Fresno County (35 results)

Paperbound. Condition: Fair. Description: ''A compendium of interesting and useful historical fats and old tales gathered to mark the 100th anniversary of the found of Fresno County. Published by Fresno Count Centennial Committee.'' Tells of the county origins; Millerton, the first county seat; county seat comes to Fresno; the infant city; the courthouse; irrigation arrives; the No-Fence law; the great ranches; the county today (1950s); short pieces on various communities like Auberry, Monmouth, Biola, Bowles, Burrel, Calwa, Caruthers, Clovis, Coalinga, and many, many more. Short historical articles include: Bishop Kip's Visit to Fort Miller; Train Robberies; Horse and Buggy Days; ''The People's Railroad''; A Century of Lumbering; Armenians; Oil and Gas Production; Aviation; The Saga of Don Benito; and more. Also includes a short piece by William Saroyan, ''I Remember Fresno''. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covers; contents stapled and bound in; the cover has a county schools stamp, small stain; the paper is browning, otherwise Good condition. 10 inches tall by 6.75 inches wide. 184 pages.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's folding brochure containing a map of Fresno County. No date, circa 1930s. 5" x 8 3/4" folded. 26" x 19" unfolded. Folds open into one sheet. Brochure is very clean and intact except for light age toning, slight wear to extremities, and slight wear and few tiny splits along fold lines. A Very Good copy. A promotional folding brochure containing the "Official Map of Central San Joaquin Valley Showing Fresno County and Parts of Adjoining Counties." The map is on one entire side of the brochure when opened. The map is printed in black-and-white with printed yellow ink highlighting Fresno County. The map is centered upon Fresno County and shows the city of Fresno and other nearby towns and cities (some of which are not shown in their entirety) such as Madera, Firebaugh, Merced, Los Banos, Clovis, Fowler, Selma, Reedley, Hanford, Tulare, Visalia, Exeter, Lindsay, and Porterville. The Northeast and East Corners of Fresno County are cut off at the edges in the upper-right corner but are shown instead as inset maps in the lower-right corner. A small Index map to the left shows the relative size and position of Fresno County compared to other California counties. In the lower-left corner is the legend which shows symbols for geographical features such as interstate highways, main roads, railroads, canals, township borders, state highways, rancho boundaries, national forest boundaries, river and dams, small towns or post offices, and school houses. The map is on a numbered grid which may be showing land plots. On the verso of the map is a green and white printed illustration showing an aerial view of Fresno and some major routes running through the city such as Blackstone Avenue and State Highway 41 (to Yosemite and Huntington and Bass Lakes), U.S. Highway 99 (to San Francisco or Los Angeles), Ventura Ave. (to Sequoia and General Grant National Parks and Kings River Canyon), White Bridge Road and State Highway 180 (to Los Banos), Kearney Boulevard (to Coalinga), and Elm Ave (to Hanford and Coast Points). Brief text below this illustration promotes Fresno and its various features and aspects such as its farming and agricultural industry, business prospects, schools and amenities, recreational opportunities, local attractions, transportation system, and proximity to Yosemite, General Grant, and Sequoia National Parks and other outdoor recreation areas such as Bass Lake, Huntington Lake, Shaver Lake, and Hume Lake. Map copyright Rand McNally & Company. Brochure published by the City of Fresno and compiled and distributed by the Fresno County Chamber of Commerce.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. This work is a collection of interesting and useful historical facts and old tales gathered to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Fresno County, California. The book contains photographs, a chronology, and a bibliography. The endpapers serve as maps. This HARDCOVER copy is clean and solid.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's white paper wrappers with staple binding. Dark pink lettering and illustration printed on front cover. No date, circa 1907 (one part of the text describes Martin Theodore Kearney (1842-1906) as having passed away last May). 4 3/4" x 6 1/2." Unpaginated, c. forty-eight pages, complete. Many small black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning and slight wear to extremities. Covers are clean and intact overall but have moderate age toning (covers are now yellowed), a former owner's gift inscription in dark blue ink on front cover and inside of back cover, splitting at tail of spine, a few tiny stains on front, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. Charming pamphlet that promotes travel to and settlement in Fresno County, California. Many different subjects are covered with a brief section of text dedicated to each (many of these sections are one paragraph or less in length). Much of the information herein describes Fresno County's thriving agricultural industry. Among the subjects relating to Fresno County discussed in this pamphlet are the healthful climate and weather, soil, raisin-growing industry, irrigation, public schools, the Kearney bequest, land values, alfalfa, dairying, cattle and sheep, poultry and eggs, "green fruits," wine grapes, cereals, bee-keeping, watermelons, oranges and lemons, wine industry, electric power, lumber, mining, oil, mountain scenery, and Fresno County towns (including Fresno, Selma, Reedley, Fowler, Sanger and Clovis, Kingsburg, Laton, Coalinga, and Kerman).

