Californiana from Andrew Langer, Bookseller

Felton, California: Big Trees Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Stated First Printing. Softcover. Stiff olive wraps, perfect bound. Color cover illustration. Contents illustrated, index follows numbered pages. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; 190, [3] pp; Issued in the style of Steward Brand's Whole Earth Catalog to descrube resources found in Santa Cruz, California. "There is… Read more about this item

Chicago: S. C. Griggs and Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Publishers green cloth, front cover letttered and decorated in black, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, dark brown endpapers, full page frontispiece of The Golden Gate, additional illustrations in line with text. ; 5-1/4" x 7-1/2"; 292, [8] pp; A book… Read more about this item

San Leandro, California: City of San Leandro Historical-Centennial Steering Committee. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1970. Softcover. Best created tractors, a washing machine, Daniel Best Agricultural Works, Best Manufacturing Company. Stapled blue wraps, illustrated with photos. ; 6-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 24 pp; Prior owner name on title page. .

Oakland, California: Biobooks. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. Reproduces work first created in 1846, with folding map at rear. California Centennial Editions, Number Twelve. 1 of 750 copies. Red cloth gilt lettering, includes plate of colored miniatures. Pages unopened. This copy signed by Sullivan on the front free… Read more about this item

Oakland, Cal.: Pacific Press Publishing House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Publishers green cloth with gilt lettering to front board, illustrations include some full page. ; 6" x 9"; 184 pp; Small spot to front board, light corner wear, worn at spine ends, spine with lean. a few tniy spots on otherwise… Read more about this item

The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. Softcover. January 1954 Issue. Green wraps, perfect bound, front cover with illustration of Moffett Field airship hangar, Includes White Pages and Classified Telephone Directory (Yellow Pages) for Los Altos, Mountain View and Sunnyvale, and a separate White Pages for San Jose and… Read more about this item

The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1954. Softcover. May 1954 Issue. Gray wraps, perfect bound. Includes White Pages and Classified Telephone Directory (Yellow Pages) for Dixon, Fairfield-Suisun and Vacaville, and a separate White Pages for Vallejo including Mare Island, Napa Junction, Navy Yard Mare Island and Washington Service Camping Grounds.;… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1954). Hardcover. Decorative paper boards, black cloth spine with rose lettering, 8 pages of illustratons in inserted section. Purple dust jacket wiht portraits of Mammy Pleasant and Thomas Bell. This copy signed by the author below her name on the title page. ; 5-3/4"… Read more about this item

Alameda, California: Alameda Naval Air Station Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. Softcover. Captain McCabe endorses the brochure, after which Alameda NAS Association President A. R. Thurson provides the introduction: "This brochure has been created to give you a capsule account of the importance of our Station to the community and the nation." Stapled wraps, front… Read more about this item

Very Good with no dust jacket. [1905?]. Softcover. Folding die cut calendar. Unfolds to reveal a connecting border of ivy and four panels -- one for the title, and three more panels each offering a wildlife scene and the calendar for three months. Unprinted on the reverse, no indications of printer or artist. Nearly 6" across … Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1914. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt illustration to front cover and lettering to front cover and spine, guarded frontispiece and numerous b&w photographs on inserted plates. 1915 date on title page with 1914 date for copyright and November, 1914 publication date. ; 6" x 8-3/4"; xv,… Read more about this item

Oakland, California: Oakland Tribune. Good with no dust jacket. [1932]. Hardcover. Annual publication usually produced in stapled wrappers. This a copy of the 1932 edition hardcover bound in tan paper boards with black "leather" spine and corners, stamped to front cover with name Joseph R. Knowland (then the Tribune Editor). Title page in color, many b&w… Read more about this item

Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0-87770-444-9 . Limited edition reprint (#124 of 271 copies) of work originally published by Thomas Russell in San Francisco in 1930, itself being prepared from the original 1847 work. Gilt stamped blue cloth, endpapers reproduce maps, includes portrait of the author, two-page reproduction of… Read more about this item

Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0-87770-554-2 . Excerpt from Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate Venus pendant les années 1836 - 1839.. Reprint of work originally published by Glen Dawson in Los Angeles in 1956. Gilt stamped blue cloth, decorative endpapers, List of Illustrations precedes text. Translated (with… Read more about this item

Berkeley, California: Heyday Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt lettering, illustrated with many b&w photographs. Brown dust jacket with color cover photograph. Full number line.; 8-3/4" x 11-1/4"; xvii, 283 pp; Little wear to book or jacket. Jacket in clear protective cover. .

San Francisco: San Francisco History Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1994. Softcover. The San Francisco Almanac, Vol 4, No 4/6. History Association publication issued for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Midwinter Fair, January 12, 1994 through March 31, 1994. Cream wraps, stapled, wrap-around cover illustration and lettering, b&w illustrations within, stapled… Read more about this item

Turlock, California: War Department, Office of the Under Secretary. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1942]. Softcover. 7-3/4" x 10-1/2"; Once folded and retaining vertical crease at center. .

Oakland, California: Printed by the Grabhorn Press for The Holmes Book Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Pink and white patterned paper boards, red cloth spine, paper spine label with black lettering, 4311 entries with prices - alphabetically organized, a number of items are illustrated on plates (some color). One from an edition of… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, California: Windsor Publications. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1966). Softcover. Stapled wraps, front cover with Panoramic View of Berkeley and Bay Area at Sunset as viewed from the hills, white lettering. Well-illustrated with many b&w photos, much use of spot colors within, ads for Berkeley businesses on rear cover (inside is for Up-Right Scaffolds,… Read more about this item

[Sacramento]: Office of Planning and Research, State of California. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1980. Reprint. Softcover. An executive summary for this report was prepared under the title Filling in the Blanks: Using Unused Urban Land. This is a copy of the full report prepared for lending by libraries. Blue wraps, Velo-bound photocopied pages with ,… Read more about this item