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THE MENTOR MAGAZINE JULY 1924 (Volume 12 No. 6 Serial No. 257)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Springfield, Ohio, The Crowell Publishing Company: 1924

Seller ID: 002737

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Good+ to Very Good-

Color illustrated covers with painting by W R Leigh on front. Articles: "The Lure of the Desert" by John C Van Dyke; "The Pageant Highway, a 6,000 mile trip from Park to Park" by Ronne C Shelse' of the U S Geological Survey; and J Pennington writes about Taos. Slight soil around cover edges. Top front corner tip chipped, small crease on side. 1/2" tear at spine base, otherwise covers are Good + to VG-. Interior is tight, clean and in VG+ condition.
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SCIENCE, August 12, 1887

By: N/A

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, The Science Company: 1887

Seller ID: 003147

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Good

Some Articles: What American Zoologists have done for Evolution, by E.W. Morse. Laid in page with portrait engraving of Morse; Economy in Management of Soil, by H. E. Alvord; Prehistoric Chronology of America by D.G. Brinton; The Sonora Earthquake with illustration and Chemical Laboratory of the University of Nebraska with 5 illustrations. Front wrap detached but intact. ex-mus mailing label and numbers on front. Slightly soiled. Overall exterior is Good to Good+. interior is clean, and tight and VG+. Engraving of Morse, top border watermarked. Not on portrait. From SCIENCE, Aug. 20, 1886.
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A SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF MELVIN J. VOIGT...

By: N/A

Price: $12.00

Publisher: La Jolla, CA, Friends of the UCSD Library: 1976

Seller ID: 004169

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Front cover reads:The Responsibility of the University Library Collection in Meeting the Needs of Its Campus and Local Community, A SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF MELVIN J. VOIGT Upon His Retirement as University Librarian of The University of California, San Diego, Friday, September 17, 1976. Friends of the UCSD Library, La Jolla, California. 52 pp. Very Good+.
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A COLLECTION OF FORMS OF PLEADINGS IN ACTIONS UNDER THE CODE OF PROCEDURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

By: Abbott Brothers

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, John S. Voorhies, Law Bookseller and Publisher: 1858

Seller ID: 006287

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good-

And Adapted to the New Practice in the States of Missouri, California, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and Alabama; The Territories of Oregon and Minnesota, and the Island of Newfoundland, with Copious Notes and Authorities to Which are Added Forms in Submissions of Controversy Without Action; In Proceedings Against Joint Debtors, Etc.; And of Judgments by Confession. 541 pages with index. Full leather covers with red and black title bars and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, plenty of rubbing and scuffing to cover faces, some areas with tears to l...
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A DESCRIPTION OF THE DESICCATED HUMAN REMAINS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU

By: Anderson, Winslow

Price: $73.50

Publisher: Sacramento, CA, J. D. Young: 1888

Seller ID: 005518

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+

California State Mining Bureau, Bulletin No. 1. Articles include: "Naturally Mummified Human Bodies Exhumed In The Sierra Madre Mountains", "Some Observations On The Origin Of The Aborigines Of The Pacific Coast", and "Historical Sketch Of The Pacific Coast Aborigines". 41 pp. Figures of three different mummified bodies. Paper wraps are extremely dirty and sunfaded, water stains along bottom, chipping to page edges, folded corners, and spine partially exposed. Identification numbers on top of front cover. Interior is tight and clean. Despite condition of covers, ...
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GEOLOGY OF SAN MIGUEL ISLAND SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

By: Bremner, Carl St. J.

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Santa Barbara,CA, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: 1933

Seller ID: 001188

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Occasional Papers Number 2. 23 pp. 3 plates. Foldout Geologic Map of San Miguel Island. Explanation page of Plates 2 and 3 (typical fossils of the island.) 2 Figures.Cream wraps with black lettering. Crease at upper left corner otherwise wraps are Very Good + as is the interior.
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ROCKY MOUNTAINS ADVENTURES, Bristling with Animated Details of Fearful Fights of American Hunters with Savage Indians, Mexican Rancheros, and Beasts of Prey

By: Bryant, Edwin

Price: $18.50

Publisher: New York, Hurst & Co: 1885

Seller ID: 004294

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

"Awful fate of hundreds of overland emigrants amid the snow drifts of the Truckee Peaks, from whence half-frozen men, women, and children were carried over slippery cliffs, lashed to the backs of their gallant rescuers." Also, a "full account" of "The Bear Conquest of California". 452 pp. plus 4 pages of book advertisements. Decorative front cover with Arlington Edition written along cover. Spine faded. Title illegible. Spine ends rubbed/fraying. Overall covers are Good. Frontis. engraving with tissue guard protection. Front hinge broken. paper label with previous owner...
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ARTIFICIAL HABITAT IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

By: Carlisle, John G. Jr Et Al.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: The Resources Agency of California, Department of Fish and Game: 1964

Seller ID: 002731

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

Fish Bulletin 124. 93 pages with index. Cream paper wraps. Top corner creased with line visible throughout document. Mild chipping to spine ends. Interior tight and clean.
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Average Lunar Month Catch By California Sardine Fishermen 1932-33 Through 1948-49: Fish Bulletin 76

By: Clark, Frances N. and Anita E. Daugherty

Price: $12.50

Publisher: State of California, Department of Fish and Game, Marine Fisheries Branch: 1950

Seller ID: 002729

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

Fish Bulletin No. 76. No markings. 28 pp. Cream paper wraps with some fading to edges. Interior clean.
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THE IRVINE RANCH