183p., b/w illus., original stiff printed wrappers.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

(1947 - text). (12) pages. 6 maps, halftones of factory, farms, trucks, plane, train, schools, grapes, winery, church, homes, stores, downtown, &c. 10.5x8", printed wrapper. Creased, few chips, edge tears, small stain, fair.

Single sheet, 43x28 cm, folded to make 12 panels, 2 illustrations, 3 maps. Recreation folder with general information about the dam and reservoir. Verso is a large map, "PINE FLAT RECREATION AREA[.] U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS[.] SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA," with two smaller insets, printed in red, blue and black, showing locations and types of activity at each of the twelve developed recreational areas at Pine Flat Reservoir. The construction of the Pine Flat Dam across the Kings River began in 1947 and was completed in 1954. Brief travel directions in ink on outer rear panel, otherwise a fine copy. (#169062).

Facsimile of the original Wallace W. Elliott edition published in 1883. Small folio. 246, [12, index] pp. with a folding color map of the state and a single page color map of the state (smaller scale), numerous illustrations. Bound to look like the original; full brown cloth with large gilt lettering within a gilt panel on front cover, gilt spine lettering. Bit of flecking to spine lettering but a very clean and sharp copy.

Single sheet, 44x41 cm, folded to make 16 panels, printed in blue and brown, 13 illustrations, 1 map. Promotes Sanger, California, "the Nation's Christmas Tree City," as a place to live and work. Mentions the "importance of nearby Pine Flat Dam construction" which will bring new industry to the region. The construction of the Pine Flat Dam across the Kings River began in 1947 and was completed in 1954. Additionally, the leaflet promotes "outdoor fun" in the nearby Sierra Nevada and the verso is devoted to a large map of the Sierra north and west of Sanger, from Yosemite National Park south to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and "distances from Sanger, California," to various outdoor recreation areas, including "Sanger Lake (to be)." In 1949, the city was designated the "Nation's Christmas Tree City" by the U.S. Postal Service. A fine copy. (#177200).

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Facsimile Reprint. 94 pp.; folio; color illustrated wrappers; reproductions of the original illustrations, albeit not with the original quality. "The original book from which this copy was reproduced is in the Woodward Collection at the California State University, Fresno. It is the only known copy to be in existence." This reprint also appears to be a bit scarce.

Condition: Good. Letter-Sized Page, Typed Letter Signed on Fresno County Chamber of Commerce letterhead, Good with perforations, minor loss, marginal tears, minor creasing, toning.Provenance: Letters and Autographs from a Who's Who in California 1914 - 1917, to the author Ellis A. Davis, regarding Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona. Sold by Cherokee Book Shop to Frederick Ruffner, Jr., the founder of Gale Research, Detroit.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 72. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1948 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 72.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 66. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1959 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 66.

