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Seller: californiapapertrails ✉️ (25,623) 100%, Location: Cayucos, California, US, Ships to: US, Item: 224544124529 [249] California Regional Fiction Book Collection with Dust Jackets. A collection of 249 hardcover fiction books with dust jacket that include a California setting; totaling 236 separate editions/printings and 220 unique titles.  The stories cover the length and breadth of the Golden State through various eras of its colorful history.  It's been said that non-fiction tells you what happened whereas fiction tells you how it felt during the time and place in the story.  Since the number of images is limited, what is shown is just a sampling [authors A thru C].  A complete listing & detail description & contents of each book is listed below.  Besides the books themselves, the collection is noteworthy in that each book has laid in a relevant postally used postcard [PLI].  Every book also includes a collectable postal cover containing some real California gold and/or silver [CLI].  See the last image as an example.  For each book in the collection, bibliographic info, condition, provenance, as well as all laid in materials are described.  Multiple copies of a particular volume may occasionally be found in the collection, acquired for various reasons, such as overall charm, scarcity, opportunity, etc.  All books in this collection contain a dust jacket [or publishers shipping wrapper] and most are referenced in either or both the Baird & Greenwood and Melcon bibliographies.  Local pickup only for the entire collection.  Individual volumes may be purchased with free shipping to U.S. destinations.  On site inspection of the collection can be arranged and your questions and inquires are welcome. 1. Ed Ainsworth.  Eagles Fly West.  NY: The Macmillan Company, 1946.  First printing.  [viii], 447, [1] pp.  8 3/8 x 5 5/8, brick cloth, spine lettered in pale yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 39, Melcon p.1.  PLI [R]: Old Butterfield Stage Station on the Warner Ranch near Warner Springs.  PM: 1949 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-01 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j chipped.  NF in VG d/j. 2. George Sumner Albee.  By the Sea, By the Sea ...  NY: Simon and Schuster, 1960.  First printing.  [viii], 211, [5] pp.  8 x 5 1/2, 1/4 mustard cloth and blue-green boards, blue-green eps., spine printed in red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 40.  Prov: inked on ffep: William Barnes / New York / May 1960.  PLI [C]: Cayucos, California.  PM: Cayucos, 1955 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-02 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine darkened & small chips.  NF in VG d/j. 3. [SOLD]  Katherine Albert.   Remember Valerie March.  NY: Simon and Schuster, c1939.  [vi], 313 + author note [1] pp.  8 x 5 ¼, rose cloth, cover & spine lettered in black over white inset, te=dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 42, Melcon p.1.  Laid in [leaflet]: Hollywood Auto Map, ca1936.  PLI [L:BB]: Greetings from Hollywood / Hollywood Boulevard Looking East, Hollywood, California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1942 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-03 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 4. Jean Ariss.  The Quick Years.  NY: Harper & Brothers, c1958.  First edition.  [viii], 338, [6] pp.  8 x 5 1/2, brick cloth and pea green boards, spine gilt-lettered, dec. d/j.  Ref: B&G 66, Melcon p.1.  Laid in [info card]: The California Wine Industry.  PLI [C]: Italian Swiss Colony Vineyard Scene at Asti, Sonoma County, California.  PM: Asti, 1963 [4c-met].  CLI [F]: 954-05 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: price-clipped & some extremity wear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 5. [SOLD]  Charlotte Armstrong.  The Seventeen Widows of Sans Souci.  NY: Coward-McCann, Inc., c1959.  320 pp.  8 x 5 3/8, one-quarter beige cloth and blue cloth boards, spine lettered in blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 84, Melcon p.2.  Prov: bookseller’s sticker on fpd: The Hartford Bookshop, Rutland, Vermont.  PLI [L]: Sans Souci, Indio, Calif.  PM: Indio, 1953 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-08 [black & gold] [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in VG+ d/j. 6. Gertrude Franklin [Horn] Atherton.  Rezanov.  Illustrated in Water Colors.  NY & London: The Authors and Newspapers Association, 1906.  Pafraets Book Company Special Edition, “For sale exclusively by us in Troy, NY.”  320 pp. + opinions [1] + author’s titles [1] + 5 color plates [10] pp.  7 3/8 x 4 3/8, red cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, printed d/j.  Ref: B&G 110, Cowan II p.22, Larson IV-5, Melcon p.2.  PLI [D]: Sunset on the Golden Gate, San Francisco, California.  PM: Oakland, 1911 [1c].  CLI [F]: 852-20 [1] [AD] [Au] [Content].  Cond: bk: rear inner hinge tape re-enforced; d/j: chipped & tape-repaired.  NF in Good+ d/j. 7. Gertrude Franklin [Horn] Atherton.  Rezanov [: A True Romance of Old California – from d/j].  NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, c1906.  [viii], 196 pp. + authorities pg [1], [3] pp. + b&w illus. frontis. [2] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 ½, tan dec. cloth, cover & spine lettered in red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 110x, Cowan II p.22, Larson IV-5 [red cloth], Melcon p.2.  Prov: Bookplate [generic]: Virginia Jacobs.  PLI [D]: Sunset on the Golden Gate, San Francisco, California.  PM: Oakland, 1908 [1c].  CLI [F]: 852-05 [dark blue & green] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: slightly cocked; d/j: some edge wear & spine-darkened.  VG in VG d/j. 8. Gertrude Franklin [Horn] Atherton.  Rezanov and Dona Concha [: A True Romance of Old California – from d/j].  Previously published under the title Concha Arguello, Sister Dominica.  NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, c1907.  [viii], 218 pp. + Authorities page [1], [1] pp. + frontis plate [2 pp.].  One b&w illus.  8 x 5 ½, orange dec. cloth, cover & spine lettered & decorated in brown, t.e. brown, printed d/j w/adv.  Ref: B&G 110x, see Cowan II p.22 [1906 ed], see Larson IV-5 [1906 ed], Melcon p.2.  PLI [D:Emb]: Greetings from the Golden Gate City / California Poppy.  PM: San Francisco, 1913 [1c].  CLI [E]: Centennial US Post Office, Benicia, California [Calif map outline & text in green ink].  PM: Benicia, Nov 8, 1949 [1-954] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edge wear & price-clipped.  Fine in VG+ d/j. 9. [Atherton – Rezanov – Stokes, c1907 – copy #2].  Prov: Ex-libris: Paul H. Schmidt  1937.  PLI [D]: Christmas Greetings from California [Sunset on Golden Gate inset and Poem].  PM: Fullerton, 1921[1c].  CLI [F]: 852-20 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: PC & dusty.  VG+ in VG d/j.   10. Gertrude Franklin [Horn] Atherton.  The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California.  With Illustrations by Harrison Fisher.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1902.  Reprinted February, 1912.  viii, 389, [1] pp. +  advert. [2 pp.] + 4 plates.  B&W illus.  7 1/2 x 5 1/8, pale green dec. cloth, spine & cover printed in dark green & orange, dec. d/j.  Ref: B&G 113x, Cowan I p.8, Cowan II p.23, Howell 969x, Larson IV-2x, Powell 9x, Randall 10x, Zam80:1x.  PLI [D:Art]: Monterey, California in 1842, “Before the Gringo Came.”  PM: Monterey, 1915 [1c].  CLI [F]: 997-04 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: insect damage to upper gutter; d/j: chip losses to upper panel.  VG in Good d/j. 11. Elizabeth Howard Atkins.  The Treasure Chest of the Medranos.  Illustrations by James S. Bodrero.  Santa Barbara: Wallace Hebberd, April 1927.  [2], [x], 79, [5] pp. + b&w illus. [16 pp.].  9 3/8 x 6 1/8, beige pict. boards, cover & spine lettered in red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 115.  Prov: generic bookplate [unused] on fpd; bookseller’s sticker on bpd: Newbegin’s, San Francisco.  PLI [D]: Birdseye View, Santa Barbara Mission, California.  PM: [Santa Barbara, 1928 [1c].  CLI [C] [H.E. Richmond]: Sesquicentennial of Fr. Junipero Serra / Santa Barbara [Mission, El Camino Real Bell & Text in brown].  PM: Santa Barbara, Dec 4, 1934 [1-732] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: boards bowed; last several leaves creased.  Good+ in NF d/j. 12. Lee Atkins (pseud) [Margaret Lee & Violet Atkins].  If This Be My Harvest.  NY: Crown Publishers, c1948.  [vi], 281, [1] pp.  8 1/4 x 5 1/2, lt. blue cloth, spine printed in dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1479.  Prov: unsigned generic bookplate on fpd.  PLI [C]: Pirrone Wine Cellars … San Joaquin Valley.  PM: San Francisco, 1969 [5c].  CLI [F]: 997-07 [green] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine slightly faded & minor edgewear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 13. [SOLD]  Frank Bacon.  Lightnin’.  After the play of the same name by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1920.  [Reprint - 1st ed: Harper & Brothers 1920].  [viii], 292 pp. + advert [4 pp.] + 4 plates [8 pp.].  B&W illus.  7 3/8 x 5, red cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 128x.  Prov: generic bookplate on fpd: L. G. Grube[?].  Laid in [PC]: Old Lakeside Inn on the original California – Nevada State line, 1871 – 1899 Lake Tahoe, Setting of Frank Bacon’s immortal novel “Lightnin” [dated 1944].  PLI [D]: Looking across Cascade Lake, Lake Tahoe, California.  PM: Emerald Bay, 1914 [1c].  CLI [E]: Fallen Leaf, California.  First Day of Fall [Leaf & Text in brown].  PM: Fallen Leaf, Sep 22, 1948 [2-805] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edge wear.  Fine in NF d/j. 14. Faith Baldwin.  Enchanted Oasis.  [viii], 305, [7] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 1/4, brown cloth, spine printed in yellow, pict. d/j.  Cleveland and NY: The World Publishing Company, 1945.  Second Printing, July, 1945 [1st thus=Feb 1945.  Orig published: NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938].  Ref: B&G 153x.  PLI [L:Ser]: Horseback Riders on the Desert near Palm Springs, California.  PM: Palm Springs, 1941 [1c].  CLI [CC]: The Oasis [Hotel], Palm Springs, California.  PM: Palm Springs, Jan. 1, 1929 [1-C11] [AD] [Au] [Content: letter written on hotel stationery].  Cond: bk: leaves a bit browned; d/j: light edge wear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 15. [SOLD]  Hugo Ballin.  Dolce far Niente.  Illustrated by the Author.  Los Angeles and San Francisco: Sutton House Publishers, c1933.  Second Edition.  xiv, 256, [2] pp.  B&W Illus.  10 1/8 x 7 3/4, one-quarter black cloth and salmon cloth boards, cover lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 161.  PLI [D:HC]: Samarkand, Persian Hotel, Santa Barbara, California.  PM: June Lake, 1938 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-28 [blue illus with gold text] [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: dj: chipped at top of spine and rear panel.  VG+ in Good d/j. 16. B. L. Barrett.  Love in Atlantis.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969.  First Printing.  [x], 182 pp.  7 7/8 x 5 3/8, blue cloth, spine & cover lettered in pale yellow, te= blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 179.  PLI [C]: San Clemente, California. PM: San Clemente, 1962 [3c].  CLI [F]: 954-13 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond:  Fine in Fine d/j. 17. Lanier Bartlett & Virginia Stivers Bartlett.  Adios!  NY: William Morrow & Company, 1929.  Published June 1929.  x, 309, [1] pp.  7 ½ x 5 1/8, yellow cloth, cover printed in black & red, spine printed in red, te=brick, pict. eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 188, Melcon p.3.  PLI [D:MV]: Los Angeles in 1852.  PM: Los Angeles, 1908 [1c].  CLI [E]: Fiesta de la Luna, Chula Vista, California, July 8-9-10, 1949 [Spanish Dancer, State Map & Text in red].  PM: Chula Vista, Jul 8, 1949 [1-962] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: light shelf wear; d/j: chips & edgewear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 18. [SOLD]  Virginia Stivers Bartlett.  Mistress of Monterey.  Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1933.  320 pp.  Bib.  7 7/8 x 5 ½, olive-green cloth, cover & spine printed in green, map e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 189.  Prov: author’s inscription on half title: It is a pleasure to inscribe this book to Mary Scott Willour [?] 12 – 12 – 38  Virginia Stivers Bartlett.  PLI [U]: House of Four Winds, Monterey, Cal.  PM: Pacific Grove [&] Berkeley, 1904 [1c].  CLI [FF]: Monterey, California, First Flight United States Air Mail [Lone Cypress illus. & text in green ink].  PM: Monterey, Jul 20, 1938 [1-782 & 1-787] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: large chip at head of spine.  VG+ in Good d/j.   19. Vicki Baum.  Danger from Deer.  A Novel.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951.  [viii], 309, [3] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 3/8, blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered, printed d/j.  Ref: B&G 195, Melcon p.4.  PLI [D]: An Evening View of the Cliff House and Beach, San Francisco, Cal.  PM: Centerville, 1910 [1c].  CLI [C] [Jas. R. Lee]: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge [Bay Bridge & Gold Panner & Text in black ink].  PM: Oakland and San Francisco, Nov 12, 1936 [1-784] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: slight edgewear.  NF in NF d/j. 20. Carleton Beals.  Destroying Victor.  NY: The MaCaulay Company, 1929.  384 pp.  7 ½ x 5 1/8, orange cloth, cover reverse-lettered over brown panel; spine lettered in brown, te=orange, dec. d/j.  Ref: B&G 201, Melcon p.4.  PLI [D]: Oakland, California / A View across Lake Merritt.  PM: Alameda, 1925 [2c].  CLI [C] [Jas. R. Lee]: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge [Bay Bridge & Gold Panner & Text in black ink].  PM: Oakland and San Francisco, Nov 12, 1936 [1-772] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine darkened.  VG+ in VG+ d/j. 21. Donald [F.] Bedford (pseud) [Donald Friede, H. Bedford Jones & Kenneth Fearing].  John Barry.  NY: Creative Age Press, Inc., c1947.  xii, 418, [2] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 ½, grey cloth, spine lettered in dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 864, Melcon p.4.  PLI [L]: Air View of the Metropolitan Bay Area.  PM: Los Angeles, 1948 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-19 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: small bump on front board; d/j: minor wear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 22. [SOLD]  A. I. Bezzerides.  Thieves’ Market.  NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1949.  [vi], 233, [1] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 5/8, green cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 247, Melcon p.5.  Laid in [matchcover]: Koffee Kup Restaurant, Auburn, CA.  PLI [L]: San Francisco & Bay from Twin Peaks, East Bay Cities in the Distance.  PM: Oakland, 1946 [1c].  CLI [F]: 1025-12 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear.  VG in VG d/j. 23. Stephen Birmingham.  Young Mr. Keefe.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, c1958.  First edition.  [vi], 369, [1] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, tan cloth, cover & spine lettered in red, te=red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 261, Melcon p.5.  Cachet postcard laid in: Squaw Valley, Calif.  PM: Squaw Valley, 1938 [1c] [signed by Postmaster].  PLI [C:Map]: Greetings from California.  PM: Fresno, 1957 [2c].  CLI [F]: 997-13 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine slightly sunned and minor extremity wear.  Fine in VG d/j. 24. Hoffman Birney.  Grim Journey.  The Story of the adventures of the emigrating company known as the Donner Party, which, in the year 1846, crossed the Plains from Independence, Missouri, to California.  With an account of their sufferings upon the desert of the Great Salt Lake and their final tragic fate when many suffered death on the headwaters of the Truckee River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.  The Narrative from the lips of a survivor, Mr. Eddy, late of Illinois, who lost wife and children by a horrible fate, and who participated in the rescue of his late companions of the migration.  NY: Minton, Balch & Co., 1934.  Third Impression. [A. L. Burt Company Publishers, Burt’s Crescent Library series – per d/j].  [2], viii, 275, [3] pp.  7 3/8 x 5 1/8, red cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, te= red, map eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 262, Melcon p.6.  Prov: inked on preliminary blank: Harry Kenworthy.  PLI [R]: Pioneer Donner Monument, Cal.  PM: Truckee, 1939 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-13 [2] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chipped.  VG+ in VG d/j. 25. Thomas Wakefield Blackburn.  Sierra Baron.  [NY]: Random House, c1955.  First printing.  [vi], 302, [1] + author bio. [1], [2] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, green cloth, spine gilt-lettered over black background, te= pea green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 266, Melcon p.6.  PLI [L]: Sutter’s Fort, St. Francis Church in Sacramento, Calif.  PM: Richmond, 1945 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: residue from small sticker on fep’s; d/j: spine slightly sunned, edgewear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 26. Antonio de Fierro Blanco (pseudo.) [Walter Nordhoff].  The Journey of the Flame.  NY: The Literary Guild, 1933.  [2], xx, 295, [3] pp.  Frontis. illus.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, orange fabricoid, cover & spine gilt-lettered, te=orange, map eps, dec. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1869x, Caughey, see Larson IV-19, Melcon p.19, Powell 2.  PLI [D]: Plaza and Old Mission Church, Los Angeles, Cal.  PM: San Francisco, 1908 [1c].  CLI [F: 1725, WHA]: Alta California 1st Civil Settlement [Mission Bell, Cross, Misc Items & Text in light red].  PM: San Jose, Sep 9, 1977 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: some extremity wear; d/j: spine slightly sunned & some edge wear.  Good+ in VG d/j. 27. Charles Bonner.  Bull by the Horns.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1937.  First edition.  [2], [xii], 264, [2] pp.  7 ½ x 5 1/8, blue-grey cloth, spine lettering reversed in dark blue, te-charcoal, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 279.  Prov: bookplate: A. J. Adam.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from California.  PM: Modesto, 1940 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: extremity wear.  NF in VG d/j. 28. Geraldine Bonner.  Taken at the Flood.  A Story in Four Parts.  NY: Jacobsen Publishing Company, Inc., 1930.  [Reprint – 1st ed: Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1927].  318, [2] pp.  7 3/8 x 4 ¾, green cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 284x, Melcon p.6.  PLI [L:Map]: Air View of the Metropolitan Bay Area.  PM: Lodi, 1943 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-31 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 29. Theodore Bonnet.  Dutch.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955.  First edition.  416 pp.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, brick cloth, spine lettered in yellow & gilt, te= yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 288, Melcon p.6.  Prov: former owner’s address label on fpd: Gladys T. Labeau, Alameda, Calif.  PLI [D]: Main Dining Room, Jules Café’, Monadnock Bldg, San Francisco, Cal, Next to Palace Hotel.  PM: San Francisco, 1913 [1c].  CLI [C] [Jas. R. Lee]: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge [Bay Bridge & Gold Panner & Text in black ink].  PM: Oakland and San Francisco, Nov 12, 1936 [1-702 & 1-743] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: tape residue, light edgewear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 30. David Boring.  Nobility in the Rough.  An Historical Novel.  NY: Daniel Ryerson, Inc., c1938.  xii, 244 pp. + plates [16 pp.].  B&W photo illus.  9 x 6, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, printed d/j.  Ref: B&G 298, Melcon p.6.  PLI [U]: Donner Lake, California, Ogden Route, S.P.R.R.  PM: Manton, 1908 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-02 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine sunned.  NF in VG+ d/j. 31. B. M. Bower (pseud) [Mrs. Bertha Muzzy Cowan Sinclair].  The Lookout Man.  With Frontispiece by H. Weston Taylor.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917.  [Fourth G&D printing thus; 1st ed: Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., Aug 1917, G&D prtgs: 1st: Sep ‘17; 2nd: Oct ‘17, 3rd: Nov ’17, 4th: Dec ‘17].  [viii], 321, [1] pp. + advert [6 pp.] + frontis [2 pp.].  7 3/8 x 5, light blue pict. cloth, cover & spine lettered in blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2261x, Melcon p.7.  Prov: address label on ffep: Mrs. Chas. H. Evans / Maple St., / Brattleboro, VT.  PLI [R]: “Mt. Hough” near Greenville, Calif.  PM: Crescent Mills, 1938 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-14 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: light edgewear; d/j: chipped & rubbed.  VG in Good+ d/j. 32. Max Brand (pseud) [Frederick Schiller Faust].  The Jackson Trail.  NY: A. L. Burt Company, c1932.  [viii], 285, [1] + publ. list [10 pp.].  7 3/8 x 5, pea-green cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, te=yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 787.  PLI [R]: Jackson, Calif.  PM: Sonora, 1958 [3c].  CLI [F]: 997-41 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: some wear & soiling.  VG+ in Good+ d/j. 33. [SOLD]  Richard Brautigan.  A Confederate General from Big Sur.  [Np]: Castle Books, c1964.  [5] – 159, [1] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, tan paper-covered boards, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 312.  PLI [C]: Bixby Bridge.  PM: Monterey, 1958 [2c].  CLI [FF]: Monterey, California, First Flight United States Air Mail [Lone Cypress illus. & text in green ink].  PM: Monterey, Jul 20, 1938 [2-791 & 1-786] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine slightly darkened.  Fine in NF d/j. 34. Royce Brier.  Reach for the Moon.  NY: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934.  [viii], 288 pp.  7 ½ x 5 ¼, burgundy cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 316, Melcon p.7.  PLI [C]: Golden Gate, Fisherman’s Wharf and Coit Tower.  PM: San Rafael, 1962 [4c].  CLI [F]: 954-UL [Bank of America] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chipped.  