From the first Spanish explorations in the 16th century, California
was a mysterious place. It was the ultimate destination to fulfill
dreams of adventure and exploration.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1988. Fine. First Edition. The Greenwood Press. limited to 450 copies printed by The Greenwood Press [#187] [Designed by Jack Stauffacher and printed by Patrick Reagh] [6.75x10.5”]; Illustrated gray toned covers with black lettering on white paper label on spine; xxiii, 192 pp..... Item #12926
![Item #13302 The California Pioneer and Other Poems; [scarce and early California]. Lizzie F. Baldy](https://davidspilmanfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13302.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1544676392)
San Francisco: Bacon & Company, Book and Job Printers, 1879. Very good. First Edition. 12mo [7.5x5in]; 159 pp.; Dark green cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering and floral design on front, blind stamped rules and floral design on front and back, dark brown clay end papers, all edges trimmed; Minor..... Item #13302
Boston: James French and Company, 1857. Very Good Plus. First Edition. [8x5.5in], 336 pp., Four plates of illustrations including frontispiece; Original dark green cloth wiht blind stamped designs and border, gilt illustration on front and spine, gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Minor shelf wear to covers, edges and..... Item #14332
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [9.25x6.25in]; ix, 159 pp., Frontispiece of Smith, 24 illustrations and images, index; Black cloth covers with silver lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; minimal shelf wear to covers; Tan dust jacket with dark brown..... Item #13418
San Francisco: Ally and Bacon, 1922. Very Good. Later Edition. [5.25x7.75”]; Dark blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on front cover and spine; xi, 216 pp., frontispiece and 172 black/white illustrations and images of California; Corners bumped with shelf and use wear to cover, text block is tight with occasional..... Item #13067
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1864. Very Good. First Edition. [7.75x5.5in]; vii, 436 pp., 150 illustrations by the Author in text and full page; Publishers plum pebbled cloth covers with blind stamped border and design on covers, gilt lettering on spine; Shelf wear to covers, edges and corners with..... Item #13818
Palo Alto, CA: Arthur Lites Press, 1950. Very Good. First Edition. , limited to 1000 copies [9.75x6.5in]; 93 pp., seven color illustrations, ten illustrated initial chapter letters; Pale lime green cloth covers with black lettering on front and spine, and black with yellow background illustration on front; Minor shelf wear..... Item #13338
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1929. Near Fine. First Edition. San Francisco: Taylor & Taylor. , limited [5.25x8”]; Light brown, blue, green marbled covers with maroon cloth back strip, gilt lettering on spine, insert color illustration of pioneer settlers viewing landscape and sunset [”The Promised Land!” from the cover of The..... Item #13258
New York: Wilson-Erickson, Inc, 1936. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [9.25x6.25in]; 261 pp., frontispiece illustration of 1851 Vigilance Committee hanging of Jenkins, seven plate illustrations from contemporary articles of notables and events of the 1851 and 1856 Vigilance Committees; Forest green pebbled cloth covers with red ink..... Item #13181
![Item #14241 Texas Argonauts | Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush [PROSPECTUS ONLY]....](https://davidspilmanfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/14241.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1703637483)
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987. Very Good Plus. First Edition. Austin, TX: Wind River Press/Charles Shaw. [13.5x9.5in], Single folded sheet, frontispiece color illustration of miners digging holes from book; Cream folded sheet with no markings and little wear, some small creases to corners. [The Book Club of..... Item #14241
San Francisco: John Howell, 1956. Near Fine. First Edition. Lawton Kenndy, Designer. limited to 750 [6.5x9.5”]; Green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, light blue illustration of sailing ship on front, fore edge untrimmed; [2], vi, [1], 170 pp., [2], frontispiece illustration of Robert Field Stockton [prominent in articles]..... Item #13192
San Francisco: The Press of Lewis and Dorothy Allen, 1942. Very Good. First Edition. Lawrence E. Walker, Illustrator. limited to 225 copies [6.25x7.25”]; Pale green flaked cloth on covers with quarter calf backstrip, stamped light brown ink lettering on spine with three raised ribs, green ink illustration of settler family..... Item #13211
