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California Local History. Phares Morris. E. ArtistABAA

VIEWS TAKEN On CHRISTMAS DAY 1887 At OROVILLE CAL. of First Butte County Citrus Fair

188746777Oroville 1887. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Image clear & sharp minor soiling to mount edges. Very Good. Cabinet card b/w albumen photograph with printed caption underneath. Card verso annotated in ink "J. Wood's display of preserved fruit." Oblong format: 5-1/4" x 8-3/8" While CSU Chico has a number of these images most are from the second fair 1888 and this one we are unable to find in an institutional setting. Especially uncommon with the mss annotation identifying the pictured display. According to Mautz Phares pursued photography in Oroville from 1884 - 1915 this then an early image from his career. unknown books

Tavistock Books, ABAA · États-Unis325,00 $US≈ 274,98 €

The Book Club of CaliforniaABAA

VIGNETTES IN CALIFORNIA MEDICINE 1976 - 1977. No. 6 - 10. Keepsakes Series #40

197619294San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1976. 1st ed Oldmsted p. 58. Fine. Four 4-page folders. Illustrated. 8 1/4 x 10 in. Folder No. 10 has a single sheet printed on both sides of a reproduction of a flyer on how to kill & dispose of rats. The entire series was designed and printed by Kathy Walkup of Five Trees Press. Ltd. to 1000 cc. The Book Club of California unknown books

Tavistock Books, ABAA · États-Unis35,00 $US≈ 29,61 €

RIVERSIDE CALIFORNIAABAA

Vintage Cabinet Card Photograph

19102262421910. by McMillen Evans Blk. Riverside Cal. of a park with foot bridge in the foreground and houses in the distance. 8 1/2" x 5 5/16" ca. 1910. Very good-fine. Hardcover. Very Good. hardcover books

Houle Rare Books & Autographs · États-Unis95,00 $US≈ 80,38 €

BASEBALL. COLUMBIA CALIFORNIAABAA

Vintage Original Photograph of the Columbia California baseball team

18906029101890 1890. Photograph is by Wm. Wax/Universal Art Studio on heavy weight stock and is on the original photographer's mount with bevelled edge. Image is 7 3/4" x 4 3/4" on mount 9 3/4" x 6 7/8"; Fine fresh. Great outdoor shot of ten unidentified men in baseball attire together with their manager dressed in coat and tie. With catcher's gear ball and 2 bats in foreground. Six players holding their gloves. Columbia is located in Tuolumne County. Hardcover. Fine. 1890 hardcover books

Houle Rare Books & Autographs · États-Unis600,00 $US≈ 507,66 €

WHITTIER CALIFORNIAABAA

Vintage Original Sepia Photograph

19002262431900. of J. M. Crook's ranch. Two men with plow four horses two women and a child in front of the ranch house with barn to the side. Note the large avocado tree. Photograph is by C.M. Balding Whittier California; 7" x 4 1/4" on heavy mount 10 1/8" x 8"; very good ca. 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. hardcover books

Houle Rare Books & Autographs · États-Unis150,00 $US≈ 126,92 €

SONORA CALIFORNIAABAA

Vintage Photograph Album

229634with 180 photographs laid down on album leaves. Most photos are 3 3/4" x 4 1/2". Album is 6 1/2" x 9 3/4" black flexible cloth. Very good. ca. 1900-1905. Album of photographs from the family of Charles H. Segerstrom mostly capturing family outings get-togethers vacations the scenic spots of California the town of Sonora etc. Included are excursions to the Big Trees climbing on and passing through them; a large group on an open train crossing a trestle evidently on their way to a picnic or similar event; the ornate Victorian Cliff House in San Francisco which burned in 1907 parades in San Francisco; Sonora including its city hall; Golden Gate Park in San Francisco; various picnics outdoor gatherings etc. A very interesting glimpse at the lives and activities of a prominent wealthy family residing in the Sierra foothills and the California which was their playground. There are occasional notes laid in identifying or speculating on subjects and locations. Provenance: from the estate of Charles H. Segerstrom. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. hardcover books

