LEGACY CATALOG

Books & Literature

Books, poetry, history, natural history, and other literary and general publications recorded in the Whitaker & Ray catalog, including selected titles from its later Wiggin-period imprint.

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California, the West & Regional History

1899Personal Impressions of the Grand Cañon of the Colorado River Near Flagstaff, ArizonaCompiled by G. K. WoodsTravel / Western History

1900Brief History of CaliforniaTheodore H. HittellCalifornia History

1900The History of the First Pastorate of the Howard Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, California, 1850-1862Samuel Hopkins WilleyCalifornia / Church History

1900Guide to MexicoCristóbal HidalgoTravel / Guide

1901The Transition Period of California: From a Province of Mexico in 1846 to a State of the American Union in 1850Samuel Hopkins WilleyCalifornia History

1903A Biographical Sketch of the Life of Charles Algernon Sidney Vivian, Founder of the Order of ElksImogen Holbrook VivianBiography / Western History

1904California and Its Missions: Lower CaliforniaBryan James ClinchCalifornia / Mission History

1904California and Its Missions: Upper CaliforniaBryan James ClinchCalifornia / Mission History

1904Reminiscences of a Trip Across the Plains in 1846 and Early Days in CaliforniaLuella DickensonMemoir / Western History

1904The Government of Wyoming: The History, Constitution and Administration of AffairsGrace Raymond HebardGovernment / History

1905The History of Arizona: From the Earliest Times Known to the People of Europe to 1903Sidney Randolph De LongRegional History

Natural History & Science

1896A Popular California Flora; or, Manual of Botany for BeginnersVolney RattanBotany

1898Discoveries of Misconceptions Regarding the Properties of Matter Within the Science of ChemistryEmma G. ToddScience

1901Shells and Sea-LifeJosiah KeepNatural History

1904West American ShellsJosiah KeepNatural History / Mollusks

1905The Butterflies of the West Coast of the United StatesWilliam Greenwood WrightEntomology

1905The Physical Constitution of the SunWilliam ApplebyAstronomy / Science

Poetry & Literature

1896The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other SketchesDavid Starr JordanEssays / Literature

1897Matka and Kotik: A Tale of the Mist-IslandsDavid Starr JordanJuvenile Literature

1898Songs from Puget SeaHerbert BashfordPoetry

1898Lyrics of the Golden WestWilliam Darwin CrabbPoetry

1899Some Homely Little SongsAlfred James WaterhousePoetry

1900Chants for the BoerJoaquin MillerPoetry / Public Affairs

1900Readings from California PoetsEdmund RussellAnthology

1901The Wolves of the Sea and Other PoemsHerbert BashfordPoetry

1902The Complete Poetical Works of Joaquin MillerJoaquin MillerPoetry

1903The Hermit's Home, Grover the First, Yosemite: And Other PoemsJonathan Vinton WebsterPoetry

1907PoemsMartha Lavinia HoffmanPoetry

1909Joaquin Miller's Poems: Songs of the SierrasJoaquin MillerPoetry / Six-Volume Series

1909Joaquin Miller's Poems: Songs of the SunlandsJoaquin MillerPoetry / Six-Volume Series

1909Joaquin Miller's Poems: Songs of Italy and OthersJoaquin MillerPoetry

1909Joaquin Miller's Poems: Songs of the American SeasJoaquin MillerPoetry / Six-Volume Series

1910Joaquin Miller's Poems: Poetic PlaysJoaquin MillerPoetry / Six-Volume Series

n.d.Sugar Pine MurmuringsEliz. S. WilsonWestern Literature

n.d.Adventures of a TenderfootH. H. SauberWestern Literature

n.d.The Main PointsRev. C. R. BrownLiterature / Essays

n.d.LifeHon. John R. RogersLiterature

n.d.Dr. Jones' PicnicDr. S. E. ChapmanWestern Literature

n.d.A Modern ArgonautLeela B. DavisWestern Literature

n.d.Percy or the Four InseparablesM. LeeFiction

n.d.Forget-me-notsLillian Leslie PageLiterature

n.d.Songs of the SoulJoaquin MillerPoetry / Western Series of Paper Books

n.d.California and the CaliforniansDavid Starr JordanWestern Series of Booklets

n.d.Love and LawThomas P. BaileyWestern Series of Booklets

n.d.The Man Who Might Have BeenRobert WhitakerWestern Series of Booklets

n.d.ToilD. F. LearyPoetry / Western Series of Booklets

Military, Naval & Public Affairs

1899The Bounding Billow: Being an Authentic Account of the Memorable Cruise of the U.S. Flagship Olympia from 1895 to 1899Louis Stanley Young & Abraham L. SmithNaval History

1902Notable Speeches by Notable Speakers of the Greater WestHarr Wagner, editorSpeeches

1903Civil War Stories: Compiled from Official Records — Union and ConfederateJohn T. BellMilitary History

1905Leaves from an Argonaut's Note Book: A Collection of Holiday and Other Stories Illustrative of the Brighter Side of Mining Life in Pioneer DaysTheodore Elden JonesPioneer Stories / Fiction

Mind & Specialized Works

1909The Subconscious Mind and Its Illuminating Light: An InterpretationJanet YoungPsychology / Mind

Whitray Reprint Candidates — Not Original Whitaker & Ray Publications

1928The Voyage of the Norman D.: As Told by the Cabin-BoyBarbara Newhall FollettVoyage / Memoir — originally Alfred A. Knopf

Whitaker & Ray-Wiggin Co. — Books & General Publications

Company name change, by 1909: The original Whitaker & Ray Co. appears in later publication records as Whitaker & Ray-Wiggin Co., reflecting the addition of Charles M. Wiggin. The titles below are a working list of publications under that later imprint (1910–1915); different editions are noted where known.

1910The Story of Matka: A Tale of the Mist-IslandsDavid Starr Jordan & George Archibald ClarkFiction / Natural History

1910The Danites in the SierrasJoaquin MillerFiction / Novel Edition

1910The Danites in the Sierras (In Four Acts)Joaquin MillerDrama / Stage Adaptation

1910Forty-nine: An Idyl Drama of the SierrasJoaquin MillerDrama

1911West Coast ShellsJosiah Keep & Harold Briggs HannibalNatural History / Mollusks

1911Some By-ways of CaliforniaCharles Franklin CarterCalifornia / Essays

1912The Panama CanalDuncan E. McKinlayHistory / Engineering

1912Realizable Ideals (The Earl Lectures)Theodore RooseveltLectures / Public Affairs

1913Oriental VersesBernard WestermannPoetry

1914Our Criminal Criminal LawSamuel Crawford DensonLaw / Public Affairs

This is a working catalog. Exact editions, dimensions, original prices, cover images, source copies and reprint status will be added as each publication is documented. Entries marked “n.d.” are titles documented in a contemporary Whitaker & Ray catalog advertisement whose individual publication dates have not yet been verified. Titles in the reprint-candidate section are kept separate from the historical Whitaker & Ray catalog.