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1900290194Independent Order of Odd Fellows I.O.O.F. 1900. Poster. 4 sheets 8.5 x 11 inches printed in black on white. Insignia of Grand Lodge of the State of California on all 4 sheets. The Memeorial Day proclamations are to honor those lodge members in California who have died in the past year. The May 1900 sheet deals with rules governing 'Official Certificates' and 'Dispensations' in California. The October 8 1900 sheet deals with requests for contributions to assist with relief for victims of the flooding in the coast of Texas. First edition first printing. Near fine copies. 3 sheets have 2 holes punched at top edge.<br> Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) unknown
1899403671899. CALIFORNIA. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. The International Competition for the Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California. San Francisco 1899. Oblong 4to. 152pp. Illus. Ports. Plans. Text in English French Italian & German. Orig. printed wraps. Ex-lib. Corners of front wrapper lacking spine ends chipped. Overall very good. The Board of Regents was planning the campus when Mrs. Hearst expressed interest in funding an international competition and two of the buildings. Contains history instructions for competing two photos of exhibition room full of submitted entries plates of first through fifth prize-winning entries. First prize went to Monsieur E. Bernard of Paris who won $10000. Many plates of drawings submitted. unknown
18931709050049University of California Press 1893. Hardcover. Good. Vol. 4 Parts 1-4. Bound in 3/4 red leather over marbled boards. Front board detached. Original covers bound in at rear. In 1893 25 years after the university's founding the University of California press formed. This journal was one of the first publications of UC press. Additionally contains a postcard with a 1 cent Benjamin Franklin stamp from 1898 scott 279 from the Library of the University of California J. D. Layman Asst. Lib. stating there is no index for this volume. <br> Shinn UC Berkley 1880 was the first woman to receive a doctorate from the University of California and the eleventh individual awarded a Ph.D. at the university. She worked with her brother's newborn Ruth to develop a scientific consideration of infant development. "Her dissertation Notes on the Development of a Child was published in 3 installments between 1893 and 1899. In 1900 she also published a popular version of her findings called The Biography of a Baby. Her works received widespread acclaim and for years her Notes was considered the foundational text for developmental psychology classes. Even Wilhelm Preyer her only predecessor in such a comprehensive record was impressed and called for the work to be translated into German" Rodkey E. 2010 Milicent Shinn - Psychology's Feminist Voices. University of California Press hardcover
189660015University of California Press 1896. First Edition. Good condition. 1897 yearbook. University of California Press unknown
189563376Berkeley:: University of California March 1895. First edition. publisher's wrappers printed in red and black. Marginal defects to a few leaves; wrappers chipped and lightly soiled. 8vo. University of California, unknown
189989380Trustees of the Phoebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California 1899. Softcover. Very good/No jacket. Large oblong book with string binding. Still has fragments of mailing envelope. Trustees of the Phoebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California unknown
189997660Trustees of the Phoebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California 1899. Softcover. Very good/No jacket. Large oblong book with string binding. Still in original mailing envelope. Trustees of the Phoebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California unknown
18922250027San Francisco CA: Daily Journal Print 1892. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good-. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details: two softcovers both regarding the matters in the estate of Agustin Olvera a Californio-American judge ranchero and politician. Both books are the original publications with fragile exteriors. The 1891 petition 24 pages shows staining on the exterior and there is a smear on page 6/7 with light foxing present throughout. The rear cover also shows remnants of a section of paper that was attached at one time. Page 12 has a small piece of paper pasted at the bottom. The 1893 Respondent's Points 24 pages also shows staining on the exterior which is also present on the last two interior pages. This copy has some minor scattered handwriting and lines marking paragraphs most of which are in pencil. Both copies show chipping along the edges and spine and both copies also have the rear cover splitting at the top and bottom. Pages are toned and show various degrees of handling wear although the binding has the feel of books that were not used much. The 1893 book grades on the lower end of good-due to the exterior visual condition the 1895 copy is in slightly better condition physically but the stains also lowers it to G-. more towards the grade of fair. Both copies are very scarce in their original state and printing the sale is for both books at one price. Each book contains approximately 24 pages for total of 48 pages for both books. <br/> <br/> Daily Journal Print paperback
