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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
190159528San Francisco CA: Printed by the Stanley-Taylor Co. 1901. Oblong 4to. 11 x 7.25 in. 103 leaves unnumbered. including 95 leaves of photo illustrations. Publisher’s half-morocco over burgundy-coloured cloth beveled boards gilt lettering stamped on front cover decorated Italianate endpapers minor wear rubbing rubbing to corners slight bumping to corners still VG copy presented to A. Greeninger Director General of the Rose Carnival Committee. First edition of this uncommon souvenir album documenting the 1901 visit of President McKinley to the Carnival of Roses sponsored by the Santa Clara County Rose Society. This festival was only the second after the original in 1896 and was intended to compete with the Pasadena Rose Pageant at the time. President McKinley visited California only months before his assassination at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York. He was the first U.S. President to visit the state after acquisition following the Mexican-American War and brief independence. The photos show McKinley his cabinet the Ladies Auxiliary organizers floats and scenes of California as the 20th Century opened. The introduction highlights the specially bound souvenir which was presented to President McKinley. Worldcat locates 5 copies Bancroft Santa Clara City & County Lib. San Jose Pub. San Jose State. Printed by the Stanley-Taylor Co., hardcover
190151644San Francisco CA: Sunset Press 1901. 8vo. 160 4 pp. Photo frontisp. over 100 photo illustrations text illustrations illustrated ads. Limp tan cloth softcovers backed in stiff paper printed red lettering & design on front cover brown cloth spine minor edgewear scuffing slight chipping to couple corners still VG- copy. First edition of this well-illustrated hand book and program for the Epworth League a Methodist young adult association which details the sights and adventures in pre-1906 San Francisco prior to the Great Earthquake and Fire. The photos illustrate many of the buildings and businesses lost in the disaster and provides a fantastic insight into the wonders of late Victorian California. Sunset Press, paperback
78725The stockholder ledger and minutes of the board of directors from 1877 to 1938 for the Deadwood Gold Mining Company located in Nevada City California. The materials record the life of the operation from its formation to its dissolution showing the mine never seemed to turn a profit despite its early history as a gold producer.<br /> <br /> Deadwood was an important town from 1851 to 1861 and a stop on the California-Oregon stage line until 1886. According to the 1922 Mines Register the Deadwood mine consisted of 95 patented acres located two miles east of Nevada City. Ore occurred in a vein up to 18" wide carrying pyrite galena sphalerite and arsenopyrite. From the ledger it appears multiple efforts were made to sell the mining operation beginning as early as 1900. The property was sold in 1933 and the board effectively forfeited its charter; however the company was not officially dissolved until 1938. Deadwood is now a ghost town along the famous Western States Trail.<br /> <br /> The first page of the ledger contains the March 5 1877 handwritten notes for the first board of directors meeting when R.B. Symington was appointed president of the company additional officers were selected and authorization was given to issue stock. The December 1878 board minutes record the approval to purchase a mill for $4000 in order to crush ore pulled from the mine and a February 1879 report from the mine president William H. Smith paints a positive picture of operations: "We are now engaged in arranging a water tower to be used instead of steam. The prospects of the mine are better now than ever and it is confidently expected that before long we shall be able to declare dividends."<br /> <br /> The ledger is comprised of 289 pages of which 178 are used for manuscript notes as well as pasted down typed board minutes and other documents related to company business. A holographic list of stockholders and assessments for the year 1910 is pasted down on the front flyleaf opposite a similar 1916 document. Approximately 42 loose business documents are laid in.<br /> <br /> The brown cloth folio ledger measures approximately 14" x 8 1/2" with "Record D.G.M. Co." stamped in gilt on the spine. The leather is scuffed with minor splitting to the top of the front joint and some loss at the corners and tips. The binding is still quite sound. unknown
