Los Angeles: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1926. First Edition. Illustrated Color Wrappers. 48 pages. Color illustrated stapled wrappers. Illustrated throughout from black and white period photographs. 6" x 9". Frontispiece from drawing of the "New Los Angeles City Hall". A profusley illustrated booklet extolling the virtues of living and..... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Nevada City, California: Legg & Shaw, Circa 1885. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL bill showing purchases made by Chester W. Chapman, DDS, from Legg & Shaw of Main Street, Nevada City, California, during the months of July and August, Circa 1885. Single sheet. 8 1/2" x 14". Printed billhead..... More
Grass Valley, California: 1871. First Edition. An ORIGINAL indenture deed transferring a quartz gold claim Delano owned in Grass Valley Township, Nevada County, California to the New York Gold Hill Mining Company, for consideration of 10,000 shares of stock in the latter company. A certified copy, with notarial notice affixed..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, 1982. First Edition. This Photographic Postcard is SIGNED by San Francisco Poet/Publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti in black ink on the verso, "Ferlinghetti 9/1/07". The recto is from a painting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti entitled "Burden of Dreams". 1982. Acrylic on canvas. The postcard measures 4..... More
New York: The New York Theatre Program Corporation, 1935. First Edition. Illustrated stapled wrappers. This is an ORIGINAL Playbill program from the 1935 first Broadway run of "PORGY AND BESS". Music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Dubose Heyward. Production directed by Rouben Mamoulian. The original Broadway cast..... More
Kansas City, MO: U.S. Post Office Department, 1927. First Edition. This is an unusual ORIGINAL Wanted Poster for a Husband And Wife who escaped from two separate prisons on two seperate dates, but were thought somehow to be traveling together by automobile. The husband escaped from the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary..... More
Los Angeles: The Fellowship Publishing Co., Circa 1907. First Edition. Original wraps. 16pp. Blue stapled wrappers. 3 1/2" x 6". Laid in is a two page flyer (1896) entitled, "Twenty Opinions on Woman Sufferage By Prominent Californians" advocating women's sufferage. An early booklet advocating women's liberation. The front cover lists..... More
Philadelphia: The Rosenbach Company, CA. 1916. First Edition. Original wraps. 129 pp. Number 18. Original tan wrappers. 6 3/4" x 10 3/4". 636 descriptions of items offered by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach. Many amazing treasures of literature at period prices. As explained in a first note, many of the..... More
Philadelphia: The Rosenbach Company, 1935. First Edition. Original wraps. 123 (1) pp. Original blue wrappers. 6" x 9". 519 rarities offered by Doctor Rosenbach. Issued in the midst of the Great Depression, the Catalogue's entries are surprisingly reasonable in price. Expressed in the doctor's colorful language, entries include, "A Superb..... More
Palo Alto: Stanford University Students. 1899. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. 12 pages text; 12 pages advertisements. Illustrated buff stapled wrappers. 6 3/4" x 10". The Stanford Sequoia was a literary magazine published by Stanford students every Friday of the college year. Articles in this issue include a memoir of early..... More
Palo Alto: Stanford University Students, 1901. First Edition. 23 pages text; 15 pages advertisements. Gray stapled illustrated wrappers. 7" x 10 1/4". The Stanford Sequoia was a literary magazine published by Stanford students every Friday of the college year. Articles in this issue include "The New Post Office" by Ruth..... More
Stockton, California: Stockton Chamber of Commerce, Circa 1925 (N.D.). First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. Unpaginated (10). Illustrated from B/W photographs. 5 maps. Cover art of Port of Stockton, including biplane, by Ralph Yardley. Stapled illustrated wrappers. 4" x 9" folded; 8" x 9" unfolded. Nicely produced Chamber of Commerce brochure extolling..... More
Washington DC: United States Food Administration, 1917. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL World War I poster, popularly known as "DEFEAT THE KAISER AND HIS U-BOATS". 1917. 14" x 21 1/2". Heavy card stock (no need for linen-backing). Seal of the USFA. Artist signed in the plate as "Steele". The..... More
