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California Painters (1900-1950)
Pasadena: Poulsen Galleries, 1988
8vo Illustrated wraps. 90pp with 76 color images, including covers, reproduced from paintings. Includes brief artist bios. Light corner and edge wear, minor soil else Very Good.
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40.00 USD
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Los Angeles County Almanac and Buyers' Guide
Los Angeles: The Republican Central Committee of Los Angeles County, 1962
8-1/2" x 11" Printed wraps. 135pp. Illustrations and adverts. Many lists of Los Angeles County Congressional and Assembly Districts, results of the 1960 election, much information on California government, etc. Edge wear, some peripheral sunning else Very Good.
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20.00 USD
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Map of Los Angeles and Vicinity
Shell, 1940
9" x 4" folded map. Map opens to about 27" x 27-1/2". One side is a colorful map of Los Angeles and vicinity with legend, surrounded by a bright red border; the reverse is a map of pre-WWII metropolitan Los Angeles with legend and "Traffic Rules." One-inch edge tear to lower cover of folded map, light cover soil else Very Good.
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25.00 USD
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Millard Sheets
Claremont: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1976
8.5"x9" Printed wraps. 20pp with black & white and color illustrations. Catalogue of the exhibition in the Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, March 27-April 29, 1976. Spine rubbed else Very Good.
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15.00 USD
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Municipal Electric & Water Rates for the Home
Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles, June 1933
5-1/4"x7-3/4" Printed wraps. 31pp with small line drawings printed in orange. Information for the domestic consumer regarding their Municipal water and electricity. Includes monthly heating costs and sample electric bills. Costs of running various appliances is computed, including: a radio set, refrigerator, curling iron, electric range, fan, sewing machine, percolator, waffle iron, fireless cooker, etc. Discusses wiring, permiting and street lighting. Information about water charges for irrigation and domestic service are discussed. Contents with small stain on several pages, some pencil checks and circling. Covers darkened and lightly soiled with a little chipping.
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25.00 USD
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Pasadena
Stapled wraps folded, opening to an about 8" x 9" promotional brochure. 15pp + cover. Undated, ca 1930's (mentions estimated 1934 population). Illustrations from black & white photographs and line drawings with a green border running along the top of every page. Covers climate, homes, schools, churches, parks, scenic background, shops, industries, hotels, theatres, the Tournament of Roses, and more. A 2-1/2" x 3-1/4" piece cut out of pp. 5-6. Very Good in all other respects.
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15.00 USD
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Pasadena Summer and Winter
Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association of Pasadena, ca 1928
8vo Stapled wraps. 32pp with many illustrations from photographs. An attractive and informative brochure designed to interest both tourists and potential future residents. Minor cover soil, spine rubbed. Penciled name lightly written in the lake at Busch Gardens, "Los Robles" lightly written along the top of a building in a double-page aerial view of a portion of the city. Good.
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25.00 USD
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Spectrum/200 Photographs from the History of Los Angeles 1860-1940
Los Angeles 200 Bicentennial Committee (1983)
8-1/2"x11" Illustrated wraps. [132]pp. From the earliest known photograph of outdoor Los Angeles taken in 1862, through now vanished buildings and the marvelous diversity of inhabitants, this is a not-to-be-missed retrospective of our exciting city. Minor wear. Very Good.
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20.00 USD
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Talking About Pasadena: Selections From Oral Histories
Pasadena Oral History Project, 1986
8"x10" Illustrated wraps. 63pp with black & white illustrations from historic photographs of the Pasadena Historical Society. End papers are a fanciful map of Pasadena and environs by longtime Disney artist Vance Gerry. Included are brief bios of each narrator. Published in commemoration and celebration of Pasadena's Centennial. Faint writing impression on upper cover else Near Fine.
