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19654885Fresno Ca 1965. Very good plus. 68pp. Original blue printed wrappers stapled. Minimal wear. Unrecorded program for the annual convention of the Most Worshipful Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge Scottish Rite Masons which took place at Del Webb's Town House in Fresno in July 1965. The work includes a short schedule of events but is almost completely comprised of greetings and well wishes from dozens of Masonic and Eastern Star chapters across California. The program also includes numerous advertisements towards the rear of the text. OCLC reports no works at all from the Most Worshipful Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge. unknown
19715266Oakland: Marquette Press 1971. Very good. Photographically-illustrated handbill printed in blue ink 11 x 8.5 inches. Minor creasing. A seemingly-unrecorded handbill or flyer advertising a revival meeting at the Golden Gate Baptist Church in Oakland. The revival was presided over by Reverend James Coffee pastor of the Community Baptist Church in Santa Rosa. The flyer is illustrated with two different photographic portraits of Reverend Coffee. The text of the flyer states that "The Public is invited to worship with us each night in our Soul Saving Crusade For Together We Stand Divided We Fall." A former owner has used the verso of the broadside to record notes for some kind of medical class. We could locate no other copies of this ephemeral piece of African Americana from the West Coast. Marquette Press unknown
193654448San Diego: Consolidated Aircraft Corporation 1936-1937. Four vols. 4to. 32; 40; 36; 40 pp. With over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers photo cover art showing Consolidated PBY-1 taking off trick flying PBY-1 from the flight to Hawaii and back minor scuffing shelfwear last issue w/ minor foxing to covers still a VG set. First editions of these scarce in-house illustrated magazines for the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation based in San Diego CA. The articles not only deal with social issues changes during the Great Depression and women in the Consolidated work force but also touch on Company flying clubs athletic teams obituaries and more. These magazines include many illustrations and ads for San Diego CA businesses and a number of articles touching on the PBY-1 Catalina aircraft which was one of the most successful flying boats. Of particular interest are the articles detailing the squadron of PBY-1 Catalinas flown by Patrol Squadron 11-F from the Naval Air Station in San Diego on a shakedown flight to Hawaii and then back. The PBY Catalinas proved to be incredibly successful aircraft including long “wet†wings waist gun positions during World War II and very popular with British and Canadian flight crews. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, paperback
192961894Los Angeles CA: Western Air Express Inc. ca. 1929. 4to. 4 pp unpaginated. printed in red blue & black colour-tinted photos and photos aerial images back cover self-printed cover art of Fokker F10 Tri-Motor monoplane traveling over mountains and map in lower half depicting flights from California through Nevada into Utah & Colorado minor edgewear rubbing dustsoiling still VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly rare promotional brochure touting the air passenger routes established by Western Air Express. Founded in 1925 by Harris Hanshue after “Pop†Hanshue won the contract to provide airmail service between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City and then the routes from Los Angeles to San Francisco as well as the Cheyenne Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo CO route. By 1929 Western Air Express was flying Fokker F.10 Tri-Motor passenger aircraft which carried 12 passengers in addition to the mail. This deluxe service included limousine transportation between airports and business centers lunch served in flight and nicely appointed passenger cabins. In addition the airline also operated a Flying Boat service to Catalina Island twice a day each way. Worldcat locates 1 similar copy Cal. Hist. Soc. Lib.; See: Serling The Only Way to Fly: The Story of Western Airlines America’s Senior Air Carrier. Western Air Express, Inc., unknown
188747663Columbus OH: Ward Brothers 1887. 12mo. 20 tinted lithograph plates tipped-in on accordion style leaves including birds-eye views. Elaborately decorated red boards w/ decoration & lettering in gilt and black backed in black cloth very minor rubbing light toning to rear pastedown still a VG copy. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated pocket-sized viewbook which featured the technique of lithographic images made from photo negatives and then finished with varnish to add depth. This piece includes birds-eye views of Riverside San Benardino County Riverside Orange Groves and vineyards early views of Magnolia Avenue local residences including P.K. Klinefelter O.T. Johnston O.T. Dyer as well as the Rowell Hotel First National Bank of Riverside the Calico Mining District an Indian Village and more. Worldcat locates 2 copies at UC Berkeley & Yale; See: Gottfried Landscape in American Guides and View Books: Visual History of Touring pp. 28-30. Ward Brothers, hardcover
