NOTHING LIKE IT In The WORLD. The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863 - 1869.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). 1st edition. 431, [1] pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Map eps. Dust jacket. More
Americana
Tavistock Books is on vacation from January 21, 2023 to February 7, 2023. Beginning at 4:30 pm today, Saturday January 21st, and until 9am Tuesday, February 7th, I will be in Reno spending time with my family. Orders may certainly be placed, though shipment will be until after my return to Alameda. I thank you for your patience & understanding.
REPORT Of The BOARD Of ADMINISTRATORS Of The CHARITY HOSPITAL, to the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. 1898.
New Orleans: A. W. Hyatt, Stationery Manufacturing Company, Limited, [1899]. 1st Printing. 87, [1 (blank)] pp. Wood engraved vignette image of the hosptial on front cover. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's printed pink paper wrappers. The hospital was founded in 1786, with the present building erected in 1832. A...... More
The AMERICAN BICYCLER: A Manual for the Observer, the Learner, and the Expert.
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company. 1879. 1st Edition. [8], 211, [5] pp. Adverts last 4 pages. Errata slip tipped in prior to first advert page. Frontispiece. Black & white photographic image inserted after p. 36 [frequently missing]. Numerous cuts in text. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-1/4". Taupe colored cloth, with black..... More
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004. 1st Edition. [12], 818, [2] pp. Index at rear. Frontispiece of Hamilton. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
A CATALOGUE Of The OFFICER And STUDENTS Of HARVARD COLLEGE, for the Academical Year 1849 - 50. First Term.
Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, Printers to the University, 1849. 2nd E. 84, [2 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Original publisher's printed light blue paper wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
FIRE DEPARTMENT. City of Providence, 1833-4.
[Providence ?]: 1833. 1st printing (presumed). Broadside, 35 lines of text. Title in ornamental outline font. Typographical border. 12-3/8" x 7-5/8" Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Early firefighters in the US were simply community members who would respond to neighborhood fires with buckets. The first dedicated volunteer fire..... More
OPERETTA Of "GENEVIEVE," Given by Mrs. Prag's Junior Class, May 14th, 1886.
San Francisco: Girls' High School, 1886. 1st Printing. One rectangular sheet, printed, in purple ink, on both sides, folded once vertically, to form a 4 page program. P. 1 with the program title, p. 2 the "Argument", p. 3 the Cast [Miss Minnie Bullis in the lead] & p. 4..... More
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OUR BRIDGES [Cover title].
Moulin - Bardell, (1937). 1st printing (presumed). Unpaginated, though 20 pages [of 24]. 10 columns of text. 23 b/w images, all featuring the 2 bridges, from various aspects & perspectives (including covers). Landscape format: 10-7/8" x 14". Black & white photographically illustrated covers, stapled. More
The LIFE Of DAVID C. BRODERICK. A Senator of the Fifties.
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1911. 1st edition (Cowan II, p. 401). [13], 246 pp. Frontis + 14 inserted plates. Crown 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-1/8". Burgundy cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine and board. More
INTERLINEAR To CABEZA De VACA. His Relation of the Journey from Florida to the Pacific. 1528 - 1536.
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Writers' Editions Inc., (1939). 3rd Printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by Long. [4], 37, [3] pp. Last leaf blank. 12mo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
EARLY DAYS At The MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA.; A Narrative of Incidents Connected with the Days when California was Young.
Fresno: Valley Publishers, 1976. Reprint. 204,, [4 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. Illustrated. 8vo. Printed yellow paper covers. More
THREE MEMOIRS Of MEXICAN CALIFORNIA.; The Friends of the Bancroft Library Keepsake #36.
Berkeley, CA: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1988. 1st edition thus. 125, [3] pp. Black and white intratextual photographic images throughout. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Maroon printed paper wrappers. More
PIONEERS WHO BLAZED The TRAIL.; Compiled and Written by Centennial Book Committee F.W.U.A. High Prairie Local 204.
High Prairie, Alberta: Lithographed by South Peace News, 1978. Second printing. 287, [1 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. Illustrated, primarily with b/w half-tone photographic images. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gold stamping. Written & issued in conjunction with the "Centennial Year of Canada's Confederation", filled with biographies & stories of..... More
HISTORICAL PERSONS & PLACES ... In SAN RAMON VALLEY.; A Personalized, Pictorial, Social History of Alamo, Danville, Diablo and San Ramon. Volume Two.
