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197362725Berkeley CA: Howell-North Books 1973. 4to. 298 pp. Colour frontisp. 480 text illustraations diagrams. Pale yellow-coloured cloth black lettering front cover & spine map endpapers w/ d.j. wraparound cover art by Paul Francis Twine minor rubbing edgewear still NF/VG copy. First edition of this lavishly illustrated history of the 68-mile Hetch Hetchy Railroad which aided in the massive 20 year construction of the Hetch Hetchy dam projects for supplying water to San Francisco with a total cost exceeding $ 100 million. Howell-North Books, hardcover
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
195556561San Francisco & San Carlos CA: William N. Mills Printed by Sequoia Printing Co. Inc. 1955. 4to. 16 leaves i.e. 28 pp. w/ misnumbering including 8 photographic plates 2 ship’s plans. Blue printed softcovers cover art of Ship Balclutha on front cover minor toning shelfwear some uniform interior toning still VG copy w/ former ownership markings on verso of front cover & back cover. from the library of Captain Olaf Hansen 1877-1959 Danish-American sea captain from Seattle WA. First edition of this scarce work on the restoration of the Ship Balclutha a Pacific Lumber ship and the last vessel to the fly the flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii with much of her timber shipments headed to Australia to supply mining timbers in the Broken Hill Mine. Later renamed the Star of Alaska in 1904 then the Pacific Queen when she was moored off Catalina Island and starred in the Mutiny on the Bounty featuring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton and finally purchased by the San Francisco Maritime Museum in 1954 for $ 25000 as an exhibit. The masts yards hull decks rigging and more were all restored until finished in July 1955. William N. Mills, Printed by Sequoia Printing Co., Inc., paperback
196562251Berkeley & Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press 1965. Tall 8vo. xiv 2 262 pp. Colour frntsp. maps illusts. plates. Blue cloth illust. in white gilt lettering on spine w/ textured d.j. price-clipped 1 small tear upper fore-edge back cover still NF/VG copy inscribed by author to William Thompson Reid Jr. 1878-1976 former All-American running back for Harvard and Harvard’s coach in 1901 and 1905-06 with a 30-3-1 record who became a banker and financier in Massachusetts as well as early investor and conservationist in Lake Tahoe. First edition of this informative history of the Great Snowy Range with a fine gift inscription by both author “in appreciation of the good old days in Cambridge†and Reid Jr.’s daughter Christine Lincoln Reid who writes “A Christmas gift for my Papa - who has carried on the traditions of his Papa and teacher William T. Reid -- and held in high trust his inheritance of the Sugar Pines - White Firs and cedars of the old family estate of Tahoe Pines Lake Tahoe.†Univ. of California Press, hardcover
193954321Alameda CA: Arthur H.amilton Cawston 1939. 4to. 241 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Embossed & pebbled burgundy cloth decorative borders front cover gilt lettering front cover & spine minor shelfwear rubbing still VG copy w/ former ownership signature on ffep. First edition of this scarce local history complete with photographs and chapters on Rancho San Antonio Pioneer Days politics in the 1870s the 1906 Fire & Earthquake Alameda during World War I and a section on biographies. Arthur H.[amilton] Cawston, hardcover
1896CA44127Associated Veterans of the Mexican War Oakland 1896. Good some soiling and foxing to contents. 10 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches wrappers some tears stains and soiling to covers signature in pencil on rear cover 56 pages plus 18 leaves of plates. Record of the 50th anniversary commemoration services honoring the raising of the American flag at San Francisco on July 9th 1846 held July 9th 1896 as well as services commemorating the raising of the Bear Flag at Sonoma on June 14th 1846 held June 13th 1896. Associated Veterans of the Mexican War, Oakland unknown
190346058Chicago: Chapman Publishing Co. 1903. Thick 4to. 742 pp. Numerous plates. Full brown morocco over beveled boards gilt lettering on front cover gilt lettering on spine raised bands blue & gilt floral pattern decorated endpapers a.e.g. minor edgewear minor scuffing minor bumping to corners front hinge starting at lower fore-edge still a VG- copy w/ former ownership marking at head of title couple leaves with annotations. First edition of this scarce history of California with an excellent history of the state from its discovery founding growth as part of Spain then Mexico an Independent Republic and finally as a United States Territory. The 100s of biographical records provide details of the notable Californians from the Central California counties. Chapman Publishing Co., hardcover