18642880San Francisco: Towne & Bacon 1864. Good. 16pp. plus printed receipt completed in manuscript. 16mo. Original tan printed wrappers. Light dampstaining and soiling. Corners of each leaf and some edges reinforced with tape. Minor soiling and later ink stamp on receipt. An ephemeral production outlining the articles of incorporation of the Tuolumne County Water Company together with a receipt for water rents dated 1853. First incorporated in 1852 the Tuolumne County Water Company was founded to funnel the waters of the Stanislaus River "to the various ravines gulches flats and other localities in the County of Tuolumne to be used for mining mechanical manufacturing and other purposes". The decline in mining in the area led to the decline in water revenues resulting in dissolution at the start of the 20th century. An important and early piece of California's tortured history with water. A handful of copies in OCLC. Towne & Bacon unknown
76914Small archive of material associated with the McNerny Products Corporation an early San Francisco manufacturer of automotive brakes. The grouping includes a typed letter signed seven photographs and a promotional pamphlet.<br /> <br /> McNerny was an early producer of a four-wheel brake system. The earliest cars used simple "spoon" brakes a type of lever system that moved a block of wood against the wheels. This was effective at slower speeds; however by the late 1890s the Michelin brothers had introduced rubber pneumatic tires which were damaged by wood blocks. As a result mechanical drum breaks grew in popularity but there were several notable drawbacks to these external brakes such as a tendency to give way on hills or in inclement weather. At the 1924 New York Auto Show the Duesenberg and Rickenbacker car companies offered cars with a four-wheel brake system for the first time.<br /> <br /> This material shows that McNerny was among the early proponents of four-wheel brakes. The folding brochure features drawings of a Ford and a Chevrolet retrofitted with McNerny brakes. There is also a diagram showing how the brakes work with a notation "U.S. & foreign patents pending" dated January 1924. "In driving a car with McNerny 4-wheel brakes you may surrender yourself completely to the exhilaration and enjoyment of the journey without a disturbing doubt or slightest anxiety as you KNOW that you are thoroughly prepared for any situation and just what you can confidently expect and DEPEND upon from your brakes in any EMERGENCY which may arise."<br /> <br /> The archive includes a typed letter signed by "Clyde" who appears to be associated with the company. He asks Helen Shulty his cousin in Iowa for the make and model of her car. In addition there are seven 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" black-and-white photographs which show what appears to be traveling salesmen on the road with McNerny products. The photos are backed with black paper as if clipped from an album. A unique collection of material related to the early automotive industry. unknown
195179273Los Angeles 1951. The 24-page original typescript includes 16 tipped-in original black-and-white photographs two elevation charts and a map.<br /> <br /> Arnold was hired by Jack Leland to study reports and maps of the Mecca Hills Anticline and conduct a field inspection providing his opinion of the oil and gas possibilities of the rock formations. On page three of the report underlined in red is his comment: “This structure is ideal for oil and gas accumulation.†He further states: “from the evidence it is clear that oil exists in the general area of the north end of the Imperial Valley.â€<br /> <br /> The Mecca Hills Anticline is now in a protected reserve. Established in 1994 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management manages the 26356-acre Mecca Hills Wilderness. The area includes narrow steep-walled canyons that create a natural maze within the badlands. Uniquely faulted and folded geologic formations are the result of activity on the local sections of the San Andreas Fault making the Mecca Hills one of the more unusual geological sites of this kind. Located in Riverside County Mecca is a desert community on the north shore of the Salton Sea in the Eastern Coachella Valley and is surrounded by agricultural land with a population of approximately 8000 residents.<br /> <br /> Bound with brads in black leatherette wrappers. The contents are a little toned and the photographs once affixed with glue are now loose but all present. unknown
