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1931303522Los Angeles Los Angeles Directory Co. Publishers 1931. 1931. First edition. Thick 8vo. Original 1/2 gilt stamped red cloth over gray cloth with three index tabs. Very good. Includes advertisements for local businesses. Full title reads: Los Angeles Directory Co's Riverside California City Directory 1931-1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Directory Co. Publishers, 1931. hardcover books
189344953San Francisco Ca: Thomas Houseworth & Co 1893. Orange stiff-stock card mount. Rounded corners. Light wear to edges of mount. Photograph clear & sharp. VG. One photograph with the two views dome top captions printed in black. 3-1/2" x 7" <br/><br/>Images show Montgomery St. from the vantage point of a south-facing balcony. Thomas Houseworth & Co unknown books
1919MXG514-2Los Angeles:: Prepared by the Route Department of the Automobile Club of Southern California 1919. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Folded Map. 9 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches. Open to 14 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches 4 panels each side. Scale is approximately 1:150000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights distances in miles along routes between different cities noted in circles and squares Map Number 322 dated 8-2-16 E. J. B. but copyrighted 1919 on front panel; text clean unmarked light toning. Very Good. This is an early Automobile Club of Southern California map showing automobile roads from Santa Cruz to San Jose via California Redwood Park. Prepared by the Route Department of the Automobile Club of Southern California, paperback books
185933902San Francisco: Towne and Bacon 1859. First Edition. 8pp. Original printed front wrapper only. Cowan p425. California Imprints 1155. Sabin 76060 Towne and Bacon unknown books
188734064San Francisco 1887. First Edition. 4pp 24mo folder. Inside is the program: Director Prof. R. A. Lucchesi. p4. is the business address of A. Waldteufel sole agent; 737 Market Street San Francisco. Fragile and scarce unknown books
189233850Los Angeles: Bureau of Information 1892. First Edition. 98pp. illus. two page map as frontis. photographic plates throughout. Disbound. Cowan vol. 4:588. Not in Graff Eberstadt or Howes. Deals with climate water agriculture railroads manufactures etc. Bureau of Information unknown books
195173812Los Angeles: Mitock & Sons 1951. Postwar block map of Downtown Los Angeles which is framed with detailed lists of night clubs restaurants motion picture studios consular offices hotels beaches and other information for visitors to the City of Angels. The verso features a motor road map of the city and a chronology of important events in the history of Los Angeles County. Printed in dark green on a 22" x 17" sheet of white paper that folds to 4 ¼ x 7 ¼". Some mild toning to the outer panels with just a hint of edgewear; otherwise very good. Scarce OCLC locates no holdings. Mitock & Sons unknown books
193834266San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1938. Printed self-wrappers. Lacks slipcase. Light sunning and very light wear. Withal all VG set. 12 pamphlets complete. Each pamphlet with a beautiful color illustrated image. Oblong format: 8-1/4" x 10" <br/><br/>No. 1 - San Francisco No. 2 - Monterey No. 3 - Sacramento City No. 4 - Santa Barbara No. 5 - Santa Cruz No. 6 - Los Angeles No. 7 - Marysville No. 8 - Stockton No. 9 - Crescent City No. 10 - Benicia and Surroundings No. 11 - San Diego No. 12 - San Jose. The Book Club of California unknown books
192159511Los Angeles: California Orchard Company 1921. Very good. Mimeographed on nine sheets of 8 ½" x 11" paper with the company letterhead at the top of the first leaf. Annual report to the stockholders of the California Orchard Company of Los Angeles at the time owner of "1900 acres of California's finest fruit lands." Begins with a two-page summary by C. Thorpe Manager in which he notes "While the past year has been a season of light rainfall it has given us an opportunity of thoroughly testing out our pumping plants and irrigation systems. Ample water for irrigation is an invaluable asset to any California orchard property." Thorpe's overview is followed by a profit and loss statement. The remaining pages feature a total of six tipped-in photographs of the company's apricot almond pear apple and walnut orchards accompanied by brief comments about plantings and yields. The first of the mimeographed leaves is printed on California Orchard Company letterhead. Bound together with a paperclip at the top left corner. Housed in the original mailing envelope which is addressed to J.M. Quint of Los Angeles. Mild toning and creasing with a bit of edgewear to the envelope; otherwise very good. Scarce no copies in OCLC. California Orchard Company unknown books
1952WRCLIT84571Los Angeles 1952. Volume one numbers 1 through 3. Three issues. Octavo. Printed wrappers. "Sample" stamp on upper wrapper and table of contents of I:1 a bit of minor soiling to wrappers very good. Edited by Lawrence Spingarn et al. Representative issues from the early years: contributors include Willard Marsh Rolfe Zahn Bradbury McGrath Traven Honig McGrath Neruda Césaire Killens Merriam John Williams and others. unknown books
38215San Francisco: Bell & Company General Publishers of Songs and Ballads No. 639 Kearny Street n. d. 1st printing ca 1870s. Not in Wolf 13 holdings recorded on OCLC. Modest wear chipping to bottom left corner and to top edge. A VG copy. Single sheet printed recto only. 3 verses each of 4 lines plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border unsigned. 11-3/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/> Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street unknown books
