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194510236San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press. Fine. 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 250 copies printed. 25pp; 4to; bound in green and yellow decorated boards dark green cloth back yellow spine label printed in red. Title page in red & black; pagination headings and colophon in red. Type Lutetia handset on French paper mold made. Grabhorn bibliography 410. Regarding response to the 1821 proclamation from Mexico which decreed that an oath of support for the new Mexican Regency of Iturbide be taken by the California Missions. Though Martin apparently never visited California he had enough information on the economics and agricultural industry of the missions to be considered one of its early boosters. Given the introduction by Wagner it might be hard to cut him some contextual slack for the embarrassing overtly racist comments regarding the California Indians. Together With Carillo Carlos Antonio. Exposition Addressed to the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union by Senor Don Carlos Antonio Carrillo Deputy for Alta California Concerning the Regulation and Administration of the Pious Fund. John Henry Nash 1938. Limited Edition. xx 15 pp. 1 ; 4to green cloth backed boards paper spine label. Blue plain paper jacket with sticker shadow on front. Fine condition in near fine jacket. . (The Grabhorn Press) hardcover
19799835Kingston Ontario: The Limestorn Press. Fine. 1979. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 144pp. plus publisher's series list. 8vo; black cloth lettered in gilt; illustrations map. Materials for the Study of Alaska History no. 12. In the bargain: Colton Walter. Deck And Port; or Incidents Of A Cruise In The United States Frigate Congress To California With Sketches of Rio Janeiro Valparaiso Lima Honolulu and San Francisco. N.Y.; Cincinnati: A. S. Barnes; H. W. Derby & Co. 1850. 2nd Edition. 408pp. portrait frontis; 12mo; green cloth spine lettered & decorated in gilt; map. EX-PACIFIC UNION CLUB LIBRARY with their bookplate front pastedown. Ownership signatures Fred S. Russ front blank H. S. Russ rear endpaper. Spine worn and faded with loss at top; leading edges and corners rubbed with wear through to boards; front endpaper out; front hinge a bit weak but cord binding holding together to make it a decent reference copy in Fair condition. . The Limestorn Press hardcover
20058843San Francisco: The Book Club of California 2005; 1984. Near Fine. 2005. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 350 copies of this Publication Number 219 of The Book Club of California designed and printed by The Castle Press. 114 pp. portrait frontis; 8vo; blue cloth back and tan paper over boards; paper title label inset on front cover; spine lettered in gilt; twenty two period illustrations of stagecoach scenes. In publisher's clear mylar cover. Fading to lower portion of front board. KURUTZ. BENJAMIN C. TRUMAN CALIFORNIA BOOSTER. 600 copies printed by Sherwood Grover at the Grace Hoper Press.89 pp.; 8vo; gilt-stamped green cloth; prospectus laid in . Without plain white paper jacket. Fine condition. Benjamin Cummings Truman 1835-1916 born in Rhode Island had a career as a journalist and worked on the staff of President Andrew Johnson before being sent to California as a special Post Office agent 1866-69 where he founded many new post offices and reestablished the Butterfield mail route. He returned to journalism as a correspondent for the New York Times and the San Francisco Bulletin eventually becoming owner of Los Angeles Star. He next became a press agent for the Southern Pacific and editor of its journal The Wave. He authored several books including The Field of Honor The Life Adventures and Capture of Tiburcio Vasquez and Occidental Sketches. . The Book Club of California 2005; 1984 hardcover
19807550Seattle: E. Turner and Son 1980. Plastic comb bound. Very Good. Tall 8vo. 8-1/2 x 5-1/2. Unpaginated. Illustrated with diagrams. Two notebooks with stiff green paper covers plastic comb bound. The first copyright 1967 & 1968 with 1970 and 1971 calendars on first leaf followed by pp. 28 of Revised Code of Washington license plate prefixes evidence guides and emergency aspects of childbirth etc. Remainder of leaves are printed log blanks unmarked. Covers sunned and stained.<p>The second notebook has fewer of the preliminaries but identical log blanks the first two of which are notated the first dated 11/19/1980. In a flip folder that houses the notebooks green cloth covered boards "Snohomish County Sheriff" emblem printed in gold "Det Evenson" Dymo label and several business cards inside stainless steel clip placeholder. The citations in the second book refer to a new ordinance regarding paraphernalia and a subject's moving violations. E. Turner and Son unknown
18-1484Delaware: Bay State Gas Company 1908. Single page. 11 x 7 inches. Printed both sides. Very Good. Minor wrinkles. Issued to Charles C. Clapp & Co. Dated Sept 17 1908. Signed by Vice President and Secretary. Delaware: Bay State Gas Company, 1908. unknown
