2024 May Timed Auction

Lot of 3 books written in 1863 and 1918, "Little Merchant" by Oliver Optic is a small hardcover book with collectable art on the cover co...

Undated Goldsmith's Poems and Prose Works with a beautiful dual level binding with some wear on corners. Flyleaf, 1 toc page and title page deta...

Lot of 6 famous works and authors mostly with attractive bindings, important works of the 1800's. The Princess by Tennyson, 1878, 170pp, some fo...

Rare 1894 Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, undated Conan Doyle's Best Works, Stories of Sherlock Holmes.

Not Peace But a Sword by Sheean, Flynn of the Inland by Idriess. The Marital Adventures of Henry and Me by White. Vicar of Wakefield and Rasselas by G

7 books from Lord John Press in Northridge. 1986 Rap Master Ronnie by Gary Trudeau. 1981 Apparitions, Poems by Various. 1990 Scenic Route by Bruce Fr

Book by Don Blanding "Vagabond's House" a 1943 edition of a poetry book first published in 1928. Book is in exceedingly good condition...

Rare California and Nevada based, Boys in the Mountains and on the Plains, or the Western Adventures of Tom Smart, Bod Edge and Peter Small by William

Two reports by J.S. Diller, one on the Topography of the Pacific Coast, the other, which is signed by the author Sandstone Dikes. Please see photos f

The Hookworm and Other Troubles, Three after Dinner Speeches by Caruthers Ewing. Page 11 asks what would happen if the owners of the world's wea...

Bus 9 to Paradise and Seven Stories of Christmas Love, both inscribed by author.

1949 The Track of the Cat by Walter T Clark and autographed. 2004 The Oxbow Man, A biography of Walter Van Tilburg Clark by Jackson Benson.

Lot opf 3 Books. A) Born a Foreigner: A Memoir of the American Presence in Asia by Charles T. Cross. Published by Roman and Littlefield, 1999. 280 pag

Bound 1901 California and Sketches of the Southwest by Wm. Bristol. Water damage throughout, please inspect. California

Sacred Mountains and Scenes by Reverend J T Headley. 1865, 441pp. Several mountain scene plates. Gilted spine.

This hardcover book Wild Animals of the World" by William Bridges with animal portraits is by Mary Baker. 272 pp. and beautifully illustrated ...

4 hardcovers. 2 with attractive bindings. 1) FIRST EDITION, 1887 Lights of Two Centuries: Artists and Sculptures by Edward Everett Hale. 603pp with

7 mostly US biographies. Unholy Alliance by Sekulow and signed by author. Dancing for Diaghilev, The Memoirs of Lydia Sokolova. American Pioneers and

Encyclopedia of American Biography Vol XXI-spine damaged and detached, 1925. Encyclopedia of American Biography Volume XIII 1941. Charles Kingsley Vo

Lot of 3 Books. Natalie Wood by Gavin Lambert 2004, Nothin' But Good Times Ahead by Molly Ivins 1992, The Way Things Ought to Be by Rush Limbaug...

Trow's Manhattan and Bronx Co-partnership and Corporation Directories for 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927. These comprise 16 shelf inches, and repr...

Three volumes of Whos Who. The first is Pacific Coast, hardbound, 1947, 1084 pages. The second book is 1936 to 1937 WhoÃs Who in America by th...

Hoover's Handbook of American Business, profiles of major US companies. 1997 and 1999 in 3 volumes.

1911 USGC Geology of the Berners Bay Region Alaska by Adolph Knopf. Several USGC bulletins on Alaska. Front board detached, spine detaching. Please i

1958 bound Geology and Ore Deposits of the Jerome Area by Anderson. Maps in back pocket. Jerome Arizona

Bound 1904 Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bisbee Quadrangle by Ransome. 2 maps in back flap. Arizona

Gypsum in California 1952, Geology of California by Reed, Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests by Gruell, Poag's Guide to Shopkeepers and Shootists of ...

17 California geology references by county. Mono 1888, Santa Clara 1954, Contra Costa 1958, Calaveras 1936, Sierra 1942, Stanislas 1947, San Luis Obis

1962 Geologic Guide to the Gas and Oil Fields of Northern California, 1954 Geology of Southern California. California

Hardcover California on Stone by Harry L Peters. 1935 first edition, #72/451. 227pp with index. A great illustrated historical California reference.

20 volumes of publications c. 1918-57 about the geology and production of mercury in California. New Almaden, Mayacamas, Parkfield, economic aspects,

Scarce, Natural Wealth of California by Cronise in excellent condition. 1868, 696pp with index. Info broken down by county, many mining plates, flora,

1885 The Orange: Its Culture in California by Spalding. This was the start of massive orange groves in Southern California. Binding has front wrinkles

Hardcover 1895 Annual Report of the USGS to the Secretary of the Interior, Part II, Papers of an Economic Character, 598pp with index. Softcover 1906

1891 USGS Flora of the Dakota Group by Leo Lesquereux. 400pp withindex and many flora plates. Binding has wear and spine is separating. Dakotas

1904 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 543pp with index, binding is worn. Kansas

"The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries 1606-1968," by John P. Snyder, first edition, Bureau of Geology and Topography, Trenton, N...

Geology of Chama Quadrangle, New Mexico by Muehlberger, Geology and Ore Deposits of Sierra County, New Mexico by Harley. New Mexico

4th edition of Oregon Geographic Names by McArthur. Dust jacket has issues. Oregon

2 USGS books. 27th Annual Report of the Director of the USGS, 1905-06.104pp with foldout maps. Report of the Superintendent of the US Coast and Geodet

1905 7th edition, Epping Forest by Edward North Buxton. Forest management geology, prehistoric man, ancient fauna etc. 179pp with index and foldout ma

A Haslett & Hackley Book of Reference & Field Book and a catalog from The Chapin-Stephens Company Union Factory. Both in nice condition. Ple...

The Genesis of Petroleum and Asphaltum in California by AS Cooper, 1899, 89pp. 2 volumes of Oil, gas and petroleum by WL Watts in Central Valley of Ca

14 small books. Los Angeles, Cabin Plan Book, Bridge, Old West, John Deere Farmers' Pocket Ledger, The Nature of the Beast etc. See photo.

(4) Field Guides: Two Editions of "A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe" Peterson Mountfort Hollom. "Animal Life in the S...

Seven vintage almanacs: 1) 1875 Hostetter's Illustrated (Pittsburgh, PA); 2) 1882 Ayer's American Almanac (Lowell, Mass.); 3) 1897 Hostetter...

Lot of two: 1) Wright's Pictorial Family Almanac 1893; 25 pages; 5 x 8 inches. 2) Green's Atlas and Diary Almanac for 1881; 34 pages, 7 x 9...

The Book Club of California booklet, Collecting the Works of MFK Fisher. 1988 By Horse, Stage & Packet, The Far West Letters of Joseph Pratt All...

Rare 1934 Grim Journey by Birney, 1950 Fatal Decision by Stookey. Tales of the ill fated Donner Prty. California

1955 Pasadena Community Book by Schoof, embossed boards detaching. 1937 The Golden Book of California. Both with gilted bindings. California