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Golden Odyssey: John Stroud Houston: California's First Controller and the Origins of State Government
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1999
ISBN 10: 0914421239 ISBN 13: 9780914421238
Language: English
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 222 pages, illustrations, portrait; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Fine DJ. Size: 8vo.
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At the Arroyo's Edge: A History of Linda Vista
Published by Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: Historical Society of Southern, 1993
ISBN 10: 0914421093 ISBN 13: 9780914421092
Language: English
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. At the Arroyo's Edge: A History of Linda Vista, Beverly Wayte, Historical Society of Southern, 1993, 106p, trade pb, covers bumped/scuffed/creased, text tanning/clean, binding solid---4.50.
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Golden Odyssey: John Stroud Houston: California's First Controller and the Origins of State Government
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1999
ISBN 10: 0914421239 ISBN 13: 9780914421238
Language: English
Seller: Back of Beyond Books WH, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
Association Member: RMABA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Brown fabric over boards with gilt text on spine. Pictorial dust jacket wrapped in mylar. "This book solves the mystery of [Houston] and restores [him] to his rightful position in the pantheon of California pioneers." Jacket, boards and interior are pristine; spine is tight -- no notable flaws.
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Painting with Light: A Centennial History of the Judson Studios
Published by Historical Society of Southern California; Ventura County Museum of History & Art, Los Angeles, 1997
ISBN 10: 0914421204 ISBN 13: 9780914421207
Language: English
Paperback. Condition: Fine. xii, 138 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. *** The Judson Studios is famous for its stained glass. Includes: "Afterword: a personal view of stained glass" and "Gazetteer for the Judson Studios" by Walter W. Judson. Size: 8vo.
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A Backward Glance Los Angeles 1901-1915
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1969
Language: English
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Orange wraps with black illustration and titling. Square and tight. Lavisly illustrated in numerous vintage b&w photographs. Non-circulating Reference Ex-lib. collection. Unmarked buf for usual library tags and markings; edges taped for reinforcement, tape starting. Unpaginated. Excellent clean copy.
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Duncan Gleason: Artist, Athlete, and Author.
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2003
ISBN 10: 0914421298 ISBN 13: 9780914421290
Language: English
Seller: Henry Hollander, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, frontispiece photo, 150 pp., b/w and color illustrations, chronology, notes, index.
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MANANA LAND: IRVING STORN'S SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: SELECTIONS FROM "Men to Match My Mountains"
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1991
Language: English
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Published. First Edition. Preface by Thomas F. Andrews, Executive Director of HSSC; Introduction by Jean Stone. Frontispiece of Irving Stone. 30-page pamphlet distinctly designed and printed as a Keepsake by the Castle Press in Pasadena.
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Angels Flight: A History of Bunker Hill's Incline Railway
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1996
ISBN 10: 0914421182 ISBN 13: 9780914421184
Language: English
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 158 pages, illustrations, maps; 23 cm. This publication is the first in the series by the Historical Society of Southern California celebrating the Sesquicentennial of California, 1846-1850. Tight, clean copy. Size: 8vo. Collectible.
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A GUIDE TO HISTORICAL OUTINGS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1991
ISBN 10: 0914421034 ISBN 13: 9780914421030
Language: English
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. This book identifies and describes the hundreds of historical sites located in the eight counties of Southern California from San Diego to Santa Barbara. With this guide you can explore many of the unknown corners of the southland, including those related to ethnic and women's history. You can even organize your outing by location or by such topics as architecture, business, sports, or holiday observances. Included are maps, appendices (lists of guidebooks and historical organizations), a geographical index, and a topical index. This copy is clean and solid.
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El Alisal Where History Lingers
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1994
ISBN 10: 0914421123 ISBN 13: 9780914421122
Language: English
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Paperback. First edition thus. Illustrated softcovers. 123 pp. With chronology, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions. First trade edition. Generally fine with a touch of rubbing to the lower left spine corner. Mongraph on John Fletcher Lummis, who arrived in Los Angeles from Ohio in 1885 and built El Alisal, a rustic American craftsman-style 4000 square foot home in the late 19th and early 20th century. It today houses the Historical Sociry of Southern California.
