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"All Among the Roses, or, Sweet Camilla May."

San Francisco, California, Bell & Company. California song sheet (3 3/4 x 9 inch) published circa.1865. Printed on one side with scroll borders. Clean copy. Very Good.

Bookseller reference : 10361

"First She Would and Then She Wouldn't, or, O You Naughty, Naughty Man!"

San Francisco, California, Bell & Company. California song sheet (3 3/4 x 9 inch) published circa.1865. Printed on one side with decorative borders. Clean copy. Very Good.

Bookseller reference : 10362

"Tom Thumb Wedding Group"...Original Photograph

. Original carte de visite photograph. 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches. No photographer, place or date. Tom Thumb (real name Charles Sherwood Stratton) was an American drarf exhibited by the promoter P.T. Barnum. In 1863 he married Lavinia Warren (real name Mercy Lavinia Bump). The photograph, which dates from the time of the marriage, shows Mr. and Mrs. Thumb with the best man and bride's maid, standing facing the camera and wearing formal clothes. Very Good.

Bookseller reference : 7700

1830: On the Ambitious Projects of Russia in Regard to Northwest America, with Particular Reference to New Albion & New California, By an Englishman

(San Francisco), The Book Club of California. 1955. Boards. One of 350 copies finely printed in red and black by The Allen Press. A reprint of the only known copy, which is owned by the Bancroft Library at UC-Berkeley. Introduction by George Hammond. Original prospectus laid in. 79 pages. Fine.

Bookseller reference : 8052

3 in 1 Dictionary.

. 16 page booklet (5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch) praising the use of 3 in 1 Oil and all the uses for it. Index on the back page. Pre World War II advertisement in fine condition. Fine.

Bookseller reference : 10089

47th Annual Report of the Ladies' Seamen's Friend Society of the Port of San Francisco, Cal., For the Year Ending July 31st, 1903

San Francisco, Geo. Spaulding & Co. 1903. Illustrated Wrappers. Two pamphlets for $25.00 Pamphlet (1) above: List of Officers and Managers of the Society, Prospectus (brief history of the founding of the Society in 1852); reports of the Secretary, Superintendent, Treasurer, Constitution and By-laws, and a list of seaport towns around the world with established sailor's homes. Damp stains to edge of title page to page 4 and pages 21-22 and rear end paper. Pamphlet (2): 48th Annual Report of the Ladies' Seamen's Friend Society of the Port of San Francisco, Cal. For the Year Ending July 31st, 1904; Published by The Salvation Army Press, San Francisco, 1904, Illustrated Wrappers, List of Officers and Managers, Form of Bequest, Prospectus (brief history of the Society), Reports of the Secretary, Superintendent and Librarian, Constitution and By-laws, Member lists, list of seaport towns around the world with established sailor's homes.

Bookseller reference : 3961

A Brief History of First Cleveland Cavalry. Composed of Troops A and B 107th Regiment Cavalry, Ohio National Guard.

Cleveland, Ohio, 1937, First Edition. # 358 of 500 copies issued. 91 pages + 20 pages of photos, bound in black cloth with emblem on the front cover and title in gilt on the spine. Intended to supplement A. Mewett's 'A Brief History of Troop A' covering the years 1923-1937. Lists charter and active members along with the company constitution and photos of leading officers and the company's activities. Fine clean copy inside and out. Fine.

Bookseller reference : 9585

A Camera in the Gold Rush: A Series of Photographs of Pacific Coast Towns, Camps and Mining Operations of Pioneer Days; Mare Island Navy Yard, Sacramento Flood, Coloma, Forest Hill, Mining on the American River (con't.)

The Book Club of California. 1946. San Francisco.. Quarter leather slip case. Twelve parts, complete. 950 copies printed. Title continued: Riverside Camp (Maine Bar), Freighting Over the Sierra, Swan's Station, Silver City, Grand Canyon - Gateway to the Comstock, Virginia City, and Nevada Fall - Yos emite.

Bookseller reference : 1701

A Circular for Horace Liveright. Good Books - Spring 1930.

New York, New York, Horace Liveright. 1930. Foldout catalogue printed on both sides (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch) listing fiction, nonfiction publications by the firm with order blank. Very Good.

Bookseller reference : 10306

A Costly Binge. Tidbit of Yester Series, Volume I.

1966. (24) pages, double color illustration, typography and binding by Robert E. Massman, Lithography by Art Press, New Britain, #95 of 300 copies, pictorial cover with spine title Toys I and picture of a partially filled bottle, miniature book measuring 1" x 7/8". Fine copy. Inspired by Charles M. Russell's "Rawhide Rawlins Rides Again". This little anecdote concerns an episode in the Central Bar in Gilroy, California, owned by Charlie Martin, a friend of Russell.

Bookseller reference : 6138

A Decade of American Sporting Books & Prints by The Derrydale Press 1927-1937; With an Introduction by Eugene V. Connett, III

The Derrydale Press. 1937. New York.. Cloth. Illustrations. No. 496 of 950 copies. A complete bibliography of the books and prints published including the privately printed items. Uncut page edges. The book contains a chronological list of publications and brief descriptions of sp ortin g books such as: Riding and Horsemanship; Fishing; Yachting and the Sea; Cook Books; Sporting History and Americana; etc.

Bookseller reference : 2316

A Gathering of Tributes to Don Meadows.

Irvine, Friends of the Library, University of California. 1982. 73 pages, frontispiece portrait, blue printed wrapper, 9 x 6". Nice copy, signed by Meadows beneath portrait, and by Glen Dawson, one of the contributors. Includes a bibliography of his books, articles, and book reviews.

Bookseller reference : 6643

A Hard-Time May Party Will be Given By the Yankton Social Club ....

New Haven, Conn. 1974. Friends of the Yale Collection of Western Americana. Facsimile of invitation to a party given by the Yankton Social Club, Dakota Territory, in 1872. Printed on calico (6 x 7 1/4 inch) one side. Fine clean copy. Fine.

Bookseller reference : 10305