NF in Good+ d/j. 35. Zoie Brownell.  The Man in the Cage.  NY: Pageant Press, Inc., c1955.  First edition.  [viii], 256 pp. + b&w photo illus. [2 pp.].  8 x 5 ¼, blue-grey cloth, spine lettered in red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 344, Melcon p.8.  Prov: address label on fpd: Mrs. Hayes H. Gable, Sr. / Star Route 33 / Capay, California.  PLI [D:Sep]: Birds’ Eye View of Biggs, Cal.  PM: Biggs, 1914 [1c].  CLI [F]: 997-34 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: extremity wear; dampstain to top edge of leaves; d/j: edgewear & chips.  Good+ in Good+ d/j. 36. Alvin A. Bullock.  Running Water.  St. Louis: State Publishing Company, Inc., c1957.  [iv], 208 pp.  8 1/8 x 5 3/8, green cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 349.  Prov: signed by the author on ffep.  PLI [L]: Steamer Towing Freight Barge on Sacramento River, California.  PM: Sacramento, 1945 [1c].  CLI [F]: 997-06 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves a bit tanned; d/j: extremity wear.  NF in VG d/j. 37. William Martin Camp.  Skip to My Lou.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1945.  [xii], 401, [3] pp.  7 5/8 x 5 ¼, red cloth, spine lettered in grey, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 394, Melcon p.10.  Prov: address label on fpd: George B. Boehm / 2510 – 34th Avenue / San Francisco 16, Calif.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from California.  PM: Modesto, 1944 [1c].  CLI [F, 1773, AC]: Honoring John Steinbeck, American Novelist, Literary Arts Series - 1979 [Steinbeck w/3 book titles] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: slight shelf wear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 38. [SOLD]  John B[ayard] T[aylor] Campbell.  Rose of Los Angeles: The Love Story of a City.  Los Angeles: Tribune Press, Inc., c1929.  262, [2] pp. + 8 plates [16 pp.].  B&W ports and illus.  8 ¾ x 5 ¾, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 395, Melcon p.10.  PLI [U:Emb]: La Fiesta de las Flores.  PM: Los Angeles, 1902 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: wear to top of spine; d/j: spine darkened.  VG+ in VG+ d/j. 39. Chauncey L. Canfield.  The City of Six.  With four illustrations by John W. Norton.  NY: A. L. Burt Company, April 1910.  Second edition [1st: A. C. McClurg, 1910].  366 pp. + advert. 18 pp. + plates [8 pp.].  7 5/16 x 4 7/8, green cloth, front cover embossed floral design, cover & spine lettered in off-white, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 398x, Melcon p.10.  PLI [R]: [Birdseye View of Downieville].  PM: Downieville, 1907 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: extremity wear to cloth; d/j: major losses to spine.  Good+ in Fair d/j. 40. Bernice Carey.  The Three Widows.  Garden City, NY: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1952.  First Edition.  190, [2] pp.  7 5/8 x 5 1/8, blue cloth, spine lettered in pink, pict. dj.  Ref: B&G 407, Melcon p.10.  PLI [D]: Road to Santa Ysabel Lake, near Paso Robles, Cal.  PM: Paso Robles, 1913 [1c].  CLI [C]: California Centennial: San Luis Obispo Co. [County & State Map Outline + Text in purple & red ink].  PM: San Luis Obispo, Feb 18, 1950 [1-988] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: light shelfwear, leaved tanned; dj: slight chipping.  VG in VG d/j. 41. Charles Franklin Carter.  Rafael: A Story of Nueva California.  LA: Grafton Publishing Corporation, 1923.  368 pp. + plate [2 pp.].  One b&w illus.  7 7/8 x 5 ½, brown cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 424.  Prov: bookstore sticker on bpd: The May Co.  PLI [D]: Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, overlooking the quadrangle.  PM: San Juan Capistrano, 1908 [1c].  CLI [F]: 773-07 [Mission Capistrano in brown framed in blue] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves unopened; d/j: minor extremity wear, chipping & darkened spine.  Fine in VG+ d/j. 42. Charles Franklin Carter.  Stories of the Old Missions of California.  Illustrations & decorations by William H. Wilke.  SF: Paul Elder & Company, 1917.  [2], vii, [1], 184, [2] + colophon [1], [3] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 ¾, orange pict. cloth, cover & spine lettered & illustrated in black, brown eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 425, Melcon p.10, WeberM p.15.  Prov: penciled on ffep: Dawson’s, Mar. 41 / M. S. Slocum, Pasadena.  PLI [D]: San Buenaventura Mission, California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1909 [1c].  CLI [C] [H.E. Richmond]: Sesquicentennial of Fr. Junipero Serra / San Buenaventura [Mission, El Camino Real Bell & Text in red].  PM: Ventura, Mar 31, 1935 [1-653 & 1=751] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: partially unopened.  Fine in Fine d/j. 43. Blaise Cendras.  Sutter’s Gold.  Translated from the French by Henry Longan Stuart.  NY: Blue Ribbon Books, c1926. [Reprint: orig publ: NY: Harper & Brothers, 1926].  [x], 179, [3] + color plates [12 pp.].  8 1/8 x 5 ½, black cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. eps, te= brick, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 430x.  PLI [D]: Sutter’s Fort Before Restoration, Sacramento, California.  PM: Sacramento, 1908 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-01 [2] [AD] [Au].  Cond: VG in VG d/j. 44. [SOLD]  Raymond Chandler.  Farewell, My Lovely.  A Mystery.  Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946.  Tower Books Edition.  Third printing [thus] [1st ed: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940; 1st thus: Oct. 1944; 2nd: Mar 1945; 3rd: Jun 1946].  [iv], 203, [1] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, green fabricoid, spine lettered in yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 442x, Powell 31, Powell [Land of Fiction] 25.  Prov: commercial bookplate on fpd: L. McDonald Braithwaite.  PLI [W]: Sunset Along Roosevelt Highway, Above Santa Monica, Calif.  PM: Santa Monica, 1930 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves browned; some extremity wear to cloth; d/j: extremity wear & dampstaining to rear panel & flap.  VG in VG d/j. 45. Haakon Chevalier.  For Us the Living.  NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949.  First edition.  [2], x, 400, [1] pp. + colophon [1], [2] pp.  8 3/8 x 5 5/8, brick cloth, front cover blind embossed, spine lettered in blue, te=green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 464, Melcon p.11.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from (Delano) California.  PM: Delano, 1945 [1c].  CLI [F]: 997-07 [green ink] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edge wear.  Fine in VG+ d/j. 46. [SOLD]  Hector Chevigny.  Woman of the Rock.  NY: A. A. Wyn, 1949.  288 pp.  8 x 5 ½, turquoise cloth, spine gilt-stamped, te=green, pict. d/j.  Ref:  B&G 467, Melcon p.11.  Laid in: Aimee Semple McPherson leaflet [ca1940].  Also laid in: newsclip: announcement of McPherson’s daughter’s death, Jan. 25, 2007.  PLI [W]: The Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, Calif.  PM: Los Angeles, 1936 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: spine gilt dulled; d/j: edgewear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 47. Ann Chidester.  The Lost and the Found.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963.  First edition.  [viii], 397, [3] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, beige cloth boards, blue cloth backstrip, spine silver-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 468.  PLI [C:Map]: Here I Am In California, The Golden State.  PM: San Diego, 1962 [5c].  CLI [F]: 997-07 [black ink] [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in Fine d/j. 48. Ann Chidester.  Moon Gap.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950.  254, [2] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, black cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 469, Melcon p.11.  Laid in [photo]: Bodie.  PLI [C]: Bodie, California.  PM: Yuma, AZ, 1957 [2c].  CLI [E: 49R-INDW]: Indian Wells, Indian Water Hole on Joseph R. Walker Trail of 1834 [Calif. Hist. Marker text-red ink].  PM: Inyokern, Jul 9, 1950 [1-993] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine slightly sunned, edgewear, one large chip.  Fine in VG d/j. 49. John Bell Clayton.  Walk Toward the Rainbow.  NY: The Macmillan Company, 1954.  First printing.  [xii], 308 pp.  8 1/8 x 5 ½, one-half red cloth & grey boards, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 491, Melcon p.12.  PLI [R]: San Francisco from Twin Peaks.  PM: San Francisco, 1940 [1c].  CLI [F-PM: San Francisco]: 997-10 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in VG+ d/j. 50. Samuel Clemens.  Roughing It.  NY: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, c1913.  [2 vols. in one]: vii, 287, [1], [vi], 330, [4] pp. + 2 b&w plates [4 pp.].  7 15/16 x 5 5/16, blue cloth, cover gilt monogram, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref.: B&G 496x, Caughey, Edwards-x, Gaer p.49x, Hanna-x, Mattes 1807x, Paher 350x, Powell 8, Zam80:18x.  Prov: inked on fpd: Robinson Cook; inked on v2, pp. 304: 18 Feb 56, Nevada.  PLI [D:HC]: Residence Part, West Carson City, Nevada.  PM: Carson City, NV, 1911 [1c].  CLI [F]: 1060-01 [black ink] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: dj: edgeworn.  NF in VG d/j. 51. Sarah Comstock.  The Daughter of Helen Kent.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1921.  [Reprint: orig pub: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1921].  vi, 393 + adv [1] pp. + frontis plate [B&W illus.].  7 ½ x 5, blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in orange, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 522x.  PLI [L:Map]: Southern California’s Romantic Highways.  PM: Santa Rosa, 1955 [2c].  CLI [F]: 997-33 [4P] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: large chips.  VG+ in Fair d/j. 52. Edwin Corle.  Solitaire.  NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1940.  First edition.  351, [1] pp.  7 3/8 x 5 1/8, brick pict. Cloth, cover & spine printed in black, te=green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 547.  Prov: commercial bookplate on ffep: George and Julie Murphy.  PLI [D]: The Twin Palms by Night, Pasadena, Cal.  PM: Ocean Park, 1913 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-28 [blue illus] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: price clipped, edgewear, light sunning to spine.  NF in VG+ d/j. 53. Edwin Corle.  Three Ways to Mecca.  NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, c1947.  First edition.  [viii], 337, [7] pp.  8 x 5 ½, black cloth, cover & spine reversed with blue, te=burgundy, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 548.  Prov: former owner inked address on ffep: Edith R. Vialatte.  Laid in [brochure]: El Encanto, Santa Barbara, California [ca1939].  PLI [W]: El Encanto Hotel, Santa Barbara, California.  PM: Santa Barbara, 1926 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-33 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: minor foxing; d/j: edgewear.  VG in VG d/j. 54. Frances Crane.  The Man in Gray.  NY: Random House, c1958.  First Printing.  [viii], 206 + author bio [1], [1] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, grey cloth, cover vignette, spine gilt-lettered with portion over black lettering panel, te=grey, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 567, Melcon p.14.  PLI [C:Map]: The Wine Country of Northern California is a land of enchanting beauty… lovely hillside vineyards… famous old wineries.  PM: Santa Barbara, 1953 [2c].  CLI [C]: California Centennial: Sonoma Co. [County & State Map Outline + Text in black & red ink].  PM: Santa Rosa, Feb 18, 1950 [1-988] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine lightly sunned; slight rubbing.  Fine in VG+ d/j. 55. Gertrude Bosworth Crum.  Strumpet Wind.  NY: Covici Friede Publishers, c1938.  [x], 290, [4] pp.  8 x 5 ¼, green cloth, cover gilt-lettered, spine gilt-lettered & reversed on black & gilt panel, te=brick, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 580, Melcon p.14.  Prov: author’s inscription inked on ffep: To Bernice and Tom With Love From Gertrude Crum, March 1938.  Laid in: book review newsclip by Joseph Henry Jackson; announcement card of author’s speaking engagement at Paul Elder’s Book Store.  PLI [R]: Lola Montez Home, Grass Valley, California, “Where Romance of the Gold Rush Lingers On.”  PM: Nevada City, 1949 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-22 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: slightly cocked; a bit dusty.  VG+ in VG+ d/j. 56. John Augustine Cull.  The Bride of Mission San Jose: A Tale of Early California.  NY: The Abingdon Press, c1920.  448 pp. + frontispiece.  7 ¼ x 4 7/8, red cloth, cover & spine printed in black, pict d/j.  Ref: B&G 582, Melcon p.14.  PLI [L]: Mission San Jose de Guadalupe, Near San Jose, Calif.  PM: Los Gatos, 1949 [1c].  CLI [F]: 1373-28 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgeworn.  NF in VG d/j. 57. Christine Turner Curtis.  Amarilis.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927.  First edition.  [viii], 86, [2] pp.  7 ½ x 5, black cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, te=brick, printed d/j.  Ref: B&G 588.  PLI [L]: Map of the Monterey Peninsula, California.  PM: Carmel, 1936 [1c].  CLI [F]: 997-04 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: spine gilt dulled; d/j: price clipped, edgeworn & age toned.  VG+ in Good+ d/j. 58. Julian Dana.  Lost Springtime: The Chronicle of a Journey Far Away and Long Ago.  NY: The Macmillan Company, 1938.  First printing, March 1938.  [viii], 279, [1] pp.  8 x 5 ½, green cloth, cover & spine printed in dark green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 596, Melcon p.15.  PLI [R]: Main St, Columbia.  PM: Bridgeport, 1941 [1c].  CLI [E]: Tuolumne County Gold Rush / Columbia Historic State Park, July 15-16-17, 1949 [Gold Panner, State Map & Text in green].  PM: Columbia, Jul 16, 1949 [1-981] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: cloth age-blotched; d/j: edgeworn, front flap clipped [with price still present].  VG+ in VG d/j. 59. Clyde Brion Davis.  The Anointed.  NY: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., c1937.  [viii], 277, [3] pp.  7 7/8 x 5, grey cloth, spine lettered reversed in blue, front cover decorated in blue, te=charcoal, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 605, Melcon p.15.  PLI [D]: Public Library, Civic Center – San Francisco, Cal.  PM: [Ravenna], OH, 1939 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear.  NF in VG d/j. 60. George Wesley Davis.  Alone.  (A Beautiful Land of Dreams).  LA: Times-Mirror Press, c1922.  [2], 166 pp. + frontispiece [2 pp.].  7 ¼ x 5, purple pict. cloth, cover gilt-lettered & decorated, spine gilt-lettered, light blue e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 608.  PLI [W]: Sunset Point, Palisades, Santa Monica, California.  PM: Santa Monica, 1936 [1c].  CLI [Art]: California "The Land of Sunshine" [Golden Poppies].  PM: San Jose, May 2, 1940 [1-875 & 1-894] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: light edgewear, some dampstaining; d/j: large chips, sunned, soiled.  VG in Fair d/j. 61. Miriam Allen De Ford.  Shaken With the Wind: [A Novel of the Forgotten Woman – per d/j].  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1942.  First Edition.  [x], 298, [2] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 ½, blue cloth, spine lettered in white, pict. d/j [wartime].  Ref: B&G 626, Melcon p.15.  Prov: commercial bookplate on fdp: Mary Gertrude Drury.  PLI [C:Map]: Greetings from California.  PM: Solvang, 1967 [4c].  CLI [C]: California Centennial: San Francisco Co. [County & State Map Outline + Text in purple & red ink].  PM: San Francisco, Feb 18, 1950 [1-954] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chipped.  VG+ in VG d/j. 62. Bruce Dexter.  The Fishing Trip.  NY: The New American Library, c1966.  First printing.  [viii], 181, [3] pp.  8 3/8 x 5 3/8, blue cloth, spine lettered insilver, te=grey, grey e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 654.  PLI [D]: Heather Lake, Lake Tahoe, California.  PM: Ferndale, 1910 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-UL [Prospector Bob]: Gold Discovery 1848 / First Day Issue 1948 [Bluetone Panner photo image] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 63. Harry Sinclair Drago.  River of Gold.  A Novel.  NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945.  [iv], 235, [1] pp.  7 ¾ x 5 ½, sky-blue cloth, pict. onlay on front cover, spine lettered in dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 688, Melcon p.16.  PLI [D:B&W]: Sacramento River Scene, Near Sacramento, Cal.  PM: Sacramento [&] Oakland, 1907 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-19 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: slight spine fade & edgewear.  NF in VG d/j. 64. Harry Sinclair Drago.  Suzanna: A Romance of Early California.  Frontispiece by G. W. Gage.  NY: The Macaulay Company, c1922.  286, [2] pp. + 1 plate [2 pp.].  7 ¼ x 4 7/8, red pict. cloth, cover lettered & illustrated with mission reversed in black, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 689, Cowan.  PLI [D]: San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel) Mission, Founded 1770.  PM: Pacific Grove, 1911 [1c].  CLI [C]: Apollo Comsat Jamesburg, California Earth Station [Radio Telescope & Text in black ink].  PM: Carmel Valley, Apr 27, 1972 [1-C81] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: some wear.  Fine in VG d/j. 65. R[obert] L[uther] Duffus.  Jimmy’s Place: A California Story.  NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., c1966.  [1st printing].  252 pp. + author bio. [1], [3] pp.  8 3/8 x 5 5/8, blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 702.  Prospectus laid in.  PLI [R]: Lucia Lodge on Highway No. 1, South of Big Sur, California.  PM: Monterey, 1949 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-03 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: slight edgewear; d/j: slight edgewear.  NF in NF d/j. 66. [SOLD]  [Duffus - Jimmy’s Place – 1st printing copy #2].  PLI [R]: Lucia Lodge on Highway No. 1, South of Big Sur, California.  PM: Big Sur, 1952 [2-1c].  CLI [F]: 954-05 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: faint beverage ring on upper board, light shelf wear; d/j: beverage ring on front panel.  VG in VG d/j. 67. [Duffus - Jimmy’s Place – 1st printing copy #3].  PLI [C]: Lucia Lodge.  PM: Ventura, 1961 [3c].  CLI [F]: 954-08 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: shelf wear; d/j: edgewear.  VG in Good+ d/j. 68. [Duffus - Jimmy’s Place – 1st printing copy #4].  PLI [C]: Lucia Lodge.  PM: Los Angeles, 1973 [6c].  CLI [F]: 954-10 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 69. [Duffus - Jimmy’s Place – 1st printing copy #5].  PLI [R]: Lucia Lodge on Highway No. 1, South of Big Sur, California.  PM: Big Sur, 1950 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-12 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: dj: a bit dusty.  NF in VG+ d/j. 70. [Duffus - Jimmy’s Place – 1st printing copy #6].  PLI [R]: Lucia Lodge on Highway No. 1, South of Big Sur, California.  PM: Big Sur, 1949 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-14 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: edgewear; dj: chipped.  Good+ in Fair+ d/j. 71. R[obert] L[uther] Duffus.  Jimmy’s Place: A California Story.  NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., c1966.  [2nd printing].  252 pp. + author bio. [1], [3] pp.  8 3/8 x 5 5/8, blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 702.  PLI [C]: Lucia Lodge.  PM: Big Sur, 1956 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-15 [purple] [4P] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: light edgewear; d/j: light soiling & edgewear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 72. [Duffus - Jimmy’s Place – 2nd printing copy #2].  PLI [C]: Lucia Lodge.  PM: Big Sur, 1956 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-15 [black] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: edgewear; dj: edgewear.  VG in VG d/j. 73. [SOLD]  R[obert] L[uther] Duffus.  Jason Goose.  A Novel.  NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., c1969.  First printing.  320 pp.  8 3/8 x 5 5/8, beige cloth, spine lettered in blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 700.  PLI [L]: Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, Calif.  PM: San Francisco, 1941 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-15 [magenta] [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: very slight edgewear.  Fine in NF d/j. 74. [SOLD]  R[obert] L[uther] Duffus.  Jason Potter’s Space Walk.  A Novel.  NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., c1970.  First printing.  155, [5] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 5/8, pale blue cloth, spine printed in dark green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 701.  PLI [L]: Carmel – San Simeon Highway, California.  PM: Santa Cruz, 1946 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-18 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond:  Fine in Fine d/j. 75. David Duncan.  Wives and Husbands.  Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, c1952.  First Edition.  [2], 304, [6] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, beige cloth boards, blue-green cloth backstrip, spine gilt-lettered, te=red, pict d/j.  Ref: B&G 713.  PLI [D]: Cambria, Cal.  PM: Cambria, 1915 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-20 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear & chips.  NF in VG d/j. 76. David Duncan.  Yes, My Darling Daughters.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1959.  First Edition.  238, [2] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 ½, sky-blue boards, turquoise backstrip, spine lettered in green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 714, Melcon p.17.  PLI [C]: Vine Street, Hollywood, Calif.  PM: Los Angeles, 1962 [3c].  CLI [F]: 926-15 [blue] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: te dampstained; d/j: somewhat soiled.  VG in Good+ d/j. 77. Robert Easton.  The Happy Man.  NY: The Viking Press, February 1943.  [First book edition. Some of the material first published in the Atlantic Monthly].  221, [3] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, blue cloth, pict. onlay on cover, white spine paper label lettered in black, te= brick, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 726.  PLI [C]: Corriganville, Home of Western Movies.  PM: Beverly Hills, 1962 [3c].  CLI [F]: 954-22 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine slightly darkened and light edgewear.  NF in VG d/j. 78. Muriel Elwood.  