Category: California Local History

This Body I Wear….

By: Brett Harte (1836-1902)

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Laguna Beach, CA, Laguna Verde Imprenta : 1967

Seller ID: 782-338-004

Condition: Very Good

[Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Verde Imprenta, 1976.] Broadside. 9 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches. [2] pp. Includes a Paul Landacre wood engraving, printed on Wookey Hole cream laid paper; very minor creasing to paper. 782-338-004. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies printed with Carolus type. "This was a small broadside printed with a wood engraving by my friend the late Paul Landacre. It was done for an edition of Brett Harte's 'How Christmas Came to Simpson's Bar' which I had printed several years earlier. The broadside was originally done as a keepsake for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe Club of Sa...
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Solvang Cal. Garden of the Santa Ynez

By: Brock-Higgins Studio

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, CA, Brock-Higgins Studio : 1925 or later

Seller ID: KD123-037

Binding: Real Photo mounted on bifold. Bifold measures 3 x

Condition: Very Good

Santa Barbara, CA: Brock-Higgins Studio, No Date [but after 1925]. Real Photo mounted on bifold. Bifold measures 3 x 7 inches closed; photo measures 2 x 6 inches. Photograph of a man standing on a country road under a canopy of oak with a rural valley opening in the background, the photograph with a printed Art Nouveau border with caption, bifold with blind-stamp of Brock-Higgins, Santa Barbara and crest; photo lightly faded, small pencil notation on last leaf of bifold. KD123-037. Very Good. This photograph depicts a man on a road standing under an old oak tree. The inside of the bifold has a...
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Made in L.A. The Prints of Cirrus Editions

By: Bruce Davis (1952-1998)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art : 1995

Seller ID: VR1115-012

ISBN-13: 9780875871738

Binding: White cloth titled in blue, dust-jacket in archiva

Condition: Very Good

(Los Angeles, CA): Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (1995). 4to. 12 x 9 1/8 inches. 368 pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black-and-white photographs, list of printers; text clean, unmarked, edges of pages lightly toned as is common with such glossy stock paper. White cloth titled in blue, dust-jacket in archival mylar; binding square and tight. INSCRIBED "To Chris Wyatt, from Jean Milant, '96." VR1115-012. Fine.FIRST EDITION of this volume published in conjunction with the exhibition Made in L, A,: The Prints of Cirrus Editions, organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and h...
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An Open Letter to the Republican City Central Committee

By: C N Earl

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Peggy Christian : 1971

Seller ID: RGKK819-039

Binding: Printed stiff paper wrappers, slip case

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: Peggy Christian, 1971. Miniature Book. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches. (13) pp. Decorative initial; text clean, unmarked. Printed paper wrappers; binding square and tight. Housed in a paper slipcase with a ribbon pull. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-039. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. Printed at the Press at the Gatehouse for Peggy Christian, letterpress by William M. Cheney. Reprints a letter originally written November 29, 1887 in which C. N. Earl denounces the Los Angeles Republican party for charging candidates a $150 fee to become candidates for scho...
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The Valley of the Yosemite

By: C. Crane, illustrator

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Arundel Printing and Publishing Company : 1879

Seller ID: KD123-038

Condition: Very Good

"The Valley of the Yosemite" hand-colored wood engraving. Extract from: David J. Williams, editor, America Illustrated, New York: Arundel Printing and Publishing Co., 1879. Hand-colored wood engraving, signed in the plate "C. Crane, 1874." Image measures 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches. The plate measures 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches. Mounted on blank stiff board with tape, a second stiff board with a window with a clear plastic protective sheet; minor soiling to margins of the plate, the matting material also soiled. KD123-038. Very Good. Not a first edition. David Williams' "America Illustrated" was in print ...
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Calaveras Nugget. Calaveras County California [Cover Title]

By: Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce

Price: $75.00

Publisher: [San Andreas, CA], Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce : circa 1915

