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20182-1720051518Independently published 2018. Paperback. New. 579 pages. 11.00x8.50x1.31 inches. Independently published paperback
A9781377129471Paperback. New. paperback
3079Modesto: McHenry Museum 1980. Facsimile reprint of the 1892 Lewis edition with added index of names. Pages 408 pp index.4to. Black cloth. Facsimile reprint of the 1892 Lewis edition with added index of names. Black & white illustrations throughout. In fine condition. Modesto: McHenry Museum 1980. hardcover
192072016Long Beach: N.P. ca. 1920. Single sheet of pink stationery 8 1/2 x 11 inches blank. WIth large decorative letterhead reading "W.A. Sheldon Psychic Clairvoyant Author Palmist Inventor on The Pike Long Beach California." Some old foldlines a few marginal chis to lower part of sheet but printed vignette is in very nice condition. N.P. unknown
192571067San Francisco: Sunset Press ca. 1925. Promotional pamphlet. 8 pp. 16 x 9 inches. Each page has four panels of either printed text or photographic illustrations and the whole folds into a 5 x 9 stapled pamphlet. Very good.One would expect quite a bit of info about the fecundity of the San Joaquin Valley but in truth this pamphlet focuses almost exclusively on the scenic wonders around the Valley; Yosemite Mariposa Big Trees Calaveras Big Trees General Grant and Sequoia. Literally all of the illustrations are concerned with these or like places. In the center is a large panorama map of the area printed in orange and black. Distributor's stamp on one page. (Sunset Press) unknown
187472902Bakersfield: Joe K. Acklin July 9 1874. First edition. Bifolio 4 pp.; 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. A very good copy.Information and ads for early Kern County. Joe K. Acklin unknown
6443Lodi: Wes Emerson Tolliver Printing Co. 1940. 1st edition. Pages 87 pp.8vo. Stiff cardboard wraps. Staple bound. 1st edition. Illustrated with advertisements. Includes listings of rural residents and residents of Acampo Clements Lockeford Woodbridge and Victor. Front cover with small chip from bottom edge and one inch and half closed tear on the fore edge tape repaired. Else in very good condition. Scarce. Lodi: Wes Emerson, Tolliver Printing Co. 1940. paperback
15-4194California: N.P. 1915. 4to. Single Sheet Of Wax Treated Paper Very Good with creasing wrinkled edges minor staining. California: N.P., 1915. unknown
193051848Los Angeles CA: Occidental Publishing Co. 145 S. Spring St. January 1930. 4to. 146 pp. Over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations colour-tinted ads and colour plate advertisements. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art signed by Raeche of mechanic working on aircraft engine colour advertisements on verso and rear covers for Wright Curtiss and Shell slight scuffing minor shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the famed California trade magazine intended for the fast growing aeronautical industry on the West Coast including illustrated ads for Spartan Aircraft Co. Apache Crankcases Cessna Monoplanes the Glendale California Air Terminal Sikorsky Amphibion aircraft Monocoupe and Berryloid aircraft paints Ford American Cirrus and many others. Occidental Publishing Co., 145 S. Spring St., paperback
77192An invitation "to witness my fine display of holiday meats" on December 22 and 24 1894 at the premises of Simon Maier at 149-151 North Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. Printed on the recto only of a heavy card 4 3/8" x 3 3/8" with beveled edges.<br /> <br /> Born in Munich Simon Maier 1853-1931 migrated to the United States with his brother Joseph 1851-1905. Involved in the mining business in South Dakota for a time the brothers came to Los Angeles by way of San Francisco in 1877. Both established themselves as leaders in the business community: Simon as the owner of the Pacific Coast Beef and Provision Company the largest meatpacker west of Kansas City and Joseph as partner of the successful Maier & Zobelein Brewery. unknown
193960410Stanford & San Francisco CA: James Ladd Delkin Bret Harte Associates of California WPA 1939. 8vo. 127 1 pp. Text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers map on back cover of the GGIE held on Treasure Island slight dustsoiling still NF copy. First edition of this excellent travel guide produced by the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration detailing events of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco and sights in the surrounding area. WPA & PWA New Deal program grants aided in funding the extravaganza. James Ladd Delkin, Bret Harte Associates of California, WPA, paperback