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Linking Our Lives; Chinese American Women of Los Angeles
Published by Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1984
ISBN 10: 0930377001 ISBN 13: 9780930377007
Language: English
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: very good. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. Los Angeles: Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, (1984). Very good.
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A Guide to Historical Outings in Southern California
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1991
ISBN 10: 0914421034 ISBN 13: 9780914421030
Language: English
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Signed
paperback. Condition: very good. A few maps. 8vo, pr. wrs. Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, 1991. Very good Presentation copy.
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The St. Francis Dam Disaster: Revisited
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1995
ISBN 10: 0914421131 ISBN 13: 9780914421139
Language: English
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.7.
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Southern California Quarterly Volume 80, No. 2 Summer 1998
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1998
Language: English
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Altadena, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Spotless inside and out. No crease in the spine. No wear to edges. Two light creases in the upper right corner of the front cover and first few pages. No other signs of wear or damage. The quarterly will be bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "The Eucalyptus of California" by Robert LeRoy Santos; "'The Manufacturing Suburb of California': Henry Huntington, Alfred Dolge, and the Building of Dolgeville, California, 1903 to 1910" by Robert Phelps; "Marshall Hartranft, William E. Smythe and the Founding of the Second Little Lands Colony in Tujunga, California" by Kirk A. Weiss; "'Ham and Eggs' Left and Right: The California Scrip Pension Initiatives of 1938 and 1939" by Daniel Hanne; and "North from Mexico: Carey McWilliams' Tragedy" by Carlos M. Larralde and Richard Griswold del Castillo plus book reviews.
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An End and a Beginning: the South Coast and Los Angeles 1850-1887 (Signed)
Published by The Historical Society Of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1992
ISBN 10: 0914421050 ISBN 13: 9780914421054
Language: English
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. Second edition. SIGNED and inscribed on title page by the executive director of the Historical Society of Southern California. Book and protected jacket are in fine condition; a bright, crisp copy. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages.
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Those Powerful Years: The South Coast and Los Angeles 1887-1917
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
ISBN 10: 0914421069 ISBN 13: 9780914421061
Language: English
Seller: BookEnds Bookstore & Curiosities, Ojai, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Hardcover blue boards with black lettering on the spine and cover. Includes b/w illustrations, Notes, Bibliography and Index, 357 pages. The DJ is in Very Good + condition with the exception of price clipped.
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Golden Odyssey: John Stroud Houston: California's First Controller and the Origins of State Government
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1999
ISBN 10: 0914421239 ISBN 13: 9780914421238
Language: English
Seller: The Calico Cat Bookshop, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In excellent condition except for some sunning to the dust jacket. Fast shipping with free delivery confirmation. Size: Octavo. Book.
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Portraits of Pride II: Chinese-American Legacies, First 160 Years in America; Second Edition
Published by Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2014
ISBN 10: 0930377044 ISBN 13: 9780930377045
Language: English
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. xvi, 288p., hardcover in dust jacket, 10.25x10.25 inches, very good. Illustrated profusely with b&w and color photographs, CD in rear pocket. Features profiles of Chinese American scientists, musicians, and artists including Maya Lin, Yo-Yo Ma, Michelle Kwan, and I.M. Pei, among others.
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Portraits of Pride II: Chinese-American Legacies, First 160 Years in America
Published by Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2011
ISBN 10: 093037701X ISBN 13: 9780930377014
Language: English
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. xiii, 288p., hardcover in dust jacket, 10.25x10.25 inches, very good. Illustrated profusely with b&w and color photographs, CD in rear pocket. Features profiles of Chinese American scientists, musicians, and artists including Maya Lin, Yo-Yo Ma, Michelle Kwan, and I.M. Pei, among others.
