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Usually faster but occasionally painfully slow.

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See scans – inspect please.

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Really great condition: pages have no crease book has never been opened all the way! Perfect preserved: high quality piece of history with vintage ads! RARE 1906 PRINT: Overland Monthly San Francisco Fire California Illustrated.

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“The Literary Magazine of the Pacific Coast”. Here are 9 volumes of this highly popular magazine series, printed in black, white and red. Featured are: Pacific Coast-based historical studies, pioneer reminiscences, short stories, poetry, labor and trade and hundreds of other articles written by the best writers of the day. The articles cover : Indian War prisoners, The Livermore Valley, UC. Southern California, Santa Clara co. And Alaskan summer, and many more Pacific Coast specific topics. Replete with dozens of photographs and engravings of early California and wonderfully illustrated ads – including one for a popular tooth powder that unfortunately turned teeth yellow and another for “revolutionary” new woman’s underwear made of wool and cashmere. Also included – a detailed engraving of Napa Valley, early photos of Oakland, and a fold-out diagram of the Univ. Of Southern California tract. A must for early Pacific Coast historians, collectors of fanciful advertisements, and those who appreciate well-written 19th century articles. PROCEEDS BENEFIT OUR LOCAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS – THANK YOU! Please visit our store for more titles. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “friendsofthepaloaltolibrary” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Special Attributes: 19th Century Magazine Series, Illustrated
• Subject: History
• Illustrator: Various
• Topic: Pacific Coast History 19th century
• Year Printed: 1887
• Region: North America
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Binding: Softcover, Wraps
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Place of Publication: San Francisco, CA
• Language: English
• Publisher: The Overland Monthly Co.
• Character Family: The Overland Monthly

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Lewis & Clark Exhibition; Santa Barbara; California Guard; Bret Harte in Switzerland; Oakland; Edith Hecht; Portland, Oregon; Copper mining; Tucson; Wraps are quite worn, two wraps detached, others chipped, worn; fairly clean within. Many nice old California and Western advertisements. One funny ad is for a Bunker Hill – a jockstrap, early Fords, cars; Hatchery, fishing; &c. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “philenor” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Subject: Americana
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
• Topic: California, Oregon
• Year Printed: 1901
• Place of Publication: San Francisco

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Volume 7, Issue 2 & 5, August & November 1871. & Volume 8, No. Darwinian Eden, Pacific Coast; Harry Meiggs in Peru; David Douglas, Botanist; Oregon Indians, Skilled Farming in Los Angeles; Willamette Sound; Some Savages. Mangas Colorado; Tropical California; Taboo. Tahiti; Columbia Gorge; Sea Lions; and much more including many nice old ads. Wraps are quite worn, clean within. We reserve the right to not sell to those whose trustworthiness is questionable. We are not responsible for packages lost or damaged in transit (though we do our best to help). The item “OVERLAND MONTHLY LOT SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA OREGON Columbia River Indians &c” is in sale since Sunday, March 26, 2017. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “philenor” and is located in Jamaica, Vermont. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Subject: Americana
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition
• Topic: California, Oregon
• Year Printed: 1871
• Place of Publication: San Francisco

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