Against the Tide.  Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1950.  First Edition.  331, [5] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 5/8, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 755, Melcon p.18.  Prov: commercial bookplate on ffep: Betty P. Schachner / ’56.  PLI [C]: Main Street – Calico, California.  PM: Calico Ghost Town, 1958 [2-1c].  CLI [F]: 997-08 [1] [AD] [Au & Ag].  Cond: bk: covers dank; d/j: spine faded, edgewear, crumpled.  Good in Good d/j. 79. John Espey.  The Anniversaries [: The Chronicle of a California Generation - from d/j].  NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., c1963.  [vi], 314 pp.  8 3/8 x 5 5/8, grey cloth, spine lettered in red & black, te=brick, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 764.  PLI [C:Map:MV]: Southern California’s Romantic Highways.  PM: San Diego, 1961 [3c].  CLI [F]: 954-21 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: pc + edgewear.  Fine in VG d/j. 80. Dorothy Fargo.  Water of Gall: A Novel of Quaker Settlers in California.  NY: Exposition Press, c1955.  An Exposition-Lochinvar Book.  First Edition.  255, [1] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 3/8, pale green cloth, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 780, Melcon p.19.  PLI [U]: Bell Tower, San Gabriel Mission, Cal.  PM: Los Angeles, 1904 [1c].  CLI [CC]: Bear Flag.  PM: Pico, 1938 [1-684] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 81. Frank Fenton.  What Way My Journey Lies.  NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, c1946.  The Dean Book Club [per dust jacket].  [viii], 243, [5] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, grey-green cloth, cover & spine lettered in red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 791x, Melcon p.19.  PLI [L]: Palisades Park, Santa Monica, California.  PM: Glendale, 1952 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-25 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: large chip at head of spine.  Fine in Good d/j. 82. Francine Findley.  Treeless Eden.  NY: Alfred H. King, 1934.  416 pp.  7 3/8 x 5 1/8, green cloth, cover & spine printed in black, te=black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 804, Melcon p.19.  PLI [D]: A Scene on the Sacramento River, near Sacramento, Cal.  PM: Chico, 1914 [1c].  CLI [E]: Centennial US Post Office, Sacramento, California [Calif. map outline & text in red ink].  PM: Sacramento, Nov 8, 1949 [1-954] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: slight uneven fading to cloth; d/j: spine sunned; chipped.  VG in Good+ d/j 83. [SOLD]  Anne Fisher.  Oh Glittering Promise!: A Novel of the California Gold Rush.  Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., c1949.  First Edition.  294, [2] pp.  8 x 5 ½, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 811.  PLI [U]: Stockton Channel by Moonlight, Stockton, California.  PM: 1905 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-14 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: top edge of upper board bumped.  VG in NF d/j. 84. Vardis Fisher.  The Mothers: An American Saga of Courage.  NY: The Vanguard Press, c1943.  [2], viii, 334, [8] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 ½, beige cloth, blue-grey author monogram on cover, spine lettered in blue-grey, te=charcoal grey, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 823, Melcon p.20.  Prov: penciled at bottom of title page: Barbizon-Plana / April 23, 1944.  PLI [R]: Pioneer Donner Mt, Cal.  PM: Truckee, 1940 [1c].  CLI [E]: Dedication Truckee Tahoe Airport [Airport, Planes & Text in brown & green paste on label].  PM: Truckee, Jun 21, 1964 [1-1209 & 1-C60] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine slightly darkened, light edgewear.  VG+ in VG+ d/j 85. Mrs. A. S. C. [Harrie Rebecca Piper] Forbes.  Mission Tales in the Days of the Dons.  With Eight Full Page Illustrations and Decorative Drawings by Langdon Smith.  Los Angeles: Gem Publishing Co., 1926.  Second Edition [1st: A. C. McClurg, 1909].  [viii], 344 pp. + plates [16 pp.].  B&W illus.  8 x 5 ½, brown cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered [title outlined in gilt], gilt mission bell on spine, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 844x, Melcon p.21.  Prospectus laid in.  PLI [SD]: The Bell, San Gabriel Mission, Cal.  PM: Redding, 1908 [1c].  CLI [C] [H.E. Richmond]: Sesquicentennial of Fr. Junipero Serra / Santa Ines [Mission, El Camino Real Bell & Text in green].  PM: Santa Ynez, Nov 22, 1934 [1-720] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chipped at head & foot of spine.  Fine in VG+ d/j. 86. Henry James Forman & Walter Woods.  The Pony Express, A Romance.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1925.  [2], viii, 306 + adv. [3], [1] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, red cloth, cover & spine printed in blue, te=blue, pict. e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 847, Melcon p.21.  PLI [R]: Placerville, California.  PM: Placerville, 1947 [1c].  CLI [F]: 894-20 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine sunned & chipped.  VG in Good+ d/j. 87. Edith [Mary] Fox.  Wind in the Canyon.  Jacket design by F. Goff.  Woodland Hills, Ca: Industrial Arts Press Publishing, c1948.  [vi], 181, 5 pp.  8 x 5 3/8, green cloth, spine gilt-stamped, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 856, Melcon p.21.  PLI [R]: San Gabriel Canon [sic], Cal.  PM: Los Angeles, 1911 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-14 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: ffep excised; d/j: spine ends chipped.  Good+ in Good+ d/j.   88. William M. Goeney.  The Moment of Truth.  NY: Henry Holt and Company, c1959.  First edition.  [viii], 279, [1] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, black cloth, spine copper-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 920, Melcon p.23.  Prov: inked on fpd: 6 August 1959 / To Mary Weidner / Wm. M. Goeney.  Also signed by the author on the title page.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from Carmel, California.  PM: Pacific Grove, 1945 [1c].  CLI [CC] [Mae Weigand]: Gunboat Sacramento [State Map, Sacks of Gold & Text in red, white & blue].  PM: U.S.S. Sacramento, Mar 29, 1941 [1-750] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chip at head of spine.  NF in VG+ d/j. 89. Frances Gragg & George Palmer Putnam.  Golden Valley: A Novel of California.  NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, c1950.  First Edition.  [viii], 206, [2] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, peach cloth, cover & spine brick-lettered, te=burgundy, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 942, Melcon p.23.  Prov: inked on ffep: Property of Patricia Anne Allen / 1951.  PLI [D]: Yucca [Joshua] Trees, Mojave Desert, Calif.  PM: Los Angeles, 1908 [1c].  CLI [HPO]: Between Bishop & Los Angeles, California.  PM: July 14, 1952 [Trip 1] [1-998] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 90. David Greenhood.  The Hill.  Illustrated by Charles B. Wilson.  NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, c1943.  First edition.  [x], 266, [4] pp.  B&W illus.  8 3/8 x 5 5/8, brown cloth, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 954, Melcon p.24.  Prov: inked on ffep: Frances Merritt.  PLI [R]: Where Gold was first discovered, Coloma, Calif. [Sutter’s Mill Stone Monument].  PM: Newcastle, 1941 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: price clipped & edgewear.  NF in VG d/j. 91. Jackson Gregory.  The Desert Thoroughbred: A Romance of the California Desert Country.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1926.  [Reprint: orig. pub: Chas. Scribner’s Sons, 1926].  [viii], 331 pp. + adv. (G&D authors’ pubs.) [13 pp.].  7 3/8 x 5, light blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 956x.  Prov: inked on ffep: Lillian Moon.  PLI [W]: Aero View of San Diego, California and Vicinity [incl. distant Mexicali].  PM: San Diego, 1941 [1c].  CLI [L]: San Diego / Nov. 11th - Last Day California Pacific International Exposition [Spanish Dancers in dark blue / text in red].  PM: San Diego, Nov 11, 1935 [1-773] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chip losses.  VG+ in Good+ d/j. 92. Jackson Gregory.  The Everlasting Whisper: A Tale of the California Wilderness.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922.  Reprinted April 1922 [1st: Chas. Scribner’s Sons, January 1922].  [vi], 375 pp. + adv (G&D authors’ pubs.) [3 pp.]. + frontis plate [2 pp.].  7 3/8 x 5, blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 958x.  Prov: former owner inked on ffep: E. E. Yager.  PLI [D:Art]: Greetings from California [oranges & poem].  PM: Los Angeles, 1913 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-26 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: some soiling & rippling; d/j: closed tears, crinkling & chip losses.  Good in Good d/j. 93. Jackson Gregory.  The Girl at the Crossroads.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1940.  [Reprint- 1st ed: NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1940].  [vi], 225, [1] pp.  7 3/8 x 5 1/8, orange cloth, spine printed in black, te=charcoal, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 960x.  PLI [D:Art]: Greetings from California [oranges & poem].  PM: Los Angeles, 1910 [1c].  CLI [E: 49R-3MKRS]: Historical Markers: Forest Hill / Yankee Jims / Michigan Bluff.  PM: Foresthill, Aug 20, 1950 [1-993] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: slight edgewear, spine sunned.  Fine in VG d/j. 94. Jackson Gregory.  The Maid of the Mountain: A Romance of the California Wilderness.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1925.  [viii], 331 pp. + adv (G&D authors’ pubs.) [13] pp. + frontis plate [2 pp.],  7 3/8 x 5, blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 963x.  PLI [D:Art]: Greetings from California [oranges & poem].  PM: West Almanor [?], 1912 [1c].  CLI [E: 49R]: Historical Marker: Dutch Flat.  PM: Dutch Flat, Jul 22, 1950 [1-995] [AD] [Au].  Cond:  Fine in NF d/j. 95. William B. Gross.  The Conquest of California: A Dramatic Romance of an Unknown Hero.  Boston: The Stratford Company, 1930.  [4], vii, [1], 361, [3] pp. + plates [8 pp.].  B&W photo, facs. & illus.  7 ¾ x 5 3/8, purple grape cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, printed d/j.  Ref: B&G 979.  Prov: Author’s inscription inked on half-title: “To my Dear Friend, Judge Charles C. Haines, with the compliments of the author, William B. Gross.  First Edition, Nov. 7, 1930.  Books are the playfellows of childhood, the companions of youth, and the friends of old age.  Birthdays are the milestones that mark life’s highway from the cradle to the grave. 144.”   PLI [D:Stiff]: Old Mission, San Diego, California, Founded 1769.  PM: San Diego, 1914 [1c].  CLI [F]: 1373-29 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: slightly age-toned.  Fine in NF d/j. 96. Frank Gruber.  The Buffalo Box.  [Featuring Simon Lash].  London: Nicholson & Watson, 1944.  [1st pub: NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942].  192 pp.  7 ¼ x 4 ¾, reddish-orange cloth, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 981x.  PLI [R]: Donner Park – Monument – U.S. 40, Cal.  PM: Salt Lake City, UT, 1940 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: 1” split at upper gutter; d/j: tape-repaired; some chipping.  Good in Good d/j. 97. John Haase.  The Fun Couple.  NY: Simon and Schuster, 1961.  First printing.  223, [1] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, yellow-green cloth, spine printed in red & black, cover vignette in black, red e.p., te=charcoal, pict d/j.  Ref: B&G 999.  Prov: inked on ffep: Arlene & Paul Schafer; inked on upper d/j flap: Schafer.  PLI [C]: Hermosa Beach, California.  PM: Hermosa Beach, 1957 [2-2c].  CLI [F]: 954-21 [4] [AD] [Au] [Electric Eye marks].  Cond: bk: inner hinge partially cracked; d/j: some edgewear.  VG in VG d/j. 98. Donal Hamilton Haines.  Sky-Line Inn.  Jacket in color by Harolt Brett.  Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923.  [iv], 296 pp.  7 3/8 x 5, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-stamped, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1003.  PLI [C]: Highway 40 near Emigrant Gap [Nyack Lodge in the foreground].  PM: Roseville, 1958 [3c].  CLI [F]: 954-33 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chipped and a bit soiled.  VG+ in VG d/j 99. James B. Hall.  Mayo Sergeant.  A Novel.  NY: The New American Library, 1967.  First printing.  [viii], 278 pp. + author bio. [1], [1] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 5/8, reddish-brown cloth, spine printed in white, burgundy eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1008.  PLI [W:Map]: Newport – Balboa, California, Playground of the Southwest.  PM: Balboa, 1932 [1c].  CLI [E]: 25th Annual Tournament of Lights, Newport - Balboa [Boats & Ships in Harbor & Text in purple].  PM: Balboa, Jul 22, 1933 [1-702] [AD] [Au].  Cond: faint scratch to upper cover; d/j: minor scratch to upper panel, slightly faded.  NF in NF d/j. 100. Oakley Hall.  So Many Doors.  NY: Random House, c1950.  First Printing.  [x], 302, [8] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, grey cloth, spine lettered in white over blue background, te= charcoal, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1014, Melcon p.25.  PLI [C]: Bakersfield, Calif.  PM: Hughson, 1957 [2c].  CLI [E]: Natl. Air Mail Week, May 15-21, 1938 – Bakersfield, Calif.  PM: Bakersfield, 1938 [1-C23] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 101. Wilbur Hall.  Mr. Jory.  Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, c1947.  [vi], 281, [1] pp.  8 x 5 ¼, burgundy cloth, spine gilt-lettered, te=burgundy, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1017, Melcon p.25.  PLI [L:BB]: Greetings from California / Bathing Beach and Ramp to Coast Highway, Santa Monica, California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1944 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-UL [California Chamber of Commerce]: Centennial Celebrations 1948 - 1950 [Wagon Wheel & City Scene in blue] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: some rubbing & edgewear.  NF in VG d/j. 102. [SOLD]  Katherine B. Hamill.  A Flower of Monterey: A Romance of the Californias.  With illustrations in full color by Jessie Gillespie and Edmund H. Garrett.  Boston: The Page Company, 1921.  First Impression, April 1921.  viii, 341, [1] pp. + advert. [4], 14 pp. + 2 color plates [4 pp.].  7 ½ x 5 1/8, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered & decorated, pict. eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1021, Melcon p.25.  Prov: bookseller’s label on bpd: From the books of J. W. Robinson Co., Los Angeles.  PLI [D]: A Glimpse of Old Monterey, California.  PM: Pacific Grove, 1917 [1c].  CLI [E]: California Centennial Constitution Ratified Nov. 13, 1849 [Colton Hall & Text in red ink].  PM: Monterey, Nov 13, 1949 [1-966] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: e.p. age-darkened; d/j: chipped [esp. spine].  NF in Good+ d/j. 103. Arthur Preston Hankins.  Cole of Spyglass Mountain.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1923.  [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1923].  x, 309 + advert [1] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, brown cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1044x.  Prov: bookseller’s sticker on ffep: Moyer’s Book Barn, Strasburg, Pa.  PLI [C]: Washington, Nevada Co., Calif.  PM: Santa Rosa, 1977 [9c].  CLI [F]: 966-17 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chipped & light edgewear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 104. Robert P[owell] Hansen.  There’s Always a Payoff.  NY: M.S. Mill Company and Williams Morrow & Company, 1959.  224 pp.  7 3/8 x 5, red cloth, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1057, Melcon p.26.  Prov: inked on ffep: “Pages mixed from 120 to 130 – Fair [?]  /  8/31/62” which was stamped over by __[?] Book Shop.  PLI [D]: Sunset, Morro Rock – Near San Luis Obispo, Cal.  PM: San Luis Obispo, 1909 [1c-partial].  CLI [F]: 954-63 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: dj: PC.  VG+ in VG d/j. 105. R. L. Hardman.  No Other Harvest.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962.  First Edition.  [viii], 346, [6] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, grey cloth, spine printed in green & brick, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1065.  PLI [L]: Air View of City of Fresno, California.  PM: Fresno, 1943 [free].  CLI [F]: 954-65 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: slightly canted front to back; d/j: very light edgewear.  VG+ in VG+ d/j. 106. Orville J. Harrell.  Flowing Valley: An Historical Novel of California in 1846.  NY: The McBride Company, c1953.  [2], x, 242, [2] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, yellow cloth, cover vignette in blue, spine lettered & decorated in blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1068, Melcon p.26.  Prov: author’s inked inscription on ffep: To Rose Cerami, with all good wishes, Orville J. Harrell, Nov. 3rd 1955.  PLI [L:BB]: Greetings from California / Olvera Street, First Main Thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California.  PM: Newberry, 1962 [3c].  CLI [F]: 954-29 [black illus] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgeworn.  VG in Good+ d/j. 107. [SOLD]  [Francis] Bret Harte.  The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches.  Boston and NY: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press Cambridge, ca1956.  The Riverside Library [edition].  viii, 256 pp. + B&W frontis. [2 pp].  8 1/8 x 5 ½, grey cloth, cover vignette in dark blue, spine lettered in dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref.: B&G 1104x, Gaer p.32x, see Howell 510[ep], see Larson IV-85[ep], Melcon p.26, Powell 7, Wheat 91x, Zam80:40x.  Prov: inked on fpd: G.S. / Nov. 14, 1956 / Santa Fe, N.M.  Also inked-stamped on fpd: “G/S”.  PLI [C]: Main Street, Grass Valley, California.  PM: Grass Valley, 1951 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-19 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: VNF in VNF d/j. 108. Patricia Hearst & Cordelia Frances Biddle.  Murder at San Simeon.  NY: A Lisa Drew Book / Scribner, c1996.  [First Printing].  283, [1] + bib [2], [2] pp.  9 3/16 x 6 1/8, one-quarter salmon cloth and blue-green paper-covered boards, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Prov: circular blind-embossed on ffep & blank prelim: Library of Georgene Rieck.  PLI [C]: Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument.  PM: Cambria, 1967 [4c].  CLI [F]: 954-58 [2] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in Fine d/j. 109. Gertrude Henderson.  The Scent of Pepper Trees.  A Novel of Old California.  NY: Vantage Press, c1956.  First edition.  [2], 281, [5] pp.  8 x 5 ¼, green cloth, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1156.  Prov: inked on ffep: To dear Ruth Bailey – Margaret Webb.  PLI [D:Art]: An Avenue of Pepper Trees / Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year [w/ El Camino Real Bell and San Gabriel Mission Bell Tower].  PM: Los Angeles, 1921 [1c].  CLI [L]: San Diego / Nov. 11th - Last Day California Pacific International Exposition [Spanish Dancers in dark blue / text in red].  PM: San Diego, Nov 11, 1935 [1-720] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: price clipped; some rubbing & edgewear.  NF in VG d/j. 110. James Hilton.  Nothing So Strange.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947.  First Edition.  Published October 1947.  [x], 308, [2] pp.  7 ¾ x 5 ¼, tan cloth, cover & spine printed in burgundy, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1169.  Prov: Commercial bookplate on ffep: Bernice Orenstein.  PLI [D:Map]: Sunny Southern California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1925 [2-1c].  CLI [F]: 954-69 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: light dampstain on spine; d/j: slight edgewear.  VG in VG d/j. 111. Alice Tisdale Hobart.  The Cleft Rock.  A Novel.  Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1948.  First Edition.  376, [8] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 ½, red cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1207, Melcon p.28.  Prov: bookseller’s label on bpd: Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco.  Laid in [info card]: The California Wine Industry.  PLI [C]: King Cotton [Fresno County].  PM: Fresno, 1963 [4c].  CLI [C]: California Centennial: San Joaquin Co. [County & State Map Outline + Text in blue & red ink].  PM: Stockton, Feb 18, 1950 [1-954] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: slight edgewear.  Fine in VG+ d/j. 112. Alice Tisdale Hobart.  The Cup and the Sword.  Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1942.  400 pp.  8 x  ½, burgundy cloth, cover & spine silver-lettered, pict e.p., te=yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1208.  Prov: inked on ffep: Dick and Margaret [Rachter?].  Laid in [info card]: The California Wine Industry.  PLI [D]: Grape Vines and Palms, Fresno, Cal.  PM: Fresno, 1910 [1c].  CLI [E: 49R-GRAPE]: Emperor Grape Festival, Exeter, California [Grapes, Mountains & Text in purple & green].  PM: Exeter, Oct 2, 1948 [1-964] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: tears, extremities chipped.  VG+ in Good+ d/j. 113. Una Nixson Hopkins.  A Winter Romance in Poppy Land.  Boston: Richard G. Badger / The Gorham Press, 1911.  207, [1] pp. + 6 plates [12 pp.].  B&W photos & illus.  7 3/8 x 5, butterscotch cloth, cover poppy illus. in green & orange, cover & spine lettered in green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1224, Melcon p.28.  Prov: inked on ffep: To Edna / From Aunt Lizzie / Christmas 1914.  PLI [SD]: Mt. Lowe Incline, Cal.  PM: Los Angeles, 1906 [1c].  CLI [CC] [Grace Cheek]: Golden Poppy [Golden Poppies - Hand-Painted].  PM: Sacramento, Dec 5, 1940 [1-852] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: large chips.  VG+ in Fair d/j.  114. Emerson Hough.  The Covered Wagon.  Illustrated with scenes from the photoplay, a Paramount picture.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1922.  [Reprint edition, 1st: NY: Appleton & Company, 1922].  [iv], 379 + advert [1] pp. + plates [8 pp.].  Four b&w photos.  7 3/8 x 4 7/8, red cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, f.e.p. map, pict. d/.j.  Ref: B&G 1235, Gaer p.35.  Prov: inked on fep: To Father, Feby 21st, 1924, Happy Birthday / The Baders[?].  Laid in [movie flyer]: The Covered Wagon.  PLI [D:B&W]: Chimney Rock, near Bayard, North Platte, Neb.  PM: South Omaha, NE, 1913 [1c].  