San Francisco: Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Ry, 1923. Folded 16 panel brochure printed by the Sunset Press, San Francisco, for the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway. n.d. (1923). Illustrated from period black and white photographs. Featuring a spectacular 4 panel bird's eye map of the San Francisco Bay..... More
San Francisco: Spring Valley Compsany, Ltd., 1948. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL Report to the Shareholders of the Spring Valley Company Ltd., San Francisco, California, for the year ended December 31, 1948. 5 pages. Stapled wrappers. 6" x 9 1/4". Additionally included in the lot are (1) Mailing envelope..... More
San Francisco: United Airlines, 1975. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL poster by United Airlines for "SAN FRANCISCO". The poster has been expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. 22" x 28" with a 1 3/4" white border. The poster features a beautigul young woman next to the late..... More
San Francisco: Western Akrlines, Circa 1980. This is an ORIGINAL poster for Western Airlines travel to San Francisco. Expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. 24" x 37" with a 1 3/4" white border. Pictured is a dramatic nighttime view of a San Francisco cable car. A beautiful Fine..... More
New York: Avon Books, 1984. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. (4) 105 (3) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by 7 of the 13 chefs represented, including Rene Verdon (Le Trianon), Jacky Robert (Ernie's) and Barbara Tropp (China Moon). Illustrated from photographs of the chefs, restaurants and dishes, some in color. Illustrated wrappers, bound with..... More
Hollywood: 20th Century Fox, 1943. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet movie poster for the film "HELLO FRISCO HELLO", the 1943 20th Century Fox musical starring Alice Faye, John Payne Jack Oakie, Lynn Bari and June Havoc (Gypsy Rose Lee's sister "Baby June"). Expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease..... More
San Francisco: M/M Theodore Max "Ted" Lilienthal, Circa 1950. First Edtion. This is an ORIGINAL seasons greetings print from Theodore Max "Ted" and Frances Baruch "Fran" Lilienthal, circa 1950, printed by The Grabhorn Press of San Francisco. The print unfolds to reveal a large Japanese giesha figure, with the caption..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1986. First Edition. Cloth. 122 pages. First Edition. One of 550 limited copies. Prosptectus laid in. Blue cloth. Printed spine and cover title labels. Quarto. Color frontispiece tipped in. Illustrated with eight plates (including two folding). Designed and printed at the Arion Press..... More
San Francisco: Avalon Ballroom, 1967. First Edition. Linen-backed. This is an ORIGINAL poster (FD 48) for the SECOND ANNUAL TRIBAL STOMP to be held February 17-18, 1967 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, and featuring Big Brother and The Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Oxford Circle. The poster..... More
San Francisco: California Development Board, 1913. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. 64 pp. Illustrated primarily from vintage B/W photographs. Index. Illustrated stapled wrappers. 7" x 10". In addition to its usual reporting and promotion functions, this brochure highlights the upcoming Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 (February 20 to December 4, 1915)..... More
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1951. First Edition. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. (xv) 107 pp. Illustrated. One of 250 un-numbered limited copies. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. 6 1/2" x 10". A collection of 49er R. R. Taylor's well-written letters to his wife concerning his journey from Massachusetts in 1849 to San..... More
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. 392 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY Author Conrad in ink on the front free endpaper: "For 'Beverly' Fellow writer, Astronaut, Brain Surgeon, Tennis Expert, y amiga! Bernabe Dec 28 1972 - and 'Hi' to John!". On the front pastedown, Conrad has drawn, in..... More
New York: Harper Collins West, 1994. First Edition, Stated. Cloth-backed Boards. (xii) 212 pp. SIGNED in ink by Author Barnaby Conrad on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket. Foreword by Herb Caen. Illustrated, including from drawings by Author Conrad and various guests at his establishment. Cloth-backed boards. 5 3/4" x...... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1993. First Edition. Cloth. 167 (2) pp. Edition limited to 400 un-numbered copies. Prospectus and blank order envelope laid in. Printed by W. Thomas Taylor of Austin, Texas. Red cloth; paper spine title label. 8 1/4" x 11 1/4". Illustrated, including from period..... More
San Francisco: Arthur Wheeler, 1923. First Edition. Cloth. 116 (1) pp. Illustrated primarily from photographs. Index to portraits. Black cloth. 7" x 10 1/4". An effort to reconstruct the history of the San Francisco Bar Associtaion after the "...complete destruction of the Association's records in the San Francisco fire of..... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1933. First Edition. Illustrated cloth-backed cloth over boards. (xiv)351 pages. Large octavo 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Illustrated boards. Profusely illustrated from black and white drawings by E. H Suydam. First Printing (Stated and with the number 1 in brackets on the last text page.)..... More
San Francisco: Family Dog Productions, 1967. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL FIRST PRINTING of a poster for a concert at San Franisco's Avalon Ballroom on August 24-27, 1967. Featuring Big Brother and the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin), Bo Diddley, Bukka White and Salvation Army Banned. This is the..... More
Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1967. First Edition. 116 pp. Illustrated from drawings by Daniel Wadsworth Coit, including frontispiece self-portrait. Historical introduction by Editor George P. Hammond. Edition limited to 1250 un-numbered copies, designed and printed by Lawton and Alred Kennedy of San Francisco. Gilt spine titling. Illustrated cloth. 9"..... More
Portland: Richard Abel & Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Cloth. 140 pp. Annotated by William F. Heintz. Foreword by Thomas W. Chinn, a Founder and First President, Chinese Historical Society of America. Two Illustrations. One of 1000 un-numbered copies. Designed and printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. Orange cloth. Index..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1983. First Thus. Cloth. 84 pages. Illustrated. Frontis portrait of William Doxey from The Bancroft Library. Preface. Notes. Annotated bibliography. Index. Errata sheet laid in. Publication Number 173 of The Book Club of California. 8vo. Designed and printed by Harold Berliner of Nevada..... More
New York: The Heritage Pess, 1944. First Thus. (xii) 223 pp. Illustrated from art by Fletcher Martin. Introcusction by Oscar Lewis. Publisher's slipcase. Cloth-backed gold metallic paper on boards. 6 1/2" x 10". Thirteen of Harte's stories of the California Gold Rush, including The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts..... More
Hollywood: Orion Pictures, 1980. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet movie poster for "HEART BEAT", the 1980 Orion Pictures film, starring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek and John Heard. Written and directed by John Byrum. 27" x 41". Expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. "Heart Beat" was based..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. 81 pages. One of a limited edition of 450 un-numbered copies. Designed and printed by Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press. Bound by Cardoza-James Binding company with photographs printed by Marin Star Graphic Arts. Cloth with gilt spine-titling..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. 81 (3) pp. Illustrated, including frontispiece of Frank Pixley at his desk from a photograph. Plain paper dust jacket. Custom spine titling. Prospectus, ordering envelope and delivery notice laid in. One of an edition of 450 un-numbered copies. Illustrated..... More
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911. First Thus. Cloth. (13) 259 pp. Illustrated. Frontispiece from portrait of David C. Broderick with tissue guard. Original purple cloth with gilt front cover and spine titling. 5" x 7 1/2". The copyright page shows that the work was copyrighted in 1911..... More
