X: Californiana from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Aspen, CO: Science/Art Press, 2000. ix, 70 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Casa Dorinda is a luxury retirement home in Montecito, CA. . 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Santa Monica, CA: Angel City Press, 1999. Pictorial boards, 127 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Muscle Beach earns its name; Don't call us muscleheads; War comes to Muscle Beach; Muscles and movie stars; The final days of Muscle Beach.. 1st.… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Viejo Press, 2012. 46 pages, illustrations (some colour); 22 x 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. Oblong.

Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2021. Cloth, vii, 164 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 22 x 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This book features reproductions of 143 drawings by 150 Los Angeles graffiti artists that were done as part of a project collaborative project known as the Getty… Read more about this item

Los Angeles and Albuquerque, NM: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and University of New Mexico Press, 1986. 208 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 x 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. The first major exhibition organized by the Museum's Department of Photography. CONTENTS: The series "fashion"; The television montages; The… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Historical Museum, 2009. v, 49 pages, colour portrait, illustrations (chiefly colour); 28 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, held March 19 to July 26, 2009. A fine copy. Erratum slip laid in. Western cowboy artist Nicholas S. Firfires (1917-1990).. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Big Sur, CA: Henry Miller Library Postcard in near-fine condition, a little age-toned. Unmailed. Cards are sent in stiff mailers. *** FREE SHIPPING FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CARD (price will be adjusted after checkout) *** . Very Good. Ephemera.

Laguna Beach and San Francisco, CA: Laguna Art Museum; Bedford Arts, Publishers, 1990. 191 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 X 25 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Crocker Art Museum, June 22 to August 26, 1990; Laguna Art Museum, October 12, 1990 to January 6, 1991; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, February 7 to March 15, 1991. Near fine.… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Esther Bear Gallery, 1973. [95] pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Another copy available.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1998. Cloth, 240 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "In the first decades of the 20th century, Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene almost single-handedly… Read more about this item

San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1980. 23 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibition held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, October 10 to December 7, 1980. Sponsored by the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA). Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small sticker shadow/front cover. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Sacramento, CA: E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, 1978. 51 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 22 x 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, February 4 to March 5, 1978. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

Los Angeles: RJD Enterprises, 1997. 301 pages, colour illustrations, map; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2002. Pictorial boards, 273 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 21 x 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. A survey of contemporary art in Northern California. Profiles 48 artists and collectives. "A hotbed of seismic activity, the San Francisco Bay Area is also an epicenter of vital new work… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. 365 pages, 1 map; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "James Conaway picks up the story begun a decade ago in his earlier book about Napa Valley, the premier American wine country and a place synonymous with the good life.… Read more about this item

San Diego: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 1997. 198 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. With catalogue entries by Hugh M. Davies, et al. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "Far from being the latest movement or a new development in contemporary art, installation art, one could argue, is only the most recent… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company; A Bullfinch Press Book, 2002. 160 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small remainder mark/top edge, else fine. Stated First North American Edition. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "Cheech Marin, well known for his three decades of work as a comedian, actor, director, and musician, has long… Read more about this item

Morro Bay, CA: El Moro Publications, 1982. v, 148 pages, [1] page of plates, illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Superficial erasure mark-rubbing/inside front cover. 2001 reprint.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Santa Barbara and Ventura, CA: Easton Gallery in cooperation with the Ventura County Museum of History & Art, 2002. Cloth, 152 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), map; 27 x 30 cm. Ribbon book mark. Issued in a slipcase. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edition. Slipcase with light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Dwight Murphy Memorial Project, 2007. Cloth, 238 pages, illustrations (some colour), map, portraits; 27 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author Edward Hartfeld on the title page. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. . SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Collectible.