CLI [F]: 1060-04 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: some edgewear.  VG in VG d/j. 115. Will Irwin.  Columbine Time.  Boston: The Stratford Company 1921.  [iv], 171, [1] pp. + 3 plates [6 pp.].  B&W illus.  7 ¼ x 4 7/8, chocolate-brown cloth, cover lettered & decorated in green & lavender, spine lettered in lavender, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1287.  Prov: signed by the author on ffep and dated January 1922.  Bookseller’s sticker on bdp: Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco.  PLI [D]: Birdseye View of Mariposa, Cal.  PM: Mariposa, 1912 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-UL [Prospector Bob]: Gold Discovery 1848 / First Day Issue 1948 [Bluetone Panner photo image] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  VG+ in VG+ d/j. 116. Helen Hunt Jackson.  Ramona.  A Story.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, [c1912 / ca1940] [Intro. indicates 135 total printings since 1884].  [vi], 424, [2] pp. + frontis plate [2 pp].  Color frontis. and  b&w illus.  8 x 5 3/8, green cloth, cover & spine lettered in blue, te=blue, pict. eps, pict. d/j [cart, adobe and snow-capped peak] with G&D Children’s Favorites advert. on rear panel].  Ref.: B&G 1296x, see Cowan I p.119 [1885], Edwards-x, see Kurutz p.135, see Larson IV-98, Melcon p.30, Powell 23, Powell [Land of Fiction] 1, Zam80:46x.  Prov: bookseller’s sticker on ffep: Cohen Brothers.  Inked on fpd: Mildred Pacetti  9/16/40 / 7 St. Andrews Court / St. Augustine, Fla.  Also stamped on fdp: Mildred Pacetti.  PLI [U]: Home of Ramona.  PM: San Jose and San Francisco, 1905 [1c].  CLI [CC]: Ramona Hotel, 174 Ellis St., San Francisco [Indian Maiden, Church, Mountain & Text in black & white]. PM: San Francisco, Apr 20, 1940 [1-807 & 1-894] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chipped.  VG in Good+ d/j. 117. Lillian Janet [pseudo] [Lillian Ressler & Janet Cicchetti].  Touchstone.  NY: Rinehart & Company, c1947.  [vi], 346 pp.  8 x 5 ½, grey-green cloth, spine printed in red & black, te=brick, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 477, Melcon p.12.  PLI [L:Map]: Air View of the Metropolitan Bay Area.  PM: San Francisco, 1940 [1c].  CLI [E]: Join the Rush of '49 / California State Fair, Sacramento Sept 1 thru 11 [Man & Woman illustration in red].  PM: Sacramento, Sep 1, 1949 [1-954] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: pc, edgewear.  VG+ in Good+ d/j. 118. Idwal Jones.  The Splendid Shilling.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926.  First Edition.  [viii], 332 pp.  7 ½ x 5 1/8, black cloth, cover & spine rose-lettered & decorated, te=brick, flower pattered eps., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1335.  PLI [C]: Gold Prospector, Coloma, California.  PM: Coloma, 1960 [3c] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-19 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: PC.  NF in VG+ d/j. 119. Idwal Jones.  Vermilion.  NY: Prentice-Hall Inc., c1947.  [x], 495, [7] pp.  8 x 5 ½, grey cloth, spine printed in silver & red, cover vignette in red, map eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1336, Melcon p.30. PLI [W]: Santa Clara Valley, California, The Valley of Heart’s Delight / Santa Clara Valley at Blossom Time.  PM: La Mesa, 1915 [1c].  CLI [F: 1725, ArtofAges]: First Civil Settlement in Alta, California [Text & Western States Map in red & green].  PM: San Jose, Sep 9, 1977 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 120. [SOLD]  Idwal Jones.  The Vineyard.  A Novel.  NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, c1942.  First Edition.  [viii], 279, [1] pp.  Author’s list.  8 x 5 3/8, burgundy cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1337, Larson IV-165, Melcon p.30, Powell 21.  Laid in [info card]: The California Wine Industry.  PLI [U]: Picking Grapes in California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1905 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-18 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine sunned; upper panel scratched.  NF in VG d/j. 121. [SOLD]  Jack Kerouac.  Big Sur.  NY: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962.  First printing.  [vi], 241, [1] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 3/8, blue marbled boards, black cloth backstrip, spine gilt-lettered, te=blue, dec. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1367.  Laid in [newsclip]: Kerouac article.  PLI [R]: Bixby Creek Bridge.  PM: Gilroy, 1945 [free].  CLI [F]: 954-51 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 122. Robert R. Kirsch.  In the Wrong Rain.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, c1959.  First Edition.  [viii], 339, [5] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, green cloth, spine gilt-lettered, dec. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1382, Melcon p.31.  Prov: penciled on ffep: N.D. Gibson.  PLI [L:Map]: Southern California’s Romantic Highways.  PM: Riverside, 1942 [free].  CLI [F]: 954-03 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves tanned.  NF in NF d/j. 123. [SOLD]  Clifford Knight.  Death and Little Brother.  NY: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1952.  First Edition.  Guilt Edged Mystery [series].  224 pp.  7 ¼ x 5 1/8, grey cloth, cover blind-embossed emblem, spine lettered in gilt and reversed in grey over gilt panel, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1403, Melcon p.32.  PLI [C:Map]: Lake Tahoe – “The Lake of the Sky”.  PM: Tahoe City, 1952 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-38 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: evidence of sticker removal on fpd; dj: chipped & PC.  NF in Good d/j. 124. Peter B. Kyne.  The Pride of Palomar.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1921.  [Reprint edition: 1st ed: NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corp., 1921].  [viii], 372 + advert [4] pp.  7 3/8 x 4 7/8, green cloth, cover lettering reversed within black panel, spine lettered in black, te=charcoal grey, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1442x.  PLI [L:Adv]: Manuel’s Restaurante in Old San Diego.  PM: San Diego, 1953 [2c].  CLI [F]: 966-13 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  VG in VG d/j. 125. Peter B. Kyne.  The Understanding Heart.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, c1926.  [Reprint- orig. pub: NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corp., 1926].  [x], 374 + frontispiece [2] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, green cloth, cover & spine lettered in dark green, te= red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1447x.  Prov: inked on ffep: Happy Birthday / To Mother / From DeVer Jr. / Dec. 13, 1932.  PLI [C:Map]: Hello from California, the Golden State.  PM: Tustin, 1968 [5c].  CLI [C]: California Centennial: Trinity Co. [County & State Map Outline + Text in blue & red ink].  PM: Weaverville, Feb 18, 1950 [1-988] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: cloth rippling to edge of front board; d/j: spine darkened.  VG in VG d/j. 126. Peter B. Kyne.  The Valley of the Giants.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1918.  [Reprint: orig. pub: NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1918].  [vi], 388 + ads [6] pp. & frontispiece [B&W illus].  7 3/8 x 5, green pict. cloth, cover lettered & decorated in orange & black, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1448x.  PLI [D:HC]: Lane’s Redwood Flat on Redwood Highway, Cal.  PM: Piercy, 1938 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-10 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light chipping.  NF in VG d/j. 127. Peter B. Kyne.  The Valley of the Giants.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1918.  [Reprint: orig. pub: NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1918].  [viii], 388, [4] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, tan pict. cloth, cover forest illus., lettered in black, spine lettered in black, te=forest green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1448x.  Prov: penciled on ffep: Gordon Burd.  PLI [L]: Humboldt State Redwood Park, Richardson Grove / Redwood Highway, California.  PM: Crescent City, 1936 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-08 [black & gold] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: leaves toned.  NF in VG+ d/j. 128. Robin Lampson.  Laughter Out of the Ground.  A Novel in Cadence.  NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935 [First Printing – “A” on Copyright page].  Ref: B&G 1455.  [2], xiv, 344 pp.  8 x 5 ½, black cloth, cover & spine lettered in black over gilt panel; gold foil pict. d/j.  PLI [C]: The Old Miner “Panning” for gold.  PM: USPS, 1975 [10c] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-19 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: spine rubbed; paper residue on bfep; d/j: edgewear.  VG in VG d/j. 129. Jonreed Lauritzen.  The Cross and the Sword.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965.  xii, 275, [1] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 ½, brick cloth, spine gilt-stamped, map eps.  Ref:  B&G 1472, WeberB p8, WeberM p.62.  PLI [L:Map]: California Missions Map Showing the Location of the Missions.  PM: San Francisco, 1947 [1c].  CLI [F: 1725, AC]: Bicentennial First Civil Settlement in Alta, California [Mission Scene & Spanish Missionary & Explorers].  PM: San Jose, Sep 9, 1977 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 130. Rebecca Lawrence Lee.  Concha “My Dancing Saint”.  Riverside, CA: Riverside Printers, 1966.  #56 of 200 signed copies.  First Edition.  240 pp.  B&W photos & illus., bib.  9 x 6, white cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1481.  Prov: author’s inscription on ffep: For my girlhood friend Ray Williams Wadleigh, whose mother loved San Francisco in the long ago – with all good wishes and love, Rebecca Lawrence Lee (Becky) / January 6, 1967.  Laid in: Two book review news clippings dated Feb. 2 and Feb 12, 1967.  PLI [D]: Sunset on the Golden Gate, San Francisco, California.  PM: San Francisco, 1910 [1c].  CLI [F]: 852-05 [brown & green] [1] [AD [Au].  Cond: bk: light foxing to cloth.  VG+ in VG+ d/j.   131. Janet Lewis.  Against a Darkening Sky.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1943.  [x], 301, [1] pp.  7 ¾ x 5 ½, blue cloth, spine printed in blue & yellow, dec. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1493, Melcon p.33.  PLI [L]: Blossoms and California Poppies, Santa Clara Valley.  PM: San Francisco, 1947 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-30 [2] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: age toned, spine rubbed, some extremity wear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 132. Oscar Lewis.  I Remember Christine.  NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.  Published April 20, 1942.  First and second printings before publication.  [x], 266, [1] + colophon [1], [2] pp.  7 ¾ x 5 ½, rose dec. cloth, cover & spine lettered in blue, te= blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1499.  Prov: signed by the author on half-title.  PLI [U]: The Cliff House, San Francisco.  PM: Oakland, 1904 [1c].  CLI [F]: 997-15 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: very slight edgewear, spine darkened.  NF in VG+ d/j. 133. Oscar Lewis.  The Uncertain Journey.  NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945.  First Edition.  253 pp. + colophon [1] pp.  7 ¼ x 4 7/8, blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered, te= brick, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1500, Melcon p.33.  PLI [L]: San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco, The Pacific, Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Entrance to San Francisco Bay, Calif.  PM: San Francisco, 1947 [3c].  CLI [F]: 954-UL [Gold Mountain Guild]: James W. Marshall went from Fort Sutter, Sacramento, 50 Miles up the American River to Coloma … [Fort & Monument illus. in purple - with border] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine darkened.  NF in NF d/j. 134. David Littlejohn.  Going to California.  NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, c1981.  336 pp.  9 x 6, black cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  PLI [C]: Main Street, Grass Valley, California.  PM: Nevada City, 1952 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-11 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chipped.  Fine in VG d/j. 135. Florence Bingham Livingston.  This Man and This Woman.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928.  First Edition.  [vi], 310, [4] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, green cloth, cover & spine printed in purple, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1529.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from California.  PM: San Francisco, Dec. 8, 1941 [1 1/2c].  CLI [E: 49R-ORNG]: Orange Blossom Festival, Lindsay, Calif., April 29 [3 Oranges & text].  PM: Lindsay, Apr 29, 1950 [1-982] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chips & edgewear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 136. Richard Llewellyn.  A Flame for Doubting Thomas.  NY: The Macmillan Company, 1953.  First Printing.  [vi], 341, [5] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, periwinkle cloth, cover & spine printed in light blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1530.  PLI [D]: Pleasure Pier from Park, Santa Monica, California.  PM: Santa Monica, 1926 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-24 [1] [AD-Phil A. Telic] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 137. [SOLD]  Jack London.  Burning Daylight.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1910 [ca1941].  [Reprint: orig. pub: NY: The Macmillan Co., 1910.  [vi], 361, [1] pp.  8 x 5 ¼, blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in dark blue, te= blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1534x.  Prov: penciled on ffep: To Jr. From Mother, Christmas 1941.  Penciled on half-title: Harold Webb.  PLI [W:B&W]: Jack London, World’s Famous Novelist, Under Giant Live Oak Tree on His Farm in the Valley of the Moon, Sonoma Valley, Sonoma Co., Calif.  PM: Santa Rosa, 1927 [2c].  CLI [F, 2182, Theron Fox]: Jack London [London & Wolf & Text in green, brown & black] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: dusty & worn.  VG in Fair+ d/j. 138. [SOLD]  Jack London.  Martin Eden.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, May 1915. [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: The Macmillan Co., 1909].  [iv], 411, [1] pp. + frontis.  7 3/8 x 5, light blue dec. cloth, cover & spine printed in dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1540x, Powell 16.  Prov: inked on ffep: 10/4/20 Walter H.[?] Miller.  PLI [R]: Ruins of Jack London’s Picturesque Mansion, Glen Ellen, Calif.  PM: Boyes Springs, 1921 [1c].  CLI [F, 2182, Unk]: Jack London [picture cachet matching stamp] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: front board damp-stained; d/j: minor edge wear.  Good in VG+ d/j. 139. Jack London.  Martin Eden.  NY: The Regent Press, Oct 1913.  [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: The Macmillan Co., 1909].  Ref: B&G 1540x, Powell 16.  [iv], 411, [1] pp.  7 5/16 x 4 15/16, grey-green cloth, cover & spine lettered in black with red floral decoration, printed d/j.  Prov: stamped on fpd: A. F. Pearson, 223 7th St., Muskegon, Mich.  PLI [D:Map]: [San Francisco Bay Area], 1914 [1c].  CLI [F, 2182, AC]: Jack London, Novelist, Short Story Writer / Great Americans Series - 1986 [London w/3 book titles] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves tanned; dj: head of spine chipped.  NF in VG d/j. 140. Jack London.  Moon-Face and Other Stories.  NY: The Regent Press, September 1906.  [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: The Macmillan Company, 1906].  [ii], 273, [1] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, maroon cloth, cover & spine lettered in yellow, cover & spine decorated in red, printed d/j.  Ref: B&G 1541.  PLI [L:Art]: The Prospector’s Last Camp [poem by Minnie J. Hardy].  PM: Helena, AR, 1943 [free] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-14 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves browned.  d/j: spine darkened, light soiling.  VG+ in VG d/j. 141. [SOLD]  Jack London.  Tales of the Fish Patrol.  NY: The Regent Press, April 1914.  [Reprint – orig. pub: NY: The Macmillan Company, 1905].  Ref: B&G 1546.  5-243 pp. + frontis illus [2 pp].  7 ¼ x 4 7/8, claret cloth, cover & spine lettered in black with peach floral decoration, pict. d/j.  PLI [D:Map]: [San Francisco Bay Area], PM: San Francisco, 1914 [1c].  CLI [F, 2182, AC]: Jack London, Novelist, Short Story Writer / Great Americans Series - 1986 [London w/3 book titles] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 142. [SOLD]  Jack London.  The Valley of the Moon.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, March 1916. [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: The Macmillan Co., 1913].  [vi], 530 pp. + advert [8 pp.] + color frontis.  7 3/8 x 5, grey pict. cloth, cover & spine printed in blue, grey & butterscotch, pict d/j.  Ref: B&G 1548x, Melcon p.34.  Prov: very lightly inked on title page: Florence from Doves[?] / Jan 1 – [19]30.  PLI [R]: “Valley of the Moon”, Jack London Ranch in background, Glen Ellen, Calif.  PM: Boyes Hot Springs, 1956 [2c].  CLI [F, 2182, AC]: Jack London, Novelist, Short Story Writer / Great Americans Series - 1986 [London w/3 book titles] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 143. Stephen Longstreet.  The Beach House.  NY: Henry Holt and Company, c1952.  First Edition.  [viii], 366, [2] pp.  7 15/16 x 5 3/8, red cloth boards, grey cloth b/s, spine lettered in yellow & black, salmon eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1551.  Prov: penciled on ffep: This book belongs to Babe Goodstein.  PLI [C]: Malibu Beach [Colony], California.  PM: Long Beach, 1958 [2-1c].  CLI [F]: 926-07 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: soiling to fore edge; d/j: some wear.  Good+ in Good+ d/j. 144. Mary Louise Mabie.  The Long Knives Walked.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1932.  [Reprint Edition – 1st ed: Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1932].  3 – 304 + advert [2] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, red cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, te= red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1590x.  PLI [D]: Donner Lake, California, Ogden Route, S.P.R.R.  PM: Sacramento, 1910 [1c].  CLI [F]: 1060-04 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 145. Ruth Eleanor McKee.  Christopher Strange.  A Novel.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1941.  x, 706, [4].  8 3/8 x 5 5/8, tan cloth, cover & spine printed in red & black, te= chocolate, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1625, Melcon p.35.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1941 [2-1/2c].  CLI [F]: 954-42 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear & rubbing.  NF in VG d/j. 146. John McPartland.  No Down Payment.  NY: Simon and Schuster, 1957.  First Printing.  [vi], 312 + author bio. [1], [1] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 ½, light blue paper-covered boards, blue cloth backstrip, spine gilt-lettered, te= red, printed d/j.  Ref: B&G 1632.  PLI [C:MV]: Greetings from California, Playground of the Nation.  PM: Cupertino, 1961 [4c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: minor nicks near top of upper board.  NF in NF d/j. 147. Margaret Millar.  Wives and Lovers.  NY: Random House, c1954.  First printing.  [viii], 308 pp. + author bio. [1], [3] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, one-quarter cloth and green boards, spine printed in silver & light blue over black panel, te=green, pict d/j.  Ref: B&G 1749.  PLI [L]: Harbor Restaurant “End of the Pier” Santa Barbara, Calif.  PM: Los Angeles, 1953 [2c].  CLI [FF]: Santa Barbara, California, First Flight United States Air Mail [Santa Barbara Mission illus. & text in purple ink].  PM: Santa Barbara, Nov 1, 1936 [1-C19] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: nick to front board; d/j: light edge wear.  NF in VG d/j. 148. Max Miller.  A Stranger Came to Port.  NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, c1938.  [vi], 210, [8] pp.  7 ½ x 5 1/8, beige cloth, spine printed in brown, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1765, Melcon p.37.  PLI: None.  Prov: inked on ffep: Rachel M. Palmer, 164 East 72nd St., N.Y.C. from “Ev” March, 1939.  PLI [D:Map]: Relief Map of San Diego and Bay, California.  PM: San Diego, 1912 [1c].  CLI [C]: California Centennial: San Diego Co. [County & State Map Outline + Text in purple & red ink].  PM: San Diego, Feb 18, 1950 [1-954] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: some foxing to cloth; a bit cocked; d/j: light edgewear.  VG in VG+ d/j. 149. May Merrill Miller.  First the Blade.  NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938.  First Edition.  [xiv], 631 pp. + colophon [1], [2].  8 1/16 x 5 ½, blue-green cloth, spine gilt-stamped, te=burgundy, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1766, Melcon p.37.  PLI [D:HC]: California Poppies.  PM: Los Angeles, 1944 [1c].  CLI [F]: 997-07 [green ink] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: dj: chipped.  VG+ in Good d/j. 150. Ruth Comfort Mitchell.  Corduroy.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1923.  [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1923].  294 pp. + advert [10 pp] + frontis.  7 3/8 x 5, olive cloth, spine printed in dark green, cover title reversed out on dark green panel, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1780x.  Prov: bookseller’s sticker on ffep: Harris and Woodmansee Stationery, Bismarck, ND.  Stamped on fpd & bpd: Library of Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Isaminger.  PLI [C]: Post’s Rancho Sierra Mar, Big Sur, California.  PM: Santa Cruz, 1960 [3c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: large chips.  Fine in Fair d/j. 151. [SOLD]  Ruth Comfort Mitchell.  Of Human Kindness.  NY: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1940.  [vi], 359, [3] pp.  7 5/8 x 5 ¼, green cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1783.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from California.  PM: San Francisco, 1942 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-01 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine sunned & light edgewear.  Fine in VG d/j. 152. Ruth Comfort Mitchell.  A White Stone.  NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1924.  [vi], 350 pp.  7 3/8 x 5, green cloth, cover lettered in green over gilt panel, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1789.  