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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 books
1956229355San Francisco: Communisty Party of California 1956. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure front panel unevenly browned minor creasing else good condition 5.5x8.5 inches. Communisty Party of California unknown books
1956211404San Francisco: Communisty Party of California 1956. Four panel brochure creased and edge worn rear panel browned 5.5x8.5 inches. Communisty Party of California unknown books
1956178800San Francisco: Communisty Party of California 1956. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure rear panel browned 5.5x8.5 inches. Communisty Party of California unknown books
1962WRCLIT84593San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1962. Twelve quarto fascicles with occasional illustrations and typographical embellishments. Enclosed in cloth and board chemise and cloth covered slipcase with gilt label. First edition of the 26th of the Club's annual keepsakes. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Club it numbers among the most important. of the series. One of 950 sets. Among the printers represented often with text by the proprietors are Grant Dahlstrom the Tamal Land Press Mallette Dean the Grabhorn Press Ward Ritchie the Greenwood Press Windsor Press Black Vine Press Adrian Wilson the Allen Press the Plantin Press and Lawton Kennedy. The Book Club of California hardcover books
19081828Santa Cruz: Sentinel Press 1908. Very good. 68pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Light biopredation to upper corner of last few leaves. In a custom cloth folder. A handsome promotional work published by the Santa Cruz Board of Trade extensively illustrated with half tone views of the area. The text lauds the natural beauty and resources of Santa Cruz including the agricultural and climate advantages. More than half the volume is comprised of illustrations. Relatively scarce with only a handful of copies in OCLC. Rocq 14389. Sentinel Press unknown books
1948147553Berkeley: Church Divinity School of the Pacific 1948. 14p 5.75x8.75 inches history and introduction to the School illustarted with b&w photos from the 1930s and 1940s very good brochure in stapled white pictorial wraps. Brochure introducing the seminary. OCLC lists one holding at UC Berkeley. Church Divinity School of the Pacific unknown books
73584hardcover. musical notations. 90pp. 4to cloth. Berkeley 1913.<br/><br/> unknown books
1858WRCAM50106San Francisco 1858. 3021pp. Modern buckram gilt leather labels. Minor rubbing to labels library shelf label on spine. Faint ink library stamps on titlepage titlepage and next two leaves detached mild toning. Good. Second edition revised and enlarged. An early California law regulating civil courts with notes and index by Henry J. Labatt. Also includes a list of the state's highest- ranking legal officials with the expiration dates for the terms of the Supreme Court judges. Scarce with only seventeen copies in OCLC. OCLC 17349274. hardcover books
133889hardcover. numerous illus. some in color. 4to pict. cloth d.w. Menlo Park: Lane Book 1964. vg<br/><br/> unknown books
1936WRCLIT61184San Francisco: Book Club of California 1936. Six volumes. Printed wrappers. A few short nicks and tears to overlap edges otherwise a very good set with mimeo cover slips laid in. Later board slipcase. First editions in this format each limited to five hundred copies with an appropriate introduction: 1 "Over an Absinthe Bottle" by W.C. Morrow printed at Grabhorn Press; 2 "Poems" by Nora May French printed at Archetype Press; 3 "Selections from Prattle" by Ambrose Bierce printed at the Windsor Press; 4 "An Itinerant House" by Emma Frances Dawson printed at the Ward Ritchie Press; 5 "Afoot to Yosemite" by John Muir printed at the Eucalyptus Press; and 6 "A Night at Wingdam" by Bret Hart printed at Plantin Press. Book Club of California unknown books
196240968Los Angeles: California Council on Alcohol Problems the California Liberator 1962. 1st printing presumed. White printed paper. Modest wear to paper light age-toning horizontal crease. A VG example. Single sheet folded once. B/w photographic image of Oakland Police Chief Toothman with Mr. Birdsall. 10-1/2" x 8" <br/><br/>Includes articles such as: Sateve Post: "Abstainer Never Becomes an Alcoholic" "Oakland Police Educate Against Drinking and Driving" & "For the Pastor who Wants to Help the Alcoholic" & "New Accurate Inexpensive Device to Test Intoxication". California Council on Alcohol Problems, the California Liberator unknown books