19x24.8 cm (oblong octavo), pp. [1-3] 4-179 [180: blank], profusely illustrated, professionally rebound with original wrappers laid down on front and rear covers. Revised edition. The 1904 "Souvenir" issue of this very elaborate prospectus for an agricultural development in Fresno, California. M. Theo Kearney, born Martin Thomas Carney (1842-1906), developed the 5,000 acre Fruit Vale Estate (Kearney Ranch) over three decades from 1867 until his death in 1906. He founded the colony farm system on the property. Kearney aimed to create a model agricultural community, dividing the land into smaller parcels for middle-class buyers to cultivate. The estate included vineyards, a ranch town, and Kearney's impressive mansion. Today the land is home to Kearney Park where only four of the original structures still stand: Kearney Mansion, its Servant's Quarters, the Carriage House and Ice house. "M. Theo. Kearney's life is the story of Fresno . A history of Fresno County without a sketch of Mr. Kearney would not be a history." The validity of this assessment made in a November, 1897 editorial from the FRESNO EXPOSITOR newspaper is seen through the photographs in M. Theo Kearney's publication. In his book, FRESNO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE FRUIT VALE ESTATE (1903), the images not only showcase the dramatic progress of agricultural development on his Fruit Vale Estate, but also depict the abundance and resources of Fresno City and County with their businesses, schools and churches as a 'modern' Victorian city -- selling the California dream to investors and settlers" (Fresno City & County Historical Society). Rocq (1970) 1924. A very good copy. Scarce in commerce. (#177244).

17x13 cm, pp. [1-6] 7-63 [64], illustrations, 2 maps, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Well-illustrated promotional brochure, a Southern Pacific publication published by their Sunset Magazine Homeseekers' Bureau, San Francisco. Devoted mostly to the county's agriculture business and profit made by small farms. There are several photographs of the Kings River High Sierra and logging in the Sierra. Faint crease to cover at lower fore-edge corner of front cover and first few leaves, very good or better. (#165629).

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 104. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1955 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 104.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 110. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1955 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 110.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 102. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1955 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 102.

Large color map, 103x157 cm. Scale [1:63,360]. 1 in. = 1 mile. (W 120 56 --W 118 21 /N 37 36 --N 36 54 ). The area was surveyed by A. T. Strahorn, J. W. Nelson, L. C. Holmes and E. C. Eckmann. Macy H. Lapham was the inspector in charge of the Western Division. The Director of the Agriculture Department's Soil Survey was Curtis F. Marbut. Folded, closed tears at several folds, some tape mends, a good copy. (#168955).

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 328. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1923 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1913-23 Language: English Pages: 328 Volume 1913-23.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 246. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1903 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 246.

22.5x28.5 cm (oblong octavo), pp. [1-7] 8-144 [145-147] [148: blank], many illustrations from photographs, professionally rebound with original wrappers laid down on front and rear covers. First edition. A profusely illustrated promotional for Fresno County, California, and its prominent citizens whose visages, homes, farms and businesses are pictured throughout. The superbly reproduced photographs in this book were taken by Edgerton Ryerson Higgins, a pioneer California photographer who spent over thirty years as an operator for Bradley & Rulofson, Houseworth and others, later by himself and with others in Fresno. Higgins made a special trip to the Sierra Nevada to photograph the Kings Canyon region for this book (see page 144). Rocq (1970) 1995. A very good copy. (#177245).

17.7x11.8 cm, pp. [1-48] (not paginated), illustrations, 1 map, original pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Promotional booklet the emphasizes the agricultural prospects of Fresno County and its available cheap land for the poor settler. The printer's imprint on the title page: "Franklin Printing House, Fresno, Cal." Not in Rocq (1970) but see item 1896 for a similar booklet. Three inch closed tear along upper spine fold with several associated creases in the rear panel. (#166899).

Blue line map, 42x51 cm (16 1/2 x 20 inches), folded into original brown wrappers printed in black. Cover title reads "Map of Fresno City[.] Paved highways[,] roads, railroads, electric lines[,] cities, towns, streams, lakes, sections[,] townships and other information[.] Issued by Progressive Map Service (Dan W Chamberlin) Engineers - Designers Map Publishers Fresno - California price 50 cents." Dan W. Chamberlin was a civil engineer, a member of the California State Highway Commission, and later an assistant to Chris P. Jensen, Fresno County Surveyor and Chief Highway Engineer. Several short closed tears along folds at intersections with small tape mends. Several creases to wrappers, mainly corners, mild soiling to front panel. Very good overall. (#169063).