19101275Los Angeles 1910. Good plus. Plat map approximately 14 x inches. Folded a couple of short separations and minor losses along or near folds. A few nicks at edges. Light even tanning. Printed on thin paper. Ephemeral real estate map and advertisement for the Riverside Orange Heights Tract located north of Corona in Southern California and owned by the Citrus Belt Land Company. "The land west of the future Norco Hills consisting of 5500 of the former Little La Sierra Rancho was purchased by a company of Los Angeles men led by James W. Long and by April 1909 that same property was on the market in the form of five- ten- and twenty-acre parcels under the 'Riverside Orange Heights.' In 1910 the Riverside Orange Heights Company was again 'sold' to the Citrus Best Land Company with Long and many of the same stakeholders simply moving from the old corporation to the new. The Citrus Belt Land Company undertook an aggressive sales campaign to sell residential ranch parcels strictly as a suburb of Corona with no effort to build schools commercial businesses or manufacturing centers. Newspaper ads appearing in the local papers the Los Angeles Times and as far away as San Diego touted the plentiful and inexpensive water excellent soil and citrus growing opportunities. It was claimed that the land was impervious to flooding and frost and provided a natural shield from the Santa Ana winds -- statements that many future residents would find to be devastatingly untrue" - Bash. The platted area depicted in this map represents today the southern portion of Norco bisected by Interstate 15. A good cartographic and promotional document of real estate development in the country surrounding Los Angeles during the early 20th century. We locate only one copy at UC San Diego.<br /> Kevin Bash "A Brief History of Norco" Charleston: History Press 2013. unknown
19304373Various locations in California mostly Sausalito and other locations in Marin and Sonoma Counties 1930. Very good. Nine photograph albums in a variety of bindings containing approximately 810 photographs the great majority paper prints but with a fair share of tintypes and CDVs in the earliest two albums plus 102 loose negatives three negative rolls and a metal container housing 135 later color slides. A phenomenal collection of photographs from noted but still somewhat obscure California artist teacher and amateur shutterfly Isabel Margaret Porter Collins. The collection numbers over 800 images ranging from early family images featuring dozens of Collins' antecedents from the 1870s to 1890s personal albums featuring Collins with her family and friends in various locations in California over the course of about thirty years and an album and some further images produced by Collins' son Henry Benjamin Collins whom she called Ben. The collection was most likely retained by Ben. Isabel Margaret Porter Collins 1875-1954 was an artist and teacher who produced both amateur and fine art photography. She was born in Petaluma to a prominent Marin County family descending from the Collins-Dowd-Harris-Howard-Porter line. Collins was a talented visual artist and studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art from 1898-1900. She then worked as a pen-and-ink artist for Shreve & Company producing greeting cards and place cards. She was subsequently employed by Dirk Van Erp from whom she learned coppersmithing producing lamps shades pen trays and other hammered copper objects. In 1906 she married Henry Collins and moved to Sausalito where she taught in Bay Area public schools until her retirement in 1945. She participated in major exhibitions for the San Francisco Art Association 1896 and 1901 and earned a gold medal at the California State Fair in 1900. In her later years Collins lived with her daughter in Seattle. After she died Collins was buried in the family plot in Ukiah California.<br /> <br /> The photograph albums are not organized in strict chronological order as the images overlap slightly in time within a few of the albums. Still the albums are detailed as follows in roughly chronological order: <br /> <br /> 1 Annotated Family Photograph Album. 1870s-1890s. 16 leaves illustrated with forty-four photographs mostly cabinet cards measuring around 6 x 4 inches inset one per page into picture windows with the last six pages comprised of tintypes presented six per page in smaller picture windows. Contemporary padded cloth covers central metal device on front cover manuscript titles to spine reading "Harris Howard Porter Collins." Front cover detached cloth worn and somewhat soiled fore-edge clasp lacking. Occasional wear to photos. The album opens with a nice image of Collins' mother Eliza Harris Porter captioned with her name as well as her birth and death dates. Similarly captioned photographs populate the album throughout featuring Collins' family members and friends such as Alpheus Josephus Harris Julia Harris Polk Porter and so forth providing a solid avenue down which to pursue Collins' ancestry. Many of the images emanate from Honolulu Hawaii where Collins' family lived and worked for some time.