192563373Los Angeles CA: Hill Publishing Co. 623 S. Flower St. 1925. 8vo. 4 x 7.5 in. which folds out into 27.25 x 21.5 in. double-sided map in red & black of Los Angeles & Vicinity preserved in the original pocket-map folder printed in blue & orange on tan paper stock minor edgewear rubbing slight dustsoiling minor closed tears at some folds a few w/ former neat repairs still a G copy. First edition thus of this rare Borgnis map for Los Angeles on recto insert maps on verso for Hollywood & Beverly Hills to Santa Monica-Venice; San Pedro & Wilmington Motor Routes Los Angeles & Vicinity San Fernando Valley and another of the Los Angeles Theatre & Shopping District. Borgnis 1875-1933 was a German-American US Navy veteran Chicago draughtsman and cartographer who following World War I settled in Los Angeles where he produced a wide range of maps for Chambers of Commerce publisher’s and oil companies. Worldcat locates 1 copy Stanford w/o printed cover. Hill Publishing Co., 623 S. Flower St., unknown
191576757Pasadena California 1915. Wraps. Near fine. Oblong brochure 7 1/2" x 5 1/4": 16 p. with color and black-and-white photographs. Bound with two staples in the original pictorial blue paper wrappers.<br /> <br /> Built in 1893 by George Gill Green and later expanded by him with two additional buildings in 1898 and 1903 creating a complex of three structures the Hotel Green became a social and cultural center for Pasadena hosting society events such as receptions for significant visitors and painting exhibitions. The complex was designed by Los Angeles-based architect Frederick Roehrig who incorporated Moorish Spanish and Victorian elements and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<br /> <br /> This brochure announced the opening of the Hotel Green the first week of November and it operating year round rather than seasonally. unknown
1876223044San Francisco 1876. 1876. Thin 8vo. 63 pages. Original green/gray wrappers stamped in black. Fine. No signatures or bookplates. The defendants included Leland Stanford Collis P. Huntington Mark Hopkins Charles Crocker Wells Fargo & Co. and various other railroad companies. Rocq 11164. Not is Cowan. Soft cover. [San Francisco, 1876]. paperback
190626807New York:: G.P. Putnam's 1906. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very Good plus copy in green cloth with brilliant gilt stamping to the front cover and spine in a poor dust jacket lacking several large from the corners and the spine. But copies of this title are rare with a dust jacket of any sort. Charles Frederick Holder 1851-1915 a founder of Pasadena's Tournament of Roses came from a wealthy Massachusetts Quaker family. After working as a curator at New York's American Museum of Natural History Holder moved to Pasadena in 1885. A passionate naturalist throughout his life he became known in Pasadena as a businessman philanthropist and conservationist/sportsman. Life in the open 1906 is Holder's account of hunting and fishing in the counties of Santa Barbara San Buenaventura Los Angeles San Bernardino Riverside Orange and San Diego. The topics include horseback hunts for lynx fox and wolves; fishing for trout in the Sierra Madres and for game fish off Catalina; pursuit of shore birds and water fowl; mountain lions and mountain goats; and photographic hunts for sea lions. Throughout Holder argues for the sportsman's role in conservation. G.P. Putnam's, hardcover
188146231Chicago: Rand McNally 1881. A very good copy some edge tears one closed tear about 1/2 inch into blank area of map one small hole at fold generous margins. Image size 23.5 x 19.14 inches on 24.5 x 20.5 sheet. Outlined color. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. An extremely detailed if not the most detailed map of California and Nevada up to that time to be published in an Atlas. Shown are many hundreds of natural and man-made features such as mountains rivers lakes springs wells lava fields deserts plains craters dry lakes passes as well as military encampments mines Native American Reservations roads railroads and stations canals ferry crossings Missions cities towns and other human habitations many of which are long gone. Removed from the Rand McNally's Indexed Atlas of the World first edition 1881. [Rand McNally] unknown
192962441San Leandro CA: San Leandro Chamber of Commerce 1929. One oblong folio map sized 22 x 17 in. backed w/ Railways ledger paper manuscript annotations at fore-edge dating the office copy received Oct. 29 1929 dustsoiling & thumbing some edgewear minor creasing to a few corners still a VG- copy. First edition of this land promotion map touting the quadrupling of post office gross receipts during the Roaring 20’s the population tripling and includes within the map the locations of the Chrysler Motor Co. factory Fageol Motors Co. factory which was a bus builder Caterpillar Tractor Co. and more. Map has been oriented with North in the upper left corner and initials of MFB in lower right corner. Worldcat locates 5 copies UC Santa Barbara U of Chicago Bancroft UCLA Cal. Hist. Soc. San Leandro Chamber of Commerce, unknown
