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18554791Grass Valley Ca: September 17 1855. Very good. 4pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines minor wear. An intimate letter from a gold seeker in Nevada County California. Theodore Shaw writes to his wife about mixed luck in California a terrible fire his concern for their children and his great anxiety about the future. He writes in part: "I have property here that is worth at least $1000 but not a cent in my pocket but we expect to start up to our quartz ledge the day after tomorrow if nothing prevents to errect a mill up there. And now our plans have been nearly frustrated by a most dreadful fire such as I never witnessed. On Thursday last about 11 o'clock p.m. an alarm of fire was heard and by about half past 12 some 350 stores dwellings and buildings were consumed with a large portion of their contents our hotel included. . The entire business part of the town is in ruins.we have been sleeping under an old shed in the suburbs. This fire has injured us in this way several who had taken stock in our company have lost their means still we intend going on in a smaller way. We had formed a company with a Capital Stock of $50000 divided into 50 shares of $1000 each. Do you know Lydia I have more anxiety about your health than anything else as I know you work hard; only think what would happen to our dear children if anything serious should happen to your health and I away here in California. September 17 unknown
18534788Elk Hill Ca: December 17 1853. Very good. 3pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds light wear and soiling. With original mailing envelope. An informative letter sent from a miner in Gold Rush-era California to a friend in Tuolumne County primarily concerning a mining claim but also providing many interesting local details. The author writes "I managed to keep a claim for you which is joining to mine in this way it is one that my partner sold to a speculator who laid a land warrant on it." He discusses the process of the land warrants and how he made the man title the claim properly in San Francisco. "This claim was jumped last summer by W.H. Dixon first sheriff of Trinity City who died the day before he intended to occupy the house he built on the claim. He shot himself accidentally and never spoke." The author immediately stepped in and nabbed it for his friend but it was short-lived. "The claim is cheap at $2000 as soon as I made it known that I should not administer it was jumped by 3 in one day before 9 o'clock. So much for your not coming as I told you I could not keep them off any longer and you would not come if I had." He further mentions that he is digging potatoes which he deems the finest in the world discusses issues with the crop and further talks about new arrivals in the area. December 17 unknown
18522473San Francisco: October 4 1852. Very good. 2pp. with integral address leaf. Old folds mild staining and soiling three-inch closed tear to address leaf. An interesting letter documenting the family side of the California Gold Rush in which a San Francisco man writes to his brother offering to send his wife and daughters to Placerville as helpers. Interestingly at first Phillips addresses the letter to his brother in Ohio then scratches it out and writes in "Cal;" this most likely indicates the Phillipses hailed from Ohio and trekked to California along with scores of others in hopes of untold riches in the California gold fields. In his letter Phillips writes that his wife who has long been in San Francisco looking after a sick friend can now leave as he is better "And if you think best she will come up with the little girls and fix your carpets and superintend your affairs for a month or two untill your wife comes." The formerly sick friend Mr. Gardner could also accompany them apparently as "He is coming up to P. and he wants you to give him work for a short time. Mr. G. is a good sailsman sic having been in the dry goods business." While not overtly concerned with gold mining the correspondence is nevertheless interesting for providing details on family routines during the Gold Rush era when numerous families uprooted their lives and moved not only to places like San Francisco and Placerville but between such locations during the years of speculation. A nice example of history from below particularly notable for its domestic implications during the time of the great California Gold Rush. October 4 unknown