<br /> <br /> 2 Annotated Family Photograph Album. 1880s-1890s. 13 leaves illustrated with twenty-five photographs mostly cabinet cards measuring around 6 x 4 inches inset one per page into picture windows. Contemporary red padded cloth with central metal device and corner pieces on front cover four small metal feet on rear cover two music boxes stored within the rear cover which no longer appear to be working and metal clasp on fore-edge. Contents generally nice with occasional dust-soiling. Like the first album this collection of photographs is comprised of cabinet card images of Collins' antecedents beginning with Josephine Porter and also including another image of Collins' mother "Polk with Josie Porter 8-12-82 Healdsburg" "Joe Porter Weller Nevada" "Mr. Crow Nevada Cattleman" Pamela Everett Howard Harris and others. Most notably this album includes an image of a young Collins herself with the manuscript caption reading "Isabelle Porter Collins." In addition to the inset photographs in the album there are several items laid in including later letters to Collins' descendants and a few additional photographs. Another good opportunity to pursue Collins' family lineage.<br /> <br /> 3 Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album of Family and Scenes in Marin County. 1905-1912. 16 leaves illustrated with 104 photographs. Oblong folio. Contemporary gray wrappers. Moderate edge wear and minor soiling to wrappers. Minor dust-soiling to contents but mostly clean and in nice shape. This is the first album in the collection that we can assume is comprised mostly of photographs by Isabel Collins herself. The album features over a hundred shots of Collins and her family mostly centered on her son Ben her mother Eliza and various aunts uncles and family friends. The family is pictured at home in Sausalito as well as traveling around to nearby places in Marin and Sonoma counties such as Fort Ross Sonoma Mission Slide Ranch Muir Woods Carmel and Mill Valley. Apparently Collins's son Ben has occasionally provided his own later captions in some of the albums evidenced here by his inclusion of the word "Grandma" over an image of Eliza Harris Porter. In addition to displaying Collins' talent for photography this album and most of those that follow provide a wide view of the scenery and landscape of the area of California just north of the San Francisco Bay Area where Collins spent most of her married and family life.<br /> <br /> 4 Marin - Monterey & Mendocino Cos. Arizona Isabel P. Collins cover title. 1906-1913. 68 leaves illustrated with 133 photographs. Small square quarto. Contemporary Japanese-style blank book string tied printed title label on front wrapper. Some wear and abrasions to wrappers last few blank pages heavily chipped. Moderate foxing and light occasional staining. A custom photograph album created by Collins featuring scenes in and around the three title counties Marin Monterey and Mendocino as well as a short section near the end capturing a family visit to Arizona. The photos begin in Sausalito at the Collins home and also include pictures of Boyes Hot Springs San Miguel Mission the Presidio Chapel in Monterey Santa Barbara and Sherwood Creek among others. This album also contains numerous images of the Sherwood School in Sherwood California in 1912 where Collins taught school. These images include a class picture of Collins and her class standing outside their one-room schoolhouse other pictures of the school and its students local Sherwood residents a sheep farm in the area and some mining scenes around Sherwood. The small number of photos from Arizona include a shot of Collins labeled "circa 1900 1st teaching job." Due to the language on the printed title card we assume all or most of the images were shot by Collins herself.<br /> <br /> 5 Vernacular Photograph Album of Scenes in Marin and San Mateo Counties. ca. 1910. 48 leaves illustrated with 111 photographs. Oblong quarto. Contemporary limp black cloth "Photographs" in gilt on front cover. Minor edge wear. Contents largely sound and clean. Lightly annotated with a few location captions but largely un-annotated. A collection of photographs featuring Collins' children and family members engaged on a farm and in other outdoor activities in Sherwood and Pescadero attending the "S.D. Fair" and engaged in other recreational activities in and around Sausalito. Two loose images in this album display Collins' photo credit stamp on the verso reading "Isabel Porter Collins Photograph."<br /> <br /> 6 Snap-Shots manuscript cover title. 