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180312159Washington City: Pr. by William Duane & Son 1803. 8vo. 16 pp. <br><br>Tobias Lear 17621816 was private secretary to General Washington and in 1802 consul-general of Santo Domingo. Concerns expenses incurred and fees received by him in his official capacity in Santo Domingo. Also mentions his conduct during the slave rebellion that gripped the island and contains an estimate of the damage done to his house and possessions as a result of plundering and fires in the city of Cape Francois. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 5325. Removed from a nonce volume. Light spotting on one leaf. Bottom edges slightly irregular. Pr. by William Duane & Son unknown books
19262222019<p>Octavo. Illustrations two in color of paintings by Alson Clark Frank Tenney Johnson. Original brown illustrated staple-wrappers. Includes index to 37 rare photographs in the Tower Room of theatrical people who did much to establish the drama in California including Lily Langtry Helena Modjeska. No dust jacket. Very good. 32 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Historical Committee of Carthay Center paperback books
183212525Washington 1832. 8vo. 17 pp. <br><br>Letters of President Jackson Edward Livingston Secretary of State and Samuel Larned Chargé d'Affaires of the United States at Lima and documents detailing the above incident. Government document: 22d Congress 1st Session. Doc. No. 272. Ho. of Reps. Executive. Removed from a nonce volume; very small hole in inner margin not touching text. First page with ink numeral in upper margin. Pages browned; occasional brown spots. First leaf and several other leaves separated. unknown books
19762222084<p>First edition. Oblong octavo. Illustrations with 33 photographs by Louis J. Stellman. Original red cloth over pictorial boards. No dust jacket. Fine fresh copy. 68 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>One of 450 copies.</p><p>Designed by Adrian Wilson with 4 page prospectus laid in loose.</p> The Book Club of California hardcover books
1988008256No Place: Star-Kist Inc. 1988. Advertising calendar for the year 1988. Fine 12" w x 11" h with spiral binding. The twelve months each with a different picture and one page of manufacturer's coupons. Morris the Cat became the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food in 1968. One of the most successful campaigns in advertising history his successors are still featured in the company's advertising over 50 years later. First Printing. Calendar. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12" w x 11" h. Star-Kist, Inc. Paperback books
1989008257No Place: Star-Kist Inc. 1989. Advertising calendar for the year 1989. Fine 12" w x 11" h with spiral binding. The twelve months each with a different picture. Morris the Cat became the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food in 1968. One of the most successful campaigns in advertising history his successors are still featured in the company's advertising over 50 years later. First Printing. Calendar. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12" w x 11" h. Star-Kist, Inc. Paperback books
1991008258No Place: Star-Kist Inc. 1991. Advertising calendar for the year 1991. Fine 13" w x 11" h with spiral binding. The twelve months each with a different picture. Morris the Cat became the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food in 1968. One of the most successful campaigns in advertising history his successors are still featured in the company's advertising over 50 years later. First Printing. Calendar. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 13" w x 11" h. Star-Kist, Inc. Paperback books
1930007193San Francisco: Woods - Drury Co. Operators 1930. Tri-fold advertising brochure for the new William Taylor Hotel built in 1930. In the late 1930's it became the Empire Hotel. 5 1/2" x 9" sheet with 3 foldss contains 5 interior sepia tone photos of the hotel plus rates and a half-page ad with artist'srawing of the Hotel Whitcomb also operated by Woods-Drury Co. Near Fine horizontal crease. . First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 2 1/4" x 5 1/2" to 9" x 5 1/2". Woods - Drury Co., Operators Paperback books
1939007194Los Angeles: Clifton's Pacific Seas Cafeteria 1939. No date circa 1940. Clifton's Cafeteria opened in the early 1930's during the height of the Great Depression and instituted a "Pay As You Wish" policy seen in fine print on the card never turning away a customer and giving away many free meals. In 1939 it underwent a complete renovation and was transformed into a 3-story restaurant with South Pacific "Tiki" theme called Clifton's Pacific Seas. After Jack Kerouac ate there he made mention of it in "On the Road". The restaurant closed and was demolished in 1960. The card is Very Good small corner creases. Verso of card is blank. . First Edition. Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4" x 6 ". Clifton's Pacific Seas Cafeteria Paperback books
1938005424Boy Scouts of America 1938. 84 pages numerous black and white photographs. . Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boy Scouts of America Paperback books
1928008572Columbus OH: W. S. Harriman 1928. Uncommon postcard packet of 20 different views and buildings in Columbus Ohio mailed and postmarked 1928. 9 cards accordion folded and with a different view printed each side with front and rear card views and a singles page description of Columbus. Very Good mailed and postmarked with stamp and sent to addressee in Halstead Kansas. Light wear to covers the interior cards Fine. . Postcard. Very Good Plus. 4 14" x 6 1/4". W. S. Harriman Paperback books
1905489481905. Bar Association of the State of Massachusetts. Tributes of the Bar and of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth to the Memory of Walbridge Abner Field Together With Memoirs Read Before the Massachusetts Historical Society. Cambridge: The University Press 1905. 67 pp. vi 9-67 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Original cloth gilt title to front board some shelfwear discoloration along joints. Leaf reading With the Compliments of the Family of Walbridge A Field" tipped in to front free endpaper. Light foxing to endleaves interior otherwise clean. $50. Field 1833-1899 was Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts from 1890 to 1899. He was succeeded by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. unknown books
