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New at the Bookstore:
Strange Breed of Folks by Mel Lavine 20.00 members 18.00Wooden Garden of Roman Gabriel 19.95 members 18.00
On This Day in Arcata by Kevin Hoover 20.00 members 18.00
Wildwood/Rio Dell: Early Twenties by Julio Rovai 8.00 members 7.00
Wildwood/Rio Dell: After the 1928 Fire by Julio Rovai 8.00 members 7.00
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H.C.H.S. members: 10% discount on book purchases
Shipping costs are $5 for the first item and $2 for each additional item.
California residents please add 8.5% sales tax to orders
| Title | Author | Price | Price to Members |
| A Bell Rang In Uniontown | Gayle Karshner | 30.00 | 27.00 |
| A Card for All Seasons...General Hospital | Elizabeth Claasen | 11.00 | 9.00 |
| A Castle In Fairyland | Evelyn Shuster Worthen | 10.95 | 9.85 |
| A Collector's Obsession | Peter Palmquist | 42.50 | 38.25 |
| A Dog’s Life: Boomer Jack... | Lincoln Kilian | 6.95 | 6.25 |
| A Glance Back | M. Cook & D. Hawk | 23.95 | 21.56 |
| An Undercover Story | Jeanne Baker | 12.95 | 11.65 |
| Ararapikva | Julian Lang | 10.95 | 9.85 |
| Arcata, Images of America | Jessie Faulkner/HCHS | 19.99 | 17.99 |
| At the Banks of the Eel River | Denis Edeline | 15.00 | 13.50 |
| Backwoods Chronicles | Mary Siler Anderson | 15.00 | 13.50 |
| Beans On A Wood Stove | compiled by Viola R. McBride | 5.00 | 4.50 |
| Bedlam on the Slew | Hortense M. Lanphere | 16.00 | 14.00 |
| Before the Floods | Fran Clever | 12.00 | 10.80 |
| Behind the Redwood Curtain: Women of Humboldt County, photographs | Peter Palmquist | 18.00 | 16.20 |
| Bellboy, A Mule Train Journey | Margaret S. McClain | 18.00 | 16.20 |
| Best Short Hikes in the Redwoods | Jerry and Gisela Rhode | 15.95 | 14.35 |
| Carson Mansion/Ingomar Theatre | B.Sachs | 15.00 | 13.50 |
| Celebrating 50 | P. Palmquist & R. Law | 10.00 | 9.00 |
| Celebrating Dance | Kay Gott Chaffey | 5.00 | 4.50 |
| Children from Our One-Room Schools: Blocksburg, Fort Seward, Dobbyns Creek, 1880-1955 | Various | 30.00 | 27.00 |
| Coast Redwood: a Natural and Cultural History | various | 27.95 | 25.15 |
| Crescent City and Del Norte County | 19.99 | 18.00 | |
| Dear Mad'm | Stella Walthall Patterson | 12.95 | 11.65 |
| Diary of J.P. Tracy (hardcover) | edited by H.T.DeLong | 15.00 | 13.50 |
| Diary of J.P. Tracy (softcover) | edited by H.T.DeLong | 10.00 | 9.00 |
| Domesticate or Exterminate | Chad Hoopes | 18.00 | 16.20 |
| Dows North of Mad River | 35.00 | 31.50 | |
| Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans | Jean Pfaelzer | 27.95 | 25.15 |
| Eureka, An Architectural View | Eureka Heritage Society | 25.00 | 22.50 |
| Eureka & Humboldt County for Images of America | Clarke Historical Museum | 19.99 | 17.99 |
| Eureka & Sequoia Park for Images of America | Dione F Armand | 19.99 | 18.00 |
| Falk’s Claim | Jon Humboldt Gates | 12.95 | 11.65 |
| Ferndale for Images of America | Ferndale Museum | 19.99 | 17.99 |
| Ferndale the Village | Denis Edeline | 15.00 | 13.50 |