By: Cleland, Robert Glass

Price: $10.00

Publisher: San Marino, California, The Huntington Library: 1978

Seller ID: 006345

ISBN: 0873280229

Binding: Trade Paper

Condition: Very Good

Revised with an Epilogue by Robert V. Hine. "The colorful history of the Irvine Ranch -- from the days of the Gabrieleno Indians, through the days of Spanish and Mexican government, to the ownership and administration of four generations of the Irvine family. The ranch was a combination of three large land grants which went, wholly or in part, into the making of the Irvine property. Dr. Cleland tells the history of these grants and provides reproductions of old maps and portraits of early owners." 167 pages with index. Trade paperback with olive green paper covers. Slight edging to cov...
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An Analysis of California's Albacore Fishery

By: Clemens, Harold B. And Craig, William L.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Sacramento, CA, The Resource Agency of California, Department of Fish and Game.: 1965

Seller ID: 001916

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

Fish Bulletin 128. 301 pp. Small crease at lower right corner of front cover. Interior tight and clean.
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GEOLOGICAL STORY OF DEATH VALLEY

By: Clements, Thomas

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Palm Desert, California, Desert Magazine Press: 1954

Seller ID: 006969

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Very Good-

Publication No. 1. Death Valley 49ers, Inc. 52 pp. Green stiff paper covers. Covers are rubbed along edges and corners, edges are browning and discolored, scuffing marks on cover faces. Spine paper is torn and pulling away. Interior is tight, clean, no marks. Pamphlet in VG- condition.
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DEATH VALLEY AND THE CREEK CALLED FURNACE

By: Corle, Edwin

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, The Ward Ritchie Press: 1973

Seller ID: 006967

ISBN: 0378-02372-1

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. "(Edwin) Corle's prose and (Ansel) Adam's photography are combined to create a book of great beauty, preserving the spirit and face of the barren wilderness." 60 pp. First paperback printing. Light wear to cover edges and corners, joints rubbed and soiled, creasing to spine, spine ends rubbed. Interior tight, clean. Book in VG condition.
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CALIFORNIA SALT WATER FISHING

By: David, J. Charles, 2nd.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: New York, A.S. Barnes and Company: 1949

Seller ID: 002667

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Cover soiled with minor stains. Spine faded and top edge small tear. Overall Good. Interior is clean, tight and in Very Good + condition.
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AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT CALIFORNIA

By: Dibblee, Thomas W.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1967

Seller ID: 006903

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Very Good

Geological Survey Professional Paper 522. Contribution to west coast earthquake investigations. 153 pp. Illustrations, tables, and five folded maps in pocket attached to back inside cover. Gray paper covers. Cover edges and corners are creased, back cover dirty and bent (from map pocket), spine ends are torn. Some dirt smudges to edge of back free endpaper. Interior pages are clean, no marks. Document in VG condition.
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THE GENUS PHYLLOSPADIX

By: Dudley, William Russell

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y., 1893

Seller ID: 003038

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Reprinted from The Wilder Quarter-Century Book. pp.403-418. Signed by author on front cover "Compliments of W.R. Dudley". "Phyllospadix belongs to a group of plants-the Sea Grasses, remarkable in their morphological characters, their habitat, and the probable antiquity of the types constituting them. The genera are few in number, variously reckoned from seven to ten, embracing less than thirty known species, and including all the flowering plants whose habitat is wholly marine." 2 plates with explanation. Author was Professor of Botany at Leland Stanford Junior University. ex-...
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SANTA BARBARA: HIGHLIGHTS & HISTORY

By: Dugan, Judy Magee

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, Jama Books: 1979

Seller ID: 005197

ISBN: 0934130019

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

"Four cultures, spanning recent centuries, have etched a colorful history along Santa Barbara shores." 55 pp. with index. Dust jacket in Good condition with slight tears along edges and corners. Gift inscription on front flypaper. Slight browning along page edges. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good.
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The Boom of the Eighties in Southern California

By: Dumke, Glenn S.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: San Marino, Ca, Huntington Library: 1966

Seller ID: 004167

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine

"The 1880's were remarkable in southern California history for a land boom of unprecedented proportions....The arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1876 increased immigration; ...and the ensuing rate war reduced fares from Kansas City to one dollar, tourists and prospective settlers swarmed in from most of the United States and many countries of Europe....The city of Los Angeles, nucleus of the boom, increased in size 500 per cent. Many new suburban towns, such as Inglewood, Monrovia, and Glendale were incorporated....The present work is an attempt to tell the full story, as depicte...
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Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror: a Comprehensive and Connected Account of the Terrible Tragedy (the 1906 Earthquake) That Befell the People of Our Golden City...

By: Fallows, Rev. Samuel (Introd. By)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 1906

Seller ID: 002200

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

spine and front cover faded. spine ends bumped/rubbed. corners mildly rubbed. back hinge broken. otherwise interior is VG-tight, clean. Filled with photographs of the earthquake.
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THE STRUCTURE, DEVELOPMENT, FOOD RELATIONS, REPRODUCTION, AND LIFE HISTORY OF THE SQUID Loligo opalescens BERRY

By: Fields, W. Gordon

Price: $10.50

Publisher: The Resources Agency of California, Department of Fish and Game: 1965

Seller ID: 002732

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

Fish Bulletin 131. 108 pp. Cream paper wraps with wear to corners and edges, creasing to top cover edge. Bottom corner is bumped and creased throughout. Interior clean.
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