CALIFORNIA HISTORY CENTER, DE ANZA COLLEGE

Sunnyvale City of Destiny

Cupertino, CA: California History Center, 1974. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This is a trade sized paperback book. This copy has been signed by a number of the authors who participated in this book. This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is a previous owner's name on the front book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. ; Signed by Collection of Signatures. Very Good .

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Book number: 46979

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana California History Center Sunnyvale, CA California History Signed Edition

THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA

Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California September 1914; Vol. IX, No. 9

San Francisco, CA: The Commonwealth Club, 1914. Stapled wraps. Ex-Library. This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a side stapled spine. This is an ex library copy removed from the San Jose public library. The booklet is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There are a couple of library stickers to both covers along with a couple of ink stamps name and library markings to the title and copyright pages. The contents are about the California Constitution, and ideas for reforming it.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 47590

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana The Commonwealth Club Of California California Constitution Californa History Politics

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, WILLIAM E. WARNE

Water Conditions in California California Cooperative Snow Surveys: The Resources Agency of California

Sacramento, CA: California Department of Water Resources, 1962. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. White cardstock covers have some spots of dirt and foxing. The spine is cloth tape. There is some light bumping and beginning edge wear and creasing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. Included are maps, graphs and tables relating to the water supply and snow surveys during the winter season of 1961-62.. Very Good .

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Book number: 45166

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana California Department Of Water Resources California Cooperative Snow Surveys Snow Survey Water Supply Land Management Resources Natural Resources

CALIFORNIANS, INC.

San Francisco Center of the California Vacationland - a Guide Book for Visitors

San Francisco, CA: Californians, Inc, 1934. 1st Printing. Pamphlet. B&W Illustrations; This is a small format pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled binding. The pamphlet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The pamphlet and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is one light dent to the front cover of the pamphlet and some light edge wear, and ground-in dirt as well as one light crease to the top front corner. The text pages are clean and bright.. This book has been illustrated throughout with monotone photographs. "For more than a century following the discovery of the PHilippines in 1521 the Spanish south by sea to fnd a North Pacific port of call to break the passage of their galleons to Panama...." (from the introduction). The book starts with a history of the discovery of California, then offers hints on how to reach California by rail then covers most of the interesting districts of the San Francisco Bay region before covering other regions of the state including Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, The Redwood "Empire", Mt. Shasta & Lassen, and more. The end of the booklet discusses times of year to come, and gives information on approximate costs for driving (via auto) and rail. Also includes approximate prices for visits to certain areas away from San Francisco.. Very Good .

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Book number: 45053

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Californians, Inc San Francisco Travel Travel brochures City guides

CARSON, PATRICIA S.

Gustine: Gem of the Valley a Complete History of the Gustine Area

Gustine, CA: Gustine Diamond Jubilee, Inc, 1990. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W and Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning creasing to the spine of the book from being read. The text pages are clean and bright. "Gustine was established in the early 1900s as a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad and named after Sara Miller, nicknamed "Gussie", the daughter of Henry Miller, the "Cattle King", an early California land baron and Agricultural pioneer. Little Sara, always getting "gussied up" with fancy clothes, was killed when she was thrown from her horse when she was eight years old. The first post office opened in 1907. The city was incorporated in 1915. Gustine was the site of the first 9-1-1 system in California, installed in March 1970. Gustine is home to the nation's largest festa which is steeped in Portuguese tradition. Gustine High School is home to the longest running basketball tournament in the state of California, which is put on by the city's Rotary Club. The tournament has been put on by the Rotary Club and celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2017. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 47128

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Patricia S. Carson Gustine, CA California History Central Valley California

CASSEL, SUSIE LAN

The Chinese in America a History from Gold Mountain to the New Millennium

Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2002. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0759100012. Trade PB. IThis is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 48095

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: 0759100012 Americana Susie Lan Cassel Asian Americans American History Chinese Immigration

CAUGHEY, JOHN WALTON

Gold Is the Cornerstone

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1948. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by W. R. Cameron. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light toning to the edges of the endpapers and of the edges of the text block. The dust jacket some edge wear and nicking to the spine ends and corners and noticeable darkening / toning to the spine and edges of the front and rear panels. "A professor at UCLA from 1930-1967, John Caughey was one of the foremost historians of California of his time. His books include Gold is the Cornerstone, California Heritage, and Their Majesties the Mob (about vigilantism). In 1949 he defied the Regents of the University of California by refusing to sign a loyalty oath he considered unconstitutional." "The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. The sudden influx of immigration and gold into the money supply reinvigorated the American economy, and California became one of the few American states to go directly to statehood, in the Compromise of 1850. The Gold Rush initiated the California Genocide, with 100,000 Native Californians dying between 1848 and 1868. By the time it ended, California had gone from a thinly populated ex-Mexican territory to the home state of the first nominee for the Republican Party.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 33746