192762150Hollywood CA: Hollywood Bowl Assoc. 7046 Hollywood Blvd. 1927. 4to. 32 pp unpaginated. decorated title w/ tinted background borders 28 Xavier Cugat illustrated plates throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art of caricature conductor by Cugat yapp fore-edges minor wear dustsoiling slight scuffing still VG copy. First edition of this surprisingly scarce and splendidly illustrated caricature rendering of the stars and performers at the Hollywood Bowl for the 1927 Season. Caricatured among the “Hollywood Bowlsheviks†are Alfred Hertz who inaugurated the first Hollywood Bowl season of music in 1922 Bruno Walter Vladimir Shavitch Cecil B. De Mille Louis B. Mayer Pola Negri Hestelle Heartt Dreyfuss Lloyd Wright Pierre Monteux Douglas Fairbank and Mary Pickford. De Bru 1900-1990 was a child prodigy taken to Cuba where he trained as a classical violinist played with the Orchestra of the Teatro Nacional in Havana and after New York was hired as musician and caricaturist in Hollywood at the Bowl. He also put together a tango band in 1927 which performed at the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador and later took up a long term residency at the Waldorf Astoria in New York for 15 years and one of the noted performers was Desi Arnaz. His famed caricature “Curtain of Stars†measuring 40 x 60 feet hunt at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Cugat’s brother Francis was a noted illustrator best remembered for his cover art of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Worldcat locates 1 copy Cal. Hist. Soc. Lib.; Paul Spitzzeri Striking a Chord: A Program for Summer Concerts at the Hollywood Bowl 19-23 July 1927 Homtesead Museum July 20 2020. Hollywood Bowl Assoc., 7046 Hollywood Blvd., paperback
188532929Pittsburgh: Hostetter & Co 1885. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Stitched illustrated wraps with punch hole and string upper left corner. 36 pages. Both covers contain printed information. Illustrated. Green paper covers with title on the front. Light edge wear to the upper corner. Interior contents clean. Contents also cover Oregon. Hostetter & Co unknown
1907301196Pittsburgh PA the Hostetter Company 1907. 1907. 8vo 5 1/8" x 7 7/8". 8 b/w illustrations from drawings 12 headpiece drawing for each month of the year. Original stiff gray covers stamped in black. Very good some soiling to front cover. 36 pages covers. No signatures or bookplates. Hostetter's Business Calendar for 1907 on the back cover. Advertising for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters on page 1 with reference to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters on each of the 12 months. Also listing the phases of the moon and historical references to the zodiac. The back cover with an advertisement for Kirk Geary & Co. Sacraments California. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pittsburgh, PA, the Hostetter Company, 1907. paperback
192776860Del Monte California: Del Monte Properties Co 1927. Pamphlet. Very good. Tri-fold brochure 9" x 12" folds to 9" x 4". 8 p. folds to 24 p. with a color panoramic map of the Monterey Peninsula by W.H. Bull. Period ink stamp of the Hotel Del Monte on the rear panel with some mild edgewear; else very good or better.<br /> <br /> Jazz Age brochure for the Monterey Peninsula and the Hotel Del Monte a large resort that was once one of the finest luxury hotels in the country. The resort opened in 1880 and operated through 1942. When it closed it was initially used by the U.S. Navy as a school and now serves as the Navy Gateway Inn and Suites Monterey.<br /> <br /> This brochure accompanied by a hotel receipt dated 1927 recalls an era when the hotel and the Monterey Peninsula were promoted as a vacation destination. "The Monterey Peninsula is everyman's playground. Many wealthy families have year-round or vacation-time homes there. Yet many others live there whose riches are more of mind and body and soul than of tangible assets" the brochure states. Del Monte Properties Co unknown
