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190349267San Francisco: The California Promotion Committee 1903. 1st Printing Rocq 8728. Original publisher's rust colored pebbled leatherette binding with gilt stamped lettering to front cover. Red edgestain. General wear spine a bit sunned. Very Good. 112 pp. Index at rear. 2 page map at center of booklet. 7" x 3-7/8" <br/><br/>A handy pocket guide to the City by the Bay providing the tourist or recent San Franciscan with vital city information such as transportion options Ferries Steamships etc places to stay places to visit the 'burbs' e.g. Berkeley & Alameda resorts in the Bay Area etc. etc. <br /> <br />Somewhat uncommon in our experience first time we've offered a copy in our 30 years of business. The California Promotion Committee hardcover books
187211145San Francisco: Republican State Central Committee 417 Kearny St. 1872. 8pp caption title as issued. Text in double columns Very Good. <br/><br/> On the Democrats' treasonous behavior from Nullification through Civil War and Reconstruction. Additionally "the difference between Republicans and Democrats is this: the Republicans try to discover and punish their thieves; the Democrats never punish theirs." The California State Central Committee published this speech in an effort to secure California for Grant and the Republicans. <br/>Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker LCP. NUC records the DC edition only. Republican State Central Committee, 417 Kearny St. unknown books
39951CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. MOTOR LAND; FORMERLY THE CALIFORNIA MOTORIST. Volume IV Number 5 May 1910. San Francisco: May 1910. 4to. Decorated wrappers. 80 pages. Illustrated motor car journal issued monthly. This issue "Oregon Number" featuring articles and advertisements on automobile travel through Oregon wit numerous photographic images of sites to visit as well as people involved in auto industry. Features include an 8 page article on "The Columbia River Highway" "Oregon The Sportsman's Paradise" "Portland the City Beautiful" pages as well as an article announcing "The Yosemite Road Fund Drive.Its Campaign to make $1000000 for Construction. unknown books
1937642Point Richmond Ca 1937. About very good. Various printed and manuscript materials totaling 30pp. Light wear and tanning. Occasional staining and foxing. Small group of documents pertaining to the little-known Quartzburg Mining Company. Most of these describe the assets of the company and also include completed and blanks forms relating to an application for a development loan which the venture hoped to secure in order to build a mill and to increase production. Several other legal forms and documents are also present. The company was headquartered in Richmond on the San Francisco Bay and their claims were in Mariposa County though very little information or activity associated with their venture can be located. unknown books
19501892San Gabriel Ca 1950. About very good. 18 leaves printed rectos only. Original pictorial wrappers stapled at top edge. Rear cover detached light chipping and wear to wrappers. Internally clean. "Recipes contributed by the Women of La Casa de San Gabriel A Christian Community Center." A charming and unrecorded mimeographed cook book prepared by the La Casa de San Gabriel community center which is still an active entity today. Recipes include guacamole chile con carne tostadas home made tortillas and "Tacos Ungaros Hungarian tacos" among others. unknown books
2994Three letters from early California about the time of the Civil War; the Lehmans may have been a Jewish family that moved out West but I cannot find absolute proof of this: ALS. 1pg. 8†x 12â€. January 18 1859. San Carlos. An autograph letter signed “H B Lehman†to his brother: “…they complain of not having received any letters from me since I left home the fault is not mine for I have written several out for the last three years have not been able to write on account of having lost William’s last letter in which he says that he had moved into another house…have been doing rather bad for the last two years but now have hopes of doing better…Uncle Robert’s daughter Yves was married to a young man named Jose…I can see no motive for not maintaining correspondence with you as I say above I have answered all the letters…â€. The letter has mailing folds and is in fine condition. ALS. 2pg. 5†x 8â€. February 17 1861. Yuba County. An autograph letter signed “Saml R. Lehman†to Bill: “…Harriet was much pleased with her gift and prizes it very highly she had deputed me to express her thanks as she had put off writing till next time. I believe that my letters are now coming regularly…We are all well here and there is nothing much for me to write. I have commenced farming – I have done some plowing and put in some grain – have commenced a small garden and am about to put out a few fruit trees. Some of these days I may write you my experience in this to me new business – it may amuse you. You probably think that those pictures will never come – have a little patience. They are not taken yet but will be some day and in due course of time you will receive them. I am very slow about it but you can be satisfied that I am sure…â€. The letter has two mailing folds and light soiling and