Seller ID: EE516-604

Binding: Color printed wrappers, stapled

Condition: Very Good

[San Andreas, CA: Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce], No Date [but circa 1915]. Pamphlet. 5 15/16 x 3 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. [20] pp. 12 pages of color illustrations with captions, 6 pages of text with initials in red and a multi-color vignette at head of the text, and a colophon at the rear indicating this item was printed by the Union Lithograph Company, San Francisco, Advertising Service; text clean, unmarked. Color printed wrappers, stapled; binding square and tight, shelf wear to covers, staples in the center fold are rusted but does not affect the paper. EE516-604. Very Good. FIRST ...
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Image for The Romance of El Camino Real, With Authentic Kaloprints Attesting to the Period of Construction (1769-1830), The Period of Depletion (1835-), and Partial Preservation of the Historic California Missions

The Romance of El Camino Real, With Authentic Kaloprints Attesting to the Period of Construction (1769-1830), The Period of Depletion (1835-), and Partial Preservation of the Historic California Missions

By: California Landmarks and Historical Records Bureau

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Kaloprint Corporation : 1936

Seller ID: CYG512-005

Binding: Blind- and gilt-stamped brown leather, this copy h

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Kaloprint Corporation, [1936]. 4to. 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. [122] pp. Registration and Dedication Pages left blank, 2 vignettes on the title page, list of the missions by date of dedication, what follows are a series of 25 openings with descriptive text on the versos, tissue guards, and a Kaloprint image on the rectos (text facing illustration) of Father Serra, the mission buildings, manuscript documents, and Indian survivors of the missions; text clean, unmarked. Blind- and gilt-stamped brown leather, this copy has been neatly re-backed with brown cloth that matc...
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Santa Barbara Mission: Early Days in California. With Revisions by Rev. Augustine Hobrecht, O. F. M.

By: Colin H. McIsaac

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, CA, The Schauer Printing Studio, Inc. : 1929

Seller ID: KD123-002

Binding: Illustrated wrappers

Condition: Very Good

Santa Barbara, CA: The Schauer Printing Studio, Inc., 1929. 8vo. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. 35, [1 blank] pp. Title page vignette of the mission facade, Black-and-white half-tone photographs, drawings, index of names, list of missions; text clean, unmarked. Illustrated wraps, including half-tone images inside the covers, stapled; binding square and tight; light soiling to covers. KD123-002. Very Good. This is the fourth edition listed in Kruska and Robinson. Originally published in 1917. "The text revisions are minor from the 1923 and 1926 editions, but there is a new two-page article on 'Restorat...
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Looking Down the Yo-Semite

By: Currier & Ives

Price: $2,000.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Currier & Ives : circa 1870

Seller ID: KD123-043

Condition: Very Good

New York, NY: Currier & Ives, No Date. Hand-colored lithograph broadside. Sheet measures 11 x 14 7/8 inches. Image measures 8 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Hinge mounted on stiff board 14 1/4 x 19 inches. Stiff board hinged to the backing board with 9 1/2 x 13-inch window to display the print. Mountains in the far distance with a meandering river emerging from a forested landscape with trees and river rocks in the foreground; the image with some minor toning and one large spot of toning just above the mountains in the far background, margins with toning, edge brittle, toning and spotting to the blank v...
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Ode Sung at San Francisco, October 29, 1850, At the Celebration on Hearing of the Admission of California into the Union as a State

By: Elizabeth Maria Bonney Wills (d. 1892)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, The Press of Muir Dawson : 1947

Seller ID: BMR423-001

Binding: Printed wrappers, stitched

Condition: Good

[Los Angeles, CA]: The Press of Muir Dawson, 1947. 4to. 9 3/8 x 8 inches. Unpaginated. [8] pp. Foreword by Glen Dawson; text clean, unmarked. Printed wrappers, stitched; binding square and tight, wrappers with a variety of wear, like a bumped top corner, but still a nice exemplar of a scarce item. Pencil notation in the gutter at the last page of the text block reads: "1948 gift of the printer." SCARCE. BMR423-001. Good. FIRST EDITION, thus. Sung to the tune Star Spangled Banner. This poem was printed contemporarily as a broadside in San Francisco a couple of times. Foreword by Glen Dawson pro...
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Franciscan Missions of California

