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19041015Cincinnati: Tom Jones 1904. Good. 36 loose plates one of them folding. Oblong folio. Original gray paper portfolio with metal snaps. Heavy wear to portfolio old tape reinforcement to edges. Plates generally clean with some minor soiling and light wear particularly to lower left corner. Folding plate with wear to center fold. Large souvenir portfolio of photogravure views around the state of California including a folding panorama of Los Angeles. Many of the plates contain multiple vignettes and all are captioned. Images include scenes of Santa Monica Los Angeles San Francisco Yosemite Shasta and Tahoe as well as the University of California views in a Chinese opium den missions the ostrich farm in Pasadena the Arizona Gardens at Monterey and more. Most of the "Scenic Souvenirs" published by Tom Jones were in miniature format -- small accordion-fold souvenir books not on this scale. Though we find no records under this title in OCLC we do locate four copies of a work by Tom Jones entitled Scenic Treasures of California which is of similar size and composition. We find two auction records for the present title both more than ten years old. Scarce. Tom Jones unknown books
1926684Santa Rosa: Press Democrat 1926. Very good. 8pp. Folding pamphlet stapled. Light wear at folds and edges. Slight oxidation around staples. Scarce illustrated pamphlet promoting life in Santa Rosa California during the 1920s. In addition to touting Santa Rosa as the home of Luther Burbank the renowned botanist and agricultural scientist the work espouses the many business opportunities particularly in farming and recreational amenities of the town complete with fulsome statistics and a small map of the region. The promotional is also well-illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions of views of the town various types of agriculture undertaken in the area and depictions of visitors at leisure. Burbank died the same year that this pamphlet was published under the auspices of the town Chamber of Commerce at the press of the local newspaper the Press Democrat. OCLC locates three copies at San Francisco Public the Sonoma County Library and UC Davis. Press Democrat unknown books
19031795Los Angeles: M. Reider 1903. About very good. 18pp. accordion folded in nine panel. Original purple printed wrappers. Light wear to wrappers. Some wear at accordion folds; some separation along two folds with one unobtrusive tape repair. Light toning. Handsome and scarce early 20th-century viewbook for Long Beach California. The principal images are two striking panoramas one of the beach and boardwalk on a busy summer day and the other of Long Beach Park being enjoyed by several women at leisure. Other views include portraits of fishermen bathers and beachgoers and images of local architecture and geographical features. We locate only two copies -- at UC Irvine and UC San Diego. M. Reider unknown books
19001416Los Angeles: M. Rieder 1900. About very good. 20pp. accordion folded in ten panels. Original purple printed wrappers. Light wear and fading to covers. Worn at folds some light soiling. Handsome promotional viewbook for Pasadena featuring numerous illustrations of the city. Views include Hotel Raymond Hotel Green Marengo Avenue the Rose Bowl Parade East Colorado Street the Cawston Ostrich Farm and a four-panel panoramic view of the city. This copy is stamped in gilt on the front cover with a local distributor's stamp indicating it was offered compliments of Sun Drug Company. We locate one copy of this work at UCLA. M. Rieder unknown books
194343326San Francisco: San Francisco Branch Society for Sanity in Art Inc. 1943. Stapled cream self-wrappers printed in dark brown. In original postmarked envelope. Small stain to front wrapper from slightly oxidized envelope clasp; staples of binding rusted not affecting pages. Internally clean and crisp. Light general wear to envelope. VG. 12 unnumbered pages. No illustrations text only. 9-1/2" x 6" <br/><br/>Catalogue from an exhibition by the Society for Sanity in Art an organization dedicated to the rejection of modernism in art in the original postmarked envelope addressed to one of the exhibiting artists Alexander N. Balakhnin. The Society was founded in Chicago in 1936 by Josephine Hancock Logan and soon spread nationwide; San Francisco became one of its major branches. The exhibition featured oil paintings water colors pastels miniatures sculpture jewelry and etchings prints and drawings. Artists include Alexander N. Balakhnin John A. Cusanovich William F. Dabelstein Louis Heinzman Babette Fickert George Dement Otis Charles F. Holden Percy Gray Adele stover Alice Grand-Gostony and more. Scarce. We find no copies of this year's exhibition on OCLC or in the trade. [San Francisco Branch Society for Sanity in Art, Inc.] unknown books