2869Los Angelis California: The Farm Wood's Print ca. 1911. . Single illustration on front and on back cover of 500 sic year-old alligator named Okeechobee; two very grainhy halftones on centerfold. One copy located in OCLC at UCLA dated circa 1911 by reference to a photograph in their collection. Los Angelis, California: [The Farm} Wood's Print, ca. 1911. unknown books
1911151600Oakland: The Club 1911. 16p. mimeo'd 4p.holograph signatures plus fifty or so totally blank leaves. Signators are members of the Club. Hardcover in pressed-calf-bound boards gilt-titled an 8.5x13 inch oblong. Commences with a "Certificate of Articles of Incorporation" signed by Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan with the embossed gilt State Seal affixed. Find also various papers laid-in including an oversize brochure "Three Score and Ten A commemoration of the Athenian-Nile Club" from 1953 which is covered with holograph signatures; two baseball excursion cards from 1959 & 1969 a copy of a Notary Public document signed and a program from a military event hosted by the Club in 1968. Item is very worn the front cover is cracked across and limp expect abrasions to all extremities with some card showing at corner tips. A fair copy. Document signed by original members of the Athenian Club. The Club unknown books
19282221615<p>First edition. Tall octavo. 13 pages unpaginated printed on Ingres paper by the Grabhorn Press. Initial letter in red. Original blue dust jacket stamped in black. Very good.</p><p>Includes three titles by George Sterling with a separate typed sheet laid in loose listing additional publications.</p> Book Club of California unknown books
1928WRCLIT54515San Francisco 1928. Small quarto. Printed wrapper over boards. One of approximately five hundred copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. The fragile outer wrapper is lightly chipped with short breaks at the spine fold boards a bit bumped at corners with crack at crown of spine fold internally very good. HELLER & MAGEE p.61. hardcover books
1927CNBR245San Francisco: John Henry Nash for The Book Club of California 1927. No binding. Near fine. Nash John Henry. Folio single leaf folded once to form 4 pp. Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn 1872-1964 was an advocate of free speech and higher education based on the idea of a self-governing community with advisors teaching through tutorials instead of lectures and with an emphasis on the "great books"; he opened the "Experimental College" at the University of Wisconsin in 1927. Unfortunately the experiment failed with the students developing a reputation for "radicalism and wanton anarchy" perhaps an idea ahead of its time resulting in the closing of the College in 1932. <br/><br/>This scarce BCC broadside printed by John Henry Nash announces three lectures to be given by him: "The Evolution of Spirit" "The College and the Community" and "The Poetry of James Stephens." Undated but we believe it was printed in 1927 based on a mention in the BCC 100 of the first lecture Dr. Meiklejohn gave: "In 1925 under the auspices of the Club but not connected with any planned series Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn spoke at the Palace Hotel on 'Democracy and Excellence' " cf p. xiv BCC 100. The broadside states "Dr. Meiklejohn's lecture before the members two years ago was so favorably received and so many expressed a desire to hear the speaker again that the Club takes special pleasure in announcing this new series of lectures." A quick look at the calendar for 1927 confirms that July 27 August 3 and August 10 did all fall on a Wednesday as the broadside states. Not listed in either O'Day or the BCC 100; seemingly scarce with none currently in the marketplace and a search of OCLC locating one copy at Cal.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: A single leaf folded once to four pp. the announcement on the lecture series on the first page in black and red surrounded by a red ruled border two inside pages blank on the final page "The Book Club of California wishes to express its appreciation to the trustees of the Temple Emanu-El for the use of its beautiful building for these lectures" and beneath "San Francisco: John Henry Nash Printer"; folio size measuring 12" by 8.5".<br/><br/>___CONDITION: This delicate broadside could almost be called fine; the paper is clean the inks bright it is free of soil and edgewear other than a single short closed tear to the top margin of the first page; some light age-toning else fine.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. John Henry Nash for The Book Club of California unknown books