Prov: inked on ffep: Alice T. Connter / Walters [?] Springs / Pope Valley. / Dec. 13, 1924.  PLI [U:B&W]: The City of Jackson, Cal.  PM: Jackson, 1908 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-UL [AUS] [without border] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: rubbed & tape-repaired.  VG in VG d/j. 153. Vilhelm Moberg.  A Time on Earth.  Translated from the Swedish by Naomi Walford.  NY: Simon and Schuster, c1965.  First printing.  [First English language edition; 1st Swedish edition: 1963].  252, [2] pp. + author bio. [1], [1] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 1/8, one-quarter white cloth and orange boards, te=rose, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1791.  PLI [L:BB]: Greetings from California / Moonlight on the Pacific Ocean, California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1941 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-29 [black illus] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 154. [SOLD]  Charles Mohler.  The Hill.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., c1970.  [viii], 439, [1] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 3/8, blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1792.  Signed by the author on ffep.  PLI [R]: The Highway entering Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif.  PM: Monterey, 1943 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-57 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 155. Alan Moody.  Sleep in the Sun.  Illustrated by Edwin Earle.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1945.  [War Edition].  [vi], 137, [1] pp.  B&W illus.  7 ½ x 5, beige cloth, cover & spine lettered in blue, illus. e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1801, Melcon p.38, Powell [Land of Fiction] 11.  PLI [L]: Century Plant in Bloom, California.  PM: Gamerco, NM, 1951 [1c].  CLI [E: 49R-CAMPO]: Historical Marker: Campo Seco.  PM: Campo Seco, Sep 9, 1950 [1-989] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: some wear.  VG in VG d/j. 156. Honore [McCue Willsie] Morrow.  Beyond the Blue Sierra.  NY: William Morrow & Company [A.L. Burt Company – per dust jacket], 1932.  viii, 341, [3] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, blue cloth, cover & spine lettered & decorated in silver, te= grey, fep map, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1825x, Melcon p.56.  PLI [D:Art]: San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate.  PM: San Francisco, 1918 [2c].  CLI [F: 1725, AM]: Bicentennial Of The First Civil Settlement in Alta California [Man/Woman/Donkey-Map Behind].  PM: San Jose, Sep 9, 1977 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine slightly sunned & chipped.  VG+ in VG d/j. 157. Mrs. D. W. [Emma] Mott.  Legends and Lore of the Long Ago (Ventura County, California).  Contributed by Club Women of Ventura County.  Directed by Mrs. D. W. Mott.  Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Co., Inc., 1929.  223, [1] pp. + illus. [10 pp.].  8 x 5 ½, brown cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1831.  PLI [D]: San Buenaventura, California, Founded 1782.  PM: Cayucos, 1929 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-37 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in Fine d/j. 158. Kirk Munroe.  The Golden Days of ’49: A Tale of the California Diggings.  Illustrated by Leslie Crump.  NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1924.  [Reprint: orig. pub: 1889, reprinted 1917, 1924].  [2], x, 351, [5] pp.  Color frontis.  7 7/8 x 5 3/8, dark blue pict. cloth, cover & spine lettered in butterscotch, pict. e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1833.  Prov: bookseller’s sticker on bpd: The J. K. Gill Co., Portland, OR.  PLI [D:Art]: 60th Anniversary ’09 of the “Rush of ‘49”, Stockton – California, “The Days of Old; The Days of Gold; The Days of ’49”.  PM: Stockton, 1909 [1c-partial] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-20 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear.  NF in VG d/j.  159. Robert Nathan.  The Color of Evening.  NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.  First Edition.  [x], 211 pp. + author bio. [1] + colophon [1], [1] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, blue, blind embossed boards, red cloth backstrip, spine gilt-lettered, te=turquoise, pict d/j.  Ref: B&G 1847, Melcon p.39.  PLI [U]: On the Pacific, Playa del Rey, Cal.  PM: Ocean Park, 1908 [1c].  CLI [E]: [Collins]: Queen Valencia and the First Fruits of the Valencia Orange [Queen Valencia (Woman) & Oranges].  PM: Orange, May 9, 1930 [1-C11] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 160. Robert Nathan.  The Married Look.  NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.  First Edition.  [viii], 195, [1] + colophon [1], [3] pp.  7 ¾ x 5 3/8, brick & buff patterned boards, front cover pict. onlay, spine lettered in blue over buff panel, te=grey-green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1848.  PLI [L]: The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California, “Symphonies Under the Stars.”  PM: Los Angeles, 1939 [1c].  CLI [F]: 926-16 Var ["Industry"] [black ink] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: light shelf wear; d/j: spine sunned, some edge wear.  NF in VG d/j. 161. Robert Nathan.  The Rancho of the Little Loves.  NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956.  First Edition.  [x], 170, [1] + colophon [1], [2] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, blue, red & white decorated boards, cover & spine printed in white over red panel, te= black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1849.  PLI [L]: Joshua Palms on the Desert.  PM: Lemoore, 1946 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-26 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond:  d/j: spine slightly sunned.  Fine in NF d/j. 162. Robert Nathan.  So Love Returns.  NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958.  Fourth printing [1st pub: Sep 22, 1958, 1st & 2nd prtgs. before pub; 3rd: Sep 1958; 4th: Nov 1958].  [viii], 214 + author bio [1], colophon [1] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 3/8, blue, blind-embossed boards, green cloth backstrip, spine gilt-lettered, te=light yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1850.  PLI [L]: On the Roosevelt Highway, U.S. 101, near Malibu.  PM: Santa Monica, 1950 [1c].  CLI [F]: 773-07 [Mission Capistrano in brown framed in blue] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: ink line on back panel; chips & edge wear.  Fine in VG d/j. 163. Robert Nathan.  Stonecliff.  NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.  First Edition.  [x], 176, [1] + author’s pubs. [2], [1], author bio. [1], colophon [1] pp.  8 x 5 ¼, light blue, blind-embossed boards, pea-green backstrip, spine gilt-lettered, te=light yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1851.  PLI [C]: Big Sur Coast and California Highway 1.  PM: San Jose, 1985 [14c].  CLI [Art]: California "The Land of Sunshine" [Golden Poppies].  PM: Huntington Lake, Sep 20, 1937 [2-632] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 164. Robert Nathan.  The Wilderness-Stone.  NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961.  First Edition.  [x], 205, [1] + author pubs. [2], [1] + author bio. [1], [1] + colophon [1], [2] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, brown, blind-embossed boards, red cloth backstrip, spine gilt-lettered, te=turquoise, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1852.  “The First Edition Circle” card [Kroch’s & Brentano’s Bookstore, Chicago] laid in.  Signed by the author on blank prelim.  Prov: inked on fpd: Mary D. Murray ’60.  PLI [L:BB]: Greetings from California / Boat House and Lagoon, General Douglas MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1953 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-04 [purple ink] [1] [AD-DC] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 165. Frank Norris.  McTeague: A Story of San Francisco.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914.  [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899].  [vi], 442 pp.  7 ¼ x 4 7/8, rose-colored decorated cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1879x, Powell 15.  Prov: inked on fpd: Chas. Dellinger.  PLI [U]: Cliff House, From Sutro’s Heights, San Francisco, Cal.  PM: San Francisco, 1905 [1c].  CLI [E, CCC]: Centennial of the First Post Office in San Francisco [1849 San Fran P.O. illus].  PM: San Francisco, Feb 28, 1949 [1-969] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear & soiling.  NF in VG+ d/j. 166. [SOLD]  Frank Norris.  The Octopus.  A Story of California.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952.  [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901]. [2], [x], 361, [5] pp.  Map.  7 3/8 x 5 ¼, beige cloth, spine lettered in red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1881x, Melcon p.40.  Prov: inked on ffep: Millicent Sall, Tower Court, Wellesley, 1953.  PLI [L]: “The Daylight” Limited, San Francisco to Los Angeles, Along the California Coast.  PM: Oakland, 1952 [2-1c].  CLI [E: 49R-GRAPE]: Emperor Grape Festival, Exeter, California [Grapes, Mountains & Text in purple].  PM: Exeter, Oct 2, 1948 [1-959] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: marginalia & underling throughout; d/j: edgewear, spine sunned.  VG in VG d/j. 167. Kathleen Norris.  The American Flaggs.  Garden City, NY: The Sun Dial Press, Inc., 1937.  [Reprint: 1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1936].  [x], 403, [3] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 ½, pumpkin dec. cloth, cover decorated in black & green, spine lettered & decorated in black & green, te= green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1884x.  PLI [D:Map]: [San Francisco Bay Area].  PM: Berkeley, 1927 [2c].  CLI [F]: 852-32 [1] [AD [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine slightly sunned, edgewear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 168. Kathleen Norris.  The Angel in the House.  NY: Triangle Books, 1941.  Fourth Triangle Books printing.  [1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1933; Triangle prtgs: 1st: Jul 40; 2nd: Sep 40; 3rd: Jan 41; 4th: Apr 41].  [vi], 343, [3] pp.  7 ¼ x 5, silver patterned blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, ae=orange, pict d/j.  Ref: B&G 1885x.  Prov: inked on bpd: Jan 1993.  PLI [W]: Coast from Carmel Highlands, Carmel Bay, California.  PM: Carmel, 1935 [1c].  CLI [FF]: Monterey, California, First Flight United States Air Mail [Lone Cypress illus. & text in green ink].  PM: Monterey, Jul 20, 1938 [1-807 & 1-776] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves browned [as usual]; d/j: lower corner of back flap clipped.  NF in NF d/j. 169. Kathleen Norris.  An Apple for Eve.  London: John Murray, Sept 1954.  “Cheap Edition” [1st thus: Sept 1943; 1st ed: NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1942.  296 pp.  7 ¼ x 4 7/8, butterscotch cloth, cover & spine lettered in brown, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1886x.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from California [California Redwoods & Multi-Views].  PM: San Francisco, 1948 [1c].  CLI [F]: 852-20 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: PC.  NF in NF d/j.   170. Kathleen Norris.  Belle-Mere.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., c1931.  [First edition].  349, [3] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, green pict. cloth, cover & spine lettered in blue, te= charcoal, pict. e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1888.  PLI [C]: Broad Street, Nevada City, California.  PM: North Highlands, 1959 [3c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: large chip front flap, extremity wear.  VG in Good+ d/j. 171. Kathleen Norris.  Belle-Mere.  NY: Triangle Books, November 1943.  First printing [thus].  [Reprint: 1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1931].  349, [3] pp.  7 ¼ x 4 7/8, grey dec. cloth, cover decorated in blue, spine lettered & decorated in blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1888x.  PLI [C]: Columbia State Park, California.  PM: Stateline, NV, 1965 [4c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves tanned; d/j: spine sunned, edgewear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 172. Kathleen Norris.  Dina Cashman.  Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company / Triangle Books, October 1945.  First printing [thus].  [Reprint – 1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1942].  [viii], 305, [7] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, tan cloth, cover & spine printed in black, ae=green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1891x.  Prov: bookplate on ffep: Mrs. Lewis H. Shaffer.  PLI [L]: Poppies and Blossoms, Santa Clara Valley, California.  PM: Santa Clara, 1951 [1c].  CLI [E: 49R-FORB]: Forbes Flour Mill [Calif. Hist. Marker No. 458 text].  PM: Los Gatos, Jun 10, 1950 [1-966] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: spine crinkled, leaves tanned; d/j: edgewear & rubbing.  VG in VG d/j. 173. Kathleen Norris.  The Foolish Virgin.  NY: Triangle Books, July 1943.  [5th Triangle Books printing; 1st thus: Sep42, 2nd: Nov42; 3rd: Mar43; 4th: May43; 5th: Jul43; orig. pub: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928].  [viii], 356, [4] pp.  7 ¼ x 5, blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in black with yellow vignette, ae= yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1892x.  Prov: penciled on fpd: E.R. Boyd / Jan 1944.  PLI [C:Map:MV]: Southern California’s Romantic Highways.  PM: Santa Cruz, 1961 [3c].  CLI [C: JC-CARD]: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif. [Woman at beach - stamped purple ink].  PM: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, May 17, 1948 [1-943] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine sunned.  VG in Good+ d/j 174. Kathleen Norris.  The Foolish Virgin.  NY: Triangle Books, December 1943.  [7th Triangle Books printing; 1st thus: Sep42, 2nd: Nov42; 3rd: Mar43; 4th: May43; 5th: Jul43; 6th: Nov43; 7th: Dec43; orig. pub: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928].  [viii], 356, [4] pp.  7 ¼ x 5, grey cloth, cover & spine lettered in black with yellow vignette, ae= yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1892x.  PLI [C:Map:MV]: Southern California’s Romantic Highways.  PM: Baldwin Park, 1963 [1c & n/s].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: coupon corner clipped, chip & edgewear.  NF in VG d/j. 175. Kathleen Norris.  Heartbroken Melody.  Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company / Triangle Books, February 1945.  [Reprint – 1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co].  [viii], 307, [5] pp.  7 ¼ x 5, blue dec. cloth, spine printed in rust over black background, ae= rust, pict. d/j.  Ref: [none].  Prov: bookplate on ffep: Mrs. Lewis H. Shaffer; sticker partially removed from fpd: Property of Mrs. Jean Sh___[?], Oil City, Pa.  R_[?].  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1953 [2c].  CLI [F]: C36-02 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: upper inner hinge cracked; leaves tanned; d/j: spine slightly sunned.  VG in VG+ d/j. 176. Kathleen Norris.  Hildegarde.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926.  First Edition.  [viii], 359, [3] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, black cloth, cover & spine gilt-stamped, te=brick, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1893.  PLI [R]: Bay from Telegraph Hill, S.F.  PM: San Francisco, 1943 [1c].  CLI [F]: 997-36 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: top of front board bumped.  VG+ in NF d/j. 177. Kathleen Norris.  Lost Sunrise.  Garden City, NY: The Sun Dial Press, 1940.  [Reprint: orig pub: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1939].  [x], 339, [3] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 ½, brown cloth, cover & spine lettered & decorated in black; te=brown, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1895x.  Prov: inked on ffep: Mom / Mom Elinor / Xmas 1943.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from California.  PM: San Francisco, 1949 [1c].  CLI [S]: 997-02 [yellow ink] [4] [AD] [Au] [2nd Day of Issue: PM: Wash DC, Sep 10, 1950].  Cond: VG in VG d/j. 178. Kathleen Norris.  The Lucky Lawrences.  NY: Triangle Books, February 1943.  Second printing [thus].  [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1934; 1st Triangle Books printing: Jan ’43].  [viii], 357, [3] pp.  7 3/16 x 5, blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, ae= red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1897x, Melcon p.40.  Prov: inked on ffep: Auntie / From / Margaret & Brian / Xmas 1943.  Also penciled on ffep: M. Bodrain.  PLI [Art:Map:MV]: Santa Clara Valley, A Friendly Valley With Opportunity.  PM: Yarnell, AZ, 1950 [2c].  CLI [FF]: San Jose [California], First Flight United States Air Mail [State Route Map, Rosicrucian Building & Text in green ink].  PM: San Jose, Mar 10, 1947 [1-C32] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Good+ in Good+ d/j. 179. Kathleen Norris.  The Lucky Lawrences.  NY: Triangle Books, August 1943.  Fourth printing [thus].  [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1934; Triangle Books printings: 1st: Jan ’43, 2nd: Feb ’43, 3rd: Jun ’43, 4th: Aug ‘43].  [viii], 357, [3] pp.  7 ¼ x 5, red fabricoid, cover & spine lettered in yellow, ae= yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1897x, Melcon p.40.  PLI [C:Map]: Hello from California, the Golden State.  PM: Burbank, 1969 [5c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves tanned as usual; d/j: light shelf wear.  VG+ in NF d/j. 180. Kathleen Norris.  Maiden Voyage.  NY: Triangle Books, April 1940.  Second printing [thus].  [Reprint: 1st ed: NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934; Triangle Books prtgs: 1st: Feb ’40, 2nd: Apr ’40].  [viii], 334, [10] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, blue cloth with flower-pot pattern and spine lettered in black, te=rust, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1898x.  PLI [L]: “When the Golden Gate is Golden”, San Francisco, Calif.  PM: Hayward, 1934 [1c].  CLI [E]: [CCC]: Good Bye! Ferry Annex Station / Last Day of Postal Service [Ferry Building & Text in light red ink].  PM: San Francisco Ferry Annex, Oct 27, 1940 [1-897] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves tanned.  NF in NF d/j. 181. Kathleen Norris.  Maiden Voyage.  NY: Triangle Books, January 1941.  Fourth printing [thus].  [1st ed: NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934; Triangle Books prtgs: 1st: Feb ’40, 2nd: Apr ’40, 3rd: Oct ’40, 4th: Jan ‘41].  [viii], 334, [10] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, peach cloth with flower-pot pattern & spine lettered in blue, ae= rust, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1898x.  Prov: inked on fpd: Clifford J. Forster / 1941.  PLI [L:Adv:MV]: World Famous Cliff House, overlooking Seal Rocks, San Francisco.  PM: Redwood City, 1951 [1c].  CLI [F]: 852-30 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves lightly tanned; d/j: edgewear.  VG+ in VG d/j.  182. Kathleen Norris.  Margaret Yorke.  NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930.  [vi], 313, [1] pp.  Author’s book list.  7 3/8 x 5, green cloth, cover & spine lettered in dark green, patterned green eps., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1899.  Prov: inked on ffep: Mrs. W. A. Litton [and] Mrs. R. W. Connack[?], Jan 10th, 1931.  PLI [D:Map]: Topography of San Francisco Bay.  PM: San Francisco, 1913 [1c].  CLI [F]: 852-07a [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine sunned.  VG+ in VG+ d/j. 183. Kathleen Norris.  Martie the Unconquered.  Illustrated by Charles E. Chambers.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1917.  [Orig pub: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917].  [viii], 376 pp. + plates [10 pp.].  Color frontis. plus 4 b&w illus.  7 3/8 x 5, jade-green cloth, cover lettered in jade-green over dark green & light orange decorative panel, spine lettered in dark green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1900x.  PLI [D:Map]: [San Francisco Bay Area].  PM: San Francisco, 1915 [1c].  CLI [F]: 852-07b [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: extremity wear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 184. Kathleen Norris.  Mink Coat.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946.  First Edition.  [viii], 264 pp.  7 ½ x 5 1/8, green cloth, spine printed in white, pict. d/j.  Ref: None.  PLI [C]: Coloma, California.  PM: Fair Oaks, 1963 [4c] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-38 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in VG+ d/j. 185. Kathleen Norris.  Miss Harriet Townshend [: A Novel of California – from d/j].  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955.  First Edition.  287, [1] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 3/8, light brown cloth, spine lettered in yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1901.  Prov: inked on fpd: Bernice L. Towers / Feb. 24, 1955 / (Balboa Island).  PLI [R]: Padua Hills Theatre, Claremont, California.  PM: Rochester, NY, 1948 [1c].  CLI [E]: U.S. Flag Centennial at Monterey, Calif, July 4 5 6 7, 1946 [Custom House, Flag, Ship & Text in blue ink].  PM: Monterey, Jul 5, 1946 [1-941] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 186. Kathleen Norris.  Mystery House.  NY: Triangle Books, February 1942.  Ninth printing [thus].  [Reprint: 1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1939].  [vi], 305, [9] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, butterscotch cloth, cover & spine lettered in dark brown, ae= tan, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1901x.  PLI [U]: The Winchester Place, San Jose, California.  PM: Newark, 1906 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: damp staining to outer edge of cover & initial leaves, all leaves tanned; d/j: coupon at rear flap clipped.  Good+ in VG+ d/j. 187. Kathleen Norris.  Passion Flower.  NY: Triangle Books, 1944.  Fifth Triangle Books printing.  [1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930; Triangle prtgs: 1st: Feb 43, 2nd: May 43, 3rd: Jul 43; 4th: Oct 43; 5th: Jan 44].  [viii], 312 pp.  7 ¼ x 5, grey cloth, cover & spine lettered in green, ae= green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1903.  PLI [U:Art]: Miss San Francisco [Fancy-dressed woman & Cliff House].  PM: St. Louis, MO, 1906 [1c].  