Title: Twelve volumes on California history Author: Place: Various places Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: 10 hardcover volumes from a variety of presses, some with jackets. Includes: Bolton, Herbert Eugene. Font's Complete Diary: A Chronicle of the Founding of San Francisco. xx, 552 pp. Folding map. (8vo) blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1933. Second Edition. Bosqui, Edward. Memoirs of Edward Bosqui. Illustrated with color frontispiece and from black & white photographs. (4to) black and patterened cloth, paper spine label. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Oakland, California: Holmes Book Company, 1952. Carson, James H. Recollections of the California Mines. (8vo) morocco backed cloth. Oakland, California: Biobooks, 1950. The First Los Angeles City and County Directory, 1872. Introduction by Ward Ritchie. Cloth backed decorative boards, slipcase. 1 of 1000 copies. [Los Angeles]: Ward Ritchie Press, 1963. Giffen, Helen S. Casas & Courtyards, Historic Adobe Houses of California. Foreword by W.W. Robinson. Illustrated from photographs by Guy J. Giffen. (4to) cloth backed boards, gilt spine. Oakland, California:Biobooks, 1955. Giffen, Helen S. Trail-Blazing Pioneer: Colonel Joseph Ballinger Chiles. (8vo) red cloth, illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket. San Francisco: John Howell, 1969. Hill, Jasper. The Letters of a Young Miner. Folding map at rear. (4to) leather backed decorative boards, paper spine label. Prospectus laid in. San Francisco: John Howell, 1964. Johnson, Kenneth M. The Life and Times of Edward Robeson Taylor. Decorative boards, gilt spine. 1968. Larson, Roger Keith. Controversial James: An Essay on the Life and Work of George Wharton James Decorative cloth, slipcase. Prospectus laid in. One of 400 copies. 1991. Robinson, W. W. Land in California; The Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squatters, Mining Claims, Railroad Grants, Land Scrip, Homesteads. Illustrated with text drawings and from photographs. (8vo) cloth with pictorial dust jacket. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1948. Robinson, W. W. Ranchos Become Cities. Illustrated with drawings by Irene B. Robinson. (8vo) decorative cloth, illustrated dust jacket. jacket price clipped. Pasadena: San Pasqual Press, 1939. Williams, Mary Floyd. Papers of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851. Illustrated with facsimiles. (4to) original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1919. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping charges may apply. Lot Amendments Condition: Some general wear to bindings and jackets; many volumes with the ownership signature of Helen Weber Kennedy on front pastedowns, some toning to interiors; all volumes very good. Item number: 280027
Title: Twelve volumes on California history Author: Place: Various places Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: 10 hardcover volumes from a variety of presses, some with jackets. Includes: Bolton, Herbert Eugene. Font's Complete Diary: A Chronicle of the Founding of San Francisco. xx, 552 pp. Folding map. (8vo) blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1933. Second Edition. Bosqui, Edward. Memoirs of Edward Bosqui. Illustrated with color frontispiece and from black & white photographs. (4to) black and patterened cloth, paper spine label. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Oakland, California: Holmes Book Company, 1952. Carson, James H. Recollections of the California Mines. (8vo) morocco backed cloth. Oakland, California: Biobooks, 1950. The First Los Angeles City and County Directory, 1872. Introduction by Ward Ritchie. Cloth backed decorative boards, slipcase. 1 of 1000 copies. [Los Angeles]: Ward Ritchie Press, 1963. Giffen, Helen S. Casas & Courtyards, Historic Adobe Houses of California. Foreword by W.W. Robinson. Illustrated from photographs by Guy J. Giffen. (4to) cloth backed boards, gilt spine. Oakland, California:Biobooks, 1955. Giffen, Helen S. Trail-Blazing Pioneer: Colonel Joseph Ballinger Chiles. (8vo) red cloth, illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket. San Francisco: John Howell, 1969. Hill, Jasper. The Letters of a Young Miner. Folding map at rear. (4to) leather backed decorative boards, paper spine label. Prospectus laid in. San Francisco: John Howell, 1964. Johnson, Kenneth M. The Life and Times of Edward Robeson Taylor. Decorative boards, gilt spine. 1968. Larson, Roger Keith. Controversial James: An Essay on the Life and Work of George Wharton James Decorative cloth, slipcase. Prospectus laid in. One of 400 copies. 1991. Robinson, W. W. Land in California; The Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squatters, Mining Claims, Railroad Grants, Land Scrip, Homesteads. Illustrated with text drawings and from photographs. (8vo) cloth with pictorial dust jacket. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1948. Robinson, W. W. Ranchos Become Cities. Illustrated with drawings by Irene B. Robinson. (8vo) decorative cloth, illustrated dust jacket. jacket price clipped. Pasadena: San Pasqual Press, 1939. Williams, Mary Floyd. Papers of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851. Illustrated with facsimiles. (4to) original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1919. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping charges may apply. Lot Amendments Condition: Some general wear to bindings and jackets; many volumes with the ownership signature of Helen Weber Kennedy on front pastedowns, some toning to interiors; all volumes very good. Item number: 280027
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