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198440456San Francisco: Book Club of California 1984. First edition. Self wrappers. Fine copies. Illus. with b/w plates. Sm. Obl. 4to. Keepsakes issued to members of the Book Club of California during 1984. Oscar Lewis intro. Numbers One through Ten of a series of Ten Keepsakes issued to members of the Book Club of California during 1984. I: Introduction and Table of Contents. II: Dr. Glenn "Wheat King." III: Planting Time. IV: The Harvest. V: The Journey Begins. VI: Transfer Point. VII: Port Costa. VIII: The Grain Fleet. IX: Isaac Friedlander Wheat Merchant. X: The Octopus. Book Club of California unknown books
20161075328vo. San Francisco: Book Club of California 2016. 8vo 292 1 colophonpp. With a frontispiece and 200 illustrations printed offset in 5 colors and letterpress portions printed by Jerry Kelly in two colors. Original blue cloth two-color typographic endpapers and letterpress titling label on upper cover backstrip lettered in gilt slipcase. New § #179 of 300 copies numbered and signed by Bringhurst. Each copy also contains two inserts printed letterpress by Richard Seibert to accompany the book but printed in an edition of 500 copies. The original prospectus is also present. “A detailed and sumptuously illustrated account of the evolution of all members of the Palatino tribe.†by the poet linguist and typographer Bringhurst b. 1946. This book perhaps the most successful Book Club of California publication in recent history sold out before publication. As a labor of love and a triumph of design and production it will surely be ranked amongst the finest books of its kind ever issued. Book Club of California hardcover books
1995334371995. Softcover. VG. White ill. wraps. 56 pp. 25 color plates. unknown books
188934051Sacramento: Young 1889. First Edition. 283pp. illustwo schools as frontis. Orignal gold stamped cloth upper edge of front cover shows some wear Not in Cowan Young hardcover books
1859298771859. The bindings are generally tight with some inner hinges reinforced. Binding styles and paginations vary: some legal buckram others sheep; some with morocco spine labels others issued without spine labels. Several volumes include folding tables. The majority have the usual institutional marks which are rarely obtrusive. Occasional text spotting and light wear but generally clean and Very Good.<br/><br/> The stated printing locations are San Jose and San Francisco for the first two Sessions but these were actually printed in New York. The third and fourth Sessions were printed in San Francisco the others in Sacramento. <br/> These volumes present the earliest legal history of the State of California. The First Session includes not only the Statutes enacted but the Treaty of Peace with Mexico and documents supplementary thereto the 1849 California Constitution the U.S. Constitution with amendments and other foundation enactments. Joint Resolutions Index Table of Contents for each Session are printed along with the Laws. The 1852 and 1853 volumes are evidently rare. The Statutes deal with all the significant events of that interesting ten-year period: the settlement of the State the development of infrastructure and unfolding of commercial life the multiple social and political institutions the Gold Rush immigration the political strife that engulfed the Nation and all other aspects of early Statehood. <br/>FIRST EDITIONS. Greenwood 167 note. Cowan California 610. Wagner California Imprints 147 149 150. unknown books
2006CA41366SHavilah Press/Bancroft LIbrary Emeryville/Berkeley 2006. Fine. Limited edition: printed in an edition of 250 unnumbered copies 10 3/4 x 7 inches xxiii 80 pages pictorial boards with cloth spine Facsimilie publication of the rare 1883 edition of the first published guide book of the southern Sierra Nevada published by W. W. Elliot and Company. Noted Yosemite historian Jim Snyder has written an introductory text examining the genesis of the publication. The original edition has been elegantly reproduced in its exact dimension. In additionthe pictorial design on the covers of the book replicate the design of the first edition. This book is not only an elegant object but an important contribution to the field of Sierra Nevada history. Havilah Press/Bancroft LIbrary, Emeryville/Berkeley hardcover books
1901WRCAM46165Los Angeles 1901. 10pp. on a single folded sheet. Brochure folded into five compartments. Minor soiling and wear. Very good. Attractive promotional brochure for Santa Catalina Island advertising activities accommodations and round trip fares by the Wilmington Transportation Co. The brochure describes the island's pleasant climate and fishing opportunities illustrating views and impressive fish caught by the game fisherman of the area. A nice ephemeral piece. unknown books
