HOW TO KILL A GOLDEN STATE - WILLIAM BRONSON Red cloth boards with creme cloth spine, design of California on front cover which is slightly rubbed, minor creases to head and tail of spine, mild discoloration to dust jacket which is protected by Brodart, light edge chipping and slight paper loss, 224 pages with over 300 photographs throughout.

Author, in a fact finding mission, details with the camera and text, the inexcusable waste of California's natural environment by man and machines, which still, 40 years later, is prevalent not only in the state, but all over the world.

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Circa: 1968
Condition: VG/VG
Type: Hard Cover
Publisher: Doubleday & Co
Author: William Bronson
Edition: 1  

The First Spanish Entry into San Francisco Bay 1775 Blue cloth boards with gilt title and design of frigate, gilt title on spine, paper wraps exhibit closed edge tears, 1 of 5000 copies, 130 pages, containing six color plates and four contemporary maps. illustrated by Louis Choris.

Spanish with English translation of the manuscript by Father Santa Maria who was a participant in the first Spanish voyage of exploration into San Francisco Bay.

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Circa: 1971
Condition: Fine/Very Good
Type: Hard Cover
Publisher: John Howell Books
Author: John Galvin  

THE NATIVE SON - IRWIN Boards slight faded at edges and darkened spine sans Dust Jacket, previous ownership signature lower front endpaper.

Author presents her opinionated views about the differences between Califronians and the rest of America.

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Circa: 1919
Condition: VG
Type: Hard Cover
Publisher: A. M. Robertson
Author: Inez Haynes Irwin
Edition: 1  

THE LOS ANGELES STAR 1851-1864 WILLIAM B. RICE Olive cloth boards with gilt title, slight edgewear and mild toning to dust jacket which p;rotetected by mylar. History of the earliest known California newspapers (weekly) which was printed half in Spanish and half in English. When the Civil War began in 1861, the editor of the Star was arrested for treason due to his criticism of the government and the paper was banned from the mails. The paper ceased operations in 1864 only to begin anew a few years later, teetering back and forth with financial problems before its ultimate collapse.

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Circa: 1947
Condition: VG/VG
Type: Hard Cover
Publisher: University of California Press
Author: William B. Rice
Edition: 1  

LIBROS CALIFORNIANOS - HANNA Libros Californianos or Five Feet of California Books, by Phil Townsend Hanna.

Hardcovered, First Edition, 1932, Jake Zeitlin Primavera Press, Cloth Wraps with Paper Label, minor spine defects, pencil notation, on some pages-nothing detrimental, otherwise good condition.

Henry R. Wagner, Leslie Bliss and Robert E. Cowan, each select, in their opinion, 20 of the rarerst and most important books concerning California as well as a listing by the author Phil Townsend Hanna what he considers them to be.

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CALIFORNIA COURT HOUSES Paperback, published by California Supreme Court Historical Society, 2000 131 pages and in very fine condition.

Exquisite photography of all the historic court houses in the State of California.

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