Search Results: Titles starting with C from Chanticleer Books

London: B.T. Batsford, 1897. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good. Folio (14.5 x 10 inches), publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt, (6), 24 pp. + 123 engraved plates. Rebacked, preserving original spine, occasional light foxing, nick to edge of first index page. Batsford's 1897 facsimile of the important 1794 third edition of Hepplewhite's catalogue of designs. Scarce.

Berkeley: University of California Division of Agricultural Sciences, 1963. First edition thus. Moderate toning to wrappers, corner creases to some pages, else very good. Original printed wrappers, 9 x 6 inches;m 83 pp. Important monograph by 2 of the most important figures in the development of modern wine technology. Gabler (2nd ed.) 7774.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1947. First edition. Very good. Original printed wrappers, pp. 1-95. Illustrated A trove of scholarly articles of California historical interest.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1944. First edition. Very good. Original printed wrappers, pp. 193-288. Illustrated A trove of scholarly articles of California historical interest

Sacramento: State Ofice, A. J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing, 1893. First edition. Some fading to front wrapper, else fine. Original printed wrapper, 9 x 5.75 inches, 38pp. Scarce documentary record of the early California olive industry.

New York: Appleton, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Covers lightly worn, spine somewhat faded, else very good. viii, 402 pp., 3 folding maps, 34 illustrations, octavo, original red cloth with gilt title and ornaments A close analysis of the amenities of Southern California as distinct from the northern part of the state. Maps include a Climate Map of Southern California printed in colors; a Map of the County of Los Angeles, Cal.; and California - a color map of the entire State. The authors were both medical doctors and a focus of text is the health benefits found in the region.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1946. First edition. Very good; quite clean and unworn. Original printed wrappers, 289-383 pp. Illustrated A trove of scholarly articles of California historical interest.

San Francisco: John Howell, 1936. First edition. Covers somewhat faded and a bit scuffed, internally fine. . Original red buckram with paper title label on front cover, oblong folio (19.75 x 12.5 inches), unpaginated. Contains introductory matter and 50 reproductions of old lithographs, each with facing page of descriptive text. Limited to 1000 copies

San Francisco: I. N. Choynski, 1875. First edition. Softbound. Portions of spine lost, some chipping to edges of wrappers, near very good. Original printed wrappers, octavo (5.75 x 8.75 inches), (iv), 41 pp. A short history of California's mission period. Inside rear cover is a full page advert for I.N. Choynski's antiquarian book store, corner of Second and Jessis streets, San Francisco. Cowan p. 395.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1947. First edition. Very good. Original printed wrappers, pp. 97-191. Illustrated A trove of scholarly articles of California historical interest.

Boston and NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1886. First edition. Covers lightly scuffed, private library markings to spine, bookplate, upper corner of 2 front blank leaves clipped, oerall very good. Original olive-green pebbled cloth with titles in gilt, 12mo (5 x 7 inches), pp xv, 513. Frontispiece map printed in colors. (12)pp ads at rear. Gray coated endpapers Zamarano 80 #66, Cowan p545: "Considered one of the best authorities upon the events of that decade

Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1936. First edition. Paperback. Light wear to wrappers, about very good. Pictorial wrappers, 10 x 78 inches, 32 pp., illustrated. This issue features articles on new safety improvement projects in the state. Cover photo shows the nearly finished Bay Bridge, which opened in November, 1936.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1947. First edition. Very good; quite clean and unworn. Original printed wrappers, 95 pp. Illustrated A trove of scholarly articles of California historical interest.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1948. First edition. Very good; quite clean and unworn. Original printed wrappers, 383 pp. Illustrated. A trove of scholarly articles of California historical interest.

London: Stanley Paul & Co., (1913). First edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing to covers, title page moderately soiled and rubbed, still near very good. 346 pp, frontispiece and 32 plates from photographs (many plates with multiple images); octavo, maroon cloth with gilt spine. A well written and profusely illustrated travelogue of a California trip from south to north. Cowan p. 313.

Nashville: Southern Methodist Printing House, 1886. First edition. Spine slightly faded, else very good. Original red cloth with gilt spine, octavo, 283 pp. Accounts of the author's experiences as a preacher and miner in the California gold country. Cowan p. 832. Howes B444.

Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1936. First edition. Paperback. Light wear to wrappers, about very good. Pictorial wrappers, 10 x 78 inches, 32 pp., illustrated. This issue features articles on several new projects in the state, including the opening of the Tower Bridge at Sacramento, the Redding Bridge, the "burning off" of Sunset Blvd. for repaving, et al.

NY: Edwin Markham Press, (1923). Reprint. Moderate wear to covers, else very good. Original brown pictorial cloth decorated in gilt, black, white, and dark blue, octavo, xiv, 400 pp, 64 b/w photo plates (most with 2 images per plate) color map frontis. A native of Oregon, Markham wrote one of the most popular poems of all time; "The Man With the Hoe." In "California the Wonderful" Markham's poetic sensibilities make for compelling descriptions of the land and people of the West Coast of the US. Great illustrations. This copy with tipped in signed inscription by the author: "Victory attend you in all your words and ways. Edwin Markham." Bookplate of early 20th-century financier and California booster J. Harvey McCarthy on front fixed endpaper.

San Francisco: California Saw Works (Neal, Straford, & Kerr, print), 1924. Original edition. Paperback. Faint stain at top of rear wrapper penetrating to last 4 leaves, else very good. Original pictorial wrappers, 6.5 x 3.5 inches, 218 pp., illustrated. Tools and machinery for sawmill and lumbering. Company established in 1886

Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1936. First edition. Paperback. Light wear to wrappers, about very good. Pictorial wrappers, 10 x 78 inches, 32 pp., illustrated. This issue features articles on several new projects in the state, including highway to Palomar Peak and the observatory site which will house a 200-inch telescope, the new Downieville Bridge, and the closure of the final cantilever gap on the Bay Bridge between Oakland and San Francisco.