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77019New York: W. E. Webb; San Diego California: Geo. H. Sisson; London: Captain Francis Pavy; no date circa 1886. Single sheet folded 35 ¾" x 16 ¾" unfolded each page 9 ½" x 6". 24 p. with 6 black-and-white halftone photographs and 2 maps. The text is clean and unmarked. Tiny nicks at the folds with a pencil notation to the front panel and a few small tape mends; otherwise very good. Barrett 1306.<br /> <br /> Promotional piece encouraging emigration to Baja California with descriptions of the agricultural opportunities and the city of Ensenada. George H. Sisson was an American mining engineer and entrepreneur who purchased a large land concession in Baja California on July 24 1884 with Luis Huller. This concession extended between 29 degrees north and 32 degrees 42 minutes north and included Cedros Island. Additional purchases extended their holdings to 13325630 acres. In 1885 Sisson and Huller formed the International Company of Mexico in Hartford Connecticut with Sisson as general manager. The business was sold to the British Mexican Land and Colonization Company in 1888. These land holdings were emblematic of the problems in land distribution during the Portiriato 1876-1911; related lawsuits continued for years afterward. unknown
63-9103Los Angeles CA: Music Trades Association of Southern California 1928. Printed Ticket. 10.5 x 5.5 cm. Good with minor creasing. Scarce. Los Angeles, CA: Music Trades Association of Southern California, 1928. unknown
539San Francisco: California Transportation Company 1929. Rate card �Effective June 2 1929. 9.25� x 31� unfolded & 3.75� x 9.25� rate card. Single printed sheet folded three times. Together with stiff paper rate card. Rate card �Effective June 2 1929. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and a large map. Great photographs of the Delta King & Queen. Brief histories of Stockton and Sacramento. Two items together both in very good condition. (San Francisco): California Transportation Company 1929. unknown
1915366779West Hoboken NJ: Privately published by Albert A. Bieber . C. Reining Printer 1915. First separate edition. One of 65 signed copies. Printed on pink paper folding into publisher's pink wrappers the rear wrapper signed by Bieber. Unfolds to 13-1/4x8-1/4 inches. Stitched into publisher's green cloth with printed label on the upper cover. First separate edition. One of 65 signed copies. Printed on pink paper folding into publisher's pink wrappers the rear wrapper signed by Bieber. Unfolds to 13-1/4x8-1/4 inches. Among the treasures at the Bancroft Library is the original diary of Patrick Breen one of few survivors of the infamous Donner Party the group of California pioneers trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846-47 who resorted to cannibalism to survive. Of the 87 people who entered the Wasatch Mountains only 48 survived. <br /> <br /> Much of the present day knowledge of the Donner Party is known from the Breen diary which was originally recovered by rescuer George McKinstry Jr. The news of the Party was an instant sensation and evidently seeking to capitalize on the notoriety McKinstry published extracts from the diary in several newspapers. In 1871 the McKinstry gave the diary to Hubert H. Bancroft. <br /> <br /> The present item rarely found in its original wrappers and binding was published by bookseller Albert A. Bieber and stated as the first separate edition of any party of the diary. It comprises chilling extracts from Nov. 20 1846 to March 1 1847. Privately published by Albert A. Bieber ... C. Reining, Printer unknown
101991372X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
16944Automobile Club of Southern California. 1971. Paperback. Good. Some soiling and tiny tears. 'LA' in ink on top of two maps. The central area map is 42 x 23 inches south is 32 x 23 and San Gabriel Valley Valley Area is 34 x 23. All from the early 1970s. Automobile Club of Southern California paperback
253597San Francisco: UPC n.d. Three different UPC-related pins together with two cards from the San Francisco Labor Council certifying their owner's status as a delegate. UPC unknown books
187976513Bodie: V.p. 1879-1882. Bodie Evening Miner. Two Issues; August 1st and September 19 1882. The first Bodie Evening Miner was published on May 9 1882.Bodie Morning News. June 5 1879.Each a bifolio 4 pp. and all three in very nice condition.The town of Bodie was the location of the first lucrative gold strike in Eastern California. Word spread quickly and by 1879 there was a boom town largely preserved today of around 10000 souls. In 1881 the Bodie and Benton Railway was built and used to haul lumber and other goods from the Bodie mines to the saw mill by Mono Lake. But the writing was on the wall by that time as wall and a mere decade later it was largely deserted. More than $38000000 in gild and silver was taken ut of Bodie and surrounds. It is probably the most visited ghost town in the American West. V.p. unknown