1911-1930s. 12 leaves illustrated with 116 photographs. Oblong folio. Contemporary tan paper-covered boards manuscript title label on front board single string tie. Minor wear some offsetting to rear cover. One leaf detached but mostly clean and nice internally. A heavily annotated vernacular photograph album that appears to have been compiled by both Isabel and her son Ben and likely mostly the latter. The majority of the images though were likely taken by Isabel though some images are credited to Ben's friends Lafka and Harpo. The photos capture a wide variety of scenes of the Collins family in Sausalito hunting camping and more as well as scenes of Ben's social life and travel to Seattle Salt Lake City and Salinas. Interestingly this album includes a portrait photograph of Collins captioned "Mother 1898 Art School."<br /> <br /> 7 Photos by Isabel Porter Collins - Vallejo manuscript cover title. 1920s-1930s. 38 leaves illustrated with seventy-six photographs and a handful of ephemeral items. Small oblong quarto. Contemporary Japanese-style blank book string tied manuscript title on front cover. Minor wear and soiling to covers. The preponderance of this album concerns Collins' time as a teacher at Lincoln School in Vallejo in the 1920s with numerous images of the students fellow teachers and outdoor scenes around the school. One of the more interesting series of images pictures the Kikuchi children with a later note in Collins' hand reading "Japanese Father Died Consentration sic Camp WWII. Was Vallejo Barber/Wife." There are also several photos of the Collins children and other family members visiting San Francisco. This album was most likely compiled by Collins herself as it includes a few hand-illustrated gift cards from her daughter Clairice Thorsen nee Collins and programs from events attended by Isabel and her two kids with manuscript captions by Collins.<br /> <br /> 8 Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Recording Isabel Collins' Travels. 1935-1936. 77 loose leaf sheets illustrated with 178 photographs and about thirty postcards. Quarto. Contemporary hardcover three-ring binder covered in decorative floral paper possibly by Collins herself. Minor wear. A few leaves detached from the three-ring binder minor wear to contents but mostly clean and in nice shape. A handmade and very personal account of Collins' travels to Santa Barbara Montecito Santa Ynez Tejon Pass and more in 1935 and 1936 profusely annotated with manuscript captions of the people and places she visited. Collins sees Santa Barbara College the 1935 Santa Barbara Festival the 1936 Old Spanish Days Fiesta Parade in Santa Barbara Huntington Gardens the Santa Ynez Mission and more during her travels. A couple of images feature noted California artist Helen Seegert one captioned "Helen Seegert as a Mexican Flower Girl." The last five pages include a detailed handwritten account and a map detailing the portion of Collins' travels in November 1936. A great many of the vernacular images in this travel album were likely taken by Collins herself except for the images she distinctly captions with the photo credit of another "Photo by Leila Robins" or "Anderson's Photo '35".<br /> <br /> 9 Vamos a Guaymas Mamie y Ben 1-57 manuscript cover title. 1957 1962. 5 leaves illustrated with twenty-three photographs. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black cloth manuscript title on front cover spiral bound. Spine worn moderate edge wear. A short collection of photographs recording Ben Collins and his wife Mamie on a trip to Guaymas Mexico in 1957 and with four photos of a later vacation to southern California in 1962. In addition to this later album the present collection includes three negative rolls and a metal container housing 135 color slides dating from the 1950s and '60s which most likely belong to Ben as well. The assortment of 102 loose negatives arranged by place in a couple of envelopes Sausalito and "Nature Trails Sequoia 1930s" are most likely Isabel Collins' work.<br /> <br /> Collins' photographs are positively rare institutionally. The most substantial collection of Collins' work is held by the California Historical Society numbering 222 photographic prints mostly from her time at the Hopkins Institute. The California State Library holds seven photographs. These two collections are the only institutional records we could find of Collins' work. As such the present collection most certainly represents the largest collection of Collins' work found anywhere and apparently the only deep collection of family photographs as well.<br /> <br /> Edan Milton Hughes Artists in California 1786-1940 Volume I p.233. unknown