By: Emily Whytock and Norman Whytock (1907-2002)

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Glendale, CA, Press in the Gatehouse : 1969

Seller ID: CGSZ118-014

Binding: Linen boards with printed paper front cover label

Condition: Fine

Glendale, CA: (Press in the Gatehouse), 1969. Miniature Book. 1 7/8 x 1 15/16 inches. [ii], (53) pp. Decorative initials, 6 illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Linen boards with printed paper front cover label; binding square and tight. CGSZ118-014. Fine.LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies, printed by William M. Cheney at the Press in the Gatehouse. This is a brief account of the establishment of missions in Alta California. Emily Whytock is the granddaughter of Ernest Dawson, and Glen Dawson's niece (Letters to Emily, 1996). This book has no reference to Dawson's Book Shop - another example where ...
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[Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the second FX-11 prototype, propellers spinning]

By: Ernest Knee (1907-1982), photographer, Howard Hughes (1905-1976), subject, XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, [Hughes Aircraft Corporation] : 1946?

Seller ID: KD123-044

Condition: Fine

No Place: No Publisher, [April 4, 1947]. Silver Gelatin print on Kodak paper. 11 x 14 inches. Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the FX-11 prototype. KD123-044. Fine. The XF-11 was a prototype military reconnaissance aircraft designed and flown by Howard Hughes (1905-1976), and built by Hughes Aircraft for the Unites State Army Air Forces. 100 F-11s were ordered in 1943 but the program was delayed beyond the end of World War II, rendering the aircraft surplus. The production contract was canceled, and only two prototypes and a static test mockup were completed. The first XF-11 flight took...
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An Earthquake Memoir

By: Francis J Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1971

Seller ID: OG914-053

Binding: Red cloth, gilt soine

Condition: Very Goo

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1971.

Miniature Book. 2 15/16 x 2 3/16 inches. [vi], (21) pp. Photographic frontispiece tipped in, black-and-white illustration on copyright page; text clean, unmarked. Red cloth, red end papers; binding square and tight, corners rubbed. OG914-053. Very Good.

LIMITED EDITION of 400 copies, of which 100 were offered for sale. Printed by Cathay Press, Hong Kong. Rev. Francis J. Weber recalls his experience of the California earthquake in February, 1971.

REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Cent. U.S. Miniature Books, No. 3073.
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An Earthquake Memoir

By: Francis J Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1971

Seller ID: CGSZ119-008

Binding: Red cloth, gilt spine

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1971. Miniature Book. 2 15/16 x 2 3/16 inches. [vi], (21) pp. Photographic frontispiece tipped in, black-and-white illustration on copyright page; text clean, unmarked. Red cloth, red end-papers; binding square and tight, some soiling to the cloth on the covers. CGSZ119-008. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 400 copies, of which 100 were offered for sale. Printed by Cathay Press, Hong Kong. Rev. Francis J. Weber recalls his experience of the California earthquake in February, 1971. REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Cent. U.S. Miniature Books, No. 3073....
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Up 65 Years to Larchmont

By: Francis J Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Bela Blau : 1970

Seller ID: OG914-047

Binding: Gilt leather boards, decorative end papers

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: Bela Blau, 1970. Miniature Book. 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches. (31) pp. Preliminaries printed in red and gilt, "65 years," frontispiece by Tom Neal, red ornamentation on title page; text clean, unmarked. Gilt leather boards, decorative end papers; binding square and tight. OG914-047. Fine.FIRST EDITION, handset, printed, and bound by Bela Blau. Contains Father Weber's brisk recounting of the locations and contributions of Dawson's Book Shop to the cultural life of Los Angeles, from 1905 to 1970. Bradbury remarks: "Louis Bondy wrote: 'Dawson's Book Shop in Los Angeles is one of the Ame...
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Up 65 Years to Larchmont

