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193957677San Francisco CA: H.S. Crocker Company Official Publishers G.G.I.E. 1939. Oblong folio. 13.5 x 10.75 in. 24 pp unpaginated. With photo plates throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art colour photos of the Exposition by Henry Wachs yapp edges very slight shelfwear w/ original printed mailing envelope minor toning shelfwear still F/NF copy. First edition of this beautifully printed photographic excursion through the Art Deco marvels of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco. Photographers included Roberts & Roberts Gabriel Moulin and George Grau. Worldcat locates 6 copies Cal. Hist. Soc. Cal State Library CS Fresno SF Public UC Berkeley Art Inst. Chicago. [H.S. Crocker Company, Official Publishers, G.G.I.E., paperback
197678705Orange and Palm Springs California: Ken and Ruth Du Maurier The Palm Springs Map Guide 1976. Tourist map to the desort resort city in Riverside County California. In addition to a large street map of Palm Springs there are smaller maps of the city bus route Cathedral City and the Coachella Valley respectively. Also provides a list with addresses of movie star and celebrity homes a brief history of the region a description of the picturesque canyon areas and descriptive lists of local shops restaurants hotels golf courses activities service stations etc. Features photographic illustrations and numerous advertisements. Printed in green and desert rose on a 30" x 25 1/2" sheet of white paper that folds to 3 3/4" x 8 1/2" 48 panels. A fresh and clean example. Scarce OCLC locates only one holding at the Library of Congress. Ken and Ruth Du Maurier, The Palm Springs Map Guide unknown
19502673N.p. but likely in or near San Mateo Ca 1950. Good. Panoramic photograph 8 x 52.25 inches. Moderate scuffing soiling some small creases a few short closed tears one repaired on verso pinholes at corners and along edges. A wider-than-usual panoramic photograph capturing for posterity many of the commercial enterprises along Main Street in San Mateo California in the mid-20th century. The unnamed photographer seems to have stood directly across from the Tecco Electric Construction Company and shot that side of Main Street from San Mateo Florist and Mohawk Gasoline to the left to well beyond the B.F. Goodrich on the right. Some of the other businesses include Sarganis Brothers Custom Interiors Peninsula Wrought Iron Works H.H. MacDonald Homes offering houses in Glenwood Heights Ferreira Paints and L.K. Ward Home Appliances. A handful of blurry automobiles are pictured driving one way or another on the main thoroughfare. A wonderful snapshot of midcentury San Mateo that would make a striking display piece in any midcentury-styled home. unknown
190877737Pasadena California: Pasadena Board of Trade 1908. Wraps. Very good. Colorful brochure extolling the virtues of living in Pasadena from its tree-lined streets and idyllic climate to the hotels transportation and other attractions like the Cawston Ostrich Farm and the Tournament of Roses Parade. Oblong booklet 7" x 5": 32 p. Bound with staples in the original pictorial wrappers which are a little foxed; otherwise very good. Pasadena Board of Trade unknown
193163327Pasadena CA: Pasadena Chamber of Commerce 50 North Garfield 1931. 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. printed w/ green & orange borders photo-illustrated throughout. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art NF copy. First edition of this nicely printed photo-illustrated land promotion for Pasadena California in the depths of the Great Depression touting the advantages of traveling by auto over the new magnificent bridge the tournament of Roses on New Year’s Day with the Rose Bowl Game beautifully appointed homes the Huntington Library Mt. Wilson Observatory and wonderful hotels and theatre’s. Worldcat locates 2 copies Bancroft Yale. [Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, 50 North Garfield, paperback
19433521Los Angeles 1943. Jumbo post card 13 cm x 17 cm printed in color. Near fine. This card features a nice bird's-eye view of Pasadena with City Hall at one end and the Rose Bowl at the other. <br /> <br /> "Now and Tomorrow: Her war tasks geared to the complete Victory that America and the Allies cannot be denied Pasadena is prepared to give her fighting sons and daughters and all citizens the future for which they have been most willing to sacrifice. As their dreams become hopes and their hopes become plans Pasadena is destined to continue her place as the city where the goodness of life is greatest. unknown