3977Monterey: California:: The Hotel. Illustrated with many halftones a map and floor plans; 48 pp. Oblong 8vo stiff pictorial wrappers; new staples expertly supplied. The hotel was originally built by the Crocker Company and was largely conceived as a venue to serve passengers of the burgeoning California rail system. However it grew it a general resort with gardens parkland polo grounds a race track and a golf course. Which is now the Pebble Beach Club hosting many PGA tournaments. [Monterey: California:: The Hotel,. unknown
190655705Del Monte CA & Detroit MI: Detroit Publishing Co. 1906. One large panoramic photocrom sized 14.25 x 42.5 in. mounted behind original 22 x 50 in. mat with original 27.5 x 55 in. quarter-sawn oak frame w/ original engraved brass plaque sized 1 x 4.5 in affixed to lower fore-edge retaining original glass. A superb example of this large photochrom panorama of the historic Gothic Revival Hotel Del Monte after it had been rebuilt in 1888 following a tragic fire. Charles Crocker and other members of the “Big Four†who had founded the Central Pacific and completed the transcontinental railroad formed the Pacific Improvement Co. in 1880 to develop the lavish Hotel Del Monte leisure resort immediately attracting thousands of annual visitors. The beauties of Monterey Bay groves of pine oak & cedar with well laid out roads were all designed to feed into the splendid hotel. The main building shown here in the image was 385 feet long by 115 feet wide with two deep wings and four stories with a tall tower containing choice suite with extended views of the countryside. The amenities included bars bowling alleys smoking rooms in detached buildings stables carriage houses ponds fountains and beautifully landscaped grounds. Occasionally mistaken for hand-coloured photographs these stunning images were created by a photolithographic process by which black and white negatives are applied to multiple lithographic stones and colours are added one stone at a time often requiring up to 19 different stones for these vividly coloured images. Jackson 1843-1942 was a noted artist and Western photographer who joined the company by selling his entire stock of 1000s of negatives to the Detroit Photographic Co. in 1897 providing the core images enabling the company to produce millions of images from postcards up to the large panoramas. In 1903 after the resignation of Edwin Husher Jackson took over the supervising and publishing of the images as well as supervising a crew of forty artisans and a dozen traveling salesman. See: Alan Michelson Pacific Improvement Company Hotel Del Monte #1 Monterey CA Pacific Coast Architecture Database 2018; Library of Congress Hotel Del Monte Detroit Publishing Co. No. 50228 Copyright Dec. 1906; Cynthia Read Miller & Rosalie Ehrlich Detroit Publishing Company Collection The Henry Ford 2001. Detroit Publishing Co., 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
192859002Los Angeles CA: Los Angles Chamber of Commerce Dec. 1928. 4to. 9 x 12 in. 50 2 pp. With photo illustrations text illustrations illustrated ads throughout. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of Los Angeles Parker Center colour ads for Union Oil on verso of front Hollywood Paper Box Corp. at rear slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition of this installment in the uncommon LA Chamber of Commerce promotional magazine at the height o the Roaring 20’s in Southern California. Los Angles Chamber of Commerce, paperback
185871463San Francisco: Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield 1858. First edition. Octavo 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 248 x 158 mm. 46 2 pp. With intertextual wood-engraved illustrations.Original printed brown wrappers. Front cover absent and rearear cover partially detached and with a couple of tears edges a lit worn. Overall a very good copy.A venerable copy of this important early California serial. The most interesting article "California Animal" has . Also includes 9 woodcut illustrations. Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield unknown
192764141New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers by arrangement with Little Brown & Co. c. 1927 1930. Tall 8vo. xx 392 pp. plus 4 pp. publ. ads. Photo frontisp. 10 plates. Diced brown cloth Franciscan Mission vignette in red on front cover red lettering minor shelfwear w/ d.j. Mission photo front cover minor sunning to spine edgewear still NF/VG copy from the library of David Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. First Grosset edition of this excellent illustrated history and travelogue through the California Missions. Revised & expanded in 1927 this edition does include the significant updates by James over the 1905 original. Scarce in original dustjacket. Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, by arrangement with Little, Brown & Co., hardcover
