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2006CA41366SHavilah Press/Bancroft LIbrary Emeryville/Berkeley 2006. Fine. Limited edition: printed in an edition of 250 unnumbered copies 10 3/4 x 7 inches xxiii 80 pages pictorial boards with cloth spine Facsimilie publication of the rare 1883 edition of the first published guide book of the southern Sierra Nevada published by W. W. Elliot and Company. Noted Yosemite historian Jim Snyder has written an introductory text examining the genesis of the publication. The original edition has been elegantly reproduced in its exact dimension. In additionthe pictorial design on the covers of the book replicate the design of the first edition. This book is not only an elegant object but an important contribution to the field of Sierra Nevada history. Havilah Press/Bancroft LIbrary, Emeryville/Berkeley hardcover books
1879WRCAM16848Sacramento 1879. 267pp. plus two folding tables. Original cloth. Extremities bit rubbed else a very good copy. Includes semi-annual reports of each commercial and savings bank in California with an index. Folding tables contain abstracts of the same reports. hardcover books
187133949Sacramento: Springer 1871. First Edition. 130pp. Original printed wrappers small piece missing at op of spine near joint no text affected. Pinholes at joints. Springer unknown books
1852WRCAM15896Washington 1852. 50pp. Dbd. Titlepage bit soiled else very good. An important collection of government documents Senate Ex. Doc. No. 50 regarding the institution of a steamship mail route to the West Coast. unknown books
189633757Tres Pions Ca 1896. First Edition. 10pp accordion folder with page one containing a cut of "Natural Mineral Water". Much material on climate medicinal properties use of mineral water testimonials etc unknown books
1892WRCAM43864Los Angeles 1892. 96 of 98 which likely include advertisementspp. plus plates. Lacks the final leaf. Double-page frontispiece map. Original pictorial wrappers. Wrappers lightly worn; faint ink stamp on front wrapper. Internally very clean. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth folding case spine gilt. Covers all aspects of the region including agriculture commerce history etc. Published by the Southern California Bureau of Information. ROCQ 16383. hardcover books
1892WRCAM17439Washington 1892. 56pp. Dbd. retaining front wrapper U.S. Supreme Court stamp on wrapper else very good. Legal brief for the California & Oregon Land Co. concerning the suit brought against the firm by the U.S. government for alleged fraudulent business actions. unknown books
192640386Santa Ana California: A. G. Flagg Printing and Bookbinding 1926. 1st printing Glozer 92. Blue cloth binding with title embossed in blind to front board. Average wear & soiling to cloth. Some spotting to divers pages. Very Good. 16 192 pp. Adverts pp. 161 - 192. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/> A. G. Flagg Printing and Bookbinding hardcover books
200944104n. p. 2009. 1st Edition. White stiff stock covers color illustration to front cover "Preparation" by Andy Skaff black comb binding. Nr Fine. 4 49 3 pp. Laid-in a printed note on red paper from Dick saying Mary "still in the hospital recovering from heart surgery and a stroke." Mary Longeran passed away in 2010. 11" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/>One of a series of annual cookbooks which began in 1999 and continues through 2016. From "The Annual Cookbook" blog: "This annual tradition all began in 1999 when my mom Mary my dad Dick my aunt Anne and my uncle Wells spent a lot of time in cooking classes and decided they wanted to share their favorite recipes from their endeavors. Granted three out of four of them were already well-versed in the art and science of cooking; the fourth shall remain nameless. Over the years the cookbook has grown to include recipes from other family members and friends. Recipes come from a variety of sources: newspaper articles cooking magazines world travels old family recipes old catering recipes from my mom and her catering partner Ernita O'Brien and meals thrown together by the creative cooks who were then required to document their feast. The cookbook crew now includes over 20 recipe submitter and testers yes all recipes are tested; and yes not all make it photographers and artists." Here offered is the 2009 edition. Not found on OCLC. Rare. unknown books
