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58 pages. Features: Train Time at Grizzly Flats, California - The Emma Nevada - photos and article; What's Right with the Airlines? - the passenger problem - article with photos; Ps-4 - Southern Railways first ladies of the Pacifics - long article with photos; Photo section including centerfold of Sierra Railroad locomotive 34, a 1925 Baldwin Mikado, taking water at Oakdale, California; New Jersey's Streak o' rust - The Rahway Valley Line - article with photos and map; Great photo of Engineer James MacMahon of the Union Pacific at the controls of 4-8-2 No. 7856 near Hillgrove, California; Erie Railroads with Radio - Erie Railroad has purchased the largest four-way train radio network in the world; Two great 1883 photos of Van Buren St., Chicago; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Quarto in white illus jacket; viii, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm "Isaias Hellman, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in California in 1859 with little money in his pocket and his brother Herman by his side. By the time he died, he had effectively transformed Los Angeles into the modern metropolis we see today. In Frances Dinkelspeil's groundbreaking history, the early days of California are seen through the life of a man who started out as a simple store owner only to become California's premier money man of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Growing up as a young immigrant, Hellman quickly learned the use to which capital could be put, founding Los Angeles's Farmers and Merchants Bank, that city's first successful bank, and transforming Wells Fargo into one of the West's biggest financial institutions. He invested money with Henry Huntington to build trolley lines, lent Edward Doheny the funds that led him to discover California's huge oil reserves, and assisted Harrison Gray Otis in acquiring full ownership of the Los Angeles Times. Hellman led the building of Los Angeles's first synagogue, the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, helped start the University of Southern California, and served as Regent of the University of California. His influence, however, was not limited to Los Angeles. He controlled the California wine industry for almost 20 years, and after San Francisco's devastating 1906 earthquake and fire, calmed the financial markets there in order to help that great city rise from the ashes. With all of these accomplishments, Isaias Hellman almost single-handedly brought California into modernity. - Jacket flap. Traces the life of the savvy capitalist and banking guru whose life reflected the development of modern California, tracing his role in the construction of such organizations as the LA Times, USC, and the Wilshire Boulevard Temple. Contents: Introduction -- Panic -- New names, new lives -- Coming to Los Angeles -- A safe and a dream -- Marriage -- The Farmers and Merchants Bank -- The railroad -- Prosperity -- Transformation -- The Nevada Bank -- A death threat -- Trolleys and water -- Betrayal -- Wells Fargo -- Earthquake and fire -- Graft and cash -- Change -- War and anti-semitism -- The light fades -- Epilogue. Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography. Jews, German -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography. Jewish bankers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography. Capitalists and financiers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography. Banks and banking -- California -- History -- 19th century. Banks and banking -- California -- History -- 20th century. Banks and banking. Capitalists and financiers. Jewish bankers. Jews. Jews, German. Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography. Jews, German -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography. Jewish bankers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography. Capitalists and financiers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography. Banks and banking -- California -- History -- 19th century. Banks and banking -- California -- History -- 20th century. Named Person: Hellman, Isaias W. (Isaias William), 1842-1920. Hellman, Isaias W. (Isaias William), 1842-1920. Hellman, Isaias W. (Isaias William), 1842-1920. Genre/Form: Biographies. History. Time: 1800-1999 Geographic: California. California -- Los Angeles. Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-360) and index.
Large octavo in blue cloth in black, unclipped jacket; illus.; 248 pp., 25 cm.; light to moderate edge wear and shelf-rubbing to jacket; rubbing to spine ends; light dust soiling and fading to top edge of cover boards; o/w cloth is clean and free of fraying; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square; a gently used copy. In English.