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12.50 USD
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The Masterkey, Vol. XXXII, No. 5, September-October 1958
Los Angeles: Southwest Museum
5"x7.75" Printed wraps. pp 133-168. Illustrated. Articles in this issue: Toypurina the Witch and the Indian Uprising at San Gabriel; A Dog Figurine from Colima, Mexico; An Archeological Reconnaissance in Bow Willow Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Very Good.
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8.00 USD
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The Young Business Man, Vol. 5, No. 9
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, July, 1931
9"x12" printed wraps. 16pp including covers. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Article on the members' Sequoia National Park Tour: Bears and Big Trees, another on the upcoming La Fiesta De Los Angeles in September to celebrate the city's 150th birthday. Other articles, lists of members, many adverts. Covers lightly soiled, California Title Insurance Company stamp to lower cover. Very Good.
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25.00 USD
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Basten, Fred E.
An Illustrated Guide to the Legendary Trees of Santa Monica Bay
(Santa Monica: Graphics Press, 1980) First Printing
9"x6" Wraps. [128]pp. The story of how a barren, almost desert-like land supporting scrubby brush and native grasses was transformed into the lush landscape we see today. Contains nearly 400 separate listings and hundreds of identifying black & white photos. Covers with moderate wear (light creasing, sticker pull, small scratches, some wear along spine). Contents clean. Good.
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15.00 USD
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Bilodeau, Red and Heinz, Shirley
Hollywood Hoaxes by the Creative Lunatics (signed)
Torrance: Self-published, 1983 First Edition
8vo. Trade paperback. 138pp with illustrations from photographs. An odd, funny little publication. From the copyright page, "The Library of Congress deemed it irresponsible to give us a number, but the public library in Pacoima came to our rescue and gave us the following number. Library of Pacoima Catalog Number 12." It all started when a vending machine operator ran ads in L.A. newspapers calling for "Gong Show Rejects." The rest is hoax history. Signed and inscribed by Red Bilodeau to verso of upper cover. Light shelf wear and spine creasing, pale stain to corner of lower cover. Good.
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100.00 USD
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Cleland, Robert Glass / Revised with an Epilogue by Robert V. Hine
The Irvine Ranch
San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1966 (1971) Third Edition
8vo Green cloth gilt. viii, 167pp with black & white illustrations from photographs. "Dr. Cleland possessed the remarkable facility of evoking from a specific example the whole development of a region." Robert V. Hine discusses the changes that have taken place on the ranch since the book's publication and long-range master plans. Very Good in chipped and unevenly darkened dustjacket.
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20.00 USD
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Donaldson, Stephen E. and William A. Myers
Rails Through the Orange Groves: A Centennial Look at the Railroads of Orange County, California, Volumes 1 and 2
Glendale: Trans-Anglo Books (1989 + 1990) First Editions
8.75"x11.25" Boards. The two volumes total 287pp. Photographic illustrations in black & white and color, maps of trackage, tables. Volume 1 covers the pioneering Orange County railroads - the Southern Pacific, the Southern California Railway (Santa Fe), and the Santa Ana and Newport, as well as covering the Pacific Electric and predecessors. Volume 2 continues the story to the present day, including the entrance of the Union Pacific. 870460943 and 870460889. Near Fine copies. Dustjacket of Vol. 1, Near Fine, of Vol 2, Very Good (1-1/4" tear at upper flap fold with light wrinkling along bottom edge of upper panel).
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150.00 USD
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Doran, Adelaide LeMert
Pieces of Eight Channel Islands: A Bibliographical Guide and Source Book
Glendale: Privately printed 1980 Sena, Patrice
4to Blue illustrated boards. 340pp with occasional black & white illustrations from drawings, maps. A wealth of material about the Channel Islands: San Nicholas Island, San Clemente Island, Santa Catalina Island, Santa Barbara Island, Island of Anacapa, Island of Santa Cruz, Island of Santa Rosa, Island of San Miguel. Covers lightly soiled, small spot to fore edge else Very Good.
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25.00 USD
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