1894008457San Francisco: H. S. Crocker 1894 Book. Fine. Hardcover. MIDWINTER FAIR. Oblong quarto. 10x13 inches. Three parts bound together. Illustrated with 8 full-page lithographed color plates by Dickman-Jones Co. of San Francisco plus the full set of 24 full-page lithographed color plates by H. S. Crocker Co. plus over 213 full-page black & white photographs with extensive descriptive text including 13 of 14 double-page panoramas. Publisher's binding of three-quarter brown morocco darker cloth sides gilt lettering and pictorial element on cloth cover gilt-lettered spine. Outer hinges and spine ends rubbed 3 corners show light wear. A fine clean copy. First edition. With the bookplate of Thomas Wayne Norris and included in the famous Norris Catalogue. An incredibly scarce tile with the full complement of 24 full-page color lithographs Series I & II of scenes and buildings at the Midwinter Fair also issued by H. S. Crocker Co. and the addition of the souvenir grouping Glimpses of the Midwinter Fair issued by Dickman-Jones Co. to their customers with 8 full-page color lithographs of the Fair bound in with its original wrappers. Sunset City and Sunset Scenes is usually found only with the Taber black & white reproductions. We have never had a copy bound with the full series of color lithographs although over the years we've seen a few odd plates. The large number of black and white photographic reproductions include a number of views of the buildings and grounds of the Midwinter Fair held in Golden Gate Park; they are interspersed with select views of the natural wonders of the State. Nearly all the photographs are by Isaiah W. Taber official photographer of the Fair. The text for the non-Fair images was written by J. M. Hutchings; the twenty-four lithographs issued by Crocker were drawn by the famous western artist H. W. Hansen. Norris Norris Catalogue this copy: 3493; Rocq Glimpses of the Midwinter Fair: 11355; Rocq Sunset City: 11359; no Auction Records that include the color plates. . H. S. Crocker hardcover
192663321Los Angeles CA: M. Kashower Co. 1926. Tall 8vo. 7 leaves unnumbered. colour lithograph illustrated on rectos throughout. Self-printed covers punch-sewn at upper fore-edge w/ gold silk braid minor dustsoiling slight age toning a couple leaves w/ offset toning still a VG copy. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated souvenir calendar created and issued by the M. Kashower Co. originally formed in 1914 between Morris Kashower and Theodore & Philip Sohmer in 1914 by by 1915 Kashower would operate on his own. The paper novelty printer also issued holiday greeting cards comic postcards and historic colour-linen postcards based out of Southern California. Kashower 1883-1920 was a Russian Jewish-American who had emigrated to the U.S. in 1890 and by 1910 was working printing shops in Southern California. After his death Mollie Kashower his wife ran the business through about 1934. No copies in Worldcat. M. Kashower Co., unknown
195553815New York: Vantage Press 1955. 8vo. 373 1 pp. Photo frontisp. plates. Blue cloth gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. minor toning to fore-edges light toning to endpapers still NF/VG copy. Revised edition of this brutal memoir which served as the basis for Jack London’s Star Rover. This autobiographical account provides an invaluable first-hand look at the brutality that characterized the American prison system in the West at the beginning of the 20th century including the extensive uses of torture devices such as the strait jacket and the derrick which were later banned. Jack London began corresponding with Morrell before his release from prison and drew much of Morrell’s experiences with astral projection during his brutal imprisonment for his 1915 novel. Mildred McEwan Ward left the Univ. of California in order to publish accounts of Morrell’s ordeal and the full story of his life as a member of the Evans-Sontag California Feud Bandits. Vantage Press, hardcover
193940691Berkeley: W&E Bentley 1939. 4to. 26 pp unpaginated. Colour frntsp. colour-illust. title numerous colour illusts. Illust. beige linen signed on colophon leaf by Hans Wilder & Ellen Bentley VG copy from the library of Herbert Gray Hills of Hills Brothers Coffee Piedmont California. First edition signed 1 of 450 copies printed of this delightful tale of early California. W&E Bentley, unknown
