First Edition. A revised edition of the exhibition catalog for a show of Birk's works held at the Laguna Art Museum in 2000. Birk's paintings are a mashup of historical tropes and modern figures, here posed in scence from an imagined civil war in California. 80 pages, plus a CD.....

First Edition. An account of the often brutal interactions between white settlers and the Native Americans living in the Round Valley, in Northern Mendocino County, California. Since descendants of some of the worst offenders still live in the region, rumors of their attempts to supress the book abound. Its relative.....

An extremely rare, one-of-a-kind poster promoting the appearance of the band Spirit and Jimmie Spheeris for their appearance at the legendary Golden Bear club in Huntington Beach, California, from August 13–19, [1968]. The Golden Bear did not issue many posters, particularly in the 1960s, and based on this rare survivor.....

First Edition. "A magazine writer describes his years as a fraternity boy at Berkeley in the early 1960s, discussing his ambitious classmates, their dreams, and their disappointments during a decade of promise.: 559 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a dust jacket.....

First Edition. The most detailed 19th century directory of Humboldt County, a remote region in far northwest California that at the time was only reachable by ship. This is also one of the only Western directories compiled and published by a woman. The first 126 pages are mostly devoted to the.....

Fourteen 5-by-7-inch sepia-tone photographs documenting logging operations in a long-gone company town in the redwood forest north of Eureka, on the California coast. Two of the images show logging camps (Camps 7 and 8); one shows a logging railroad; the rest depict scenes in the forest during the handsaw era. These.....

A directory of Japanese Americans and Japanese American-owned businesses, primarily on the West Coast, but including listings for many other states and the provinces of Canada. The Hokubei Mainichi (North American Daily) was a bilingual newspaper for the Japanese American community in San Francisco. It began publishing in 1948, soon.....

A massive (nearly 1200 pages) national directory of Japanese Americans, primarily in California but with entries from 35 states and the District of Columbia. The directory is organized by state and then city, followed by the name in Roman letters, address, and phone number of the head of each household.....

First Edition. [2], 7, [3] pages. In the Supreme Court of the State of California. Part of a legal action against the treasurer of Monterey County, who was charged with misappropriating $8,000. This case is an appeal of a judge's order to remove a lien from the treasurer's property. While not especially.....

First Edition. The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, claiming to speak for the business community of the West Coast, argues that the success of Chinese merchants in California and the growing trade with China requires armed transport across the Pacific Ocean to ensure the safe passage of gold and silver.....

36 pages, each with five or so clippings of O'Brien's column on prison life and policy. In addition to being the publisher of the paper, he was a director of the California State Board of Prisons. Approximately 150 columns. String-bound into scrapbook covers, 8 by 11-1/2 inches. Very good; one.....

First Edition. The most detailed 19th century directory of Humboldt County, a remote region in far northwest California that at the time was only reachable by ship. This is also one of the only Western directories compiled and published by a woman. The first 126 pages are mostly devoted to the.....

Two pages (single sheet). 8 by 10 inches, on ruled paper. A nice California business letter. This letter details a number of speculative business ventures in Southern California, and the writer and the recipient appear to be partners in a number of investments. There is a lengthy discussion of the purchase.....