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
188664090Old Cabin Yosemite Valley San Francisco & Oakland CA: Pacific Press Publishing House Britton & Ray 1886. Thick 8vo. 496 pp. Photo-type collotype photo frontisp. numerous collotype photo plates most images by George Fiske Walker & Taber plates half-tone printed photo plates woodcut engravings maps 1 large folding. Publisher’s full speckled sheep gilt & black morocco spine labels marbled endpapers minor splitting to upper front hinge at head of spine rear hinge at foot of spine minor scuffing edgewear still a good bright copy with map in VG condition. First edition of this informative and early travel guide to the Yosemite Valley by the former Forty-Niner who was a key figure in preserving the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove from 1880-1884 where he kept a visitor’s hotel. Also included are details on the Yosemite Indian’s efforts to stall off gold miners and explorers into the valley military campaigns and subsequent removals. See: Currey & Kruska 175. Pacific Press Publishing House, [Britton & Ray], unknown
195653418Long Beach CA: Chamber of Commerce Department of Industry 1956. Three pieces. 1st - Oblong 4to. 8 pp unpaginated. colour-illustrated throughout 1 map self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers w/ map & Mid-Century Modern plant architectural rendering on front cover; 2nd & 3rd -- 4to. 4; 4 pp unpaginated. printed in colour & black numerous photo illustrations tables charts self-printed softcovers NF set preserved w/ original mailing envelope to Mrs. Jack Carlton Hollywood California. First editions of these scarce promotional brochures for Long Beach CA promoting the cheap utilities the fantastic man-made harbors of Long Beach and Los Angeles at San Pedro and the tremendous well-educated and skilled labor force following the mass migration to southern California during World War II. Worldcat locates 1 copy Harvard. Chamber of Commerce, Department of Industry, paperback
194849104Berkeley CA: Berkeley Chamber of Commerce Board of Supervisors of Alameda County 1948. Two vols. 4to. 18; 48 pp. First work with numerous photo illustrations colour diagrams maps colour-illustrated softocovers w/ birds-eye view of UC Berkeley and Berkeley on front cover; second work with map illustrated softcovers showing Berkeley located on the globe and then the West Coast with radiating trade routes to the rest of the world minor shelfwear rubbing still NF set. First editions of these scarce post-World War II Berkeley California promotional works extolling the industrial prowess and value of UC Berkeley. The photos show the industrial capabilities quality of housing low cost electrical power water and more. The Directory lists most of the major manufacturers and businesses in Berkeley at the time including steel chemical engineering textiles transportation equipment printing tobacco and furniture. Worldcat locates 2 copies of Directory; no copies of promotional brochure. Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, Board of Supervisors of Alameda County, paperback
196163362Anaheim CA: Walt Disney Productions June 1961. 4to. 4 pp unpaginated. printed in double-columns leporello accordion-style format double-page colour centerfold plate including small pictorial map of Disneyland and the Monorail self-printed illustrated softcovers w/ Dumbo on front cover Disneyland map on back cover slight shelfwear slight dustsoiling NF copy. First edition thus of this Disneyland brochure issued in June 1961 the same month that “The Parent Trap†live action movie was released and the same year as Flying Saucers in Tomorrowland was opened along with the expansion of Frontierland and Fantasyland added Snow White’s Wishing Well and Fountain. Artwork for the small pictorial map appears consistent with the artwork of Sam McKim noted Disney artist and designer for Frontierland. No copies in Worldcat 1 copy of similar brochure from 1960 at U of MN. Walt Disney Productions, paperback