1985List3116Los Angeles California 1985. 131 photos measuring 3 ½ x 5 inches with fourteen pieces of ephemera in a photo album. Near Fine. A photo album documenting West Hollywood’s 1985 Pride parade. Eighty-seven photos are of the parade and forty-four are of the photographer’s trip to Ventura with presumably her girlfriend. Marchers include feminist lawyer Gloria Allred The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles Gay Vietnamese of Southern California actress and HIV/AIDS advocate Judith Light and drag queen mayoral candidate Kitty Cole. There is also one shot of protestors with signs such as “Repent Arrogant Sinners God’s Judgment and Hell are Comingâ€. The Times estimated about 8000 marchers and 50000 to 150000 “well-mannered spectatorsâ€.1<br /> <br /> The album also contains a small collection of ephemera including an admission ticket to the parade flyers for the “Girls Club†dating service and Papi’s Escandalo club a condom from The AIDS Project of Greater Los Angeles and various other events publications and so on.<br /> <br /> 1895 was the twenty-fifth anniversary of Pride in the LA area. The first LA Pride was held on Hollywood Boulevard in 1970 and commemorated the previous year’s Stonewall riot in New York City. The parade moved to West Hollywood now a notable LGBTQ neighborhood in 1979.2<br /> <br /> 1 Daryl Kelley “Thousands Turn Out for Festive Gay Pride Parade†Los Angeles Times Metro June 24 1985 1–2.<br /> 2 Shelby Grad “From gay bashing to AIDS to same-sex marriage L.A. pride parade reflects hopes dreams and despairs†Los Angeles Times June 9 2019 https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pride-parade-los-angeles-history-20190608-story.html. unknown
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
1880389800San Francisco: Bradley & Rulofson Photographers 1880. Albumen photograph 4-1/2" x 5-3/4" reproducing an early California print mounted on stiff 8" x 10" board. Image surrounded by gilt border. "Bradley & Rulofson Photographers S.F." printed beneath image within the border. Below the border is printed "San Francisco 1849. Drawn on the Spot by Henry Firks for W.H. Jones Esq. of San Francisco" followed by a legend identifying 51 items found in the picture. Light edgewear of backing minor dustsoiling. Very Good.<br /> <br /> Bancroft Library dates this photograph about 1880. A description of the original color lithograph found at the Bancroft website reads: "City and harbor looking from Rincon Point towards Telegraph Hill. Clustered buildings at left with US flag in center Portsmouth Square. Signs on buildings in foreground read 'Sherman & Ruckel' 'P.M.S.S. Co.' and 'S.H. Williams & Co.' Ships in bay one on fire names identified in legend; Yerba Buena Island at right; several tents among buildings and small military camp in right foreground." <br /> Thomas S. Sinclair is credited as the artist. Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material Bancroft Library UC Berkeley. <br /> OCLC 34275781 1-Bancroft Library as of February 2023. Bradley & Rulofson, Photographers unknown
192063408Los Angeles CA: Palmer Photoplay Corporation 1920. 4to. 165 1 pp. Half-burgundy simulated calf over black cloth post-binder gilt lettering & lozenge stamped on front cover punch sewn at gutter margin w/ black braid as issued minor shelfwear rubbing slight scuffing still a VG copy w/ pencil manuscript at rear endpapers with extended quote from famed Hollywood screenplay writer Charles Gardner Sullivan 1884-1965. Revised and expanded edition of one of the most successful correspondence cars promising to prepare women and men for jobs in the ever-expanding and flourishing new movie industry Hollywood “Film Capital of the World.†This revised edition is significantly expanded by over 40 pages from the others issued before World War I and intended to offer the aspiring screenwriter not only a path to self-expression but a way to experience and appreciate this new art form. Palmer 1881-1961 himself had written silent film scripts for several movies released from 1911-1913 but proved to be far more successful in establishing his screenplay writer’s school whose advisory council included Cecil B. DeMille Lois Weber Thomas Ince and guest lectures by Sullivan himself. See: Anne Morey: ‘Have You the Power’ The Palmer Photoplay Corporation and the Film Viewer/Author in the 1920s Film History Vol. 9 No. 3 1997 pp. 300-319. Palmer Photoplay Corporation, hardcover
188763320San Francisco & New York: The J.ames Dewing Company Publishers J. Dewing Publshing Co. changeover in 1888 1887-1888 i.e. 1890. Ten vols. Folio. 8 48; 2 49-96; 2 97-144; 2 145-192; 2 193-240; 2 241-288; 2 289-336; 2 337-384; 2 385-432; 2 433-478 8 pp. with titles Div. 1 & end of Div. 10 in red & black. With 120 sepia- and aqua-tinted photogravures and etchings along with illustrated printed tissue guards and 100’s of woodcut engravings etchings and tinted text engravings. Pictorial gray-blue publisher’s cloth cover art illustration of the Sierras and inset California Mission scene Div. 7 w/ ffep. as the original wrappers front & back covers couple minor closed tears to fore-edges minor gouge & chip to fore-edge of front cover Div. 4 occasional closed tears to a few leaves fore-edges occasional minor age toning some soiling & faint tide marks to a couple of the volumes dustsoiling & minor wear to a couple spines still a VG bright set. First edition thus of this version of John Muir’s Picturesque California which was originally issued in 30 monthly parts featuring hundreds of etchings photogravures and wood etchings of California and Western scenery drawing inspiration from Bryant’s Picturesque America. Featuring such authors alongside Muir as Joquin Miller