19061050804 vols. Berkeley: California Bookplate Society Sheldon Cheney 1906-1907. 4 vols 12mo 16; 16; 18; 16 pp. First issue of this booklet with 9 facsimile bookplates; the 3 remaining volumes each with at least 1 bookplate tipped in the remaining examples in line-drawn facsimile. Wrappers of Vol. 1 No. 1 with a bit of discoloration. Fine. § A well-preserved quartet from the California Bookplate Society America’s second bookplate club which “under Sheldon Cheney published California Book-plates from 1906-1911†Johnson A Treasury of Bookplates vi. Cheney 1886-1990 grew up in Berkeley and was a well-regarded art theatre and dance critic who penned a number of volumes on modernist theatre. Composed under his editorship at the age of 20 these pamphlets must be among the earliest published examples of his writing. California Bookplate Society (Sheldon Cheney) unknown books
1922952San Francisco: Union Trust Company 1922. About very good. Folding map 34 x 26 inches. Original printed wrappers. Closed from head of front wrap near gutter; a couple of scuff marks on front and rear. Map fine. An interesting and scarce promotional for a San Francisco financial firm comprising two road maps one of California and Nevada and the other of the Bay Area. The two-sided map was issued in 1922 by Rand McNally but here has had advertising for the Union Trust Company added to its legend and had been tipped into wrappers promoting the firm. In addition to providing a detailed outline of roads in the two western states and around the San Francisco Bay the verso of the map also prints a text describing the banking services of Union Trust a synopsis of the 1921 California Motor Vehicle Act and Bay ferry time tables as well as a list of incorporated towns found on the map and their populations. The Union Trust Building still stands at the intersection of Market Grant and O'Farrell in downtown San Francisco as advertised by the present map although the company was bought out by Wells Fargo the year after this promotional was published. We locate two copies of the regular issue of this map in the Rand McNally collection at the Newberry and at Northern Arizona University and no copies of this production. Union Trust Company unknown books
1920WRCAM54603Denver 1920. Folding map approximately 28 x 21 inches. Original stiff printed wrappers. Light wear to wraps a couple of small separations at map folds. Map printed in blue and red. Very good. A large attractive and scarce road map for California and Nevada published in the early 1920s by the Clason Map Company. The map includes insets of Los Angeles and the Bay Area at the left margin as well as a town index with population information at the foot. Advertisements on the printed wrappers are for businesses on the California-Nevada border in the vicinity of Yosemite and Lake Tahoe. OCLC located only two copies at Berkeley and the Denver Public Library. paperback books
1896GG01662Mt. Tamalpais: c. 1896-98. 1896. 29.2 x 22.5 cm. Albumen photo mounted on card. Inscribed "On Mt. Tamalpais across the bay from San Francisco. C.J.S. with the RR Commissioners." Very good. Group Portrait of about 43 persons possibly tourists accompanied by the Railroad Commissioners including 2 women plus on the left two open railway cars filled with people. This photograph was taken at the opening of the route which was in 1896. The railroad commissioners at the time were H.M. La Rue James I. Stanton and William R. Clark. 40 men 2 women and 1 young man all well-dressed stand and sit on a sunlit platform beside the railway. Inside the railcars additional women and children are obscured by shadows. 10 show a badge or citation! on their coats – not known what these represent. "The Mill Valley railroad operated from about 1896 to 1930. It included about 8.2 miles of winding track and was advertised as "the crookedest railroad in the world."" – Adrian Rodriguez Marin Independent Journal 03/17/2018. marinij. Note: Frank Ransome was the official photographer for the railroad nearly his whole life. He signed his work on the verso not viewed on this piece mounted on cardboard but additionally this does not appear to be like any of his known work as judged by Tamalpais railroad historian Fred Runner. Runner also notes traces of the weather station built in 1898 but cannot be viewed here as the summit is not shown. Either the image is 'opening day' with a group including the RR Commissioners or it is 2 years later and the entire group is made up of tourists enjoying the ride – but this does not explain the inscription alluding to the presence of the RR Commissioners appointed by the state. "Important groups came to Tamalpais. William Kent brought groups of congressmen to Tamalpais to show them what a public nature park might be. Muir Woods was his creation and he was an important co-author of the "Organic Act" that created the National Park Service in 1916 to fund run and manage the National Parks of America." – Correspondence with Runner. See: Fred Runner Images of Rail: Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway Charleston SC: Arcadia 2009. c. 1896-98. unknown books