190277119Los Angeles: County of Los Angeles 1902. Blueprint: 18" x 18 1/2". Creases from prior folds with pencil markings along the top edge and a stamp for Olin Wain printing on the verso.<br /> <br /> This tract was part of Wirsching's subdivision named for its owner Robert Ernest Wirsching 1846-1912 a German immigrant who was an early settler of Los Angeles and worked as a wagon builder and blacksmith. He served on the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.<br /> <br /> The property is adjacent to Downtown Los Angeles near the interchanges of the 10 and 5 freeways. County of Los Angeles unknown
19376108Corning Ca 1937. Very good. Map 13 x 14 inches. Text on verso. Old folds minor wear. Later edition of this promotional map for the Maywood Colony near Corning California. In the 1890s real estaate entrepreneur Warren N. Woodson purchased the land that would become the Maywood Colony which he plotted out and promoted. The present map shows the various land developments and plots surrounding the town of Corning bounded by the Sacramento River on the east. Text on the verso promotes the area as rich in resources and agriculture. unknown
192658157Santa Ana CA: Orange County Board of Supervisors 1926. 4to. 24 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black. Photo frontisp. birds-eye of County Courthouse photo illustrations throughout including 2 centerfold panorama photos map of paved highways on back cover. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers birds-eye pictorial map of Orange County on front cover minor dustsoiling edgewear light rust marks to staples still VG copy. First edition thus of this land promotion for Orange County CA during the Roaring 20’s. This nicely illustrated piece details the the nearby beaches paved boulevards the advantages to automobile tourists and historic missions. In addition the advantages of Southern California Spanish Revival architecture are extolled and the oil industry growth touted. The map includes the major cities and towns in Orange County and photos and text include towns & cities such as Santa Ana Anaheim Fullerton Orange Huntington Beach Brea La Habra Newport Beach Laguna Beach Garden Grove and Placentia. Orange County Board of Supervisors, paperback
1910List3319New York City: Brown Brothers 1910. Photograph measuring 5 x 7 ¼ inches with manuscript caption and Brown Brothers stamps verso. Slight damage to edges else Near Fine. A photo of a nighttime scene in San Francisco’s Chinatown the oldest and largest in the US; the caption identifies the location as Dupont Street now Grant Avenue. Grant Avenue is one of the two main thoroughfares of the city’s Chinatown and a primary location where early Chinese immigrants mainly from Guangdong settled. The neighborhood was entirely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire and had to be rebuilt; pictured here is the iconic Sing Fat building rebuilt by Ross and Burgren. The new buildings with Chinese-styled pagodas attracted tourists and presented a cleaned-up image of the neighborhood. Brown Brothers unknown
1892List3511California 1892. Albumen photograph on board very good contrast mount near fine with minimal wear. A photograph of Main St. in San Andreas in 1892 showing banners for the Democratic ticket of Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson and the Republican ticket of Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid hanging above the street. Despite Cleveland’s national victory the Republican incumbent Harrison narrowly carried California’s electoral votes as discontent—especially among farmers and laborers—boosted support for the People’s Populist Party in California splitting the anti-Republican vote. San Andreas the county seat of Calaveras County was adapting to the post-boom economy during the period. The photograph shows the local merchants who along with assay offices and transport links to larger markets supported the town’s transition to smaller-scale hard rock and quartz mining as larger-scale placer operations dwindled. unknown
19251523Sacramento: California State Printing Office 1925. Good plus. 32pp. Oblong octavo. Original brown printed wrappers stapled. Light soiling lightly dampstained along lower edge of text and rear cover. Pamphlet published by the Harbor Commission on the construction of an underground motorway beneath the Ferry Building designed to alleviate traffic and congestion in that busy section of San Francisco. The work includes a history and description of the Ferry Building and the harbor area as well as information on San Francisco's prominence in the shipping industry. An illustration shows the tunnel running beneath the street with a cross section and diagram. Work began in December 1923. We locate a handful of copies in OCLC almost entirely in California libraries. California State Printing Office unknown