is in very good condition. ALS. 4pg. 5†x 8â€. June 20 1861. Santa Barbara. An autograph letter signed “Ramon Hill†to Joe: “…I am very happy to hear that you are now improving in health and hope you may always be blessed with good health. It is a particular gift and not granted by Divine Providence to all alike…It makes my heart ache to mention the civil discord and disgrace that has spread over our beloved country for so many years the example of peace and prosperity of every other notice. But what must we do set down and cry for the sins of our brethren. Yes it is a fearful time to handle a horrible spectacle to behold. Were that I was not in the States long before this I should be among the ranks of those blessed with defending the most sacred of causes and shedding their blood for the atonement…â€. The letter has mailing folds and is in fine condition. unknown books
196923329Los Angeles: The Wool Bureau 1969. First Edition. Very good. Side-stapled yello stiff printed 4to. wraps. Offset duplciated. Mild wear soil a couple of unobtrusive stains. Very good overall. 28pp. plus covers. <br/><br/>Program for a Los Angeles fashion show sponsered by the Wool Bureau and featuring reproduced sketches from many California design luminaries: Georgia Bullock Lloyd Helen Bass Wayne Fuller Helga Oppenheimer Phyllis Sues and William Travilla. OCLC does not locate. The Wool Bureau paperback books
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 books
305433Grass Valley California. Grass Valley Daily Union 1874. First edition. 4to sheet 11" x 8 1/2" folded to form 4 pages separated at fold printed in gold now faded. Good. Commencement exercises for the 10 members of the graduating class evenly divided: 5 men and 5 women. Not located in Rocq; Rocq lists only 4 earlier imprints from this region see #6034-90. The graduates were: Miss Lou Dorsey; Miss Janet Henderson; Miss Ella Larimer; Miss Minnie Novitzky; Miss Ella Maddrill; R.W. Musgrave; W.R. Poyzer; Albert Griffiths; Howard L. Weed; John T. Riley. 1st Edition. No Binding. Good. [Grass Valley, California]. Grass Valley Daily Union, 1874. unknown books
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 books
198220568County of Orange Environmental Management Agency Advance Planning Division 1982. Softcover. Very good. Two volumes bound reports on complex land use issues in rapidly-developing Orange County California in the 1980s. Volume I approx. 40 pp Volume II approx. 50 pp. Both with many tables charts maps. According to the text "The purpose of Component I is to examine the long-range implications of policies and trends related to land use" and establish baseline data to aid in future policy decisions. Component II "describes objectives policies and land use patterns for all unincorporated territory in both narrative and graphic terms and establishes criteria and standards for application." County of Orange Environmental Management Agency, Advance Planning Division paperback books
198120569Newport Beach and Fullerton CA: Boyle Engineering Corporation and Weston Pringle and Associates 1981. Softcover. Very good. 8.5 x 11 comb binding. Not paginated but ca. 75 pages printed rectos only. Includes a section of color illustrations and several flow charts. A photocopy of the Orange County Transportation Commission's Request for Proposals to which this is a response is laid in. The idea was to examine ways to design and implement a "High Flow Arterial Concept" in order to "increase the efficiency of existing arterial highways by grade separating major arterial intersections to reduce the number of stops required in the average trip." The RFP goes on to note that "this is an engineering concept which is possible but could have far-reaching cost and social implications. It is also a concept which if practical could help remedy many of the County's transportation problems." Interesting early discussion of traffic congestion and transportation planning issues in rapidly developing Orange County California. Boyle Engineering Corporation and Weston Pringle and Associates paperback books
3009Sacremento: State Office; James J. Ayers Supt. Sate Printing 1884. . 8vo gray wrappers front printed; a few chips; some pencil markings in text Sacremento: State Office; James J. Ayers, Supt. Sate Printing, 1884. unknown books
1910300440Brooklyn New York The Albertype Co. ca. 1910. 1910. Oblong 4to. 11 sepia halftones printed on heavy stock on one side only. Original string bound tan pictorial wrappers. Fine fresh. With the original unused mailing envelope. Frank Miller founded and built the Glenwood Tavern and later Riverside's Mission Inn. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. [Brooklyn, New York, The Albertype Co., ca. 1910]. paperback books
1890229432ca. 1870-1890. 1890. Photographs are on single weight stock; 8" x 5"; very good. 1. Magnolia Avenue appears unpaved lined with palm and eucalyptus trees. 2. . Arlington Heights titled in the negative citrus grove with large house in distance short tear. 3. Group of 6 men picking oranges titled in the negative. The photographer is not identified. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. ca. 1870-1890. unknown books
