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185433622San Francisco: Placer Times and Transcript Office 1854. 8pp bound in attractive modern quarter calf and marbled boards gilt spine lettering. Very Good. <br /> <br /> A significant chapter in the epic Gwin-Broderick struggle which split the California Democratic Party on the Kansas-Nebraska issue and ended only with Broderick's death in a duel with Chief Justice David Terry of the California Supreme Court. At the time of this public meeting Broderick was President of the California Senate. He sought to engineer his own election to the U.S. Senate to replace Senator Gwin whose term would expire on March 4 1855. These California Democrats resist the attempt to steamroll Broderick's election arguing that only "the Legislature next preceding a new senatorial term has the right to elect." <br /> Discussing this item Eberstadt says "The 'public meeting' was held in the Senate Chamber at Benicia and the proceedings give a clear insight into local politics just prior to vigilante days." <br /> Cowan 502. Greenwood 491 1- CU-B. 136 Eberstadt 157. Placer Times and Transcript Office unknown
1920List1317Southern California 1920. Limp leatherette album oblong 4to measuring 10 x 7 inches with seventy photographs most measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches. Wear to binding photographs with excellent contrast very good to near fine overall. Near Fine. An energetic album of photographs belonging to one Eddie Jones a fun-loving banjo player from Santa Ana mostly composed of photographs of musicians performing at small parties and functions during the prohibition era. Jones was apparently quite active on the local scene and the album is mostly made up of candid photographs of musicians all captioned some humorously. Many of the photographs show small bands playing guitars many of them playing with slides likely due to the popularity of Hawaiian music at the time. Also included are many photographs of parades in and around Los Angeles as well as photographs of the 1925 Santa Barbara Earthquake showing damaged buildings. Two photographs feature a glass of rye others show agricultural scenes. Newspaper clippings in the back center on the Santa Ana and it’s possible that Jones - who was the common name mentioned in these clippings - was also a farmer from the Santa Ana area when he wasn’t playing music. One photograph shows San Diego a couple show a bullfight in Tijuana. Overall an evocative and well preserved piece of California Prohibition-era history. unknown
191179971San Francisco: Pacific Gas and Electric 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Oblong octavo: 268 2 pp. with numerous photographic illustrations and a folding color map. In the publisher's maroon leather binding with gilt-stamped titling and blind-stamped borders. All edges gilt with marbled endpapers. Some mild wear to the corners and tips; else near fine.<br /> <br /> From the library of William Henry Crocker with "W. H. Crocker" stamped in gilt on the front panel. William Henry Crocker 1861-1937 was part of the influential Crocker family one of the "Big Four" families associated with the Central Pacific Railroad. He was President of the Crocker National Bank one of California's leading financial institutions in the early 20th century and played an important role in rebuilding San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. Crocker also made various philanthropic contributions to the city's cultural and educational institutions.<br /> <br /> This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the infrastructure and service areas of major California utility companies including Pacific Gas and Electric Company PG&E California Gas and Electric Corporation CG&E and San Francisco Gas and Electric Company SFG&E. Pacific Gas and Electric hardcover
191478142Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1914. Highly detailed color map of the Golden State with insets of San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego. The booklet includes advertisements for 28 hotels in California and the West many of them operated by Fred Harvey.<br />  <br /> 86 p. with the folding map 33†x 39†and advertisements for hotels in California and elsewhere. Original printed brown paper wrappers bound with three staples. The map is detached and laid in loose with small splits and a few short tears along the folds. Mild edgewear to the wrappers; else very good. Rand McNally & Company unknown