18801710240064Sacramento: E.B. Willis and P.K. Stockton 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volume set. Proceedings of the second Constitutional Convention of California. Bound in later 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Original spine labels laid on spines moderately chipped. Pages generally clean and unmarked with minimal foxing. Overall a clean set. 1578 p. ; 30 cm. Text in double columns. Convention adjourned March 3 1879. "Constitution of the State of California": p. 1510-1521. Rocq 6638. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. E.B. Willis and P.K. Stockton hardcover
185650248<p>This 1856 Sacramento printing presents California legislative acts translated into Spanish by Thomas R. Eldredge issued for Spanish-speaking residents following statehood and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Printed by J. Allen state printer the volume records laws addressing inheritance public order county administration and regional governance including measures related to San Diego Los Angeles Marin and Sonoma counties. Near Fine condition; modern leather binding remains tight and secure with crisp gilt spine lettering pages clean with only mild age toning and minimal wear. 8vo single volume. Collation: 158 pp. Edition: 1856 First edition. 50248. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> J. Allen hardcover
189328644Los Angeles: State of California. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1893-1900. First Edition. Hardcover. All sorts of information. Some list the students and parents some are attendance and some are notes. 6 books total as the '93-'94 & '94-'95 are 2 volumes each. Price is for all 6 volumes. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . State of California hardcover
1858U641John O'Meara State Printer. Good with no dust jacket. 1858. No Edition Stated. Leather Bound. Covers are rubbed w/some small tears spine edges are cracking and have 2 tears some foxing and toning some light soiling; 3 fold-outs one of which has 4" tear . John O'Meara State Printer hardcover
188816981NP 1888. Softcover. g. 8vo. 45pp. Front wrapper loose back wrapper missing. Pulling sunning minor staining and few tears on wrapper. Ex-libris of Dr. Norton B. Stern on inside of wrapper. Interesting booklet remembering Washington Bartlett who in 1887 died in office while being Governor of California. Wraps in poor interior in very good condition. NP unknown
186335277San Francisco: Alta California Book and Job Office 1863. 1863. CALIFORNIA. First edition. 8vo. 9 1/4" x 6 3/4" tan printed wrappers. 27 pp. The inaugural address as provided by the President of the Society at the opening of the new "Pioneer Hall" where he reviewed the past and present state of the Society and its finances. The president then introduced the speaker Eugene Lies Esquire who provided information on landed estates and especially those in which the earlier pioneers and natives of California had been interested. Lightly soiled along the edge at the top of the front cover and with light wear to the spine else a very good copy. Alta California Book and Job Office, 1863. unknown
189012This 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" albumen cabinet card of a male Japanese sitter was produced by Schumacher Portraits in Los Angeles California c. 1890. There are very lite scattered surface abrasions otherwise in fine condition. Embossment on recto 'Schumacher 107 North Spring St. Los Angeles Cal.' Schumacher logo embossed on recto. Schumacher Portraits label with address printed on verso.<br /><br /><b> Price includes discount </b>
1875ZB311442Washington: GPO 1875. 14 pp issued as 43d Congress 2d Session SED 26; extraction roughness at spine text darkening chipping and short tears at bottom margin reading copy only in self wrappers. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: GPO, unknown
1880ZB326371Washington: GPO 1880. 13 pp issued a 46th Congress 2d Session HR 634; light general age toning tied into self wrappers; mostly concerned with Point San Jose or Black Point on San Francisco Bay and the strength of the military's claim to the land. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: GPO, unknown
188227625San Francisco: J. Winterburn & Co. 1882. 4" x 5 1/2". 56pp stitched into original printed salmon wrappers. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> The pamphlet also includes a list of 'Past Grands' and Members Prayers Blank Forms and an Index.<br /> OCLC locates four copies under two accession numbers. Not found in Rocq. J. Winterburn & Co. unknown