191580004San Francisco: Robert A. Reid 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto: 328 pp. with more than 650 photographic illustrations including 6 full-color plates and more than 100 portraits of fair officials and participants. Three-quarter calf over blue-cloth covered boards with gilt-stamped titling borders and decoration. Light foxing to the prefatory and conlcuding leaves and along the edges. Because of the weight of this volume more than 5 pounds it is frequently found with a damaged binding or detached boards. This example has been expertly rebacked with much of the original spine laid down. Some general toning and wear along the extremities.<br /> <br /> The 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition the world's fair ostensibly held to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal but also intended to publicize San Francisco's rapid rise from the ashes of the 1906 earthquake and fire attracted more than 18.8 million visitors during its nine-month run. It was one of the most successful U.S. expositions ever up to that date - only the 1893 Chicago fair attracted bigger crowds. And with the exception of a portion of the Palace of Fine Arts nothing is left of the fair - as intended it was quickly demolished after it closed its doors on December 4 1915.<br /> <br /> Robert Reid the official publisher of view books for the PPIE issued dozens from The Exposition in a Nutshell a series of miniscule scenes on accordion-pleated paper tucked inside a walnut shell to this massive Blue Book. Other viewbooks focused on architecture art landscaping or panoramic view of the 635-acre fairgrounds where San Francisco's Marina District stands today. But the Blue Book truly is comprehensive: photos of individual exhibits concessions on the Joy Zone musical groups gatherings of fraternal organizations and much more. While PPIE had traditional fair exhibits - the world's largest cheese p.159 and portraits made from seeds p.105 - it also featured many forms of the latest technology including recorded music p.99 telephones p.113 aviation p.127 and the mass production of automobiles p.70. Also featured are multiple photos of the fair's spectacular night-time illumination which poet Edwin Markham called "the greatest revelation of beauty that was ever seen on the earth. Robert A. Reid hardcover
192957221Los Angeles & Crescent City CA: Alan T. Tarbell Organization Crescent City Properties; Hyatt Jones & Patrick Printers 1929. 8vo. 20 pp unpaginated. Colour-illustrated title in red & black photo frontisp. photo illustrations large double-page centerfold photo of harbor w/ illust. vignettes pointing to photo 1 pictorial map decorated initials. Colour-illustrated softcovers yapp fore-edges Arts & Crafts cover art scenic illustration of Crescent City from hillside above minor scuffing & tears to textured tissue guards edgewear lower right corner still VG copy. First edition of this very uncommon land promotion for Crescent City designed and issued by Alan Tarbell 1886-1955 a Los Angeles real estate developer. The work opens with photos of all the new buildings in Crescent City choice harbor agricultural opportunities the Almeda Mine and the Hobbs-Wall Lumber Co. logging operation. Patterson 1883-1961 was a prolific photographer who worked in studios in both California and Medford OR and by 1928 had traveled along the Redwood Highway and relocated to Santa Rosa CA. No copies in Worldcat. Alan T. Tarbell Organization, Crescent City Properties; Hyatt, Jones & Patrick, Printers, paperback
19022387San Francisco: Frank Eastman & Co. Printers 1902. Good. 9 x 5-3/4 inches. 393pp. Green wrappers printed in darker green. Wrappers sunned and lightly dampstained with an approx. 1" tear to foot of front wrapper that has been discreetly repaired with japan paper on inside cover; short tear to rear wrapper also neatly repaired with japan paper; slight rippling throughout due to moisture exposure. Annual report containing addresses by the President and Director of the society the secretary's report articles of incorporation and by-laws membership list and sample cases of successful intervention by the society into instances of child abuse neglect and cruelty. The opening remarks emphasize the educational neglect and potential for physical harm inherent in various forms of child labor from factory work to begging to theatrical performances as well as the fact that children who grow up in exploited or cruel circumstances may tend toward criminal acts like thievery and wind up incarcerated as adults.OCLC locates one holding for this year's report at the Bancroft. Frank Eastman & Co., Printers unknown
194160806San Francisco CA: Barney Barnard Exposition Liquidators ca. 1941. One oblong broadside. Folio. 17 x 14 in. 1 leaf printed on yellow-tinted paper fold creases from mailing minor shelfwear still VG copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this very scarce original broadside announcing the dismantling of one of the “Gayway†attractions at the Golden Gate International Exposition which featured “Nude Artist’s Models†revues and the very popular Folies Bergeres striptease burlesque shows. These were amongst the “Adults Only†shows at the GGIE and this scarce broadside circular served for the aspiring nostalgia buff as their “Pass to Treasure Island.†Barnard 1894-1966 was a San Francisco hardware dealer who also specialized in architectural salvage and later sold Mid-Century Modern furnishings following World War II. He participated as one of the main auctioneers disposing of GGIE fixtures following the attack on Pearl Harbor and conversion of Treasure Island into a Naval Base rather than the originally planned housing development. No copies in Worldcat. Barney Barnard, Exposition Liquidators, unknown
