Washington DC: U.S. Coast Survey, 1860. This is an ORIGINAL map entitled "PRELIMINARY CHART OF DRAKE'S BAY CALIFORNIA". 1860. "From a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of A. D. Bache, Superintenent of the SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES." Triangulation (1854-59) by A. F. Rogers and G. Davidson..... More
Hollywood: Mascot Serials, 1935. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL 3-Sheet movie poster for "THE FIGHTING MARINES" (1935), a Mascot Master Serial in 12 Episodes, starring Grant Withers, Adrian Morris, Ann Rutherford and Robert Warwick. Linen-backed for restoration and ease of handling. 41" x 81". Full color. Captioned "The Devil..... More
Hollywood: 20th Century Fox, 1951. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL 3-Sheet movie poster for "HALLS OF MONTEZUMA" (1951) starring Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardner, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb. Directed by Lewis Milestone. Linen-backed for restoration and ease of handling. 41" x 81". Full..... More
(Not Identified): Second United States Armored Division, 1944. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL MAP: "'HELL ON WHEELS' 1942 1943 1944". Describing graphically the history of the Second United States Armored Division in World War II, from its activation at Fort Benning in 1940, through its landings in French Morrocco..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Food Administration, 1917. This is an ORIGINAL World War One poster: "HUNGER. FOR THREE YEARS AMERICA HAS FOUGHT STARVATION IN BELGIUM" 1917. Published by the United States Food Administration to encourage Americans to eat less wheat, meat, fats and sugar, so that the United States could continue..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1928. This is an ORIGINAL map of the SAN FRANCISCO BAY DISTRICT. 1928. Expertly linen-backed for restoration and ease of handling. 32 1/4" x 26 1/4" plus white border. Color. Note: There is no Golden Gate Bridge. There are two drawn lines representing purposed Bay..... More
San Francisco: West Coast Transit Co., Inc., 1924. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL brochure entitled "REDWOOD HIGHWAY TOURS CALIFORNIA" issued by West Coast Transit Co., Inc. of Eureka, California. Illustrated, including MAP of Northern California/Oregon stage routes. Folded: 9" x 4". Open: 9" x 16". Advertising tours through the..... More
Bad Wildungen, Germany: Tac Echelon, HQ 12th Army Group, 12 May 1945. First Edition. Single Sheet Paper. This is an ORIGINAL folded MAP showing the travels of the "Tac Echelon", Headquarters 12th Army Group in WWII through England, France, Luxenbourg, Belgium and Germany from 15 July 1944 through 9 May..... More
Washington DC: U. S. Coast Survey, 1859. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL MAP, by the U. S. Survey, entitled "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS VICINITY CALIFORNIA", published 1859. A. D. Bache, Superintendent. Expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. 25 1/2" x 36", plus white border. Scale..... More
Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1987. First Edition. Cloth. 125 (2) pp. This is copy #1 of 125 copies, specially bound and slip cased and SIGNED by the artist, Ben Abril (1923-1995). Laid in is an ORIGINAL oil and watercolor painting on card stock titled "Bodie/Main Street" (7..... More
Washington DC: Anderson House, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. (5) 142 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Burgess Meredith in ink on the half-title: "To Bruce from Burgess Meredith". Illustrated dust jacket. Prior owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated endpapers. Gray cloth. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". Per a page fronting the copyright page..... More
South Brunswick & New York: Poetry Society of America, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. 63 pp. Dust jacket. Illustrated, including frontispice portrait of George Sterling from photograph, with facsimile signature. Foreword, including Sterling biographical material by Charles Angoff (1902-1972), managing editor of Americna Mercury magazine and professor of English at Fairleigh..... More
