New York: Chas. D. Durkee & Co., (Incorporated.) Ship Stores and Chandlery, ... 2 & 3 South Street. Ca 1905 - 1907. Printed t.p. Volume unpaginated, though ~ 200 leaves [12 blank at rear]. Manuscript entries for every day, of varying length, in a 'matter of fact' style. We note..... More
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., (n. d.). Ca mid-to-late 1870s. Two albumen photographs, mounted side-by-side, domed tops. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7". Orange colored mount, printed at bottom & both edges, slightly rounded edges. Verso blank. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Covina, California / Claremont, California: 1954 - 1957. 25 leaves of buff colored mounting paper, the preponderance filled both sides with ~110 photographs, momentos, track ribbons, letters, newspaper clippings, drawings & other such material documenting Anderson's college stay. Laid-in are 5 different merit award certificates [3 mounted]. 12-3/4" x 12-1/4"..... More
San Francisco / New York: "Gregory's United States & California Express," 280 Montgomery Street / Thompson & Hitchcock, 149 Pearl Street, 1851. Unpaginated blank pages. 4-3/4" x 2-7/8". Shiny dark blue paper covers, with gilt stamped lettering, stapled. Buff paper mailing envelope. Wrapper insides: front, instructions for use; rear, 2..... More
(n.p.): c. 1960s. 1st Printing. Illustrated bifolium. Two slips. Red and green illustrations to upper and lower wrappers. Folio. 16" x 11-1/4". Light yellow, card stock self wrappers, lettering printed in brown. Two slips stapled to head. One gray card stock printed in brown. The other white card stock printed..... More
Paris. Studio Schwarzhaupt. 1995. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Bifolium. Including one slip. Color photograph of the interior of the restaurant. Ornate, floral, art deco style decorative borders throughout. Folio. 16-1/2" x 11-1/2". White, card stock self wrappers. Lettering printed in blue and orange. Floral decoration printed in a mix..... More
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 21 Warren Street, [1908]. Ca 1908. [12], [3] - 44, [42] pp Photographic frontispiece of Spalding. Text illustrated with b/w photographic images, many from the World Championship Series. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 5-1/8". Blue wrappers with white lettering/design. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve..... More
(n.p.): c. 1975. 1st P. Bifolium. Drawn portrait of John Ireland to lower wrapper, wrapping around partially to the upper wrapper (hands only). Folio. 17--3/4 x 10". White card stock, self wrappers, printed in black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. This restaurant was owned by movie star John Ireland..... More
Leeds: Reprinted by Permission of the Author. Anthony Pickard, Printer. 1829. Cf. Smith I, p. 205. [10], 340 pp. 12mo. Original drab paper boards with dark brown paper spine with printed paper title label (professionally recased). More
San Francisco: Payot, Upham & Co., 1886. 1st Edition. [4], 38, [1 (Divisional t.p.), 39 - 133, [4] pp. Adverts at begin & end volume. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to front board. Rear paste-down with a "Freud's Corsets" advert. More
(n.p.). C. 1980s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered, one slip (napkin). Illustrated upper wrapper. Menu:8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Napkin: 5" x 5". Light pink, self wrappers, maroon lettering. Napkin is white with dark green lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
San Francisco: Wells, Fargo & Co., 1864. 1st printing thus. Single sheet blank form way bill, completed Oct 18, 1864. Oblong format: 3" x 7-3/4". Vertical typographical rule to left side. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A somewhat early way bill from this firm founded in 1852... More
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San Francisco: The Wine Advisory Board, 717 Market St, (n. d.). Ca 1956 - 1957. Not found in Gabler. One sheet, folded vertically, to form a multi-page brochure. Drawings to most pages. 6-1/8" x 3". White paper, printed in colored ink [different color for each brochure]. All now housed in..... More
England. April 12, 1962. 1st Printing. Bifolium. Full color illustration to upper wrapper. 10-1/2" x 8". White card stock, self wrappers, printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.): October 11, 1930. 1st Printing. Bifolium. Small illustration of a ship to the upper wrapper. 7-3/4" x 5-3/4" White card stock self wrappers, printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.): 1939. 1st Printing. Single leaf folded to make a bifolium. Illustrated upper wrapper, photo of the U.S.S. California inside. 7" x 5-1/2". Self wrappers. White paper leaf, folded twice. Printed in blue and red. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
[Yonkers-on-Hudson]: Caspar W. Hodgson, 1913. 8 unnumbered pages. 9 photographic images printed in very dark green ink, of scenes at Kanyonkrag and Sohlohnee. 4-3/16" x 6-1/4". String-bound white self-wrappers printed in very dark green and grey. Caspar Wistar Hodgson was the founder of The World Book Company, as well as..... More
[Yonkers-on-Hudson]: Caspar W. Hodgson, [1914]. 16 unnumbered pages. 16 photographic images printed in very dark green ink. 4-1/4" x 6-3/8". String-bound cream self-wrappers printed in very dark green. Caspar Wistar Hodgson was the founder of The World Book Company, as well as an ardent naturalist and owner of two remarkable..... More
Oakland: Oakland Blue Print Co., 1926. 1st printing. Broadsheet, folded 5x. Recto: Map, with street index in upper right corner. Verso: Adverts, history blurbs of Oakland & the banks. Exterior panels with image of the bank's Oakland office building, 14th and Broadway. Folded: 8-1/2" x 46-1/8". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed..... More
[Oakland]: [Thomas Bros.], [ca 1930]. Dated by ferry routes & the Key System Mole. Single sheet map, printed recto only, 28" x 33-1/2". Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Oriented with north toward upper left. Includes street indexes. Covers: 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Buff card stock covers, printed in dark..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1959. 7th edition. 135, [3] pp. Illustrated. Fold-out map at rear. 7-1/2" x 5". Brick red paper dust wrapper, printed in white, over plain card stock binding. More
(n.p.): 1923. 1st Printing. Broadside. Full color illustration of a man on a horse with a woman serving him. 7" x 4-3/4". White card stock, printed illustration. Menu items handwritten in black ink. More
(San Francisco). Printed by Mallette Dean. 1962. 1st Printing. cf. Hawk 533. 1 folded sheet [4 pp]. Linocut by Mallette Dean. 11" x 8-1/2". Handmade, white paper, self wrappers, printed in orange and yellow. Letterpress printed in black ink. Housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.). 1962. 1st Printing. Illustrated bifolium. Pictorial upper wrapper. 11" x 8-3/4" White card stock self wrappers, full color illustration to upper wrapper. Lettering in black. More
(n.p.). 1971. 1st Printing. Bifolium, housed in larger wrapper. Fleur de lis to upper wrapper. 12" x 9". White card stock wrappers, printed in gold, red and blue to upper wrapper, white paper leaves, printed in blue. Stapled. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