Houle Rare Books & Autographs · États-Unis2 000,00 $US≈ 1 692,20 €

CaliforniaABAA

Vistas de Long Beach cover title

19031795Los Angeles: M. Reider 1903. About very good. 18pp. accordion folded in nine panel. Original purple printed wrappers. Light wear to wrappers. Some wear at accordion folds; some separation along two folds with one unobtrusive tape repair. Light toning. Handsome and scarce early 20th-century viewbook for Long Beach California. The principal images are two striking panoramas one of the beach and boardwalk on a busy summer day and the other of Long Beach Park being enjoyed by several women at leisure. Other views include portraits of fishermen bathers and beachgoers and images of local architecture and geographical features. We locate only two copies -- at UC Irvine and UC San Diego. M. Reider unknown books

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis400,00 $US≈ 338,44 €

CaliforniaABAA

Vistas de Pasadena California Crown of the Valley cover title

19001416Los Angeles: M. Rieder 1900. About very good. 20pp. accordion folded in ten panels. Original purple printed wrappers. Light wear and fading to covers. Worn at folds some light soiling. Handsome promotional viewbook for Pasadena featuring numerous illustrations of the city. Views include Hotel Raymond Hotel Green Marengo Avenue the Rose Bowl Parade East Colorado Street the Cawston Ostrich Farm and a four-panel panoramic view of the city. This copy is stamped in gilt on the front cover with a local distributor's stamp indicating it was offered compliments of Sun Drug Company. We locate one copy of this work at UCLA. M. Rieder unknown books

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis400,00 $US≈ 338,44 €

CaliforniaABAA

Vistas de Redondo cover title

19051415Los Angeles: M. Rieder 1905. About very good. 18pp. accordion folded in nine panels. Original brown printed wrappers. Text separated from wrappers. Some light wear and soiling. Promotional viewbook for Redondo Beach featuring images of the beach street scenes the wharf and fishing activities and a four-panel panoramic view of "Hotel Redondo - the Queen of the Pacific." Rare. We locate two copies in OCLC at the California State Library and UC Berkeley. M. Rieder unknown books

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

CaliforniaABAA

VISTAS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A GUIDE TO THE LAND OF SUNSHINE AND FLOWERS

1893WRCAM43213San Francisco 1893. 47pp. Illustrated with halftones. Oblong 12mo. Original printed stiff-paper wrappers string-tied. Some offsetting on the rear wrapper. Near fine. Early promotional guide to Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Includes photographs of the Hollenbeck and other prominent buildings of the day also photos of the missions Catalina Island Santa Monica Riverside etc. The Hollenbeck Company a major Los Angeles area developer was one of the driving forces behind the issuance of this guide. ROCQ 2965. unknown books

William Reese Company · États-Unis225,00 $US≈ 190,37 €

California Citizens for JusticeABAA

Warning: vote no on prop. 37 say no to anti gay bigots handbill

198492903San Francisco: the CCJ 1984. 8.5x11 inch flyer printed single side urging votes against the proposed California lottery because it was backed by Bally Corporation which CCJ accused of anti-gay practices. the CCJ unknown books

Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB · États-Unis15,00 $US≈ 12,69 €

Associated Students School of Fine Art California State UniversityABAA

Wayne Thiebaud. Survey of Painting 1950-1972

197227841Long Beach: Associated Students-School of Fine Art California State University 1972. First edition. Wrappers unpaginated; near fine. Associated Students-School of Fine Art, California State University unknown books

Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books · États-Unis75,00 $US≈ 63,46 €

CaliforniaABAA

Weber's Map of Sierra County California cover title

1914715San Francisco; Los Angeles: C.F. Weber & Co 1914. Still very good. Folding map 20 x 26.5 inches. Original printed wrappers. Small perforation at upper margin of wraps also slightly affecting upper map border. A few slight separations at fold points. Light tanning. A scarce and attractive folding map of Sierra County California "Showing towns steam and electric railroads wagon and automobile roads township and section lines rivers creeks reclamation and irrigation districts etc." The map clearly marks out township plats. County lines are delineated in pink with the map centered on Sierra County but also it also depicts the northern part of Nevada County the southern part of Plumas County and the eastern tip of Yuba County. OCLC locates three copies at the Huntington the California Historical Society and UC Berkeley. C.F. Weber & Co unknown books

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis675,00 $US≈ 571,12 €

California Wells Fargo and CompanyABAA

Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express. 1882 Directory of Chinese Business Houses