| 50 Years of Friendship & Service | AAUW | 30.00 | 27.00 |
| First Families: a Photographic History of California Indians | 23.95 | 21.55 | |
| Fortuna, From Horse & Buggy… | Evelyn McCormick | 12.00 | 10.80 |
| Franz and the "Bear River Horse" | R. L. Crane | 19.95 | 17.95 |
| From Humboldt to Kodiak | F. Roscoe | 11.45 | 10.30 |
| From the Back Pew | Wendy Lestina | 25.00 | 22.50 |
| Frozen in Iron | Peter Palmquist | 42.50 | 38.25 |
| Giants in the Earth... | Peter Johnstone & Peter Palmquist | 18.00 | 16.20 |
| Golden Adventures, Stories from the Humboldt Historian | 4.65 | 4.18 | |
| Growing up Along California's North Coast | Brett Melendy | 12.95 | 11.65 |
| Growing Up on Granny Creek | Martha Beer Roscoe | 4.00 | 3.60 |
| Heydays in Mattole | Neb Roscoe | 14.95 | 13.45 |
| Humboldt Bay Region | Owen C. Coy | 8.50 | 7.65 |
| Humboldt Memorabilia | Clare Johnson | 5.00 | 4.50 |
| In the Early Days | M. Cook & D. Hawk | 20.95 | 18.85 |
| In the Land of the Grasshopper Song | Mary E. Arnold & Mabel Reed | 15.95 | 14.35 |
| Karuk: the Upriver People | Maureen Bell | 8.95 | 8.05 |
| Kit's Indian Summer | Sharon Brown | 14.95 | 13.45 |
| Lighthouses of the United States Ill. Map | P. Bachelder | 9.95 | 8.95 |
| Little Grains of Sand | Evelyn McCormick | 12.00 | 10.80 |
| Little White Father | Ray Raphael | 15.95 | 14.35 |
| Living With Giants | Evelyn McCormick | 9.00 | 8.10 |
| Looking Back at 90 | Lynford "Bud" Scott | 19.95 | 17.95 |
| Logging the Redwoods | L. Carranco & J. Labbe | 29.95 | 26.95 |
| Making A Living, Making A Life | Glen Nash | 19.95 | 17.95 |
| Managing the Munchies | Nancy Only | 24.95 | 22.45 |
| Nellie E. Ladd | Valerie Budig-Markin | 28.95 | 26.05 |
| Night Crossings | Jon Humboldt Gates | 12.95 | 11.65 |
| Nordics Found on the North Coast | Evelyn McCormick | 13.00 | 11.70 |
| Northwestern Pacific Railroad | 26.99 | 24.29 | |
| Origin of Mattole | G. Buck Miner | 10.00 | 9.00 |
| Original Patriots: Northern California Indian Veterans of World War Two | Chag Lowry | 40.00 | 36.00 |
| Passing the Moon through 13 Baskets: Guide to Natural Year | Susan Calla | 19.95 | 17.95 |
| Past Tents | Susan Snyder | 17.95 | 16.15 |
| Photographers of Humboldt Bay Region | A W Ericson | 30.00 | 27.00 |
| Points in Time | Evelyn McCormick | 14.00 | 12.60 |
| Raging Sea | Dennis Powers | 15.95 | 14.35 |
| School Ma'am | Harriet DeLong | ||
| -Alderpoint | 6.00 | 5.40 | |
| -Harris | 7.95 | 7.15 | |
| Sentinel of the Sea | Dennis Powers | 21.95 | 19.75 |
| Shades of California | Various | 18.95 | 17.05 |
| Sheepman, Time Remembers | Wooden | 22.00 | 19.80 |
| Shipwrecked at Samoa | Raymond Hillman | 15.00 | 13.50 |
| Silver Quills: Prose and Poetry | Various | 25.00 | no discount |
| Slice of Humboldt Pie | Natasha Wing | ||
| Stories From Life | Curtis E. Gillis | 3.00 | 2.70 |
| Strange Breed of Folks | Mel Lavine | 20.00 | 18.00 |
| Tales from the Blue Ox | Dan Brett | 29.95 | 26.95 |
| Tall Tree Forest | Evelyn McCormick | 4.00 | 3.60 |
