Category: California

Celebrating the American Earth: A Tribute to Ansel Adams

By: Adams, Ansel and Jack Szarkowski

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Washington DC, The Wilderness Society : 1988

Seller ID: 14598

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Some age tanning on cover. Extensively illustrated, including photographs of Ansel Adams. Preface by John Szarkowski. Observations on national parks from Adams' My Camera in the National Parks. 28p.
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Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980: An Illustrated History.

By: Albright, Thomas

Price: $32.00 USD

Publisher: University of California Press : 1985

Seller ID: 33555

ISBN: 052055187

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. French flaps. Color and black-and-white plates throughout. 349p. Measures 9x12 inches.

Offers a survey of modern painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, and murals from the San Francisco area, and provides brief profiles of each artist.

Artists include Diego Rivera, Hans Hofmann, Charles Howard, David Park, Clyfford Still, Richard Diebenkorn, Hassel Smith, Joan Brown, Jay De Feo, Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson, Bruce Beasley, and others.
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Art of Northern California (Don Carlson, Liz Mamorsky, Pizzichillo Gordon Glass)

By: Alcove Books

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: San Francisco, Alcove Books : nd

Seller ID: 22392

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Price sticker shadow on front. Six page booklet featuring Don Carlson, Liz Mamorsky, Pizzichillo Gordon Glass. Two color images for each.
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Budget Practices and State Expenditures: Lessons for California

By: Alderete, Jaime Calleja

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Public Policy Institute Of California : 2007

Seller ID: 28207

ISBN-13: 9781582131252

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. The author focuses on the two distinct stages in which budgets are made: first, during communications between the governor's budget office and executive agencies, and second, when the executive branch communicates its budget proposal to the legislature. 79p.
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The Solano Historian (Vol. IV, No. 1, May 1988)

By: Allgood, Robert (editor)

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Solano Historian : 1988

Seller ID: 30055

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Good

Smudged cover. Includes "Granville Swift: California Pioneer" by M. Clyde Low, "The Suisun School Journal" by Lee Fountain, "Aristocracy in Ashes" by Charlene Erwin, "A Ceremony of Fortune-Dona Maria Francisca Filipa Benicia Carillo De Vallejo" by Charlene Erwin, "Beautiful Days of Yesteryear" by Evelyn Lockie, "The Chinese Temple in Vacaville" by Marilyn Baldwin, and more. 30p.
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Closely Considered: Diebenkorn in Berkeley

By: Ambrose, Richard; Wurm, Jan

Price: $184.00 USD

Publisher: Richmond Art Center : 2014

Seller ID: 32954

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Catalog for a September 14 through November 16, 2014 at the Richmond Art Center. 37 unnumbered pages. Beautiful color plates. Measures 11x8.5 inches.

The show featured intimate works on paper by Richard Diebenkorn which were created during his Berkeley years (1953-1966), several of which will be shown publicly for the first time.
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Sacramento Valley Landscapes

By: Amerson, L. Price

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Davis, CA, The Regents of the University of California : 1979

Seller ID: 24515

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Catalog for a multi-gallery exhibition of historical and contemporary works, 1840s-1970s (April 23-June 1, 1979). B/W plates.

Artists include Wayne Thiebaud, Albert Bierstadt, Carl von Perbandt, William F. Jackson, Erneste Narjot, Mary Swisher, Roland Petersen, Ralph Goings, Harvey Himelfarb, and others. Catalog edited by L. Price Amerson, Jr.
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ArtScene: The Monthly Guide to Art in Southern California (Volume 6, June 1987)

By: ArtScene

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: ArtScene : 1987

Seller ID: 14394

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Guide to galleries, artists, services, etc.. Profile: Emerson Woelffer, Susan Clover, East/West Exchange, Avant Garde in the 80s, John G. Luebtow. Illustrated in B/W. Maps. Advertisements. 55p.
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Open Studios 98: The 1998-1999 Directory of San Francisco Artists

By: ArtSpan

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: ArtSpan : 1998

Seller ID: 30268

ISBN-13: 9780962972898

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Rubbed edges. The Open Studio directory for the 1998-1999 4 weeks of open studios in San Francisco, October 1998. Index of artists. Black and white illustration for each artist. 181p.