1921List3316S.I.: Department of Public Works Division of Land Settlement 1921. Large broadsheet; 19 ½ x 16 ¾; pp. 2; illustrated with photographs drawings and a large map; a few penciled-in manuscript notes possibly originally belonging to a potential settler; some age-toning along fold lines; edges a bit unevenly trimmed; in about very good condition. Very good. An uncommon survivor of a failed California State project the broadsheet outlined all the relevant information to potential settlers of the Delhi State Land Settlement in Merced County California. It was initiated in 1917 with its main goal being to encourage improved land development and farming techniques through a cooperative model. A State Land Settlement Board was appointed led by engineer and educator Elwood Mead 1858—1936 which would be responsible for selecting approximately 230 settlers based on their capital experience and willingness to cooperate. Though well-intended by 1931 the project would fail spectacularly due to a myriad of problems including insufficient plot sizes unsuitable crops high financial burdens lax management social and cooperative disputes etc.<br /> <br /> The broadsheet included details on conditions under which farms were offered to purchasers various allotments with acreage and prices poultry farms farm laborers' lots schools and churches soil water supply taxes and so on. It also featured images of model homes a vineyard a large subdivisional map plan and a drawing of the Delhi Community Hall the latter called â€The Business and Social Center of the Delhi Colonists.†Quite scarce with only two copies recorded at UC Davis and the California State Library; none currently in the trade.<br /> <br /> Smith Roy J. â€PROBLEMS FOUND IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LAND SETTLEMENTS AT DURHAM AND DELHI.†Applied Anthropology 3 no. 2 1944: 16–22. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44135106. Department of Public Works, Division of Land Settlement unknown
191052181San Francisco & Stockton CA: Southern Pacific Tibbitts Photographer ca. 1910. One large silver gelatin photograph sized 16 x 20 in. mounted on black board sized 22 x 26 in. with printed title label mounted below the photograph preserved in original Arts & Crafts darkly stained wooden frame sized 27.5 x 31.5 in. some chipping rubbing scuffing & edgewear to frame still an excellent image with strong contrast. This fantastic large photograph probably hung in one of the Southern Pacific Railway stations as a promotional photo for the company’s attempt to change the “wild west†perception of California and Nevada and instead show the natural beauty and grandeur of the West. The vineyards near Stockton California are from the 19th century until today one of the most productive wine regions in the country and their prize-winning wines contribute to the international reputation of fine quality California Wines. Tibbitts 1863-1937 was a renowned professional San Francisco photographer who worked extensively for the Southern Pacific Railroad starting in 1892 photographing landscapes towns agriculture parks and other local scenes to promote the economic development and tourism trade of the Southern Pacific Railroad. In addition he was later one of the official photographers for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and one of the founding members of the California Camera Club. Such large images as this one by Tibbits are quite scarce. Southern Pacific, Tibbitts Photographer, unknown
193062163New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1930. 8vo. xii 2 394 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Blue-green ribbed publisher’s cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine pictorial map endpapers minor shelfwear very slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. cover art of settlers traveling the Oregon Trail couple very minor tears couple minor chips price-clipped still VG/VG- bright copy from the library of Tom Koenninger 1932-2010 former editor managing editor journalist for The Columbian newspaper and board member on the Vancouver National Historic Trust. First edition 1st printing â€A†on verso of this insightful biography of the Western Pioneer physician linguist Indian Agent and primary influence behind wresting control of California from Mexico for the United States. Marsh 1799-1856 was known to be a hard unforgiving man likely the instigator behind the Sioux massacre of Fox and Sauk warriors during the Black Hawk War; illegal gunrunning to Native Americans near Independence MO and later credited by many as the first to practice modern medicine at exorbitant prices. After becoming the wealthiest California landowner he was murdered in 1856 by three disgruntled vaqueros and the John Marsh House near Brentwood CA still exists. Charles Scribner’s Sons, hardcover
