612077 Fabulous Boulevard, by Ralph Hancock. Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York in 1949. Review copy. Index, pictorial endpapers, pictorial cloth, dj., 8vo, VG condition, 322 pp. The life story of Wiltshire Boulevard, the people and places, the main street of Los Angeles, “the world’s most extraordinary city”. $45.00

602033 California A Snapshot in Time 1850, by Janice Marschner. Published by Coleman Ranch Press, Sacramento, CA, 2001. 2nd edition. Index, illus., photos, maps, softcover, 4to., 279 pp. VG condition. A county-by-county history of mid 19^th century California, focusing on the year of its admission to the Union.  Each chapter commences with a map of the county and, where appropriate, a listing of the then existing ranchos with name of grantee or 1850 owner. $17.50

601036 The Lost Cement Mine, by James W.A. Wright. Published by Genny Smith Books, Mammoth Lakes, CA, 1984. Previously published in 1960 as The Cement Hunters. Illus., maps, notes, selected reading and maps, stiff wraps (abrasion on rear cover), 8vo., 94 pp. The author originally published his account of this lost gold ledge known as the “Lost Cement” in 1879 in the San Francisco Daily Evening Post. $12.50

512124 San Francisco As It Is: Gleanings From The Picayune, edited by Kenneth M. Johnson. Published by The Talisman Press, Georgetown, CA, 1964. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Index, photos, endpaper map, pictorial boards (edges faded) with black spine, dj., (worn and scuffed), 4to., 285 pp. The “vitality, variety, and flux of early-day San Francisco” from the San Francisco Picayune [1850-1852]. $65.00

512074 San Francisco Scavengers: Dirty Work and the Pride of Ownership, by Stewart E. Perry. Published by the University of California Press, Berkeley, 1978. 1st edition. Index, notes and sources, photos, tables, grey cloth, dj. (small tear on rear edge), 8vo., 236 pp. VG condition. Beginning in 1966, the author followed the history of an Italian-American cooperative of garbage men formed in 1920 (the Sunset Scavenger Company). A sociologic study with anecdotes and photos of some of San Francisco’s garbage men. $17.50

512078 The Life and Adventures in California of Don Agustin Janssens 1834-1856, edited by William H. Ellison and Francis Price. Published by The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, 1953. Index, biblio., notes, illus., endpaper map, green boards, dj. (chipped), 8vo., 165 pp. VG condition. At age 17, Janssens, a native of Belgium, came from Mexico City to California in the Hijar-Padres colonial expedition. Following the breaking up of the colony he continued to work for the Mexican government and in the field against Fremont in the campaign of 1846-47. He later became a US citizen and settled near Mission Santa Inez. $30.00

512043 Storied Land: Community and  Memory in Monterey, by John Walton. Published by the University of California Press, Berkeley, 2001. 1st ed. Index, biblio., notes, photos, maps, tables, red cloth, dj., fine condition, 8vo., 342 pp.  A history of the city from its establishment as the capital of Spanish California in 1770 through to 2000. $35.00

203016 The First California Troubadour, by Massett, Stephen C. Published by Biobooks, Oakland, 1954. Frontis, cloth and boards, 8vo., 96 pp. VG condition. An autobiographical account of Massett's early days in San Francisco.  Massett was the first entertainer in the area and came to California during the Gold Rush. Limited to 500 copies, printed at the Abbey Press of Ben Kennedy and William Morrison. $30.00

203007 Hallowed Were the Gold Dust Trails: The Story of the Pioneer Priests of Northern California, by Walsh, Henry L. Published by University of Santa Clara Press, Santa Clara, CA, 1946. Index,  notes, photos, maps, cloth, dj. (chipped, with 1/2 inch hole in front), 8vo., 559 pp. VG condition. A county by county history of the Catholic settlement of Northern California.  Contains references to many early settlers and contains much biographical information on 19th century priests. $65.00

203009 Old St. Mary's: Crossroads of the World, by Gumina, Deanna Paoli. Published by Old St. Mary's Paulist Center, San Francisco, no date (circa 1980). Illus., photos., maps, softcovers (minor soil), 8vo., 205 pp. VG condition. The history of California's first Catholic cathedral. $12.50

203011 The Heritage of Baldwin Park, by Pinheiro, Aileen F. (compiler). Published by Baldwin Park Historical Society, Baldwin Park, CA, 1981. Index, biblio., photos, ex-lib., embossed cloth, 4to., 272 pp. VG condition (fep and title page creased). A well illustrated history of this Los Angeles County community settled in the last quarter of the 19th century.  The area was previously known as Pleasant View and Vineland. $25.00

203013 Family and Divorce in California, 1850-1890: Victorian Illusions and Everyday Realities, by Griswold, Robert L. Published by State University of New York Press, Albany, 1982. Index, biblio., notes, photos, tables, boards (corners bumped), 8vo., 254 pp. VG condition. A social history, useful for understanding the personal and community values in California in the second half of the 19th century. $22.50

203018 The Story of Early Mono County: Its Settlers, Gold Rushes, Indians, Ghost Towns, by Cain, Ella M. Published by Fearon Publishers, Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1961. Index, photos, softcover (minor soil), 8vo., 166 pp. VG condition. A useful one-volume county history. $20.00

402003 Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation, by Rohrbough, Malcolm J. Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1997. Index, notes, illus., maps, cloth, dj., 8vo., 353 pp. VG condition. In this first comprehensive history of the Gold Rush, the author demonstrates that the consequences of the California Gold Rush spread outward in ever-widening circles to touch the lives of families and communities everywhere in the the United States. $25.00

