Bookstore

All profits from bookstore sales support our non-profit organization. Purchasing a book about Humboldt County History, gifts, or ephemeral items from our bookstore is a great way to support the work we do!

Bookstore


Humboldt Historian Back Issues

Back issues of the Humboldt Historian are available in the bookstore or by phone order. Due to the wide variation in shipping and handling costs, issues cannot be purchased online. Please call (707) 445-4342 during open hours to place your order. Bulk discounts are available!


Used Books & Memorabilia

We have added a selection of used books to the website. If you are looking for a particular book and don’t see it, please give us a call at 707-445-4342. We’ll be happy to check the shelves for you!

We have a small selection of vintage memorabilia including booklets from the Ingomar Club (Carson Mansion), the1964-65 Flood, the Humboldt County Centennial, and the dedication of the Humboldt County courthouse. Vintage yearbooks are also available. Please call 707-445-4342 or email bookstore@humboldthistory.org for details and pricing.

Any vintage books that we sell are duplicates and have not been accessioned into the collection. Because we have limited space and other local repositories also have copies, we offer these items for sale in our bookstore. In accordance with ethical standards of the American Association for State and Local History, the Society of American Archivists, and the American Alliance of Museums, HCHS proceeds from such sales are earmarked for acquisitions or direct care of our collections.

If you have used books about Humboldt history that are in good condition and need a new home, please consider donating them to HCHS as an addition to our library, or for resale. This makes history even more available to the public while helping fund an institution that furthers that cause.


Shipping and Pick-Up Information

We generally mail books on the Friday following receipt of your order. If you choose to pick up your book(s), you will receive an emailed notification when your order is ready.


Book Prices

Members receive a 10% discount on all regularly priced books. Please do not use this option if you are not a member.

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Book of the Month

Hope For a Free Man
by Ann M. Schoenfeld

20% off during the month of July 2025
$9.60


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Eureka & Humboldt County

Eureka & Humboldt County

from $22.49

     One of the consistent best sellers at the Historical Society's book store is Eureka & Humboldt County, California, one of Arcadia Publishing's "Images of America" series.  In fact, this book was a trail blazer.  Published in 2001, it was the first in this nation-wide series to focus on Humboldt County.

       Written by two now-former Directors of the Clarke Museum, it uses photographs from the Clarke's collection to give an overview of all aspects of  our history.

       Since then, many more Arcadia books have appeared, focusing in greater detail on many local communities and historical subjects: Trinidad, Falk, Scotia, Rio Del, Fortuna and the Eel River Valley, Ferndale, lumber mills, state parks, railroads, floods, lighthouses and others. But for readers looking for a great visual overview of our county's rich heritage, this book is ideal. With informative captions to over 120 photographs, it covers the indigenous peoples, settlement drawn by gold and then timber, maritime and farming history, the parting of the "redwood curtain", the natural environment, film making, businesses, festivals, and all the topics that make Humboldt's history unique.

       Come to the Barnum bookstore and pick up this book for your own shelves or to give to a friend so they can appreciate how very visual and special our historic county is!

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