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  • THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE. by Wilson, John Morgan.
    Wilson, John Morgan.
    THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award-winning series featuring gay journalist Benjamin Justice, set in Southern California SIGNED on the title page . 309 pp. ISBN: 0-385491174.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82823
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  • SIMPLE JUSTICE. by Wilson, John Morgan.
    Wilson, John Morgan.
    SIMPLE JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, introducing Benjamin Justice, a gay journalist in West Hollywood, who had won the Pulitzer Prize several years before only to have it pulled when it turned out the story was fabricated. He is persuaded by his former editor to research the circumstances surrounding a shooting outside a gay nightclub. Winner of the Edgar Award For Best First Mystery. SIGNED on the title page. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-385482345.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69094
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  • REVISION OF JUSTICE. by Wilson, John Morgan.
    Wilson, John Morgan.
    REVISION OF JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring gay journalist Benjamin Justice, set in the Hollywood of "wannabes, has-beens and never-weres." The first in the series was awarded the Edgar. SIGNED on the title page. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-385482353.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69095
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  • THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE. by Wilson, John Morgan.
    Wilson, John Morgan.
    THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award-winning series featuring gay journalist Benjamin Justice, set in Southern California SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-385491174.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69096
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  • SIMPLE JUSTICE. by Wilson, John Morgan.
    Wilson, John Morgan.
    SIMPLE JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, introducing Benjamin Justice, a gay journalist in West Hollywood, who had won the Pulitzer Prize several years before only to have it pulled when it turned out the story was fabricated. He is persuaded by his former editor to research the circumstances surrounding a shooting outside a gay nightclub. Winner of the Edgar Award For Best First Mystery. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-385482345.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77094
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  • THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE. by Wilson, John Morgan.
    Wilson, John Morgan.
    THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award-winning series featuring gay journalist Benjamin Justice, set in Southern California. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-385491174.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77095
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  • Wilson, Neil C.
    400 CALIFORNIA STREET: A Century Plus Five.

    Edition: Second edition. An updated edition of a book originally published in 1964.

    San Francisco: Bank of California, 1969. Hardcover - The story of the oldest incorporated commercial bank in the West and its first 105 years in the financial development of the Pacific Coast. Much of the history of the bank, founded by William Ralston, which had D. O. Mills as its first president, is the history of the growth of California during the gold rush era, the beginnings of the transcontinental railroads. Profusely illustrated with photographs. An attractive publication, designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. 106 pages.

    Condition: Fine in mustard-colored cloth with gold lettering in a clear acrylic jacket.

    Book ID: 15259
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  • 400 CALIFORNIA STREET: A Century Plus Five. by Wilson, Neil C.
    Wilson, Neil C.
    400 CALIFORNIA STREET: A Century Plus Five.

    Edition: Second edition. An updated edition of a book originally published in 1964.

    San Francisco: Bank of California, 1969. Hardcover - The story of the oldest incorporated commercial bank in the West and its first 105 years in the financial development of the Pacific Coast. Much of the history of the bank, founded by William Ralston, which had D. O. Mills as its first president, is the history of the growth of California during the gold rush era, the beginnings of the transcontinental railroads. Profusely illustrated with photographs. An attractive publication, designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. 106 pages.

    Condition: Very near fine in mustard-colored cloth with gold lettering (crease to lower corner of the first page.).

    Book ID: 59177
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  • Wilson, Neill C.
    400 CALIFORNIA STREET: The Story of the Bank of California.

    Edition: First trade printing.

    San Francisco: Bank of California, 1964. Hardcover first edition - The story of the Bank of California, National Association and its first 100 years in the financial development of the Pacific Coast. Much of the history of the bank, founded by William Ralston, which had D. O. Mills as its first president, is the history of the growth of California during the gold rush era, the beginnings of the transcontinental railroads. Profusely illustrated with photographs. An attractive publication, designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. 87 pages.

    Condition: Near fine in dark blue cloth with gold lettering in a clear acrylic jacket.

    Book ID: 15258
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  • A CITY OF CAPRICE. by Wilson, Neill Compton.
    Wilson, Neill Compton.
    A CITY OF CAPRICE.

    Edition: Second Edition, revised.

    San Francisco: The Metropolitan Press, (1921). SIGNED - A collection of poetry about the city of San Francisco, illustrated with etchings of San Francisco scenes by Barbara Shermund. SIGNED on the front endpaper with the word "sincerely." 80 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in cream paper covered boards with a gold panel on front cover - spine covering detached and missing approx 1 inch at top of spine covering, but otherwise very good

    Book ID: 77811
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  • Winchester, Simon.
    A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless westward expansion. . . an informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive force." Illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Appendix, glossary, suggestions for further reading, index. xiv, 462 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0571993.

    Condition: Very near fine in an unusual near fine folded dust jacket, which opens to become a poster showing the newspaper headlines of the day,

    Book ID: 60682
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  • FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA AND THE CALIFORNIA CONQUEST. by Wise, Winifred E.
    Wise, Winifred E.
    FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA AND THE CALIFORNIA CONQUEST.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1967.) dj. Hardcover - A biography for young adults telling of the later years of Serra's life and the establishment of the California Missions, a task he was given in 1769, when he was already 55 years old, and suffering from a sore leg. Illustrated with photographs and vintage prints. Bibliography, index. 184 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with markings and reading wear, in a good dj.

