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38223San Francisco: Bell & Company General Publishers of Songs and Ballads No. 639 Kearny Street n. d. 1st printing ca 1870s. Not in Wolf 10 holdings recorded on OCLC. Age toning to paper slight soiling to bottom right corner and edge. Otherwise a VG copy. Single sheet printed recto only. 3 verses each of 8 lines plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border unsigned. 8-3/4" x 3-7/8" <br/><br/> Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street unknown books
1890813Madera Ca 1890. Very good. Broadside 16.5 x 9.5 inches. Horizontal fold at center. A few very short closed tears at top edge. Even tanning; a couple of faint fox marks. A scarce broadside advertisement for a land sale north of Fresno during the late 19th century. The Bank of Madera went into liquidation in 1897. Pacific Bank to whom the local bank owed a good deal of money apparently took control of its real estate assets and promoted their fire sale via this illustrated broadside. The advertisement contains a plat map and table of available lots and states that "This land is situated about 2 1/2 miles southwest of the town of Madera is all under irrigation and is as good soil and there is in the County of Madera." Additional text promotes other available lots and emphasizes the low prices for which all are available. The sale was placed in the hands of the local attorney Robert Hargrove who according to a contemporary state report on recent bank failures was also one of the principal shareholders and president of the bank. We locate only one copy of this broadside at Berkeley. unknown books
1920321Los Angeles: Rigali & Veselich Realtors 1920. Very good. 8pp. Folio. Color printed wrappers stapled. Short separations at foot of gutter. Internally clean. Scarce color illustrated promotional for new construction in Altadena California of real estate under the auspices of the firm Rigali & Veselich. Contains photographic images of the area and styles of homes a bird's eye view of the area and a plat map delineating the layout of proposed community below the foothills of the San Gabriels. OCLC locate one copy at Yale. Rigali & Veselich, Realtors unknown books
19151753Sacramento 1915. 62pp. Printed self-wrappers stapled. Minor wear at corners. Light tanning and occasional faint foxing. Scarce and extensive informational pamphlet issued by the California Secretary of State regarding state constitutional amendments and referendum measures being put before voters in a special 1915 election. Two laws passed by the state legislature which enacted the use of direct party primary elections to determine state and national candidates and the regularization of ballot appearance were struck down by voters. Six state constitutional amendments which addressed judicial term lengths eminent domain property taxes and several other issues were also put before the people in this special election. The present pamphlet prints the texts of these laws and amendments in full and several examples of proposed ballots relating to the referendum measures are also illustrated. Most interestingly for a state government publication generalized arguments for and against each measure are printed following the text of the laws and amendments themselves. We locate only four copies at UC Irvine UC San Diego Oregon and Harvard. 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
1651WRCAM50706Madrid 1651. 2pp. Folio. Minimal edge toning else fine. An important letter from the King of Spain Philip IV regarding Indian revolts on the California border in the mid-17th century. The King is also asking the Viceroy's opinion as to whether it would be advisable to place the government of Sinaloa under that of Nueva Vizcaya or to agree to its complete separation. Little is known of the thirty- year period in California before the arrival of Kino making this letter of special interest to historians of the Golden State. The letter reads in part and in translation: <br> <br> ".In a letter from Don Diego Guardo Faxardo my Governor and Captain General of the provinces of New Vizcaya dated 14th June 1649 he gives an account of the intended rising of the Taraumares Indians who live in the midst of those provinces and that of Sinaloa; and foreseeing the danger that might arise should the Indians retire towards that part he decided - the officer commanding the garrison having set out for the Californias - to send a responsible person to command the troops and to catch the enemy in the midst of their preparations and make them my subjects.that he found the Captain of the Garrison showed much resistance because the said province was always under the Government of Nueva Vizcaya and their predecessors had refrained from nominating a commanding officer of the Garrison merely to please my Viceroys of New Spain which had led to much inconvenience for not being under their command in military matters the good effect gained in the other way was lost; because they do not wish to come under the rule of the Governors of the provinces of New Vizcaya.I therefore request you to make full investigations and notify me together with your own opinion on the subject." <br> <br> Previously offered as item 4293 in Maggs Brothers' BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA V 1926. unknown books
195913758San Francisco: Book Club of California 1959. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. Single 4to. sheet folded once to make 4pp. 13.5" x 9" approx. Letterpress in red and black. Tiny crease to one corner. Near fine overall. <br/><br/>Handsome keepsake program for this Jeffers exhibition mounted by the Book Club of California. Lelienthal pens a brief introduction then a dated list of exhibition contents follows. Errata slip loosely laid in. Uncommon. Book Club of California paperback books
