San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1867. xcvi,698,88pp. Later half sheep and printed boards, spine gilt. Spine leather worn and chipped, boards rubbed, cloth tape around edges. Initial and final leaves used as pastedowns. No map present. Bookplate on front pastedown. One leaf with extensive tape repairs, several other with minor.....

Kreuznach: R. Voigtlander, 1849. 32pp. Printed blue wrappers (rear wrapper original, front wrapper in facsimile). Small corner repairs to rear wrapper. Some foxing, two ink stamps on titlepage, else very good. In a half morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. The first edition of an exceedingly rare Gold Rush pamphlet, printed.....

San Francisco: Joseph W. Gregory, 1851. [20] blank leaves. 24mo. Original dark purple wrappers printed in gilt. Minor ink stains on inner wrappers, otherwise a near fine copy, with the original unused plain paper envelope. A lovely example of an unused Gold Rush letter book, intended to advertise Joseph Gregory's.....

San Francisco. 1852. 20pp. Modern paper boards, gilt leather label. Three bookplates on front endpapers. A touch of light foxing and a faint vertical crease. Very good. One of the bookplates on the present copy is that of the noted Vermont collector, Hall Park McCullough. A seminal collection of documents.....

Benicia [i.e. Boston]. 1853. xix,1071pp. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor dust-soiling, light wear to labels, library shelf label on spine. Ink library stamps on verso of titlepage. Very good. The first compilation of the laws of the state of California. Compiled by S. Garfielde and F.A. Snyder; additionally, Garfielde.....

Sacramento: O.M. Clayes, 1864. lxxxvii,[3],710,[2],16pp. Contemporary pigskin, rebacked in matching style, gilt morocco spine labels. New endpapers. Light stain in lower margin of last few pages, else quite clean internally. Very good. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Laws and statutes of the state.....

Sacramento. 1860. xxx,447,35pp. plus three folding tables. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor soiling, library shelf label on spine. Ink library stamps on verso of titlepage, light toning. Very good. The session laws for the eleventh California legislature. The last section is the "Annual Report of the Treasurer of the.....

Sacramento. 1858. xx,404,47pp. plus three folding tables. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor sunning and dust-soiling, library shelf label. Ink library stamps on titlepage, light toning and foxing. Very good. The session laws for the ninth California legislature. The three folding tables record receipts from the Treasury for the last.....

Sacramento. 1855. xv,[1],326pp. plus folding table. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor soiling, library shelf label on spine. Faint library ink stamp and embossed blindstamp on titlepage, paper remnants on titlepage, minor foxing. Very good. An early volume of session laws, printed in Sacramento in 1855, and comprising the session.....

San Francisco. 1858. 302,[1]pp. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor rubbing to labels, library shelf label on spine. Faint ink library stamps on titlepage, titlepage and next two leaves detached, mild toning. Good. Second edition, revised and enlarged. An early California law regulating civil courts, with notes and index by.....

[Oakland, Ca.]. 1906. 16pp. including map and cross-section. 16mo. Original printed wrappers. A few pencil marks on rear wrapper, else fine. The mine was located at Maybert, twenty-six miles east of Nevada City, Ca., and nine miles north of Emigrant Gap. The map shows the location of the mines, and.....

[Pasadena, Los Angeles, Long Beach, and elsewhere, described below. ca. 1905-1906]. 103 silver gelatin photographs, measuring from 1 1/4 x 1 to 4 3/4 x 5 inches, mounted to album leaves. Oblong octavo album. Limp textured calf. Some wear and rubbing. One or two smudges to captions, photographs in excellent.....

[Various locations in California. 1911]. 142 silver gelatin photographs, each approximately 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches, and fourteen mounted panels of typed descriptions of the individual photographs. Oblong octavo. Contemporary limp pebbled cloth. Minor edge wear. Slight silvering to some images. Withal, very good. A fascinating record of a......