(n. p.): Ca 1932. Individual sheets of photographic paper with, at top, a b/w photographic image [~ 5-1/4" x 6-1/2"], with typed descriptive text underneath. All images with identifying alpha-numeric ID, e.g., A-1. Sheet: 11" x 7-3/4". All housed in a 3-hole plastic sheet holders. A wide ranging group of..... More
Oakland, Cal. Compiled and Published by Polk-Husted Directory Co., 1922. 1st edition thus, i.e., for this year. Cf. Rocq 24 for the series. 2 - 1715, [1] pp. Directory begins on p. [115], adverts prior, printed on bright yellow paper. Occasional inserted advert leaves, not included in pagination. Thick 8vo..... More
Sacramento, Cal: Polk-Husted Directory Co., [1916]. 1st Edition thus, i.e., for this year. Cf Rocq 1848. 547, [1 (blank)] pp. Blue cloth edge tab at start of "Directory of Householders" 9-1/2" x 6". White cloth binding with black printing [adverts]. Edge printing. Scarce work in the trade, other than our..... More
Sacramento, Cal: Polk-Husted Directory Co., [1914]. 1st Edition thus, i.e., for this year. Cf Rocq 1848. 3, [1 (blank(], 492 pp. 3 pages of adverts at front, "Fresno's Leading Japanese Business Men." Yellow cloth edge tab at start of "Rural Routes" 9-1/2" x 6". Green cloth binding with black printing..... More
Washington: McGill, Witherow & Co., Printers. 1862. 1s printing (Cowan, p. 384). 27, [1 (blank)] pp. Unopened. Old bookseller slip accompanies, noting "Duplicate of the Bancroft Library" [deaccessioned status confirmed]. 9-1/2" x 6". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Report from the Military Committee is preliminary to..... More
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[Long Beach ?]: (1941). 1st printing (presumed). Not in Axford, Brown, nor Wheaton & Kelly. Unpaginated, though ~ 150 pp. "Measurements and Temperatures", p. 4. Recipes presented in printed mss facsimile. Recipes attributed. Adverts interspersed throughout. Illustrated with drawings. 8-1/2" x 6". Spiral bound, textured card stock covers, front cover..... More
Los Angeles: Historic Record Co., (1907). 1st edition (Cowan II, p. 253). 2 volumes. Illustrated with plates. 4to. 11-1/2" x 8-5/8". Original publisher's deluxe half leather binding with marbled boards & eps. AEG. More
New York: J. H. Sears & Company, Inc., (1928). 1st edition (Cowan, p. 534). vi, [2], 248 pp. Frontis + 3 inserted illustrations, by Richard Rogers, on glossy paper. 12mo. Red cloth binding with black stamping. Pictorial dust jacket. More
San Francisco: C. E. Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, 26 Montgomery Street, (n. d.). Ca 1875. Photograph with printed caption. Verso with 23 line description of the hotel, as well as, underneath, an 11 line plug for "C. E. Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery". Printed, in red, vertical note to verso left..... More
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1912. 1st edition. [12], 180 pp (including Index). Illustrated with 16 color reproductions of original paintings by Thomas Moran, N. A. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/2". Green decorative cloth binding, dark green & gilt stamping. TEG. No dust jacket. More
Oakland: 1938. 1st Edition. [6], 231, [1 (blank)] pp. Profusely illustrated with b/2 half-tone photographic images. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 6". Orange paper covers printed with black lettering. This work self-published, by a 19th C ball player, well known in West Coast circles. Contains a wealth of information on, by one..... More
Boonville, Ark: Printed by Patrician Press, Tulsa, Okla. [1949]. 1st Edition (Herd 175; 6-Guns 86). 89, [7] pp. Illustrated with b/w half-tone photographic images. 7-3/4" x 5". Original publisher's pale green paper covers with dark blue printed lettering. The authors claim this work on the Chisholm trail, but actually [per..... More
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1931. First edition. x, 418 pp. Frontis + 5 inserted plates of 10 b/w images. 8-5/8" x 6". Red cloth binding with black stamped lettering to spine and cover. Color illustrated DJ with red and black lettering printed to covers and spine... More
San Francisco: Photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co., 12 Montgomery St., opposite Lick House, (1866). Ca 1874. Cf. Palmquist, p. 42, 97. Title & view number hand inked under right image. Domed, separate images. 3-3/8" x 6-15/16". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; "San Francisco"..... More
[Oakland?]: 1892. 1st Printing (Rocq 958). 10 pp. 5-5/8" x 3-7/8". Printed buff paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "California College (sometimes called Baptist College or California Baptist College) was founded in Vacaville in 1871, and moved to East Oakland's Highland Park neighborhood in 1887. The..... More
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico: San Marcos Press, (1974). 1st separate edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the Author. 36 pp. Map, and canoeist ornament, by Lou Ann Jordan. Drawings of river scenes and birds by Michael Arth. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". Paper covers, stapled. Cover art by Jordan... More
San Francisco: Bradley & Rulofson, (n. d.). Ca 1880. Albumen bust portrait of Sanger, looking to her right. Grey mount, imprint at bottom, under image; elaborate publisher imprint to verso. Image: 5-7/8" x 4"; mount: 6-1/2" x 4-1/8". Housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Rachel Mary Sanger made her professional..... More
Seattle: 1930. 1st edition thus. 458 pp (including Index). Drawings by Norman F. Fox. Full color art deco vignettes & embellishments. Black & white images of students, campus, et al. 4to. 10-1/4" x 8". Printed black cloth binding. Black & gold eps. More
San Francisco: H. S. Crocker Company, Inc., 1935. 1st edition thus. 507, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrations by J. Paget-Fredericks; b/w half-tone photographs throughout. 4to. 12" x 9". Red rought weave cloth binding with gold & red stamping. Gold foil eps. More
London and New York: Routledge, 2007. xiii, [1], 257 pp (including Index). 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Green composition binding printed with black & white lettering. More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1940s? Bifolium, mounted & framed, green matte. Framed: 15" x 19-1/8". Map [visible]: 10" x 14-1/2". Housed in a simple black wood frame. Nice pictorial map of Alameda County, depicting as far West as "Goat Island", NW to Albany, South to the Dumbarton Bridge &..... More
Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, (n. d.). Ca. early 1950s. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated from photographs, some color. 11-1/4" x 8-1/2". Bound in blue buckram cloth, embossed red lettering. More
Cincinnati, Ohio: Published by J. B. Elliott, 51 Fourth Street, 1860. 1st Printing. 16 pp. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6". Original publisher's printed brownish grey paper wrappers, stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wilson was born in Cincinnati in June, 1818. He served as co-pastor of the 1st Presbyterian..... More
San Francisco: The History Company, Publishers, 1888. 1st Edition. vi, 808 pp (including Index). 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Original full publisher's deluxe full black morocco binding, with elaborate gilt stamping to spine. AEG. Dentelles. Marbled eps. "Chas. Robinson" gilt stamped to base of spine... More
Lancaster, PA: The New Era Printing Company, 1908. 1st Printing. Pp 165 - 274, [2] pp. Illustrated. 9-7/8" x 6-5/8". Original publisher's printed brown paper covers. More