201144106n. p. 2011. 1st Edition. White stiff stock covers color illustration to front cover "Tomatoes" by Anne Halsted black comb binding. Nr Fine. 4 45 1 blank pp. 11" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/>One of a series of annual cookbooks which began in 1999 and continues through 2016. From "The Annual Cookbook" blog: "This annual tradition all began in 1999 when my mom Mary my dad Dick my aunt Anne and my uncle Wells spent a lot of time in cooking classes and decided they wanted to share their favorite recipes from their endeavors. Granted three out of four of them were already well-versed in the art and science of cooking; the fourth shall remain nameless. Over the years the cookbook has grown to include recipes from other family members and friends. Recipes come from a variety of sources: newspaper articles cooking magazines world travels old family recipes old catering recipes from my mom and her catering partner Ernita O'Brien and meals thrown together by the creative cooks who were then required to document their feast. The cookbook crew now includes over 20 recipe submitter and testers yes all recipes are tested; and yes not all make it photographers and artists." Here offered is the 2011 edition. Not found on OCLC. Rare. unknown books
189939910San Francisco: Ernest Forbes 415 Post Street 1899. 1st edition Brown 54; Glozer 102. Tan cloth binding light brown lettering and design printed to spine and boards. Moderate wear to binding rubbing staining and a lean to spine. Light pencil notes to ffep and rear pastedown previous owner's signature in pencil and Pacific Gas Company stamp to front pastedown. Light age-toning to paper. A Good example. 10 adverts 186 8 adverts pp. B/w wood engravings and advertisements throughout. 7" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>Preface: "If you want to save money an honest investigation will convince you that artificial gas is the cheapest and safest cleanest and most economical fuel in use and that after the beginning of the Twentieth Century its use will be universal." This handy book mainly extols the virtues of gas stoves and heating but also sporadically offers recipes to be used on such devices as well as personal stories & anecdotes of the author. Rare in the trade. Ernest Forbes, 415 Post Street hardcover books
198921246Los Angeles: California Department of Transportation 1989. Stiff card wraps. Fine. Oblong 4to. 52pp. Heavy textured wraps. A special edition of 'Update' honoring the 50th anniversary of the Arroyo Seco Parkway California's first freeway. With sections on the Harbor Transitway Glenn Anderson Freeway Vincent Thomas Bridge as well as then-active projects in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Illustrated and with a highway system map in the rear. A fine copy. California Department of Transportation paperback books
190735832San Francisco Cal: Charles C. Hoag Publisher 1907. 1st edition thus Rocq 11836. Publisher's original blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. Gilt bright. Modest wear with slight gutter break after p. 2. A VG - VG copy. 624 pp. Inserted leaves of adverts. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6" <br/><br/>The volume also includes other cities throughout the state such as Los Angeles Pasadena Santa Barbara & San Diego. Charles C. Hoag, Publisher hardcover books
189846725San Francisco: Louis Roesch Co. Printers 1898. 1st printing presumed. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Small hole in upper left just touch the top of the 'S' in 'Sutro'. Very Good. Broadside 12 printed lines. 8-7/8" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/>"On March 14 1896 the Sutro Baths were opened to the public as the world's largest indoor swimming pool establishment. The baths were built on the western side of San Francisco by wealthy entrepreneur and former mayor of San Francisco 1894 – 1896 Adolph Sutro." Wiki Here the Baths hosted the event which pitted entrants from "Nevada Georgia Tennessee Montana and Washington Volunteers." From an advert in the San Francisco Call Volume 84 Number 26 we find this event occured in 1898. Louis Roesch Co., Printers unknown books
9704LA WESTERN 1919. GREEN SUEDE FIRST EDITION GOOD-VERY GOOD. F. LA, WESTERN, 1919 unknown books
38225San Francisco: Bell & Company General Publishers of Songs and Ballads No. 639 Kearny Street n. d. 1st printing ca 1870s. Not in Wolf 10 recorded holdings on OCLC. Light damp stain to center of sheet. Otherwise a VG copy. Single sheet printed recto only. 4 verses each of 4 lines plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border unsigned. 10-1/4" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/> Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street unknown books