ArtSpan evolved from the SF Open Studios program that began in 1975 by a small group of enterprising artists who wanted to make their artwork accessible to the public. It is the oldest and largest open studios program in the country.
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Theory in Action: Smart Growth Case Studies in the San Francisco Bay Area and Around the Nation

By: Association of Bay Area Governments

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Association of Bay Area Governments : 2000

Seller ID: 33228

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Rubbed cover. Illustrated. 58p. Measures 8.5x11 inches. Includes San Mateo, Denver, Arlington, Palo Alto, Walnut Creek, and other locations.
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Stairway Walks in San Francisco

By: Bakalinsky, Adah; Gregoile, Marian

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Wilderness Press : 2011

Seller ID: 33615

ISBN-13: 9780899976372

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Section of color plates. Black-and-white illustrations. Maps. 268p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.

Hundreds of stairways traverse San Francisco's 42 hills, exposing incredible vistas while connecting colorful, unique neighborhoods, and veteran guide.

This revised and expanded edition has been thoroughly updated and includes three additional walks, new maps, and new color photographs. A comprehensive appendix lists every one of the city's 600-plus public stairways.
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Richmond Art Center: The First Fifty Years

By: Balsinger, John; Hardison, Betty

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Richmond, CA, Richmond Art Center : 1987

Seller ID: 32157

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked booklet. Black-and-white illustrations. 13p. Measures 11x8 inches. Richmond Art Center is a nonprofit arts organization based in Richmond, California, founded in 1936.

Artists who contributed to this booklet include Ruth Asawa, Roy DeForest, Nathan Oliveira, Jane Parr, Sonya Rapoport, Stephen De Staebler, and others.
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The Stanford University Museum of Art Journal Vols. XXVI-XXVII, 1996-1997

By: Barryte, Bernard (editor)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Stanford University : 1996

Seller ID: 27600

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Includes "A Rare Early Woodcut by the Master DS: Christ Crucified between Mary and St John" by Christiane Andersson, "Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert's Sacrifice of Jeroboam" by Peter C. Sutton, "Constantin Meunier and the Antwerp Port Workers" by Sura Levine, "How Poet Came to Be Made" by Joel-Peter Witkin and more. B/W images. 80p.
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California's Practical Period: A Cultural Context of the Emerging University, 1850s-1870s

By: Barth, Gunther

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) : 1994

Seller ID: 32255

ISBN-13: 9780877723561

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Number Two in the Chapters in the History of the University of California series. 10 black-and-white illustrations. Notes. 50p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. Barth examines higher education in 19th-century California, drawing connections between the 1855 College of California (and its successor, the 1868 University of California) and the elements of design that evolved out of the early cemetery and park traditions. He stresses the character of the men of this "practical period," particularly their political, economic, and intellectual behavior. Acutely aware of the complex relationsh...
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A Collection of Santa Clara Valley Birds

By: Bauer, Suzanne

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Santa Clara Valley Water District Public Information Office : 1995

Seller ID: 23502

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. B/W illustrations throughout of 14 local birds. Descriptive information about each bird. 16p. Artist: Suzanne Bauer. Measures 8.5x11 inches.
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Missions of California: Compiled from a series of articles in P. G. and E. Progress

By: Baxter, Don J.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: San Francisco, Pacific Gas and Electric Company : 1970

Seller ID: 24960

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Embossed on title page by previous owner. Previous owner's sticker inside back cover. Illustrated. Maps. 40p.

Missions include San Deigo de Alcala, San Carlos Borromeo, San Gabriel Arcangel, San Francisco de Asis, Santa Clara de Asis, Santa Cruz, Santa Ines, and others.
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Pro Arts Juried Annual Exhibition, 1988

By: Beal, Graham W. J.