193963907San Francisco CA: George Fields 1939. Tall 8vo. 311 1 pp. Photo frontisp. 21 photo illustrations. Sailcloth publisher’s binding by Cardoza as issued cover illustrations by L.B. Haste slightly shaken w/ d.j. cover art of sidewheeler ferry on San Francisco Bay by Haste minor creasing couple minor closed tears slight rubbing still NF/VG bright copy inscribed by compiler and editor Marion Whitfield Leale September 1939. First edition 1 of 1000 copies and inscribed by the editor & compiler John Leale’s daughter Marion of this remarkable autobiography from the original manuscript of this pioneering steamboat and ferryboat captain venturing up the Sacramento River among the tule rushes and crisscrossing San Francisco Bay on ferryboats. Urged on by famed Alexander Robertson San Francisco bookseller John under the encouragement of his daughters had written his autobiography later substantially added and annotated with interpolations by his daughter. George Fields, hardcover
192958207San Francisco CA: Southern Pacific Lines March 2 1929. 4to. 8 x 9 in. 8 pp unpaginated. which folds out leporello accordion style into oblong folio 31.5 x 9 in. printed in red blue & black. With photo illustrations 2 maps self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art by Maurice Logan 1886-1977 noted California expressionist & watercolour painter minor shelfwear slight dustsoiling still VG copy. First edition thus of this nicely illustrated and uncommon rail & automobile guide to the Southern Pacific Redwood Empire Tour with stops in Grants Pass Eureka & San Francisco with sidetrip to the Shasta area and through the majestic Redwoods long the Northern California coast. No copies in Worldcat 3 copies of 1930 edition Marin Bancroft SMU. Southern Pacific Lines, paperback
19285609Los Angeles 1928. Good plus. 423 leaves plus forty-six photographs. Folio. Contemporary black leatherette cover gilt. Spine ends chipped and worn leather coming away from boards extremities worn. Small pen notation to title page contemporary ink stamps in text. Light wear. Report compiled by District Attorney Asa Keyes following the tragic and catastrophic failure of the St. Francis Dam. The St. Francis Dam was a concrete gravity dam located in the San Francisquito Canyon in northern Los Angeles County built between 1924 and 1926. Just before midnight on March 17 1928 the dam failed killing at least 431 people in the subsequent flood. It is considered one of the worst American civil engineering disasters of the 20th century and the third-greatest loss of life in California history. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster officials at all levels began enquiries into the causes. This typescript report produced within a month of the collapse and flood was ordered by Keyes as part of his investigations. The text is accompanied by six charts and thirty-six photographic views with captions. Though there were many theories about the cause of the collapse experts concluded that the failure was due to defective foundation materials "which while reasonably hard when dry became soft and yielding when saturated with water." The dam's failure ended the career of William Mulholland the general manager and chief engineer of the Bureau of Water Works and Supply which is now the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. When asked by Keyes if he would build the dam on the same spot again Mulholland replied "No I must be frank and say that now I would not." Formerly the property of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce this piece was acquired by author Tom Zimmerman along with other source material for his book on the city Paradise Promoted: The Booster Campaign That Created Los Angeles 1870-1930 2008. No copies noted in OCLC. unknown
18862850San Francisco: Bacon & Company 1886. Good plus. 64pp. plus two folding plates. Original printed wrappers. Spine and wrapper corners chipped; relatively sympathetic tape repairs to spine. Contemporary ownership inscription on front wrapper. Plates separating at folds. Even tanning scattered foxing. Scarce 1886 promotional pamphlet for San Joaquin County and its county seat of Stockton "Addressed particularly to the stranger who wishes to know in what portion of California he may find combined those advantages in climate location and soil that would determine the fixing of his new home." The pamphlets contains two maps one double-page color map of the county by soil type chromolithographed by Britton and Rey the other a folding map of rail routes and connections of the Sierra Nevada & San Joaquin Railroad. The verso of this plate depicts the county exhibit at the 1886 California State Fair. The text itself is quite extensive with a focus soil and agriculture; numerous local advertisements throughout. OCLC locates seven copies; only one in auction records for the last fifty years. Bacon & Company unknown
193678630Covina California: Covina Orange Growers Association 1936. Wraps. Near fine. The Covina Orange Growers Association was established in 1899 and was again incorporated in January 1936. The Association's business records are at The Huntington Library. Booklet 4" x 7 3/4": 36 pp. with the two perforated membership agreements at the rear. Original printed green paper wrappers bound with two staples. Some light toning along the extremities; else near fine. Covina Orange Growers Association unknown
