Bibliomania

BOSTICK, Daisy F. and Dorothea Castelhun

Carmel - at Work and Play

Illustrated with b/w photos & drawings. Carmel: The Seven Arts, 1925. 12mo. Orange pictorial boards, stamped in black. 109 p. 1st edition. [97251]

Price: $37.50

90221] The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Mount Diablo, California: Their Distribution and...

BOWERMAN, Mary L

The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Mount Diablo, California: Their Distribution and Association into Plant Communities

Illustrated with b/w photos, charts & maps. Berkeley: The Gillick Press, 1944. 8vo. Brick red cloth, stamped in gilt. xi, 290 p. + folding chart. 1st edition. [90221]

Price: $27.50

BOWMAN, J. N

The Peraltas and Their Houses

Illustrated with b/w drawings & maps. Oakland: Alameda County Historical Society, 2001. 8vo. Wraps. vi, 33 p. 1st edition. [88567]

Price: $15.00

BOYER, Richard

A Short History of Crockett

Illustrated with b/w photos. Crockett, Calif.: Crockett Historical Society, (1997). 8vo. Wraps. 20 p. [80895]

Price: $15.00

BRADLEE, Francis B. C

Colonial Trade and Commerce 1733-1774

[Reprinted from the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Volume LXIII]. Illus. with plates. Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1927. 9vo. Wraps, string tie. 29 p. [66503]

Price: $15.00

BRANDS, H. W

The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream

Introduction by Kenneth Starr. Illustrated with b/w photos. London: Folio Society, 2015. 8vo. Black cloth, stamped in gilt. xxii, 562 p. [104613]

Price: $45.00

BRAUNTON, Harold

Camp Fire and Table Talks

San Francisco: Press of Oliver H. Patterson, Inc., (1923). 24mo. 179 p. 1st ed. Contains brief essays on the out-of-doors including "Hiking," "Rambling Remarks" & "The Sierra Club's High Trip" & a variety of other topics including "Thought Transference" & "Should Marriage Interfere with a Woman's Career" [43704]

Price: $22.50

BREAKENRIDGE, William M

Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mesquite

Illustrated with b/w photos. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. 8vo. Brown cloth, stamped in dark brown. xix, 256 p. 1st edition. [101259]

Price: $37.50

84999] California Legislature, 1953 Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to the...

(BREED, Arthur H., Sr.)

California Legislature, 1953 Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution Relative to the Passing of the Honorable Arthur H. Breed, Sr. (cover title: In Memoriam Arthur H. Breed, Sr.)

[Sacramento]: California Legislature, 1953. Small 4to. Black leather, stamped in gilt. [16] p. Hand illuminated. 1st edition. One of four copies prepared for members of Breed's family. Breed was born in San Francisco, lived for many years in Alameda County, served as Auditor & Assessor of Oakland, was a member..... [84999]

Price: $150.00

BRENNAN, Florabel McKenzie, comp

Along the Stanislaus 1806-1906

Illustrated with b/w photos. Oakdale, Calif.: Self-published, 1956. 8vo. Wraps. 32 p. [89324]

Price: $17.50

BRENNER, Summer

Oakland Tales: Lost Secrets of the Town

Illustrated by Miguel Perez. Oakland: Time & Again Press, (2014). 8vo. Wraps. 300 p. 1st edition. [93066]

Price: $15.00

BRISTOL, Roger Partrell

Maryland Imprints 1801-1810

Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1953. 8vo. Green cloth, stamped in gilt. 310 p. 1st edition. One of 300 copies. [101298]

Price: $17.50

55846] San Jose Reflections: An Illustrated History of San Jose, California and Some of the...

BROCKWAY, Edith

San Jose Reflections: An Illustrated History of San Jose, California and Some of the Surrounding Area

Campbell, Calif.: Academy Press, (1977). 8vo. Wraps. 147 p. 1st ed. [55846]

Price: $15.00

BROMLEY, George Tisdale

The Long Ago and the Later On; or, Recollections of Eighty Years

San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1904. Small 8vo. Blue cloth, stamped in black. xiii, 289 p. 1st edition. [96522]

Price: $37.50

BROOKS, George W

The Spirit of 1906

Illustrated with b/w photos. San Francisco: The California Insurance Company of San Francisco, (1922). 16mo. Wraps. 75 p. 2nd edition. [98460]

Price: $25.00

BROWN, Charles Reynolds

Mending Their Nets

Oakland: Progress Press Print, 1909. 8vo. Wraps. 18 p. Brown was pastor of the First Congregational Church in Oakland from 1896 to 1911 before becoming dean of the Yale Divinity School. [92161]

Price: $45.00

BROWN, Henry McLauren

Mineral King Country: Visalia to Mount Whitney

Illus. with photos. Springville, Calif.: Self-published, 1988. Oblong 8vo. Green fabrikoid, stamped in gilt. xiv, 104 p. 1st ed. [80431]

Price: $40.00

BROWN, John Henry

Early Days of San Francisco, California

Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. With map & index. Oakland: Biobooks, 1949. Small 4to. Green & brown cloth, paper spine label, stamped in black. 147 p. California Centennial Edition Number 20. One of 500 copies. [104616]

Price: $30.00

BROWN, Madie

California's Valley of the Moon: Historical Places and People in the Valley of Sonoma

Illustrated with b/w photos. Sonoma, Calif.: Self-published, (1961). 8vo. Wraps. [24] p. 1st edition. Designed & printed by Lawton Kennedy. [85337]

Price: $15.00

83001] Town of Marcy Centennial History and Program 1832-1932: Centennial Celebration, Saturday,...

BROWN, Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Frank M. Carrier

Town of Marcy Centennial History and Program 1832-1932: Centennial Celebration, Saturday, August 27, 1932

With a list of pioneer families compiled by Mrs. Sidney W. Bisgrove. Illustrated with b/w photos. Marcy, N.Y.: Anniversary Committees, 1932. 8vo. Wraps. [56] p. [83001]

Price: $25.00

BROWN, Vinson

It All Happened Right Here!: A Child's History of Santa Clara County

Illustrated with b/w drawings by Marie LeBaudour and with b/w photos. Stanford: Stanford University Press, (1954). 8vo. Pictorial cloth. 82 p. 1st ed. [49778]

Price: $25.00

87922] Muleback to the Convention: Letters of J. Ross Browne, Reporter to the Constitutional...

BROWNE, J. Ross

Muleback to the Convention: Letters of J. Ross Browne, Reporter to the Constitutional Convention, Monterey, September-October, 1849

San Francisco: Book Club of California. 1950. Small 4to. Blue pictorial cloth, stamped in black xxii, 42 p. 1st edition. One of 400 copies. [87922]

Price: $17.50

BROWNE, Ross Edgerton

Biographical Sketch of the Ancestors of Evelyn Ross Browne Written by Her Father

Oakland: Self-published, (1915). Small 4to. Wraps, string tie. 43 p. 1st edition. Evelyn Ross Browne (1883-1967) lived her entire life in Oakland. [87630]

Price: $75.00

68604] Irrigation and Religion: A Study of Religious and Social Conditions in Two California...

BRUNNER, Edmund deS[chweinitz] and Mary V. Brunner

Irrigation and Religion: A Study of Religious and Social Conditions in Two California Counties

Illus. with photos, maps & charts. New York: Doran, (1922). 8vo. Green cloth, paper labels. 128 p. Town & Country Series No. 8. 1st ed. Covers Orange and Stanislaus Counties. Contains a chapter on the "Japanese problem" [68604]

Price: $45.00