1870WRCAM52754Placerville Ca 1870. 48 leaves plus six stubs. Oblong quarto. Original half sheep and paper boards. Front board detached stitching perishing. Boards rubbed edges and corners worn. An 1870s receipt book for cemetery plots in Placerville California. The burial ground belonged to the Morning Star Lodge founded in the town at the height of the Gold Rush in 1854. The blank printed forms all provide a "Certificate of Purchase for Lot in the Union Cemetery Placerville.belonging to said Lodge according to the Plat of Survey made by D.B. Merry and the said Lot is hereby granted to him subject to the rules of said Lodge now in force or that may hereafter be adopted for the government of the same." This particular lodge was and still is associated with the International Order of Odd Fellows which established a number of groups in California during the Gold Rush. hardcover books
45187San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co n. d. Ca mid-to-late 1870s. Orange colored mount printed at bottom & both edges slightly rounded edges. Verso blank. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Modest wear & soiling. Small abrasion under printed caption. Photographs with a bit of aging at top. About Very Good. Two albumen photographs mounted side-by-side domed tops. Oblong format: 3-3/8" x 7" <br/><br/> Thomas Houseworth & Co unknown books
1917914San Francisco 1917. Good plus. Sheet map 28 x 22.75 inches. Folded. Somewhat rumpled; a few small chips at edges not affecting text of map image. Several scattered patches of staining. A scarce real estate map of Berkeley California printed for and distributed by local agents Mason-McDuffie Company in 1917. Blocks are overprinted with lot numbers and letters as well as tract and neighborhood names and a street index is printed at the foot of the map. A large red arrow points to the location of the Mason-McDuffie office just west of the University of California campus and an area shaded in red labeled "Northbrae Properties" at the northern edge of the city limits indicates the principal real estate interests of the agents. We locate four copies at Berkeley Stanford the California State Library and the Oakland Public Library. unknown books
1924677Los Angeles 1924. Near fine. 275pp. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. Minor wear contemporary ink stamp on rear cover. Internally clean. Handsome promotional work for the Arrowhead Hot Springs Resort located near San Bernardino. The pamphlet describes the healing power of the hot springs the hottest in the world according to the chart provided herein and also enumerates the amenities on hand at the deluxe hotel and its facilities. Floor plans of the hotel designed by Arthur B. Benton are included as is a map showing the location and its convenient proximity to rail lines. Illustrated throughout with half-tones of the scenery and grounds. The resort became a Hollywood glamour spot in the late 1930s and is still in operation today. Rare; OCLC locates one copy at UC Berkeley. unknown books
1861WRCLIT71353New York: Rudd & Carleton 1861. 3506pp. Original cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine sunned and extremities a bit frayed considerable foxing to endsheets and less so scattered elsewhere a few small marginal discolorations a few signatures starting slightly early ink name on preliminary blank; still a good sound copy. First edition. "A young New Englander comes to California during the gold rush. His life as a gambler and placer miner are set forth in considerable detail. Includes an account of the hanging of a Mexican woman at Downieville an event that caused much distress throughout the state . A rare historical novel" - B&G. WRIGHT II:2658. BAIRD & GREENWOOD 2529. COWAN p.670. Rudd & Carleton hardcover books
1853WRCAM50114Benicia i.e. Boston 1853. xix1071pp. Modern buckram gilt leather labels. Minor dust-soiling light wear to labels library shelf label on spine. Ink library stamps on verso of titlepage. Very good. The first compilation of the laws of the state of California. Compiled by S. Garfielde and F.A. Snyder; additionally Garfielde was the publisher. "Of great historical value and rarity. A limited number of copies were printed by order of the Assembly and this volume is practically the first four Sessions' laws of the State of California" - Norris. "This compilation which includes copious notes and an index brings up to date 1853 the Laws passed by the Legislature since 1850. The imprint 'Benicia' is that of the publisher; the book was actually printed in Massachusetts by the Franklin Printing House" - Howell. Not in Cowan. SABIN 10021. NORRIS 1198. HOWELL 50:598. hardcover books
