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Yosemite Natural History Association, 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Pp 75-112, Color Illustrated Wrappers, One Of 4000 Copies Stated. Light Wear And Browning, 3/4" Tear At Top Of Spine Edge, Light Dampstaining Around Top Edge Of Spine.

Chicago: The World Wide View Co./ Griffith And Griffith; Tom Phillips; James M. Davis; Underwood & Underwood, 1906. Original Photograph . No Binding. Very Good. Original Stereoscope Views Of The San Francisco Earthquake Damage, 13 Cards, 5 On Grey Cards With Printed World Wide Seriesinformation At Left, Right And Bottom, 5 With View Information At Bottom Only But Exactly Same Format And Cards; One Each Of Phillips, Kilburn And Underwood & Underwood Views.

Richard Neutra Circa 1950, 1950. Soft cover. Near Fine. Postcard Sized Map On Card Showing Directions To His Workshop On Silverlake Boulevard. From The Stock Of The Neutra Studio Where His Heirs Held A Sale About 2000. Light Aging.

Carmel / San Francisco: Lawton And Alfred Kennedy (About 1980) / Scenic Road Press, 1980. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. Single Card, Folded Twice, Printed In Red And Black By Lawton And Alfred Kennedy. With, Broadside Reproducing A William Morris Letter, With Envelope, One Of 200 Copies. The Huntington Library Holds The Correspondence And Research Files Reflecting The Activities Of California Architect Sanford L. Berger (1919-2000) In The Mid-To-Late 20Th Century As A Collector, Student, And Enthusiast Of Objects And Knowledge Related To 19Th Century English Artist, Decorator, Poet, And Printer William Morris (1834-1896), His Circle, And His Involvement With The Pre-Raphaelites And English Arts And Crafts Movement.

Yale University Press, 2016. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xv, 692 Pp. Third Printing. The Complete Story Of Nineteenth Century American Genocidal Imperialism In California, Widely Supported In Democratic America. Would Be Fine But A Little Yellow Highlighting In First 76 Pp; Fine Dust Jacket . Stated Third Printing. Should Not Be An Uncommon Book But The Author's Extensive Documentation Presented In The Appendices Was Apparently Stupidly Omitted In The Soft Cover Reprintings.

Oakland: Oliver Enders [1914?], 1914. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Photographs. 10 Stereoscope Views, Printed In Germany, In Printed Envelope. Photographs Fine, Envelope With Tears At Edges. Undated, But Circa 1915 [Guessing From Auto Illustration In One Photo, No Later Than 1925.] Lacking Flap On Envelope.

Los Angeles (1912-1913): Historical Society of Southern California, 1914. First Edition . Brown Wrappers. Near Fine. 9 5/8" Tall. An uncut, unopened copy, almost as new except for some age-darkening. Contains an article on the history of the Japanese in California and the exclusion of Japanese, and another on the Chinese.

Boston: New York Graphic Society / NYGS / Little, Brown, 1988. First Edition [stated] 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Plates. 402 Pp. Clean, Unmarked, Near New. No Marks Or Names Or Tears Or Chips, Traces Of Bumping At Corners. Dj Price Clipped.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good + DJ. 10 1/2" x 10 1/2. Color and B/W Photographs and Plans. 144 Pp. First Printing. Near Fine Book With Slight Rubbing At Corners. Dj Lightly Used, Wear Along Top Edges, A Few Short Tears At Top Ofall Panels And A 1" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Rear Panel. Inscribed To A Pasadena Couple "With Best Wishes, Wallace Neff Sept. 1972" On Front Endpaper.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good + DJ. 10 1/2" x 10 1/2. Color and B/W Photographs and Plans. 144 Pp. First Printing. Near Fine Book With Slight Rubbing At Corners. Dj Lightly Used, Two 1/2" Closed Tears And Small Area Of Peeling Of Lamination At Top Of Rear Panel, 3/4" Closed Tear And Small Area Of Peeling Of Lamination At Bottom Of Rear Panel, Tiny Losses At Top And Bottom Of Spine. Generically Inscribed "Best Wishes, Wallace Neff Dec. 1964" On Front Endpaper.