185535141San Francisco: Frank Soule and Co 1855. Newspaper. Fair. Newspaper. Approx. 27" x 20". 4 pages. Restored. Tears splits and a few pin sized holes have been repaired with light transparent tissue. Minor loss of print. <br /> <br /> The first article is titled "Arrival of Steamship Golden Age" and it lists the names of the passengers arriving from New York. Contents cover business markets exports world news Steamships advertisements and more. Page 4 is completely filled with advertisements. Frank Soule and Co unknown
193163326Chicago IL: The Atchiston Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. Rand McNally & Co. 1931. 4to. 96 i.e. 48 pp. printed in double columns in California Poppy gold red & black with photo plates throughout some colour-tinted 2 maps 1 4-column centerfold pictorial birdseye map in colour. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers slight dustsoiling shelfwear VG copy. First edition thus of this promotional brochure released by the Santa Fe Railroad to drum up business as the U.S. slid into the depths of the Great Depression. They recruited McGroarty who was best known for his very popular Mission Play productions held at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse Theatre to write the piece. The Atchiston Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Co., Rand McNally & Co.], paperback
197762372Corona del Mar CA: Trans-Anglo Books 1977. 4to. 168 pp. Double-page illustrated title in red & black. With over 100 of photo & text illustrations throughout. Brown boards gilt lettering photo-illustrated endpapers w/ d.j. cover art by Spencer Crump price-clipped slight shelfwear NF/NF copy. Fourth edition of this well-illustrated history of 19th-Century Los Angeles whose rise was spurred by the Cerro Gordo and Panamint silver mines and the Southern Pacific Railroad. Included are sections on the exploits of Tiburcio Vasquez the notorious Chinese-American Massacre by supposedly law-abiding citizens and more. Trans-Anglo Books, hardcover
55143Printed by the Q--Four Press A Priesthood Project operated by the Fourth Quorum of Elders of the Berkeley Stake. Very good. 4pp. Program 12 1/2" x 9" folded vertically through the center. Small orange stain in bottom fore-edge corner of front wrap. Printed by the Q--Four Press, A Priesthood Project operated by the Fourth Quorum of Elders, of the Berkeley Stake unknown
194754033Los Angeles CA: Farmers Market Gilmore 1947. Oblong 8vo. 9 x 6.25 in. 52 pp unpaginated. Colour and black & white photos throughout double-page colour centerforld pictorial map by Alex Perez. Colour-illustrated caricature softcovers of patrons in the Farmers market wraparound cover art by Perez designed w/ fold over flap and mailing address slot on back cover for 4 cents postage minor shelfwear VG copy. First edition of this wonderfully printed post-World War II brochure on the beloved Farmers Market and all of its amenities including the restaurants butcher shops bookstores and nearby racetrack for Midget Car and dirt track racing. Cross was best known for his commercial photography in Los Angeles especially his architectural images. Farmers Market, Gilmore, paperback
193453037Pasadena CA: The Star News -- The Post January 1 1934. 4to. 40 pp unpaginated. Photo-illustrated throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art printed in silver metallic ink green & pink of peacock w/ ship motif colour illustrations on rear of Hotel Vista del Arroyo and The Huntington Hotel and the rail trip to Mt. Lowe minor dustsoiling slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition of this lavishly illustrated souvenir program for the 1934 Tournament of Roses parade events and the Rose Bowl which featured Columbia winning over Stanford by a score of 7-0 in a sloppy mud bowl of a game. The Star News -- The Post, paperback
188532929Pittsburgh: Hostetter & Co 1885. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Stitched illustrated wraps with punch hole and string upper left corner. 36 pages. Both covers contain printed information. Illustrated. Green paper covers with title on the front. Light edge wear to the upper corner. Interior contents clean. Contents also cover Oregon. Hostetter & Co unknown