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Pro Arts Gallery : 1988

Seller ID: 25080

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Good

Unmarked. B/W illustrations. 32p. Catalog for March 2-April 15, 1988 exhibition. Honored artists: David Cannon Dashiell, Sono Osato, Mie Preckler. Exhibiting Artists: Michael Almaguer, Olive Madora Athens, Heather Bruce, Peter A. Coquillard, Dawn Fryling, Anita Margrill, David J. Turner, and others.
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The 42nd Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition

By: Beard, Dena

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Berkeley Art Museum : 2012

Seller ID: 20320

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked booklet for May 18-June 10, 2012 exhibition. Artists: Kari Marboe, Frank Emilio Marquez-Leonard, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Kari Orvik, Amy Rathbone, Jennie Smith and Brett Walker. Artist statement and one illustration for each artist. 16p. Measures 6x6 inches.
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Practice and Process: New Painterly Abstraction in California

By: Belloli, Ja; Nathanson, Jeff

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Armory Center for the Arts and the Richmond Art Center : 1998

Seller ID: 25693

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Catalogue for 1998 exhibition at the Armory Center for the Arts and the Richmond Art Center. Ten color illustrations. Checklist for the exhibition. Preface by Elisa Greben Crystal, the Executive Director for the Armory Center for the Arts. With 2-page introduction by Belloli and Nathanson. Includes bios on each artist as well as statements written by each artist. 24p.

Artists include Hyesook, John Zurier, Gregory Wiley Edwards, Elizabeth Chandler, Kim Anno, Marie Thibeault, Alan Treister, Charles Fine, Lavi Daniel, Thekla Hammond.
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Roma/Pacifica and Equal Partners (Berkeley Art Museum, Poster)

By: Berkeley Art Museum

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum : 1999

Seller ID: 20444

Binding: Posters

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. 8-sided poster/program for two exhibitions on Architectural Collaborations: Equal Partners: Men and Women Principals in Contemporary Architectural Practice and Roma/Pacifica: The Phoebe Hearst International Architectural Competition and the Berkeley Campus, 1896 - 1930.

On display December 15, 1999-March 19, 2000. One side reads: "An invitation to join us on December 14 for a special preview . . . " Mailing address marked out. Worn bends. Stickers used to close the poster during mailing still attached. Includes poster and program.
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Tony Berlant: New Work, September 20- October 20, 1984

By: Berlant, Tony

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Xavier Fourcade, Inc. : 1985

Seller ID: 29804

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Signed by artist, with an inscription to previous owner. Exhibition catalog (September 20- October 20, 1984). 20p. Color plates. Bio. Measures 8.25x10.5 inches.Photo of artist in his studio inside cover. Bio.

Berlant is a California artist known for his collages and assemblages composed of colored metal pieces that have been nailed together to form a single image,
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Nancy Genn, Piani Di Luce Italia

By: Billi, Giuseppe; Crum, Katherine B. et al

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Ulivi, Galleria D'Arte Moderna E Contemporanea : 2002

Seller ID: 26577

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Exhibition catalog. Text in English and Italian. Color reproductions. Biography. Genn is considered to be part of the Berkeley School (1930s-1950) of artists whose work emphasizes formal values. 38p.
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Reality of Illusion

By: Brewer, Donald J.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: Denver Art Museum, University of Southern California Galleries : 1979

Seller ID: 32666

ISBN-13: 9780960297405

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated in color and B/W. 124pp. Measures 8.5x11 inches. 123p.

Exhibition catalog. Loose gallery handout and list of events (from Oakland Museum venue stop, June 28-August 10, 1980).

Show included 82 artists, including Joe Brainard, Joe Doyle, Duane Hanson, Alan Kessler, Sylvia Plimack, Mangold, Nancy Selvin, Richard Shaw, Todd Siler, and others.

Show aimed to highlight illusionistic directions of American Art in the 1970s.
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Guide to the History Trail: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

By: Broughton, Jacqueline

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History : 1977

Seller ID: 30317

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Text and illustrations by Jacqueline Broughton. 24p. Serves as a self-guided walking tour, with text keyed to map on back cover. Emphasis is on plants relating to the immediate Santa Barbara area.
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Monarchs of the Mist: The Story of Redwood National Park and the Coast Redwoods

By: Brown, Joseph

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Coastal Parks Association and the Redwood Natural History Association : 1982

Seller ID: 26121

ISBN-13: 9780911235005

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated. Measures 6.25x11 inches. 44p. The coast redwoods, "kings of their race," as naturalist John Muir called them, are living links to the age of dinosaurs and even today are among the most remarkable trees on earth.
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Category: California