Kate Field George Hamlin Titch Ernest Ingersoll Albert Gray C.C. Goodwin and others this wonderfully illustrated set fulfills “the mission of this work is to make the best possible representation of the marvelous scenery and sublime natural wonders of†California and West. Of additional interest is that this version includes Muir’s article on “Alaska†which appeared in all the 1888 editions but was omitted later in the 1894 printings. The array of artists and their photogravure’s opens with Thomas Moran’s “The Half Dome†and others of his as well as etchings and gravures from art by Keith Julian Rix Frederick Remington Arthir I. Keller John Durkin Frank Tabor Charles Dorman Robinson and more. See: Kimes John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes 187. The J.[ames] Dewing Company, Publishers, J. Dewing Publshing Co. (changeover in 1888), hardcover
1870List3119California: Higgins & Hunt 1870. Carte de visite measuring 2 ½ x 4 inches. Fine. A portrait of a well-dressed young woman taken by Higgins & Hunt a Californian photography studio active at least in the 1870s. No date or location information is given but newspapers from the time indicate that Higgins & Hunt were based in San Francisco and worked briefly in Fresno in 1877. Higgins & Hunt unknown
193578709Santa Ana California: Post Brothers Tractor Rental Service 1935. This scarce trade catalogue illustrates and provides the specifications for three heavy duty plows. Includes photographic images of the plows in use on agricultural land in Orange County California. The Post Brothers built what is thought to be the world's largest plow measuring 37 feet long 12 feet high and 11 feed wide with a blade of 86 inches. Built in 1937 it is now on display at the Westminster Historical Society. Quarto: 8 pp. including the wrappers 8 1/4" x 10 5/8". Light edgewear; else very good or better. OCLC locates no holdings. Accompanied by an original 8" x 10" photograph showing a Post Brothers plow in use in Westminster California. Post Brothers Tractor Rental Service unknown
18555250London: May 19 1855. About very good. 2pp. on a bifolium. Previously folded. Light wear along top edge; short closed tear at right margin. Scattered faint foxing. With original mailing envelope. This two-page printed circular dated May 19th 1855 from the Anglo-California Gold Mining Company in London offers to convert "unissued shares" of company stock into "preference shares." The first page of the circular reads in part:<br /> <br /> "You will observe from the enclosed report not present of the adjourned General Meeting that circumstances have arisen in California rendering it imperative that the Director should immediately have at his command a further sum of £6600. You will also observe that the Board have power to convert the unissued shares into preference shares at par to be offered in the first instance to the present holders of shares. The advantage offered to persons taking those Shares is that they are guaranteed a dividend of 25 per cent per annum before any dividend is paid on the other Shares."<br /> <br /> The second leaf of the bifolium prints a blank form for recipients to purchase said preferred shares. During the first years of the California gold rush approximately 120 companies formed in Great Britain to offer mining shares in the booming goldfields to the public. Many saw these companies as an opportunity to invest in the boom without facing the expense or the danger of traveling to California. Most however ended in failure and investors collectively lost almost £2 million at the time.<br /> <br /> The Anglo-California Gold Mining Company formed by Luke Williams in March 1849 was one of the first and largest of these British ventures and it sold thousands of ten shilling shares to the public. Williams sent a former Royal Navy Captain Henry Vere Huntley to the Calaveras River in early 1850 to start the operation. When he failed Williams arranged a deal with Fremont's Quartz Rock Mariposa Gold Company to crush and refine their ore and the ore of smaller ventures. To that end the company sent two steam-powered crushing mills to California and when those proved useless to the task the company failed. May 19 unknown
185433622San Francisco: Placer Times and Transcript Office 1854. 8pp bound in attractive modern quarter calf and marbled boards gilt spine lettering. Very Good. <br /> <br /> A significant chapter in the epic Gwin-Broderick struggle which split the California Democratic Party on the Kansas-Nebraska issue and ended only with Broderick's death in a duel with Chief Justice David Terry of the California Supreme Court. At the time of this public meeting Broderick was President of the California Senate. He sought to engineer his own election to the U.S. Senate to replace Senator Gwin whose term would expire on March 4 1855. These California Democrats resist the attempt to steamroll Broderick's election arguing that only "the Legislature next preceding a new senatorial term has the right to elect." <br /> Discussing this item Eberstadt says "The 'public meeting' was held in the Senate Chamber at Benicia and the proceedings give a clear insight into local politics just prior to vigilante days." <br /> Cowan 502. Greenwood 491 1- CU-B. 136 Eberstadt 157. Placer Times and Transcript Office unknown