1882319779San Francisco: Britton a& Rey 1882. 146pp. text in English and Chinese. Original half green cloth and pictorial orange paper boards with a lithographic vignette of a dragon and harbor. Boards rubbed paper discolored and scraped along outer edge of front board discolored along outer edge of rear board. Cloth torn at lower spine hinges cracked but holding by cloth. Several instances of Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express red-ink stamp with text in English and Chinese characters. Old tideline along outer edge of many leaves. Very good. 146pp. text in English and Chinese. Rare Directory of Chinese Businesses in the West Published in the Year of the Exclusion Act. The third and last in a series of directories of Chinese businesses published by Wells Fargo this edition issued in the year of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 which prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the United States. This edition is more than half again as long as the 1878 edition which has only 86pp. The first edition of 1873 is only nine pages in length. Attractively printed by the firm of Britton & Rey the leading lithographers in San Francisco the text is in English and Chinese characters and lists hundreds of Chinese-owned businesses in San Francisco Oakland Sacramento San Jose Stockton Marysville and Los Angeles many of those businesses on a street called "Negro Alley"; as well as Portland Oregon; Virginia City Nevada; Victoria British Columbia; and Denver. The directory not only demonstrates the expansive reach of Chinese communities in the West but also how their businesses were tied to the ever-expanding Wells Fargo Company. Several pages in this copy are stamped with a bilingual logotype: "Ship Money and Goods by Wells Fargo & Co's Express." The name and address of each merchant is given and in many cases the nature of the business is listed as well. San Francisco businesses take up more than half the text but it is notable to see the wide variety of business ventures undertaken by Chinese in the American West. Among these are laundries merchants druggists cigar factories "slipper" and shoe factories ladies' underwear tailors restaurants doctors Chinese and Japanese imports boarding houses barbers morticians butchers general merchandise jewelers and more. Among the more interesting businesses are employment offices a clam dealer pawn broker junk dealers and opium dealers. The smaller and more remote towns - such as Marysville Portland and Virginia City do not give business types as often and Chinese consulates and missions are also listed. "Very rare" - Quebedeaux who notes two copies in private collections one of which may be the present copy formerly in the McClatchy family collection and apparently formerly owned by Western historian and novelist Stuart Lake. OCLC locates five copies at the California Historical Society the Autry Museum the Bancroft Library the Library of Congress and the Huntington Library. Rocq adds the copy at the Wells Fargo library in San Francisco and there is also a copy at Yale. Cowan P.175 Note. Cowan Chinese Question 472. Rocq 12764. Quebedeaux 101 Britton a& Rey unknown books

James Cummins Bookseller · États-Unis13 500,00 $US≈ 11 422,35 €

California BankingABAA

Wells Fargo Navada sic National Bank Box 151 Wells Fargo & Co text on key tag

1898252146San Francisco 1898. Original brass skeleton-style key 13â„4 inches in length attached by a small chain to a 4 x 13â„4 inch brass tag. Expected wear rubbing and discoloration. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth folding case spine gilt. Apparently an original brass key for box 151 of the Navada National Bank of San Francisco.Â The bank was founded in January 1898 and this key would seem to be contemporaneous with its opening.Â A nice piece of San Francisco and Wells Fargo financial realia. unknown books

James Cummins Bookseller · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

From the Estate of Robert Bobby Palazzo Westlake Village CaliforniaABAA

WESTERN TRADE TOKEN COLLECTION WITH ADDITIONAL EXONUMIA. . . . Good for a loaf of bread a game of pool half-pint of cream or a roll in the hay