188856940San Francisco: C.A. Murdock & Co. Printers 1888. 12mo. 48 pp. One meteorological table. Original blue-coloured printed softcovers reinforced and bound w/linen hinges into quarter-black over light green coloured boards toning to pastedowns some minor pulling at inner stables minor offset toning to the covers from the linen tape small ex-lib embossed stamp on title still G copy inscribed “Compliments of the Author Augusta Maine†to Bowdoin College w/ “withdrawn†bookplate on front pastedown. First edition signed presentation copy of this concise 19th-century land promotion extolling the beauty of southern California the fertile soil and civic amenities of the town detailing the historic Spanish Mission the Californios scenic homes and the growing Protestant congregations. Of interest is the special advisory that he incorporates towards the end advising “Tenderfoots†from the East to be careful with some unscrupulous land speculators trying to sell fairly worthless parcels of land. Jackson 1842-1911 was a Civil War Veteran who had entered the Union Army as a private in the 8th Maine rising to Captain of the 33rd United States Colored Troops organized from freed slaves in the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry in and around Hilton Head which participated in the battle of Honey HIll and captured the fort on James Island. He later became Unitarian Minister in New Hampshire and then Santa Barbara California until 1894 when he became professor of philosophy at the Meadville Theological School. Kruska & Robinson A Collection 45 pink softcovers; Rocq California Local History 13510; History of the 33rd United States Colored Troops USCT Lowcountry Africana 2011. C.A. Murdock & Co., Printers, paperback
193563329Beverly Hills CA: Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce ca. 1935. 4to. 8 pp unpaginated. on green colour-tinted paper stock. Photo illustrated throughout. Self-printed photo-illustrated softcovers minor shelfwear very small closed tear at foot of spine still VG copy. First edition of this surprisingly scarce photo-illustrated land promotion for Beverly Hills CA issued during Hollywood’s Golden Age and to offset the impacts of the Great Depression. Homes gardens amenities famous hotels such as the Beverly Hills and Beverly-Wilshire and tennis sport opportunities for women are all depicted. No copies in Worldcat similar titled brochures issued in 1931 and a 1 folding sheet format in 1936. Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, paperback
1898787021898. Hardcover. Good. Bound collection of six legal briefs involving Los Angeles attorney Holdridge O. Collins 1844-1927 with his holographic table of contents and occasional marginalia. In addition to Illinois Trust and Savings Bank vs. Pacific Railway Company the other cases represented here are: San Francisco & Fresno Land Company vs. J. Banbury Treasurer of Los Angeles County; Henrietta Schart vs. Freda Schart and Louis J. Bock; L.A. Shead vs. C.I. Hinman et al; William K. Sullivan vs. Herbert Swain et al; and Ernst F.C. Klokke vs. Catharine Samouncet Escailler and others. The original wrappers are bound in. Thick octavo. In a period full burgundy pebbled cloth binding by Glass & Long Bookbinders of Los Angeles with gilt-stamped titles. Collins' bookplate appears on the front flyleaf. Though the hinges are cracked the binding is sound. The spine is lightly faded. hardcover
190750920San Francisco: California State Board of Trade 1907. 1907. 69pp. Illustrations. Charts. Appendix. Map. Offers industrial statistics for a series of years in comparables thereby showing the growth or decline of the particular industry. Information valuable to people wanting to possibly relocate to California . a general description of the state in its entirety as well as by particular regions information on its resources attractions climatic advantages and the opportunities it offers in all branches of human industry. Articles relating to the industrial educational economical social and religious life of the state’s people. Fold-out map 25" x 19 12" attached to inside front wrapper and entitled Geographical Topographical and Railroad Map of California 1907." 2 3/4" split to lower gutter along with 1/2" split to top edge and 1 1/2" split to side edge of front wrapper and with tiny chip to bottom corner. Map fine. California State Board of Trade, 1907. unknown
193560627San Diego CA: America’s Exposition 1935. 8vo. 76 pp. With text illustrations photos illustrated ads 1 large folding map. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of two Californio’s dancing Junket Ice Cream ad on rear cover minor shelfwear minor rubbing still VG copy w/ ticket from the “Foot Relief Station†laid-in and former ownership markings; from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this guidebook to the very successful California Pacific International Exposition held in San Diego over two years at the depths of the Great Depression to revive the Southern California economy which featured a number of unusual concessions and exhibits such as the Gold Gulch Lost Continent of Mu the Zoro Garden Nudist Colony and the “One Ton Mechanical Man.†Several of the exhibits used at the recently closed Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago 1933-1934 were re-used for the CPIE. Requa 1881-1941 famed San Diego architect was one of the founders of the very influential Requa & Jackson architectural firm and were the architects of choice in San Diego and Los Angeles during the booming 1920s who developed the “Southern California Architecture†style drawing upon the historical architecture of the Colonial Mexico the Pueblos of the Southwest and the Moorish features from Spain and North Africa was the Master Architect for the California Pacific International Exposition of 1935-36 and preserved the buildings which are still evident in Balboa Park. America’s Exposition, paperback
