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+. View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
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... View More...
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, ... View More...
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. View More...
"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... View More...
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. View More...
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... View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
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-... View More...
"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. View More...
"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... View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
