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195913758San Francisco: Book Club of California 1959. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. Single 4to. sheet folded once to make 4pp. 13.5" x 9" approx. Letterpress in red and black. Tiny crease to one corner. Near fine overall. <br/><br/>Handsome keepsake program for this Jeffers exhibition mounted by the Book Club of California. Lelienthal pens a brief introduction then a dated list of exhibition contents follows. Errata slip loosely laid in. Uncommon. Book Club of California paperback books
188949685San Francisco: C.A. Murdock & Co 1889. First Edition. 12mo. Contemporary pebble-grained cloth boards; floral endpapers; 78pp. Boards slightly faded at edges and lacking any exterior titling. A Very Good copy. Literary miscellany comprised of brief extracts and short poetical works by various authors; probably published as a charitable venture. The binding is commercial and clearly contemporary but devoid of any external indication of the contents all other copies of this work we have seen were issued in pictorial cloth. Possibly a proof copy or trial binding. C.A. Murdock & Co unknown books
189042779n. p. 1890. 1st Printing. Offwhite paper black printing. Light toning and wear; few closed tears and occasiional loss to right edge and corner. About VG. Broadside printed recto only. Masthead-style wood engraving of an eagle bookended by the profile portraits of Pond and Del Valle. 12" x 5-15/16" <br/><br/>Oakland Township Peralta Precinct democratic ticket for the 1890 election. Included among the 36 candidates are: Governor Edward B. Pond; Lieutenant-Governor R. F. Del Valle; Representative to Congress Third District John P. Irish; and Chief Justice Supreme Court John A. Stanley. unknown books
188642813n. p. 1886. 1st Printing. Offwhite paper black printing. Light creasing to head and foot; two fold lines. VG. Broadside printed recto only. Masthead-style wood engraving of a buffalo and American flag. 12" x 5" <br/><br/>Democratic ticket for the 1886 elections. Included among the 30 candidate slots 6 blank are: Representative to Congress John R. Glascock; Superior Judge R. A. Redman; and Supervisor 3d District Malachi Fallon misspelled "Maalchi" on the ticket the first police chief of San Francisco. unknown books
1979205701979. Softcover. Very good. 8.5 x 11 photocopied typescript.Ca. 75 pp. A "supplemental memorandum respecting factory housing prepared by the legal counsel of Joan Irvine Smith of Irvine Ranch. A detailed argument stating that there is a need for low-cost housing in Orange County and that "factory housing" "whether mobile home modular prefabricated precut or other variety" can meet that need. "This Memorandum will delineate and discuss the myriad legal issues involved in and impediments to the use of factory housing in Orange County and California. This memorandum will additionally survey various proposed specific and integrated solutions to these problems." paperback books
40442Anaheim CA: Orange County Nursery Company n. d. 1st printing. Yellow printed paper wrappers stapled. Moderate wear to wrappers rubbing creasing light soiling. Withal a VG example. 16 pp. Black & white photographic images throughout. 9" x 6" <br/><br/>No institutional holdings located on OCLC. Rare. Orange County Nursery Company unknown books
10695ALHAMBRA BRAUN 1945. SO CAL OIL RECOVERY & PRODUCTION VERY GOOD. ALHAMBRA, BRAUN, 1945 unknown books
1898225765Pasadena High School 1898. 1898. 7" x 10 1/8"; 18 pages including covers. Goodsmall chips; one page with several holes. Rare. Soft cover. Good. Pasadena High School, 1898. paperback books
49048Los Angeles: Lord Menu Co n. d. Ca 1960s / 1970s. Red velvet covers with oval cut-out to front cover showing the P. 1 drawing of the inn. Gold cord tie. Modest wear faint stain in lower portion of p. 3 overall Very Good. Printed bifolium so 4 pages. P. 1 a 4 paragraph history of the restaurant. Vignette drawing of the inn p. 1. 18" x 11-7/8" <br/><br/>Hailing from the 19th C the modern history of the Inn began "in 1939 when Danish immigrant Irl Hinrichsen acquired the Inn. With the help of his sons he remodeled the Inn discontinued use of the upstairs hotel rooms and renamed it the Sycamore Inn. The Hinrichsen family Irl and later his son Vern and his family made the Sycamore Inn into one of the prime eateries of the Inland Empire. That old dirt road that fronted the Inn became the fabled Route 66 the primary route from points east to the Pacific Ocean. During those colorful years of the 30's 40's 50's and 60's before freeways the Inn hosted the rich and famous.movie stars and notables both the famous and the infamous en route to Las Vegas and Palm Springs. The Inn is rich with folklore. Legend has it that both Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Short the "Black Dahlia" dined at the Sycamore in the weeks before their untimely demise." Inn Website Lord Menu Co unknown books
