San Francisco: San Francisco Medical Society. 1858. Hardcover first edition - Preface, introduction, includes chapters on the legal regulation of the medical profession, the development of the xray as well as biographies of 16 prominent doctors. Illustrated with photographs. Appendices, references, index. Large format. ix, 190 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, (1974.) dj. Hardcover - Illustrated with 220 photographs of 112 historic homes - most are described briefly, but eighteen have extensive essays and many photographs - including the Bidwell Mansion in Chico, Sutter's Fort, Petaluma Adobe, the Octagon House in San Francisco, the Hearst Castle and more.Color frontispiece. Endpaper maps showing the location of the houses open to the public. Bibliography & Index. Large format, printed on heavy glossy stock throughout. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-831070978.

Glendale CA: La Siesta Press, 1978. First edition - Includes sections on the Jesuit colonization, the Franciscan era, and Dominican period as well as on Native Americans today. Illustrated with maps and photographs. References, appendix. 96 pp. ISBN: 0-910856664.

Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover - Highlights the achievements of African Americans through the years - from A is for abolitionists, B is for Buffalo Soldiers to X is for Malcolm X. Illustrated throughout in full color by E. B. Lewis. Reference list. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 158536293X.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1993.). The first major English language interpretation of Charreria: "a complex tradition of parades, competitions, costumes, music, and social events celebrating the Mexican horseman. A uniquely New World celebration that rivals rodeo in its extraordinary levels of sophistication and performance, it offers those of Mexican descent a source of pride in their heritage....describes the evolution of this equestrian tradition, highlighting the role of horsemen and women throughout Mexico's history." Photographs. Notes, glossary, references, index. xix, 344 pp. ISBN: 0-816513465.

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, (2007) dj. Hardcover - Readers get to meet those who lived near an English manor in 1255 - from Hugo, the Lord's nephew, and Taggot, the blacksmith's daughter, to Pask, the runaway and Giles, the beggar, as each tell their story in verse or prose. Lovely illustrations by Robert Byrd - a handsome production overall. INSCRIBED on the title page by Schlitz and dated in 2008. Winner of Newberry Medal. Bibliography. Slightly oversized. 85 pp. ISBN: 9780763615789.

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, (c. 1919). Hardcover - History of Canada. Bibliographical note, index.Small format. ix, 296 pp.

New York: Promontory Press, (1982.) dj. Hardcover - Omnibus edition containing three works written and illustrated by Sloane and originally published in 1954-1956: American Barns and Covered Bridges; Our Vanishing Landscape, and American Yesterday. Each work is paginated separately as follows: 112, 107 and 123 pp. Somewhat oversized format. ISBN: 0-88365-6485.

New York: Arcade Publishing, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A well-researched and fascinating account of the women war correspondents during War II, who brought a fresh vision to the battlefields of the war and reported home with a new sensibility. Included are photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White, the only Western journalist to cover the Nazi invasion of the U.S.S.R. and the first to photograph Buchenwald; Martha Gelhorn, writer and wife of Ernest Hemingway; photographer Lee Miller; the New Yorker's Janet Flanner and more. In the years leading up to the war, in France during the invasion, in London during the Blitz, in China and Manila and Madrid, these women were there. Illustrated with photographs. Includes 39 pages of bibliographical notes, bibliography and index. xviii, 458 pp. ISBN: 1-559704934.

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Historical Society. 1965. First edition - Issue focuses on construction of the new building for the Society. Photographs. 16 pp.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1947. dj. Hardcover - Tenth printing, originally published in 1936. Illustrated by the author with drawings throughout, full-color frontispiece of Nantucket Harbor. Map on Nantucket Island on the front endpapers and of Nantucket Harbor on the rear. Index. xi, 316 pp.

London: Amber Books Ltd, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the the major special ops organizations and underground cells during World War II, "ranging from the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the German Abwehr to resistance movements across Europe . . includes well known cases as the SOE and Norwegian agents sabotaging Norwegian hydroelectric plants to the less explored territory of Soviet partisans, from the Abwehr's rescue of Mussolini to the French Maquis, from the Polish Home Army to OSS operations in the Pacific." Slightly oversized format, illustrated with 120 black-&-white photographs. Bibliography, index. 224 pp. ISBN: 978-178276554.

New York: New York University Press, 1962. dj. Hardcover first edition - Hans J. Morgenthau commented 'In its combination of historic knowledge, philosophic insight and political judgment, this book makes an extraordinary contribution to the understanding of American diplomacy, past and present.' A title in the James Stokes Lectureship on Politics series. Index. 273 pp.