1936WRCLIT61184San Francisco: Book Club of California 1936. Six volumes. Printed wrappers. A few short nicks and tears to overlap edges otherwise a very good set with mimeo cover slips laid in. Later board slipcase. First editions in this format each limited to five hundred copies with an appropriate introduction: 1 "Over an Absinthe Bottle" by W.C. Morrow printed at Grabhorn Press; 2 "Poems" by Nora May French printed at Archetype Press; 3 "Selections from Prattle" by Ambrose Bierce printed at the Windsor Press; 4 "An Itinerant House" by Emma Frances Dawson printed at the Ward Ritchie Press; 5 "Afoot to Yosemite" by John Muir printed at the Eucalyptus Press; and 6 "A Night at Wingdam" by Bret Hart printed at Plantin Press. Book Club of California unknown books
190043652San Diego 1900. Gray card mount. Very good card mounts lightly browned. 3.5 x 4.5 inches on 5.5 x 7 inch card. The first image is a classic view of the seven caves at low tide with the crashing surf the second is of Clam's cave. unknown books
1886WRCAM18760Sacramento 1886. 622pp. Original cloth. Gilt title on front cover. Moderate edgewear. Head and toe of spine frayed. Good. The extensive initial report by the State Engineer reviewing historical and innovative irrigation systems for potential use in California. Cowan lists the second part of this report issued later but not this first part. hardcover books
164984San Francisco: Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery. 9 x 15.2 cm 3 1/2 x 6 inches. Probably reproduced from a painting by Charles Nahl. Image faded some foxing to image and mount very good. #164984 Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery unknown books
1920242572San Francisco: John Howell Books / The Argonaut / A.L. Bancroft & Company / The Society of California Pioneers 1920. Praise and damnation of HHB. Respectively: an undated 2p. flimsy over Howell's typed signature folded once 2nd or 3rd carbon good copy. - An offprint 26p. pamphlet sewn with original thread vg in plain printed 8.5x5.5 inch wraps vertical fold-line good copy. - A 12p. pamphlet sewn with orig.thread in wraps 8.5x5.5 dust-soiled with a long split to spinefold and faint vertical crease fair to good-only copy. - A 37p. stapled pamphlet in 9x6 wraps printed with Society logo has a vertical crease one staple nearly detached good only. This related group of four as a small lot. Howell's is a measured overview his is a bookseller's concern with first-edition points and textual alteration: "There is a story behind each such textual change. That of the Stanford incident.was clearly a matter of flattery. The incident in respect to the remarks about David S. Terry was of another character. In that case the first printing tells the real story while political pressure - or possibly the threat of violence - is responsible for the later variant reading." Mr Howell continues: "There follows a list of all variant readings.which have thus far been called to my attention" a compressed list follows on second flimsy. The other negative view of Bancroft is an attack the Society's: "Resolved That the name of Hubert Howe Bancroft be stricken from the list of Honorary Members"; sustaining points mostly concern California but Bancroft's alleged "apparently malignant and certainly cruel and unjust attack upon the name and memory of General Grant" is indignantly noted. John Howell Books / The Argonaut / A.L. Bancroft & Company / The Society of California Pioneers unknown books
1942211311942. Softcover. VG- cover lightly soiled round stamp inside front & back covers. Grey wraps. Appx. 100 pp. Numerous bw plates. In examining women's adornment and headress the catalogue divides the presentation into the following categories: Paintings Drawings and Prints; Sculpture; Decorative Arts Jewelry Toilet Articles Chinese Mirrors Greek Vases Textiles Coins and Medals. Almost 300 items are included in the exhibition. paperback books
1863836San Francisco: Alta California Book and Job Office 1863. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good . A very good plus original softcover booklet. Green loose dust cover over string binding. Octavo. Established in 1850 The Society of California Pioneers is dedicated to the study and enjoyment of California art history and culture. Founded by individuals arriving in California before 1850 and thriving under the leadership of several generations of their direct descendants The Society has continuously served the academic community and the public. As the oldest organization west of The Mississippi The Society opened one of the first libraries in California as well as a grand hall for meetings lectures and social events. Today we operate a museum on The Main Post of The Presidio of San Francisco free museum education programs and The Alice Phelan Sullivan research library all as a nonprofit organization designed to support scholarship and to encourage new interpretations that both illuminate and honor the diverse experiences of those who came before us." --- The Society's web page Alta California Book and Job Office paperback books
1920GG01754Arizona: ca.1920s. 1920. Archival mat. Very good. As I see it the medium is pencil colored pencil or pastel brush with finely feathered finish on many of the details. Signed. , ca.1920s. unknown books