194053261New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Octavo 19.5cm. Brown cloth covered boards titled in black on the cover and spine; dustjacket; 351pp. Spine ends lightly pushed; light rubbing to bottom of board edges; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50; nicks and short tears mostly to the lower jacket edges; toning to the rear panels and flaps; Very Good. HANNA 812: "A little girl's friendship with a tramp from hobo town outside Pasadena. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
186261631862. ORATION BY WILLARD B. FARWELL ESQ. POEM BY MISS ELIZA A PITTSINGER. ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE SOCIETY AT THEIR CELEBRATION OF THE TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INTO THE UNION SEPTEMBER 9TH 1862 BY E.H. WASHBURN ESQ. WITH THE SUTTER RESOLUTIONS. San Francisco: Charles A. Calhoun. 1862. Original printed wrappers stitched. 26 1 pp. Minor soil. Near Fine. FIRST EDITION. Cowan 595. unknown books
19312309Beverly Hills CA: Beverly Hills Woman's Club 1931. Third Edition. Hardcover. White illustrated cloth covered boards. Very good. 239 pages. 20.5 x 16 cm. Recipe attributed to members of the community with a humorous preface by Will Rogers. Established in 1916 by the collaborative efforts of Beverly Hills society women the Beverly Hills Women's Club was formed to strengthen and explore intellectual ideas literature the arts and philanthropic efforts. Signed on front free end paper "Best Wishes - Clark Gable." We believe this signature is not Clark Gable's although his wife Carol Lombard was a member of the Club and furnished two recipes soup to this book. Other notable celebrities who provided recipes: Barbara Stanwyck Norma Shearer Buster Keaton Fanny Brice Mary Pickford and many more. Numerous local advertisements included. Interior clean cover stained. <br/><br/> Beverly Hills Woman's Club hardcover books
19401336Berkeley CA: University of California 1940. Softcover. Very Good. xvii 107 pp with illustrations from photographs. Some light general wear and toning to wrappers; contents clean binding a bit tender but sound. From the Foreword: "Because of the scope and importance of the exhibit and the wide interest it has created the University considered it desirable to preserve some of its essential features in a permanent record to which the teacher the student and the layman might turn in the years to come; hence the publication of this booklet." Describes and illustrates exhibits on biological sciences under which are included geology paleontology anthrpology botany genetics evolution zoology oceanography and medicine and physical sciences including physics chemistry astronomy structural engineering and mathematics and also includes sections on education and agriculture. University of California unknown books
193510823Los Angeles Highland Springs Resort ca. 1935. 1935. Folding four-panel brochure 9" x 16" printed in green and orange. 2-page panoramic view of the resort with 6 other halftone illustrations and a small map. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Contains recreational and accommodations information for this 400 acre resort located in the Cherry Valley district. No Binding. Very Good. [Los Angeles, Highland Springs Resort, ca. 1935]. unknown books
1985HX712-5San Francisco: CA: The Book Club of California 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 750 copies the facsimile printed by Mastercraft Press the second part was designed by Lewis Allen and printed at the Tamal Land Press by Arlen Philpott. Originally issued at $ 150.00. Folio. 14 x 9 1/2 inches. 124 pp. Half-title copyright page title page in various colors sectional heads in red marginal notes in red and black many of the reproductions and inserts are in various colors "Epiloque" by Lewis and Dorothy Allen "The Allen Press An Appreciation" by Carey S. Bliss index; text clean unmarked. Full brown cloth with Columbian Press design in blind on front cover spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight very mild shelf wear. Prospectus included. Very Good. This is a new and expanded edition of the leaf book published by the Allen Press in 1981; the original edition was issued in only 140 copies and immediately sold out. The Book Club of California issued this facsimile edition with additions the updates begin on page 93. The first part of the updates adds the Allens' description of publications number 47-51. Part II is a listing of ephemera; the errata and index were also revised and expanded. Reference: De Hamel and Silver Disbound and Dispersed No. 182; Harlan The Two Hundredth Book No. 180. The Book Club of California hardcover books