1900009672Collection of forty-eight western tokens plus other exonumia composed mostly of merchant "good for" tokens several Pony Express commemorative 'so-called-dollars' a tool-check and a 'dog house' license. These were issued at various locales mostly in Nevada with a couple from California. The tokens were identified by Palazzo John Schilling or Holabird Auctions. Palazzo's old and badly worn cardboard mounts have been replaced with new Lighthouse coin 'flips' and the original information has been transferred. Mixed condition; some near mint and others well-worn as is common with many tokens. One of the images at the link displays a list of all the tokens which will also be provided in hard copy. Trade tokens were a form of unofficial 'minor coinage' made from base metals such as brass copper nickel or aluminum and usually cast as circular disks but occasionally as octagons triangles or in scalloped shapes. They seldom if ever had a value of more than a dollar. Trade tokens sometimes referred to as "Good Fors" because they were usually stamped "Good for" followed by a product service or monetary value first appeared in the United States during the late 1700s and it's been suggested that George Washington used a trade token to attend Bill Rickett's Philadelphia Circus in 1793. Often like some of the tokens in this lot they were issued to be exchanged for a specific product or service such as a loaf of bread game of pool meal hotel room or brothel visit. In the western states company stores and independent businesses made frequent use of tokens in mining towns and camps where coinage was often scarce. As an added incentive for businesses they could only be redeemed at the place of issue and with little if any law enforcement they were a safe substitute for gold and silver. Also if the tokens were never redeemed business owners pocketed a little extra profit. The towns and cities represented in this collection include Aztec Blair Carson City Crystal Duckwater East Ely Elko Fairview Goldfield Los Angeles McGill Mound Hill Reno Tonopah Tuscarora and Winnemucca. Today some of these places are ghost towns. The lot includes tokens distributed by the American Borax Company general stores drug stores tobacco stores billiard parlors hotels and saloon/brothels. Four of the most interesting tokens in this lot are Two different tokens from Goldfield Nevada's most famous saloon The Northern. One of these tokens was originally bimetallic with an aluminum ring around a copper or brass disc. The disc is missing on this token just as it is on almost all the others that have survived. Tex Rickard and his silent partners Wyatt and Virgil Earp opened The Northern in 1905 and Wyatt briefly managed the establishment during its first year of operation. In time Rickard became a very successful fight promoter; he promoted the championship fight between James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson. He later used his fortune to build the third iteration of Madison Square Garden--which lasted from 1925 to 1968. During his Garden's second year of operation Rickard formed a professional hockey team to play there Tex's Rangers known today as the New York Rangers. A 12Â½ cent token for the Red Top Bar one of Goldfield's notorious brothels. Two 5-cent tokens from the Jeffries & Kipper Billiard Parlor and Gentlemen's CafÃ© in Los Angeles which the two men opened in partnership in 1907. Kipper was a frustrated boxer who eventually became the manager of the Los Angeles Coliseum. Jeffries was the legendary Heavy Weight Champion James J. Jeffries who was lured back into the ring for a $1 million payday in today's dollars six years and an additional 110 pounds after he retired as the "Great White Hope" to fight the then-current champion Jack Johnson. For additional information about trade tokens see Rulau's Standard Catalog of United States Trade Tokens 1700 to 1900 Ascarza's "Mine Tales: Trade tokens were used widely but are rare today" in the 9 Dec 2013 issue of the Arizona Daily Star and "John Bill Ricketts and the Ricketts Circus" at Circuses and Sideshows online. A fascinating physical record of commerce in the boomtowns of the American West. Recent auction results found at Worthpoint suggest the total value of this lot to be just under $1600. books

Read 'Em Again Books & Paper · États-Unis750,00 $US≈ 634,57 €

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAABAA

What To Do and See In Southern California

305819Los Angeles All-Year Club of Southern California 1947. 16" x 18". Brochure folds to form 16 panels. Illustrated with 8 color and 3 b/w photographs. Includes information on desert and mountain resorts seashore film studios missions sports dude ranches harbors other nearby counties. No Binding. Very Good. Los Angeles, All-Year Club of Southern California, 1947. unknown books

Houle Rare Books & Autographs · États-Unis50,00 $US≈ 42,31 €

California Stereoview Photograph. Johnson J. Y. Farm founder. Singley B. L. Image copyright holderABAA

Where 16000 Pigeons Live in Constant Peace Los Angeles Cal. U.S.A.

190346713Meadville PA: Keystone View Company 1903. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A VG example. Descriptive text to card verso. Stereo image of the Los Angeles Pigeon farm "located four miles north of the city." Domed images concave cardstock. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7-1/16" "The Los Angeles Pigeon Farm was located between the Los Angeles River and Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles California. Situated on 8 acres in the Cypress Park and Glassell Park districts it was centered near the junction of San Fernando Road and Verdugo Road. The farm was established in 1898 by J. Y. Johnson for the production of Squab meat and in operation until a Los Angeles River flood destroyed it in 1914." Wiki Keystone View Company unknown books