By: Francis J Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Bela Blau : 1970

Seller ID: IY915-296

Binding: Gilt-stamped red morocco, decorative end-leaves

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Bela Blau, 1970. Miniature Book. 1 9/16 x 1 1/4 inches. 29, [3] pp. Two half-titles, the first with "65" stamped in gilt on a red background, frontispiece illustration of the chaos in the shop by Tom Neal, signed "TAN" in the plate, title-page with red decorations, tailpiece; text clean, unmarked, offsetting on verso of front free end paper from half title. Gilt-stamped red morocco, decorative end-leaves; binding square and tight. IY915-296. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, handset, printed, and bound by Bela Blau. Contains Father Weber's brisk recounting of the locations and contri...
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Up 65 Years to Larchmont

By: Francis J Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Bela Blau : 1970

Seller ID: II41615-10

Binding: Gilt-stamped maroon morocco, decorative end-leaves

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Bela Blau, 1970. Miniature Book. 1 9/16 x 1 1/4 inches. 29, [3] pp. Two half-titles, the first with "65" stamped in gilt on a red background, frontispiece illustration of the chaos in the shop by Tom Neal, signed "TAN" in the plate, title-page with red decorations, tailpiece; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped maroon morocco, decorative end-leaves; binding square and tight. II41615-10. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, handset, printed, and bound by Bela Blau. Contains Father Weber's brisk recounting of the locations and contributions of Dawson's Book Shop to the cultural life of Lo...
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Up 65 Years to Larchmont

By: Francis J Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Bela Blau : 1970

Seller ID: SF910-1

Binding: Gilt-stamped red morocco, decorative end-leaves

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: Bela Blau, 1970. Miniature Book. 1 9/16 x 1 1/4 inches. 29, [3] pp. Two half-titles, the first with "65" stamped in gilt on red background, frontispiece illustration of the chaos in the shop Tom Neal, signed "TAN" in the plate, title-page with red decorations, tailpiece; text clean, un-marked. Gilt-stamped red morocco, decorative end-leaves; binding square and tight. SF910-1. Fine. FIRST EDITION, handset, printed, and bound by Bela Blau. Contains Father Weber's brisk recounting of the locations and contributions of Dawson's Book Shop to the cultural life of Los Angeles, from 1...
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Up 65 Years to Larchmont

By: Francis J Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Bela Blau : 1970

Seller ID: CGSZ118-027

Binding: Gilt-stamped brown morocco, decorative end-leaves

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Bela Blau, 1970. Miniature Book. 1 9/16 x 1 1/4 inches. 29, [3] pp. Two half-titles, the first with "65" stamped in gilt on a red background, frontispiece illustration of the chaos in the shop by Tom Neal, signed "TAN" in the plate, title-page with red decorations, tailpiece; text clean, unmarked, offsetting on verso of front free end paper from half title. Gilt-stamped brown morocco, decorative end-leaves; binding square and tight. CGSZ118-027. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, handset, printed, and bound by Bela Blau.Contains Father Weber's brisk recounting of the locations and con...
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An Earthquake Memoir

By: Francis J. Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1971

Seller ID: GKK220-008

Binding: Red cloth, gilt spine

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1971. Miniature Book. 2 15/16 x 2 3/16 inches. [vi], (21) pp. Photographic frontispiece tipped in, black-and-white illustration on copyright page; text clean, unmarked. Red cloth, red end-papers; binding square and tight, some minor shelf wear. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. GKK220-008. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 400 copies, of which 100 were offered for sale. Printed by Cathay Press, Hong Kong. Rev. Francis J. Weber recalls his experience of the Sylmar earthquake of February, 1971. REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Cent. U.S. Miniature Books, ...
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