240 pages. Bibliography. Index of names. Index of geographical references. Handsome reproductions of historic maps and illustrations. Printed upon glossy stock. Chapters include: Galleons, Pirates, Pearls and Fantastic Straits - California, XVIIth Century; Russian, French, British and American Incursions into "The Spanish Lake"; The Spanish Presence on the Northwest Coast - Sea-going Expeditions (1774-1793); Spanish Cartographic Surveys of the Northwest Coast in the XVIIIth Century - The Corps of Naval Steersmen; The Culture of the Indians of the Northwest Coast; Faces in the Forest - Mozino's Noticias de Nutka; A Personal View of the Northwest Coast - The journal of Tomas de Suria (1791); Nootka - the Crisis of 1789. Fore-edge of front free endpaper rumpled, othwerwise book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this handsome and very informative work. Book
Book shows light wear to covers only, sunning to spine, age-toning at endpapers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book concerns the history of Pope & Talbot, Inc., the longest existing shipping company on the west coast, based in Port Gamble, Washington. Founded in 1849 to meet the transport needs of the gold rush in San Francisco, California, includes photographs, illustrations, index, fold-out genealogy chart of the Pope and Talbot families in America, bibliography, preface by Charles Wheeler, executive vice president. 480 pages
68 pages. Features: Toronto's Yonge St. Mall; Judge Sandra Ellen Oxner of Nova Scotia; Windor, Ontario - A Few Years of Grace (in wake of Detroit riots); Tricia Nixon to Marry Edward Finch Cox - major article with nice color photos; Brigadier General John W. Donaldson; Jimmy Hoffa Steps Down - For Now; Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) ad shows sky crane (helicopter) working from one of their boats, the Fort St. Louis, at Pond Inlet; Murder suspect Juan Corona in California; Audie Murphy; Coming to Terms with Vietnam; South Vietnam Presidential election; Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns; The disputed Aksai Chin; Celebrity photos of Liberace (in crazy outfit) and Raquel Welch playing tennis; Austerity on the U.S. Campus; The Jackson Five at Home - article with great photo; Improving on Methadone; Nice one-page color-photo ad for the Calgary Inn shows chef carving beef in dining room; Race horse Canonero; Passing of Reinhold Niebuhr; and more. Small tick marks to index. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Peugeot 204 ad; A talk with Prime Minister Trudeau; Recovering oil from the sunken tanker Arrow in Chedabucto Bay; St. Mary's Church in Red Deer, Alberta - unusual architecture by Douglas Cardinal; U.S. Postal Service Strike; Home life of letter carrier Peter Stafford of New York; The Enduring Mail Mess; Miasma of My Lai - with photo of General Koster; S.S. "Columbia Eagle"; Death of bomber Diana Oughton; Danger and Opportunity in Indochina - major war coverage; Israel-P.L.O. conflict - article with photo of smiling Arafat in Jordanian cave office and six pages of excellent colour photos of the opposing military forces; Willi Stoph - from bricklayer to organization man; Rampaging plague of mice in Australia; Reproduction of controversial British poster depicting a pregnant man; Ronald Reagan deals with student protests; Last days of the "California Zephyr" train - article with photo; Photo-illustrated article on Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSN&Y); The Berlin Syndrome; Banned ad for "The Boys in the Band"; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