CLI [F]: 852-44 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves slightly browned as usual; d/j: lower corner back flap clopped; chips, light edge wear, spine slightly sunned.  VG in VG d/j. 188. Kathleen Norris.  Rose of the World.  Frontispiece in color by C. Allan Gilbert.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924.  First edition.  [viii], 423, [3] pp. + frontis.  7 3/8 x 5, red dec. cloth, cover printed in red over gilt panel, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1906.  Prov: inked on ffep: T Jessie from Ruby. 1924.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from California.  PM: San Francisco, 1941.  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgeworn.  NF in Fair d/j. 189. Kathleen Norris.  The Sea Gull.  Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company / Triangle Books, November 1944.  [Reprint: 1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927].  [viii], 340, [4] pp.  7 ¼ x 5, blue-green dec. cloth, cover decorated in black, spine lettered & decorated in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1909x.  Prov: bookplate on ffep: Mrs. Lewis H. Shaffer.  PLI [C:Map:MV]: Greetings from California.  PM: Wasco, 1964 [4c].  CLI [FF]: Monterey, California, First Flight United States Air Mail [Lone Cypress illus. & text in green ink].  PM: Monterey, Jul 20, 1938 [1-C23] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves tanned; d/j: spine sunned.  VG+ in VG+ d/j. 190. Kathleen Norris.  Second Hand Wife.  NY: Triangle Books, February 1941.  First Triangle Books printing. [1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1932].  [vi], 351, [11] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, grey cloth with flower-pot pattern and spine lettered in reddish-purple, a.e. red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1910.  Prov: inked on fdp: Clifford J. Forster / 1941.  PLI [DB:HC]: Hotel Del Monte, California.  PM: San Francisco, 1931 [1c].  CLI [CC]: Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, California.  PM: Carmel, Sep 16, 1937 [1-C19] [AD] [Au] [Content: enclosed love letter].  Cond: bk: leaves very lightly tanned; d/j: spine sunned, light edgewear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 191. Kathleen Norris.  Second Hand Wife.  NY: Triangle Books, April 1941.  Third Triangle Books printing. [1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1932; Triangle Books printings: 1st: Feb 41, 2nd: Mar 41 3rd: Apr 41].  [vi], 351, [11] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, brown-pattered grey cloth, spine lettered in brown, ae= red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1910.  Brochure laid in: Hotel Del Monte, ca1920s.  PLI [D:HC]: Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, California.  PM: Del Monte, 1941 [1c].  CLI [F]: C36-05 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves slightly browned as usual; minor cloth damage bottom of spine; d/j: sunned with light edgewear.  VG in VG d/j. 192. Kathleen Norris.  Shining Windows.  NY: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers, c1935 [9-36 on dust jacket].  [Reprint: orig. pub:  NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935].  [x], 334 pp.  7 3/8 x 5, red patterned cloth, spine lettered in black, te= yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1912.  PLI [C:Adv]: Italian Swiss Colony Vineyard Scene at Asti, Sonoma County, California.  PM: Geyserville, 1961 [3-1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear.  Fine in VG d/j.  193. Kathleen Norris.  Storm House.  NY: Triangle Books, September 1943.  [Reprint – orig. pub: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929].  [viii], 351, [9] pp.  7 ¼ x 5, blue-green cloth, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1914x.  PLI [C]: Redwood Grove on U.S. Highway 101, just south of Dyerville in northern California.  PM: Stockton, 1939 [n/s].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: coupon corner clipped.  NF in NF d/j. 194. Kathleen Norris.  Three Men and Diana.  NY: Triangle Books, July 1941. [First printing thus; 1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1934].  [vi], 343, [3] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, light red cloth with flower-pot pattern in red & black, spine lettered in black, a.e. red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1916x.  PLI [L:MV]: California, My California [Poem & 2 Views].  PM: Oxnard, 1943 [1c].  CLI [F]: 852-06 [brown & blue] [4] [AD [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves tanned; d/j: spine sunned, light edgewear, coupon-clipped.  VG in VG d/j.     195. Kathleen Norris.  Treehaven [: A tender romance of a girl who chose love instead of security – from d/j].  Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company.  Triangle Books [series], June 1946.  [Reprint: 1st ed: NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1932].  [vi], 343, [3] pp.  7 ¼ x 4 7/8, blue cloth, spine lettered in dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1917x.  Prov: inked on ffep: H.R.  /  Mildred Smith.   PLI [L]: San Francisco Bay District and Adjacent Territory.  PM: Tracy, 1949 [1c].  CLI [F]: 852-06 [purple] [1] [AD [Au] [back flap gone].  Cond: bk: leaves toned; eps cracked.  VG in NF d/j. 196. Kathleen Norris.  The World is Like That.  NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1940.  First Edition.  [x], 324, [2] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 ½, light green cloth, cover & spine lettered & decorated in dark green, te=green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1919.  PLI [D]: California Message [prose].  PM: San Diego, 1914 [1c].  CLI [F]: C36-10 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: price-clipped, tape-repaired.  NF in VG+ d/j. 197. Kathleen Norris.  Younger Sister.  Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company / Triangle Books, November 1941.  First printing [thus].  [Reprint: 1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1932].  [vi], 305, [9] pp.  7 ¼ x 5, blue dec. cloth, spine lettered in yellow over black background, ae= yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1920x.  PLI [L]: Russian Hill Skyline, Mt. Tamalpais in Background, San Francisco, Calif.  PM: San Francisco, 1935 [1c].  CLI [F]: 852-40 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves tanned; d/j: slight edgewear.  VG+ in VG+ d/j. 198. Brayton Norton.  El Diablo.  Illustrated by Dan Sayre Groesbeck.  Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1921.  [vi], 362 pp + 3 plates [6 pp.].  B&W illus.  7 3/8 x 4 7/8, light blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1921.  Prov: penciled on ffep: To Howard from William.  PLI [C]: Morro Bay, California.  PM: Morro Bay, 1969 [6c].  CLI [F]: 954-49 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: covers soiled; d/j: chips & edgewear.  VG in VG d/j. 199. Scott O’Dell.  Hill of the Hawk.  Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1947.  First Edition.  413, [3] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 ¾, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, map e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1932, Melcon p.40, Powell [Land of Fiction] 12.  PLI [L:Map]: Southern California’s Romantic Highways.  PM: San Diego, 1950 [1c].  CLI [E: 49R-MULE]: Historical Marker: Mule Hill.  PM: San Diego, Sep 3, 1950 [1-807] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  Fine in VG+ d/j. 200. [SOLD]  Scott O’Dell.  Woman of Spain: A Story of Old California.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934.  [viii], 299, [1] pp.  7 3/8 x 5 3/8, orange cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1934.  Prov: bookplate on ffep: Grace Hampton Blanchard.  PLI [D]: Mission Dolores built in 1725, San Francisco, California.  PM: San Francisco, 1909 [1c].  CLI [C] [H.E. Richmond]: Sesquicentennial of Fr. Junipero Serra / Santa Ines [Mission, El Camino Real Bell & Text in brown].  PM: San Francisco, Jun 29, 1935 [1-686] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: large chips.  VG in Fair d/j. 201. Mrs. Fremont [Cora Miranda Baggerly] Older.  Love Stories of Old California.  With a Foreword by Gertrude Atherton.  Illustrated.  NY: Coward-McCann, Inc., c1940.  [2], xvi, 396 pp. + plates [24 pp.].  B&W photos & illus.  8 ½ x 5 ¾, blue cloth, spine printed in black with white bands, te= light blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1952, Rocq 17059.  Prov: inked name on ffep: Ann R. Harris.  PLI [D:B&W]: Sherman Rose Tea Garden, Monterey, Cal.  PM: Monterey, 1920 [1c].  CLI [F]: 997-04 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: major paper loss on spine.  VG+ in Fair d/j. 202. Mrs. Fremont [Cora Miranda Baggerly] Older.  Savages and Saints.  NY: E.P. Dutton & Co, Inc, c1956.  First Edition.  373, [3] pp.  7 3/8 x 5 1/8, purple cloth, cover blind-embossed & gilt-lettered, spine gilt-stamped, te=brick, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1953, Melcon p.41.  PLI [SD]: Mission San Antonio de Padua, Cal., Founded 1771.  PM: Saint Helena, 1907 [1c].  CLI [F]: 1373-06 [colorized] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: eps lightly foxed; dj: chipped.  VG+ in Good+ d/j. 203. Samuel Anthony Peeples.  The Dream Ends in Fury.  A Novel Based on the Life of Joaquin Murrieta.  NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, c1949.  First Edition.  [xii], 240, [4] pp.  8 x 5 ½, black cloth, cover blind-embossed, spine gilt-lettered & decorated, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 1997, Melcon p.42.  PLI [R]: Jail 1849, Hornitos, California.  PM: Hornitos, 1953.  CLI [Uncacheted]: From Maria Valdez, P.O. Box 113, Cantua Creek, Calif.  PM: Cantua Creek, 1958 [1-U538] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear & soiling.  VG+ in VG d/j. 204. Gene Stratton-Porter [Mrs. Geneva Stratton-Porter].  Her Father’s Daughter.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1921.  [Reprint: orig pub: NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921].  [2], x, 364, [8] pp.  7 ½ x 5, light green cloth, spine lettered in green, te= dark green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2016x, Melcon p.42.  Prov: inked on ffep: Jennie Johnson, Dec 25 / 63.  Bookseller’s sticker on fpd: Roberts Holmes, Books & Stationery, London, Ontario.  PLI [W]: Gene Stratton Porter’s Home, Avalon, Catalina Island, California.  PM: Pasadena, 1927 [2c].  CLI [E: 49R-LA P.O.]: Historical Marker: First Los Angeles Post Office.  PM: Los Angeles, Apr 27, 1950 [1-989] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 205. Rebecca N[ewman] Porter.  Raisin Valley.  NY: Vantage Press, Inc., c1953.  [vi], 217, [1] pp.  8 ½ x 5 3/8, blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2021, Melcon p.42.  Prov: inked at top of title page: Mary Elizabeth Orchard, Jan. 1954.  PLI [D]: 2324 – Raisin Industry, California.  A Vineyard Near Fresno.  PM: Fresno, 1915 [1c].  CLI [HPO]: Between Stockton & Fresno, California.  PM: May 12, 1950 [Trip 2] [1-989] [AD] [Au].  Cond: dj: chipped.  NF in Good d/j. 206. George Palmer Putnam.  Hickory Shirt: A Novel of Death Valley in 1850.  NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, c1949.  [2], 252, [2] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, burgundy cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, te= blue-green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2045, Melcon p.42.  PLI [L]: 431:- Sand Dunes in Death Valley, California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1940 [1c].  CLI [E]: Mount Whitney / Death Valley Highway Dedication, Oct 29-30-31, 1937 [Mount Whitney & Death Valley Illus & Text in brown].  PM: Darwin, Nov 2, 1937 [1-798] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: ffep scarred from label removal; d/j: chipped.  Good in Good d/j. 207. Vii Putnam.  Hard Hearts Are for Cabbages.  NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., c1959.  285, [3] pp.  8 3/16 x 5 ½, one-quarter green cloth and grey paper-covered boards, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2049, Melcon p.43.  PLI [C:Map]: Greetings from California.  PM: Port Hueneme, 1968 [6c].  CLI [F]: 997-07 [green ink] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: scribbling on bfep; splotching to spine and covers.  Fair in Good d/j. 208. Jarrett T. Richards.  Romance on El Camino Real: Reminiscences and Romances Where the Footsteps of the Padres Fall.  Illustrations by Alexander F. Harker.  St. Louis: B. Herder, 1914.  Second Edition [1st edition also 1914].  [x], 538 pp. + 13 plates [26 pp.].  B&W illus.  8 x 5 ¼, tan pict. cloth, cover & spine lettered in brown, pict d/j.  Ref: B&G 2095.  PLI [D:Art]: Eat California Oranges / Orange Day, March 18th, 1916 [Santa Barbara Mission & Oranges].  PM: Los Angeles, 1916 [1c].  CLI [C] [H.E. Richmond]: Sesquicentennial of Fr. Junipero Serra / San Juan Bautista [Mission, El Camino Real Bell & Text in brown].  PM: San Juan Bautista, Jun 24, 1935 [1-742] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in Fine d/j. 209. Clements Ripley.  Gold is Where You Find It.  NY: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936.  [iv], 331, [1] pp.  7 ½ x 5 1/8, orange cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2102, Melcon p.43.  PLI [D]: Nevada City Hydraulic Mine.  PM: Nevada City, 1908 [1c] [Au].  CLI [C]: California Centennial: Yuba Co. [County & State Map Outline + Text in grey & red ink].  PM: Marysville, Feb 18, 1950 [1-954] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear.  VG in Good+ d/j. 210. Robert Welles Ritchie.  Drums of Doom.  NY: A.L. Burt Company, c1923.  [Reprint: orig. pub: NY: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1923].  [ii], 270 pp.  7 ¼ x 4 7/8, brown cloth, cover & spine gilt-stamped, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2105x.  PLI [C:Map]: Greetings from California.  PM: Fresno, 1957 [2c].  CLI [F]: C36-14 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: foot of spine bumped; d/j: edgewear, age-toned, rubbed.  VG+ in VG d/j. 211. Willard Robertson.  Moon Tide.  NY: Triangle Books, 1942.  Third Triangle Books printing.  [1st ed: NY: Carrick and Evans, 1940; Triangle Books printings: 1st: May 42, 2nd: Jun 42, 3rd: Oct 42].  Ref: B&G 2112x.  309, [11] pp.  7 ¼ x 5, blue decorated grey cloth, spine lettered in blue, ae= yellow, pict. d/j.  PLI [W]: Dead Man’s Island, Los Angeles Harbor, off San Pedro, Cal.  PM: Los Angeles, 1924 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-UL [Louis Nix] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaves a bit yellowed as usual.  NF in NF d/j. 212. Willard Robertson.  Oasis.  A Novel.  Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, c1944.  Third Impression.  220, [4] pp.  8 x 5 ½, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, te=blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2113, Melcon p.44.  Prov: inked on ffep: Gertrude W. Clark.  PLI [W]: Desert Sunshine, Palm Springs, California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1924 [1c].  CLI [E]: Dedication Palm Springs Airport [Airplane, Palms & Sun in black on yellow paste on label].  PM: Palm Springs, Nov 29, 1952 [1-886 & 1-923] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear & chips.  NF in Good+ d/j. 213. David Robinson.  The Confession of Andrew Clare.  NY: David McKay Company, Inc., c1968.  [vi], 310, [4] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, black cloth, spine silver-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2115.  PLI [L]: Bell Tower, Mission del Rio Carmelo, Carmel, California.  PM: Los Gatos, 1946 [1c].  CLI [F, 1485, HF]: Robinson Jeffers, American Poet, 1887-1962 [Jeffers' Hawk Tower, Pegasus & Text in green & black ink] [1] [AD] [Au] [Content: PC: Sleeping Maiden: “Jj” Carmel Highlands].  Cond: Fine in Fine d/j. 214. Vingie E. Roe.  Monsieur of the Rainbows.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1926.  [Reprint – 1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926].  [x], 244 + advert [2] pp.  7 3/8 x 5, red cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2118x.  PLI [C]: Hollywood and Vine.  PM: Los Angeles, 1963 [4c].  CLI [F]: 926-15 [blue] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  VG+ in VG+ d/j. 215. Mary Jane Rolfs.  No Vacancy.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951.  [First Edition].  [viii], 247, [1] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 3/8, brick cloth, cover & spine lettered in dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2126.  Laid in [matchcover]: Bluebird Motel, Cambria, Calif. [with mileages].  PLI [L]: Marianna Motel, U.S. 101, So. Paso Robles, Cal., Phone: 417.  PM: King City, 1953 [3c].  CLI [FF]: Paso Robles, First Flight United States Air Mail [State Map, Almond Tree Leaf & Text in green ink].  PM: Paso Robles, Sep 26, 1949 [1-C40] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: some wear to spine ends; d/j: chipped.  Good in Fair d/j. 216. Mary Jane Rolfs.  No Vacancy.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, c1951.  [viii], 247, [1] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 3/8, brick cloth, cover & spine lettered in dark blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2126.  Prov: bookseller’s sticker on bpd: Paul Elder’s Books, San Francisco.  PLI [L]: Clifton Motel, 125 Spring Street (U.S. 101), Paso Robles, Calif.  PM: Del Monte, 1951 [1c].  CLI [FF]: Paso Robles, First Flight United States Air Mail [State Map, Almond Tree Leaf & Text in green ink].  PM: Paso Robles, Sep 26, 1949 [1-UC3] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: price-clipped, chips, edgewear.  Fine in Good+ d/j. 217. Frank Rooney.  McGinnis Speaks.  NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, c1960.  First Edition.  [vi], 407, [3] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 3/8, black cloth, spine printed in white, red & gilt, te=red, printed d/j.  Ref: Melcon p.44.  PLI [L]: Park-Wilshire Hotel – Los Angeles.  PM: Santa Barbara, 1952 [2c].  CLI [FF]: First Flight United States Air Mail / Western Air Lines [State Map, Airplane & Text in blue ink].  PM: Los Angeles, May 1, 1944 [1-806 & 2-852] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in Fine d/j. 218. [SOLD]  Lillian Bos Ross.  The Stranger: A Novel of the Big Sur.  NY: William Morrow and Company, 1942.  [vi], 282 pp.  8 x 5 3/8, salmon cloth, spine gilt-lettered over red panel, map e.p., te= red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2136.  PLI [L]: Little Sur River, Carmel – San Simeon Highway, Calif.  PM: Carmel, 1936 [1c].  CLI [C] [J. Lawrence Gloss]: The Nation Joins the Navy in Mourning the Loss of the U.S.S. Macon, which Crashed at Sea off Point Sur [Airship & Text in black ink].  PM: Big Sur, May 30, 1935 [1-750] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear.  Fine in Good+ d/j. 219. [SOLD]  Lillian Bos Ross.  Blaze Allan.  NY: William Morrow and Company, 1944.  Wartime Edition.  [vi], 281, [1] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, blue cloth, spine gilt-stamped over red panel, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2135, Melcon p.45.  PLI [C]: California Coast – The Carmel-San Simeon Highway skirts the spectacularly beautiful coast for over 100 miles.  PM: Santa Barbara, 1956 [2c].  CLI [C]: In Memoriam - U.S.S. Macon, Ernest Dailey Florentino Edquiba, Lost in Pacific near Point Sur [Airship, Naval Ship & Text in black ink].  PM: Big Sur, May 30, 1935 [2-684] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  VG+ in VG+ d/j.  220. Marah Ellis Ryan.  For the Soul of Rafael.  With many illustrations from photographs taken expressly for this book by Harold A. Taylor.  Decorative designs by Ralph Fletcher Seymour.  Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1906.  Published May 12, 1906.  378, [1], [3] pp. + unpaginated leaves with tipped-in photos [34 pp.].  19 tipped-in photos.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, light brown pict. cloth, cover & spine lettered & illustrated in red, white & black, dec. e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2153.  Prov: Generic bookplate on fpd: O. W. Dunn, Omaha.  PLI [SD]: North Veranda of the San Juan Capistrano Mission, Cal.  PM: Oakland, 1907 [1c].  CLI [F, 773-Add On Cachet]: California Pacific International Exposition / San Diego 1935 [Spanish Dancers & Text in color] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: minor, unobtrusive damp staining to lower edges of leaves, minor extremity wear to cloth; d/j: spine age-darkened, minor edgewear.  NF in NF d/j. 221. Betty Utley St. John.  Excess Baggage; or, Letters of an Army Wife.  NY: Hastings House, c1943.  155, [1] + illus. [1], [3] pp.  9 x 6 1/8, butterscotch pict. cloth, cover & spine printed in blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2160.  Prov: inked on ffep: 5 – 9 – 43  To Mom.  PLI [D]: Greetings from California [box of oranges].  PM: Venice, 1912 [1c].  CLI [E: 49R-INDW]: Indian Wells, Indian Water Hole on Joseph R. Walker Trail of 1834 [Calif. Hist. Marker text-red ink].  PM: Inyokern, Jul 9, 1950 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: bumped; d/j: extremity wear.  VG+ in Good+ d/j. 222. James Clifford Safley.  Fisherman’s Pier.  Illustrated by Kathleen Chesley Walker.  Stanford: Stanford University Press, c1948.  xii, 180 pp.  B&W illus.  7 x 5, blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2158.  PLI [D:HC]: The Pier, Oceanside, Cal.  PM: Oceanside, 1909 [1c].  CLI [E]: 25th Annual Tournament of Lights, Newport - Balboa [Boats & Ships in Harbor & Text in black]  PM: Balboa, Jul 22, 1933 [1-727] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine slightly darkened.  Fine in NF d/j. 223. John Sanford.  The Land That Touches Mine.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953.  First Edition.  [2], 251, [3] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, mustard cloth, spine lettered in red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2176, Melcon p.45.  PLI [D]: Cotton Field, Imperial Valley, Calif.  PM: El Centro, 1916 [1c].  CLI [FF]: El Centro, First Flight Air Mail [Landscape illus. & Text in purple ink].  PM: El Centro, Jun 15, 1932 [1-705 & 1-704] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 224. [SOLD]  William Saroyan.  The Laughing Matter.  A Novel.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953.  First Edition.  254, [2] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, black cloth, spine lettered in orange & silver, te=orange, orange e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2186, Melcon p.45.  Prov: inked on ffep: Have fun ! / Cele[?] & Irving [?].  PLI [LL]: Greetings from Fresno, California.  PM: Fresno, 1942 [1c].  CLI [F]: 2538 [AM], William Saroyan, Writer / Literary Arts Series [Writer's Portrait & Text in brown] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: price clipped [chunk roughly removed], light edgewear.  