192955874Monterey Pacific Grove Carmel & Del Monte: Monterey Chamber of Commerce ca. 1929. 4to. 12 pp unpaginated. printed in blue & orange double columns numerous blue-tinted photo illustrations double-page map in blue & orange of the Monterey Peninsula by Douglas D. Howard of Del Monte strip map of California roads by Lee. Self-printed softcovers Arts & Crafts cover art of typical Monterey home pictorial map and illustrations of leisure activities centerfold crease as issued minor dustsoiling shelfwear still VG copy. First edition thus of this Jazz Age land promotion for communities and activities on the Monterey Peninsula emphasizing the beauty and vacation possibilities for Californians. This installment makes special mention of the newly rebuilt Hotel Del Monte which opened in May 1926 after a devastating fire as well as the first U.S. Amateur golf tournament held at Pebble Beach in 1929 won by Jimmy Johnston. Worldcat locates 3 similar titled pieces dated 1926 Cal-Poly UC Berkeley UC Davis. Monterey Chamber of Commerce, paperback
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
997California: California State Lottery Commission 1990. A complete and continuous unbroken run from the first 5 years of the California lottery a total of 40 tickets games 1 to 40 #26 is a proof. Each ticket is unscratched. Fine condition as new alluringly printed in glowing colors the silver coatings are unblemished. Rare. Though individual used scratched tickets are sometimes available we have seen only a couple of unused tickets from this vintage for sale in the last 35 years and we know of no one else offering a complete set. The lottery is adventure and romance finally reduced to their level of minimum effort and repute—hey you never know.<br /> <br /> Scratch-off lottery tickets embody a complex social phenomenon within contemporary society. They represent the commodification of hope where the state sanctions and profits from selling the possibility of economic transformation to citizens particularly those in vulnerable financial positions.<br /> <br /> These tickets function as symbols of pseudo-democratized wealth in a system of increasing inequality. The lottery mythology suggests anyone can instantly transcend economic barriers through pure chance while statistically serving as a regressive taxation mechanism.<br /> <br /> The scratch-off format specifically reduces risk-taking to its most minimal form—a momentary act requiring neither skill nor meaningful engagement. This mirrors broader social trends of simulating adventure rather than pursuing authentic experiences with genuine stakes and potential personal growth.<br /> <br /> Lottery tickets exist in a unique temporal space of perpetual potential until scratched creating a liminal experience that suspends the player between worthlessness and potentially life-changing value. This liminality captures how modern capitalism monetizes the space between aspiration and reality converting dreams into revenue while rarely delivering on its implicit promise. California State Lottery Commission unknown
197127127<p>California Exploration Maria Fr. Vincente. The First Spanish Entry into San Francisco Bay 1775. The Original Narrative Hitherto Unpublished by Fr. Vincente Maria and Further Details by Participants in the First Explorations of the Bay's Waters. San Francisco: John Howell Books 1971. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus dust jacket with some light wear to edges. Father Vicente de Santa María 1742 – July 16 18061 was a Spanish Franciscan priest who accompanied explorer Juan de Ayala on the first Spanish naval entry aboard the San Carlos into the San Francisco Bay. Maria wrote detailed first-hand accounts of the journey of the San Carlos and of the indigenous inhabitants of the San Francisco Bay Area prior to Spanish colonization. He later served at Mission San Francisco de Asis in San Francisco and Mission San Buenaventura in Ventura California where he died in 1806. </p> John Howell Books, hardcover
