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190145013Santa Clara Ca: Chas. A. Nace Printer 1901. 1st Edition. Beige wrappers with lettering embossed in gilt. A VG copy internally bright and complete some chips at the first few leaves creases to wrappers otherwise very good. i-ii 1-64 i-ii 1-4 5-59 60 pp. 25 b/w plates on glossy paper. Oblong format: 6-1/2" x 9-5/8" <br/><br/>Not in Rocq. The "Souvenir" glorifies the history of the college and publishes Clay M. Greene's play "Nazareth" for the first time. "Nazareth" is perhaps Greene's most famous work and was written especially for Santa Clara College's Golden Jubilee where it was also performed for the first time. Greene graduated from Santa Clara College in 1869. Chas. A. Nace, Printer unknown books
195042570William E. Bittner Election Campaign 1950. Stiff cardstock. Black recto with white lettering white verso with black lettering. Adhesive with opaque paper remnants to verso only faintly obscuring the text near the mask's string holes. Else only minor wear clean and crisp. VG. Die-cut campaign advertisement in the shape of a robber's mask printing on both recto and verso. ~3" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>Feisty political flyer from William E. Bittner's campaign for the Controller's office in the 1950 California elections implicitly accusing the incumbent Thomas Kuchel of figuratively robbing the people while in office. Kuchel beat Bittner for the Controller seat and later was appointed to fill Richard Nixon's Senate seat when the latter was elected Vice President in 1952. [William E. Bittner Election Campaign] unknown books
1994258347San Francisco: GLHS 1994. Six panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches with announcement of the book sale and signing at B&N and on the back an announcement that GLHS is recruiting new members very good on blue stock. B&N held a signing featuring Allan Bérubé signing his "Coming Out Under Fire" and Robin Stevens and others signing "Girlfriend Number One: Lesbian Life in the 90s" and offering 10% of all sales to GLHS. GLHS unknown books
193911361.1San Francisco: California Dried Fruit Research Institute 1939. Color pictorial wrappers stapled. Faint damp-stain to head of inner rear wrapper; minimal wear. Text clean bright and crisp. VG. 32 pp. B/w photographic illustrations. 12mo. 7" x 5" <br/><br/> California Dried Fruit Research Institute unknown books
197733959Berkeley CA: University of California 1977. Softcover. VG- light wear and scuffing to cover. White coil bound wraps. 54 pp. Numerous bw plates. Works by Victor Cohen-Stuart Kathy Goodell David Ireland David Mackenzie Mike Roddy Mary Anne Rose William Wareham Richard Berger Anya Horvath Bruce Johnson Vince Lynch David Maclay Marsha Moberly Cherie Raciti Dorothy Reid Gregg Renfrow Rudy Serra and John Woodall. Exhibition held February 1 to April 24 1977. University of California unknown books
192417340Berkeley CA 1924. 1st thus. Blue faux leather. VG. A nice copy. 720 pp including index. Profusely illustrated primarily from photographs. 4to. <br/><br/> hardcover books
193422838California: Not Published 1934. Group of 8 letters; sent from silverware salesperson Chauncey G. Nichols to his wife - who is in Great Neck Long Island NY at first - and later moves to California - and then back to New York; written from various hotels on their letterhead and in their imprinted envelopes including the Los Angeles Biltmore the U.S. Grant in San Diego the Olympic Hotel in Seattle Washington the Hotel Benson in Portland Oregon and finally with the return to the East coast the Hotel Adelphia in Philadelphia PA; the first letter containing a 3-page International Silver Co. Pacific Coast Division Route List with day-by-day typed information on Nichols' schedule - date city state which hotels - at which he would be for mailing and telegraphic contact; all the letters very clearly hand-written in ink and of several pages giving details of the struggle to make sales earn commissions names of clients and businesses appointments and success or failure - this all interspersed with family information - preparing for the move of the family to California - via bus train or automobile and the pluses and minuses of each mode - money & budgeting children pets great devotion and love between the partners and a few other family details - notice that Nichols give his wife that she should not pack the 'still' - that it was no longer required Prohibition having been repealed by this time; with a few portrait photographs laid-in; envelopes with postal cancellations most sent via airmail with stamps intact; some wear and soiling to envelopes; letters and photos in very good condition and an interesting group of business history from the depression era; ".The International Silver Company was formed in 1898 by various independent New England silversmiths that joined themselves together to form a company that became the world's largest manufacturer of silverware.International Silver Company and its factories were active in the whole Meriden-Wallingford area becoming possibly the larger center for silver craftsmanship in the US. The peak of the production was reached in the late 1930s." from the Silver Collection website information on the company; Barbour Meriden Silver Rogers Wilcox Forbes American Silver were all part of this consortium at one time. Manuscript. Broadside. Very Good. Not Published books
1935941Los Angeles: All Year Club of Southern California 1935. Staplebound. Very good. 80pp stapled booklet in wraps with California Pacific International Exposition San Diego advertisment on rear. All Year Club of Southern California unknown books
1947111970San Francisco: California CIO Council 1947. Pamphlet. 15p. stapled wraps 5.5x8.25 inches previous owner's name penned on front wrap rear wrap stained touch of rust to staples else good condition. California CIO Council unknown books