VG+ in VG d/j. 225. [SOLD]  William Saroyan.  Papa, You’re Crazy.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, c1957.  First Edition.  An Atlantic Monthly Press book.  [x], 165, [1].  8 x 5 3/8, red & white two-tone cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2192.  Prov: inked on ffep: Alex – from Jim McPherson.  Laid in: Photocopy of “Memories of Fresno” [publ. 1985].  PLI [L:BB]: Greetings from California / Movie Star Colony, Roosevelt Highway, Malibu Beach, California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1943 [1c].  CLI [F]: 2538 [PCS], William Saroyan, Playwright * Author / Literary Arts Series [Writer's Image, Children, Building & Text in b&w] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in Fine d/j. 226. Les Savage, Jr.  Hangtown [: California, 1850 – A Novel of the Gold Rush days (from wrapper)].  NY: Ballantine Books, c1956.  [iv], 155, [1] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 3/8, brown cloth, spine lettered in red, pict. d/j.  PLI [C]: Placerville, California.  PM: Placerville, 1958 [3c] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-20 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: pc.  Fine in NF d/j. 227. Yvonne Schoell.  The Argonauts.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., c1972.  [2], xvi, 436, [2] pp.  9 x 5 15/16, light brick cloth, spine gilt-stamped, mustard map eps, pict. d/j.  PLI [C]: Covered Wagon Motel, …, Lovelock, Nevada.  PM: Lovelock, NV, 1973 [6c] [Au].  CLI [F]: 1060-01 [green ink] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear & spine sunned.  VG+ in VG d/j. 228. George Armin Shaftel.  Golden Shore: A Novel of the Conquest of California.  NY: Coward-McCann, Inc., c1943.  [War Edition].  [2], [viii], 370, [4] pp.  8 x 5 ½, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-stamped, te=pale yellow, map eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2224, Melcon p.46.  PLI [W]: Bird’s Eye View, Fort Sutter, Sacramento, California.  PM: U.S.S. Bridge, 1932 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-46 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 229. Lee Shippey.  The Great American Family.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938.  [viii], 293, [3] pp.  7 ½ x 5 1/8, green cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2232, Melcon p.46.  PLI [C]: Sierra Madre, California.  PM: Sierra Madre, 1960 [3c].  CLI [F: 1725, AM]: Bicentennial Of The First Civil Settlement in Alta California [Man/Woman/Donkey-Map Behind] [colorized].  PM: San Jose, Sep 9, 1977 [4P] [AD] [Au] [Content: PC: Carmel Valley: “Jj” Carmel Valley].  Cond: bk: ¾” tear on half title page.  NF in NF d/j. 230. [SOLD]  Upton Sinclair.  Oil!   Pasadena, Ca: Published by the Author, c1927.  [viii], 527 + advert [6], [3] pp.  7 ¼ x 4 7/8, brick cloth, cover lettered in black, spine gilt-lettered, printed d/j.  Ref: B&G 2267x, Melcon p.47, Powell 27.  PLI [U]: Oil Wells in Los Angeles, California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1905 [1c].  CLI [FF]: Long Beach, California, First Flight United States Air Mail [Rainbow Pier & Auditorium, Airplane, Oil Wells & Text in red].  PM: Long Beach, Dec 1, 1936 [2-784] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 231. Sidney Herschel Small.  The Splendid Californians.  Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1928.  pp. 6-323, [1] pp.  7 ½ x 5 1/8, watermelon cloth, cover & spine lettered in green, map eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2275, Melcon p.47.  Prov: inked on half-title: Loreta Pacheco – 1928 - .  PLI [D:Art]: Mission San Rafael Arcangel, Cal., Founded 1817.  PM: Napa, 1920 [1c].  CLI [C]: California Centennial: Marin Co. [County & State Map Outline + Text in blue & red ink].  PM: San Rafael, Feb 18, 1950 [1-954] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chip losses.  NF in Good+ d/j. 232. [SOLD]  George Snell.  And – If Man Triumph.  Illustrated by Paul Clowes.  Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, 1938.  215, [1] + appendix [1], [3] pp. + plates [20 pp].  Color frontispiece + 9 b&w illus.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, map e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2287, Melcon p.47.  Prov: author’s inscription & signature of the illustrator on ffep: To Donald, the ‘Drifting Cowboy’ in friendship / Geo. Snell / 8/22/38  / Paul Clowes / Sept 1, 1938.  PLI [L]: The Sun Kissed California [orange grove scene].  PM: Oceanside, 1949 [1c].  CLI [FF]: Death Valley, First Flight United States Air Mail [Route Map, Airplane & Text in red ink].  PM: Death Valley, Nov 15, 1953 [2-1012] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 233. Charles H. Snow.  Argonaut Gold.  NY: A. L. Burt Company, c1936.  [Reprint – 1st ed: Phila: Macrae-Smith Company, 1936].  288 pp.  7 3/8 x 5, orange cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2288x, Melcon p.47.  PLI [U]: Sutter’s Fort, Restored, Sacramento, California.  PM: Oakland, 1905 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-14 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: slightly cocked; d/j: chipped.  Good+ in VG d/j. 234. Phebe Estelle Spalding.  The Tahquitch Maiden: A Tale of the San Jacintos.  SF: Paul Elder & Company, c1911.  Ref: B&G 2297.  [2], [vi], 26 + colophon [1], [1] pp. + 3 tipped in sepia-tone illus. [6 pp.].  7 5/8 x 4 5/8, tan paper-covered decorated boards, cover lettered & decorated in black & red, similar d/j.  PLI [R]: Taquitz [sic] Rock as seen from Idyllwild, Pines to Palms Highway, California.  PM: Hemet, CA, 1956 [3c].  CLI [E]: Bear Festival, Idyllwild, California, Mar 29-30, 1958 [Bear & Text in red & blue ink].  PM: Idyllwild, Mar 29, 1958 [1-1100] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 235. Thomas Grant Springer.  The Californian: A Romance of the Last Frontier.  NY: Greenberg, Publisher, Inc., c1936.  [2], 284, [2] pp.  7 ½ x 5 1/8, sky-blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered, te= yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2303.  PLI [D]: Mission San Jose de Guadelupe [sic], San Jose, Cal.  PM: San Francisco, 1908 [1c].  CLI [F]: 1373-28 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  Fine in VG+ d/j. 236. [SOLD]  Page Stegner.  The Edge.  A Novel.  NY: The Dial Press, Inc., 1967.  First printing, 1968.  [vi], 250 pp.  8 x 5 3/8, grey cloth, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2324.  PLI [L]: Mill Creek [Bixby] Bridge, Carmel – San Simeon Highway, 18 Miles South of Monterey, California.  PM: Pacific Grove, 1941 [1c].  CLI [C]: First Anniversary U.S.S. Macon Crash, Feb. 12th, 1935 off Point Sur, California [Ship's Wheel, Airship, Naval Ships & Text in black ink].  PM: Big Sur, Feb 12, 1936  [1-762] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 237. [SOLD]  John Steinbeck.  Cannery Row.  NY: The Viking Press, 1945.  Fourth Printing, January 1945 [1st thru 3rd also Jan. 1945].  [vi], 208 + author’s list [1], [1] pp.  7 3/8 x 4 ¾, yellow cloth, cover & spine lettered in blue, t.e. blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2331, Larson IV-357.  Prov: bookseller's sticker on bpd: The White House.  PLI [D]: A Small Portion of the Day’s Catch for Del Monte Brand California Sardines, Pacific Fish Co., Monterey, California.  PM: Pebble Beach, 1917 [2-1c].  CLI [F, 1773, Order of DeMolay] [add-on]: John Steinbeck, 1940 Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath [Steinbeck photo, Order of DeMolay symbol & text] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: covers slightly soiled; d/j: price-clipped.  NF in NF d/j. 238. [SOLD]  John Steinbeck.  East of Eden.  NY: The Viking Press, 1952.  Third Printing, October 1952 [1st & 2nd: Sept 1952].  [vi], 602 pp.  Author’s list.  8 3/8 x 5 ½, green cloth, cover printed in dark green, spine printed in black over brown panel, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2332, see Howell 1219, Larson IV-361.  Laid in [matchcover]: Hotel El Camino Real, King City, Calif.  PLI [U:B&W]: Section of Salinas, Cal. (Part III).  PM: Salinas, 1907 [1c].  CLI [F, 1773, Paul Weeks]: [Man in vineyard in dark blue w/o text] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: minor extremity wear.  Fine in VG+ d/j. 239. [SOLD]  John Steinbeck.  The Grapes of Wrath.  With Illustrations by John Groth.  Introduction by Carl Van Doren.  Cleveland & NY: The World Publishing Company, 1947.  The Living Library Series.  [2], 468 pp. + illus. leaves.  B&W illus.  7 3/8 x 5, brick pict. cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered with vignettes in black, t.e. reddish brown, pale yellow ep, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2333x, Melcon p.48.  PLI [W:B&W]: Topic Bridge over Colorado River, near Needles, Cal.  PM: Needles, 1930 [1c].  CLI [E]: Lindsay, Calif., Famous for Early Oranges & Olives, Orange Blossom Festival, April 17, 1948.  PM: Lindsay, Apr 17, 1948 [2-954] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chip losses.  Fine in VG d/j. 240. [SOLD]  John Steinbeck.  In Dubious Battle.  Cleveland & NY: The World Publishing Company, 1947.  Tower Books Edition.  First printing [thus], January 1947.  [vi], 343, [3] pp.  Author’s list.  7 7/8 x 5 ¼, green cloth, cover title reversed out with light brown panel; spine lettered in reversed green and light brown, te light brown, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2334x.  PLI [L]: Lettuce Field, Salinas, California, “Salad Bowl of the Nation”.  PM: Aromas, 1944 [1c].  CLI [FF]: Salinas, California, First Flight United States Air Mail [Lettuce Field illus. & text in green ink].  PM: Salinas, Jul 16, 1946 [1-C26] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: pages browned [as usual].  NF in NF d/j. 241. [SOLD]  John Steinbeck.  The Long Valley.  Cleveland & NY: The World Publishing Company, 1945.  Tower Books Edition.  Second Printing [thus], May 1945 [1st: Feb. 1945].  303, [1] pp.  Author’s list.  7 7/8 x 5 ¼, brown cloth, spine lettered in tan, pict. d/j w/adv.  Ref: B&G 2335x, Melcon p.48.  Prov: Bookplate on fpd: Verne Athanas.  PLI [W:Ad]: At the End of the Trail Stands the Palace Hotel – San Francisco.  PM: Cleveland, OH, 1936 [1c].  CLI [FF]: Salinas, California, First Flight United States Air Mail [Lettuce Field illus. & text in green ink].  PM: Salinas, Jul 16, 1946 [1-C26] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: pages browned as usual; d/j: slight edgewear.  Fine in NF d/j. 242. [SOLD]  John Steinbeck.  Of Mice and Men.  Cleveland & NY: The World Publishing Company, 1947.  Tower Books Edition.  First Printing [thus], March 1847.  186, [6] pp.  Author’s list.  7 7/8 x 5 ¼, blue cloth, cover & spine printed in pale yellow, pict. d/j w/adv.  Ref: B&G 2336x.  PLI [R]: Salinas River at Soledad Cal., Paraiso Springs Road.  PM: Lodi, 1908 [1c].  CLI [F, 1773, AC]: Honoring John Steinbeck, American Novelist, Literary Arts Series - 1979 [Steinbeck w/3 book titles] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond:  Fine in Fine d/j. 243. John Steinbeck.  The Pastures of Heaven.  Cleveland & NY: The World Publishing Company, 1946.  Tower Books Edition.  First Printing [thus], February 1946.  192 pp.  Author’s list.  7 7/8 x 5 ¼, dark green cloth, cover & spine reversed out with light green panel, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2337x.  Prov: Commercial Bookplate on fpd: John E. Swanson.  Laid in [matchcover]: Keefer’s [Restaurant], King City, Calif.  PLI [R]: Robles Del Rio, Carmel Valley.  PM: Robles del Rio, 1950 [3c].  CLI [F, 1773, Jack Davis]: Pulitzer Prize*Noble Prize for Literature / John Steinbeck 1902-1968 [Steinbeck's image & text in red, blue & black] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: a bit edgeworn.  Fine in VG d/j. 244. John Steinbeck.  Sweet Thursday.  NY: The Viking Press, 1954.  [First Printing] June 1954.  x, 273, [5] pp.  Author’s list.  8 x 5 ¼, pea green dec. cloth, cover & spine lettered in red and decorated with blue seagulls, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2339.  PLI [D]: Sardine Packing Plant at Monterey, California.  PM: Pacific Grove, 1911 [1c].  CLI [F, 1773, AC]: Honoring John Steinbeck, American Novelist, Literary Arts Series - 1979 [Steinbeck w/3 book titles] [4P] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: price-clipped.  Fine in NF d/j. 245. John Steinbeck.  To a God Unknown.  A Novel.  Cleveland & NY: The World Publishing Company, 1943.  Tower Books Edition.  First Printing [thus], April 1943.  [viii], 247, [1] pp.  7 5/16 x 5 5/16, green cloth, spine lettered in white, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2340x.  Prov: inked on ffep: Philip Raymond McMurtrey, Washington D.C.  Laid in [matchcover]: Adobe Club, Jolon Road, King City, Calif.  PLI [D]: Mission San Antonio de Padua, California, Founded 1771.  PM: Long Beach, 1920 [1c].  CLI [E] [COMSAT]: Communications Satellite Corporation / Jamesburg Earth Station [Radio Telescope & Text in black ink].  PM: Carmel Valley, Nov 28, 1983 [1-1896] [AD] [Au] [Content].  Cond: dj: large chip loss top of spine.  VG+ in Good d/j. 246. [Steinbeck – To a God Unknown – Apr 1943, 1st Ptg. [thus], copy #2].  PLI [R]: Mission San Antonio near King City, Calif.  PM: Jolon, 1941 [1c].  CLI [E] [COMSAT]: Communications Satellite Corporation / Jamesburg Earth Station [Radio Telescope & Text in black ink].  PM: Carmel Valley, Jul 15, 1975 [1-1505] [AD] [Au] [Content].  Cond: dj: edgeworn.  VG+ in Good d/j.   247. [Steinbeck – To a God Unknown – Apr 1943, 1st Ptg. [thus], copy #3].  PLI [R]: Mission San Antonio De Padua near King City, Calif.  PM: Goleta, 1940 [1c].  CLI [F, 1773, Marg]: John Steinbeck [Steinbeck in black & yellow ink] [1] [AD] [Au] [Content].  Cond: dj: chipped, edgeworn & tape-repaired.  NF in Good d/j.   248. [Steinbeck – To a God Unknown – Apr 1943, 1st Ptg. [thus], copy #4].  Prov: inked on ffep: Mary Hawse – [19]43.  Laid in [photocopied news clip]: “The Tree – Giant oak found in Valley of Our Lady was an inspiration for Steinbeck novel” [To A God Unknown], [dated 22 July 1998].  PLI [C]: Poppy Patch [with Mission San Antonio de Padua in distance].  PM: Monrovia, 1951 [3c].  CLI [E]: Apollo Comsat Jamesburg Earth Station [Radio Telescope & Text in black ink].  PM: Carmel Valley, Nov 14, 1969 [2-C76] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: age-darkened as usual; dj: chipped & edgeworn.  VG+ in Good+ d/j.   249. John Steinbeck.  To a God Unknown.  A Novel.  Cleveland & NY: The World Publishing Company, 1944.  Tower Books Edition.  Third Printing [thus], March 1944 [1st thus: Apr ‘43, 2nd: Jun ’43].  [viii], 247, [1] pp.  7 5/16 x 5 5/16, green cloth, spine lettered in black, te=green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2340x.  Prov: penciled [& mostly erased] on ffep: R S N.  PLI [C]: California Wild Flowers [& Mission San Antonio de Padua].  PM: Los Angeles, 1950 [3c].  CLI [F]: 1373-20 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk & dj: light edgewear, dj: spine slightly darkened.  VG+ in VG+ d/j.  250. John Steinbeck.  To a God Unknown.  A Novel.  Cleveland & NY: The World Publishing Company, 1946.  Tower Books Edition.  Fifth Printing [thus], November 1946 [1st thus: Apr ‘43, 2nd: Jun ’43, 3rd: Mar ’44, 4th: Sep ‘44].  [viii], 247, [1] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 ¼, green cloth, spine lettered in silver, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2340x.  Prov: Inked stamp on ffep: “Compliments of New Ace Service, Inc., Ventura & Broadway.”  PLI [C]: Mission San Antonio.  PM: Bellflower, 1944 [1c].  CLI [C] [Norman Wicks]: San Antonio de Padua, Founded in 1771 [Mission & Text in orange ink].  PM: Jolon, May 2, 1942 [1-901] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: pages lightly browned.  NF in NF d/j. 251. [Steinbeck – To a God Unknown – Nov 1946, 5th Ptg. [thus], copy #2].  Prov: inked on fpd: James C. Propes [?] / Charlotte C. Propes [?].  PLI [R]: Mission San Antonio de Padua near King City, Calif.  PM: King City, 1943 [1c].  CLI [E] [COMSAT]: Communications Satellite Corporation / Jamesburg Earth Station [Radio Telescope & Text in black ink].  PM: Carmel Valley, Oct 30, 1985 [1-2114] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: age-toned as usual; edgewear; dj: head of spine chipped.  VG+ in VG+ d/j.   252. [SOLD]  John Steinbeck.  Tortilla Flat.  With a Foreword by the Author.  Illustrated by Ruth Gannett.  NY: The Modern Library [Random House], c1937 [ca1950’s].  [viii], 317, [1] + series list [8], [2] pp.  B&W illus.  7 x 4 5/8, blue-grey cloth, cover & spine printed in gold over black panel, dec. eps, t.e. black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2341x.  PLI [L]: A Portion of Monterey, California and the Presidio, from the Air.  PM: Salinas, 1943 [n/s].  CLI [F, 1773, AC]: Honoring John Steinbeck, American Novelist, Literary Arts Series - 1979 [Steinbeck w/3 book titles] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  Fine in VG+ d/j. 253. [SOLD]  John Steinbeck.  The Wayward Bus.  NY: The Viking Press, 1947.  Third Printing, February 1947 [1st & 2nd also Feb. 1947].  [viii], 312 pp.  Author’s list.  8 x 5 3/8, blue-grey cloth, cover & spine printed in brick red, cover blind-stamped vignette, t.e. brick, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2342, Larson IV-387.  PLI [R]: Road Scene near Salinas.  PM: Salinas, 1908 [1c].  CLI [HPO] [L.W. Staehle]: San Francisco & Pacific Grove, California.  [Golden Gate Bridge, Bus & Text in yellow, green & white].  PM: Aug 4, 1941 [Trip 2] [1-901] [AD] [Au] [Content].  Cond: d/j: inner flap clipped but price still present.  Fine in NF d/j. 254. Louis J. Stellman.  Port O’ Gold: A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts.  Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, c1922.  416 pp. + 16 plates [32 pp.].  B&W illus.  8 1/8 x 5 ½, mustard cloth, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2343, Melcon p.48.  Prov: bookseller’s sticker on bpd: G. Hargens, San Francisco.  PLI [D:Art]: San Francisco, California, in the days of ’49.  PM: Limestone, TN, 1911 [1c] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-20 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: pieces torn away from contents [pp. 9-10] and prologue [pp. 15-16]; d/j: front flap clipped but price remains; some edgewear.  Good in VG d/j. 255. Philip Van Doren Stern.  Lola.  A Love Story.  NY: Rinehart & Co., Inc., c1949.  [x], 278 pp.  8 x 5 3/8, black cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2347, Melcon p.48.  PLI [R]: Old Home of Lola Montez, Grass Valley, Calif.  PM: Seattle, WA, 1940 [1c].  CLI [E]: Nevada County Gold Centennial, Grass Valley, July 2*3*4 '49 [Miner entering mine shaft, state map & text in red ink].  PM: Grass Valley, Jul 2, 1949 [1-984] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: slightly cocked, light shelf wear; d/j: rubbed, edgewear, chips.  Good+ in Good d/j. 256. George R. Stewart.  Earth Abides.  Los Altos, Ca: Hermes Publications, 1974.  [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: Random House, 1949].  [x], 373, [1] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2354x, Melcon p.48.  Prov: commercial bookplate on ffep: De De Beauchamp.  PLI [D]: Aeroplane View, Oakland, California.  PM: Oakland, 1926 [2c].  CLI [F]: 852-30 [1] [AD [Au].  Cond: d/j: price-clipped.  Fine in NF d/j. 257. [SOLD]  George R. Stewart.  East of the Giants.  A Novel.  NY: Henry Holt and Company, c1938.  [vi], 478 pp.  8 x 5 3/8, rust cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, map eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2355.  PLI [D:Sep]: Mt. Diablo, Near Concord, Cal.  PM: Concord, 1908 [1c].  CLI [FF]: First Flight United States Air Mail / Western Air Lines / Oakland [Cityscape, Airplane & Text in purple, blue & red ink].  PM: Oakland, Sep 3, 1946 [1-933 & 1-943] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine darkened.  NF in VG+ d/j. 258. George R. Stewart.  Fire.  A Novel.  NY: Random House, c1948.  First Printing [as stated on copyright page with $3.00 on d/j front flap].  xii, 336, [4] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, red cloth, cover & spine printed in grey & black, map eps, te= black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2356.  Prov: bookseller’s sticker on bfep: Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco.  Signed by the author on half-title.  PLI [W]: Giant Gap – American River Canyon, Cal.  PM: Ogden, UT, 1929 [1c].  CLI [Cinderella Stamp] [Ever Ready Label Corp.]: Buy More War Bonds and Stamps. PM: Emigrant Gap, Jan 8, 1945 [1-905] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: rear flap coupon-clipped.  Fine in NF d/j. 259. George R. Stewart.  Fire.  A Novel.  NY: Random House, c1948.  Book-of-the-Month Club edition [as stated on d/j spine].  xii, 336, [4] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, red cloth, cover & spine printed in grey & black, map eps, te= black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2356.  PLI [R]: Nyack Lodge, Emigrant Gap, Calif.  PM: Grass Valley, 1954 [2c].  CLI [E: 49R-GOLDR]: Historical Marker: Gold Run.  PM: Gold Run, Jun 25, 1950 [1-994] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear.  NF in VG d/j. 260. George R. Stewart.  Storm.  NY: Random House, c1941.  [First Printing: front d/j flap= $2.50 and “Advance Critical Comments”].  [x], 349, [1] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, te= black, pict. eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2357.  Prov: small bookplate on fpd: Bayard L. Kilgour, Jr.  PLI [R]: Winter, Donner Summit Bridge.  Saint Louis, MO, 1936 [1c].  CLI [E]: Dedication Truckee Tahoe Airport [Airport, Planes & Text in brown & green paste on label].  PM: Truckee, Jun 21, 1964 [1-1209 & 1-C53] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 261. George R. Stewart.  Storm.  NY: Random House, c1941.  [Later Printing: front d/j flap= $2.50 and “240th Thousand (Including Book-of-the-Month Club Edition”)].  [x], 349, [1] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, te= black, pict. eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2357.  Prov: bookseller’s sticker on bpd: Books, Kendrick Bellamy, Denver.  PLI [L]: Donner Summit Bridge and Donner Lake, California.  PM: Reno, 1939 [1c].  CLI [E: 49R-GOLDR]: Historical Marker: Gold Run.  PM: Gold Run, Jun 25, 1950 [1-993] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 262. George R. Stewart.  Storm.  NY: Random House, c1941.  Book-of-the-Month Club edition [as stated on back dj flap and no price and “Advance Critical Comments” on front dj flap].  [x], 349, [1] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, blue cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, te= black, pict. eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2357.  