76 pages. Features: Two-page color-photo ad for Electrohome TVs; Major coverage of Pierre Trudeau's wedding with colour photos; Great photo of many Montrealers pushing a city bus stuck in snow; Suburbia - The New American Plurality; Affluent Bedroom - Leawood, Kansas; Affluent Settled - Evanston, Illinois; Low-Income Growing - El Monte, California; Low-Income Stagnant, East Orange, New Jersey; Bomb in the Senate; The Texas Electric Chair, "Old Sparky"; Showdown in Laos; CIBC ad announces their new office in Tokyo; Jinnah's Fading Dream in Pakistan; Israel/Egypt conflict; Women's suffrage in Liechtenstein; Terrorism in several countries; Trouble at Harper's magazine; Art - Japanese Screens; Water pollution in Italy; H. Bruce Franklin; Transition at M.I.T. - Jerome Wiesner and Erich Segal; Two Rabbis Rock the Boat - Philip Schechter and Martin Siegel; Pope Clement XV; Passing of Charles W. Engelhard, Dr. Paul de Kruif and Allan Nevins; Medicine and the snowmobiler's back; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
72 pages. Features: Antisubmarine warfare, the 'St. Croix' and Vice Admiral Rayner; Big crowds for JFK in Berkeley and New Orleans; Test pilot Joe Walker and the X-15; Major Vietnam war coverage; Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; The European Common Market - toward ten; President Ayub of Pakistan; Manhattan's pioneering Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Photos of baseball players Cletis Leroy Boyer and Kenton Lloyd Boyer; Photo and coverage of Jack Nicklaus; Rocket Richard appears in Vitalis ad; Photo of Andy Warhol in art article; Passing of Frank Wilson Braden, Harry Guy Bartholomew, Walter Phelps Hall, Major General Ralph Emerson Truman and Helen Dortch Longstreet; Cosmonaut Gherman Stepanovich Titov tours U.S.; The P-1127 VTOL; Photo of California hod carriers on strike; Photo of Mr. Norman Brunt of Port Credit, Ontario in Atlas Steels ad; and more. Centerfold ad holding by one staple. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Quarto in a jade teal DJ ; 256 p. : illus ; 26 cm Washington -- History -- College -- Benedictine Monks
Octavo in brown and white pictorial, staplebound wrappers; illus.; 56 pp., 29 cm. In English.
n.p. Illustrated with 13 full page plates of various towns in California. The original pencil sketches are in the possession of the Bancroft Library, University of California. Though the originals were not signed nor dated, they were probably from the 1850's. Oblong folio. 440 x 285 mm. Original cloth spine over marbled covered cloth boards. Edges chipped and soiled. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Gilt lettered spine label, loss at each end. Joints worn with some loss. Edition limited to only 300 copies. Plates fine. Magee 446. The towns illustrated are: Folsom; Benicia; Vallejo & Mare Island; Martinez; Alviso; Santa Cruz; San Juan Bautista; Monterey; San Luis Obispo; Santa Barbara; San Bernardino; Los Angeles; and San Diego. W38
241 pages including notes. In the generous language of uncertainty, suffering, grace, and commitment, Gallagher writes of faith and its meaning and the need for ritual and sacrament. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Bookplate inside front board. Excellent copy. Book
Octavo in yellow wrappers; 111 pp., 22 cm. In English. Signed by author on title page.
Contents: Nice Wurlitzer organ ad inside front cover. A Theatre Organ Comes to Downers Grove North High School - CATOE moves a Wurlitzer. Photo of the inside of the Norshore Theatre, Chicago - An acre of seats in a palace of splendor. Final curtain for the New Haven Paramount; Building for the Future - preserving a talent pool of organ builders and maintainers in future generations; Nuggets from the Golden Days; ConnValChap Scholarship Winners; Randy Sauls at the organ - Personality Profile; Hollywood Cavalcade; Obituaries for Eddie Peabody and Frederick Charles Wood, console designer for the Wurlitzer Company in the 1920s. Great Conn Organ ad features the Phantom of the Opera. Dennis James and "The Phantom" Thrill 3800. Record reviews. Snippets from England. Where the Bartons were - Part 5 - part of the only authorized list of Barton installations, provided by Dan Barton. Home Organ Festival Glitters - the eleventh stanza at Hoberg's resort in northern California - with many photos; Eddie Dunstedter recovering. Letters. Reader contributions. Lee Erwin plays unusual 'soundless' concert for a deaf-mute audience at the university of Rhode Island. Chapter news. Classified ads. Rodgers Organ Company back cover ad featuring Bob Power and his Rodgers custom built instrument. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Book