407044 The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco, by Marilyn Chase. Published by Random House, New York, 2003. 1st edition. Index, biblio., notes, map, black cloth, dj., 8vo., 276 pp. As-new condition. The plague, in the form of infected rats,  first sailed into San Francisco on the steamer Australia on the day after New Year's in 1900. The first human case of plague surfaced two months later. Five years later, Dr. Rubert Blue finally succeeded in eradicating it, one of the great, if little know, triumphs in American public health history. $25.95

405006M The Gold Rush Letters of J. D. B. Stillman, by J[acob] D. B. Stillman. Published by Lewis Osborne, Palo Alto, 1967. Illus., endpaper maps, small 4to, tan cloth, plain paper dust jacket (chipped, with several tears), 75 pp. Book is in VG condition. This series of letters provide first-hand descriptions of the city of Sacramento during the gold rush fever. The letters were written by Jacob D. B. Stillman, M.D. who arrived in San Francisco aboard the ship "Pacific" in 1849. Stillman was born in Schenectady, New York in 1819, was educated in New York City, and had been a member of the staff at New York's Bellevue Hospital. The letters contain references to many of his friends and associates as well as to some of his patients. A good first-hand account of early California life. $50.00

401026 Bodie "The Mines are Looking Well. . .": The History of the Bodie Mining District Mono County, California, by Piatt, Michael H. Published by North Bay Books, El Sobronte, CA, 2003. 1st printing. Index, biblio., illus., photos, maps, softcover, 4to., 287 pp. As-new condition. While focusing on the mines, this book explores nearly every facet of life at Bodie from its origins to the present. Many photos showing miners and residents; few people are identified. $25.00

310040 The Story of San Fernando Valley, by Robinson, W.W. Published by Title Insurance and Trust Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1967. 3rd printing. Illus., photos., map, stiff wraps, 8vo., 63 pp. Near fine condition. A history from 1769 through the 1960s. Includes a useful centerfold map. $17.50

310042 James Lick (1796-1876) Pioneer and Adventurer: His Role in California History, by Worrilow, William H. Published by The Newcomen Society of England, American Branch, New York, 1949. 2nd printing. Illus., wraps (several small creases), 8vo., 36 pp. VG condition. An address to the Newcomen Society, San Francisco, 1949 by the author. Sketches out the life of an important San Francisco settler, for whom the Observatory is named. $22.50

906360, Bowman, Lynn, Los Angeles: Epic of a City, Howell ‑ North, Berkeley, 1974, 398 pp., 8vo., index, illus, photos, maps, cloth, dj., VG condition.             $25.00

203008  Pasadena: Resort Hotels and Paradise, by Carpenter, Thomas D.  Published by Marc Sheldon Publishing in Azusa, CA, 1984. 1st edition.  2nd printing.  Biblio., illus., photos, map, cloth, dj., 8vo., 175 pp.  VG condition, with former owner's gold seal on title page. An important study of this southern California city, first settled by the California Colony of Indiana. $35.00

906374, Caen, Herb & Dong Kingman, San Francisco  City on Golden Hills, Doubleday, Garden City, 1967, 191 pp., 5th printing, small folio, illus., dj., VG condition. some jacket soil and edgewear.  $25.00 

203010  California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names, by Gudde, Erwin G.  Published by University of California Press in Berkeley, 1998.4th edition, revised and enlarged.  1st printing, cloth, dj., 4to., 467 pp.  VG condition. California names, from Abadi Creek to Zalvidea.  An important reference for the researcher. $30.00

 203012  Moore's Who is Who in California 1958, by Moore, John M.  Author-published in Los Angeles, 1958., cloth, 8vo., 829 pp.  VG condition. Contains lengthy biographical sketches with some genealogical information. $30.00

 203017  Discovering Marin: Historical Tour by Cities and Towns, by Teather, Louise.  Published by The Tamal Land Press in Fairfax, CA, 1974.  Index, biblio., illus., folding map, softcover, 8vo., 128 pp.  VG condition. Lots of local history and local color.  Includes vignette engravings by well-known book illustrator Mallette Dean. $15.00

203004  The Cattle on a Thousand Hills: Southern California, 1850-80, by Cleland, Robert Glass.  Published by The Huntington Library in San Marino, CA, 1964.2nd edition.  2nd printing.  Index, biblio., notes, photos, cloth, dj. (edges worn and faded), 8vo., 365 pp.  VG condition. The history of rancho life in early California.  Herd 485, Six Guns 439. $30.00

207021 Rhyolite: Death Valley’s Ghost City of Golden Dreams, by Harold and Lucile Weight. Published by The Calico Press, Twentynine Palms, CA, 5th Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 1970. Photos, maps, stiff wraps, 8vo., 40 pp. Includes a facsimile of a 1909 Sanborn map. A concise mining community history. $12.50

207081 [Early 20^th Century] Southern California, by Charles F. Lummis. Published by The Mentor, Department of Travel, Volume 4, Number 21, December 15, 1916. Photos, map, wraps, small 4 to., 12 pp. A collector-quality copy of a scarce publication, featuring early 20^th century California. $35.00

207082 Time and the Terraced Land [Palos Verdes Peninsula], by Augusta Fink. Howell-North Books, 1966. Index, biblio., photos, maps, dj. (chips, stain to top edges), hard covers, 4to., 136 pages. The natural history and human development of the Peninsula. Includes a section on the Supulveda family genealogy. $30.00