1890WRCAM44132Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company 1890. 898pp. plus thirty-five photographic plates. Thick quarto. Original pictorial pigskin stamped in gilt and blind spine gilt a.e.g. Some minor scuffing and wear to the binding. Very clean internally. Very good overall. A massive history of southern California encompassing San Diego San Bernardino Los Angeles and Orange counties as well as Baja California. Individual communities are discussed as are agricultural development and infrastructure. The history is followed by hundreds of biographical sketches of notable citizens. A very useful historical record of southern California in the late nineteenth century. The Lewis Publishing Company unknown books
194148664San Francisco: California State Industrial Union Council / Labor's Non-Partisan League of California 1941. First Edition. 12mo 17cm.; staplebound self-wrappers; 29pp. Light toning especially to rear wrapper else Fine. OCLC locates four copies as of April 2020 Brigham Young University Provo only outside California. California State Industrial Union Council / Labor's Non-Partisan League of California unknown books
190749353Berkeley: The University Press 1907. 1st edition thus. Printed buff paper wrappers. A well-used copy with some internal notes as well as extensive po notes to covers. Age-toning. A Good copy. 208 4 pp. 7-3/4" x 5" <br/><br/> The University Press 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
1855WRCAM28275Sacramento: B.B. Redding 1855. 98pp. Later green cloth. Slightly bowed small dampstain along fore-edge affecting all leaves. Overall still very good. Marlette's report includes primarily an account of the Northern Boundary Survey extending as far north as Pilot Knob. He also offers strong criticism on the quality of California mapping sums up the status of various rail lines through the state and encourages the development of a county road system. This is the last time the report of the Surveyor-General appeared as an annual report henceforth being published biannually. NUC 0039424. B.B. Redding hardcover books
1928132977Sacramento: California State Board of Barber Examiners 1928. Six reports in original wraps bound together in library boards with accession stamps and usual accoutrements. Each 6-9 page report provides statistics on barber licences income levels unlicensed barbers caught in inspections and similar data for the year covered. California State Board of Barber Examiners unknown books
196744412San Diego 1967. White coated paper printed in teal illustration of swordfish to front. Modest general wear; light creasing to lower corner; marker line through "Anthony's" on front cover. Very Good. Bifolium with rear flap. 12-3/4" x 9-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
191720880San Francisco: Henry Grobe 1917. Sheet music. 10.5 x 13.5 inches 5 pp. Old dampstaining to back wrapper abrasion to upper corner front wrapper partial split at spine; good. An example of the Indianist movement in American classical music this composition was based on a text and melody transcribed by ethnomusicologist Natalie Curtis in The Indians Book 1907. San Francisco composer Carlos Troyer added a piano accompaniment he described as a "drum imitation." The cover reproduces an 1886 C.S. Fly photograph of Geronimo on the Warpath owned by Charles Lummis who supplied a short introductory essay titled "Geronimo The Apache Prophet." Also printed on the cover is the dedication "To Mrs. Rita Breeze of Los Angeles California." Breeze was a librettist who collaborated with Troyer on several projects. Sarber 283. 5 copies located in OCLC. Henry Grobe unknown books
1963136142San Francisco: the Commission 1963. 816p. black & white pictorial wraps ugly silverfish damage to spine interior clean. the Commission unknown books
229637of California miners by William Wax Studios Redding California. All on the original photographer's printed mount. Each approximately 7 3/4" x 4 3/4". 1. Two men a woman and three young children standing in front of a miner's cabin. 2. Group of eight miners and two Chinese men standing in front of a miner's cabin. 3. Group of 15 miners and a dog dressed in their Sunday's best clothes standing and seated in front of a cabin. 4. Group of 18 men and 1 child standing and seated in front of the general store. 5. Group of 23 men mostly dressed in boots and work clothes standing and seated in front of a shed. A few smoking pipes one holding an ax. 6. Group of 22 men dressed in work clothes boots with lantern on their hats outside of the mine. Provenance: from the estate of Charles H. Segerstrom. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. hardcover books
85811 pieces. 1956-1957. California. An archive of several GOP pieces addressed to Ken Ladd President of the Young Republicans of San Joaquin County. It includes two typed letters signed by Governor Goodwin J. Knight as well as a typed letter signed by United States Senator Thomas H. Kuchel. There is also a letter from Lieutenant Governor Harold J. Powers and a signed photograph from Lieutenant Governor Bob Finch. The grouping also contains two typewritten documents; one lists the delegation from the San Joaquin County Young Republicans who will attend the State Young Republicans Convention and the other has the by-laws of the Young Republicans of San Joaquin County. There are also a couple of form letters with GOP content unknown books
1883WRCAM448311883. Oil on canvas 18 x 26 inches on original wooden stretcher with letters in lower margin after the lithographed view of the same title published by Bosqui. Very good. "Edward Bosqui was born in 1833 in Montreal of French descent. When he was about seventeen years old he decided to go to California. He went by way of Panama where like a good many others who headed for the Gold Rush in those days he became stranded. He worked his way up through Mexico a hazardous trip but young Bosqui survived the many hardships.He arrived in San Francisco in the latter part of 1850 and his first job was as cashier of the first bank to be established there. Afterwards he served as General Fremont's secretary. He first went into the printing business in 1859 at Clay and Leidesdorff Streets and stayed at that location for thirty-nine years. Bosqui did bookbinding as well as printing and lithography.He printed the EVENING