(Hawaii). C. 1960s. 1st Printing. 6 pp. unnumbered. Two large, full page illustrations, two small vignette illustrations. 12-1/2" x 6-1/2". Trifold, tan, yellow and brown lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Fisherman's Wharf was on of the more successful and popular restaurants owned by Spencecliff Corporation. "The Spencecliff System... More
Newman, Ca. 1934. Printed bifolium with slip. Small vignette in upper wrapper. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Tan self wrappers, navy blue lettering, handwritten slip, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Newman, Ca is located in-between San Jose and Merced. According to an article on the history of Newman, a Chinese man... More
(San Francisco). C. 1950s. 1st Printing. Pictorial bifolium. Full photograph depicting inside of the restaurant on upper and lower wrappers. 8-1/2" x 6". Pictorial self wrappers, maroon and black lettering, no housed in mylar sleeve. This is a wine and liquor list from the old Ripley's restaurant in chinatown. All... More
Los Angeles: Printed at the Abbey San Encino at Garvanza Oldtown, by Clyde Browne, Master Printer. 1928. 1st Edition, "for Private Distribution" 47, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with 3 b/w half-tone portraits. 8vo.10-1/8" x 6-5/8". Original marooon cloth spine over drab boards printed in red. More
Washington DC: 1851. Bifolium of blue paper, folded once vertically, forming 4 pages. Mss p. 1 only; ~ 25 lines, ~ 90 words. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. In 1850, President Millard Fillmore appointed Hall Postmaster General of the United States. He served in this capacity from 1850... More
Baton Rouge. Louisana State University Press. 1967/1969. 1st Edition. Vol 1: ix, 278 pp.; Vol 2:ix, 326pp. 11-1/4" x 9". Light blue cloth binding with dark blue spine label, gold lettering. More
Connecticut. Greenwood Press. 1986. 1st Edition. 383 pp. excluding authors note, one errata slip. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4. Original red publishers cloth, silver lettering. More
(San Francisco). C. 1907-1910. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered, red and black lettering. Small vignette on upper wrapper. 7-1/4" x 5-1/2". Self wrappers, card stock, now housed in a mylar sleeve. The New Tivoli restaurant is still located today at 1434 Grant Avenue, though has been renamed Savoy Tivoli. The... More
(San Francisco): C. 1932 - 1939. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium, black lettering, two slips with purple ink typed on light yellow paper. Spray painted upper wrapper in red, green, orange and black paint, small newspaper clipping advertising Milligan's is glued to the tail of the upper wrapper. Folio, 13-3/4" x.... More
(n.p.). Fontes Abbey Press. C. 1960s - 1970s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered, blue and red lettering, one slip. One large illustration on upper wrapper, two small vignette illustration on page two. Menu: 11-1/2" x 8-1/2"; Slip: 5-1/2" x 5". Self wrappers, platicized card stock, now housed in mylar sleeve... More
(n.d.). C. 1940s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium, black lettering. One illustration on upper wrapper, red and green ink. 8-1/2" x 6-1/2". Brown card stock, now housed in mylar sleeve. Dishes include: "Almasretes", Szegedi Paprikas Csike" and "Tarhonya" More
Oakland. Fontes Printing Co., 1948. 1st Printing. Tri-fold, blue and red lettering, two slips Several vignette illustrations throughout. 10" x 5-1/2" Self wrappers, slips taped in at head, now housed in a mylar sleeve. One slip lists "Dinner Suggestions" and the other lists child options; both hand typed. At the... More
(San Francisco): Daily Menu Printing Co., September 25 1958. 1st Printing. Tri-fold, red and black lettering. Seven small, vignette illustrations. 11" x 6-1/4". Self wrappers, now housed in a mylar sleeve. The menu from 1950's San Francisco features an extensive wine and liquor list, a wide variety of "A la... More
(Oakland). Fontes Printing Co., November 7 1944. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered, black and red lettering, one slip. One illustration on upper wrapper. 14" x 6-1/2". Light brown self wrappers, tan slip. This menu has an extensive sea food list with wide varieties of lobster dishes, crab dishes, abalone dishes... More
New York: Published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co, (n. d.). Ca early 1860s. Verso with printed title label affixed. View: 2-7/8" x 5-1/4". Card: 3-1/4" x 6-3/4". Flat mount, lemon yellow, square corners. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. From Yosemite expert John Carpenter: "Charles Weed's... More
Walla Walla WT. 1883. Single sheet of lined paper, mss recto only, 16 lines, ~ 50 words. Wells Fargo imprint at top left; Northern Pacific R. R. Co., Office of Gen Land Agt., red oval receipt stamp at top right. Two diagrams of Lots sold. 10-1/4" x 8". Now housed... More
Jonesboro, Ark. W. L. Robins, 1888. 1st Printing. Albumen photograph [6" x 4"] on a peach-colored mount, rounded corners. Image is vertically oriented, showing the two-story brick building with its pediment high above the angled doorway (where two men are standing) at a street corner. Underneath, in blue ink, the... More
(Garden Grove, California). C. 1950s. 1st Printing. Bifolium. One large illustration on upper wrapper, two smaller illustrations on the inside. 12-1/2" x 9-1/2". Platicized card stock, dark brown and green lettering, now housed in mylar sleeve. More
(San Francisco). April 29 1983. 1st Printing. 2 pp. unnumbered. Decorative borders around menu items. 8-1/2" x 11". Single sheet of card stock, printed on recto and verso, black lettering. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. The Elite Cafe is a New Orleans style cafe that still is open today... More
(San Francisco). Daily Menu Printing Co., November 18 1940. 1st Printing. Printed card stock, blue and black lettering, 4 pp. unnumbered. One illustration on upper wrapper. 11-1/4" x 8". Self wrappers, now housed in mylar sleeve. Calixte Lalanne was the chef de cuisine at Poodle Dog in San Francisco. After... More
(San Francisco). (n. d.). C. 1940s. Pictorial card stock, green and purple lettering, 4 pp. unnumbered. One large illustration on upper wrapper, two small vignette illustrations inside. Folio, 12" x 9". Self wrappers, now housed in a mylar sleeve. New Joe's was a restaurant in North Beach, claiming they were... More
Worcester: 1953. 1st Edition. 14 single sheets, with type-written double-space text to recto of each, staple upper left. Text contains 4 different "pitches": "A Wind That Kindled A Spirit" [3 pp], Untitled [2 pp], "Our Lady Of The Tornado [noted at top: 'For a Catholic Audience', 4 pp], "A Revisit... More
San Francisco: Hancock Bros, 1927. 1st Printing. Printed both sides in black ink, with each side having a pink background. Image of stadium to ticket recto, with stadium section plan to verso. Oblong format: 2-3/8" x 4-3/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. This 33rd Big Game was closely... More
(San Francisco). (n. d.). C. 1930s -1940s. Pictorial card stock, blue and white lettering, 4 pp. unnumbered. One illustration on upper wrapper. 10-3/4" x 7:. Self wrappers, no housed in mylar sleeve. The Fior D'Italia is deemed as the oldest Italian restaurant in America, opening in 1886 at 432 Broadway... More
(San Francisco). (n. d.). C. 1940s. Pictorial orange(outer) and white(internal) cardstock, black lettering. One illustration on upper wrapper. Folio, 12" x 8-14" Self wrappers, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Cocktail stamp reads "Alouette Special Champagne Cocktail 75 cents". Dishes on this menu include "Escargots (snails) - 6 - Bourguignonne" for... More