Chicago: Quadrangle Books, (1970). Edited and with an introduction by Harry M. Trebing. Includes essays by Andrew Hacker, Adolf A. Berle, Elizabeth B. Drew, Emmanuel Cellar and others on on the beginning of the multi-national corporations. A New York Times Book. Suggested reading, index. 273 pp.

New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, (1970) dj. Hardcover - One of the first biographies of Rasputin, first published in 1917 shortly after Rasputin's assassination. Includes a new foreword by Leslie Shepard. Translated from the Danish by William Frederick Harvey. Index. xvi, 143 pp. Dust jacket design by Nick Frank.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2005.) dj. Hardcover - "a road map to the locations of American political violence and ruminates on their lessons ....much more than an entertaining and informative travelogue--it is the disturbing and fascinating story of how American death has been manipulated by popular culture, including literature, architecture, sculpture, and--the author's favorite--historical tourism. Though the themes of loss and violence are explored.... there are lighter diversions into the lives of the three presidents and their assassins, including mummies, show tunes, mean-spirited totem poles, and a nineteenth-century biblical sex cult." 258 pp. ISBN: 9780743260039.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2008. dj. Hardcover first edition - An exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America as only Vowell can write it. 251 pp. ISBN: 978-1594489990.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - Vowell travels through the American past and in doing so investigates the bumpy roads in her own life. Her second full length book. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-743223527.

New York: Crown, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - George Weller was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covered World War II across Europe and then set out to explore the devastation inflicted on Nagasaki. Censored by General MacArthur in 1945, lost for 60 years, these never-before-published reports provide a moving, unparalleled look at the bomb that killed more than 70,000 people and ended WWII. Also includes other published reports on the horrors of Japan's Pow Camps. Foreword by Walter Cronkite. Edited with an essay by Anthony Weller, the son of George Weller. Photographs. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-307-342018.

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1997. SIGNED first edition - A special issue devoted to the work of Dr Eric Williams, as an historian and a politician. SIGNED by George Lamming at his article "The Legacy of Eric Williams." Includes an excerpt from William's works, articles by Selwyn Cudjoe, Patricia Mohammed, William Darrity Jr, a select bibliography by Deborah Craig Nestor and more. Photograph. ix, pp 703-912. ISBN: 0161-2492.

New York: Harper Collins, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - The extraordinary story of two men involved in the creation of the Oxford dictionary - the editor,Professor James Murray, and an American, Dr. William Chester Minor, the most prolific contributor, who was interred at Broadmoor as criminally insane. Illustrated. Suggestions for further reading. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0175966.

New York: HarperPerennial, (1999.). The extraordinary story of two men involved in the creation of the Oxford dictionary - the editor,Professor James Murray, and an American, Dr. William Chester Minor, the most prolific contributor, who was interred at Broadmoor as criminally insane. Illustrated. Suggestions for further reading. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-06-099486X.

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.

Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1916 (1917). Hardcover first edition - A discussion of the circumstances which both led to the popularity of play-parties, and its subsequent almost disappearance except in very rural areas. Includes dances, songs, games, for children and adults. A title in the Indiana Historical Collections series (since by law a copy was provided to every library in Indiana and others reserved for Indiana University, it is unusual that this copy is not ex-library) Bibliography. 120 pp.

New York: Random House, (1950.) dj. Hardcover - A 'World Landmark Book' for children, illustrated with two color drawings by Elton Fax. Biography of a man who led his desert tribe of nomads from out of nowhere and conquered half the known world, the scourge of both Christians and Moslems. The Landmark series is perhaps one of the best series for children from the mid-20th century, and they are especially remarkable for the quality of the writing - in many cases, a Landmark book might be the only children's book by an author who is considered an expert in his or her field. Index, illustrated endpapers. 181 pp.

New York: Basic Books (HarperCollins), (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The promises of 'Liberty, equality, and fraternity' did not extend to women, but with the publication of Blood Sisters, the voices of the women who witnessed the French Revolution are finally restored to history. The memoirists portray themselves as active participants cheering the Revolution on its course or, more frequently, resisting it." Based on 80 accounts of the Revolution left by women, from the 16 page testimonial by the wife of the concierge in Marie-Antoinette's prison to the 10 volume memoirs of Mme de Genlis. Illustrated, notes, index. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-465-092632.