1933006709Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1933. Very Good paginated 281-339 crease across top corner front wrapper light edge wear and soiling toning bottom 1" rear wrapper. One of 200 copies printed. . First Edition Thus. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
190219890San Bernardino CA: Times Index Press 1902. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 130 pp in original wrappers. Illustrated by Constance Farris. A very good copy but for the fact that there are two small holes of unknown origin that go through the entire book see images. These are relatively inoffensive but odd. Includes chapters on the missions first Christian settlement in the Valley the Indians social and ceremonial life early land grants Mexican pioneers etc. Rocq 7052. Times Index Press paperback books
195125702Sacramento: California State Printing Office 1951. First Edition. Octavo. Later black buckram; original wrappers bound in; 296622pp. Copy of high-ranking FBI operative Lee R. Pennington with his stamped ownership signature on front endpaper. Slightly musty but clean and unmarked; Very Good. Seventh and Eighth reports of the California Un-American Activities Committee covering the years 1952-1955. Includes lengthy investigation of the "Gadar" i.e. "Ghadar" Party a far-left organization of Punjabi exiles. California State Printing Office unknown books
1981290584New York: Harcourt 1981. Reprint. hardcover. near fine/very good. Millard Hannah. 10 full-page color plates from the original water-color drawings of Hannah Millard. Introduction by Kevin Starr historical notes by Leon D. Adams. Unpaginated folio burgundy cloth with mounted title front cover printed mylar dust wrapper; very minor fading to bottom edge of cloth. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1981. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Facsimile reprint of the San Francisco: Edward Bosqui & Co. 1877 edition.<br/><br/> Harcourt unknown books
198670253Oxford: Oxford University Press 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 761p. dj. 26cm. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
189021290Boston: Lee and Shepard 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 193 pp 3 pages of ads for Raymond's Vacation Excursions. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering floral-patterned endpapers. Rubbing to extremeities one scuff mark on front board but still an attractive copy. The author recounts her experiences on an extended Raymong and Whitcomb tour which took her across the country from Boston to California and back again. Includes chapters on Pasadena Los Angeles Santa Barbara Riverside San Diego Sonoma County and Santa Cruz and two chapters on Yosemite. She visited Salt Lake City on the return trip. Flake 2398 describes the relevant section of her book thus: "A visit to Utah after 'polygamy was dead.' She attends a meeting at the Mormon tabernacle." Clark was also a healer and lecturer on spiritual topics. Lee and Shepard hardcover books
1790106002<p>Partial manuscript printed receipt 3 1/2" x 7" decorative border signed. Missing most of the interest section a round hole indicating payment results in partial loss of text small hole in number 4 a little uneven normal aging; otherwise about very good. This is a receipt issued by the Comptroller’s office of Connecticut indicating that John Morgan is entitled to receive payment of one pound for an interest payment. Ralph Pomeroy Comptroller signs it. It is dated October 4 1790. </p> Hudson & Goodwin, books
1930001551New York: National Broadcasting Co. Inc. 1930. "An address by John W. Elwood vice-president the National Broadcasting Co. at the Institute for Educationby Radio June 27 1930 Columbus Ohio." Great Art Deco covers with red and gold lettering on black papaper wrappers. Laid in is Elwood's business card which is the source of the one condition issue- it had been paper-clipped to the book and left an indentation at the top edge. Scarce. First Printing. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. National Broadcasting Co., Inc. Paperback books
1988384851Arcadia California 1988. Unbound. Fine. Photomechanically reproduced flyer on 8.5" x 11" paper. Slight creasing else fine. An original flyer promoting a gig at Roxanne's with Flower Leperds Kent State and Decry. Artwork of a police interrogation which reads "Look citizen we at the ATF are your friends. We're here to save you from violent crime. Do you understand that of do we have to beat it into you unknown books
184019791Washington 1840. 8vo. 25 pp. <br><br>Government document: 26th Congress 1st Session. Doc. No. 254. Ho. of Reps. State Dept. Removed from a nonce volume; stitch holes in inner margin. Ink numeral in top right corner of p. 1. Thumbnail-size chip at bottom right edge of p. 1. Light foxing on several leaves; pages mostly clean. unknown books
197321735Berkeley: University of California Press 1973. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 467 pp. with illustrations and maps. Evidence of bookplate removed front rear endpaper light bump to lower right corner. Binding sound text clear. Dust jacket has an old price written in ink on the front flap and a few small chips and tears. Arranged alphabetically with hundreds of entries providing historical information folklore etc. University of California Press hardcover books
1921210006Boston: The Roxburgh Publishing Co. Inc 1921. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. Illustrated By Twelve Full Page Illustrations By the Author; No pencil or ink markings in text. Green cloth boards lightly soiled. Dustjacket soiled and worn with some loss to the spine. Lacking front free endpaper DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Very Good binding / Fair dust jacket. The Roxburgh Publishing Co., Inc unknown books
2082Original Wraps. Black and white one page folded pamphlet. Fine. One page folded pamphlet. 15 x 8 cm. Head who ran for Congress in 1914 & 1916 on the Prohibition Party ticket unfortunately did so in the heart of the wine district. Head always ended his stump speeches with "Remember the Kiddies". Frederick Head received less than 6% of the vote and lost to John I. Nolan of the 'Bull Moose' Progressive party. Pristine condition. <br/><br/> paperback books
