New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). 1st edition. 320 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. 24cm x 16.5cm. Hardback. Dust jacket. More about A NEWER WORLD. Kit Carson, John C. Fremont, and the Claiming of the American West
Parsons, Kansas: The Foley R'y Printing Co., 1893. 1st edition [Hargrett 71]. [3], 426, vii [index], [2 (blank)] pp. 8-11/16" x 5-3/4". Modern tan quarter calf with marbled paper boards. Maroon leather title label to spine. More about CONSTITUTION And LAWS Of The CHEROKEE NATION. Published by an Act of the National Council. 1892
(San Francisco). 1984. 1st Printing. Loose leaf printed on recto and verso. Illustration of the Seal of San Francisco at head. 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" White card stock, blue lettering to recto and verso, now housed in a mylar sleeve. The verso lists all the businesses and groups who helped sponsored. More about MAYOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN'S SAN FRANCISCO WELCOME HONORING The DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION...
Paris: Librairie Generale de L'Architecture et Des Arts Decoratifs Charles Schmid, Editeur. [1899]. 1st Edition. 2 laid-in leaves of text [in French]. 12 lithographed plates laid-in. Elephant folio. 26-1/4" x 20'. Black cloth spine over printed card stock boards. "Phoebe Hearst was a major benefactor of the University of California... More about UNIVERSITE De BERKELEY, San Francisco (Californie). CONCOURS PHOEBE A. HEARST Pour Les Plans de...
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London: Printed by M. Richardson... / Printed by J. Smith ... for G. Kearsly, ... and W. Davenhill, 1760 [i. e., 1765] / 1768. The Second Edition (Sabin 34076 & 34079). Cf Howes H853. 2 volumes: [6], iv, 566; [4], iv, 539, [1 (blank)] pp. Last blank of v. 2... More about The HISTORY Of The COLONY [PROVINCE] Of MASSACHUSETTS - BAY
San Francisco: Louis Roesch Co., Printers, [1898]. 1st printing (presumed). Broadside, 12 printed lines. 8-7/8" x 5-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "On March 14, 1896, the Sutro Baths were opened to the public as the world's largest indoor swimming pool establishment. The baths were built on the... More about SUTRO BATHS. Sunday, June 26 at 2:30 P. M. Fifth Grand Soldiers' Day Swimming Races
Honolulu, H.I. Published by Wall, Nichols Co., Ltd., (n. d.). Ca early 1900s. 52 playing cards, plus Joker & publisher advert card. Each card illustrated, on the playing side, with a captioned oval scene depicting some aspect of the Hawaiian Islands. AEG. Cards: 3-7/16" x 2-3/8". All housed in s.... More about HAWAIIAN SOUVENIR PLAYING CARDS
[Watsonville, CA ?]: (n. d.). Ca early 1900s? Divers sizes. 4 mounted. All now housed in archival mylar sleeves. Here offered a group of 6 early b/w photographs of the Watsonville Sanatorium, also known as the Watsonville Sanitarium. None are dated or credited but all provide exterior views of this... More about SIX HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS Of The WATSONVILLE SANATORIUM
Meadville, PA: Keystone View Company, (n. d.). Ca 1913. Descriptive text to card verso. Stereo image of the steel piping used as a water conveyance. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The aqueduct project began in 1905 when the voters of Los Angeles approved... More about PIPING WATER To LOS ANGELES
Meadville, PA: Keystone View Company, (1903). Descriptive text to card verso. Stereo image of the Los Angeles Pigeon farm, "located four miles north of the city.." Domed images, concave cardstock. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7-1/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The Los Angeles Pigeon Farm was located between... More about Where 16,000 Pigeons Live in Constant Peace, Los Angeles, Cal., U.S.A
San Francisco, Cal. Published by Frederic M. DeWitt, (1900). Third Edition. Cf. Cowan II, p. 168 & Rocq 9139 for the 1897 first edition. Not in the Norris Collection Catalogue, nor the Streeter Collection catalogue. 144 pp. Advertising. Illustrated "by nearly twenty engravings." With large folding map [26-1/4" x 21-1/2";... More about An ILLUSTRATED And DESCRIPTIVE SOUVENIR And GUIDE ... To SAN FRANCISCO.; A New Handbook for...
1963 - 1964. 69 letters, 1 postcard. Some letters include enclosures, mostly clippings. There are several loose clippings, perhaps alienated from letters, and two undated letters, one from Vance and one from Dorothy. There are five black-and-white snapshots with typed descriptions, apparently of the Austin's residence in Bogota. This archive... More about ARCHIVE Of COLUMBIAN CORRESPONDENCE
(San Francisco). May 12th 1923. 1st Printing. Broadside. Color illustration of children. Approx. 7" x 3-3/4". White card stock, color illustration of three child at tail (two ballerinas and one bay in a suit) and one child dressed as a chef at the head, blue lettering, now housed in a.... More about LUNCH - CAMILLE'S ROTISSERIE.; Tendered by Mr. A. B. Spreckles to Mr. John McLeran Before his...
