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Fresno: Valley Publishers, 1979. 165 pages. A history of two opulent Victorian buildings constructed for William Carson, a timber baron, in Eureka, California. Trade edition bound in maroon cloth. ISBN: 9780913548646.

Fresno: Valley Publishers, 1979. 165 pages. A history of two opulent Victorian buildings constructed for William Carson, a timber baron, in Eureka, California. Trade edition bound in maroon cloth. ISBN: 9780913548646.

Fresno: Valley Publishers, 1979. 165 pages. ISBN: 9780913548653.

Eureka, CA: Peter Palmquist and Jack Irvine, 1987. 120 pages. Facsimile of the 1893 edition with an introduciton by Palmquist and Irvine. ISBN: 281AIB002252X.

Eureka, CA: Interface California Corporation, 1975. 111 pages. The first monograph on the great photographer of the redwoods,Augustus William Ericson, who took many iconic images in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ISBN: 9780915580026.

Eureka: Times Publishing Company, 1912. Unpaginated, 48 pages. Promotional brochure extolling the redwoods and the opportunities of Humboldt County. Dairying, shipbuilding, fishing, bulb and flower nurseries, wool production, banking, transportation, highways, and buildings are discussed. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. 12.5 x 9.5 inches. ISBN: 281AIB1030844.

Eureka, CA: Interface California Corporation, 1975. 111 pages. The first monograph on the great photographer of the redwoods,Augustus William Ericson, who took many iconic images in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ISBN: 9780915580026.

Eureka Newspapers Inc, 1965. A three-section special issue newspaper filled with photos and stories about the 1964 flood that devastated much of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties during Christmas that year. ISBN: 281AIB1016554.

(Eureka, CA): Clarke Historical Museum, 2014. 115 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Exhibition catalog of the Native American Karuk Tribe master basket maker that ran at the Clarke Historical Museum in Eureka, CA from July 5, 2014 to January 3, 2015. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs of baskets and black-and-white photographs of the artist and her times. ISBN: 281AIB1019804.

Trinidad, CA: 2010. 147 pages. 11 by 8-1/2 inches. Catalog from the Trinidad Museum exhibition, November 19, 2010 to March 1, 2011. More than 100 full color photographs of historic and contemporary jewelry by Northern California Native Americans and the beads and other materials used to make it. Indigenous uses of such materials described and illustrated with late 19th and early 20th century photographs. The authors are two of the leading experts on Native American arts on the Northwest Coast of California. ISBN: 281AIB0008292.

(Eureka, CA): Clarke Historical Museum, 2015. 98 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Exhibition catalog documenting the museum's extensive collection of baskets by Karuk, Wiyot and Yurok women. The collection was acquired in two stages, in 1983 and in 1996. An earlier book, Hover Collection of Karuk Baskets (1985), focused on the first part of the collection. This catalog focuses on the second part. Features biographical information on the weavers themselves. Heavily illustrated with color plates. ISBN: 281AIB1026214.

Low Tide Lumber Co, 1975. ISBN: B0006Y0ZUA.

Trinidad, CA: Ron Johnson, 2012. 165 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. An important exhibition catalog of northwestern California Native American baskets, specifically emphasizing changes to basket designs made by weavers to better serve the curio market. The exhibition ran at the Trinidad Museum in Trinidad, CA from May 3, 2012 to October 28, 2012 and at the Clarke Historical Museum in Eureka, CA from November 9, 2012 to May 1, 2013. Heavily illustrated with 65 pages of color photos. Published in an edition of 300 copies. ISBN: 281AIB0052445.

Ten Speed Press, 2016. 601 pages. 7-1/2 by 9-1/2 inches. Lists common and Latin names, with notes on habitat, composition, odor, taste and edibility of Redwood coast mushrooms. Profusely illustrated in color. ISBN: 9781607748175.

(Eureka, CA): Clarke Historical Museum, 2014. 115 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Exhibition catalog of the Native American Karuk Tribe master basket maker that ran at the Clarke Historical Museum in Eureka, CA from July 5, 2014 to January 3, 2015. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs of baskets and black-and-white photographs of the artist and her times. ISBN: 281AIB1019804.

(Palm Springs): The Gallery, 1967. 12 pages. 5 by 7 inches. Exhibition catalog for show of Brown's large metal sculptures. Humboldt County artist Hobart Brown was the glorious founder of the Kinetic Sculpture Race. ISBN: 281AIB1020958.

Walnut Creek, CA: Kraus House, 2002. 54 pages. A play set in Humboldt County during the Kinetic Sculpture Race, an event founded by the sculptor Hobart Brown. "For the Glory was originally written for five actors...In this version, it was a winner in the American Voices New Play Reading Series... Later the script was revised and expanded to a cast of fourteen. This version was a De La Salle Company production in Concord, California, and was a winner in the national Jewel Box Theatre Playwriting Award contest." Uncommon, with two holdings in OCLC. ISBN: 9780971577541.

(Eureka, CA): (Times Printing), 1961. 13 pages. A short history of Harvey Harper's childhood and early years in Eureka, where he established on of the first car dealerships in the region (which is still in operation today). ISBN: 281AIB1014851.

McKinleyville, California: Kay Gott Chaffey, 2000. 260 pages. The book is a photographic essay, focusing on dance, of the growth and changes in the student body at Humboldt State College/University in Northern California. Photographs in color and black-and-white. 11.25 x 9 inches. ISBN: B0006RQVYQ.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1926. 390 pages followed by 52 plates with black-and-white photo reproductions. ISBN: B005IFVH7C.