Youngstown, Ohio: The Whiteside Dental Mfg. Co., 1904. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. This is a Dental Trade Catalogue entitled "A Treatise on Crown and Bridge Work", 1904, published by The Whiteside Dental Manufacturing Company, of Youngstown, Ohio. Stapled wrappers. 18 pqges. 4 1/2" x 5 3/4". Illustratedfrom drawings of dental..... More
Philadelphia: E. de Trey & Sons, 1898. First Edition. This is a dental Trade Catalog for Dr. E. de Trey's "Solila" brand Gold and Instruments. 1898. Illustrated from drawings of "Pluggers" dental instruments for application of the gold. Illustrated stapled wrappers with some gilt lettering and decorations. 6 pages. 5..... More
Chicago: Chas. A. Stevens & Bros. Circa 1895. First Edition. Illustrated stapled wrappers. (1) 40 (1) pp. Profusley illustrated throughout, mostly from drawings of garments; photographed faces of models. Self-addressed Stevens envelope laid in. Illustrated green stapled wrappers. 5 1/4" x 7 1/4". A catalogue, with prices, of women's cloaks..... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, 1916. First Edition. (16) 41 pp. Illustrated throughout from drawings (Pedro Lemos) and photographs (Louis Stellman). Facsimiles of newspapers, advertisement. Strung and stapled yellow pictorial wrappers; yapp edges. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". A publication of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce engendered..... More
Sacramento: A. G. Lee, 1915 (December). First Thus. Original wrappers. 48 pp. Original red stapled wrappers with numerous advertisements. 3" x 5 1/2". Two page map of Sacramento, California. "Merry Christmas To All" on front cover. Numerous advertisements and articles for local businesses throughout. Guide to Sacramento sights of interest..... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Circa 1935. Illustrated Stapled Wrappers. This is an ORIGINAL vintage LOS ANGELES COUNTY (California) promotional booklet/brochure. Printed in Los Angeles by George Rice & Sons. Unpaginated (20pp). Illustrated stapled wrappers. 4" x 9" (folded); 8" x 9" (opened). Cover full color art by..... More
Chicago: Richfield Oil Corporation, 1940. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. This is an ORIGINAL 1940 Richfield Oil Corporation booklet containing maps of the Western United States. The maps are: (1) United States, (2) California, (3) Washington, (4) Oregon, (5) Arizona, (6) Idano, (7) Nevada, (8) San Francisco Bay Area, (9) Metropolitan..... More
San Francisco: Bank of America, 1956. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL folded sheet booklet: "GUIDE TO THE MOTHER LODE. MARIPOSA TO SIERRAVILLE", 1956. Illustrated from photographs and drawings. Folded: 3 3/4" x 8 3/4". Unfolded: 17 1/2" x 15 1/4". It unfolds to show a map of the California..... More
Stanford, California: Board of Athletic Control, Stanford University, 1932. First Edition. Unpaginated (16). Illustrated stapled wrappers. 7 3/4" x 10 3/4". Profusely illustrated from photographs of football players and coaching staffs of University of Southern California and Stanford. At the center two page spread by Chesterfield cigarettes (the only advertisement..... More
New York: A. Wittemann, 1897. Boards. This is an ORIGINAL booklet of period illustrations from photographs of Sacramento, California, in 1897. Photographs include the Capitol Building, the Senate Room, the Post Office, Sacramento River and Sutter's Fort, among others. Unpaginated (but 36 pages). 5" x 7". Black boards with silver..... More
Los Angeles: Geo. Rice & Sons, Inc., 1906. First Edition. Unpaginated (32) pp. Stapled oblong pictorial wrappers. 8 3/4" x 10 1/4". Illustrated from black and white photgrpahs by C. C. Pierce & Co., Los Angeles of the effects of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. Photographs include the..... More
Philadelphia: The S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1905. First Edition. Original wrappers with Text. 32 pp. Illustrated, primarily from drawings. Original brown wrappers with text. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2". Laid in are pages 9-10 from the December 1906 S. S. White catalog. The first half of the Catalog..... More
South Pasadena, California: South Pasadena Public Library, 1995. First Edition. Cloth. 91 (1) pages. Illustrated, mostly from vintage photographs. Foreword ("Twin Tracks") by Lawrence Clark Powell. Index. Black cloth; gilt titling. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Designed by Ward Ritchie. Printed by Premier Printing Corporation, Brea. Laid in is a...... More