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185429574St. Paul: February 23 1854. 4to 43 lines approx. 330 words; previous folds else fine and with the original mailing envelope bearing an 1854 St. Paul postmark. Homes warns that St. Paul is no place to live: "I shall not give them much encouragement if they come here and must come on their own responsibilities. I know Jonas would not like it here and would soon get homesick and as it costs considerable to get here. I don't wish to be responsible for the uncertainty of their liking the country. I would not stay here were it not for making money. This country has many failings which are great detriments to it. Timber is very scarce and in some parts the soil is not good. A large portion of the land about this place is land that won't wear long. I think the best portion of this country is on Lake Superior. Some from this place are moving there now. February 23 unknown
1949057885Alhambra: C. F. Braun & Co. 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine. 142 Pp. Scarce First Printing 1949. Light Wear. One Of A Series Of Books Published By Braun For The Intellectual Development Of His Employees. Braun Built The Large Modernist Brick Industrial Complex At Fremont And Mission In Alhambra Now Re-Vitalized As A Commercial Office Park. The Original Braun Company Was Bought Out And Then Collapsed With The Folding Of The Tenant An Oil Drilling Company In The 1980'S. All Of Braun's Books Are Gems And All Are Well Worth Reading For The Foreseeable Future A Quality Lacking In Commercial New York Literature. This One Provides Pointed Intelligent Comments About 200 Books He Finds Of Value For Engineers Managers And Leaders And His Short Descriptions Are Very Good. <br/> <br/> C. F. Braun & Co. hardcover
69-4346Trenton New Jersey: New Jersey State Museum 1968. 8vo. Staplebound Wraps. 12 pp. B&W Plates. Very Good.Provenance: Richard A. Lorenz 1952 -2001 author art conservator curator and director of the San Francisco Regional Art Conservation Center. As a trustee of The Imogen Cunningham Trust Mr. Lorenz organized and curated exhibitions of Cunningham's photographs and authored four major books on the photographer. Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey State Museum, 1968 paperback
197122546Manchester MA: Self Published. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. 1971. Limited Edition. Plastic comb binding. Signed by Author; Card covers show some shelf wear with small stains on both front and back. Previous owner's name in ink on top of front cover.; A tight solid book. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. This is No. 131 of 500 copies in this Limuted edition; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 81 pages; "Part I of 'Two Flightpaths' is a condensation of 'The Flight of CE 399: Evidence of Conspiracy privately printed in June 1969. Part II 'Traverse Thoracical' came into being during the research into the Flight in December 1968." . Self Published unknown
2002627Vermont: Evergreen Press 2002. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Green hardcover in dustjacket - revised expanded edition of 2002. Signed without inscription on the title page by Jones. A very good copy in like dustjacket with minor shelf-wear at the edges and a bump to the upper front corner of the board. Tight clean and seemingly unread. 386 pp. indexed filled with black and white photos. A solid history of Maine's only narrow gauge railway. Evergreen Press hardcover
1967E3937Austin: Steck-Vaughn 1967. Reprint. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 110 pages. Facsimile edition of Siringo's 1915 paperback diatribe against the Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. This edition has an introduction by Charles D. Peavy detailing Siringo's problems getting it published. Near Fine/No Jacket. New old stock in publisher's shrinkwrap. Item #: E3937. SAVE MORE Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping. Steck-Vaughn hardcover
1967B9738Austin: Steck-Vaughn 1967. Reprint. . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. 110 pages. Facsimile edition of Siringo's 1915 paperback diatribe against the Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. This edition has an introduction by Charles D. Peavy detailing Siringo's problems getting it published. VG/No Jacket. New old stock but has some light foxing on the white boards and edges of text block. Item #: B9738. SAVE MORE Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping. Steck-Vaughn hardcover
19371712130016Washington: United States Army 1937. Hardcover. Good. Two contemporary binders covering covering prewar Army Regulations and training on Topography for the United States Army. Shelfwear. Pages tanned some pencil marks to several pages. Washington: United States Army hardcover
1981003288Fairfield WA: Ye Galleon Press 1981. New edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo. <br/><br/>"Down-to-earth accoiunt of two trips across the plains: the first for gold the second to bring his family to the coast. . provides many interesting details abut the routes the Great Divide and merits of some of the overland guidebooks. There is possibility that all or most of the copies printed were destroyed by fire in 1906 -Mintz THE TRAIL 372." Cowan p.494; Howes P421; Graff 3305; Mattes 1569. Ye Galleon Press hardcover
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