194854968Sacramento CA: Joslyn 1948. 4to. 55 leaves. typescript on onion skin typing paper w/ pencil annotation on title leaf. Limp brown softcovers hand-written manuscript title on front cover in black & red ink pencil manuscript annotations and notes on verso of front cover slight shelfwear still VG copy. Original typescript manuscript of this concise and detailed history by a former Southern Pacific Sacramento General shop engineer who retired in 1948 and is perhaps best remembered as developing and designing the 6-chime whistle that became the Southern Pacific standard and photographer for the SP. This manuscript details not only early Sacramento and California history but also accounts of the Sacramento Auburn & Nevada RR Sacramento Valley RR and the early development of railroads into Sacramento in the 1850s. Following this are extended chapters on the Central Pacific RR the building of the Folsom CA for the Sacramento Valley RR and the completion of the General Shops and Roundhouses in 1868 as well as descriptions of the Car Shop Planing Mill Machine Shop Boiler Shop Drawing Room along with the later introduction of power generating plants and electric railways. No copies located in Worldcat 3 copies on OAC at Railroad Museum; See: The David L. Joslyn Collection Pacific Coast Chapter Archive Railway & Locomotive Historical Society 2006; Avella Sacramento and the Catholic Church: Shaping a Capital City pp. 43-49 288. Joslyn, paperback
188860968San Diego CA: Parker Photographers ca. 1888. Two mounted boudoir-sized albumen photographs 7.5 x 4.5 in. mounted on 10 x 12 in. gray studio board w/ captions and photographer’s imprint w/in negative ink manuscript annotations on versos slight bowing to boards very minor wear to corners still VG exemplars. These remarkable scarce albumen photographs depict the newly completed Sweet Water Dam in Spring Valley CA which at a height of 90 feet was at the time the tallest masonry arch dam in the United States; and the also newly completed and now historic Hotel Del Coronado. The Sweet Water Dam was built under the direction of civil engineer Frank E. Brown who had also overseen the Bear Valley Dam and enabled the economic development and expansion in Southern California of the National City Chula Vista and Bonita regions. The Hotel Del Coronado was a key part of the land development of Coronado by Elisha Babcock and Hampton Story who contracted with architect James Reid to prepare preliminary sketches and in 1887 the Reid Brothers of Evansville IN oversaw the construction which eventually used over a million board feet of lumber using extensive California redwood siding for termite resistance. The Hotel Del Coronado served as the perfect writing place for L. Frank Baum where he later penned Dorothy & The Wizard 1908 Road to Oz 1909 and the Emerald City 1910. Parker 1827-1920 was a Massachusetts-born photographer who initially located in San Francisco by 1871 Los Angeles from 1878-1880 and by the mid-1880’s in San Diego. Parker Photographers, hardcover
192663336San Diego CA: San Diego Trust & Savings Bank Rodney Stokes Co. June 30 1926. 8vo. 3.75 x 7 in. printed in red & blue which folds out to colour map sized 28 x 22 in. on verso in. 4 inset maps on verso of Business Section Auto Routes in and out of San Diego and Street map of Pacific and Mission Beach at margins fold creases as issued minor age toning couple spots w/ minor soiling edgewear still a VG bright copy. Second edition revised of this San Diego Trust & Savings Bank version of the Rodney Stokes San Diego automobile travel map which also includes references to the Trunk Line streets public parks San Diego Electric Railway Car Lines and the San Diego Electric Railway Bus Lines which were introduced in 1922 by the system. Rodney Stokes Co. first began issuing San Diego and Vicinity maps in 1906 and these larger versions for the 1920’s tend to be scarcer. Worldcat locates 1 copy Stanford. San Diego Trust & Savings Bank, [Rodney Stokes Co.], unknown
190460922San Francisco: W.E. Worden Art Goods 1904. Oblong 8vo. 10 x 6.75 in. 16 leaves unnumbered. lettering in silver ink historiated vignette title w/ 16 tipped-in printed photographs sized 4.5 x 6.5 in. many w/ photographer’s imprint & copyright date w/in negative at lower fore-edge Cliff House photo w/ small tear & crease to upper right corner. Original publisher’s black printed softcovers silver lettering title & price list on back cover punch-sewn at gutter margin w/ brown silk braid yapp fore-edge minor chipping head of spine minor creasing & wear to fore-edges still VG- copy. First edition thus of this very scarce salesman sample catalogue advertising the art photographs in and around San Francisco prior to the 1906 Earthquake & Fire. Images included in this catalogue include his shot of Chinese-Americans in a cemetery mourning; the Mission Dolores the Palace Hotel Ferry Building and iconic City Hall survivor of the earthquake later San Francisco illuminated at night and the beauty of Golden Gate Park. Worden 1868-1946 grew up in Philadelphia studied painting at the PAFA and became a photographer while serving in the Spanish-American War. In 1902 after the war he established his studio near the Presidio and began photographing views of San Francisco’s Coastline Golden Gate Park Chinatown the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire and later hand-painting or colouring the images for sale. In 1915 at the height of his career he was appointed one of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition’s official photographers. Worldcat locates 1 copy Bancroft -- which also holds the more common 33 photo catalogue along with 4 others Canadian Centre Yale Princeton Buffalo & Erie County; See: De Young Golden Gate Park Portals of the Past: The Photographs of Willard Worden July 25 2015 - February 15 2016 Gallery 12. W.E. Worden, [Art Goods], paperback
194577236San Francisco: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company 1945. Wraps. Very good. Octavo: 41 1 blank p. Original printed gray paper wrappers 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" with a hole punched in the upper left corner as issued. Faint vertical creasing with just a hint of toning to the extremities; otherwise very good. OCLC locates only one holding of this particular issue at the Sonoma Public Library.<br /> <br /> Wartime issue of the separate San Francisco Chinese phone directory published annually from 1926 to 1949. The special utility of this book lies in its door-by-door enumeration of all individuals businesses political organizations community groups etc. with phone listings in the San Francisco and Oakland Chinatowns. Listings are organized by street with the street names given in Chinese only for San Francisco English is also provided for Oakland streets. Only the Chinese names of individuals and organizations are given; comparison with contemporary English-language listings could open avenues of investigation for historians of these Chinatowns. Most numerals are given not in the standard Chinese form but in the Suzhou numeral system. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company unknown
80111A group of 13 Gold Rush-era shipping documents recording the import of international goods to the port of San Francisco between 1849 and 1857.<br /> <br /> The news of gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1847 lured more than 300000 people from the rest of the United States and abroad to San Francisco which then had a population of just 459 residents. These new emigrants brought only small amounts of goods with them and there was little farming in California to support the '49ers. Most American merchants who sold provisions and amenities during the California Gold Rush dealt in imported goods such as dried fish and beef jerky canvas and clothing tools lumber candles coffee and livestock from points abroad.<br /> <br /> One invoice dated May 3 1850 is for 100 tons of coal shipped from Duffryn Steam Coal in Liverpool to G.W. Aspinwall a prominent businessman and co-founder of both the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and Panama Canal Railway companies which revolutionized the migration of goods and people to the West Coast.<br /> <br /> Another four-page handwritten invoice in this group dated September 15 1849 lists sundries shipped on the Steamer Clyde from Jamaica to the merchants Jewett and Melhado in San Francisco. It includes cases of jams jellies pickles Brandy seasoning salt and more. In addition to supplying miners Jewett and Melhado provided monthly reports in the Alta California newspaper on the price and flow of goods in Northern California. Other receipts record everything from the import of cigars to bales of twine and canvas cloth. unknown
19251523Sacramento: California State Printing Office 1925. Good plus. 32pp. Oblong octavo. Original brown printed wrappers stapled. Light soiling lightly dampstained along lower edge of text and rear cover. Pamphlet published by the Harbor Commission on the construction of an underground motorway beneath the Ferry Building designed to alleviate traffic and congestion in that busy section of San Francisco. The work includes a history and description of the Ferry Building and the harbor area as well as information on San Francisco's prominence in the shipping industry. An illustration shows the tunnel running beneath the street with a cross section and diagram. Work began in December 1923. We locate a handful of copies in OCLC almost entirely in California libraries. California State Printing Office unknown
