Oakland: Oakland Blue Print Co., 1926. 1st printing. Broadsheet, folded 5x. Recto: Map, with street index in upper right corner. Verso: Adverts, history blurbs of Oakland & the banks. Exterior panels with image of the bank's Oakland office building, 14th and Broadway. Folded: 8-1/2" x 46-1/8". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed..... More
Oakland, California: Compiled and Published by Thomas Bros. Map Publishers, (n. d.). Ca 1930s. Scale: 9/8" = 2 miles. Open: 19-1/2"x 29-1/2". Map folded 5x, and housed in printed wrappers, 7-3/4" x 4-7/8". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Uncommon, not located on OCLC. More
Fresno: Valley Publishers, 1976. Reprint of the 1st edition from 1878. 171 pp. 6 pp Index at rear. Profusely illustrated. Folio. 12-1/4" x 9". Black cloth binding stamped with gilt to spine & front board. A very affordable alternative to the original, which, when found, now fetches 4 figures... More
(n. p.): The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1939. 1st printing thus. XII; 28; II, 3 - 64; 20; 52 pp. Sections include: General informational matter (e.g., "Inter-City Calls"), Santa Rosa, Classified Telephone Directory for Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties August 1939, Adverts illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". Light brown..... More
![Item #41562 ALs From The CALIFORNIA FARMER And JOURNAL Of USEFUL SCIENCES to "Mes[r]s Merriam"...](https://tavbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/41562.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1704486488)
San Francisco: 1871. Single sheet folded once. Body of text to first page only; brief note to last page. 8-7/8" x 5-1/2". Light blue wove paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. An MS letter from a Warren & Co. representative (signed only "Warren & Co.") to "Mes[r]s..... More
Watsonville, Cal. Published by Steinhauser & Eaton, (n. d.). Ca late 1890s / early 20th C. Not in Rocq. Printed title leaf. 14 leaves, printed recto only, with 19 b/w images from photographs. Produced by the Albertype Co., Brooklyn NY. Oblong format: 5-3/8" x 7-1/4". Printed white paper covers, with..... More
![Item #44078 LOS ANGELES CAL. Nov. 21, 1899. [Souvenir Cameo Shell]. 19th C. Californiana / Los...](https://tavbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/44078.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1704142954)
[Los Angeles]: 1899. ~ 1-1/2" x 3" x 1-1/4" A turn-of-the-century polished souvenir shell cut in the shape of a napkin holder, with an ornately-lettered "Los Angeles Cal" carved in relief to top and a small dated label to interior. We speculate that the shell was purchased from one of..... More
Eureka, California: The Time Publishing Co., Printers and Publishers, 1904. 2nd edition (Rocq 2041). 210, [4] pp. Illustrated, including inserted map/rainfall chart prior to text & 3 fold-out photographic panoramic images. Oblong format: 7-11/16" x 11". Black paper wrappers, with gold lettering. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve..... More
[Santa Rosa]: [Press-Democrat Pub. Co.], 1923. 1st Edition [Rocq 14977; Weber p. 101]. 104, [2, blank] pp. B/w intratextual illustrations and photographic images. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 5-1/8". Tan wrappers, pictorial image printed in green and red to front wrapper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "The story, delightfully..... More
[San Francisco]: [Cliff House], (n. d.). Circa 1940s. 4 panel brochure. B/w photographic images. 6-1/8" x 3-1/2". White paper printed in red and black. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Promotional brochure advertising the display of Ito Hamashi's masterful sculptures of himself -- made using 2000 pieces of..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1937. 1st revised and extended edition. One of 600 copies printed in July 1937. [13], 299, [2 (blank)] pp. Intratextual illustrations. 9-3/4" 6-1/2". Salmon cloth binding with title label pasted to spine. Gilt printed lettering to title label. Signed by "J. R. Knowland" -- Joseph Russell..... More