193561830San Diego CA: Shell Building San Diego Exposition 1935. One oblong atlas folio map. 32 x 22 in. Double-sided colour lithograph pictorial map with inset colour illustrations on verso of History of San Diego fold creases as issued light age toning at fore-edges very minor edgewear w/ original mailing envelope from the “Shell Building†at the CPIE toning to envelope NF/VG- copy mailed to Miss Gladys Buckman 1920-2011 in Long Beach CA from her brother Loren M. Buckman 1913-1995 who at the time was stationed on the USS Northampton CL/CA 26 US Navy Cruiser sunk later in 1942 at the Battle of Tassafaronga repelling Japanese from reinforcing troops on Guadalcanal. First edition of this scarce and beautifully rendered pictorial map celebrating the very successful California Pacific International Exposition held in San Diego over two years at the depths of the Great Depression to revive the Southern California economy which featured a number of unusual concessions and exhibits such as the Gold Gulch Lost Continent of Mu the Zoro Garden Nudist Colony and the “One Ton Mechanical Man.†Several of the exhibits used at the recently closed Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago 1933-1934 were re-used for the CPIE. This map reminiscent of the work of Jo Mora looks Eastward from a high point above the Pacific Ocean depicting San Diego from La Jolla to Oneonta and inland up to Cuyamaca Dam. Many of the buildings developed the architect Requa’s 1881-1941 “Southern California Architecture†style drawing upon the historical architecture of the Colonial Mexico the Pueblos of the Southwest and the Moorish features from Spain and North Africa and preserved the popular buildings which are still evident in Balboa Park. Bloodgood 1896-1989 was an illustrator cartoonist and map maper who produced a substantial body of pictorial maps from 1935-1968 for Shell Oil and the Pic-Tour Guide Series with this one being distributed from the Shell Building exhibit at the CPIE. Worldcat locates 6 copies SFPL U of FL Osher Map Lib. Bancroft UC San Diego Harvard. Shell Building, San Diego Exposition, unknown
185535141San Francisco: Frank Soule and Co 1855. Newspaper. Fair. Newspaper. Approx. 27" x 20". 4 pages. Restored. Tears splits and a few pin sized holes have been repaired with light transparent tissue. Minor loss of print. <br /> <br /> The first article is titled "Arrival of Steamship Golden Age" and it lists the names of the passengers arriving from New York. Contents cover business markets exports world news Steamships advertisements and more. Page 4 is completely filled with advertisements. Frank Soule and Co unknown
193163326Chicago IL: The Atchiston Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. Rand McNally & Co. 1931. 4to. 96 i.e. 48 pp. printed in double columns in California Poppy gold red & black with photo plates throughout some colour-tinted 2 maps 1 4-column centerfold pictorial birdseye map in colour. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers slight dustsoiling shelfwear VG copy. First edition thus of this promotional brochure released by the Santa Fe Railroad to drum up business as the U.S. slid into the depths of the Great Depression. They recruited McGroarty who was best known for his very popular Mission Play productions held at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse Theatre to write the piece. The Atchiston Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Co., Rand McNally & Co.], paperback
191463584New York & London: The Macmillan Company Adam and Charles Black 1914. Tall 8vo. viii 178 pp. Tipped-in colour frontisp. 31 tipped-in colour plates 1 large folding sepia-coloured map at rear. Pictorial cloth publisher’s binding striking Arts & Crafts cover art by Henry Hunt Clark on front cover & spine gilt lettering t.e.g. slight shelfwear very slight age toning still NF bright copy from the library of Julia Ripple Nevin 1839-1920 noted gardening enthusiast and naturalist and Pennsylvania book collector w/ bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of this vividly worded work extolling the beauty of the California landscape hinting at Austin’s pioneering support for environmentalism Native Americans and awareness of the extremes in the Western landscape. Issued the year after Los Angeles had bought up much of the Owens River Valley diverting the water to Southern California turning the previously verdant “Switzerland of America†into a dust bowl the work nonetheless paints a beguiling portrait of the State with Sutton Palmer’s paintings. Austin 1868-1934 is perhaps best remembered for her classic “The Land of Little Rain†whose success allowed her to move to Carmel CA freed her from a loveless marriage to Wallace Austin as well as caring for her physically and mentally disabled daughter Ruth who was consigned to an institution where she remained until her death in 1918 from the Spanish Flu Pandemic. See: Inman A&C Black Colour Books 649; Joy Lanzendorfer Searching for Mary Austin Alta California Book Club 2025. The Macmillan Company, Adam and Charles Black, hardcover