| Taste of Humboldt: An Historical and Ethnic Cookbook | Gayle Karshner HSU students | 13.95 | 12.55 |
| The Bell Rings On | Martha Longshore | 33.50 | 30.00 |
| The Book of Petrolia | Mattole Valley Historical Society | 10.00 | 9.00 |
| The Carson Mansion | L. Scoop Beal | 9.00 | 8.10 |
| The Carson Mansion and Ingomar Club | Ingomar Club | 9.00 | 8.10 |
| The Distinctive Qualities of Redwoods | Larry Eifert | 3.95 | 3.55 |
| The Four Ages of Tsurai | Robert Heizer and John Mills | 16.00 | 14.40 |
| The Rock of Lover's Leap | M Murray | 7.00 | 6.30 |
| The Tall Trees... Parks, Preserves and Visitor Attractions | 6.95 | 6.25 | |
| Thunder up the Creek | Herk Shriner | 26.95 | 24.25 |
| To the American Indian | Lucy Thompson | 14.95 | 13.45 |
| Totem Salmon | Freeman House | 17.00 | 15.30 |
| Touring the Old Redwood Highway, Del Norte County | Diane Hawk | 20.95 | 18.85 |
| Touring the Old Redwood Highway, Humboldt County | Diane Hawk | 23.95 | 21.55 |
| Touring the Old Redwood Highway, Mendocino County | Mattole Valley historical Society | 22.95 | 20.65 |
| Treasure Ship | Dennis Powers | 15.95 | 14.35 |
| Two Peoples, One Place: vol 1 Humboldt County History | Ray Raphael, Freeman House | 29.95 | 26.95 |
| Victorian Coloring Book - Eureka | 4.94 | 4.45 | |
| Victorian Northern California | 6.95 | 6.25 | |
| We Call This Home: Oral History of Southern Humboldt 1990-1964 | Various | ||
| Whatever Happened to the Hippies | Mary Anderson Siler | 10.00 | 9.00 |
| When Fast Food was Rabbit | Ray Evans | 11.90 | 10.71 |
| Wildwood - Rio Dell - Early Twenties | Julio Rovai | 8.00 | 7.00 |
| Wildwood - Rio Dell - After the 1928 Fire | Julio Rovai | 8.00 | 7.00 |
| With Nature's Children | Peter Palmquist | 30.00 | 27.00 |
| Wooden Garden of Roman Gabriel | 19.95 | 18.00 | |
| Yurok Geography | T.T. Waterman | 16.90 | 14.40 |
| Yurok Narratives | Robert Spott & A.L. Kroeber | 16.00 | 14.00 |
| The following items are not included in the 10% discount offer: | |||
| Back issues of the Humboldt Historian are available. | |||
| Prior to Summer 2002 | 6.75 | ||
| Summer 2002 and later | 8.00 | ||
| Shipping costs for books, Humboldt Historians and other items: $5 for first item, $2 for each additional item shipped to the same address. | |||
| Also available in the bookstore | |||
| Framed historical photographs: | |||
| North Fork Falls, Mad River | 25.00 | ||
| Old Humboldt County Courthouse | 25.00 | ||
| Railroad Engine circa 1910-1915 | 25.00 | ||
Carson Mansion & Fishing Boat drawings by Don Haffner |
3.00 | ||
| Coast Redwood Journal | 9.95 | ||
| License plate frames w/ "Humboldt County Historical Society" | 5.00 | ||
| Tote bags | 8.00 | ||
| Enameled ornament replica of Humboldt County Historical Society's Barnum House | 17.99 | ||
| CD: Fortuna High School Band 1937 | 5.00 | ||
| CD: Eureka High School Class of 1958, photos | |||
Shipping costs for books: $5.00 for one, 2.00 for each additional item shipped to the same address.
Books and Historians may be ordered from:
Humboldt County Historical Society
P.O. Box 8000
Eureka, California 95502-8000