38214San 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 a near fine copy. Single sheet printed recto only. 3 verses each of various lines. No music. Typographical decorative border unsigned. 8-7/8" x 3-5/8" <br/><br/> Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street unknown books
38219San 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 soiling to paper creasing to top edge. A VG copy. Single sheet printed recto only. 6 verses each of 4 lines. No music. Typographical decorative border unsigned. 11-1/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street unknown books
38222San 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 wear and aging to paper. A VG example. Single sheet printed recto only. 3 verses each of 4 lines. No music. Typographical decorative border unsigned. 8-7/8" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/> Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street unknown books
40658AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. MOT LAND; THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE OF MOTORING. Volume XII Number 2 February 1923. San Francisco: February 1923. 4to. Decorated wrappers. 64 pages. Illustrated motor car journal issued monthly edited by D.V. Nicholson. Artic include: "Peering in the future" "Reading between the lines at the show"The Pacific Automobile Show: "Day and day the automobile industry grows better"California's highway situation" etc. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations illustrated ads maps. Color illustrated wrappers cover art of children at the fancy auto show with Oriental motif. It details the newest automobile models from Peerless Franklin Crossley Studebaker Linco Murphy Oldsmobile and Cadillac. In addition there is an excellent article visiting British Columbia by car. Minor shelfwear else very good. unknown books
40659AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. MOT LAND; THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE OF MOTORING. Volume XII Number 4 April 1923. San Francisco: April 1923. 4to. Decorated wrappers. 48 pages. Illustrated motor car journal issued monthly edited by D.V. Nicholson. Artic include: "Red Rock Canyon" "On the speedway circuit" "How auto engines loos power in mountains" "New mountain wonderlands" "What Uncle Sam is doing for California roads" etc. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations illustrated ads maps. Color illustrated wrappers Arts & Crafts cover art o boy designing his race car ny Rammon Prohaska extolling the beauties of visiting Red Rock Canyon in the Owens Valley the Klamath River region Shast and Modoc National Forests Lake Tahoe Mono Lake and other California Natio Forests. Very good. unknown books
40657AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. MOT LAND; THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE OF MOTORING. Volume XIV Number 4 April 1924. San Francisco: April 1924. 4to. Decorated wrappers. 56 pages. First edition of this scarce Illustrated motor car journal issued monthly edi by D.V. Nicholson. Articles include: "The last word in service" "Can every family have a car" "Making men and roads highway building removes curse of idleness from penitentiaries" "Motorland's pictorial motorlogue to the city Holy Cross Santa Cruz" etc. Numerous photograph illustrations text illustrations illustra ads sepia-tinted section. Color illustrated wrappers cover art of touring driving the California coast by Maurice Logan. It includes an extended photographic motor travelog visiting Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz as well as driving on up to the Puget Sound and British Columbia. Minor shelfwear else very good. unknown books
1925300136San Francisco California 1925. 1925. 8vo. Illustrated with b/w photographs diagrams. 48 pages original pictorial color covers. Very good. No bookplates. Printed by Ingrim-Rutledge Co. San Francisco. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. San Francisco, California, 1925. paperback books
193133796San Francisco: California Hist. Soc 1931. First Edition. 9 112pp. illus. 14 plates including 2 maps one lg. folding. Original blue small quarto cloth Contains much on mining and miners express companies in the west; list of postal stationsdates of operations etc. Wiltsee has signed his name on the front endpaper. California Hist. Soc hardcover books
1931009364Marina del Rey CA: California Yacht Club 1931. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 13 pages giving the officers of the club schedule for the season through the end of October and a roster of boats and their owners. Minor foxing to covers; front cover illustrated. California Yacht Club Paperback books