PLI [R]: Control Gates – At Baxter’s on U.S.40, Donner Pass Highway, California.  PM: Oakland, 1947 [1c].  CLI [E: 49R-EMIG]: Historical Marker: Emigrant Gap.  PM: Emigrant Gap, Jun 25, 1950 [1-994] [AD] [Au].  Cond: dj: label removal scar on spine.  VG in Good+ d/j. 263. [George R. Stewart – Storm – BOMC edition – copy #2].  PLI [R]: U.S. 40 Highway, Calif. [at Donner Pass].  PM: Soda Springs, 1944 [1c].  CLI [C: JC-GOLD]: The Land of Gold [Gold Panner at Stream in magenta ink].  PM: Gold Run, Nov 14, 1937 [1-790 & 1-554] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: bookplate removal remnants on fpd; dj: label removal scar on spine & edgewear.  VG in Good+ d/j. 264. [George R. Stewart – Storm – BOMC edition – copy #3].  PLI [R]: Donner Lake Bridge, Calif. [in Winter].  PM: Norden, 1937 [1c].  CLI [E: 49R-GOLDR]: Historical Marker: Gold Run.  PM: Gold Run, Jun 25, 1950 [1-993] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: front inner hinge cracked; dj: chipped.  Good+ in Good+ d/j. 265. Ramona Stewart.  Desert Town.  NY: William Morrow and Company, 1946.  [vi], 248, [2] pp.  8 x 5 3/8, beige cloth, spine gilt-lettered over purple panel, te= brick, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2358.  Prov: bookplate on ffep: Arthur Johan Anderson.  PLI [D]: Casa del Desierto, Barstow, Cal.  PM: [?], 1912 [n/s].  CLI [CC] Goldstone Space Communications Station [Radio Telescope & Text in black ink].  PM: Barstow, Jul 26, 1971 [1-C78] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: top edge foxed & bumped; d/j: spine sunned, edgewear.  Good+ in Good+ d/j. 266. [SOLD]  Irving Stone.  Immortal Wife: The Biographical Novel of Jesse Benton Fremont.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1944.  [First Edition].  [vi], 456, [2] pp.  Bib.  8 3/8 x 5 ¾, red cloth, cover blind-embossed, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2368, Melcon p.49.  Prov: inked on ffep: Edna L. Tweeden[?] / From Florence / Christmas ’44.  PLI [U]: General Fremont, Wife and Daughter at the Big Trees, near Santa Cruz, California.  PM: Monterey, 1907 [1c].  CLI [C]: California Centennial: Mariposa Co. [County & State Map Outline + Text in purple & red ink].  PM: Mariposa, Feb 18, 1950 [1-954] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: te dusty; d/j: small scratch to spine.  VG in VG d/j. 267. Phil Stong.  Forty Pounds of Gold.  Illustrated by Arthur Shilstone.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.  First Edition.  [2], 218, [4] pp.  7 ½ x 5, grey cloth, spine lettered in white, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2373.  Prov: bookseller’s sticker on fpd: Bull’s Head Book Shop, Chapel Hill, N.C.  PLI [C]: Site of Sutter’s Mill, Coloma, California.  PM: Diamond Springs, 1952 [2c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: VG+ in VG+ d/j. 268. Hans Otto Storm.  Count Ten.  NY: Longmans, Green and Co., 1940.  First Edition.  [viii], 623, [3] pp.  8 x 5 ½, burgundy cloth, spine gilt-stamped, te= rose, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2375, Melcon p.49, Powell [Land of Fiction] 30.  Prov: inked on ffep: Paul Jordan Smith / [?]  1940.  PLI [C:Map]: Here I Am In California, The Golden State.  PM: Torrance, 1961 [4c].  CLI [FF]: First Flight United States Air Mail / Western Air Lines [State Map, Airplane & Text in blue ink].  PM: San Francisco, May 1, 1944 [1-841 & 1-C23] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: head of spine chipped.  NF in VG+ d/j. 269. Robert Lewis Taylor.  The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1958.  First Edition.  [2], 544, [6] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, beige cloth, cover & spine printed in black and blue, map eps, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2400, Melcon p.50.  Prov: inked at top of title page: Peak.  PLI [U]: D Street, Marysville, California.  PM: Marysville, 1912 [1c] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-19 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chipped.  VG+ in Good d/j.  270. Rodger Taylor [pseud] (Raymond H. Taylor).  The Song of the Frog.  Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., c1950.  First Edition.  309, [3] pp.  7 7/8 x 5 ½, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2399, Melcon p.50.  Prov: erasured penciled former owner on ffep.  PLI [C]: Columbia, California.  PM: Tuolumne, 1956 [2-1c] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-29 [black illus] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear with light dampstaining to rear panel.  NF in VG d/j. 271. [Taylor – Song of the Frog – copy #2].  Prov: bookplate on fpd: Terry B. Merricks [name blacked out]; penciled on ffep: Terry B. Merricks; 11 / 51 [name blacked out].  PLI [C]: Columbia, California.  PM: Mokelumne Hill, 1961 [3c] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-63 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: spine gilt dulled; spine ends a bit discolored; d/j: extremity wear incl. two large chips.  VG in Good d/j. 272. Darwin L. Teilhet.  The Road to Glory.  NY: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1956.  [viii], 279, [1] pp.  8 5/16 x 5 5/8, light red cloth, spine gilt-lettered over black panel, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2403, Melcon p.50.  PLI [D]: Mission San Jose, Cal., Founded 11th Day of June 1797.  PM: Irvington, 1907 [1c].  CLI [C] [H.E. Richmond]: Sesquicentennial of Fr. Junipero Serra / San Jose [Mission, El Camino Real Bell & Text in brown].  PM: Mission San Jose, Jun 11, 1935 [1-653 & 1-751] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 273. Darwin L. Teilhet.  Something Wonderful to Happen; A Charivari.  NY: D. Appleton–Century Company, Inc., c1947.  [x], 275, [3] pp.  7 ¾ x 5 3/8, grey cloth, cover & spine lettered in red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2404.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from California.  PM: Berkeley, 1950 [1c].  CLI [C] California Admission Day, Sept 9, 1850 [Caped Woman at Ship's Wheel, Airplane, Covered Wagon & Text in purple ink].  PM: U.S.S. California, Sep 9, 1934 [1-737] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 274. Dan Totheroh.  Deep Valley.  NY: L. B. Fischer, c1942.  [viii], 312 pp.  8 x 5 ¼, green cloth, cover & spine printed in white & black, te= green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2428, Melcon p.50.  PLI [L]: Carmel-Sa Simeon Highway, Big Creek Bridge in the Distance, California State Highway No. 1.  PM: Los Gatos, 1943 [1c].  CLI [C]: In Memory U S S Macon  Z.R.S.5 Crashed off Point Sur, Feb - 12th 1935 Rest In Peace [Airship & Text in black ink].  PM: Big Sur, May 30, 1935 [1-C19] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: price-clipped, spine sunned, minor edgewear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 275. John Truesdell.  Low Tide.  [NY]: Dodd, Mead & Company, c1947.  [viii], 240 pp.  8 x 5 ½, grey cloth, spine lettered in red, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2439, Melcon p.51.  Prov: inked on ffep: Hendricks.  PLI [D]: Windward Ave., Venice, Cal.  PM: Los Angeles, 1910 [1c].  CLI [F]: 997-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine lightly sunned; chipped.  NF in Good+ d/j. 276. Timothy G. Turner.  Turn Off the Sunshine: Tales of Los Angeles on the Wrong Side of the Tracks.  Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1942.  288 pp. + frontispiece B&W illus. [2pp].  8 ¼ x 5 3/8, orange cloth, cover lettered & illus. in black, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2446, Melcon p.51, Powell [Land of Fiction] 10.  PLI [L]: Elks Club from General Douglas MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, California.  PM: Kansas City, MO, 1945 [1c].  CLI [FF]: Los Angeles, California, First Flight Southern Transcontinental Air Mail Route [Sunrise, Airplane & Text in blue].  PM: Los Angeles, Oct 15, 1930 [1-C12] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in Fine d/j. 277. Judy Van der Veer.  November Grass.  NY: Longman’s, Green and Co., 1940.  First Edition.  [viii], 246, [2] pp.  8 x 5 ½, green cloth, spine gilt-lettered, te= brown, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2473, Powell [Land of Fiction] 29.  PLI [C]: Laguna Area, west [sic] of San Diego, California.  PM: Pecos, TX, 1941 [1c].  CLI [FF]: San Diego [California], First Flight - Regular Mail by Air / Pacific Coast [State Coastline Illus., Airplane & Text in red].  PM: San Diego, Nov 22, 1954 [1-1016] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: light shelf wear; d/j: chips & edgewear.  VG+ in Good+ d/j. 278. Albert Leon Van Houtte.  The Bells of El Carmelo: A Romance of California of Today.  Photographic Illustrations by L. S. Slevin.  LA: Times-Mirror Press, 1923.  [2], 141, [1] pp.  B&W photos.  9 ¼ x 5 ¼, grey-green paper-covered boards, cover lettered & decorated in blue, tan e.p., printed onion-skin s/w, illus. box.  Ref: B&G 2478.  PLI [D]: El Carmel Mission, (San Carlos Borromeo) near Monterey, Cal.  PM: [Watts?], 1910 [1c].  CLI [C] [H.E. Richmond]: Sesquicentennial of Fr. Junipero Serra / San Carlos Borromeo (El Carmelo) [Mission, El Camino Real Bell & Text in red].  PM: [Carmel, 1935] [1-684] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF s/w in Fine box. 279. Mary L. Vissing.  Sawdust.  Boston: Meador Publishing Company, c1945.  287, [1] pp. + frontispiece [2 pp.].  Author port.  7 ¾ x 5 3/8, blue cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2492, Melcon p.52.  PLI [W:Sep]: Grizzly Giant, 32’ Diameter, 204’ High, 4000 Years Old.  PM: Camp Curry, 1923 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-38 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear & soiling.  NF in VG d/j. 280. [SOLD]  Ira Wallach.  Muscle Beach.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, c1959.  First Edition.  [iv], 236 pp.  8 x 5 3/8, red cloth, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2515, Melcon p.53.  Laid in: Obituary for one of Muscle Beach’s original participants.  PLI [C]: Santa Monica, California – Muscle Beach.  PM: Anaheim, 1957.  CLI [C]: California Centennial: Los Angeles Co. [County & State Map Outline + Text in purple & red ink].  PM: Los Angeles, Feb 18, 1950 [1-C40] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in NF d/j. 281. John Weld.  Don’t You Cry For Me.  A Novel.  NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940.  [First Edition – “A” on copyright page].  [xiv], 494, [4] pp.  8 3/8 x 5 5/8, black cloth, cover & spine gilt-lettered, te=rose, pict. d/j.  Ref:  B&G 2548.  Prov: commercial bookplate on ffep: Jen Ziegler.  Bookseller’s sticker on bpd: The White House.  PLI [D:B&W]: Donner Lake, California, Ogden Route, S.P.R.R.  PM: Los Angeles, 1908 [1c].  CLI [F]: 1060-01 [black ink] [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: edgewear & chips.  VG+ in Good+ d/j. 282. Evelyn Wells.  Jed Blaine’s Woman.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1947.  First Edition.  [vi], 410 pp.  8 ¼ x 5 5/8, blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2553.  Prov: inked on ffep: For Theodore Smith / One of the oldest and best of pals from the Mother Lode - / Evelyn.  PLI [D]: Cape Horn and American River, California, Ogden Route, S.P.R.R.  PM: Reno, NV 1910 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-37 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: tape-repaired.  VG+ in VG d/j.  283. Jessamyn West.  Cress Delahanty.  Drawings by Joe Krush.  NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, c1953.  First Edition.  [2], 311, [7] pp.  8 x 5 ¼, lt. green quarter cloth and blue-grey boards, spine lettered in green & blue; cover & spine decorated with small flower bouquet, te=yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2556, Melcon p.54.  Prov: inked on ffep: Libby Turner.  PLI [W:Art]: Greetings from Southern California [2 ladies picking oranges].  PM: Los Angeles & San Diego, 1927 [2c].  CLI [E]: [Collins]: Queen Valencia and the First Fruits of the Valencia Orange [Queen Valencia (Woman) & Oranges].  PM: Orange, May 9, 1930 [1-C12] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: some edgewear.  VG+ in VG d/j.   284. [SOLD]  Nathanael West.  The Day of the Locust.  With an introduction by Richard B. Gehman.  NY: The New Classics Series / New Directions, c1950.  [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: Random House, 1939].  xxiv, 167, [1] pp.  7 x 4 5/8, pale green cloth, spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2561x, Melcon p.54, Powell 29, Powell [Land of Fiction] 21.  PLI [L]: Easter Sunrise Services, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1950 [1c].  CLI [F]: 926-07 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: light shelf wear; d/j: spine faded & chipped.  VG+ in VG d/j.      285. Herman Whitaker [ed.].  West Winds: California’s Book of Fiction, Written by California Authors and Illustrated by California Artists.  SF: Paul Elder and Company, c1914.  [2], xi, [1], 219, [1] colophon [1], [5] pp. + 8 tipped-in plates [16 pp.]  Illus.  8 ½ x 5 ¾, brown boards, cover & spine gilt-lettered, inset illustration on cover, spine gilt vignette, brown eps, te= brown, printed d/j.  Ref: B&G 2579, Melcon p.54.  PLI [D:Art]: “California Poppy” The State Flower.  PM: Toledo, OH, 1912 [2c].  CLI [F]: 997-08 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: NF in NF d/j. 286. Stewart Edward White.  Folded Hills.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, c1934.  [vi], 479, [3] pp.  7 ¾ x 5 3/8, brown cloth, blind-embossed wagon train on cover, spine gilt-lettered & decorated, pict. e.p., pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2585.  PLI [U]: Old Custom House, Monterey, Cal.  PM: San Francisco, 1902 [1c].  CLI [F]: 997-04 [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: dusty.  VG+ in VG d/j. 287. Stewart Edward White.  Gold.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., c1913 [reprint, circa 1958 per dust jacket advert].  viii, 437 + bib. [1], [2] pp.  8 1/8 x 5 ½, beige cloth, spine gilt-lettered, pict. d/j [2 miners panning gold].  PLI [D:Sep]: Interior Fort Sutter, Sacramento, Cal.  PM: Sacramento, 1915 [1c] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in VG+ d/j. 288. Stewart Edward White.  The Story of California: Gold – The Gray Dawn – The Rose Dawn.  Garden City, NY: The Sun Dial Press, 1948.  [Reprint edition – orig pub: Gold, 1913; The Gray Dawn, 1915; The Rose Dawn, 1920; 1st combined edition: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1927].  [viii], 437, [1]; 395, [1], [2], 369, [3] pp.  8 x 5 ¼, tan cloth, spine gilt-lettered over black panel, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2595x, Melcon p.55, Powell [Land of Fiction] 7 (Rose Dawn).  PLI [W]: Home of Stewart Edward White, Santa Barbara, California.  PM: Santa Barbara, 1923 [1c].  CLI [F]: 954-35 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: light edgewear.  Fine in VG+ d/j. 289. [SOLD]  Luther Whiteman.  The Face of the Clam.  NY: Random House, 1947.  First Printing.  viii, 248 pp.  8 x 5 3/8, light brown pict. cloth, cover & spine gilt-titled over black panel, cover illustrated in black with scene of a Dunite shack along the shoreline, te= brown, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2603, Melcon p.55, Powell L&B p.11.  Prov: Inked on fpd: Mrs. L. W. Hill, San Jose, California, 398 So. 13th St.  Laid in [news-clip]: 12Sep2010.  PLI [R]: Beach at Pismo Beach, Calif.  PM: Pismo Beach, 1953 [2c].  CLI [C]: [U.S.S.] Macon passed over Pismo Beach, Calif., Dec 18, 1834 [hand-written & rubber-stamped text only].  PM: Pismo Beach, Dec 18, 1934 [1-729] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: chipped at extremities.  Fine in VG d/j. 290. C[harles] N[orris] Williamson & [Mrs.] A[lice] M[uriel] [Livingston] Williamson.  The Port of Adventure.  With Frontispiece in Colors.  NY: A. L. Burt Company, c1913.  [Reprint.  1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1913].  [vi], 409, [1] pp. + frontis [ 2 pp.].  7 ½ x 5, green pict. cloth, cover & spine printed in white, gold & light green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2642x.  Prov: inked on ffep: Florence E. Williams, Dec. 13 – 1915, from De Ver[?], Sr.  PLI [D:Emb]: Best Christmas Wishes / Lonely Cypress Tree on the Pacific [with embossed Golden Poppies].  PM: Los Angeles, 1915 [1c].  CLI [FF]: Monterey, California, First Flight United States Air Mail [Lone Cypress illus. & text in green ink].  PM: Monterey, Jul 20, 1938 [6-632a] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: leaf edges foxed; d/j: light edgewear & dusting.  NF in VG+ d/j. 291. Harry Leon Wilson.  Cousin Jane: [A Romance of California - subtitle on d/j].  NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1925.  [viii], 388, [4] pp.  Author’s list.  7 3/8 x 5, red cloth, cover title reversed with gilt panel; spine gilt-lettered, pict d/j.  Ref: B&G 2649.  PLI [R]: Quincy [birds eye view].  PM: Quincy, 1912 [1c].  CLI [E: 49R-IOWA]: Historical Marker: Iowa Hill.  PM: Iowa Hill, Aug 27, 1950 [1-989] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: Some dampstaining to spine ends; spine gilt slightly dulled;  d/j: some chipping & edgewear.  VG in VG d/j. 292. [SOLD]  Harry Leon Wilson.  Merton of the Movies.  Illustrated with scenes from the play.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1922.  [Reprint – 1st ed: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1922].  [xii], 335, [1] + advert [4] pp. + 6 B&W plates [12 pp.].  7 3/8 x 5, brick cloth, cover & spine lettered in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2650x, Melcon p.56, Powell 28, Powell [Land of Fiction] 19.  Prov: inked on ffep: Dorothy Chanda 1926.  PLI [L:LL]: Greetings from Hollywood, California  - The City of Stars -.  PM: Placentia, 1940 [1c].  CLI [F]: 926-15 [blue] [4] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: v-chip on front panel, light edgewear.  Fine in VG d/j. 293. Corinne King Wright.  Cold Embers: A Picture of Life in the Forties; When Rodeo, Race and Fandango Fill the Idle Hours; And Blood is the Test of Caste; When the Old Order Changes … The Missions are Despoiled and the Indian is Robbed of His Birthright; When the Adobe Age of the Don is Displaced by the Golden Age of the American Pioneer.  LA: Wetzel Publishing Co., Inc., 1931.  351, [1] pp. + plates [10 pp.].  B&W illus.  7 3/8 x 4 7/8, light orange cloth, cover & spine lettered & decorated in black, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2694.  Prov: Author’s inscription on dedication page: There is no factor more potent in literary achievement than the encouragement of friends.  I hope that you will enjoy my story of the Long Ago.  Corinne King Wright.  PLI [W]: San Gabriel Mission, Calif., Founded 1771.  PM: Long Beach, 1930 [1c].  CLI [E:SESCAL]: 200th Anniversary of the California Missions [San Gabriel Arcangel, 1771].  PM: SESCAL Station, Los Angeles, Oct 14, 1966 [1-1312] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: some edgewear.  NF in Good+ d/j. 294. Harold Bell Wright.  The Eyes of the World.  With four illustrations in colors by T. Graham Cootes.  NY: A. L. Burt Company, August 1914.  [Reprint – 1st ed: Chicago: The Book Supply Co., 1914].  464 pp. + color plates [8 pp.].  7 3/8 x 5, green cloth, cover ruled & embossed in dark green, cover & spine letter in white, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2696x.  Prov: card pasted to half title: Mr. & Mrs. Harry Kaiser, 1916.  PLI [D:Sep]: Oranges and Snow, Southern California.  PM: Los Angeles, 1910 [1c].  CLI [Coast Philatelic Club, Huntington Beach] [Cinderella Stamp: Let’s Get Associated – Covered Wagon].  PM: Laguna Beach, Sep 15, 1947 [1-950] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: ffep excised.  VG+ in NF d/j. 295. Harold Bell Wright.  The Man Who Went Away.  NY: Grosset & Dunlap, c1942.  [Reprint – 1st ed: NY: Harper & Brothers, 1942].  [viii], 309, [3] pp.  7 ½ x 5, red cloth, spine lettering reversed out over dark blue panel, te= blue, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2697x.  PLI [D:HC]: Lane’s Redwood Flat.  PM: Cummings, 1933 [1c].  CLI [C]: California Centennial: Mendocino Co. [County & State Map Outline + Text in blue & red ink].  PM: Ukiah, Feb 18, 1950 [1-954] [AD] [Au].  Cond: d/j: spine sunned, light edgewear.  NF in VG+ d/j. 296. [SOLD]  Harold Bell Wright.  The Winning of Barbara Worth.  With four illustrations by F. Graham Cootes.  NY: A. L. Burt Company, 1911.  Published August 1911.  [Reprint – 1st ed: Chicago: The Book Supply Co., 1911].  3 – 511, [1] + advert. [1], [1] pp. + 4 plates [8 pp.].  B&W illus.  7 3/8 x 5, green cloth, pict. onlay on cover, cover & spine lettered in white, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2698x, Melcon p.57, Powell [Land of Fiction] 5.  Prov: inked on ffep: Lilla Mae Smith.  PLI [Ad:Sep]: One of the famous murals depicting the conquest of the desert in the lobby of the Barbara Worth, El Centro, California.  PM: El Centro, 1940 [1c].  CLI [FF]: El Centro, First Flight Air Mail [Landscape illus. & Text in green ink].  PM: El Centro, Jun 15, 1932 [1-705 & 2-707] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: some foxing, edgewear; d/j: one chip, light edgewear.  VG+ in VG+ d/j. 297. Frank Yerby.  The Treasure of Pleasant Valley.  NY: The Dial Press, c1955.  Book Club Edition [per d/j].  [iv], 219, [1] pp.  8 ¼ x 5 ½, brick cloth, spine lettered in black, te= yellow, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2702.  Doubleday One Dollar Book Club advert. laid in.  PLI [R]: At Smartsville [sic], Calif.  PM: Smartville, 1962 [n/s] [Au].  CLI [F]: 954-19 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: Fine in Fine d/j. 298. Gordon Young.  Days of ’49.  NY: George H. Doran Company, c1925.  [2], 425, [5] pp.  7 ½ x 5, brick pict. cloth, cover & spine printed in green, pict. d/j.  Ref: B&G 2704, Melcon p.57.  PLI [L]: Portsmouth Square, The Plaza of the ‘49ers.  PM: San Francisco, 1938 [1c] [Au] [trimmed].  CLI [F]: 954-19 [1] [AD] [Au].  Cond: bk: label residue on bfep & bpd.  Good+ in VG d/J 298 minus 49 sold - 249 items still available.
  • Condition: Good
  • Condition: Condition of books and dust jackets in collection range from Fair to Very Fine.
  • Book Title: Several
  • Narrative Type: Fiction
  • Publisher: Various
  • Age Level: Adults
  • Subject: California Regional Fiction
  • Original/Facsimile: First and later editions
  • Type: Novel
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Language: English
  • Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
  • Author: Several
  • Cultural Region: California Literature
  • Features: Dust Jacket
  • Topic: Nonfiction and Fiction

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