1917914San Francisco 1917. Good plus. Sheet map 28 x 22.75 inches. Folded. Somewhat rumpled; a few small chips at edges not affecting text of map image. Several scattered patches of staining. A scarce real estate map of Berkeley California printed for and distributed by local agents Mason-McDuffie Company in 1917. Blocks are overprinted with lot numbers and letters as well as tract and neighborhood names and a street index is printed at the foot of the map. A large red arrow points to the location of the Mason-McDuffie office just west of the University of California campus and an area shaded in red labeled "Northbrae Properties" at the northern edge of the city limits indicates the principal real estate interests of the agents. We locate four copies at Berkeley Stanford the California State Library and the Oakland Public Library. unknown books
185329832Sacramento CA: G.K. Fitch & Co. and V.E. Geiger & Co. State Printers 1853. 7 1 blank pp. Stitched a couple of binder holes in blank inner margin. Small hole in blank portion of first leaf. Signed in type at end by S.C. Hastings Attorney General. Good. <br/><br/> A report on the estate of William A. Leidesdorff; tax litigation against non-resident owners of vessels in California; a suit for recovery of Beach and Water property in the City of San Francisco; and matters relating to criminal procedure. G.K. Fitch & Co. and V.E. Geiger & Co., State Printers unknown books
1881303899Sacramento State Office J.D. Young 1881. 1881. Tall thin 8vo. Original black pebbled cloth stamped in gilt on the upper front cover. Very good. 43 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sacramento, State Office, J.D. Young, 1881. hardcover books
1882WRCAM44230San Francisco 1882. 2093pp. printed in double columns. Original pictorial wrappers bound into original green cloth gilt. Cloth a bit shelfworn. Quite clean internally. Very good overall. An informative collection of articles about the counties of California geared toward the prospective emigrant including articles on various agricultural subjects. First published in 1881 this popular now scarce text went through five editions in the course of a decade. COWAN p.92. hardcover books
18481411530th Cong. 1st Sess.: HR817. 1848. 39pp Disbound scattered foxing. Good. On claims arising from Fremont's military operations in California. HR817. unknown books
1894301293San Francisco Cal. Passenger Department of the Southern Pacific Company ca. 1894. 1894. 8vo 6 1/8" x 9". Illustrated with halftones from b/w photographs; map. 4 page preface. Original white wrappers printed in black light soiling; two chips on spine; back panel with short tear; pages 66-68 with tear to text. Very good. 104 pages original white wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Includes a photo on page 50 of Half Dome Cloud's Rest and Mount Watkins Yosemite Valley. Printed by H.S. Crocker Co. San Francisco. Not located in Rocq. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. San Francisco, Cal., Passenger Department of the Southern Pacific Company [ca. 1894]. paperback books
73242A collection of 1950s and '60s political buttons supporting causes and candidates ranging from the Vietnam anti-war movement to Ronald Reagan's campaign for the California governorship. This group consists of 56 unique metal pinback buttons which are housed in a period cardboard box. Most of the buttons are coated paper with metal backing; some are union printed.<br/><br/>Several of the political pins relate directly to Northern California. For example a button for the Free Speech F.S.M. is associated with the 1964-65 student protest at the University of California Berkeley the first mass act of civil disobedience on an American college campus in the 1960s.<br/><br/>The orange and black Viva Kennedy button in this collection is representative of clubs formed by Latinx supporters of John F. Kennedy during his 1968 presidential campaign. The Viva Kennedy clubs began in Texas as a forum for Mexican American veterans to rally support for equal rights and eventually spread to swing states with large Latinx populations like Arizona and California. They also promoted increased voter registration and political organization for the Latinx community.<br/><br/>Another button in this collection advocates "No on Prop 14". The Proposition 14 in question is the proposed amendment to the California Constitution which had it passed would have effectively allowed housing discrimination. The initiative was intended to counteract the effects of the Rumford Fair Housing Act which was passed by the California Legislature in 1963 to help end racial discrimination by property owners and landlords who refused to rent or sell their property to people based on ethnicity religion sex marital status physical handicap or familial status. It was drafted by William Byron Rumford the first African American from Northern California to serve in the state legislature.<br/><br/>Overall the buttons are in very good condition. unknown books
