Washington D.C. United States War Department, 1855. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL map: "FROM SAN FRANCISCO BAY TO THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF CALIFORNIA / MAP NO. 1". 1855. Image: 27 1/4" x 23"plus 1 1/2" border. Linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. Map created from exploration and surveys..... More
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
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
Chicago: National Plan Service, Inc., 1958. "New Edition" Illustrated Wrappers. 32 pp plus covers. Profusely illustrated from drawings and floorplans. 5 leaves with one home drawing and floorplan each laid in. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Back cover contains folding postcard blueprint order forms. 8 1/4" x 8 1/2". A catalog of..... 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
Hollywood: The Eagle Pictures, 1933. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet movie poster for the 1933 film "THE BIG CHANCE" starring Mickey Rooney, John Darrow, Merna Kennedy, Natalie Moorhead and J. Carrol Naish. Linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. 27" x 41". Artwork by "Hap" Hadley, an important..... 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
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
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
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
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
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
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc., 1936. First Edition. (xiv) (2) 173 (3) pages. First Edition. Limtited to 300 un-numbered copies, printed by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Illustrated by 8 plates plus the frontispiece portrait from a photograph of Jeffers by Edward Weston. Foreword by Una Jeffers. Octavo. Quarter bound..... More
Chico, California: Chico Advertiser, 1914. First Edition thus. Staplebound Wraps. 91 pages. Green printed stapled wrappers. Illustrated, including a small portrait of the author on the title page and three half-tone photographs. 5" x 7". First published in The Century Magazine, General Bidwell's memoir includes his participation in the first..... More
San Rafael, California: Presidio Press, 1977. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (xx) `263 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated, including one map. Index. Bibliographical Essay. Cloth-backed boards. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". From the jacket flap: "Conquer and Colonize traces the officers and men of Stevenson's Regiment from New York to the..... More
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1950. First Edition. Cloth. (xvi) 576 pages. Dust jacket. Preface by Lawrence Clark Powell. Endpaper list of symbols for library holdings. Dark red cloth. 7" x 10 1/2". Histories of the State of California, References, Index of Authors and Publishers. Compiled by the California Library..... More
Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California: Al Bolton, 1976. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 107 pp. SIGNED in printed ink by the Author on the copyright page. #123 of 1000 limited edition copies. Illustrated from separate color separation prints of pottery by the author, each print tipped in (some glue loose). Printed..... More
Camarillo, California: Golden Boots Company, 1993. First Edition. (vi) 102 pp. SIGNED in ink by Gypsy Boots on the title page. Illustrated, mostly from period photgraphs, some in color. Illustrated wrappers. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". A collection of biography, health tips, recipes and philosophy by "nature boy" Gypsy Boots..... More
Carmel-By-The-Sea California: The Seven Arts, 1925. First Edition. Illustrated orange boards. 109 pp.SIGNED in ink by both authors on a front free endpaper. Illustrated throughout from B/W photographs and line drawings by local artists (including one at p. 63 by Jo Mora). Orange illustrated boards. 5" x 7 3/4". A...... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, 1924. Second Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. (v) (1) 51 (1) pp. Profusley illustrated from drawings of San Francisco scenes by Francis A. Todhunter (1884-1963). Typographical plan by John Henry Nash. Blue pictorial wrappers. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". Rubber stamp "Compliments of The San..... More
NP: Self Published, 1958. First Edition. Original wrappers. 153 pp. Illustrated. Folding map in rear. Bibliography. Index. Original yellow wrappers. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4". Scarce. The well-documented history of a complicated land dispute between settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad, culminating in a deadly shoot-out which took place near..... More
San Francisco: Jonck & Seeger, 1930. First edition. 64 pages. Frontis portratit of author, photogravure by Ansel Adams, with tissue guard. Large octavo. Gray cloth-backed gray boards, now in a custom clear protective jacke. Printed by Jonck & Seeger, San Francisco. Some unopened pages. 19 poems. Small bookplate of California..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1950. First Edition. Cloth. 120 pp. SIGNED by Herb Caen in ink on the front free endpaper: "Greetings! Herb Caen". The dust jacket features a photograph of a young, dapper Herb Caen standing on a San Francisco rooftop. POS on front pastedown and free front..... More