19131284Los Angeles 1913. Very good. Folding map approximately 20.25 x 28 inches. Light wear and a couple of minor separations along folds. Light tanning. An attractive and scarce cartographic promotional for lands under development by the California Land and Water Company in the Victor Valley northeast of Los Angeles. The platted map depicts the lands along the Mojave River between Victorville and Barstow and the areas to the east and west above the San Gabriel Mountains. Above the map is a panorama of the Mojave with a bridge and dam site in the foreground. The verso prints facts about prosperous fruit growing in the region; newspaper testimonials regarding the valley's fertility and recent growth; photographic images of local agriculture including one large image of a Victorville Chamber of Commerce with some state fair prize-winning apples; and even an inspiration economic quotation from "John Stuart Mills." Good evidence of the substantial growth in agriculture in this area during the early-20th century; OCLC locates only one copy at Yale. unknown books
19291049Fresno: H. Tober 1929. About very good. 8151pp. plus plates. Quarto. Original printed wrappers. Light wear some chipping to spine and edges of wrappers. Internally clean. Rare German-Californian periodical featuring an almanac calendars of events around the state travel articles cartoons and numerous local advertisements for the German-speaking population of California. One article is entitled "Der Islam als internationale Religion" "Islam as an International Religion" with the subtitle "Views of Educated Mohammedans." Yet another article is all about divining from variations in one's hand shape. There are photos of American Indians on parade in Vienna the Prince and Princess of Japan and a large zeppelin one can take to travel from Germany. Though presumably an annual all copies located in OCLC are for this year -- we locate three copies at California State University the University of Cincinnati and the National Library of Germany. H. Tober unknown books
197271772San Francisco: Book Club of California 1972. First edition. Folio. 154 pp w/checklist & index of maps. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped leather spine. Illustrated with twenty-five plates and a bibliographic checklist of maps showing California as an Island 1622-1785. One of 450 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoeym. BCC 141. San Francisco: Book Club of California, hardcover books
19151753Sacramento 1915. 62pp. Printed self-wrappers stapled. Minor wear at corners. Light tanning and occasional faint foxing. Scarce and extensive informational pamphlet issued by the California Secretary of State regarding state constitutional amendments and referendum measures being put before voters in a special 1915 election. Two laws passed by the state legislature which enacted the use of direct party primary elections to determine state and national candidates and the regularization of ballot appearance were struck down by voters. Six state constitutional amendments which addressed judicial term lengths eminent domain property taxes and several other issues were also put before the people in this special election. The present pamphlet prints the texts of these laws and amendments in full and several examples of proposed ballots relating to the referendum measures are also illustrated. Most interestingly for a state government publication generalized arguments for and against each measure are printed following the text of the laws and amendments themselves. We locate only four copies at UC Irvine UC San Diego Oregon and Harvard. books
19101275Los Angeles 1910. Good plus. Plat map approximately 14 x inches. Folded a couple of short separations and minor losses along or near folds. A few nicks at edges. Light even tanning. Printed on thin paper. Ephemeral real estate map and advertisement for the Riverside Orange Heights Tract located north of Corona in Southern California and owned by the Citrus Belt Land Company. "The land west of the future Norco Hills consisting of 5500 of the former Little La Sierra Rancho was purchased by a company of Los Angeles men led by James W. Long and by April 1909 that same property was on the market in the form of five- ten- and twenty-acre parcels under the 'Riverside Orange Heights.' In 1910 the Riverside Orange Heights Company was again 'sold' to the Citrus Best Land Company with Long and many of the same stakeholders simply moving from the old corporation to the new. The Citrus Belt Land Company undertook an aggressive sales campaign to sell residential ranch parcels strictly as a suburb of Corona with no effort to build schools commercial businesses or manufacturing centers. Newspaper ads appearing in the local papers the Los Angeles Times and as far away as San Diego touted the plentiful and inexpensive water excellent soil and citrus growing opportunities. It was claimed that the land was impervious to flooding and frost and provided a natural shield from the Santa Ana winds -- statements that many future residents would find to be devastatingly untrue" - Bash. The platted area depicted in this map represents today the southern portion of Norco bisected by Interstate 15. A good cartographic and promotional document of real estate development in the country surrounding Los Angeles during the early 20th century. We locate only one copy at UC San Diego.Kevin Bash "A Brief History of Norco" Charleston: History Press 2013. unknown books