2994Three letters from early California about the time of the Civil War; the Lehmans may have been a Jewish family that moved out West but I cannot find absolute proof of this: ALS. 1pg. 8†x 12â€. January 18 1859. San Carlos. An autograph letter signed “H B Lehman†to his brother: “…they complain of not having received any letters from me since I left home the fault is not mine for I have written several out for the last three years have not been able to write on account of having lost William’s last letter in which he says that he had moved into another house…have been doing rather bad for the last two years but now have hopes of doing better…Uncle Robert’s daughter Yves was married to a young man named Jose…I can see no motive for not maintaining correspondence with you as I say above I have answered all the letters…â€. The letter has mailing folds and is in fine condition. ALS. 2pg. 5†x 8â€. February 17 1861. Yuba County. An autograph letter signed “Saml R. Lehman†to Bill: “…Harriet was much pleased with her gift and prizes it very highly she had deputed me to express her thanks as she had put off writing till next time. I believe that my letters are now coming regularly…We are all well here and there is nothing much for me to write. I have commenced farming – I have done some plowing and put in some grain – have commenced a small garden and am about to put out a few fruit trees. Some of these days I may write you my experience in this to me new business – it may amuse you. You probably think that those pictures will never come – have a little patience. They are not taken yet but will be some day and in due course of time you will receive them. I am very slow about it but you can be satisfied that I am sure…â€. The letter has two mailing folds and light soiling and is in very good condition. ALS. 4pg. 5†x 8â€. June 20 1861. Santa Barbara. An autograph letter signed “Ramon Hill†to Joe: “…I am very happy to hear that you are now improving in health and hope you may always be blessed with good health. It is a particular gift and not granted by Divine Providence to all alike…It makes my heart ache to mention the civil discord and disgrace that has spread over our beloved country for so many years the example of peace and prosperity of every other notice. But what must we do set down and cry for the sins of our brethren. Yes it is a fearful time to handle a horrible spectacle to behold. Were that I was not in the States long before this I should be among the ranks of those blessed with defending the most sacred of causes and shedding their blood for the atonement…â€. The letter has mailing folds and is in fine condition. unknown books
59219San Francisco: P.P. Tornich ca 1922. Three vintage silver-gelatin prints approx. 7-1/2" x 9-1/2" one slightly smaller on commercial mounts ca 11" x 14." The prints show mild surface wear but are clean and retain excellent contrast; moderate soiling to mounts; Near Fine. One mount printed with the photographer's address 110 Congo Street San Francisco at lower right; one image captioned in the negative "Croatian Club Banquet / Feb 11 - 1922 / P.P. Tornich photo" with photographer's embossed stamp at lower left; third image unsigned but clearly from the same or a similar event and in a mount of similar style and date. <br /> <br /> Three excellent portraits documenting a meeting of the San Francisco branch of the Hrvatski Sokol a Croatian nationalist membership organization founded in Prague in 1862. The Sokol was modeled on the German turnverein emphasizing gymnastics and physical culture while promoting nationalist sentiment and military preparedness. In the United States the sokols persisted as a means for Croatian immigrants to retain their national identity against the intense pressures of assimilation they faced in their adopted homeland. <br /> <br /> The photographs - all group portraits - depict banquet attendees in various costumes ranging from conventional business attire to traditional hunting outfits including feathered caps. In one photograph the group's banner is prominently displayed hanging over a long banquet table the traditional Croatian hawk surrounded by the words "Hrvatski Sokol / San Francisco Cal." <br /> <br /> Of the photographer P.P. Tornich we can discover little regarding his professional activities. The Bancroft Library records one holding for an album of Tornich photographs dated 1933 published by the Portola View Company of the first convention of the Slavonic Alliance of California; we find no other institutional records of work by this artist. However Tornich appears to have been a prominent figure in Slavic-American circles in San Francisco serving for at least fifteen years as an officer of the Slavonic Illyric Mutual Benevolent Society for at least three of which he was the Society's President based on advertisements in the San Francisco Call 1897-1912. unknown
