The Early Inns Of California, 1844-1869

San Francisco: Cross & Brandt, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited to 500 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. Historical study of California's early roadside inns and their role in the development of the state, from the Ash-Hopper Days to the completion of the Central Pacific Railroad. Includes… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: Cross & Brandt, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Clean, sharp book with unmarked pages and solid binding with uncracked hinges. Clear acetate dust jacket has protected the book well and has some bits of wear, crinkling toward top of spine, but in nice shape itself. Rough-cut pages, b/w plates, fold-out map at rear.… Read more about this item

San Francisco: (Privately published), 1954. First edition, limited to 500 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn. Original blue cloth and red boards, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), pp (viii), 302. Frontispiece and 48 monochrome illustrations, large folding map at rear. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper

San Francisco: Cross & Brandt. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 500 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy. 302 pp., frontis; 8vo; charcoal cloth back lettered in gilt and patterned red paper over boards. Illustrations throughout, chiefly photographs; vignettes from engravings; folding map showing early inns on the White Rock and Folsom… Read more about this item

San Francisco, California: Self Published, 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Limited Edition, One of 500 copies, 1954, designed and printed by Lawton and Kennedy, San Francisco, Book is 9.5 inches in height by 6.65 inches in width, 302 pages including notes, bibliography and index, fold out map in rear shows the locations of early inns, black… Read more about this item

1954 HARDBACKBOOK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION,LIMITED TO 500 COPIES,SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

San Francisco: Cross and Brandt, 1954 First edition. One of 500 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. 302pp. Frontis, plates, illustrations, facsimiles, folding map. Bibliography and index. Cloth-backed decorated boards, gilt. A very fine copy. The first study of the (mostly northern California) stopping places frequented by the pioneers. California's first hotel, the Portsmouth House, San Francisco's other hostelries,… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: Self Published, 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. F/none, as issued, used but is unread as the pages have never been cut, black cloth along spine with gilt text on spine, photograph image frontis, i-v, 302 pages plus fold-out map to rear still present. The book states there were only… Read more about this item