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Portraits of Pride
Published by Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2004
ISBN 10: 0930377982 ISBN 13: 9780930377984
Language: English
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. xv, 227p., high-gloss paperstock throughout with a CD in rear pocket, numerous period portrait photos in sepia, b&w and color, first edition, very good condition in like dust jacket.
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Sweet bamboo: saga of a Chinese American family
Published by Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1990
ISBN 10: 0930377028 ISBN 13: 9780930377021
Language: English
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. viii, 215p., wraps shelfworn, spine sunned, old price sticker on rear wrap, else very good condition.
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Rancho Los Verritos: A Southern California Legacy Preserved
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2000
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. 42 pages. Illustrated. Tight, clean and crisp. The book appears unread and looks New. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. An excellemt copy. Collectible.; Tall 8vo.
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LAND OF FACT
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
ISBN 10: 0914421077 ISBN 13: 9780914421078
Language: English
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. This is a disbound, pre-publication copy of the 150-copy Limited Edition of this classic bibliography, stated as signed by author and designer on rear limitation page, though this copy is not signed. The four equal signatures that make up this book are laid into double heavy gray paper wraps.
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Southern California Quarterly. The Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California, Volume XLIV, Number 4, December, 1962.
Published by The Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1962
Seller: Henry Hollander, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, 269-356 pp., b/w photos, index Articles are "Kate Douglas Wiggins: A Woman of Letters," Henry James Forman, "The Claifornia Railroad Commission, 1876-1911," Gerald D. Nash, "Charles Robinson Rockwood: Developer of the Imperial Valley," Margaret Darsie Morrison, Notes and Documents: Hidalgo and the Cry of 'El Grito' Fact and Fiction," Justin G. Turner.
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Golden Odyssey: John Stroud Houston: California's First Controller and the Origins of State Government
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1999
ISBN 10: 0914421239 ISBN 13: 9780914421238
Language: English
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED by author on second page. Very light edge wear, clean copy. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Fritz B. Burns and the Development of Los Angeles
Published by Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University; Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2001
ISBN 10: 0914421263 ISBN 13: 9780914421269
Language: English
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 287 pages, illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing. *** CONTENTS: "I'll be a millionaire by thirty"; "The knock-em cold kid"; "From a beanfield to a beehive"; "The suicide troopers of the war building industry"; The greatest house-building show on Earth"; Photo essay; Panorama City, "Jewel of the Valley"; The Los Angeles Public Housing debate; Hawaii: "How long can the poor Haoles last?"; No rest for the busy; The long shadow; Appendix: Fritz B. Burns Foundation officers and directors 1955-2001. Size: 8vo. Collectible.
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The Demise of the San Bernardino Mormon Community, 1851-1857 Southern California Quarterly Vol. LXV, No. 4
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1983
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paper covers Removed from The Southern California Quarterly. pp. 321-339 dfo.
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Southern California Quarterly, Vol. XLIV, No. 4, December 1962
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1962
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition softcover periodical, is in G condition, having some sun-darkening to edges, some light scuffing/rubbing to covers, light puckering to pages; there is some very moderate edge and handling wear. Periodical is illustrated with some b&w photographs. Article on Kate Douglas Wiggin by Henry James Forman (for complete contents, see our photo section). History. California. DB.
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Manana Land Irving Stone's Southern California (Selections from Men to Match My Mountains)
Published by Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1991
Seller: Back of Beyond Books, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
Association Member: RMABA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Light brown craft paper wrapper with orange text printed on cover. Staple-bound. A special reprint of Southern California-related sections of the Stone team's Men to Match My Mountains. Second printing. Wrapper and interior are clean and sharp. ; 9" x 6"; 27 pp.
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The Founding Documents Of Los Angeles: A Bilingual Edition
Published by Historical Society Of Southern California, Zamorano Club Of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 2004
Language: English
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. This hard bound book with dust jacket consists of 264 pages of text and black & white illustrations. The book is in As New condition, read once, all pages are clean and bright, the binding is solid. The dust jacket is also in As New condition, no soiling or tears. The book measures 10" x 7 1/4".