1914166896Oakland Cal.: Printed by Kelley-Davis Co. 1914. Promotional brochure "designed by J. J. Rhea Oakland Cal." 32 panels 48x82 cm 19x32 inches folded to 24x10.5 cm 9 14 x 4 inches. Most of the verso comprises a large colored birdseye view of Alameda County engraved by the Sierra Art & Engraving Co. The map is surrounded by color photographs and related text with additional color photographs and text on recto. Issued for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. Not in Rocq 1970. Rumsey #1784. Light wear along edges a couple of short splits at fold intersections a very good copy of a stunning production. #166896 Printed by Kelley-Davis Co. unknown books
1862700941862. Spanish-Language Edition of the 1862 California Session Laws California. Splivalo Augusto D. Translator. Las Leyes de California Dadas Durante la Sesion Decimatercia de la Legislatura 1862; Que Principio el Lunes Dia Seis de Enero Y Finalizo el Jueves Die Quinca de Mayo. Sacramento: Benj. P. Avery 1862. xxxv 445 1 40 pp. Three folding tables. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and paper shelf label to spine endpapers added. Light shelfwear and soiling light rubbing to lettering pieces faint stain to foot of spine. Moderate toning to text light edgewear and a few minor tears to tables library stamps to title page a few library markings to verso. $450. Only edition in Spanish. California session laws were issued in English and Spanish editions from the first session 1849 to the fourteenth session 1863. Spanish-language editions are scarce. OCLC locates 6 copies of the 1862 volume 2 in law libraries University of Michigan University of Minnesota. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 23. unknown books
1970141060San Francisco: University of California Berkley Museum 1970. Original poster for one of the most important events in the Bay Area of California in 1970 a performance by Steve Reich to celebrate the opening of the UC Berkeley Art Museum. With a striking triangular design mounted as issued with a label on the verso crediting the Richell Gallery of Houston Texas for the archival framing. <br/><br/>The museum was founded in 1963 after a donation was made to the university from artist and teacher Hans Hofmann of forty-five paintings plus $250000. A competition to design the building was announced in 1964 and the museum opened in 1970. In 1966 the Pacific Film Archive was founded and began screenings in 1966. Today the museum continues to be a great success and operates under the name of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive or BAM/PFA. <br/><br/>The performance for the opening included four early works by Reich: "Four Organs" "My Name Is" "Piano Phase" and "Phase Patterns." The event marked an important moment in San Francisco Bay Area new music history with the triumphant return to the East Bay by Reich who studied at Mills College with Luciano Berio and who performed the 1964 world premiere of Terry Riley's now-legendary work "In C" at the San Francisco Tape Music Center. <br/><br/>Three sided poster each side measuring 26.3 inches mounted as issued. Unexamined out of frame no glass. Some fading and minor spotting to the recto Very Good overall. University of California Berkley Museum unknown books
1938WRCLIT76065Oakland: Sponsored by Alameda County Library 1938. Three volumes. 4x447447a; 2376376a- b; 2306 leaves. Quarto. Uniform slightly later green cloth. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Near fine with the bookplate in each volume of California bookman William Wreden. The first component of this massive and pioneering project "produced on a Works Progress Administration Project - Administration Project 165-03-7308 - Area Serial 0803-1008. Work Project 6463." Several subsequent components were issued including CRITICISM OF CALIFORNIA LITERATURE 2 vols 1940 and BIOGRAPHIES OF CALIFORNIA AUTHORS 2 vols 1942. As might be expected well-represented in OCLC institutional holdings; however this work is rather uncommon in commerce. While noting its occasional errors and omissions Baird & Greenwood acknowledge the significance of this early effort toward the compiling of their 1971 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY . noting their reliance on Hinkel's own annotated set see p.xi of their work. OCLC: 3450358. Sponsored by Alameda County Library hardcover books
1947665Belmont Ca 1947. Very good. Sheet map 11.25 x 15.25 inches. Previously folded. Light wear at folds. Light tanning. Scarce post-World War II street map of Belmont California south of San Francisco. The map depicts the layout of the area between San Mateo San Carlos and Hidden Canyon Park and was issued for the use of a local insurance agent Harry Walden "When the subject of the conversation is Insurance talk with Walden". Provides a good delineation of a town on the San Francisco peninsula that numbered approximately 5000 inhabitants after the end of the war but today is home to over 25000. Ephemeral with no copies located by OCLC. unknown books