Huntington Library Press, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xv, 362 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket.

Woodside Ca: Blackwood Press, 1984. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Single Sheet, Folded. One Of 150 Copies, With The Unprinted Envelope. A Keepsake For The Biennial Meeting Of The Roxburghe And Zamorano Clubs In October 1984.

The Astrophysical Journal, 1935. First Separate Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Drawing, Photographs. Pp 111-139 Reprinted "For Private Circulation" From The Journal, One Of The Author's Copies. Fine. No Marks. Scarce; Worldcat Records Only Four Institutional Holdings.

Los Angeles: North American Aviation / Atomics International, 1956. No Binding. Near Fine. 2 Glossy Maps On Photographic Paper, Brochures, List Of Atomic Reactor Projects, Completed Aec-1 Personnel Security Questionnaire, Etc., Small Folder Maintained By An Employee In The Late 1950'S. No Documentation About How Much The Shareholders Took Out Versus How Much Taxpayers Have Paid To Clean Up Their S--- Which They Left All Over Their Site. The Advocates Of Unregulated Capitalism Always Leave Out The Part About The Economic And Social Costs Of Legal But In The Long Term Legally Irresponsible And Even Criminal Institutional Activity.

Los Angeles: Angel City Press, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 128 Pp. Shocking Pink Boards, Green Endpapers. First Printing. Barbie, Ken And Accessories Photographed At The Major Los Angeles Sights. With A Personal Inscription From The Author Dated August 2004. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket.

University of California Press, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xxi, 395 Pp. Green Cloth, Spine Lettered In White, Map Endpapers. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Classic Study Of Rapid Colonization Without Enduring Local Social Arrangements For The Extreme Vagaries Of Nature, Where The Government Must Step In To Manage The Land, And Local And State-Wide Economic Forces, Opposing Any Enduring Solutions, Are Stronger Than The Powers Of Government Actors. The Imprudent Meet The Incapable.

New York: Harry N Abrams, 1964. First American Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 11 1/8" x 8 7/8" (oblong). B/W Photographs, a Few Color Plates. 211 pp + extra suite of pp 181-188 laid in loosely.Light wear, point of fdraying at four lower corners, front hinge cracked but solid, no ames ot marks, covers clean with very slight fading to cloth and a slight amount of flaking to parts of lettering on spine which is all still clear and readable..

Los Angeles: Albert Denis Tessier, 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. Color Photograph Of Avalon. 10 Pp + Covers. Song With Scores. The Author Was From An Early Landowning Family Of Pasadena/Altadena. The Author's Copy, From The Estate Of Her Daughter, California Artist Jae Carmichael. No Names Or Marks, Small Surface Tear At Lower Edge Of Front Cover. One Copy In Worldcat, At Usc.

San Bernardino: Dorothy Inghram, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 142 Pp. Blue Wrappers Printed In Black. Stated First Edition. Family History Of An African-American Family In San Bernardino, California. Signed By The Author On The Title Page.

Paris: AIlleurs / Editions De Noel, 1948. First French Trade Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good +. Folding Map at Front. 303 Pp. Beige Wrappers Printed In Red And Black, Colophon Indicates Printed December 20, 1948. First French Edition, With A New 8 Page Preface By Henry Miller, In French, Dated April 11, 1948. This Example With A Long Inscription By Ross, The Author: "This French Stranger With Affectionate Gratitude To Helen; Good Angel To Beyond Big Sur When It Was Only A Brief Manuscript. Shanagolden. March 29, 1949. Lillian Bos Ross." Miller Acknowledged That After Being A Visitor To Big Sur, Ms. Ross's Book, Published Earlier In The U.S., Had Made Him Decide To Settle There. Light Wear, 3/16" Split At Lower Front Spine Edge, No Fading To Red Color On Spine And Cover.