188441011copies made in Seville: Establecimiento Tipografico y Litografico "El Porvenir 1884. Folio 31 cm 12.5". 1 2 3 pp. <br><br>Each facsimile has this note on it: "Photographed from the original preserved in the 'Archivo General de Indias' de Sevilla under Royal Order dated Madrid December 26th 1883 for Aldoph Sutro Esq. of San Francisco California" and the typographic imprint above.<br>Â Â Â Â One is a letter of Junipero Serra dated Monterey 7 October 1779 reporting that he has made a copy of Fr. Crespi's diary and is sending it via the ship that has just arrived; a second Serra letter dated Monterey 9 September 1779 reports on the various missions and states that he hopes to establish one in San Francisco. The third letter is by Sebastian Vizcaino dated Monterey 8 December 1602 reporting on his voyage of discovery along the California coast.<br>Â Â Â Â The facsimiles are on laid paper and in sepia ink and are great replicas of the originals with a great backstory as to their creation.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Adolph Sutro; later for sale by E. B. Sterling Historical Print Seller Trenton NJ 18511925. Overall very good: Some age stains one corner repaired some dust-soiling. In a light paper folder with E.B. Sterling's faint rubber-stamp. Establecimiento Tipografico y Litografico "El Porvenir unknown books
75-6868San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor M.H. de Young Memorial Museum 1971. 4to. Soft Cover ca.100 pp. B&W and Color Plates. Very Good. with Minor Abrasions Creasing Age Toning San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum 1971 paperback
17-1258San Francisco CA: M.H. de Young Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor 1971. . 4to. 112 pp. Soft Cover. Very Good. Black & white plates throughout. From the Library of the Pasquale Iannetti including loan card. San Francisco, CA: M.H. de Young Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1971. paperback
1965153592San Francisco CA: California Commission on Law and Social Action of the American Jewish Congress 1965. Various pagings vol. 3 Summer 1965 mild soiling on back cover and slightly worn office filing note on front cover features three of the briefs filed to challenge the constitutionality of 1963 ballot measure Proposition 14 which invalidated laws prohibiting racial discrimination in housing 1. The C.L.S.A. "master brief."--2. The supplemental brief in Thomas v. Goulias including the Earl Raab affidavit--3. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund brief. Law Commentary. This case put the final nail in the coffin of racial covenants and legal housing discrimination in California and established the legal precedent that the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution supersedes any state law or constitutional provision that allows racial discrimination. California Commission on Law and Social Action of the American Jewish Congress unknown books
19002050Oroville Ca 1900. Very good. Three letters 13pp. total on seven lined sheets. Previously folded. Minor wear and toning. An engaging group of three letters from a mining engineer named Jack in Oroville California to his partner and perhaps brother Eric that discuss the development of their investments in an area that saw a rapid growth in dredge mining around the turn of the 20th century. Our correspondent was working out a new mechanical process for gold mining on a promising site. However his partner and addressee had given power of attorney to an investor named Wyckoff who is described as "a snoty little devil" who "knows no more about a mine or my affairs than a jack rabbit" but was starving the operation of cash while delivering a steady stream of insults. At one point Wyckoff "Left me without cash for ten days when we had nothing but potatoes to feed in the camp." The dastardly money man is also suspected of trying to steal the proprietary process which had already yielded fruit in Mexico. If that weren't bad enough the author was in poor health -- passing blood suffering from continuous headaches and feeling faint. And yet as with any mining venture a fortune was just around the corner: "I will make you money in the mine and prove the process so we can get bigger mines. Everybody is gold-crazy over here." Good content concerning a region of California that saw significant commercial mining development during the late-19th and early 20th centuries. unknown