193464046San Francisco CA: The Grabhorn Press 1934. 4to. x 63 1 pp. Title in red & black Frontisp. 1 colour plate 8 plates. Blue-cloth backed blue boards embossed gilt title on front cover printed paper label on spine minor age toning light shelfwear very slight sunning to fore-edges still a VG bright copy w/ original Grabhorn Press promotional slip laid-in. First edition 1 of 550 copies printed of this last title in the Grabhorn Press Second Series of Rare Americana tracing the tumultuous events of 1846 as California went from a sleepy Alta California colony of Mexico to becoming the newest part of the United States. The Grabhorn Press, hardcover
19261945San Francisco: C. B. Hubbard n. d. circa 1926. Very Good. 28 x 21 cm. Single sheet printed on both sides. White paper printed in black with b&w map to verso. Center fold line; light crease to upper corner. Promotional circular for Manteca California named here "The Dairy and Poultry Center of the San Joaquin" encouraging readers to make Manteca "a poultry and egg hatching center which will bring in thousands of settlers to engage in this enterprise which naturally will subdivide improve and develop thousands of acres of land in the Manteca section that has not been brought under full production." Dairy farmers in particular are sought -- not surprisingly given that Hubbard was the organizer of the Golden State Creamery Company -- with Manteca's land touted for its alfalfa crops and the advantages of using milk byproducts as chicken feed shown to range from disease prevention to general health of the chickens in addition to being economical.Scarce. OCLC locates two copies at the California State Library and Yale. C. B. Hubbard unknown
73242A collection of 1950s and ‘60s political buttons supporting causes and candidates ranging from the Vietnam anti-war movement to Ronald Reagan’s campaign for the California governorship. This group consists of 56 unique metal pinback buttons which are housed in a period cardboard box. Most of the buttons are coated paper with metal backing; some are union printed.<br/> <br/> Several of the political pins relate directly to Northern California. For example a button for the Free Speech F.S.M. is associated with the 1964-65 student protest at the University of California Berkeley the first mass act of civil disobedience on an American college campus in the 1960s.<br/> <br/> The orange and black Viva Kennedy button in this collection is representative of clubs formed by Latinx supporters of John F. Kennedy during his 1968 presidential campaign. The Viva Kennedy clubs began in Texas as a forum for Mexican American veterans to rally support for equal rights and eventually spread to swing states with large Latinx populations like Arizona and California. They also promoted increased voter registration and political organization for the Latinx community.<br/> <br/> Another button in this collection advocates “No on Prop 14â€. The Proposition 14 in question is the proposed amendment to the California Constitution which had it passed would have effectively allowed housing discrimination. The initiative was intended to counteract the effects of the Rumford Fair Housing Act which was passed by the California Legislature in 1963 to help end racial discrimination by property owners and landlords who refused to rent or sell their property to people based on ethnicity religion sex marital status physical handicap or familial status. It was drafted by William Byron Rumford the first African American from Northern California to serve in the state legislature.<br/> <br/> Overall the buttons are in very good condition. unknown
196227906Berkeley:: University of California Press 1962. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket with shallow chipping to the rear panel and spine head. This enlarged edition concentrates on the origins of the names currently used for the cities towns settlements mountains and streams of California with engrossing accounts of the history of their usage. The dictionary includes a glossary and a bibliography. University of California Press, unknown