Nice Wurlitzer organ ad inside front cover. Contents: Photos of the majestic interior of the Oriental Theatre, Portland, Oregon. My Great Adventure 'Up Over' - Australian organist Tony Fenelon's 31-day tour of the U.S.A in the fall of 1969. The Story of Rosa Rio - wonderful 4-page article with photos. What is Unification? - 4-page technical article. Don Thompson Concertizing in Western U.S. The Young Radical Comes of Age - bring understanding of the Theatre Organ up to date, given its return to the international music scene. Pipe'n Pizza makes Southwest Scene - the "Pasta with Pipes" Phenomenon. Hollywood Cavalcade. New chapter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa has smash hit first concert. Tenth Home Organ Festibal at Hoberg's woodland resort in Northern California. *Marvelous* three-panel glossy colour centerfold ad for the Rodgers 33-E Theatre Organ. Reader contributions. Obituaries for Douglas Erdman and Mrs. Felix (Jean) Wiener. The Pipe Piper - a listing of any theatre pipe-organs known to be playing. Chapter news. Letters. Lyn Larsen's Fall Concert Tour. Record reviews. The Music of Jerry Mendelson Captivates Rahway Audience. CATOE members restore Pickwick Wurlitzer. Roland J. Treul moves Barton to his home - story with photos. Nuggest from the Golden Days. A Tribute to Dan Papp. California Miss Debuts on Covina "Wurlimorton" - Carol Jones. Classified ads. Chapter news. Conn Theatre Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Bonus: prior owner's A.T.O.S. membership card stapled to table of contents. Book
Cover photo of the Mont Clare Theatre (in Chicago?). Contents: A Swinging Weekend in San Francisco - Oakland with George Wright and Don Baker. Restored Robert Morton given trial run in the San Diego Fox Theatre. The Austin Premier Quadruplex - the story of the revival of the ultimate system of player organ roll manufacturer; Richard (Dick) Leibert Takes L.A. "Again!". Ohio Valley Chapter presents... Gaylord Carter at the RKO Albee Theatre; Home Organ Festival Shows off Top Electronic Organs. Allegro Vigoroso, by J.S. Zamecnik, arranged by Harry J. Jenkins - sheet music plus write-up. Theatre Organ, Oriental Style - Floyd Bunt reports on organs he viewed and heard in Asia. Where the Bartons Were, Part 4 - Dan Barton shares his personally compiled list of Barton organ installations. California gains its own "Pizza Joint" - Steve and Shirley Barden. Nuggets from the Golden Days. Classified ads. Chapter news. Disc Squeals. Nice Rodgers Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
pp. xviii, 524. Illustrated. Map endpapers. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, faded at extremities. Original dust jacket, chipped with loss. Second edition. Hardbound. Good. W11
Facsimile of the rare original account, first published in 1628. 8vo. Original leather grained cloth binding. Fine condition. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own, and enjoy such rare Americana. NW29. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
39 pages. Features: Berlin's Girl Spies trade Allure for Secrets - Ernst "Jellyroll" Wollweber's Red Mata Haris keep Allied spy catchers busy - Ermgard Schmidt; Margarete Pfeiffer, 'Gardy' Schmidt, Ursula Schmidt; Trappers hit the Convention Trail to discuss Saskatchewan't oldest industry, trapping; Their Sound of Music Carries Far - Les Jeunesses Musicales; Lively sketches by the talented pen of Queen Victoria (part 2 of 2); Madame Butterfly's New Look - western influence has revolutionized the Japanese idea of feminine beauty (with photos); House party with a purpose - six California women (led by Mrs. Harold Collins) get together to clean each other's homes; Colour photo and feature of Boston Bruins star Leo Boivin; Ladder you can roll up; Marlene and Margaret Meldrum of Saskatoon perform in the Ice Follies; Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Single, stapled photocopied manuscript, 38p, b&w illus Wine, California.
