Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, (1869). Early printing. xviii, 524 pp. Errata slip tipped in after p. 524. Illustrated, including frontispiece of Yosemite Falls. 8vo. Purple decorative cloth lettered in gilt, with elaborate gilt stamped oxen cart to front board. The author's round-the-world trip includes much in China, as... More about OUR NEW WAY ROUND The WORLD
Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, 1881. Later printing. vii, [1 (blank)], [3] - 208 pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping. More about FIFTEEN YEARS In HELL. An Autobiography
Chicago: Ellis & Fergus, Printers, Saloon Building. Re-published by T. F. Bohan. 1844 [1902]. 1st edition thus. [2 (advert)], iv, [5] - 116 pp. Preceding title leaf a tipped in advert leaf, printed on terra-cotta colored paper. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Original grey cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to... More about GENERAL DIRECTORY And BUSINESS ADVERTISER of the City of CHICAGO for the Year 1844.; With a...
San Diego: Published by National Views Company, 1916. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 16 pages. Adverts throughout. Illustrated with cuts and from b/w photographs 8vo. Red & yellow printed paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Printed and published every morning .. on the exposition grounds", this issue... More about PANAMA CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. San Diego, 1916. Official Daily Program
New Bedford, Massachusetts: 1861 - 1875. ~ 100 pp. of mss entries. 12-3/8" x 8". Modern speckled brown leather respining, original green marbled paper boards. Printed yellow pictorial advert eps. This mid-19th C. manuscript journal/diary belonged to Allen G. Ashley of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Ashley was a miller who worked... More about CIVIL WAR ERA JOURNAL
(n.p.). November 23-25, 1938. 1st Printing. Pictorial bifolium. Black and white picture of Boulder Dam to recto, black and white picture of Catalina Island to verso. And an illustration of a football player internally. 9-1/2" x 6-3/4. White card stock self wrappers, printed in red, blue and green, now housed... More about SEE BOULDER DAM ENROUTE To Or FROM CALIFORNIA.; Union Pacific - The Overland Route. Luncheon
(San Francisco). October 10, 1939. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Picture of the "Elephant Tower and Tower of the Sun" for the Golden Gate International Exposition. 8-3/4" x 5-6/8". White, thin card stock self wrappers, full coloring image to upper wrapper, printed in black. More about COMPLIMENTARY LUNCHEON To AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Of SUPERINTENDENTS Of DINING CARS.; Tendered by H....
(n.p.): (n.d.). 1st printings. 7 loose leaves. Full color images to rectos. 9-6/8" x 5-3/4" Card stock loose leaves, full color image to rectos, printed in blue lettering to verso. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about LOT Of SEVEN MENUS
(n.p.): April 1, 1956. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Illustrated upper wrapper. 8" x 6-1/2". White paper self wrappers, printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about JOYOUS EASTER.; Souvenir Menu - *Easter Dinner*
San Francisco. c. 1950s. 1st Printing. Pictorial bifolium. Picture of Mission Saint Xavier to upper wrapper. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2. White card stock, self wrappers, printed in black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about SOUTHERN PACIFIC MENU.; Mission San Xavier Near Tucson, Sunset And Golden State Routes
(n.p.). c. 1950s(?). 1st Printing. Loose leaf housed in bifolium. Pictorial wrappers. 11" x 8-1/2". Full color, illustrated wrappers, white paper loose leaf stapled to head, printed in red and blue, typed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. The wrappers possibled were given to restaurant for advertising purposes... More about MENU. DELTA CAFE
[Washington, D. C.]: Tippin & Streeper, printers, 1848. 1st printing (Graff 4142; Howes T-223). 24 pp. 8vo. Disbound. Now housed in a custom red cloth portfolio, with printed title label to front cover. More about MEMORIAL Of J. QUINN THORNTON Praying The establishment of a Territorial Government in Oregon,...
Knoxville, Tenn. Printed for the Author by Heiskell & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition (American Imprints 12799; Church 1324; Field 671; Howes H358; Sabin 31084; Streeter Sale 1658). [6], 504 pp. Copyright slip bound-in after p. 504. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/4". Handsomely bound in full dark green morocco, elaborately gilt tooled... More about The CIVIL And POLITICAL HISTORY Of The STATE Of TENNESSEE, From Its Earliest Settlement Up to the...