19063972San Francisco: Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company 1906. Very good. 2293pp. plus four leaves of advertisements printed on colored paper. Publisher's brown printed wrappers. Minor creasing and edge wear to wrappers tiny chip to bottom corner of front wrapper. Minor occasional foxing to text about half of final leaf comprising advertisements lacking. Otherwise a nice survival. The first complete telephone directory published after the monumental 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting conflagration that consumed and destroyed much of the city. Two temporary directories were printed after the disaster the first issued on May 12; its supplement was issued May 26. Both of the temporary directories are extremely scarce as is the present work. Interestingly as some mention of the 1906 earthquake and fire were printed in the temporary directories the present work does not dwell on recent events but is a rather straightforward phone directory. This perhaps speaks to the resilience of the people and commercial interests in San Francisco to simply put the tragedy behind them and get on with life and business. The Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company directories began in 1905 and ceased in 1907. Rare with only two physical copies located in OCLC both understandably in the Bay Area at the Oakland Public Library and St. Patrick's Seminary & University. Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company unknown
193554028Stockton CA: Association Chambers of Commerce 1935. 4to. 24 pp unpaginated. printed in pink black & white photo illustrations large double-page centerfold map self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers map of California and attractions on back cover & front center fold crease slight shelfwear NF. First edition of this scarce land promotion booklet extolling the virtues of re-locating to Central California as the Great Depression began to wane. This piece details the oil drilling taking place in Tracy CA the amenities and importance of Stockton CA the Lodi District the Manteca CA irrigation district with fine homes and more. Worldcat locates 3 copies California Historical Soc. UC Davis Yale. Association Chambers of Commerce, paperback
194177047Arcadia California: Los Angeles Turf Club Inc 1941. Quarto: 83 p. with numerous photographic illustrations on tabbed leaves. Spiral bound in the original printed paper wrappers. A bit of wear along the fore-edge. The wrappers are unevenly toned with some minor soiling to the front panel and a series of pencil notations to the rear. Scarce OCLC locates no holdings.<br /> <br /> An elaborate and completely intact press kit created by Fred A. Pruner the head of Santa Anita's publicity department for its eighth annual season originally scheduled to begin December 31 1941 and run through March 16 1942. Instead opening day - three weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - was cancelled at the request of U.S. Army officials. On January 5 Santa Anita general manager Charles H. Strub announced the cancellation of entire season. Four months later the first 587 imprisoned Japanese Americans arrived at what had become known as the Santa Anita Assembly Center the largest and longest-occupied of the 17 prison camps created by the Wartime Civil Control Administration. More than 8500 Japanese Americans lived in converted horse stalls at the race track until they were transferred to other camps. Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc unknown
19062281Santa Barbara: N.H. Reed 1906. Good. 17 leaves. Oblong 12mo. Original pictorial wrappers string-tied. Wrappers heavily chipped at edges some light soiling. Minor soiling to edges of a few leaves. A handsome viewbook of Santa Barbara featuring gravure views of the mission hotels and local sights. One image features Teddy Roosevelt visiting the mission; other images depict waves crashing at high tide the home of the first governors of California and the Plaza del Mar. An advertisement by the publisher on the title page notes "The pictures in this book with hundreds of others are made in Platinum in large sizes for framing at 927 State Street Santa Barbara." We locate a single copy in OCLC at the Huntington Library. N.H. Reed unknown
18626105San Francisco 1862. Good. Broadside about 14 x 8.5 inches. Previously folded with separation along horizontal fold line from right edge. Minor edge wear plus short closed tear at center of left edge. Moderate staining and soiling. An unrecorded broadside concerning values on parcels of land in what is now San Francisco's Mission District that were set to be auctioned to shareholders in the San Francisco Homestead in April 1862. The broadside contains a table that displays lot numbers and the assessed values of those lots as well as the "premium" or "discount" relative to the average assessed values of all lots which was $141. At right are specific rules for shareholders bidding on lots at the distribution and several notes on adjustments to the surveyed lot sizes and dimensions. Many of the lots in this section are on Mission Street Valencia Street Old San Jose Road or somewhere in between. Not present but referenced in the text of this broadside is a map that would have shown the lots and their corresponding numbers. A very interesting document of land sales on the south side of San Francisco during the midst of the Civil War. Not in OCLC. unknown