19272322San Francisco 1927. Very Good. 16 x 11-1/4. 16pp of which 3pp are printed text and the remaining 13pp contain tipped-in signed typescript letters on letterhead two photomechanically copied documents and five photographs. Yellow string-bound wrappers printed in black housed inside a custom mustard yellow chemise with leather ties. B&w photographs pasted in. Light soiling and dampstaining to wrappers; spine foot bumped and reinforced with archival japan tape as is the interior of the spine; ink ownership signature to front wrapper. An invitation given to the Democratic National Committee attempting to persuade it to hold the 1928 nominating convention in San Francisco. Included are letters from state and city officials -- a photograph of a signed typed letter from the Governor C. C. Young and a TLs from Mayor James Rolph Jr -- as well as typed letters signed from H. H. McPike Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee; Philip J. Fay President of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; the President of San Francisco's Down Town Association whose name is illegible; John F. Shea President of the California Northern Hotel Association; R. B. Hale President of the California Development Association; and Paul T. Carroll President of the San Francisco Convention & Tourist League. Additional documents and photographs tout the success of the 1920 DNC convention held in San Francisco as well as the city's skyline and Ferry Building.Despite the elaborate efforts made here Houston won the heart of the DNC perhaps in a bid which didn't work to win Texas for the Democrats in the election.OCLC locates one holding at the Bancroft. hardcover
191256250Sacramento CA: Friend William Richardson Superintendent of State Printing 1912. 8vo. 10 130 pp. printed in green & sepia throughout. Sepia-tinted frontisp. 13 sepia-tinted photo illustrations decorated initials green illustrated borders. Gray-embossed softcovers raised dark brown lettering on front cover yapp edges minor creasing & wear minor scuffing minor chipping w/ small loss to foot of spine still VG- copy. First edition of this unusually scarce conservation work detailing the history and steps taken by the Sempervirens Club members and Redwood Park commissioners to preserve the old growth Redwoods of Big Basin in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The Sempervirens Park Club supporters had actively campaigned against great opposition by logging companies and industrialists in their quest to save the Calaveras trees so after Laura White assumed the presidency of the Sempervirens in 1902 she enlisted Phoebe Hearst to bankroll the drive to save Big Basin and helped secure State Park Status with bill passed and signed by Governor Gage. An entire chapter is devoted to the “Rape of the Redwoods†in which the group discovered that the California Forester G.B. Lull had ordered logging and destruction of Redwoods still alive despite recent forest fire and only after protests led by George Wharton James and Grand Jury under Holohan stopped the logging and removed the Park from the State Board of Forestry and returned it to the hands of the non-profit Redwood Park Commission. The photographs in the piece are credited to Andrew Putnam Hill 1853-1922 noted San Jose artist & photographer credited with saving the old growth Redwoods; Robert Appleby 1868-1948 Santa Cruz painter school janitor and photographer whose Santa Cruz studio endured through the Great Depression and World War II; and Clark P. Streator 1866-1952 noted ornithologist photographer and owner of Express Wagon company which transported tourists into the Park. See: Sempervirens Club and A.P. Hill History of San Jose Peralta Adobe-Fallon House Historic Site 2017; Cameron Binkley Saving Redwoods Clubwomen and Conservation 1900-1925 In: California Women and Politics: From the Gold Rush to the Great Depression 2011 pp. 160-161. Friend William Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, paperback
191150887San Francisco CA: Paul Elder & Co. 1911. 4to. v 1 72 4 pp. printed on thick khaki-coloured paper stock. Tipped-in photo frontisp. w/ tissue guard numerous tipped-in plates w/ explanatory text below images. Quarter burlap over light khaki-coloured boards tipped-in plate on front cover of a California Mission gilt lettering front cover minor shelfwear rubbing still VG bright copy. First edition of this beautifully illustrated anthology of literature poetry and history down the length of California describing San Diego La Jolla Los Angeles Santa Barbara Monterey Carmel San Francisco Chinatown the Japanese tea garden The Redwoods and the Yosemite Valley. Authors & artists include John Muir Joaquin Miller Gertrude Atherton Ernest Peixotto Bret Harte George Wharton James W.E.Dassonville Harold Taylor H.C. Tibbitts Oscar Maurer Arnold Genthe Harold Parker and others. Paul Elder & Co., hardcover
193070281N.p.: San Francisco ca. 1930. Apparently a mock-up for a proposed illustrated tour guide of California. No author or title known. Ninety large octavo leaves 9 x 7 inches printed on glossy photographic paper. Each leaf with an actual photograph at the top and descriptive text below. The photographs are professional and the text is well written. Each leaf in a protective sleeve. Beautiful condition.A California guide with blurbs about famous historical sights monuments natural wonders and famous homes in Northern and Southern California. Including Cinder Cone and Butte Lake Rainbow Falls of Madera County downtown San Francisco Pasadena Rose Bowl Angeles Abbey Mausoleum Modjeska's Forest of Arden the first homeland of Leland Stanford statesman and philanthropist A City in a Circle Riverside County the Ramona Pageant in Riverside County the grave of Ramona Huntington Botanical Gardens in Los Angeles a few pages with images of farming melons and lettuce in the Imperial Valley Butano Falls Prayer Book Cross at Golden Gate Park a busy water-front scene on Sacramento River and much more. Captivating images and views of California's great sights accompany a concise and interesting paragraph on that sight. [San Francisco] unknown
