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Times-Mirror Press, 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . No jacket, otherwise VG. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Minor shelf wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

Times-Mirror Press, 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Cover shows minor wear, light tidemarks to the interior.

Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press. Fine. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 330 pp., port. frontis.; 4to; original gilt stamped blue cloth; black and white photographic plates throughout. [Cowan II, p.246]. .

Times-Mirror Press, 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. .

Los Angeles, California: Times-Mirror Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, bound simply in blue cloth, with gilt lettering to cover and spine, little discernible wear beyond that to extremities, bright interior, unmarked. Fine frontis black-and-white photograph of the author as a wee lad. Protected in plastic jacket. Long sections and even chapters devoted to hunting deer, antelope, and sage hens in Idaho and Nevada," long yarns about spectacular trout-fishing trips, one on the Creel Club on the San Gabriel River, on quail shooting, hiking and camping. Well over 50 fine illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 330 pp. plus extensive prelims.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Los Angeles, California: Times-Mirror Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, bound simply in blue cloth, with gilt lettering to cover and spine, little discernible wear beyond that to extremities, bright interior, unmarked. Fine frontis black-and-white photograph of the author as a wee lad. Protected in plastic jacket. Long sections and even chapters devoted to hunting deer, antelope, and sage hens in Idaho and Nevada," long yarns about spectacular trout-fishing trips, one on the Creel Club on the San Gabriel River, on quail shooting, hiking and camping. Well over 50 fine illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 330 pp. plus extensive prelims.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press, 1930. First Edition. 10.25 x 7.25 in. [16],330pp, Index. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. clean, very good plus condition, tiny nick to edge, no dj. Numerous illustrations. From Preface: "There is much herein that I believe worthy of preservation. I have endeavored to truthfully portray the physical appearance of portions of California". A memoir of California past. ; Illustrated; 330 pages .

Los Angeles, CA: Times-Mirror Press, 1930. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Bright, clean & Near New. Gilt embossed blue cloth boards/VG; strong & sound w/light rubs to corner tips, some loss to gilting & fading to spine. PO name to front cover verso; discoloration shadows to fEP (left from paper clippings). Autobiography/memoir of leading attorney and banker Jackson Alpheus Graves (1852-1933) who moved to Los Angeles in 1875. Book describes Graves's boyhood and education in Northern California, and Los Angeles from the days he arrived in 1875 ... the politics, the position of Hispanic citizens, conflicting land claims, railroad interests, the legal profession, social life, and farming, all brought to life with many ancedotes. After 1904, the volume centers on his work as vice president and president of the Farmers & Merchants Bank, and interest in the citrus and petroleum industries. Fine reference/resource for local history.

Times-Mirror Press, 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Cover shows minor wear, bumped corners. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper.

Times Mirror Press, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is ex-library, the signed limited edition, this copy is designated the designer's copy. One of 350 copies of the deluxe special edition. Graves was President of the Merchants and Farmers National Bank of Los Angeles. This is a fascinating history of Los Angeles business, as well as Hawaii. Terrific vintage photos. Signed by Graves. Ex-library, withdrawn from the Special Collections Section of the Beverly Hills Public Library.

Los Angeles: Times Mirror Press. Used - Good. 1930. 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Hardcover. Cloth. Quarto. 330 pp. Illustrated. Mild shelf wear to boards. Trace of bookplate to front endpapers. Highlighting to text. Good. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).

Times Mirror, 1930. First Edition. bookplate. Near Fine book in a Poor dustjacket. Dustjacket has issues but is uncommon.

Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fragments of DJ. [Xvi], 330 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine, No Marks, Gilt Brilliant, Cloth Clean And Bright. With Detached Rear Panel And Both Flaps Of Dj Laid In Loosely.

Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press, 1930. 330p. A very good copy, the spine ends and the forecorners of the covers are slightly rubbed and slightly worn, no d.j.. Signed By the Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall.

Times-mirror Press, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Deluxe special limited edition of 350 copies, this being No.326. Signed by the author, J.A. Graves. Graves was president of Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Los Angeles, this being his remembrances of places and personages during his life in Los Angeles. Black leather paste on spine label with nicks to edges. Book shows no other wear. Interior is pristine. Two pages darkened from something that was laid in at some point. No DJ. From Table of Contents: Wealth of Comstock Mines did much for San Francisco; Baldwin large Operator; Rush to California when Gold was Discovered; Grape-Growing Became Important Industry; Leading Members of the San Francisco Bar in 1873. Pat Kelly, etc.

Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. [Xvi], 330 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine, No Marks, Gilt Brilliant, Cloth Clean And Bright. Gift Inscription From Farmers And Merchants National Bank Dated 1953. Dust Jacket Worn, Spine Faded, Small Chips.

Los Angeles: Times Mirror Press. Used - Very Good. 1930. Cloth. 4to. 330 pp. Illustrated. Some shelf wear to boards. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Americana & Regional History.)

Times-Mirror Press, 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . First edition, signed by the author on the half-title page, copy #40 of a limited edtion. Full leather cover with gilt shows minor wear and rubbing to the extremities, discoloration. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

Times Mirror Press, 1930. hardback. G++.

Los Angeles, CA.: Times-Mirror Press, 1930.. 4to. 330 pp. Hard Cover. Clear plastic dust jacket. Gilt stamped title on cover and spine. Inscribed/signed by the author on front end page. Very Good, some wear on head and tail of spine; rubbing and edge on covers.Provenance: Member of the Bohemian Club, San Francisco.