Nevada City, California: The Rotary Club of Nevada City, 1975. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL 1975 Map of Nevada City, California by Artist Robert Chrestensen. SIGNED by Artist Christensen. Linen Mounted. This is a three dimensional map, with principal buildings drawn to scale. This is #10 of 25 signed..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1980. First Thus. Cloth-backed patterned boards. (xii) 129 pp. Illustrated, including several from pencil sketches by Dan De Quille. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Edited with an Introduction by James J. Rawls. Edition limited to 650 un-numbered copies. Printed by Arlen & Clara Louise..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1980. First Thus. Cloth-backed patterned boards. (xii) 129 pp. Prospectus and related material laid in. Illustrated, including several from pencil sketches by Dan De Quille. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Edited with an Introduction by James J. Rawls. Edition limited to 650 un-numbered copies..... More
Los Angeles: Oil Maps and Prospectus, 1901. This is an ORIGINAL MAP, 1901, of the MIDWAY OIL FIELD, Kern County, California. It has been expertly LINEN-BACKED. Compiled from public records and private surveys by E. C. Hedges, R. L. Bisby and H. I. Austin. Exceedingly rare. Blueprint. Image approximately 33..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1930. First Edition. Cloth-backed marbled boards. (x) 60 pp. SIGNED in ink on the limitation page by Ed Grabhorn. An un-numbered copy of 250 limited copies. Folding frontis map of Southern Mines, 1852. 2 folded reproductions of contemporary lithographs. Facsimile map. Illustrations from photographs. Quoted..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. (xii) 286 (viii) 1 pp. SIGNED in ink by Oscar Lewis on the half title. Illustrated, primarily from period photographs. Illustrated dust jacket. Bibliography. Index. Cloth. Silver spine titling. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". The story of the big..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. 399 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author George Lyman in ink on the half-title: "Inscribed, with great pleasure, for Gladys Mary Smith / George D. Lyman / San Francisco / May 1934.". Illustrated. Scribners' "A" present. Illustrated endpapers. Notes. Sans dust jacket. Blue..... More
San Francisco: George Fields, 1935. First Edition Thus. Boards. (xvi) 144 pp. Introduction by G. Ezra Dane. Limited to 550 un-numbered copies, printed by The Grabhorn Press of San Francisco, after the 1870 First Edition. Original green boards with paper labels. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". Frontispiece from portrait of..... More
Oakland: Pacific Press Publishing Co., 1895. 1st Edition. Leather spine; Blue cloth printed covers. 16 (5) 18-196; 227-241(Adverts.) Unpaginated plates and adverts. Illustrated, including period photographs and two (2) folding maps ("Geological Map of Nevada County"; "Map of the Vicinity of Grass Valley and Nevada City"). Leather spine; blue cloth..... More
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1976. First Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. (xii) 240 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated, including maps, diagrams and photographs. Index. Cloth-backed cloth. From the introductory notes by oilman Richard Sneddon: "The material recorded in the following pages is drawn from the voluntary contributions of men who..... More
Haverford, PA: Headframe Publishing Company, 1978. First Thus. Leather-backed Marbled Boards. 81 pages. Illustrated. Limited edition of 250 copies, of which this is #68. Folding vintage map of California and the Routes to it. Leather-backed marbled paper covered boards. Prologue and Epilogue by Franz R. Dykstra. Designed and printed by..... More