192946067Los Angeles: Powell Publishing Co. 1929. Nine vols. 12 452 3 maps 1 large folding; 6 413 1; 6 349 1 3 maps 1 double-page; 10 381 1 2 maps; 10 461 1; 10 458; 10 314; 10 465 1; 10 322 pp. Numerous maps. Over 100 woodcut plates throughout. Simulated blue leatherette gilt lettering on front covers gilt lettering on spine raised bands gilt on spines gilt ruling minor soiling some bumping to corners edgewear scuffing still a VG- set w/ facsimile autographs of California pioneers printed on endpapers. First Gold Edition of the California Series filled with woodcut illustrations specially designed for these volumes by Howard Simon Franz Geritz Virginia de S. Litchfield and Aries Fayer. This set offers an invaluable resource for California history from the early years of exploration the colonization by Spain the pioneers over the Oregon & California Trail the building of the railroads the tremendous impact of the Gold Rush and more. Powell Publishing Co., hardcover
1920220938San Francisco Art Publishing Co. ca. 1910-1920. 1920. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated with 32 halftone plates. No text. 32 pages. Original blue cloth with yellow and green design of California poppies on upper front cover floral endpapers. Fine fresh copy. No signatures or bookplates. Cover title: California View Book. Includes views of Yosemite and Lake Tahoe. F. Hardcover. [San Francisco, Art Publishing Co., ca. 1910-1920]. hardcover
200764154Sacramento CA: Chinese American Council of Sacramento 2007. 4to. xiv 2 160 pp. Colour frontisp. colour plates photos maps diagrams throughout 1 large folding map of Chinese-American communities in Oroville CA laid-in. Colour-illustrated softcovers NF copy from the library of David Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. First edition of this well-illustrated and detailed history of the impact of the decline of the Chinese Manchu Empire and the 1849 California Gold Rush in igniting Chinese-American immigration into the center of California drawn from 40 oral histories. Chinese American Council of Sacramento, paperback
78835Scarce promotional piece for the Island Villa and Villa Park on Santa Catalina Island California which billed itself as the "largest one floor hotel in the world!" Comprised of more than 1250 "bungalettes" or cozy cabins on the European plan the resort was a cornerstone of William Wrigley Jr.'s plan to develop and promote the island for the tourist trade. This illustrated brochure includes per night and per week pricing and descriptions of local attractions like the newly built Casino and the Catalina Country Clubhouse and Golf Course. Also provides information on the Catalina Steamship Service ticket offices motor transit stages and service from the Santa Monica Bay District. Printed on a 13" x 6 1/2" sheet of white stock which folds to 3 1/8 x 6 1/2" 8 panels. Features a two-panel bird's eye map 5 photographic illustrations and 2 drawings. Light toning to the rear panel; otherwise very good. OCLC locates no holdings. unknown
192863340Los Angeles CA: Jake Zeitlin Books 567 Hope Street 1928. 12mo. 48 pp unpaginated. Art Deco grasshopper motif logo on front cover light dustsoiling minor shelfwear still a VG bright copy from the library of Anne Bobrow 1916-1996 longtime cataloguer with Zeitlin & Ver Brugge 1948-1986 and then with B & L Rootenberg Rare Books. First edition of this first fine & rare books catalogue from the famed Los Angeles bookseller who issued this just three months after setting up his bookstore in a space designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in April 1928 at 567 Hope Street. Zeitlin 1902-1987. At the time the ever confident Zeitlin had already published his first poetry attracted the friendship of Carl Sandburg and within a short time at the end of the 1920’s attracted a coterie of local writers painters photographers printers graphic designers and architects drawn in by his Grasshopper sign which adorned the store. The Western Americana section in this sports such items as Paul Allen’s Lewis & Clark 1814 No. 2 for $ 40.00; Brooks & Bryant Among the Gold-finders 1849 No. 8 for $ 10.00; Greenhow’s Memoir 1840 No. 22 for $ 32.50; and a superb copy of Manly’s Death Valley in ‘49 1894 No. 29 for 15.00. Also featured wre Frank Harris’s 2 vol. Oscar Wilde 1916 limited edition inscribed with 4 original letters for $ 85.00 and the splendid Nonesuch Press Divine Comedy 1928 for $ 100.00. Jake Zeitlin, Books, 567 Hope Street, unknown