18955823Crescent City: A.W. Ericson 1895. Very good. Albumen photograph 7.5 x 9.5 inches mounted on a card 10.5 x 13.5 inches. Corners of mount lightly worn minor soiling. Image crisp and clean. A handsome view by noted California photographer A.W. Ericson. Augustus William Ericson 1848-1927 was a Swedish immigrant who came to the United States in 1866. Trained as a printer but unable to speak English Ericson worked as a laborer finally landing in the woods of northern California. He spent some time working for the North Pacific Telegraph Company before opening a stationer's store which came to include job printing services. His photography career took off around 1890 documenting redwood logging northern California scenery Native Americans and everyday life scenes; notably his work appeared at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The present image shows Crescent City across the bay a long pier jutting across the water. The buildings on the far side are crisp and sharp allowing for examination of the town in some detail. A.W. Ericson unknown
1901List2832Santa Cruz and Stanford California 1901. Approximately forty-nine 7 x 10 inch pages with ninety-four 3 ½ x 3 ½ inch photos; five 1 ½ x 2 inch photos; one 1 ½ x 4 ½ inch photo; and one 5 x 6 ½ inch photo. Binding broken with staining on cover. Photographs generally very good to excellent contrast with a portion at the end significantly faded. Overall very good. Scrapbook of photographs mainly showing home life and recreation of a family with young children in central California in the early 1900s. The family spend time playing with their children in the yard going to the beach and hiking in the woods. There are also several snaps of buildings at Stanford University shortly after their construction. Of interest as a depiction of everyday life in turn-of-the-century California. unknown
L009578NP ND 0000. Leather Binding. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Bound in 3/4 dark brown morocco over gray cockerell boards; gilt-stamped spine tan endpapers some general external chipping and wear; internal warping/browning/leaves. 30203 pages. Clippings chiefly from the Sacramento Daily Union; with holograph index at least partial at front. Spine title: Supreme Court Decisions. With a few ex-library markings plus interior warping and browning to the leaves; else a good copy of an unusual and painstakingly constructed information source. NP ND unknown
1880List2834Sears Township California 1880. 10 ½ x 16 inch ledger seventy-five pages. Staining and damage to corners not affecting legibility. Very good to excellent. A ledger of the Sears Township assessor documenting assessment of property values. Sears Township does not appear to exist anymore but a November 1891 census bulletin lists a Sears Township in Sierra County with a population of 400 in 1890 and 585 in 1880. This is likely the same Sears Township as many of the property locations in the ledger are within present-day Sierra County such as Scales St. Louis Howland Flat and others. A later pencil marking on the first page attributes the ledger to Plumas county; this is probably incorrect. The properties include homes businesses and mining claims – most are the latter. <br /> <br /> Chinese immigrants played a significant role in the California gold rush and the ledger indicates the presence of a number of Chinese people in the area particularly in the town of Scales – enough of a presence that according to the ledger Scales had a “Chinatown.†This is given as the location of Ah Toy’s house and a more precise location for Scales’ Chinatown could be found from the ledger’s description of Ah Toy’s residence. Many individuals listed under “Ah†owned property in Scales: Toy Hung Fook and Fon owned houses Tong owned a meat market and Chung owned a warehouse. In addition Hopsing Chung is listed as owning a storehouse in Scales and the first page notes the Ah Wok Mining Company’s claim in Council Hill. Note the possibility that those listed as “Ah†are not one family; “Ah†is not necessarily a surname but can be a sort of nickname-generating prefix similar to “cousin†or “uncle/auntie†that often ended up appended to Chinese immigrant’s names.<br /> <br /> Of interest as a detailed record of the former properties and residents of some of California’s mining ghost towns. unknown