190229026Oakland: Frederick M. Husted Publisher. Printed at the Oakland Enquirer Office 1902. 1st edition Rocq 719. Bound in a Roycroft-style blue suede binding gilt stamped lettering to front cover by the Hicks-Judd Company. Blue felt eps. A VG copy. 157 3 pp. 18 pages of adverts at rear including 2 seating charts for the MacDonough Theatre. Main text printed letterpress on stiff paper stock with t.p. & Introduction printed in red & black. Adverts done offset on thin slick stock. 8vo. 9" x 6" <br/><br/>A fairly scarce work and apparently the first to do so exclusively that documented the social scene of the San Francisco East Bay as it was comprised during the first part of the 20th Century. the book "comprehends or should comprehend in concise and elegant form all information required by ladies of Society.". from the Introduction. Frederick M. Husted, Publisher. Printed at the Oakland Enquirer Office unknown books
188832883San Francisco: Published by Edward Denny & Co 1888. 1st edition thus. Morocco-style full sheep binding with gilt stamping. Edges rubbed with joints starting. Chipping to spine ends. An About VG copy. A-H 282 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Published by Edward Denny & Co unknown books
189733142San Francisco: Louis Roesch Co. Printers 1897. 1st edition thus. Original light blue cloth binding with gilt & dark blue stamping. Bevelled edges. Floral blue & gold patterned-paper eps. Some binding wear & soiling to cloth. A VG copy. 1915 44 2 pp. Adverts last 50 pages. Illustrated. 8vo. 11" x 8-1/4" <br/><br/> Louis Roesch Co. Printers hardcover books
189233138San Francisco: H. S. Crocker 1892. 1st edition thus BAL 15025. Original blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Bevelled edges. Light binding wear with spine darkened. Slight lean. POS to ffep. Withal a VG copy. 272 2 78 pp. Adverts last 78 pages with Index to Advertisers pp 73-74. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 7" <br/><br/>Norris contributed "The Class of '94" pp. 46 - 49 as well as 3 illustrations pp. 50 51 & 231. H. S. Crocker hardcover books
188629813Berkeley 1886. 1st edition thus. Original blue cloth binding with gold stamped lettering. Floral patterned paper eps. General wear with a slight cock. Gilt bright. Lacks football photograph at p. 113 as well as last 3 leaves of adverts which have been excised. Otherwise a VG copy. 310 74 pp. Adverts last 74 pages. Photograph frontis by Taber of San Francisco depicting 5 "Presidents of the University of California". 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> hardcover books
1969List901Los Angeles 1969. First Edition. Two long mimeographed sheets text on rectos and versos. Very good with some normal wear. Very Good. An uncommon Black Panther newsletter from the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panthers dealing with the case of Nathaniel Clark who was killed by his wife following an altercation. Though the newsletter claims the killing was done by "counter-revolutionary elements. manifested in the form of a woman who claimed to be Nate's wife" it was in fact his wife who killed him and only being seventeen at the time she was tried in juvenile court where the death was ruled to be involuntary manslaughter. unknown books
1950103423San Francisco: Diocese of California 1950. 4 page invitation printing on cover only 6x8 inches fold marks. Diocese of California unknown books
1972006049Springfield: Charles C. Thomas 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A history of the storied Berkeley California police department from 1905 to 1972. Forewords by O. W. Wilson Former Superintendent of Police Chicago Illinois and B. R. Baker Chief of Police Berkeley California. Offsetting to front endpaper else a fine copy in fine unclipped duswrapper. Uncommon. Charles C. Thomas hardcover books
