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Signed by author Charles F. Outland. Second edition copy of Man-Made Disaster. Wear damage along the edge of the book and binding

On March 12, 1928, a huge dam nestled in the foothills north of Los Angeles collapsed and spread death and devastation from Newhall to the Pacific Ocean near Ventura. Some 450 lives were lost, making this disaster equivalent in its human tragedy to the great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. But the earthquake was an act of God, while the dam's collapse resulted from the actions of men.From its canyon above Castaic Junction the wall of deadly water was unleashed on the Santa Clara Valley and its ranches, citrus groves, towns of Fillmore, Santa Paula, and the valley south of Ventura. Homes, schools, bridges, highways, power lines, a railroad-all were ravaged under a blanket of seething water and debris.This classic account of one of California's great tragedies is once again made available to the public after being out-of-print for over twenty years. It is a fascinating… Read More

More than 121 plates (7 tipped-in color, including collotype frontispiece) and 48 gravure figs. in text
Duchamp's historic 1959 catalogue raisonne-cum-artist's book
he artist's first legendary monograph and draft catalogue raisonne, was written by art historian and novelist Robert Lebel and published in French in 1959; later that same year, it was translated into English by George Heard Hamilton for Grove Press. The book was a cooperation between Lebel and Duchamp, and beyond Lebel's extensive writing and bibliography, additional chapters were authored by Duchamp, H.P. Roche and Andre Breton. The coupling of these texts with diverse archival photographs and an illustrated compendium of Duchamp's artworks delivered a complex and personal rendering of the artist's life and inner circle. For the first time since its release more than 60 years ago, this landmark publication is back in circulation with Hauser & Wirth Publishers' meticulous facsimile of the English edition, reflecting everything from its… Read More

The Chronological Succession of the Members and Many Curious Particulars Relating to English and French History from Hitherto Unpublished Documents. London: William Pickering 1841. Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth (spine slightly frayed) with paper title label on spine. Title-page printed in red/black ink. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Full blown cloth with calf and gilt title label to spine, crown octavo, light shelfwear, cracked hinges.

Mines, Murders & Grizzlies: Tales of California's Ventura Back CountryCharles F. OutlandPublished by Ventura Historical Society, 1986ISBN 10: 0870621734ISBN 13: 9780870621734
Signed because this edition came out before the death of Charles Outland. Very, very rare to find signed copies. This original edition was in 1969. This next edition is also very rare and was printed under the direction of Robert A. Clark in 1986. Later editions were printed in 1998. Condition Very Good.

The Miracle
The Miracle staged by Max Reihnhardt Souvenir booklet and Civic Auditorium program booklet [two items]Reinhardt, Max, Karl Vollmoeller, Engelbert Humperdinck, Friedrich Schirmer, Norman Bel Geddes, Rudolf Kommer, Mrs. James O'Donnell, J. H. Thuman, Ashton StevensPublished by F. Ray Comstock & Morris Gest, offset lithography by Sackett & Wilhelms and Civic Auditorium, SF, New York & San Francisco, 1926
Two program booklets including: [40p] 9.25x12.5 inch souvenir booklet illustrated with color plates by Bel Geddes of the costumes and sets including a full-color center-spread of the set design, b&w photos of participants, a synopsis by the author, essays and biographies, covers detached but present, covers rubbed and edgeworn with much wear to the spine-fold, stapled text-block pages are very good with bright plates. Some scuffing at edges of cover and a little bending of back cover but minor and very good inside.
The Second program is from the Los Angeles production in 1927. 7x10 inches… Read More

Misty of Chincoteague
Henry, Marguerite; Dennis, Wesley (ill.)
Published by Rand McNally & Company
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Light blue cloth over boards with yellow lettering. An early edition.
Copyright page is dated 1947 and states Edition of 1947 , C . 173 pages. Dust Jacket is missing the Spine part. Covers are rubbed and a bit toned, with some fading around edges. Corners and head and foot of spine are slightly bumped, and the head of spine appears shelf-cocked. Otherwise covers are clean and unmarked. Front cover also has yellow stamping of three horses running in grass. Front and rear free endpapers are illustrated with a watercolor painting of a horse running through landscape. Black and white illustrations throughout, although there are a few in color. Pages are slightly toned on edges, but are clean. Binding is strong. Overall, a very good copy

Moller's Pocket Guide of Ventura County
Copyright 1951 by George Moller, Los Angeles, California
Very lRare small book of Points of Interest and maps of all parts of Ventura County on 41 of the pages
5 1/2 x 7 1/2
@ 55 pages.
Flexible plastic binding
Spiral bound splitting on back cover. Library Discard stamp on three pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No Jacket. Elusive two-volume expanded print 1916. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. Lacking dust jackets. Nice, clean condition but some small wear on the edges. Both volumes measure 5 1/2" x 7 3/4". Volume I with 301 pages and volume II with 308 pages.

The Mythological Travels of a modern Sir John Mandeville, being an account of the Magic, Meatballs, and other Monkey Business Peculiar to the Sojourn . together with divers speculations thereon
The Mythological Travels of a modern Sir John Mandeville, being an account of the Magic, Meatballs, and other Monkey Business Peculiar to the Sojourn . together with divers speculations thereon