151963331Los Angeles CA: The California Alligator Farm “Wood’s†Red Seal Print ca. 1915; 1925. Two pieces. 12mo. 8; 4 pp unpaginated. w/ first printed in aqua-green tinted ink photo illustrations leporello accordion-style format 2nd printed in white & green w/ photo illustrations. Self-printed softcovers on both slight shelfwear still NF. First edition’s of these promotional brochures for the famed Los Angeles Alligator Farm founded by Francis Earnest and “Alligator†Joe Campbell in 1907 where “the city’s most exotic residents†lived in Lincoln Heights. Along with the nearby Cawston Ostrich Farm and the Selig Zoo The Alligator Farm was a mainstay LA tourist attraction later frequently supplying exotic alligators for Hollywood Silent Films and where toddlers could ride on harnessed and muzzled alligator wagons. Kept in sex-segregated pools to cut down on aggressiveness crowds would often line up for the experience to see the alligators. After 1953 when it was moved to Buena Park the Jungle-like Park operated across from Knott’s Berry Farm until 1984 when it was shut down and the alligators relocated to Florida. No copies of 1st brochure located in Worldcat; 1 copy of 2nd UCLA. The California Alligator Farm, “Wood’s†Red Seal Print, paperback
18922621San Francisco 1892. Good. 7-1/2 x 5-1/4 inches. Bifolium 4pp. Cream silk printed in brown with brown and white illustration of Shakespeare to last page. Horizontal fold line; small stain to first leaf; fraying to fore-edges. Silk souvenir program for the opening shows at Stockwell's Theatre which operated from 1892-1894 at 11 Powell St. in downtown San Francisco. Prior to being taken over and renovated at a cost of an estimated $60000 by L. R. Stockwell it had been the Powell Street Theatre. The theatre again changed to new ownership in 1894 after Stockwell went bankrupt and left the city; the Columbia Theatre which replaced it was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire.The program notes the arrival of Augustin Daly's Company of Comedians and lists the members of the troupe who appear next in their roles in As You Like It which opened on July 7 1892. A synopsis of scenery attribution for the original incidental music names of the managers and orchestra notes follows with a list of upcoming plays at the end.OCLC locates one holding at Yale. unknown
19221051Los Angeles: California Corrugated Culvert Company 1922. About very good. 44pp. plus folding plate. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. Spine reinforced with cloth tape; Light oxidation and loosening around staples. Light wear and dust soiling to wraps; Light toning internally. Contemporary ink ownership inscription on title page. A detailed and mathematically elaborate promotional for irrigation construction by the California Corrugated Culvert Company. The booklet chiefly advertises various types of "Armco" flumes manufactured by the company and includes numerous photographic reproductions illustrations and blueprints as well as complex tables and mathematical formulae that testify to the safe quick and efficient movement of water by these structures. The complexity of some of the math printed here suggests that the pamphlet was aimed at engineers and other highly-educated employees of irrigation projects in California. OCLC locates five copies in U.S. institutions. California Corrugated Culvert Company unknown
19381721Los Angeles 1938. Very good. 18pp. Narrow 12mo. Original gilt wrappers stapled. Light wear. Promotional brochure for the Regina Winery in Etiwanda California operated by the Ellena Brothers. Established in 1906 by Claudio Ellena a descendant of an Italian winemaking family. Claudio's sons eventually took over the business marketing their wine under the brand Regina Queen of Wines. The vineyard primarily produced sparkling and dessert wines and also operated a vinegar plant. The present work showcases wine labels as well as a sparkling wine dispenser so you can pour bottles of champagne "on tap." The brochure gives a history of the family and vineyards and strives to "acquaint you more fully with the many ways to really enjoy the goodness of fine wines without the burden of responsibility of minute details or formality." It also includes recipes for several champagne cocktails. unknown
1907683San Francisco: Southern Pacific Company 1907. Near fine. 24pp. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. Minor wear. Booklet promoting the Southern Pacific Railway and highlights along its route. With a map and numerous images of the handsome Southern California scenery. Southern Pacific Company unknown