1920List1317Southern California 1920. Limp leatherette album oblong 4to measuring 10 x 7 inches with seventy photographs most measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches. Wear to binding photographs with excellent contrast very good to near fine overall. Near Fine. An energetic album of photographs belonging to one Eddie Jones a fun-loving banjo player from Santa Ana mostly composed of photographs of musicians performing at small parties and functions during the prohibition era. Jones was apparently quite active on the local scene and the album is mostly made up of candid photographs of musicians all captioned some humorously. Many of the photographs show small bands playing guitars many of them playing with slides likely due to the popularity of Hawaiian music at the time. Also included are many photographs of parades in and around Los Angeles as well as photographs of the 1925 Santa Barbara Earthquake showing damaged buildings. Two photographs feature a glass of rye others show agricultural scenes. Newspaper clippings in the back center on the Santa Ana and it’s possible that Jones - who was the common name mentioned in these clippings - was also a farmer from the Santa Ana area when he wasn’t playing music. One photograph shows San Diego a couple show a bullfight in Tijuana. Overall an evocative and well preserved piece of California Prohibition-era history. unknown
191179971San Francisco: Pacific Gas and Electric 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Oblong octavo: 268 2 pp. with numerous photographic illustrations and a folding color map. In the publisher's maroon leather binding with gilt-stamped titling and blind-stamped borders. All edges gilt with marbled endpapers. Some mild wear to the corners and tips; else near fine.<br /> <br /> From the library of William Henry Crocker with "W. H. Crocker" stamped in gilt on the front panel. William Henry Crocker 1861-1937 was part of the influential Crocker family one of the "Big Four" families associated with the Central Pacific Railroad. He was President of the Crocker National Bank one of California's leading financial institutions in the early 20th century and played an important role in rebuilding San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. Crocker also made various philanthropic contributions to the city's cultural and educational institutions.<br /> <br /> This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the infrastructure and service areas of major California utility companies including Pacific Gas and Electric Company PG&E California Gas and Electric Corporation CG&E and San Francisco Gas and Electric Company SFG&E. Pacific Gas and Electric hardcover
191478142Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1914. Highly detailed color map of the Golden State with insets of San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego. The booklet includes advertisements for 28 hotels in California and the West many of them operated by Fred Harvey.<br />  <br /> 86 p. with the folding map 33†x 39†and advertisements for hotels in California and elsewhere. Original printed brown paper wrappers bound with three staples. The map is detached and laid in loose with small splits and a few short tears along the folds. Mild edgewear to the wrappers; else very good. Rand McNally & Company unknown
193963907San Francisco CA: George Fields 1939. Tall 8vo. 311 1 pp. Photo frontisp. 21 photo illustrations. Sailcloth publisher’s binding by Cardoza as issued cover illustrations by L.B. Haste slightly shaken w/ d.j. cover art of sidewheeler ferry on San Francisco Bay by Haste minor creasing couple minor closed tears slight rubbing still NF/VG bright copy inscribed by compiler and editor Marion Whitfield Leale September 1939. First edition 1 of 1000 copies and inscribed by the editor & compiler John Leale’s daughter Marion of this remarkable autobiography from the original manuscript of this pioneering steamboat and ferryboat captain venturing up the Sacramento River among the tule rushes and crisscrossing San Francisco Bay on ferryboats. Urged on by famed Alexander Robertson San Francisco bookseller John under the encouragement of his daughters had written his autobiography later substantially added and annotated with interpolations by his daughter. George Fields, hardcover
192958207San Francisco CA: Southern Pacific Lines March 2 1929. 4to. 8 x 9 in. 8 pp unpaginated. which folds out leporello accordion style into oblong folio 31.5 x 9 in. printed in red blue & black. With photo illustrations 2 maps self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art by Maurice Logan 1886-1977 noted California expressionist & watercolour painter minor shelfwear slight dustsoiling still VG copy. First edition thus of this nicely illustrated and uncommon rail & automobile guide to the Southern Pacific Redwood Empire Tour with stops in Grants Pass Eureka & San Francisco with sidetrip to the Shasta area and through the majestic Redwoods long the Northern California coast. No copies in Worldcat 3 copies of 1930 edition Marin Bancroft SMU. Southern Pacific Lines, paperback