1950305400Chicago Rock Island Lines ca. 1950. 1950. 4 1/8" x 9". 36 page brochure. Illustrated with over 75 b/w halftone photographs. Pictorial front panel printed in orange and black. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Includes Palm Springs resorts. No Binding. Very Good. Chicago, Rock Island Lines, ca. 1950. unknown books
1981138730San Francisco Calif: The California Academy of Sciences 1981. Hardcover. VG- slight soiling to white canvas; identity mark from previous library owner on slipcase. White stamped canvas cloth matching white canvas cloth slipcase 96 pp. 42 color plates. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of Native American paintings by Maynard Dixon 1875-1946. With essays by Donald J. Hagerty Ansel Adams Constance dixon Dan Dixon John Dixon Winona Tomanoczy and Edith Hamlin. Striking and vibrant visuals. With a separate paper catalog from the exhibition. The California Academy of Sciences hardcover books
1895228624San Francisco 1895. 1895. Compliments of the Faculty D. MacLean M.D. Dean. Presented by F.D. Walsh. On stiff tan card printed in dark blue 4 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good. General W.H.L. Barnes gave the main address. Music under the direction of James Hamilton Howe. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. San Francisco, 1895. unknown books
1873WRCLIT75395San Francisco: Bell & Company No. 639 Kearney Street 1873. Narrow quarto broadside 29 x 10 cm. Text printed within ornamental border. Horizontal fold lower edge below imprint significantly browned otherwise very good. OCLC provides no authorship attribution for this three verse plus chorus Father's account of the corruption of his daughter by dance. OCLC: 438156595. Bell & Company, No. 639 Kearney Street unknown books
1873WRCLIT75391San Francisco: Bell & Company No. 639 Kearney Street 1873. Narrow quarto broadside 26 x 11 cm. Text printed within ornamental border. Horizontal fold otherwise near fine. This printing of the lyrics notes that the music not printed here "may be obtained at Gray's Music Store." OCLC: 438159594. Bell & Company, No. 639 Kearney Street unknown books
1872WRCLIT75393San Francisco: Bell & Company No. 639 Kearney Street 1872. Narrow quarto broadside 22.5 x 9.5 cm. Text printed within ornamental border. Horizontal fold otherwise near fine. This printing of the lyrics notes that the music not printed here "may be obtained at Gray's Music Store" and that the lyrics were "Cumposed sic by Charles Blampin sic." OCLC:438144909. Bell & Company, No. 639 Kearney Street unknown books
1872WRCLIT75394San Francisco: Bell & Company No. 639 Kearney Street 1872. Narrow quarto broadside 28 x 11 cm. Text printed within ornamental border. Horizontal fold mild discoloration in left margin otherwise very good. This printing of the lyrics notes that the music not printed here "may be obtained at Gray's Music Store" and that J. G. Russell performed the song. The printer's imprint of D. L. Swett & Co appears below Bell's imprint. OCLC:438169228. Bell & Company, No. 639 Kearney Street unknown books
1873WRCLIT75390San Francisco: Bell & Company No. 639 Kearney Street 1873. Narrow quarto broadside 26 x 11 cm. Text printed within ornamental border. Horizontal fold some light discolorations in the upper blank margin but very good. This printing of the lyrics notes that they are "as sung by Harry Devoy at Buckley Varieties." OCLC locates another printing identifying ""Hughey Robinson" as the performer. OCLC: 41422420. Bell & Company, No. 639 Kearney Street unknown books
1873WRCLIT75392San Francisco: Bell & Company No. 639 Kearney Street 1873. Narrow quarto broadside 22.5 x 9.5 cm. Text printed within ornamental border. Horizontal fold otherwise near fine. This printing of the lyrics notes that the music not printed here "may be obtained at Gray's Music Store." OCLC:438142156. Bell & Company, No. 639 Kearney Street unknown books
1873WRCLIT75388San Francisco: Bell & Company No. 639 Kearney Street 1873. Narrow quarto broadside 27.5 x 11 cm. Text printed within ornamental border. Horizontal fold a couple of tiny flecks perhaps inherent in paper but very good. This printing of Marble's lyrics notes that the music not printed here was composed by J. Thomas. OCLC: 191275029. Bell & Company, No. 639 Kearney Street unknown books