1069 Broadway, cor. 12th Street, Oakland: Wm. B. Ingersoll, (n. d.). Ca early-to-mid 1870s. Stereo image mounted to deep yellow stiff-stock paper. Lettering in brown ink. Verso blank. Landscape format card: 3-7/16" x 6-15/16". Rounded corners. Image size: 3-1/16" square. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The 200-room Tubbs... More about VIEWS Of OAKLAND And VICINITY. 153; Per ink mss annotation to verso, "Tubbs Hotel / E....
425 Montgomery Street, San Francisco: Photographed and Published by C. E. Watkins, (1867). Early issue of this view, ca 1867 [or so]. Stereo image mounted to deep yellow stiff-stock paper. Lettering in brown ink. Watkins imprint to verso. Oblong format: 3-1/4" x 6-3/4". Square corners. Now housed in an archival... More about MERCHANT EXCHANGE MOONLIGHT. C. E. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 939
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San Francisco: 1875. Single sheet "Daily and Weekly Examiner Office" letterhead, recto only with manuscript writing, 14 lines, ~ 60 words plus saluation & close. Letter annotated as "Confidential" in mss at top left. Strong bold signature at bottom. Letter: 9-3/4" x 7-5/8". Frame: 14-5/8" x 11-5/8". Letter mounted and... More about AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED [ALs], dated 28 May 1875
(n.p.). August 11, 1954. 1st Printing. [i], 1-9, [10] pp. Illustrated. Black and white line drawing to most leaves. 13" x 8-1/2". White paper leaves, printed to recto and verso in black lettering, stapled at head (left corner), now housed in a mylar sleeve. We speculate this newsletter is from... More about TRADE WINDS. Souvenir Edition.; Issue #29
Eureka, Cala. Daily Humboldt Standard, 1890. 1st separate edition (Cowan p 262; Quebedeaux 15; Rocq 2036). 224, [2] pp. Adverts throughout. The occasional woodcut. 11-1/4" x 8-5/8". Brown cloth spine over printed paper wrapped boards, with the front board depicting the Humboldt County Court House. The compiler of this uncommon... More about HISTORY And BUSINESS DIRECTORY Of HUMBOLDT COUNTY; Descriptive of the Natural Resources,...
(Denmark). 21.8.36. 1st Printing. Broadside. Small vignette to upper wrapper. 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". White card stock leaf, vignette of a flag and "Menu" in blue ink, typed in black ink, now housed in a mylar sleeve. MS Amerika was a restaurant outside of Copenhagen. It its now permanently closed. More about M/S "AMERIKA" - MENU
Rouse, Colo. Silver State Photo Co., (n. p.). Ca 1890s? Image: 4-13/16" x 3-7/8". Mount: 6-1/2" x 4-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The town was named after S. F. Rouse of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company. This town was located six miles south of Walsenburg, Colorado... More about CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH Of THREE YOUNG GIRLS, Presumed Native American
(San Francisco). c. 1914-1915. 1st Printing. Loose leaf. Illustration of a map of San Francisco. 18-1/2" x 9-2/8". Paper leaf, printed in black ink. This ad starts of by stating "Below we print a map which shows at a glance how easy it would be for the Anti-Saloon League and... More about A DANGEROUS WEAPON.; VOTE "NO" ON AMENDMENT NO. 27
(Wisconsin). (n.d.). 1st Edition. About 50 leaves. 20+/- blank. About 90 black and white photographs throughout. Black cloth wrappers, black paper leaves, two-hole punch to each leave, photographs tipped in. Most, but not all are silver gelatin prints. Karl Juve was the manager at Pinehurst Farms in Sheboygan Falls, WI... More about KARL JUVE'S COWS. (Cover Title).; Pinehurst Farms
New York: Will H. Coleman, No. 70 Business Quarter, Astor House, 1885. 1st edition, Third Printing, State A (BAL 2340/7915; Howes C574; Perkins, pp 8 - 10). Per Perkins, "Second issue" [4], 324 pp. 2 page index at rear. Final gathering State A. Chapter XL, pp. 293 - 299 by... More about HISTORICAL SKETCH BOOK And GUIDE To NEW ORLEANS And Environs. With Map.; Illustrated with Many...
(Oregon). December 14, 1917. 1st Printing. 8 pp. Small vignette of the American Flag on upper wrapper. 5-1/4" x 3-1/2". White card stock wrappers, with webbed tissue guards, black lettering, held together with a red cord tie, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about ANNUAL MILITARY BALL Of The O. A. C. REGIMENT.; Oregon Agricultural College
1889 - 1947. 1st Printings. Divers. One black and white, reprint photograph. Largest: 10-6/8" x 7-1/2". Smallest: 2" x 3-6/8". One black and white glossy photo of Andrew J. Volstead's funeral service. Three white envelopes, black lettering. One post card from the "Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform" printed in... More about COLLECTION Of TEMPERANCE MATERIAL From MINNESOTA.; Including a Photograph, Abstinence Association...