BULLETIN in the early days of its existence and did a great deal of commercial label work" - Peters. <br> <br> The Arctic Oil Works was established on a Bay side pier between 17th and 16th streets in 1883 to produce refined oils from seals whales and elephant seals. Soon after opening it became the largest oil refinery on the West Coast. In 1902 the oil works became incorporated as part of Standard Oil. <br> <br> The painting is quite similar to the scarce lithographed view produced by Bosqui although more Impressionistic in style and without quite as much detail. The spelling mistakes in the address of the works "Potrcro" instead of Potrero and in the address of the offices "ZB" instead of 28 further suggest this painting to be after the lithographed view. The painting however shows considerable age is on the original stretcher and dates from the late 19th century. PETERS CALIFORNIA ON STONE pp.60-61. J. Russell Harper EARLY PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS IN CANADA p.39. unknown books
1950174190Sacramento: Senate of the State of California 1950. Paperback. 119p. wraps slightly browned else very good condition. Includes the testimony and statement of Linus Carl Pauling later winner of two Nobel Prizes on the loyalty oath a "report" on Pauling and testimony & documents on Bernadette Doyle. Senate of the State of California paperback books
1986134924San Francisco: California State University Getty Center California State Dept. of Education 1986. 32p. 8.5x11 inches artlices and registered participants very good booklet in stapled tan wraps name penned on front cover. Reports findings on the theory and practice of arts curricula. California State University, Getty Center, California State Dept. of Education unknown books
1900WRCAM55762San Francisco & Chicago: California Photogravure Co. 1900. Twelve parts. 24pp. plus 130 photogravures on 109 leaves. Folio. Original green cloth-backed textured burgundy leatherette wrappers foredges reinforced with same green cloth gilt title on front wrapper. Minor wear to upper or lower edges of a few volumes. Occasional light offsetting to margins images not affected. Bindings very good; plates near fine. A wonderful complete set of the "Art Work" series for Southern California with many striking views from Santa Barbara to San Diego and from the beaches to the Inland Empire. It is a marvelous record of Los Angeles and numerous small communities during an important period in the area's development. <br> <br> Like many sets in this series the majority of plates depict recently constructed civic buildings such as schools churches hospitals etc. as well as landscaped public spaces and expanding agricultural scenes. Although citrus farming was already a major industry and immigration was booming these scenes show Southern California "before": before the movie industry the freeways etc. Notable in this collection are lovely photogravure images of the State Normal School Los Angeles in 1919 it became the southern branch of the University of California; the College of Liberal Arts building "Old College" at the University of Southern California; the A.K. Smiley Public Library in Redlands; the Los Angeles County Court House the first building built as a courthouse in L.A.; and shots of several streets in and around downtown Los Angeles including tree-lined Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood - then still a dirt road. A brief text authored and signed in facsimile by Lou V. Chapin promotes Southern California as a land happily blending a modern and industrialized region with lush parks and gardens abundant agriculture and long beaches but it's the exquisite images that close the deal. <br> <br> This set has only appeared once at auction in recent years and is scarce in the trade. OCLC lists seventeen copies the majority held by California institutions. A fantastic visual record of California's "Southland" on the cusp of a boom in growth. OCLC 20876322 13326640. California Photogravure Co. hardcover books
196827343Irvine: Art Gallery University of California 1968. First Edition. Loose Sheets. Fine/No. Fine copy of this poster announcing an exhibition in Irvine in 1968. Poster folded as issued. Invitation card from the Art Gallery attached and quite scarce thus. Poster shows a work by Ben Talbert. When opened the poster measures 11.5 x 14" tall. Never used this poster is still folded and sealed with the gallery's red stickers. The show was the brain child of Hal Glicksman who famously consulted with Wallace Berman and others about the exhibition. see LP Wallace Berman In Conversation for more information. A copy of the LP will be included with the purchase of the poster. Art Gallery, University of California unknown books
1922952San Francisco: Union Trust Company 1922. About very good. Folding map 34 x 26 inches. Original printed wrappers. Closed from head of front wrap near gutter; a couple of scuff marks on front and rear. Map fine. An interesting and scarce promotional for a San Francisco financial firm comprising two road maps one of California and Nevada and the other of the Bay Area. The two-sided map was issued in 1922 by Rand McNally but here has had advertising for the Union Trust Company added to its legend and had been tipped into wrappers promoting the firm. In addition to providing a detailed outline of roads in the two western states and around the San Francisco Bay the verso of the map also prints a text describing the banking services of Union Trust a synopsis of the 1921 California Motor Vehicle Act and Bay ferry time tables as well as a list of incorporated towns found on the map and their populations. The Union Trust Building still stands at the intersection of Market Grant and O'Farrell in downtown San Francisco as advertised by the present map although the company was bought out by Wells Fargo the year after this promotional was published. We locate two copies of the regular issue of this map in the Rand McNally collection at the Newberry and at Northern Arizona University and no copies of this production. Union Trust Company unknown books
