San Francisco: Taber, 8 Montgomery Street, (n. d.). Ca 1880s. Card with gilt stamped Taber imprint under photograph; verso with elaborate Taber advertisement, printed in lavender ink. Albumen photograph of a young lad in a casual pose. Photograph: 5-3/8" x 3-15/16". Card: 6-1/2" x 4-3/16". Card with slightly rounded corners..... More
Washington DC: McGill & Witherow, 1865. 1st Edition, Sabin 76615. [1-3] 4-8 pp. 8vo., 9" x 5-3/4" Self wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. An extract from the report of Frederick N. Knapp, Superintendent of Special Relief, read at the quarterly meeting of the Board of the..... More
New York: Published by Richards and Company, 30 Ann Street, (1846). 1st printing (McDade 710). 48 pp. Text double column. Letters from Mrs Myers to Mr Hoyt, pp. 34 - 48. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's printed yellow paper wrappers, sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve..... More
[San Francisco]: [Herald Steam Presses], 1854. 1st printing (presumed), ca 1854. Single sheet folded once to make four pages (verso blank), Unfolded: 18-7/8" x 11-3/4" Self wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A scarce (only other known copy at UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library) playbill from the early..... More
Muskogee, OK: Pheonix Job Printing, 1915. 1st edition. 430, [10], 223 pp. 4to. Black cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board. Red edgestain. Green & white marbled eps. The publication of this book was for the Creek Indians to claim their land titles which were often misrepresented by the..... More
San Francisco: 1929. 1st Printing. Menu color printed on a rectangular piece of tin, 'recto gold' plated. Verso with engraved title [as above] in 6 lines. 7-13/16" x 3-15/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
[Oakland?]: 1892. 1st Printing (Rocq 958). 10 pp. 5-5/8" x 3-7/8". Printed buff paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "California College (sometimes called Baptist College or California Baptist College) was founded in Vacaville in 1871, and moved to East Oakland's Highland Park neighborhood in 1887. The..... More
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Franklin, N.H. Published by Peabody & Daniell, (1852). 1st printing of this issue (Wheat, Maps of the Gold Rush, 212). Cf Drake 4698, for the 1797 first edition. 48 pp, including wrappers, untrimmed. CA descriptive text p. 39, providing details on local gold rush municipalities: San Francisco ["principal port of..... More
San Francisco: Lawrence & Houseworth, Opticians, Importers of Stereoscopic Goods, Etc., Etc. 317 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1865). Ca 1865. Cf. Palmquist, p. 59. Square, separate images. 3-1/4" x 6-3/4". Yellow colored mount [square corners], with publisher imprint to right end; series name ["California"] to left; typeset printed label as..... More
New York: John Polhemus, Publisher, 1883. 1st Printing. 12 pp. Programme: Broadsheet, printed in two columns, folded twice. The Programme gives the names of the organizations & members participating, including a large representation from Ireland, also mentioned in the pamphlet. Map, "showing the points of interest along the route in..... More
Logtown, Eldorado County, California: 1851. SIGNED by McKemson at conclusion. Single sheet, 25 lines of mss, ~ 7 words per line, ~ 175 words. 2 sums penned to right of sheet. Docket summary to verso. All writing clear & sharp, entirely legible. 9-5/8" x 7-1/2" Now housed in an archival..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1910. Not found in Rocq. 31, [1] pp. The narrative was written by the California author, poet Isabel Hammel Raymond, who contributed the text to another promotional booklet about Santa Cruz County. Her detailed description of the hotel consists of 15 pages..... More
San Francisco: Depot for U. S. Government Chronometers, 423 Washington St., Opposite the Custom House, 1874. 1st printing thus, i.e., for this year. 92, [16] pp. Adverts last 16 pages. Grand Hotel advert with large wood engraving of the building. 12mo. Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers. Now housed in..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1870s / 1880s. 6" x 4-1/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
[New York]: 1924. 1st Printing. SIGNED by the Ambassador. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Howard, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath, as well as the evening's menu. Graphics by Chas. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 18" x 13". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Esmé William..... More
[New York]: 1923. 1st Printing. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Farrand, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath. Graphics by T. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 18-1/8" x 13-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Livingston Farrand was an American physician, anthropologist, psychologist, public health advocate and..... More
[New York]: 1921. 1st Printing. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Harvey, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath. Graphics by T. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 17-3/8" x 12-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "George Brinton McClellan Harvey was an American diplomat, journalist, author, street railway..... More
London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand, 1852. 1st Edition (Sabin 8047). iv, 291, [1], 8 pp. Publisher catalogue last 8 pages. 12mo. Original publisher's reddish-brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Yellow eps. 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
(Omaha, NE): Union Pacific Railroad, 1969 - 1985. 1st printings (presumed). 6 items, some single sheets are folded once. Color illustrations printed on all except one item. Various sizes: 11" x 8", 9-3/8" x 4-3/8", 4-1/4" x 7-3/4". Beige, peach and white color printed paper. Now housed in an archival..... More
(Merced, CA): Yosemite Valley Railway Co., 1941. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet, folded once. Oblong format: 9-1/2" x 12". Pink paper printed in black ink. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Includes time table no. 111 from November 12, 1941. Though the railway observed great popularity in the 1910s..... More
(Merced, CA): Yosemite Valley Railway, 1941 & 1944. 1st printings. 2 items, both single sheets folded once. Oblong format: 9-1/2" x 12". Yellow and pink paper, printed in black ink. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Includes: two timetables, nos. 111 and 116, from November 12, 1941 and July..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. 1st edition thus. This a separate reissue of Introductory Letter; Chapters 2, 6 & 7; and Plate II of the original report of 1861. xx, 214 pp. Large, hand-colored fold-out map ["Alluvial Region of the Mississippi. 1861"] at rear. Map measures 31-1/2" x 19-1/2". 8vo..... More
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 1924. 1st edition. 91, [5 (blank) pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Printed grey paper wrappers. Disbound from a larger volume. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. According to Larry Blumenfeld's article ("Firsts", May 1998), Stanley Vestal's editing of Seger's memoirs was so extensive..... More
Berkeley: University of California Regional Oral History Office The Bancroft Library, (1993). 1st Printing. Copy #6. [14], vii, [1 (blank)], viii, [1 (blank)], 309, [5] pp. Half-tone photographic portrait of Luna Leopold. 11-1/4" x 8-5/8". Bright blue buckram binding with silver stamped spine lettering. More