17.8x12 cm, pp. [1-16: ads] [16-18] 19-181 [182-185] [note: first two leaves are used as front paste-down and front free endpaper; true endpapers at rear], original printed light green boards with cloth shelf back. First edition. The first book printed in Fresno County and the first directory devoted solely to it, preceded by inclusion in the Langley Pacific Coast directories for 1867, 1871-1873 and 1876-1878. This rare California county directory is notable for its extensive description of the county, "Fresno County, Area Topography, General Characteristics, Etc.", pages [18]-34, extensive descriptions of Fresno and other county communities by D. W. Lewis, pages 67-120, and "The Resources of Fresno County, " pages 144-159. "Scattered, as the small population of our county is, over territory nearly a hundred miles North and South by two hundred miles East and West" this directory "does not assume to contain the names of all our people -- with our scattered and rapidly changing population that it would be impossible, nor does it attempt to give more than an outline of the resources, developed and undeveloped, of the country" (preface, page 17). Agriculturally important since the 1860s, M. T. Kearney created the raisin industry here, a diarist visiting Fresno in 1881 said it was "not much of a town, a handful of houses in a desert of sand." The U.S. Census of 1880 credited the town with a population of 800 and the whole county with less than 9500 inhabitants. Norris Catalogue 1185. Rocq (1970) 1846. Quebedeaux 12. Binding lightly rubbed at edges, a nearly fine copy. Provenance: Ron Lerch Collection. (#168924).

23x20.2 cm, folded to 23x10.1 cm, pp. [1] 2-9 [10-13] 14-15 [16-17] 18-19 [20-24], 12 illustrations from photographs, 4 drawings, including one on front panel, 2 maps, self wrappers, stapled. A brochure offering land in California's San Joaquin Valley along the Kings River southwest of Fresno. It promotes the economic advantages and possibilities in the region, mostly agricultural, and is richly illustrated with photographs of livestock and alfalfa fields. The land was sold in parcels of 10 to 160 acres. It includes a fine 4-panel (7 x 14 1/2 inches) bird's eye view of the region, "Looking East over Summit Lake Lands, showing the High Sierras, the source of the water supply of the Kings River, the principal towns and railroads . ," which shows the Summit Lake subdivision, as well as the Laguna de Tache Ranch on its eastern border, "where we have settled nearly 6000 people. This is one of the most successful colonies in California." These lands were a small part of a huge Mexican land grant made in 1843 (originally eleven square leagues) acquired by Charles A. Laton and Llewellyn A. Nares in 1896 from the heirs of D. Jeremiah Clark, who had acquired a large part of the Laguna de Tache ranch. The Huntington Library has an undated map (circa late 1890s) of the Laguna de Tache and Summit Lake Lands subdivisions. Not in Rocq (1970). Some edge wear, a sound, good copy. No copies reported by OCLC. Rare. (#168611).

22.8x15 cm, pp. [1-2] [1-3] 4-78, four folded maps, original terra cotta wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. Among the earliest extensive promotional pieces for California's Central Valley. The maps include a general map of California, and individual maps of Tulare, Fresno and Kern counties. The four maps are: "Map of California Showing Location and Comparative Area of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare and Kern Comprising the Southern San Joaquin Valley . ," "Map of Tulare County compiled . by F. J. Walker," "Map of Fresno County . compiled . by F. J. Walker" and "Map of Kern County . compiled . by F. J. Walker." Cowan (1933), p. 529. Rocq (1970) 16487. Streeter (1968) 2994. Three partial tape ghosts on front wrapper, tiny chips from spine ends and front corner tips, a few text leaves creased or dog eared at fore-edge corners, a very good copy. (#166782).

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1902 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 42 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

Condition: Good. 14.5 x 15.5 inches. Repaired tear. Signed by the minister.