San Francisco. Printed by Stark-Rath Printing Company. 1956. Copyright 1956 Chyna Associated, Inc. [ii], 1-6 pp. Illustrated. 15-1/2" x 12-3/4". White card stock wrappers, white leaves, printed in red and black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. The golden seal to the upper wrapper is presented by the National Restaurant... More about MING'S.; 4100 El Camino Real - Palo Alto, California
(n.p.). c. 1960s (?). 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper and lower wrapper, small vignettes of food throughout. 17-1/2" x 12-1/4". Light pink, card stock self wrappers, printed in black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Wrapper illustrations done by a "R. Foster" More about MARIANI'S.; 2490 El Camino Real - Santa Clara, California
(n.p.). c. 1990s - 2000s. 1st Printing. Broadside. 18" x 11". White card stock, printed in black and red, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about DINNER MENU - CHINA CAMP.; 1015 Front Street - Old Sacramento, Ca 95814 - 441-7966
(n.p.). c. 1970s - 1980s. 1st Printing. Broadside. Few small vignettes. 18" x 12". Light yellow card stock leaf, printed in black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about FORK "N" CORK.; 2608 El Camino Real - San Mateo
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1875. Image: 5-1/2" x 3-15/16". On a pink mount, with gold trim [6-9/16" x 4-1/4"]". No imprint, verso blank [also pink]. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More about CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH. Cyclist in Racing Attire with a "Penny Farthing" Bicycle
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co. Photographers, 12 Montgomery St., opposite Lick House, (n. d.). Ca 1874. Square, separate images. 3-9/16" x 6-15/16". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; series name to left; scene caption under right view. Violet verso, blank. More about P. M. S. S. CO'S STEAMSHIP JAPAN -- In the California Dry Dock, Hunter's Point. 255
(Oakland). Fontes Printing Co., c. 1940s-1950s. 1st Printing. Illustrated bifolium. Illustrated upper wrapper and a couple small vignettes inside. 12-3/4" x 9". White card stock, self wrappers, printed in green and black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. "Visit our Stein Room Upstairs - Draft and Imported German Beer" More about HOF-BRAU.; Copper Kitchen and Stein Room
(n.p). (n.d.). 1st Printing. Broadside, held in a large leave. 8-3/4" x 5". White paper, slipped into a larger card stock leaf, now housed in a mylar sleeve. We assume this menu to be from the 20th Century Limited passenger train that ran form NYC to Chicago. The line ran..... More about TODAY'S SPECIALS - The NEW 20th CENTURY.; Cold Service Suggestions
(n.p.). c. 1920s. 1st Printing. Loose leaf, printed recto and verso. Illustration to recto. 8-1/4" x 11". Tan card stock wrappers, printed in black and red, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about "SINOLOA" RESTAURANT MEXICANO.; Torres y Montiel - Propietarios
(San Francisco). 1933. 1st Printing. Tri-fold. Few illustrations of geese. 10-1/4" x 6-1/2". Blue illustration self wrappers, dark blue lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about THIRTEENTH ANNUAL SPLASH In The RICE FIELDS Of SAN FRANCISCO POND.; Elks Club - Monday Evening -...
(n.p.). c. 1970s. Bifolium housed in a larger wrappers. One illustration of a butcher. 11-1/4" x 6-1/2". Thick red card stock wrappers, gilt lettering. White card stock leaves printed in red and black. All held together by a yellow cord tie. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about The FRENCH CORNER.; Hiton Inn - San Francisco
(San Francisco). 1971. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium, 3 slips. Couple small illustrations. 10-3/4" x 7-2/4". Pink card stock wrappers, printed in black. One slip blue and black lettering printed on white paper. Two slips typed in black lettering to tissue paper. All now housed in a mylar sleeve. One slip... More about ERNIE'S SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco: W. A. Woodward & Co., [1898]. 1st printing. 8 pp. 6-3/4" x 5". Printed self wrappers, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. An anonymous publication commenting, mostly unfavorably, on the two Democratic candidates for US Congress, James H. Barry and Superior Court Judge William T. Wallace in... More about A PUZZLER
Oakland. Fontes Printing. c. 1940s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumberd, one slip. Couple small vignettes to upper wrapper. 12" x 7-1/4". Orange card stock wrappers, red and black lettering. Slip is white paper, typed in blue ink to recto only. More about NEW CANTON CAFE.; Chop Suey - American & Chinese Dishes
San Francisco. c. 1950s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Illustrated upper wrapper. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2". Tan card stock self wrappers, printed in red and black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about SQUIRE ROOM.; Fairmont Hotel at the top of Nob Hill
San Francisco. April 6, 1951. 1st Printing. Broadside. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". White card stock, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about WOMAN'S ATHLETIC CLUB Of SAN FRANCISCO.; Luncheon
Los Angeles. Inter-State Press. (n.d.). 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Small vignette on upper wrapper. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" Decorative cards tock wrappers, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. This menu lists items with no prices, assumed that the prices will be hand written in. More about MENU RED BOARD CAFE.; 902 Newhall Street
November 1938. 1st Printing. Broadside. Small illustration at head. 6" x 3-1/2. White paper, printed in black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about SHANGHAI LOW.; 532 Grant Avenue
Norwich: M. B. Young, Print. [1841]. 1st printing. Broadside, 13 lines of introductory text at top, over 2 columns of text describing the paintings to be exhibited. A job printing announcement, with the city, lecture location therein, day of week, and date all in manuscript at top. Price of the... More about PETRA, Or The EXCAVATED CITY, The Ancient Capital of the Land of Idumia, and JERUSALEM
San Francisco: (n. d.). Ca 1890s (?). Printed, both sides, on pink stiff card stock. 2-1/4" x 4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Houston not recorded by Mautz in his "BIOGRAPHIES Of WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHERS" [Revised Edition]. More about TRADE CARD. Excelsior Art Studio. Elegant Cabinet Photographs. By the Instantaneous Process.;...
Berkeley, CA: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1989. 1st edition thus. 88, [2 (blank)] pp. Frontis of Kipling. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Light grey printed paper wrappers. More about KIPLING In CALIFORNIA
(n. p.): [1861]. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet leaflet of flimsy blue paper, printed recto only. 27 lines of printed text, with the bottom 16 listing candidates for the divers state districts. 5-1/16" x 4-1/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederacy... More about ELECTION BALLOT. For President, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. For Vice-President, Alex. H....
[Oakland?]: (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1940s. Not in Axford, nor Wheaton & Kelly. 125, [3] pp. Each recipe credited with the contributor's name. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8". Spiral bound, with tan faux-leatherette covers, lettered in blue. "This Book is Dedicated to Our Boys in the Service. Note: All... More about NAVY MOTHERS COOK BOOK.; By Oakland Navy Mothers Club, No. 13, Oakland, Calfornia
Boston: Alexander Moore, 1872. 3rd edition, first printing (Cowan II, p. 333; Currey & Kruska 225; Farquhar 10c; Kurutz CA PHOTO BOOKS, 84). xii, [13] - 97, [1 (Index)] pp. Each page of text with a red-rule perimeter border. Illustrated with 10 albumen photographs taken by John P. Soule. Image... More about The WONDERS Of YOSEMITE VALLEY And Of CALIFORNIA
(n.p.): c.1990s (?). 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. One illustration to upper wrapper. 16" x 9-3/4". Off white card stock self wrappers, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about EL MASÓN RESTAURANTE.; The Food, The Wine, and The Music of Spain
