Los Angeles: 1893 to 1896. Letter copy book measuring 10.5 x 8.75”, quarter red morocco binding with brown cloth, containing a manuscript index followed by 702 pages of copied letters, all sent by W.M. Hiatt, a pioneering Los Angeles and Whittier, Ca attorney, between 1893 and 1896. Hiatt was a......
Nevada City, CA: Pierce-Bosquit Abstract & Title Co., 1918. Large 8vo, 106, 4pp, printed on yellow paper, gray cloth with titles to front cover. Summarizes the ownership history of a tract of land just outside Nevada City, California, produced for Alex F. Durbin's loan application with the Grass Valley National.....
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1986. 4to, tan printed wrappers, [16] pp. Order form and two promotional brochures laid in. Very good plus.
Los Angeles: Better America Federation, 1925. 4to, printed to recto only, 1pp. Newsletter issued by a pro-business organization in California. Creased, few chips and tears to margins, small tear in center of page affecting few letters of text.
San Francisco: Passenger Department Southern Pacific Company, 1914. Large 8vo, 32 pp, numerous large illustrations of Giant Ca trees. Creasing to covers, bit of soiling, lower corner of front wrapper chipped, good plus.
Los Angeles and Berkeley: California Corrugated Culvert Company, 1935. Beige ring binder measuring 10.75 x 8.5", titled in black lettering on spine, containing 15 illustrated booklets within. A bound collection of trade catalogs for equipment used in irrigation and for the construction of aqueducts, manufactured by the California Corrugated Culvert.....
Cardinel-Vincent Co, 1912. Postcard of woman on a horse inside a carved out redwood tree, titled "California Big Trees The Queen of the Forest." Bit of toning & soiling, wear to edges, writing & postmark on back, dated 1912.
Sacramento: State of California Department of Natural Resources, Circa 1956. 8vo which folds out to measure 28 x 25", with a color map of California state parks on one side and information about state parks and facilities on the over. In nice condition, hint of yellowing, small tear to lower.....
[Pasadena]: [1935]. Folding leaflet, 4pp, printed on pink paper. Informational leaflet about a float designed by E.M. Pitzer of Pasadena and entered by The Firestone Tire Co of Los Angeles in the 46th annual Tournament of Roses. The float consisted of a huge floral dragon coiled around a staircase; the.....
Los Angeles: 1898. Broadside measuring 12 x 5.25", presenting California fruit growers with information on chemical fertilizers derived from Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid, and Potash. The text notes that "it is now a well recognized fact that commercial or chemical fertilizers are considered necessary to the successful growth of citrus fruits.".....
Yuba County, California: 1881. Partially printed folded document measuring 14 x 9.5", issued by the Yuba County Board of Supervisors, authorizing payment of $22.59 to George MItchell for work on the Yuba Bridge. Affixed to this document are two smaller pieces of paper bearing handwritten accounts documenting Mitchell's work on.....
[Norco, California]: Circa 1930. A collection of programs, menus, and promotional brochures produced during the first handful of years of operation of the Norconian Hotel, a Norco, California landmark opened by Rex B. Clarke in 1928. Includes several lavishly produced brochures, a program for the hotel's 1929 opening ceremony, and.....
San Francisco: 1902-1905. Six "bulletins" issued by curriculum supervisors at the San Francisco State Normal School (today San Francisco State University), a vocational school founded in 1899 dedicated to the training of aspiring teachers, mainly young women. These handbooks provide guidance for the teaching of geography, reading, and mathematics in.....
San Francisco: William Randolph Hearst, 1906. Set of ten Birdseye views depicting damage from the San Francisco Earthquake. Four of the issues have some damage, including chips along edges and separations along the folds (with issue number 5 extensively separated along folds), the other posters are in nice condition, with.....
Saratoga, California: 1902 to 1913. A collection of three programs for the Blossom Festival, an annual event held in Saratoga, California to enjoy the flowering prune and apricot trees in the city, which, by 1900, had the largest prune and apricot orchards in the country. The event was founded in.....
Oakland, CA: The Combination, 1970. Quarto, [30] pp, stapled wrappers. Program for a beauty pageant sponsored by "The Combination", an African American magazine based in Oakland. Includes a brief program of events, portraits of the judges, ads for local black businesses, and portraits of the contestants along with brief bios.....
[San Francisco]: California Fig Syrup Co, [1910]. 12mo, 20 pp, stapled pictorial wrappers. Promotional booklet for a California manufacturer of fig syrup laxatives, with each text page accompanied by a half tone view of Yosemite. A nice copy with bit of creasing and foxing.
San Francisco: San Francisco Department of City Planning, 1970. 4to, [6], 98, [1] pp, glossy white wrappers. A policy document produced as part of the San Francisco Urban Design Plan, the first comprehensive urban design plan for a major American city. This booklet contains a series of policy recommendations for.....
Fresno: 1930s-40s. Total of 18 pieces belonging to George F. Sharp, manager of the Fox-Wilson Movie Theater in Fresno, built in 1925 in the Art Deco style. Includes ten letters sent to Sharp in the 1930s and 40s, from various figures in Fresno and the Central Valley, mainly thanking Sharp.....
San Francisco: Stock Report Publishing Company, 1875. Folio, 4pp. San Francisco business newspaper featuring stock report, many notices relating to mining companies, and a front page article titled "The Great Mining Enterprise of Placer." Trifle foxed and creased, removed from bound volume.
Los Angeles: All Year Club of Southern California, 1945. 8vo which folds out to measure 35 x 22", printing a sightseeing map of the city of Los Angeles on one side, and a map of Los Angeles County on the other. Some foxing and creasing, very good overall.
Los Angeles Steamship Co, 1932. Large 8vo, folded leaf of color printed glossy paper, art deco color printed front cover, interior prints a program of Hawaiian music and deck sports aboard the S.S. City of Los Angeles, sailing from Honolulu to Los Angeles, accompanied by color illustrations. Creasing and a......
San Francisco: Francis, Valentine and Co, Circa 1880. 24pp, yellow wrappers. Good plus, soiling to covers, foxing and toning to pages, creasing.
No Place of Publication: Pacific Coast Borax Co, Circa 1917. Stapled booklet measuring 5 x 3.75", [16] pp, illustrations from sketches within text together with one photographic illustration within text. Promotional booklet issued by the Pacific Coast Borax Co, touting the qualities of soap made from Borax and telling the.....
San Francisco: 1913. Four typed letters measuring approximately 8.5 x 11". The letters are on the letterhead of the Fuyo Company, located at 372-374 Sutter St, San Francisco. The letterhead is printed on beige paper with striations reminiscent of bamboo or straw. One of the letters discusses the company's desire.....