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana John Walton Caughey Gold Rush Sutter's Fort W. R. Cameron Californiana

CENDRARS, BLAISE (TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY HENRY LONGAN STUART)

Sutter's Gold

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1926. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Harry Cimino. Color and B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is missing the dust jacket. The spine end and corners of the boook covers have some rubbing and bumping. The spine ends also have some beginning nicking. The illustrated paper covered boards have noticeable rubbing and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The illustration on page 130 is missing. "After the war, Cendrars became involved in the movie industry in Italy, France, and the United States. Cendrars' departure from poetry in the 1920s roughly coincided with his break from the world of the French intellectuals, summed up in his Farewell to Painters (1926) and the last section of L'homme foudroyé (1944) , after which he began to make numerous trips to South America ("while others were going to Moscow", as he writes in that chapter). It was during this second half of his career that he began to concentrate on novels, short stories, and, near the end and just after World War II, on his magnificent poetic-autobiographical tetralogy, beginning with L'homme foudroyé. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 44593

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Califoniana Blaise Cendrars Harry Cimino Sutter's Fort General Sutter

CHASE, J. SMEATON (JOSEPH)

Yosemite Trails Camp and Pack-Train in the Yosemite Region of the Sierra Nevada

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The book covers have several tiny spots of white discoloration. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The last thirty pages or so have noticeable tidemarking /possible water spotting. The full page illustration at page 314 has an inch sized semi-circular chip missing where the pages adhered along the bottom edge of the page (does not affect the illustration). All 17 black and white photographs are present. "J. Smeaton Chase (8 April 1864 – 29 March 1923) was an English-born American author, traveler and photographer. Joseph Smeaton Chase has become an integral part of California literature: revered for his poignant descriptions of California landscapes. An Englishman who toured the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountains in 1915 with his burro, Mesquit, Chase published poetic diary entries detailing his escapades through the Sierra Nevada mountains and California desert." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 37852

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana J. Smeaton Chase Yosemite National Parks Nature Photography

CHENEY, SHELDON

Art-Lover's Guide to the Exposition Explanations of the Architecture Sculpture & Mural Paintings with a Guide for Study in the Art Gallery

Berkeley, CA: At the Sign of the Berkeley Oak, 1915. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a small format paperback with cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. There is one small nick / tear to the bottom rear spine joint. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The edges of the first several text pages have dog-earing and wear. "Among the exhibits at the Exposition was the C. P. Huntington, the first steam locomotive purchased by Southern Pacific Railroad; the locomotive then went on static display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. A telephone line was also established to New York City so people across the continent could hear the Pacific Ocean. The Liberty Bell traveled by train on a nationwide tour from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to attend the exposition. The 1915 American Grand Prize and Vanderbilt Cup auto races were held February 27 and March 6 on a 3.84-mile (6.18 km) circuit set up around the Exposition grounds. The Smithsonian Institution also had an exhibition at the Exposition. ". Very Good- .

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Book number: 36226

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Sheldon Cheney Panama Pacific Exposition San Francisco, CA Art Art Gallery Catalogue World Expositions

CITIZENS' COMMITTEE, VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA

Advantages and Solution of Disadvantages, Mare Island, in San Francisco Bay, for Naval Base and Navy Yard Expert Testimony to U.S. Commission on Navy Yards and Naval Stations

