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            New Book  Early Santa Monica by Louise Gabriel   $19.99

From the beginning, Santa Monica has been at the forefront of California culture. Now, author Louise Gabriel explores the town’s colorful history in Early Santa Monica, the newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s Image of America series.

With over 200 vintage photographs, highlights of Early Santa Monica include chapters dedicated to the formation of the town and its development, the “Pleasure Piers” and beautiful beaches. The book’s images cover a fun city with its sports, tennis and golf champions and car races that brought Santa Monica fame; bathing beauty contests; the famous Gold Coast; celebrities who lived in Santa Monica, including hometown girl Shirley Temple and Marion Davies and Donald Douglas, and World War II.

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The Outlook: Its Birth, Growth, and Demise          New Publication!

author:  Ron Funk  $ 5.00

Santa Monica Bay: Paradise By The Sea   *out of print

author:  Fred E. Basten  

$ 39.95     $ 59.95 autographed

Main Street to Malibu: Yesterday and Today               *out of print

author:  Fred E. Basten

$ 11.95

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Santa Monica: Portrait of a City   *out of print

author:  Les Storrs   $ 24.95

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Santa Monica: Jewel of the Sunset Bay   *out of print

authors:  Marvin J. Wolf & Katherine Mader   $ 34.95

Remembering Muscle Beach: Where Hard Bodies Began

author:  Harold Zinkin   $ 26.95

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Real Road Racing: Santa Monica Road Races

authors:  Harold Osmer & Phil Harris   $ 29.95

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Palisades Park Panorama         *out of print

author:  Fred E. Basten   $14.95

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Santa Monica Centennial Ball Program Booklet    *out of print    $ 5.00

 

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Santa Monica's Firefighters' Centennial Cookbook                 *out of print

by the Santa Monica Kiwanis Club   $ 10.00

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Trees of Santa Monica             *out of print

author:  George T. Hastings revised by Grace L. Heintz         $ 10.00

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Santa Monica Public Library: 1880 to 1980   *out of print

authors:  Ellen Braby & Janet Hunt   $ 22.95

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Santa Monica in Vintage Postcards   New Publication!

author:  Marlin L. Heckman        $ 19.95

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The California Missions: A Complete Pictorial History and Visitor's Guide

author:  Sunset Pictorial               $ 15.99

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Missions of the Southern Coast

author:  Nancy Lemke   $ 9.95

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Missions of Los Angeles Area

author:  Dianne MacMillan            $ 9.95

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Renaissance Travelers: California Missions

author:  Gregory Lee   $ 6.95

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The California Gold Rush

author:  Eugene R. Hart  $ 14.95

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California Indian Country

Author:  Dolan H. Eagle, Jr.       $ 14.95

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Children's Books

The American Girls Collection    $ 14.95

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America: A Patriotic Primer

author:  Lynne Cheney   $ 16.95

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City of Angels: In and Around Los Angeles

authors:  Julie Jasko & Brian Lewis

 $ 16.95

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Video Documentary

Carnations, Ostriches & Condos: The Hidden History of Ocean Park

producer:  Santa Monica City TV   $ 19.95

 


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