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1921. Very Good. First Edition. [7.5x4.75in];xiii, 347 pp., frontispiece image of Yosemite Valley, 26 plates of black and white images of the geology, plants and animals, map of Yosemite National Park; Forest green cloth covers with black lettering on spine and front, black illustration of..... Item #14009
![Item #13201 Tennessee’s Partner; [An Introduction by William Dallam Armes] [Western Classics...](https://davidspilmanfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13201.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1703636139)
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1907. Near Fine. First Edition. J. H. Nash, Typography. limited to 1,000 copies on handmade paper [7x5in]; xiv, [1], 38 pp., [1] colophon, photogravure frontispiece by Albertine Randall Wheelan; Black paper covers with vellum back strip, gilt lettering on spine and front with floral..... Item #13201
![Item #13803 James Mason Hutchings of Yo Semite; A Biography and Bibliography [with Prospectus]....](https://davidspilmanfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13803.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764380080)
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2009. Fine. First Edition. Signed, Limited to 500 copies, Large Quarto [13.25x10in]; xv, 324 pp., frontispiece of Kings River Canyon view of Mt. Hutchings, 92 images and illustrations, some in color throughout text, extensive appendices, endnotes, references, bibliography and index; Forest green linen..... Item #13803
New York: Henry Bill, 1853. Very Good. Third Edition. George V. Cooper. Prior owner Carl I. Wheat, [9.25x6.5in]; vii, [1], 9-224 pp., [1] advertisement, 48 lithographed plates, including frontispiece, with lithograph illustrations by George V. Cooper, including frontispiece view of San Francisco; Recased with original dark brown cloth covers with..... Item #14371
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1962. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. J.O.H Cosgrave II, Illust. , signed [6.25x9.25”] Brick-red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Dust jacket has colorful illustration by J. O’H Cosgrave II of San Francisco California street scene with..... Item #13179
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1962. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. J.O.H Cosgrave II, Illust. [6.25x9.25in] Brick-red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Dust jacket has colorful illustration by J. O’H Cosgrave II of San Francisco California street scene with cable cars..... Item #13294
Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing Co., 1957. Very Good. First Edition, 1st Printing. [March][8.5x11”]; Burnt orange cloth cover and black spine with gold ink lettering on spine, black and white facsimiles of Hutchings magazine pages [Hutching’s California Scenes - Methods of Mining and Miner’s Life - Illustrated]; [7], 8-101 pp...... Item #13287
Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1952. Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [Reprinted in facsimile from the first American edition of 1855] [7.5x5.25in]; i-xiv introduction, x, [2], 14-393, xv-xxxi editor’s notes and index, frontispiece, 8 plates and 17 engravings; Dark Beige cloth covers with black ink lettering..... Item #13125
New York: Time Life Books, 1982. Near Fine. First Edition. New York: Time Life Books; 1982, First Edition [Classics of the Old West][facsimile reprint of London edition 1855] [6x8.5”]; Brown leather covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt rules on spine, darker brown embossed illustration of cow horn..... Item #13248
Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1952. Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [Reprinted in facsimile from the first American edition of 1855] [5.25x7.5”]; Dark Beige cloth covers with black ink lettering ruled border and decorations on front and spine; Beige dust jacket with black and beige lettering..... Item #13255
Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1989. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [6.25x9.25”]; xiv, 216 pp., notes, bibliography, index; Tan cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Black dust jacket with gold lettering on front and spine, Borthwick’s illustration of miner’s camp..... Item #13194
New York: The Century Co. [The Divine Press], 1901. Very Good Plus. First Edition, 3rd Printing. Inscribed [7.75x5.5in]; [xvi], [3], 381 pp., frontispiece illustration of "Hoofed Locusts", 50 half-toned illustrations (full page and in text), 2 maps; Original tan linen covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt and..... Item #14389
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1962. Near Fine. First Edition. [6.25x9.5”]; Light brown linen cloth over covers with black lettering on front and spine, illustration of businessman in suit and tall hat, facsimile of 1856 map of the Mining Region on both front and back endpapers, all edges trimmed; xi, 413..... Item #13186