Vallejo, CA: Citizens' Committe, Vallejo, CA, 1916. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a slightly larger than trade sized paperback book with cardstock covers and side stapled spines. The book covers have noticeable toning / foxing and some water marking. The front spine joint is detatched. The text pages are clean and bright, with the exception of the title page and the first three or so pages -- which each have lessening amounts of water spotting / foxing - with the most noticeable on the title page, by the spine joint and the top edge. There are several maps included, all of which are in clean, bright condition. There is only one copy of this item listed in OCLC. " Mare Island Naval Shipyard also took a commanding role in civil defense and emergency response on the West Coast, dispatching warships to the Pacific Northwest to subdue Native American violence. MINSY sent ships such as Wyoming south to Central America and the Panama Canal to protect US political and commercial interests. Some of the support, logistics and munition requirements for the Spanish–American War were filled by Mare Island. MINSY sent men, materiel and ships to San Francisco in response to the fires following the 1906 earthquake. Arctic rescue missions were mounted as necessary. Ordnance manufacturing and storage were two further key missions at MINSY for nearly all of its active service, including ordnance used prior to the American Civil War. In 1911, the Marine Corps established two West Coast recruit training depots first at Mare Island, the second at Puget Sound, Washington. Mare Island eventually became the West Coast's only recruit training facility when the Puget Sound operation consolidated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1912. Instructors trained recruits there until 10 August 1923, when they relocated to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. " (from Wikipedia). Good .

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Book number: 40967

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Citizens' Committee, Vallejo, CA Mare Island United States Military United States Navy Drydocks Naval Bases Shipyards

CLOUGH, CHARLES W

San Juan Bautista the Town, the Mission & the Park

Fresno, CA: Word Dancer Press, 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 1884995071. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperbackb The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 47018

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: 1884995071 Californiana Charles W. Clough Spanish Missions California History San Juan Bautista California Missions Missions

COBURN, JESSE L.

Letters of Gold California Postal History Through 1869

Canton, OH: U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, Inc. The Philatelic Foundation, Inc, 1984. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0960354816. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small to medium sized edge tears and noticeable rubbing to the spine ends, edges and flap joints. The spine of the dust jacket has noticeable fading / sunning. "Letters of Gold recounts and illustrates the postal history of California and the historical background against which the story of the mails evolved. It begins with the Spanish period and ends with completion of the trans-continental railroad, an event which significantlyh changed the character of the west." (from the book). Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 42809

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: 0960354816 Californiana Postal Service Jesse L. Coburn Americana Western Americana Correspondence Letters and correspondence US Philatelic Society

COLBURN, MRS. FREDERICK H. (FRONA EUNICE WAIT COLBURN)

The Kingship of Mt. Lassen at Present the Only Active Volcano on the Mainland of the United States

San Francisco, CA: Nemo Publishing Company, 1922. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of thebook covers have some light bumping and edge wear, along with some beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. "Frona Eunice Wait (1859–1946) was an American author and newspaper writer. From her beginning as a journalist, she rose to become an associate editor for the Overland Monthly. Frona Eunice was born in Yolo County, California in 1859. She married John Courtland Wait at a young age in Dayton, Washington. She had two children with Wait, the second of whom, Sylvester James "Vessie" died in 1880. Her circumstances of leaving her husband are unknown but she left him after her son died. From that point she began to work as a journalist, getting her first job with the Santa Rosa Republican newspaper and learning the writing and publishing trade. In 1887 she was one of only two female staff journalists in San Francisco, working for the San Francisco Examiner. She married Frederick Henry Colburn, October 31, 1900. Colburn was assistant secretary of the Associated Savings Banks of San Francisco, and had spent time in a variety of businesses including publishing, import and export, and being president of the California Business College." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 37727

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Mrs. Frederick H. Colburn Frona Eunice Wait Colburn Mt. Lassen Geology Volcanoes Vulcanology

MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE

Catalog of Information and Announcement of Courses 1935-1936

Modesto, CA: Modesto Junior College, 1935. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Booklet. This is a small format booklet (5 1/2 x 7 3/4") with blue medium cardstock covers and a glued spine. This booklet was issued without a dust jacket. The booklets spine ends have small tears (at both ends) and there is some light creasing to the corners. The top edge of the front cover has a previous owner's penciled name. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, though there are several penciled notations regarding courses throughout. The front endpaper is filled with notations and there are a couple of inked notes on the front inside cover, along with two mathematical equations. "Modesto Junior College (known more informally as MJC) is a public, two-year community college located in Modesto, California. MJC is part of Yosemite Community College District along with Columbia College. MJC, and Columbia College, belong to the California Community College system along with 109 other public community colleges. MJC is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC). The next accreditation inspection visit is scheduled for 2016 and the accrediting commission will act on the recommendation regarding the reaffirmation of the colleges’ accreditation status for the next six years in 2017." (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 43834

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Modesto Junior College College Catalogue Modesto, CA California History History Of Modesto, CA