    Book ID: 40252
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  • WRECKER. by Wood, Summer.
    Wood, Summer.
    WRECKER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Bloomsbury, (2011). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, set in the early 1970s among the giant redwood trees of California's Lost Coast in Humboldt County, the story of a nearly broken and abandoned boy who finds a new home. SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 66560
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  • RIVERS OF GOLD, by Woodworth, James K and William G. Wilson
    Woodworth, James K and William G. Wilson
    RIVERS OF GOLD,

    Edition: First thus.

    Auburn, California: Placer Savings & Loan Association, nd (ca 1970). A collection of anecdotes and short stories about the early days in California's Mother Lode and Upper Sacramento Valley Country. Includes a story of a miner who was working at two mines in Amador City - Keystone and Bunker Hill - at the same time, the story behind the name "Murderer's Bar". photographs of the flood which washed out the bridge across the American River on Highway 49 in December 1964 and much more. Issued by Placer Savings & Loan Association, with a notation on the front cover "Compliments of Placer Savings." Illustrated with vintage photographs and drawings. While undated, this appears to be a slightly expanded version of the 1966 first edition, Ad for Placer Savings inside back cover. Large format, 44 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in stapled full color illustrated wrappers (previous owner's name) Uncommon.

    Book ID: 85675
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  • Woollett, William, FAIA
    CALIFORNIA'S GOLDEN AGE

    Edition: First printing.

    Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1989. Hardcover first edition - Completed shortly before the author's death, this book is an attempt to preserve a little bit of the history of California. Illustrated with drawings made by Woollett as a young architect, as early as 1915.

    Condition: F/NF (light edgewear, crease on front flap.)

    Book ID: 3566
    Keywords: California
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  • Wyatt, David.
    FIVE FIRES: Race, Catastrophe and the Shaping of California.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Addison-Wesley, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Beginning with the accidental introduction of wild oats by the Spanish, Wyatt uses catastrophic happenings to analyze the history of California: the gold rush, the 1906 earthquake, the post-WWII defense-industry boom, and the 1965 Watts riot. Illustrated, notes, bibliography, index. 288 pages. ISBN: 0-201-144794.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 22890
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  • NEGRO WHO'S WHO IN CALIFORNIA - 1948 EDITION. by Wynn, Commodore, editor, John W. Roy, director.
    Wynn, Commodore, editor, John W. Roy, director.
    NEGRO WHO'S WHO IN CALIFORNIA - 1948 EDITION.

    Edition: First edition.

    Who's Who in California Publishing Co, (lithographed by Wm. Westerfield), 1948. Hardcover first edition - The first and apparently the only edition of this uncommon reference work. Includes biographies of approximately 500 notable California African Americans. Book is divided into seven sections: The Pioneers, The Church and Pulpit, The Professions, Business and Industry, Art and Music, Civic and Social, and In Memorium. Illustrated with many individual and group photographs. Index. Large format. 133 pp.

    Condition: Very good in burgundy boards with gilt lettering (prev owner's name, some minor rubbing and wear to the covers.)

    Book ID: 54239
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  • JOHN XANTUS: The Fort Tejon Letters 1857 -1 by [Xantus, Janos / John.] Zwinger, Ann.
    [Xantus, Janos / John.] Zwinger, Ann.
    JOHN XANTUS: The Fort Tejon Letters 1857 -1

    Edition: First printing.

    Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Previously unpublished letters of this Hungarian immigrant who joined the US Army under an assumed name, a charlatan who managed to alienate most of the people he met, and yet one of the Smithsonian's most successful collectors of natural history specimens in the mid-19th century. From his station at Ft Tejon in California's Tehachapi Mountains, Xantus carried on a lengthy correspondence with Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, notes, index. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-09417.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 28095
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  • SILENT TRAVELER IN SAN FRANCISCO by Yee, Chiang
    Yee, Chiang
    SILENT TRAVELER IN SAN FRANCISCO

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, 1964. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with 16 full-color paintings and over 50 drawings. 366 pp

    Condition: Ex-library but only a few markings - call letters on the spine and the remains of a pocket or bookplate on the front endpapers - overall a tight clean copy. No dust jacket.

    Book ID: 14312
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  • Young, Al (signed) and Ishmael Reed, editors.
    ISHMAEL REED & AL YOUNG'S QUILT 2.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Berkeley, CA: By the editors, (1981.). SIGNED first edition - Special issue devoted to the stories of students at U.C. Berkeley - a literary magazine that aims "to publish the newest and most interesting writing from North America's many writing cultures." This issue is uncommon in that it is all short fiction; contributors include Fae Myenne Ng, Michael Moore, Eric Miller, Lisa Gulick and more. SIGNED by editor and African American poet Al Young on the title page 254 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

    Condition: Very good in stiff illustrated covers (some minor soiling to covers, stain on lower corner of front)

    Book ID: 38583
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  • Young, John V.
    HOT TYPE & PONY WIRE: My Life as a California Reporter from Prohibition to Pearl Harbor.