162pp. 35 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Roy Gardner - Californian Bandit Extraordinary; Exploring the Salton Sea - an exploration by two motorcyclists - article with photos; Across Remote Yunnan - Part I - account of a journey through the little-known region where China and Tibet meet - article with photos; Besieged by Man-Eating Lions - a woman's terrible ordeal in East Africa; Shipwrecked in Bering Sea - Thrilling story of the passengers and crew of a schooner wrecked in the icy Bering Sea; Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part I - the United States tries to preserve peace in the Negro Republic of Dominica in 1906-7; The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part III - French troops are overwhelmed by Mustapha Kemal Pasha and his rebel Kurds and Turks during the siege of Urfa; American Crooks in Europe - sketches of the meteoric careers of Walter Sheridan, Max Shinburn and Adam Worth; The Decoy Telegram - an engineer's narrow escape from death; A Model Town Made From Corks - model town built by M. Jean Bertrand, musical director at Maskelyne's Theatre of Mysteries, London; The Limits of the Law - an illiterate Justice of the Peace is called on to administer justice in Mink Lake, in the Lesser Slave Lake district; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 90-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Barton's Grizzly - Well-known Western hunter and guide J. Barton sets out to single-handedly capture a live California grizzly bear (includes cover illustration); In Search of Adventure - Part IV - the story of a chequered cruise; Kidnapped - A Tale of the Burmese Border in which Sir Robert Carson retrieves his kidnapped daughter; An Interrupted Holiday - John Hawkins was tramping through Idaho in 1886; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part II - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their journey from the source of the Amazon to the Atlantic, fighting for their lives along the way; Three Years off the Beaten Track - H.E. Weller spent three years in Northern Canada running a small steamer for the Hudson's Bay Company among fur traders and Indians - article with many interesting photos; A Prize-Fight in Mexico - amusing story of what happened when a Spaniard fought an American; Life Among the Eskimos - Clint Wiseman describes a visit he paid to these hardy little hunters of north, complete with photos; The Story of the Missing Fingers - the awful experience of Melvin Parker who fell overboard and clung to a bell-buoy for many hours in the depth of winter; Fallen Among the Theives - exciting adventures of two novice rubber-collectors in Central America, by Rowland W. Cater; Hotel-Keeping in the Wilds - two ex-members of the Cape Mounted Rifles and their hotel-keeping adventures out on the veldt; and more. pp. 9 [ads], 94, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: A Bandit's Bride - Part I - Pancho Villa, the bandit-Revolutionist of Mexico, rescued the heroine of this exclusive narrative from a loveless marriage with a Mormon and married her himself - one of the most remarkable stories of love, battle and intrigue ever published; Unknown Animals of the African Wilds - J.A. Jordan describes recent finds such as the Okapi, Bongo, Giant Pig, Pygmy Elephant, the "dingonek", and the "Rhodesian Monster" - article with photos; Private McTosher Discovers London - the adventures of a Highland soldier visiting London for the first time; A Flying Man in South America - Part IV - John G. Barron took a monoplane to South America and performed flying shows for 2.5 years, often before people who had never before seen a plane; How We Salved the Vigilant - While some of the crew headed for safety aboard a Dutch liner, three remaining crewmembers managed to safely guide the Vigilant to port!; The Finding of the "Mollybaun" - the discovery of a big nugget in Coolgardie, Western Australia, leads to multiple murders; Strange Stories of the War - a selection of incidents entitled A Kite Balloon Adventure, The Lady of the Manor, Mixed Identities, The "Phantom Sniper", The Subaltern's Gun, and The Mysterious Message; On the Borders of Tibet - Part III - Reginald Farrar spent two years wandering - largely among wild lands and wilder people whose chief desire was to build the intruding foreigner up in a damp bonfire to smoulder to death - with photos; The Ring - a dramatic story of the old days in New Zealand, before white and Maori had settled down in friendship; Historic Crimes and Mysteries - The Vanished Boatswain, The Monster of Regendorf, Bavaria; Remittance Men - an account of sundry remittance men the author met during his sojourn in Africa; The Tragedy of Sanborn Harbour - wholesale murder at the cod-fishing station on remote Nagai Island, Alaska; Photo of 'two Indians squaws' casting ballots in California for the Presidential election; Photo of 'The Human Fly' scaling a tall building in Birmingham, Alabama; and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 194-284, 5-16 [ads]. Unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