(n.p.). 1939. 1st Printing. One leaf, folded. Two silver gelatin photographes. One of the Isle of Capri the other of an Owl Drug Co. storefront. 5" x 2-3/4". Off white, card stock, self wrappers, printed to recto using the silver gelatin process. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. We assume... More about SECOND ANNUAL DINNER - EMPLOYEE'S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION (Of The Owl Drug Co.).; Isle of Capri...
(Mountain View, Ca.). Jonathan Clark: The Artichoke Press. September 29, 1984. 1st Printing. Loose leaf folded into a bifolium. Illustration to upper wrapper. 9-5/8" x 6". White paper, printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. The Artichoke Press was started by Jonathan Clark in 1975. More about DINNER MEETING. The CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF MEDICINE.; The Stanford Court Hotel - San Francisco
San Francisco. Designed and Printed by Taylor, Nash & Taylor. 1912. 1st Printing. 12 pp. unnumbered, one bifolium inserted. A small seal to the upper board, a frontis tipped in, and a gilt seal to the head of the bifolium. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Blue, paper wrapped boards, navy blue and... More about The FIFTH ANNUAL BANQUET Of The CALIFORNIA METAL TRADES ASSOCIATION.; Palace Hotel - San Francisco
(Los Angeles). August 3. 1941. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper. 11-1/2" x 7-1/2". Card stock self wrappers, full color illustration to upper wrapper, lettering printed in navy blue. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about MELODY LANE
(Hollywood). July 30, 1942. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. One slip. Illustrated upper wrapper. 11-1/2" x 7-1/2". Card stock self wrappers, full color illustration to upper wrapper, slip is a leaf of off white card stock, all lettering printed in navy blue, slip held in by a metal clip. Now... More about MELODY LANE
(n.p.): 1942. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Pictorial upper wrapper. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Card stock, self wrappers, printed in red, blue, white, gold and gray.Lettering printed in brown. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about THANKSGIVING - MELODY LANE
(n.p.). November 26, 1941. 1st Printing. Printed bifloium. Illustration of the hotel to upper wrapper. Illustration is titled "The Hotel in Bonanza Days - 1875". 11" x 8". White card stock wrappers, printed in light blue, black and red. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about The PALACE HOTEL - SAN FRANCISCO
(n.p.). October 8, 1941. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Small vignette to upper wrapper. Titled "General Grant arriving at the old Palace Hotel". 11-2/8" x 8-1/8". White card stock self wrappers, printed in brown, black and red. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about The PALACE HOTEL - SAN FRANCISCO.; Garden Court Dinner
(San Francisco). (n.d.). 1st Printing. One sheet folded three times. One post card. Full color illustrations. Folded: 6-1/4" x 3-3/4". Unfolded: 9-1/4" x 7-3/4". Tan card stock, self wrappers, full color illustrations to recto and verso, blue lettering. One post card of the "upper deck dinning room". Now housed in..... More about FISHERMAN'S CAVE - BERNSTEIN'S FISH GROTTO
San Francisco. Candid Photo Studios. c. 1940s.(?). 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. One silver gelatin photograph. Bfolium: 7-1/4" x 8-1/2". Photograph: 5" x 7". White card stock, self wrappers, printed in blue. One photograph slipped in. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about MONACO.; San Francisco's Most Colorful Restaurant - International Settlement
(n.p.). 1953. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Small Illustration of the winery to upper wrapper. Small vignette of grapes, a wine barral and wine glasses. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Off white, card stock wrappers, printed in green. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about The KORBEL VINEYARDS HOST To The SOCIETY Of MEDICAL FRIENDS OF WINE.; Gureneville - Sunday, June...
San Francisco. December 21, 1947. 1st Printing. Pictorial bifolium. One slip. Photo reproductions of the exterior/interior of the hotel printed to lower wrapper. Illustration to upper wrapper by Hal Bruntsch (1891-1959). 13" x 10". Off white cards stock wrappers, printed in brown and black with the word "Menu" in gilt... More about MENU.; Hotel Claremont - Berkeley, California