1987258417San Francisco: SCWU 1987. Magazine. 20p includes covers 8.25x11 inches ads bios photos very good program booklet for the event in stapled blue & white wraps. Eleventh annual event. SCWU unknown books
1988196931Los Angeles: SCWU 1988. Magazine. 36p including covers 8.5x11 inches ads program illustrations and photos bios very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. SCWU unknown books
1990250102Los Angeles: SCWU 1990. Four-panel card very good with cover photo of honoree Karen Thompson the activist for disabled and partnership rights. Honorary dinner committee listed on back panel in small font. SCWU unknown books
1992189395Los Angeles: SCWU 1992. Magazine. 32p including covers 8.5x11 inches ads program illustrations and photos bios very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Twelfth annual awards dinner. SCWU unknown books
1998184177Rosemead CA: the Association 1998. 96p. very good in wraps 8.5x11 inches text mostly in Chinese. Special convention publication of the Association. the Association unknown books
197754249N. pl: the Convention 1977. 34p. program book some photos 8.5x11 inches wraps. Includes a membership roster. The group retired dining car cooks and waiters founded branches in Utah Nebraska and Oregon which subsequently became defunct. the Convention unknown books
1946503San Francisco 1946. Very good plus. Printed map 12.75 x 21.25 inches. Previously folded. Very light wear. A scarce post-World War II cadastral map that depicts lots in subdivisions of San Carlos California north of Redwood City. The developer of these "Devonshire Properties" Clyde Menke was involved in several legal disputes over the rights to this area but much of what was designed for this neighborhood of San Carlos is still present today. Shaded areas of this "Sales Map No. 17" for the area denote sold lots but much of property was still available. An interesting look at post-war development in the Bay Area; not in OCLC. unknown books
1988209754San Francisco: Freewheelers Car Club of Northern California 1988. 10p. 5.5x8.5 inches welcome statement entries Club history Concours history official ballot laid-in very good folded sheets loosely laid-in to form program with tan covers. Event program for the annual contest and celebration of the gay car club. Freewheelers Car Club of Northern California unknown books
1952WRCAM56683N.p. likely Sacramento 1952. Panoramic silver gelatin photograph 8 x 33 3/4 inches. Short closed tear and mild crease near upper left corner slight silvering to image. Still in very good condition. A handsome group photograph memorializing the attendees of the 1952 annual conference of the Northern California Young Buddhist League. The photograph depicts over 200 finely-dressed Japanese-American men and women and even a few Anglo Americans organized by region which are indicated by printed signs. The delegates to the conference came from Lodi Placer Marysville Sacramento Delta Stockton and Florin. A sign hanging on a building behind the delegates reads "Greetings Busseis" a general term for Buddhist youth. <br> <br> Interestingly 1952 was the year that several chapters of Young Buddhists and other Japanese American mutual aid societies and support groups successfully implemented several changes to Japanese immigration policies brought about by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 the McCarran-Walter Act. While this law still provided for some discriminatory policies it also allowed a new path to citizenship for most Asian Americans. Groups such as the Northern California Young Buddhist League helped many Japanese-American Issei attain citizenship previously forbidden by U.S. immigration law. <br> <br> A rare image with no copies reported in OCLC. unknown books
190639332Oakland: Enquirer Presses 1906. 1st printing. Not found in Rocq. Original publisher's grey cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. Shelfwear with slight fraying of cloth along front joint. Proir owner signature to ffep. A VG copy. 217 1 blank pp. Text illustrated with inserted b&w photographic portraits charts many fold-out graphs etc. 10-1/4" x 6-7/8" <br/><br/> Enquirer Presses hardcover books
1955039798San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences 1955. x 807p. b/w illus. original blue cloth quarto format. California Academy of Sciences unknown books
1906100743Newspaper 8x10 single sheet printed on both sides. Browned and brittle skinned area of verso obliterating a small area of text small hole and minor tears. Rare complete "day after" newspaper account of the damage done to Santa Rosa by the devastating earthquake of April 18 1906. Unlike San Francisco where fires ultimately did most of the damage in Santa Rosa most of the destruction was done by the tremor itself leaving most of the business section in ruin. The Press Democrat unknown books
196415581Georgetown: The Talisman Press 1964. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/good. Quarto in dustwrapper. 258 pp. Illustrated. One of 750 copies. A very good copy in thick oatmeal cloth binding. Former ownership stamp to copyright page else a clean desirable copy. Original dustwrapper in good condition with toning and wear to edges. Some small chips to spine ends. <br/><br/> The Talisman Press hardcover books
1977238222Altadena: The Marcliff Foundation 1977. Eight-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches information about the Institute the program application form dark soiling on cover and canceled stamp and address on rear. Held at the Miramar Hotel on Sunday July 17 1977. The Marcliff Foundation unknown books
194671492San Francisco: Organization and Education Commission Communist Party of California 1946. Paperback. 16p. wraps very good condition 5.25x8.25 inches. Organization and Education Commission, Communist Party of California paperback books
1983105353Los Angeles: California State Uniiversity 1983. xii95p. 7x9 inches very good ex-library reprint in original pictorial wraps. California State Uniiversity unknown books