1890229432ca. 1870-1890. 1890. Photographs are on single weight stock; 8" x 5"; very good. 1. Magnolia Avenue appears unpaved lined with palm and eucalyptus trees. 2. . Arlington Heights titled in the negative citrus grove with large house in distance short tear. 3. Group of 6 men picking oranges titled in the negative. The photographer is not identified. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. ca. 1870-1890. unknown books
1992041571Univ of California Museum of. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in fine condition. DJ in fine condition and in protective mylar cover. PLEASE NOTE: OVERSIZED ITEM NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ON AMAZON. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1992. Univ of California Museum of hardcover
75-4407Berkeley CA: Lowie Museum of Anthropology University of California Berkeley 1979. 4to. Soft Cover ca. 100 pp. Very Good B&W and Color Plates. Toning. Berkeley, CA: Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1979 paperback
1999008524UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History Los Angeles Calif. ©1999 1999. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 171 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm. ; ISBN 9780930741709 9780930741716 0930741706 0930741714 ; OCLC 40267276 ; SIGNED PRESENTATION by author Jo Q. Hill on flyleaf ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Introduction / Zhang Meifang -- But will it still be beautiful / Patrick Dowdey -- In pursuit of texture: a collaboration with the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute / Robert Glenn Ketchum -- Technical aspects of Suzhou embroidery / Jo Q. Hill ; "Intrigued with the possibility of integrating texture in his work American landscape photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum has a long-standing collaboration with the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute SERI in China. This volume describes the history of SERI with illustrations of its traditional embroidery and then proceeds to pair Ketchum's photographic images with their exquisite embroidered counterparts. Essays locate the achievement of the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute within the context of traditional Chinese embroidery and trace the willingness to innovate that has long characterized this remarkable institution." Source: Publisher ; FINE <br/> <br/> UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, Calif., ©1999 paperback
E09M-00959Univ of California Museum of. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Univ of California Museum of unknown
1999Q-0930741714Univ of California Museum of 1999-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Univ of California Museum of paperback
0266851517.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1913WRCAM44217Sacramento 1913. 48pp. Self-wrappers stapled. Light wear. Near fine. In a half morocco and cloth folding case spine gilt. Fox a major figure in the California Democratic Party and political boss of Sacramento was nominated for the position of state Postmaster in 1913. This drew a slew of objections scores of which are printed here from those who saw him as corrupt a "corporation tool" of the Southern Pacific Railroad on the take from gamblers and criminals and worse. OCLC locates only three copies at the California State Library University of California at Davis and California Historical Society. Scarce and quite interesting. OCLC 58882785 81609317. hardcover books
Quarto in a jade teal DJ ; 256 p. : illus ; 26 cm Washington -- History -- College -- Benedictine Monks
193162443Oakland CA: Oakland Tribune 1931. One Elephant folio map sized 22 x 34 in. printed on blue-tinted paper stock w/ scale of 1:1520000 and includes 6 different inset maps fold creases minor dustsoiling thumbing still VG bright copy. First edition thus of this well-executed and scarce automobile travel map issued by the Oakland Tribune at the onset of the Great Depression with specific mileage tables for traveling on U.S. Highways 99W 99E 99 40 & 101 with distances calculated from Oakland. Inset maps include Eastbay & Vicinity Sacramento Fresno Santa Clara & San Jose Bakersfield and Stockton CA. This automobile motoring map adapted and enhanced the 1923 and 1927 Oakland Tribune maps. Worldcat locates 2 copies CA Hist. Soc. Bancroft Oakland Tribune, unknown
