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!

Book Reviews

New! Instead of the former short descriptions, we now have book reviews by archivist and local author, Pam Service. Check them out for information about our books.

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

We Are Dancing for You
by Cutcha Risling Baldy

20% off during the month of June 2025
$24.00 - down from $30.00


 
 

The Diaries of Joseph Prince Tracy, Eureka, California, 1893-1898

The Diaries of Joseph Prince Tracy, Eureka, California, 1893-1898

from $9.00

     Normally diaries don't make gripping reading -- unless you are related to the diarist.  But you might find an exception in " The Diaries of Joseph Prince Tracy, Eureka, California, 1893 - 1898" True, the plain beige cover is not appealing, but remember "you can't judge a book by its cover".

       When Harriet Tracy DeLong found her uncle Joe's eight leather bound diaries in a family trunk, she began a quest - transcribing them and researching the events, places and people they captured. She then selected more interesting entrees and added background commentary and local photographs to give us a unique view into our community's past.

       As recorded by this perceptive teenager, Joe gives us glimpses of everyday local life.  To name just a few: fire at the Carson mill, going to plays at the Ingomar Theater, installing electricity in their house, street paving, neighborhood murders, dentist visits, floods, earthquakes, shopping trips, holiday feasts and gifts, local elections, viewing eclipses, sea sickness on an ocean voyage, sibling squabbles, starting high school, and exploring local insects and plants that carried Joe into a career as a naturalist. If we all kept diaries like this, think how well nitty-gritty history would be preserved.

         So for a glimpse of another time in a familiar place, this book is well worth a look.

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