192859002Los Angeles CA: Los Angles Chamber of Commerce Dec. 1928. 4to. 9 x 12 in. 50 2 pp. With photo illustrations text illustrations illustrated ads throughout. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of Los Angeles Parker Center colour ads for Union Oil on verso of front Hollywood Paper Box Corp. at rear slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition of this installment in the uncommon LA Chamber of Commerce promotional magazine at the height o the Roaring 20’s in Southern California. Los Angles Chamber of Commerce, paperback
194664041Los Angeles CA: N.A. Kovach 1946. 8vo. xvii 5 87 1 pp. Illustrated title page in red & black plates text illustrations. Brick-red publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear still NF copy. First Kovach facsimile edition of this scarce memoir first published in 1868 and here reprinted from the Huntington Library copy as Vol. III in the California Centennial Series recounting the hazards faced by the first large emigrant train over Beale’s new road from Albuquerque to the Colorado River and massacre of the Rose Party in 1858 incorrectly dated 1859 on original title. N.A. Kovach, hardcover
195577071Bakersfield California: Earl M. Price & Co 1955. Radioactivity anomaly map of a portion of Kern County California released March 15 1955 by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Uranium was discovered in 1954 along the Kern River about 30 miles 50 km northeast of Bakersfield. Two mines the Kergon and the Miracle produced 189 tons of ore though the concentration was very low. The folding map measures 21 1/2" x 17" and is tipped into printed green paper wrappers 4" x 9 5/8" with some oxidation form the glue to one panel. The ink stamp of Orser's Uranium of Modesto California appears on the front panel. Some minor soiling and edgewear; otherwise very good. Scarce OCLC locates no holdings. Earl M. Price & Co unknown
193957661San Francisco CA: Crocker Company 1939. Oblong 4to. 12 x 9 in. 16 pp unpaginated. With numerous colour photo plates. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art night scene photos of the Exposition very slight shelfwear w/ original printed mailing envelope added label for Wobbers on cover minor toning shelfwear still F/NF copy. First edition of this beautifully printed photographic excursion through the Art Deco marvels of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco. Crocker Company, paperback
19485013Menlo Park: Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce 1948. First Edition. Self Wraps Printed Saddle-Stapled. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 52. Includes welcoming notes from Charles P. Burgess Mayor of the City of Menlo Park and Daniel Hayes President of the Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce. With programs for various days of the celebration. Includes photos of personalities appearing during programs including Peggy Lee. Laden with ads for local businesses. Bound in stiff textured wrappers photo-illustrated. Spine has a split between staples else Fine. The program evokes the promise of the California dream following the Depression and WWII. Ads for the Longbarn all-new Austin Motor Cars at the Egan Car Co. Dinah's Shack Derry's Feed and Fuel and John S. Wickett "the Atherton Realtor" among others evoke the impending affluence of the region. A prominent full-page ad for the Oakville Terrace subdivision "homes now being built or choose your own lot" is described as "highly restricted" presumably a reference to redlining designed to keep the new neighborhood exclusively white. Now housed in an archival sleeve with acid-free backing. Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce unknown
189233467San Francisco: California Publishing 1892. 8vo. 6 46 leaves. Photo frntsp. numerous photo plates. Illust. tan cloth mnr rubbng & bmpng to crnrs shlfwr sml clsd tear to title still a nice copy. First edition of this scarce work by the Los Angeles poet. A scarce San Francisco imprint of a charming book. California Publishing, hardcover
194664043Los Angeles CA: N.A. Kovach 1946. 8vo. iv 60 4 pp. Illustrated title in red & black plates 1 large folding map. Beige-coloured publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine slight shelfwear NF copy. First Kovach facsimile edition of this early California Trail guidebook first issued in 1852 and here reprinted from the Hunting Library copy as Vol. IV in the California Centennial Series. N.A. Kovach, hardcover