192417071724Berkeley California: Associated Students Store 1924. Wraps. Near Fine. Oblong octavo 50 pp. The University of California Berkeley founded in 1868 is renowned throughout the world; it boasts 91 Nobel laureates 9 Wolf Prizes 13 Fields Medals 23 Turing Awards 45 macArthur Fellowships 20 Academy Awards 14 Pulitzer Prizes 117 Olympic gold medals and the discovery of 16 chemical elements of the periodic table N. B. info from Wikipedia. <br/><br/>Books about Cal abound but this softbound collection of 1920s photographs seems unaccountably scarce; included are photographic reproductions of Sather Gate Sather Tower The Greek Theatre University Library Stephens Union and more. The title page introduces the book thus: "The University of California campus lies at the foot of the Berkeley hills and overlooks San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate N.B. this was pre-Golden Gate Bridge. Ancient oaks and winding paths enhance the beauty of the grounds from which rise the white granite buildings erected in accordance with the Hearst plan for the Greater University".<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Blue paper wraps with gilt lettering on the covers and spine each page includes a photograph of a part of the UC Berkeley Campus with a facing description of each image there is a three page fold out photograph of "The Big Game from November 24th 1923" at the end of the book; oblong octavo approximately 8.5" tall by 11" wide unpaginated with 25 leaves followed by the folding illustration.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine with clean pages and tight binding free of prior owner markings; some light sunning a bit of bumping to the yapped edges no tears and some light foxing to the endpapers.<br/><br/>___CITATION: OCLC no. 19856476.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. [Associated Students Store] unknown books
190034834San Francisco: A.M. Robertson 1901 ©1900. 12mo 19 cm 7.25". Frontis. 2 ff. 227 1 pp. <br><br>Not many student publications are listed in the Bibliography of American Literature but this one is. And that is because the lead-off entry in this anthology of stories is Frank Norris' "Travis Hallett's Half-back." Norris 18701902 was class of '94.<br>Â Â Â Â => It may interest the reader to know that half of the writings in this volume are by women.<br>Â Â Â Â Sole edition. The volume was a fund-raising effort: "The principal reason that these stories have been gathered together and given to the public is to start a fund wherewith to erect a fountain on the Campus of the University of California to be in harmony with the great Hearst architectural plan."<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt with title and a scene of a rolling hill with trees on it. Binding signed "Kales. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â BAL 15035. Binding as above: gilt a little rubbed or dulled. Overall very good. A.M. Robertson hardcover books
38220San Francisco: Bell & Company General Publishers of Songs and Ballads No. 639 Kearny Street n. d. 1st printing ca 1870s. Not in Wolf 11 holdings recorded on OCLC. Light age toning to paper slight chipping to bottom left corner. A VG example. Single sheet printed recto only. 2 verses each of 8 lines plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border unsigned. 10-7/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street unknown books
38207San Francisco: Bell & Company General Publishers of Songs and Ballads No. 639 Kearny Street n. d. 1st printing ca. 1870s. Not in Wolf 11 library holdings recorded on OCLC. Light soiling to top edge. Otherwise a VG copy. Single sheet printed recto only. 4 verses each of 9 lines. No music. Typographical decorative border unsigned. 11" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street unknown books
305504San Francisco Hergert & Frey 1894. Oblong 8vo 9 5/8" x 6 1/4". 16 pages of plates from photographs accordion style panorama. Original elaborately gilt stamped red cloth text separated at one fold else very good. No signatures or bookplates. Numerous views of San Francisco Sausalito etc. Hardcover. Very Good. [San Francisco? Hergert & Frey?, 1894. hardcover books
193422838California: Not Published 1934. Group of 8 letters; sent from silverware salesperson Chauncey G. Nichols to his wife - who is in Great Neck Long Island NY at first - and later moves to California - and then back to New York; written from various hotels on their letterhead and in their imprinted envelopes including the Los Angeles Biltmore the U.S. Grant in San Diego the Olympic Hotel in Seattle Washington the Hotel Benson in Portland Oregon and finally with the return to the East coast the Hotel Adelphia in Philadelphia PA; the first letter containing a 3-page International Silver Co. Pacific Coast Division Route List with day-by-day typed information on Nichols' schedule - date city state which hotels - at which he would be for mailing and telegraphic contact; all the letters very clearly hand-written in ink and of several pages giving details of the struggle to make sales earn commissions names of clients and businesses appointments and success or failure - this all interspersed with family information - preparing for the move of the family to California - via bus train or automobile and the pluses and minuses of each mode - money & budgeting children pets great devotion and love between the partners and a few other family details - notice that Nichols give his wife that she should not pack the 'still' - that it was no longer required Prohibition having been repealed by this time; with a few portrait photographs laid-in; envelopes with postal cancellations most sent via airmail with stamps intact; some wear and soiling to envelopes; letters and photos in very good condition and an interesting group of business history from the depression era; ".The International Silver Company was formed in 1898 by various independent New England silversmiths that joined themselves together to form a company that became the world's largest manufacturer of silverware.International Silver Company and its factories were active in the whole Meriden-Wallingford area becoming possibly the larger center for silver craftsmanship in the US. The peak of the production was reached in the late 1930s." from the Silver Collection website information on the company; Barbour Meriden Silver Rogers Wilcox Forbes American Silver were all part of this consortium at one time. Manuscript. Broadside. Very Good. Not Published books