    Edition: First printing.

    Santa Cruz, CA: Western Tanager Press, 1980. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A picture both of the changes in journalism over the years, but also of the changes in California - among the stories which he wrote about were the 1933 double lynching in San Jose's St. James Park, the Salinas lettuce strike of 1936, the first automobile down the Big Sur highway, the ghost towns of the Santa Cruz mountains, and more. INSCRIBED by the author and dated in 1980.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 13286
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  • MACRAME BY THE BAY. by Ziemer, Jeep; Aleta Jenks and Andrew McKinney.
    Ziemer, Jeep; Aleta Jenks and Andrew McKinney.
    MACRAME BY THE BAY.

    Edition: First printing.

    Pleasonton, CA: Taurus Publications, (1973.). First edition - Macrame designs inspired by San Francisco, with color photographs by Andrew McKinney showcasing the finished products on Fisherman's Wharf, in Golden Gate Park, etc. Complete directions for 15 projects, black and white photographs, charts. Measures 8 1/2 by 11 inches in stapled color wrappers. 32 pp including the cover.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 51076
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  • ZINFANDEL SELECTIONS
    ZINFANDEL SELECTIONS

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    St. Helena, CA: Vintage Image, 1979. First edition - 20 award winning zinfandels with winemaker's comments and tasting notes. Illustrated.

    Condition: Very good in silver paper wrappers.

    Book ID: 7665
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  • HISTORICAL SKETCH of the STATE NORMAL SCHOOL at SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, 1862-1889, with a Catalog of Its Graduates and a Record of Their Work for Twenty-Seven Years.
    HISTORICAL SKETCH of the STATE NORMAL SCHOOL at SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, 1862-1889, with a Catalog of Its Graduates and a Record of Their Work for Twenty-Seven Years.

    Edition: First edition.

    Sacramento: State Office. . J. D. Young, Supt State Printing. 1889. Hardcover first edition - An account of the establishment and early years of the first state normal school (or teachers' training college) in California. Lists all of the teachers at the college with brief biographical notes, and all of the graduates, both alphabetically and by year. Two engravings of the first building and the present building following the title page. 283 pp.

    Condition: Good condition overall in dark brown cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover - corners somewhat bumped, a bit of mottling to the back cover, and some offsetting to the endpapers. Previous owner's name dated 1896. A sturdy and very readable copy.

    Book ID: 68990
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  • MOKELUMNE HILL HISTORY SOCIETY OVER THE HILL GANG COOKBOOK.
    MOKELUMNE HILL HISTORY SOCIETY OVER THE HILL GANG COOKBOOK.

    n.d. (ca 1980). First edition - A community cookbook from the small gold rush town of Mokelumne Hill - a town settled in 1849 - in Calaveras County. Brief news snippets from the late 1800s are interspersed with the recipes. 49 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers with a blue comb binding.

    Book ID: 81059
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  • PROGRAM ST. PATRICKS DAY 1910 CLUNIE THEATER, SACRAMENTO.
    PROGRAM ST. PATRICKS DAY 1910 CLUNIE THEATER, SACRAMENTO.

    Sacramento, CA: A. J, Johnston Co., Print, 1910. A program from the 1910 St. Patrick's Day celebration at the Clunie Theater, Sacramento, California. The celebration featured 21 pieces of Irish music; several acts included Gaelic dancers in costume. Note at the bottom that "you are requested to ask for encores." A single sheet measuring 10 by 7 inches, folded to create a 4 pp leaflet. Printed in green on cream stock.

    Condition: Good - a short tear and some creasing.

    Book ID: 81654
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  • 15TH ANNUAL OPTIMIST ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME.
    15TH ANNUAL OPTIMIST ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME.

    Edition: First edition.

    Sacramento, CA: 1971. First edition - Program for a football game between the Sacramento Valley and the San Joaquin Valley played to benefit the Optimist Foundation for Handicapped Children, played at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento on August 14, 1971. Guest of honor was John Ralston, Head Football Coach at Stanford University. Includes the roster of each team and small photographs of each player. Many local ads. Unpaginated (14 pp), measures 8 1/2 by 11 inches.

    Condition: Near fine in stapled, illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81662
    Keywords: california, football, Sports
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  • "California's Capital" in GOLDEN NOTES Vol 14 No. 3 , April 1968.

    Edition: First printing, a slim pamphlet.

    Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Historical Society, 1968. First edition - An account of the Constitutional Convention in 1878 which established Sacramento as the permanent location of the state's capitol. 12 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in stapled illustrated yellow wrappers (slight toning).

    Book ID: 84520
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  • PG AND E (PG&E) COUNTRY.
    PG AND E (PG&E) COUNTRY.

    Edition: First edition.

    San Francisco: Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 1966. Hardcover first edition - A book designed to showcase the accomplishments of the major electrical utility in Northern California - a 94,000 square mile area with more forest land than any other state - and an area, in 1966, on the brink of major changes and growth. Illustrated with maps and photographs throughout - Quatro. 104 pp

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 86659
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