1920220938San Francisco Art Publishing Co. ca. 1910-1920. 1920. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated with 32 halftone plates. No text. 32 pages. Original blue cloth with yellow and green design of California poppies on upper front cover floral endpapers. Fine fresh copy. No signatures or bookplates. Cover title: California View Book. Includes views of Yosemite and Lake Tahoe. F. Hardcover. [San Francisco, Art Publishing Co., ca. 1910-1920]. hardcover books
19233144Los Angeles. Al Malaikah Temple. 1923. Art Deco pictorial wrappers. Oblong 8vo. Profusely illustrated with colour and duotone full page plates of early Southern California. A beautiful collection of 1920 era Southern California photographs. Some chipping to covers else Near Fine. Al Malaikah Temple. unknown books
1900217082Paris: Draeger Frères 1900. Fourth edition. Illustrated throughout. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo 10 3/4 x 7 inches. Decorative brown wrappers. Very good with 2 minor chips. Fourth edition. Illustrated throughout. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo 10 3/4 x 7 inches. Draeger Frères unknown books
1870WRCAM52754Placerville Ca 1870. 48 leaves plus six stubs. Oblong quarto. Original half sheep and paper boards. Front board detached stitching perishing. Boards rubbed edges and corners worn. An 1870s receipt book for cemetery plots in Placerville California. The burial ground belonged to the Morning Star Lodge founded in the town at the height of the Gold Rush in 1854. The blank printed forms all provide a "Certificate of Purchase for Lot in the Union Cemetery Placerville.belonging to said Lodge according to the Plat of Survey made by D.B. Merry and the said Lot is hereby granted to him subject to the rules of said Lodge now in force or that may hereafter be adopted for the government of the same." This particular lodge was and still is associated with the International Order of Odd Fellows which established a number of groups in California during the Gold Rush. hardcover books
1915947San Francisco: Tourist Association of Central California 1915. Very good. 64pp. Original printed wrappers stapled. Small chip to lower corner of front wrap. Internally clean. An uncommon guide to potential automobile excursions from the Bay Area published for visitors to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco during 1915. The text describes over twenty routes and the attractions to be enjoyed along them and is accompanied by maps for each tour and numerous halftone illustrations of motorists exploring the California countryside in their cars. Fewer than ten copies in OCLC mostly in California institutions. Tourist Association of Central California unknown books
1923805San Francisco: J.P. Chadwick 1923. Very good. 128pp. plus folding map 14 x 16.5 inches. Narrow octavo. Original printed wrappers stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Slight chipping to first and last few leaves text lightly tanned. Directory and street guide for San Francisco designed to help navigate the city's streetcar lines. "Containing all streets hotels apartments buildings banks churches consulates railroad and steamship agents; city and auto road maps. Clubs theatres hospitals places of interest pier directory." The information is all keyed to the various streetcar lines indicating which lines are most convenient to which hotels etc. With information on all the major sights and municipal attractions as well as hotels banks theatres etc. A listing of the routes of each streetcar line occupies the final two pages. The map shows the city and county of San Francisco with the streetcar lines demarcated in red. A rare survival -- we find one copy of this edition in OCLC at the Milwaukee County Library with one or two copies of other editions located at UC Berkeley the New York Public Library California Historical and the Marin County Library. J.P. Chadwick unknown books
1890WRCAM30587San Francisco 1890. 16pp. each with one photographic illustration and caption. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Old vertical crease through center staples rusted one leaf loose old ownership stamp on rear wrapper some photographs slightly marred. Good. A nice collection of detailed photographs of the Royal Mines Consolidated Company distributed as a promotion. Photographs include shots of miners mining equipment shafts and mining towns. Such mining ephemera is quite rare. unknown books