188810048Sacramento Cal: State Office: J.D. Young Supt. State Printing 1888. Slim octavo 23 x 15 cm 96 pages. Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece and wood engravings throughout. Several errata have been overprinted in purple ink rubber stamp. FIRST EDITION. Byron Martin Lelong 1856-1901 was the Secretary of California's State Board of Horticulture and amongst a generation of farmer-scholars working and publishing in California in the 1880s and 90s. Others included Thomas Garey and William Andrew Spaulding and in a different way Santa Rosa's Luther Burbank the great seedsman. Lelong's published work focused on citrus as well as prunes figs and walnuts. This treatise is mostly a technical manual on the best varieties of oranges and other citrus to plant in California as well as a guide for how to care for them. It also includes recipes for lemon pie orange souffle and citron cake. Illustrations show the physical differences in each variety of citrus including one of the cross section of a "Pumpel-mouse". Boards lightly scuffed with soiling to margins and fading to spine. Corners bumped and gently rubbed with boards bowing out at fore-edge. Rippling to endsheets with page margins lightly toned. Title page offset by frontis. Text has overprinted errata in blue to correct spellings to a few pages. In publisher's dark blue pebble-grained cloth lettered in gilt. Overall very good or better. Presentation slip tipped in at first free endsheet presented by Ellwood Cooper the then-president of California's Board of Horticulture. Zamorano Select 65. State Office: J.D. Young, Supt. State Printing hardcover
186670879San Francisco CA: Lawrence & Houseworth 1866. Photograph. Near Fine. Lawrence & Houseworth unknown
188418463New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1884. Hardcover. Fair. <p>New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1884.<br /> <br /> FIRST EDITION.<br /> <br /> Original cloth lettered in gilt.<br /> 515 pages.</p> <br /> <p>Fair. Front hinge very cracked almost detached; rear hinge cracked; textblock not too bad; clean pages; covers quite worn. <br /> <br /> "Much on Winfield Scott Robert E. Lee Ulysses S. Grant and other Civil War leaders. Also material on California in 1849 the Vigilance Committee campaigns against the Indians in Washington some material on the San Joaquin Indians."--Luther.<br /> <br /> "Keyes' military service includes: aide to Gen. Scott in the 1830's California during the Gold Rush Indian fighting in Washington Territory and military secretary to Scott at the beginning of the Civil War."--Robinson.<br /> <br /> "An important narrative by a 49'er giving a first-hand account of the early days; the great fire in San Francisco; the Vigilance Committee; Expedition to the San Joaquin Indians; Indian Campaigns on the Coast; Expedition to Fort Vancouver; Steptoe's disaster in Washington Territory; the march to Walla Walla; Coeur d'Alene; Col. Wright's Campaign; California Society of the '50s and '60s---The Parrotts McAllisers Thorntons Lakes McKinstrys Gwins Bowie Lows Zanes and others."--Decker.<br /> <br /> References: Howes K-115; Rader 2164; Dustin 161.<br /> <br /> SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.<br /> </p> . New York: Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1882227207San Francisco Immigration 1882. 1882. 8vo. Four page pamphlet separating at fold. Paper browning else very good. Includes a discussion of land in Lassen Shasta San Luis Obispo Monterey Lake San Bernardino Los Angeles Counties. Los Angeles's population is listed at 15000; San Diego at 3000. No Binding. Very Good. San Francisco, Immigration, 1882. unknown
1878006960New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1878. First edition 1878. Lightly worn. Charmingly written reminiscences of adventures of a young man from New Haven including during the California Gold Rush and his experiences with salt water fishing. Sections include: A Dish of Chowder; A Voyage up the Mediterranean; California in 1849; Sam Patch's Last Leap Genesee Falls in 1825; Respect to Aged Fisherman; The Serpent of the Sea; Short Beach; and "Throw a Rope". Rust colored cloth lettered and with a ship motif in gilt 127 pages plus an advertisemen for Forest and Stream Rod and Gun weekly magazine at the front. Some external wear mainly rubbing to the corners and spine ends some light external soil front hinge very lightly internally cracked text block sound blank page before title page starting to tear from the bottom inner margin up pages clean with a bit of age-toning and a few spots in the upper margin of a few names on front pastedown and at the head of the advertisement which also has a small chip. Howes H-666. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Hardcover
1883348674Grand Commandery of California 1883. FIRST THUS. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition Thus First Printing. Published by Grand Commandery of California 1883. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with shelf/edgewear nicks and smudges and light stains. A scarce copy of this late 19th century philosophical reference work. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. Grand Commandery of California paperback
1889300717San Francisco Bacon & Company Book and Job Printers 1889. 1889. 5 7/8" x 9". 58 pages original brown printed covers. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Bacon & Co. San Francisco. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. San Francisco, Bacon & Company, Book and Job Printers, 1889. paperback