Tavistock Books, ABAA · États-Unis75,00 $US≈ 63,46 €

SOCIAL FICTION PRISONS CALIFORNIA LAMSON DavidABAA

Whirlpool

193716674New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1937. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth cover decoratively stamped in gilt and green; dustjacket; 332pp. Top edge of text block a little dusty else a tight VG copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper worn at edges and with a closed tear to base of front panel; Good or better. Fictionalized account of the author's real-life experiences on San Quentin's Death Row following a wrongful murder conviction. Lamson also published a non-fiction account We Who Are About To Die 1935. Oddly the setting is changed to Washington State Penitentiary for this fictional version. HANNA 2080. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis65,00 $US≈ 55,00 €

California. Promotional LiteratureABAA

Whittier California. Some of Its Advantages and Resources. City of Homes and Solid Prosperity cover title

19061023Whittier: Board of Trade 1906. Very good. 16pp. Oblong octavo. Original printed wrappers stapled. Light soiling and wear. Published less than twenty years after Whittier was founded by Quakers this promotional work proudly proclaims that "there is now town of its size that will rank higher in intelligence morality and progressiveness." Just fourteen miles from Los Angeles with a population of about 4000 people Whittier boasted easy access by rail a college hospital library an abundance of water and a budding oil industry. It did not have saloons and "consequently no need of a jail; and no paupers." Illustrated throughout with half tones including a panoramic bird's eye view of the town. Relatively scarce with only four copies located in OCLC at UC San Diego UC Berkeley Swarthmore College and the Merrimack Valley Library. Board of Trade unknown books

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis500,00 $US≈ 423,05 €

WHITTIER COLLEGE CALIFORNIA ELLIOTT CharlesABAA

WHITTIER COLLEGE/1ST CENTURY/POET CAMPUS

11209REDON BH LEGENDS 1986. ONE OF 3000 FIRST EDITION FINE. F. REDON BH, LEGENDS, 1986 unknown books

Houle Rare Books & Autographs · États-Unis65,00 $US≈ 55,00 €

California. TheatreABAA

Wigwam Theatre. Meyer Bros. Proprietors. Monday March 11 1889. Read Reflect and Remember! An Extraordinary Array of Talent! caption title

18891212San Francisco: Theatrical Publishing Co 1889. Very good. Broadside 17 x 6 inches. Previously folded. Small closed tear at top edge. Even tanning. An attractive broadside advertisement for entertainments at a downtown San Francisco theater in 1889. The Wigwam Theater was built in 1884 on the corner of Stockton and Geary Streets as a headquarters and event space for the presidential campaign of the Blaine and Logan Republican ticket. After Blaine lost the election to Grover Cleveland the Republican party leased the brick and sheet iron building to an Austrian immigrant named Gustav Walter who operated it first as a beer hall and then turned it into a venue for variety and vaudeville acts in the late 1880s. The present broadside promotes a slate of acts to be performed on March 11 1889 that range from vaudevillians and sketch comedians to acrobats and prestidigitators. With three lively woodcuts of actors and printed in a variety of types. We locate a portfolio of promotional material for the Wigwam at the Bancroft Library but no other records. Theatrical Publishing Co unknown books

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis600,00 $US≈ 507,66 €

Book Club of California The Kostura William and Susan JohnsonABAA

WILLIAM F. LEWIS: A SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE BUILDER

199374439San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1993. Octavo printed wrappers. First edition. The Club's annual keepsake for 1993. A fine copy in cloth slipcase. #74439 The Book Club of California unknown books

L. W. Currey, Inc. · États-Unis25,00 $US≈ 21,15 €

California Walnut Growers Association publicationABAA

WIN NEW COOKING FAME With DIAMOND BRANDED WALNUTS. Here's Menu Magic in a Nutshell

39877Los Angeles: California Walnut Growers Association Dept. F. n. d. 1st edition presumed. Beige printed paper. Modest wear to paper. A VG example. 1 sheet folded 3 times brochure style. Color illustrations to front and rear sides. 5-1/2" x 3-1/16" "Menu Magic in a Nutshell is the title of a larger 32 page book containing 100 tested walnut recipes. It's free. Just send a postcard asking for it". Includes recipes for dishes such as: walnut salads Banana Walnut Cake Chocolate Nuggets Penoche Olive Nut Sandwiches etc. California Walnut Growers Association, Dept. F. unknown books

Tavistock Books, ABAA · États-Unis25,00 $US≈ 21,15 €