Alamo, California: Morris-Burt Press, 1977. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the Author;. xii, 230,, [4 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. Errata slip laid-in. Illustrated. 4to. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4". Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Advert eps [reprinting early 20th C. adverts]. White dust jacket... More
EMBROIDERY SAMPLER COMMEMORATING WWII SERVICE In The ARMY NURSE CORPS
West Chester, Pennsylvania. Ca late 1940s? Sampler made weavy tan burlap backing, with embroidery in blue, red, green white and tan, now housed in a glass-covered simple brown wooden frame. NB. Not examined out of the frame. Framed: 15-3/4" x 15-1/4". Sampler [visible]: 14-7/8" x 14-1/4" A compelling piece of..... More
MAP Of The CITY Of ALBANY.
New York: Chs Magnus lith, (n. d.). Ca mid-1850s. Bifolium, unused. Lithographed color map [4-3/4" x 8"] of Albany at top of sheet. 10-5/16" x 8-7/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. From an AAS record, we find: "From 1854 to 1857 and subsequently, Charles Magnus is not listed..... More
MOTHER LODE RACE INCIDENT. Letters Between Two Lodges of the I. O. O. F. Regarding Alleged Misconduct on the Part of a Member.; Edited and Introduction by Theron Fox
San Jose: Harlan - Young Press, 1966. 1st Edition. 27, [3] pp. Facsimiles. 8vo. Linen cloth binding with dark brown lettering. Dust jacket. More
JAMES GILLESPIE BIRNEY: Slaveholder to Abolitionist.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1955. 1st edition. ASSOCIATION copy, INSCRIBED to Majorie Birney Bamey, SIGNED by Elizabeth A. & Robert Birney Bamey. ix, [3], 323, [1 (blank) pp (including Index). Frontispiece. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with silver stamping. Issued without jacket? Birney "was an American abolitionist, politician, and attorney born..... More
LAW And ORDER In SAN FRANCISCO. A Beginning.; Submitted by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco: Printing, Preswork, Binding by The H. S. Crocker Company, 1916. 1st Printing. 41, [7] pp. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. 10" x 7". Original yellow paper covers, with blue & gold embossed lettering / graphic to front cover. More
LAKE TAHOE -- 684. Eastern Shore of Lake Tahoe. View from Rocky Point, looking South, toward Cave Rock.
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co. 317 & 319 Montgomery St. (1865). Ca late 1860s. Cf. Palmquist, p. 95. Square images. 3-1/4" x 6-3/4". Yellow colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; series name ["Lake Tahoe"] to left; typeset printed label as scene caption affixed under right..... More
OVERLAND JOURNEY To CARSON VALLEY & CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California. Printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press. 1973. 1st Edition thus, i.e., by the BCC. Limited to 450 cc. 1st published in 1861. [2], 91, [1 (Colophon)] pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. Burlap cloth spine over facsimile boards. Printed paper title label to spine..... More
MOUNT TAMALPAIS. A History.
San Francisco: Scottwall Associates, 1987. 1st pb edition. 201, [3] pp. Illustrated. James Heig, Picture Editor. 10" x 8-1/2". Green glossy paper covers with gold lettering, color pictorial image to front cover. More
The STORY Of The FILES. A Review of Californian Writers and Literature. Issued Under the Auspices of the World's Fair Commission of California, Columbian Exposition, 1893.; Introduction by Oscar Lewis.
San Leandro: Yosemite Collections, 1982. Facsimile edition. Cf. Cowan II, p. 152; Zamorano 80, #24 for the 1st edition published in 1893. [12], 460, [4] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Tan cloth binding with dark brown printing, design after the original. Per Cowan [1914], "an exceeding valuable collection, which, with the numerous..... More
VICTORIA British Columbia Canada. The City Beautiful of the North = Pacific. "It's the Climate" [cover title]; Compliments of Pemberton & Son
[Victoria ?]: (n. d.). Ca 1912. Inside front cover: "Statistics Regarding Greater Victoria" [4 columns: 1902, 1906, 1910, 1912]. Inside rear cover: image of Victoria's Inner Harbor, caption underneath extolling the Esquimalt Drydock. Rear cover: advert for Pemberton & Son. 119 b/w images on a 11 panel accordion-fold sheet. Booklet..... More
LAKEVIEW CLUB RECIPES; Cover title: Lakeview Club Cook Book
Oakland, California: Published by Lakeview Club 124 Montecito Avenue, (n. d.). 1st edition (Glozer 148), ca 1930 - 32. Not in Brown, nor Wheaton & Kelly. 61, [3] pp. Adverts throughout. 2 paper slips laid-in, with mss reciptes thereon [one from McFarland, Genevieve Beckwith - on Ms McFarland's letterhead]. 5..... More