San Francisco: Press of Bolte and Braden Co., 1911. First Edition. Quarto. 377 pp. (5) publisher's ads, illustrated with photographic images. H.M.M.B.A. The Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association, which was an organization formed in Chicago in 1879 for leading hotel professionals in the United States. This book was written about..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1910. First Edition. Octavo. Frontispiece, 515pp., illustrated with photographic illustrations. This is the story of many heroes from California. Many tell their story in their own words and about those who have been known of their heroism. This work helps to arouse thought, excite desire..... More
Pasadena, California: Radiant Life Press, 1917. First Edition. 70 pages. One of the finest books by the controversial James who here has followed up on his pamphlet on house blessings he had learned from the Navajo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico. He tells how he introduced the ceremony in..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1905. First Edition. Large Octavo. First printing. 392pp., (1) pp. publisher's ad. illustrated with 142 photographic illustrations. The dedication was to his newfound friend, a small, injured sparrow named Scraggles. Scruggles died just as the last pages were written. James had at one time, or..... More
Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1913. First Edition. Octavo. 287pp. frontispiece, illustrated with photographic images. The missions of California were the first outposts of Spanish colonial settlement, beginning with the founding of Mission San Diego in 1769. The interest in the ancient and dilapidated buildings and their history increases with..... More
Cambridge, Ma. (1916): J.L. Hammett Co. Octavo. Seventh edition Seventh edition. 130(1) pp., photographic illustrations of baskets and other illustrations showing the basket design and technique. A very good copy bound in dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine plain, lower corner bumped. More
Pasadena: Radiant Life Press, 1916. First Edition. Small Octavo. 62 pages. Unlike the many fine books on the Southwest, here George Wharton James deals with those who have either unnecessary worry or become irritating as they push their ideas on others. The chapter on religion is particularly fascinating as he..... More
Pasadena, CA: The Radiant Life Press, 1920. First Edition. Small Octavo. 483pp., This book seeks to help man to will, so that his melancholy, his gloominess, his sadness, his sickness, his fear, his failures will disappear, and he, to, will "Go through life Singing with God". It is a book..... More
Boston: Little Brown and Co, 1909. Octavo. Frontispiece, 405 pages. Illustrated with photographic images. When Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 social protest novel Ramona appeared about the early days of Southern California, it was based upon extensive archival and ethnographic research. It became the first and most important novel on Southern..... More
Chicago: Forbes & Company, 1908. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 269 pp. Staining at outer edges. Cloth at three corners worn, former owner's name in felt tip on front papers, clean. More
Pasadena, California: George Wharton James, 1913. Octavo. 377 pp. (5) publisher's ads, illustrated with photographic images. H.M.M.B.A. The Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association, which was an organization formed in Chicago in 1879 for leading hotel professionals in the United States. This book was written about the trip made from those..... More