guide to Dude Ranches Add to Wish List
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Item 251932The Aviator and the Weather Bureau.
Price: $150
San Diego: Chamber of Commerce, 1917. Second edition, from a printing of 5,000 copies. "This is a brief but general account of the history of aviation as it is associated with southern California" - introduction. The first edition is exceedingly scarce. Read More Item Details for The Aviator and the Weather Bureau Add to Wish List
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Item 43237Cowboy Lyrics.
Price: $75
Chicago: W.B. Conkey, (1908). First edition. Business card of Albert Dickens, pioneering horticulturist at Kansas State University (Dickens Hall) with an inscrition on the verso to Fred C. Sears, professor of pomology at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Read More Item Details for Cowboy Lyrics Add to Wish List
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Item 322140Natural History of Western Wild Animals and uide for Hunters, Trappers and Sportsmen.
Price: $300
Toledo, Ohio: Blade Printing & Paper Company, 1875. First Edition. Read More Item Details for Natural History of Western Wild Animals and uide for Hunters, Trappers and Sportsmen.. Add to Wish List
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Item 352120Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America.
Price: $7,500
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1862. Second edition. The second edition, after the first of 1853-56, with the same content, of this important American color plate and ornithological work. Cassin intended his work to supplement that of Audubon. He had originally suggested to Audubon's sons a plan for extending the..... Read More Item Details for Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America Add to Wish List
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Item 242101My Life on the Range.
Price: $600
Chicago: Privately Printed, [1924]. First edition. A classic of ranch life in Wyoming. "[Clay] came to America in 1874, having known cattle, farmers, and literature from childhood. He became the outstanding representative of the British-owned cattle companies of the 1880's. His MY LIFE ON THE RANGE (privately printed,1924) is packed..... Read More Item Details for My Life on the Range Add to Wish List
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Item 334865Relation du Voyage Entrepris par feu M. Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, pour découvrir dans le golfe du Mexique...
Price: $950
A Manate: De la Presse Cramoisy de Jean-Marie Shea [Printed at Albany by J.Munsell], 1858. First Edition, one of 100 copies printed from a manuscript in the collection of Francis Parkman. This relation supplements Joutel and Tonty in describing the ill-fated expedition of 1685, in which La Salle landed at..... Read More Item Details for Relation du Voyage Entrepris par feu M. Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, pour découvrir dans le golfe du Mexique l embouchure du Fleuve de Missisipy Add to Wish List
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Item 267637Le Jeune Voyageur en Californie. Récits Instructifs et Moraux offrant des détails curieux sur cette région de l'Amérique et sur...
Price: $500
Paris: P. C. Lehuby, [1852]. First edition. A cautionary tale about a young French lad's journey to the gold fields of California. Read More Item Details for Le Jeune Voyageur en Californie. Récits Instructifs et Moraux offrant des détails curieux sur cette région de l'Amérique et sur les coutumes, usages et moeurs de ses habitants Add to Wish List
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Charles Russel Illustrations
Item 339254The Story of The Cowboy.
Price: $200
New York: D. Appleton, 1897. Charles Russel Illustrations. Read More Item Details for The Story of The Cowboy Add to Wish List
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Item 326741Grapes of Conflict. Foreword Cesar Chavez.
Price: $400
Pasadena, Calif: Hope Publishing House, 1987. First edition, signed by author, Chavez and Chris Hartmire on the limitation page, but with no limitation stated. Read More Item Details for Grapes of Conflict. Foreword Cesar Chavez Add to Wish List
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Item 212776Overland Route to California. Description of the Route, Via Council Bluffs, Iowa; Keeping the North Side of the Platte River...
Price: $250
Los Angeles: N.A. Kovach, 1946. First edition. Number 15 of 35 copies on Deckle edged paper (only 25 for sale), signed by Lyle H. Wright and John Goodmna. Number IV in the California Centennial Series. Read More Item Details for Overland Route to California. Description of the Route, Via Council Bluffs, Iowa; Keeping the North Side of the Platte River, for the Whole of the Distance, Lying Near the Stream Thence Over the South Pass; Via the Sublette and Bear River Cut-Offs and...Introduction by Lyle H. Wright Add to Wish List
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Item 235502The Ladder of Rivers. The Story of I.P. (Print) Olive.
Price: $150
Denver: Sage Books, [1962]. First edition. Inscribed on half-title. Read More Item Details for The Ladder of Rivers. The Story of I.P. (Print) Olive Add to Wish List
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