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
Very good. Single sheet folded to 4 pages, 9.5" x 6.25", with half-tone photographic illustration on cover. Undated, but 1930s. Old folding creases, minor dust soiling; very good. A scarce promotional circular providing a biography and testimonials for "Chief Ho-To-Pi, our own Indian Caruso, Northern Cheyenne Indian tenor." The text..... Item #22590
Twenty-seven (27) 8” x 10” photographs showcasing high-end vehicles for rent from the Iowa Garage in Pasadana, California, owned by former race car mechanic Eugene Lajunie (b. 1885). Each photo is accompanied by a typed caption giving the model number, color, some specifications, and the price per day to rent..... Item #20563
Los Angeles: Security Trust & Savings Bank, 1928, 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Two volumes: El Pueblo, 80 pp; La Reina, 208 pp. Both extensively illustrated, both in very good condition in original illustrated wrappers. Some minor soiling and edgewear to the front cover of La Reina. Internals fine..... Item #22380
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San Francisco: Fred'k MacCrellish & Co., 1870. Very good. Eleven complete issues of the newspaper Daily Alta California, dating from between December 21, 1870 and April 22, 1871. Each 4-page issue measures 25" x 31.5" and has been folded to about 8" x 12.5". Some old dampstaining to margins only;..... Item #23772
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
Bucyrus, Ohio: Forum Print, 1887. Softcover. Good. 9" x 6", 30 pp, extensively illustrated. Hole punched at upper left, creasing and chips to front cover, else sound and clean. A catalogue of grain cleaning machinery (smutters, separators, finishers, etc.) that is interesting not for the details of agricultural and mechanical..... Item #24041
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
Very good. Collection of 23 professional 8" x 10" photographs showing the ships, facilities, and construction processes of the National Steel & Shipbuilding Corporation (NASSCO) in the later 1950s and/or early 1960s. The company traces its roots to 1905, with the founding of the San Diego-based California Iron Company. During..... Item #24129
San Francisco: Hutchings & Rosenfield. Softcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint (apparently photocopies), including wrappers, of the original 1858 edition, in a velo (aka "strip") brinding with clear plastic covers. No information given about who created the reprint. As new. Subtitled "Containing the correct illustrations and descriptions of the various modes of..... Item #23833
Los Angeles: Touring Bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California, 1931. Softcover. Very good. 4.5" x 8", 31 pp, in original stapled wrappers. Light soiling to front cover, otherwise clean and sound. Very good. The Automobile Club of Southern California, founded in 1900, was one of the nation's first..... Item #22090
[Los Angeles]: Bekins Van & Storage. Very good. 15" x 13" indexed city street map issued as a promotional piece by Bekins Van & Storage, "shippers of household goods to and from eastern points at half rates. Warehouse Cor. 4th & Alameda Sts.). Very good condition, with folding creases, one..... Item #23954
Very good. Original 6" x 8" black and white photograph on a 10" x 12" mount, captioned "Mairposa Co. Exibit" (sic) and credited "Simon & Robinson Photog." Very good condition, blank on the back. Undated, but ca. 1915 based on the period when Simon & Robinson were active. Their firm..... Item #22999
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
Very good. Printed circular on the 8.5" x 11" letterhead of M.J. Mertens Real Estate Investments. Old folding creases, else very good. Addressed to "Mr. Live Real Estate Man," the circular offers a Mission Street lot measuring 50 x 80 feet for $25,000 (about $760,000 today). Mission is described as..... Item #23769
San Francisco: Spaulding & Barto, Printers, for the Board of Supervisors, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 916 pp, indexed, with 6 folding maps, double-page frontispiece with photographic portraits of the city commissioners. Bound in full black leather with all edges gilt, stamped Jas. F. Chapman on front board. Chapman..... Item #23663
San Francisco: Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. Good. 8.5" x 11" sheet printed on one side, with old folding creases, repairs to verso. Offers a reward of up to $200 -- $100 for the return of the stolen automobile and $100 for the arrest and conviction of the the thief. The..... Item #23883
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
Santa Ana, CA: G.P. Campbell, Printer. Softcover. Very good. Title taken from first page. Undated, ca. 1920s. Stapled booklet, 18 pp, die cut in the shape of an orange (4 inches at widest point), illustrated with half-tone photos. Front cover rubbed, internally sound and clean. A nice, early promotional piece..... Item #24565
Los Angeles: 1940. Softcover. Very good. Full title: Souvenir Journal, Annual Ball, Los Angeles Joint Board Cloak and Dressmakers' Union, I.L.G.W.U. T.V.G. Auditorium, Saturday Evening, February Tenth, 1940. 9' x 6", [16] pp., stapled wrappers. Light toning, union ink stamp on front cover; very good. Los Angeles Joint Board Cloak..... Item #22379
[Los Angeles]: [Tigner & Brooks], 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 6.75" x 10.25,", 86 pp, in original blue cloth boards, extensively illustrated from photographs. Some soiling and nibbling to boards, binding a bit loose but holding. This scarce pictorial souvenir of Pomona, California and its fire department includes two introductory..... Item #23940
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Early California Travels Series XXXV. Printed by Saul & Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press, Los Angeles. 7.5" x 5", 33 pp, in cloth-backed patterened boards with mounted spine label. Mild wear to edges, binding sound, text clean. The text..... Item #23546
San Bernardino, CA: San Bernardino County Museum Association and Crafton Hills College, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 11" x 8.25", 95 pp, with maps, illustrations, and bibliography. Covers unevenly tanned, internally sound and clean. Discusses the need for flood prevention measures in the Santa Ana River Basin via "a..... Item #23933
Chicago: The Woman's American Baptist Home Missionary Society, 1917. Softcover. Good. 6.75" x 5," 104 pp, illustrated, in original wrappers. A scarce and early first-person account of a visit to the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay, where immigrants to the United States -- the majority from Asia..... Item #23858