19285609Los Angeles 1928. Good plus. 423 leaves plus forty-six photographs. Folio. Contemporary black leatherette cover gilt. Spine ends chipped and worn leather coming away from boards extremities worn. Small pen notation to title page contemporary ink stamps in text. Light wear. Report compiled by District Attorney Asa Keyes following the tragic and catastrophic failure of the St. Francis Dam. The St. Francis Dam was a concrete gravity dam located in the San Francisquito Canyon in northern Los Angeles County built between 1924 and 1926. Just before midnight on March 17 1928 the dam failed killing at least 431 people in the subsequent flood. It is considered one of the worst American civil engineering disasters of the 20th century and the third-greatest loss of life in California history. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster officials at all levels began enquiries into the causes. This typescript report produced within a month of the collapse and flood was ordered by Keyes as part of his investigations. The text is accompanied by six charts and thirty-six photographic views with captions. Though there were many theories about the cause of the collapse experts concluded that the failure was due to defective foundation materials "which while reasonably hard when dry became soft and yielding when saturated with water." The dam's failure ended the career of William Mulholland the general manager and chief engineer of the Bureau of Water Works and Supply which is now the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. When asked by Keyes if he would build the dam on the same spot again Mulholland replied "No I must be frank and say that now I would not." Formerly the property of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce this piece was acquired by author Tom Zimmerman along with other source material for his book on the city Paradise Promoted: The Booster Campaign That Created Los Angeles 1870-1930 2008. No copies noted in OCLC. unknown
18862850San Francisco: Bacon & Company 1886. Good plus. 64pp. plus two folding plates. Original printed wrappers. Spine and wrapper corners chipped; relatively sympathetic tape repairs to spine. Contemporary ownership inscription on front wrapper. Plates separating at folds. Even tanning scattered foxing. Scarce 1886 promotional pamphlet for San Joaquin County and its county seat of Stockton "Addressed particularly to the stranger who wishes to know in what portion of California he may find combined those advantages in climate location and soil that would determine the fixing of his new home." The pamphlets contains two maps one double-page color map of the county by soil type chromolithographed by Britton and Rey the other a folding map of rail routes and connections of the Sierra Nevada & San Joaquin Railroad. The verso of this plate depicts the county exhibit at the 1886 California State Fair. The text itself is quite extensive with a focus soil and agriculture; numerous local advertisements throughout. OCLC locates seven copies; only one in auction records for the last fifty years. Bacon & Company unknown
193678630Covina California: Covina Orange Growers Association 1936. Wraps. Near fine. The Covina Orange Growers Association was established in 1899 and was again incorporated in January 1936. The Association's business records are at The Huntington Library. Booklet 4" x 7 3/4": 36 pp. with the two perforated membership agreements at the rear. Original printed green paper wrappers bound with two staples. Some light toning along the extremities; else near fine. Covina Orange Growers Association unknown
194854968Sacramento CA: Joslyn 1948. 4to. 55 leaves. typescript on onion skin typing paper w/ pencil annotation on title leaf. Limp brown softcovers hand-written manuscript title on front cover in black & red ink pencil manuscript annotations and notes on verso of front cover slight shelfwear still VG copy. Original typescript manuscript of this concise and detailed history by a former Southern Pacific Sacramento General shop engineer who retired in 1948 and is perhaps best remembered as developing and designing the 6-chime whistle that became the Southern Pacific standard and photographer for the SP. This manuscript details not only early Sacramento and California history but also accounts of the Sacramento Auburn & Nevada RR Sacramento Valley RR and the early development of railroads into Sacramento in the 1850s. Following this are extended chapters on the Central Pacific RR the building of the Folsom CA for the Sacramento Valley RR and the completion of the General Shops and Roundhouses in 1868 as well as descriptions of the Car Shop Planing Mill Machine Shop Boiler Shop Drawing Room along with the later introduction of power generating plants and electric railways. No copies located in Worldcat 3 copies on OAC at Railroad Museum; See: The David L. Joslyn Collection Pacific Coast Chapter Archive Railway & Locomotive Historical Society 2006; Avella Sacramento and the Catholic Church: Shaping a Capital City pp. 43-49 288. Joslyn, paperback