19937034Austin: Michael Vinson 1993. First edition number 15 of 60 copies. 8vo 84pp. Indices of place names. Publisher's oatmeal cloth with printed spine label in fine condition. <br /> <br /> A very interesting overland journal from 1849 transcribed as the first volume in a planned Pacific Overland Narratives series by bookseller Michael Vinson. The manuscript came from the collection of Herbert S. Auerbach and an itinerary and index prepared for the volume by Richard Morrison. Describes in great detail a journey from Illinois to California by Harrow whose native country is unknown. An important scholarly resource which is seemingly quite scarce in the trade with roughly half of the print run already held by institutions. Michael Vinson unknown
193960013San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District Schwabacher-Frey Co. 1939. 4to. 246 20 pp. With large folding colour lithograph frontisp. illust. title photo plates text illustrations maps & diagrams throughout 12 large folding blueprint plates at rear. Brick-red publisher’s cloth white lettering illust. of Golden Gate Bridge pier minor rubbing edgewear some scuffing to lower fore-edge ring on recto of frontisp. still VG copy. First edition of this lavishly illustrated engineering report detailing the Herculean efforts to build the Golden Gate Bridge including a detailed history of the project the planning stages construction materials and finished construction. Although Strauss and his original team incorporated Ellis d. 1949 Strauss managed to shunt Ellis aside in November 1931 after several delays and forced him into retirement and long stretches of unemployment even though he continued work unpaid on the calculations and structure of the Golden Gate Bridge. Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, Schwabacher-Frey, Co., hardcover
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
189457373Los Angeles CA: Rural Californian 218 N. Main St. Room 42 Lanfranco Building Nov. 1894. 4to. pp. 561 - 612. Numerous text illustrations photo illustrations plates. Golden coloured softcovers woodcut engraved illust. banner ads on rear cover minor bumping to corners couple very minor closed tears still VG copy. First edition of this scarce periodical including the well-illustrated article by Elizabeth Baker Bohan laying claim to the “true†home of Ramona which was located very close by to the historic San Luis Rey Mission which served as the backdrop for Helen Hunt Jackson’s wildly popular 1884 historical novel decrying the fate of the southern California American Indians and the Californios. Bohan 1849-1930 was a British-American author teacher & artist who was an ardent social reformer wrote for West Coast Magazine The Club Woman was an active supporter of women’s suffrage. Of additional interest are the several photographs by Charles Betts Waite 1861-1927 noted photographer in California until moving to Mexico City in 1896. See: Glenda Riley Women and Nature: Saving the Wild West 1999 pp. 157-59 250; Montgomery The Spanish Redemption pp. 97-99. Rural Californian, 218 N. Main St., Room 42, Lanfranco Building, paperback
190758835San Francisco: Southern Pacific Company 1907. 12mo. 24 pp. Numerous photo illustrations double-page centerfold map of route from Los Angeles to Pasadena through San Gabriel Vineland Pomona Cucamonga San Bernardino the Hot Sprints Crafton and more. Colour-tinted & illustrated softcovers with locomotive traveling through orange groves minor shelfwear slight rubbing very slight closed tear to front cover wear to 1 corner VG copy. First edition of this scarce work detailing the sights and economic opportunities through the Orange Groves and communities of Southern California with illustrations of the tourist spots homes and areas of communities in the valleys East of Los Angeles. Southern Pacific Company, paperback
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
190363934Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1903. 8vo. x 6 280 2 pp. Frontisp. illustrated title border & text illustrations plates. Tan pictorial cloth w/ cover art illustration in green & brown very minor shelfwear slight rubbing still VG copy. Early “New Sierra Edition†of this noted group of essays revealing Austin’s pioneering support for environmentalism Native Americans and awareness of the extremes in the Western landscape of the Owens River Valley and the American Southwest enhanced by the artwork of E. Boyd Smith. In 1913 much of the Valley was purchased and the water divered to Southern California turning the “Switzerland of America†into a dust bowl. Austin’s 1868-1934 success with this work allowed her to move to Carmel CA freed her from a loveless marriage to Wallace Austin and supplied financial resources 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: Zamorano 80 No. 2; Joy Lanzendorfer Searching for Mary Austin Alta California Book Club 2025. Houghton Mifflin Co., hardcover