19121272San Francisco: Edward Denny & Co 1912. About very good. Folding map 25.25 x 23.75 inches. Original printed wrappers. Some soiling and light wear to wraps. A couple very minor separations and losses along map folds. Light tanning. A scarce pocket map of Kings County California south of Fresno published by Edward Denny & Co. in San Francisco. Printed in blue ink the map shows the county divided into plat townships and delineates railroads wagon roads canals streams and oil pipelines with a legend at left. Tulare Lake is prominently depicted at center interestingly with the original larger lake lines also marked. The contraction of the lake was due to the diversion of the streams and rivers that fed it for agricultural purposes. Prior to this development Tulare was the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River. Denny produced similar maps for a number of California counties during the early 20th century most now quite scarce. We locate only three copies at the Huntington Berkeley and UC Davis. Edward Denny & Co unknown books
1904725San Francisco: Edward Denny & Co 1904. Very good. Folding map 26.5 x 17 inches. Original printed wrappers. Some wear and creasing to wrappers. Light dust soiling and scattered faint foxing. A rare pocket map of Lake County California published by Edward Denny in 1904. The map is printed in blue ink and is divided into townships with Guenoc and Gallayomi Ranchos identified near the foot of the map area and major roads through the county delineated. Clear Lake the county's namesake is prominently depicted at center and numerous springs are located and named in its vicinity. The present edition of this map is the first with revised editions published in 1907 and 1910. All are quite rare but the 1904 edition is particularly so with only one copy located by OCLC at the Bancroft Library. Edward Denny & Co unknown books
1897WRCAM55055San Francisco and Sonoma County Ca. 1897. 276pp. comprised of 52 printed pages with the remainder being diary space completed in manuscript irregularly filled out. Narrow 12mo. Limp brown wallet-style leather diary with flap and elastic closure loop a.e.g. Some wear and loss to leather at flap folds text block starting to crack minor tanning to paper. Overall very good. A very readable daybook from an unidentified young man living in Northern California in the late 1800s. Our unidentified diarist is laconic - he provides an entry for 216 days in 1897 with daily entries from January 1 to June 11 then more sporadically after that - and many entries are a variation on "Worked. Fine weather." But some days he is more forthcoming and describes trips to the Sutro baths; attending balls at Pioneer Hall and Foresters Hall; contracting a case of the mumps; starting and then quitting night school; and the night Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out "Gentleman Jim" Corbett. He mentions friends his work in a store in the city unloading fruit in particular bananas watermelon and Japanese oranges traveling to Berkeley and Oakland and the plowing and planting he does at home possibly in Sonoma County. Of particular interest is his entry for July 26 in which he writes "Great excitement about the Klondike every body crazy to go." And not long after he mentions that two of his friends have bought tickets and are headed to Alaska. One entry notes a trip made by three friends to Yosemite. In the front pocket of the diary is a check dated August 3 1896 to the Sacramento textile shop Wasserman Davis & Co. signed by J.W. Kasebery although no connection has been made between Kasebery and the diarist. <br> <br> Excelsior Diaries came into fashion in the late 19th century providing an almanac of sorts customized to various regions and then a half page space for brief daily reflections. In this case the stock pages include a calendar for 1897; routes of travel distances rates etc. from San Francisco; tide tables for San Francisco San Pedro Astoria and Port Townsend; postage rates; weights and measures; and varied trivia. <br> <br> A interesting perspective on 1897 in the Bay Area. hardcover books
1828WRCAM43468Mexico 1828. Broadside 16 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches. Old folds. Slight wear and a few closed tears at edges. Very good. In a half morocco and marbled boards folding box spine gilt. A scarce broadside enumerating the number of troops and officers which were needed for posts in California. The various posts are listed including San Francisco Monterrey Santa Barbara San Diego and Loreto as well as frontier forces. The number of soldiers called for at each is given as well as physicians and surgeons inspectors etc. The annual budgets for the forces are also provided. Signed in print at the end: "F. Castro." This broadside is sometimes found with an accompanying printed circular announcement not present here. hardcover books
