San Francisco: San Carlos Park Syndicate. Undated, ca. 1907. Single-page circular, or possibly a removed advertisement, backed on linen. 9 x 6 inches, printed in green and red, illustrated with half-tone photograph of the San Carlos railroad depot. Minor damage to lower left corner; very good. An effusive promotional piece..... Item #21470
San Leandro, CA: City of San Leandro, 1971. Softcover. Very Good. 39 pp, with illustrations, subscription form, in original illustrated wrappers. Very light handling wear, internally clean and sound. A compilation of "San Leandro Recollections" articles assembled to celebrate the city's 99th anniversary. Item #1327
Haywood, CA: H.W. Meek Estate. Undated, ca, 1922. Single sheet of thin cardstock, approx. 11 x 7 inches, folded twice for mailing (this example never mailed). Small rust stain from a paperclip, otherwise very good. Appealing to city dwellers who want to "hold your city job and raise something on..... Item #21461
Centennial Historical Committee, 1969. Softcover. Very Good. 20 pp, with many illustrations from photographs, in original wrappers. Minimal handling wear, else fine.. A brief history of the community of San Juan Bautista (San Benito County, CA), established by Spanish Missionaries in 1797.0. Item #1324
Modern three-ring binder containing 27 black and white 8” x 10” photographs showcasing high-end vehicles for rent from the Iowa Garage, owned by former race car mechanic Eugene Lajunie of Pasadena. Each photo is accompanied by a typed caption giving the model number, color, some specifications, and the price per..... Item #20563
Advertising handbill, approximately 8.5 x 5.5 inches, illustrated with a wonderful (or not, depending on your point of view) image of "A Flea Magnified." Some staining, old folding creases. Joseph Fusch trademarked his Eureka Insect Exterminator--guaranteed to kill fleas, flies, mosquitoes, bed bugs, ants , moths, lice, and cockroaches without..... Item #21613
[Murrieta, CA]. Softcover. Near fine. Undated, 1930s or 1940s. Single sheet printed on both sides, folded to a 4 x 9-inch brochure, with bright color covers, b/w illustrations from photographs inside. "Riverside County" written in pen on front cover; else fine. Fritz Guenther began developing Murrieta’s natural hot springs as..... Item #21382
Hemet Land Company, 1902. Softcover. Very good. 7.5 x 4 inches, 39 pp, with many illustrations from photographs and a folding map titled "Lands of the Hemet Land Co. Situated in Sections...Riverside Co. Cal." Light handling wear, some chipping to edge of last page, some loosening at staples; very good..... Item #21756
Undated, likely mid-1970s. 34 x 25-inch map showing hundreds of small lots for sale in this subdivision in Weed, near Mount Shasta in Siskyou County. Folding creases, one split along a fold, a few minor notations; very good. Development at Lake Shastina began in 1968 and focused on enticing well-heeled..... Item #21486
San Francisco: Frank Eastman, 1859-1873. Hardcover. Good. Seven volumes bound together. Three-quarter maroon leather over cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Moderate external wear, including staining, chipping to leather and cloth, mild bow to boards. Dampstain to margin of somepages (text unaffected), some damage to endpapers. Binding sound..... Item #2462
Undated and uncredited albumen photograph (image size 4.75" x 7.75"), identified in a handwritten caption on the mount as Forest City, a town in Sierra County, California, where gold was discovered in 1852. Slight fading and spotting, crack in the glass negative appearing in lower left, but still a clear..... Item #19245
Pomona: California State Polytechnic Institute, [1985]. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. 8.5 x 8.5 inches, 32 pp, in original stapled wrappers. Corners lightly bumped, minor shelfwear. Inscribed on the title page "To Sonya in appreciation, Cordially, Dione Neutra, X-mas 1985." Richard Neutra (1892-1970) was one of the most influential architects..... Item #21850
San Leandro, CA: City of San Leandro, 1970. Softcover. Very good. 16 pp, with illustrations, subscription form laid in, in original illustrated wrappers. One of two staples in binding missing, light handling wear to wrappers; contents clean. Periodical created as part of the city's Centennial celebration. Main article in this..... Item #1322
Softcover. Very good. Title continues: "Business Houses,Schools, Churches, Mines, Mills, etc. ... With Historical Sketch of the County." Facsimile softcover reprint of the 1879 edition published by Wallace W. Ellicott. No publication information given. "Santa Cruz County 1879" handwritten on spine, light staining to edge of text block, otherwise clean..... Item #21758
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1920. Softcover. Very Good. pp. 47-69, with b/w illustrations from photographs, in original wrappers. Light handling wear and soiling to wrappers; else clean and sound. College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 325, September, 1920. A report on the ongoing research and experiments..... Item #1406
San Francisco: Sunset Publishing House, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 275 pp, illustrated. Original blue pictorial cloth; no dust jacket. Mild rubbing to extremities and bumping to corners, else fine. No dust jacket. The author was a singer and music teacher in San Francisco. The book provides good detail..... Item #20461
San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 1892. Hardcover. Very good. 384 pp, in original brown cloth decorated in black and gilt. Rubbing to edges, dent to top edge of front board, otherwise very good. Binding tight, text clean. Beautifully illustrated with engravings of various hot springs and scenic locations in California..... Item #20811
Santa Barbara, CA: Fithian Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in brown cloth boards. Light spotting to top edges of pages, binding is tight, text is clean. Dust jacket has very small chip to top edge of front panel. From the dust..... Item #21072
Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 37. Trade paperback, 116 pp, ca. 8.5 x 11 inches. As new. On place names of the Cahuilla Indians. Item #21185
New York: William Morrow, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited edition, signed by Bartlett on the limitation page, which page states that there were 210 copies for sale; this copy is numbered 217 (so perhaps was a hors commerce copy). There is also a previous owner's gift inscription on..... Item #21453
1919. Softcover. Very Good. 22 pp, in original wrappers. Light handling wear to wrappers, old horizontal crease; contents clean and sound. Text of the resolution of a lawsuit grought by the United States Govenment over oil-bearing lands in California granted to Southern Pacific Railroad. The Government argued that Southern Pacific..... Item #1495
Los Angeles: Privately Printed by the Author for His Friends, 1934. Hardcover. Very good. First edition, one of just 100 copies issued. 109 pp + bibliography and folding map, with illustrations by Lawrence A. Patterson. Bound in quarter leather over paper-covered boards. Corners bumped, some scuffing to leather, internally clean..... Item #21767
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. xvii, 94 pp + 2 (illustrations), with frontispiece, bibliography, index, book store label on front free endpaper. Upper corners lightly bumped, text clean, binding sound. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear. Santa Barbara Historical..... Item #2185
Washington DC: Department of the Treasury, United States Customs Service Pacific Region, 1991. Softcover. Near Fine. v, 88 pp, with illustrations, in original wrappers. One light crease to outer bottom corner of rear cover; else fine. Item #3174
Los Angeles: Zamorano Club, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 350 copies. Unopened copy, still in original shrinkwrap. "Provides annotations on 120 titles that characterize California from 1870 to 1980, an era of burgeoning growth and incredible change in the state’s history. The foreword by Larry Burgess and the..... Item #21778