196045184San Francisco 1960. 1st printing thus. Shrink-wrapped over white foam board. Age-toning fold-lines. Thumbtack holes in each corner. Very Good. Broadside 17" X 14" <br/><br/>Printed at bottom: "NOTE - Inspectors myst post One Copy of this form properly filled out on the outside of the polling place. . NOTE - Election officers must copy figures on this from from the Tally Book and not from the Machine. . This Notice to Remain Posted for 48 Hours" A printed election form tallying precinct votes for the divers offices President to the Board of Education as well as state & local propositions all tallies certified with pencil signatures by Inspector Rae F. Hurwitz Judges Helen A Hare & Thomas J. Geary. Of interest in this now heavily Democratic city John F Kennedy garnered just 5 more votes than Richard M Nixon 116 to 111. A rare survivor. unknown books
2221785<p>ca. 1905. First edition. 7" x 10 1/2". Over 70 b/w photos. Original publisher's dark red cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Very good. Unpaginated. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>ROCQ 16392.</p><p>Los Angeles San Diego Orange Riverside San Bernardino Ventura Santa Barbara and Kern Counties.</p><p>"An interesting impartial descriptive and illustrative review" containing eight two page descriptions; only the author of the San Diego County section is identified H. P. Wood Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce.</p><p>Provenance: Collection Santa Barbara historian Rosario Curletti.</p> Pacific Souvenir Publishing Company hardcover books
19002262431900. of J. M. Crook's ranch. Two men with plow four horses two women and a child in front of the ranch house with barn to the side. Note the large avocado tree. Photograph is by C.M. Balding Whittier California; 7" x 4 1/4" on heavy mount 10 1/8" x 8"; very good ca. 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. hardcover books
186745217San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co 1867. C. 1870. One stereoview mounted on yellow cardstock rounded corners flat printed to both sides. A NF copy hints of rubbing at edges. Two albumen photographs mounted side-by-side square tops. Oblong format: 3-1/8" x 6-7/8" <br/><br/> Thomas Houseworth & Co unknown books
186647975Marysville CA 1866. Printed both sides now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Modest wear. A VG copy of a rare survivor. Printed receipt: "Recieved of the Oregon Stage Co." Oblong format: 3-1/16" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/>Per the OSU website we find "The Oregon Stage Coach Company owned by Henry W. Corbett ran a major stagecoach route between California and Oregon during the mid-1800s." Here offered a Company pay receipt to one "C. B. Fowler" Agent "Thirty" Dollars in full payment "for Carrying mail from Station to Central House & back for Month of August 1866." unknown books
1894301293San Francisco Cal. Passenger Department of the Southern Pacific Company ca. 1894. 1894. 8vo 6 1/8" x 9". Illustrated with halftones from b/w photographs; map. 4 page preface. Original white wrappers printed in black light soiling; two chips on spine; back panel with short tear; pages 66-68 with tear to text. Very good. 104 pages original white wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Includes a photo on page 50 of Half Dome Cloud's Rest and Mount Watkins Yosemite Valley. Printed by H.S. Crocker Co. San Francisco. Not located in Rocq. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. San Francisco, Cal., Passenger Department of the Southern Pacific Company [ca. 1894]. paperback books
1888448101888. CALIFORNIA. PACIFIC COAST SOUVENIR. Oakland: E.S. Denison 1888. Small 4to. red pictorial cloth lettered in gilt rear board tooled in blind. Illustrated with coloured photographs throughout. A very good copy that shows light soiling at the boards and rubbing at the extremities. unknown books
1972006049Springfield: Charles C. Thomas 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A history of the storied Berkeley California police department from 1905 to 1972. Forewords by O. W. Wilson Former Superintendent of Police Chicago Illinois and B. R. Baker Chief of Police Berkeley California. Offsetting to front endpaper else a fine copy in fine unclipped duswrapper. Uncommon. Charles C. Thomas hardcover books
189447249San Diego: Coonley Photo "Pepper Tree" 1894. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Mount soiled & stained with some edge wear. Yellowing & spotting to image. About Very Good. Rectangular creme-colored mount round corners. "Loring's H St. Book Store" stamp in lower margin. Complete 6 line "Loring's H St. Book Store" stamp to verso. 5-1/4" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> Coonley Photo "Pepper Tree" unknown books
185738926San Francisco / Sacramento: Henry G. Langley & Samuel A. Mathews / James Queen 1857. 1st edition Cowan p 610; Greenwood CALIF IMPRINTS 882; Sabin 10044. Period maroon quarter leather binding with brown cloth boards. Flat back. Gilt spine lettering. Imperfect copy lacking title leaf. Ex-lib though with few indications of prior library service. Faint evidence of bookplate to front paste-down. Square & tight. With a nod to the missing leaf VG. viii 384 pp. Preliminary 4 pp are adverts at front as are pp. 353 - 384. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Henry G. Langley & Samuel A. Mathews / James Queen hardcover books
