‎Californie‎

‎[Book Club of California] King, Clarence‎

‎Presentation by Carl Wheat The Helmet of Mambrino‎

‎San Francisco: Book Club of California University of California Press 1938. Vellum Binding. Very Good binding. Octavo. xx 2 21 3 pp. Limited edition one of 350 copies. As issued in marbled paper over boards backed in vellum. Spine gilt is a trifle dulled but generally a very nice copy. <br /> <br /> Originally composed as a letter to King's friend the "Bachelor of San Francisco" and first published in Century Magazine in 1886 this delightful tale was inspired by Cervantes and his account of Don Quixote's encounter with the legendary helmet of the Moorish king. Prior to this edition it only appeared in book for in 1904. This copy with an inscription from historian Carl Wheat author of Mapping of the Trans-Mississippi West to Joe Blumenthal of the Spiral Press "a fellow member of WOOFFB." Magee Book Club of California 55. Book Club of California | University of California Press unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 8331

‎[Book Club of California], [John Henry Nash]; Bender, Albert M (Chairman of the Programme Committee)‎

‎The Book Club of California Invites Its Members & Their Friends to a Series of Three Lectures by Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn; Temple Emanu-El Arguello & Lake Streets San Francisco Free to Members and their Friends and the Public‎

‎San Francisco: John Henry Nash for The Book Club of California 1927. No binding. Near fine. Nash John Henry. Folio single leaf folded once to form 4 pp. Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn 1872-1964 was an advocate of free speech and higher education based on the idea of a self-governing community with advisors teaching through tutorials instead of lectures and with an emphasis on the "great books"; he opened the "Experimental College" at the University of Wisconsin in 1927. Unfortunately the experiment failed with the students developing a reputation for "radicalism and wanton anarchy" perhaps an idea ahead of its time resulting in the closing of the College in 1932. <br /> <br /> This scarce BCC broadside printed by John Henry Nash announces three lectures to be given by him: "The Evolution of Spirit" "The College and the Community" and "The Poetry of James Stephens." Undated but we believe it was printed in 1927 based on a mention in the BCC 100 of the first lecture Dr. Meiklejohn gave: "In 1925 under the auspices of the Club but not connected with any planned series Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn spoke at the Palace Hotel on 'Democracy and Excellence' " cf p. xiv BCC 100. The broadside states "Dr. Meiklejohn's lecture before the members two years ago was so favorably received and so many expressed a desire to hear the speaker again that the Club takes special pleasure in announcing this new series of lectures." A quick look at the calendar for 1927 confirms that July 27 August 3 and August 10 did all fall on a Wednesday as the broadside states. Not listed in either O'Day or the BCC 100; seemingly scarce with none currently in the marketplace and a search of OCLC locating one copy at Cal.<br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: A single leaf folded once to four pp. the announcement on the lecture series on the first page in black and red surrounded by a red ruled border two inside pages blank on the final page "The Book Club of California wishes to express its appreciation to the trustees of the Temple Emanu-El for the use of its beautiful building for these lectures" and beneath "San Francisco: John Henry Nash Printer"; folio size measuring 12" by 8.5".<br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: This delicate broadside could almost be called fine; the paper is clean the inks bright it is free of soil and edgewear other than a single short closed tear to the top margin of the first page; some light age-toning else fine.<br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. John Henry Nash for The Book Club of California unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : CNBR245

‎[Book Club of California] Kelly, Jerry and Misha Beletsky <br />‎

‎The Noblest Roman. A History of the Centaur Types of Bruce Rogers.‎

‎San Francisco: The Book Club of California 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Fine. Hardcover. 207 of 300 copies signed by both authors. Book as new includes the prospectus. Minor wear/aging to slipcase still near fine no paper splits. <br/><br/> The Book Club of California hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 6236

‎[British Postal History - California and Oregon - Gold Rush Period - Panama Route] Royal Mail‎

‎Instructions No. 10 1850. By Command of the Postmaster General. Notice to the Public and Instructions to all Postmasters Sub-Postmasters and Letter Receivers. California and Oregon Option of Transmitting Correspondence for Through United States‎

‎Great Britain 1850. Broadside measuring 9 â…ž x 15 â…œ inches. Some chipping and wear to edge ink number written in corner two small section of loss due to improper mounting very good overall. Coat of arms of the United Kingdom above printed text. Very Good. A scarce broadside relating to British postal rates across the Panama Route through the Chagres River which supplied mail to California and Oregon beginning in 1848 before eventually being replaced by the Overland route in 1860. The service was characterized by long delay times as steamships on either side of the isthmus were often not coordinated causing major delays in the delivery. Several different steamship companies operated privately some carrying express mail. The letters were transported by canoe or pack animal across the isthmus. Postmaster General Cave Johnson began establishing post offices in California in 1848. Johnson also oversaw the transition to the prepaid delivery system. The broadside here of which we find no other records does state that postage must be prepaid and that the route can be accessed by writing “via New York†on the letters. A scarce postal history item relating to the expansion of mail services to California. We find no other records of this institutionally or in the trade. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : List2416

‎[California – Labor History – Agriculture] Unknown Photographer‎

‎1901 Photograph of a Young Man Working on a Fresno Raisin Farm‎

‎Fresno California: Detroit Photographic Co 1901. Single photograph measuring 7 x 8 ¾ inches. Captioned on negative with Brown Brothers and Frank A. Munsey stamps verso. Wear and damage with large folds on right hand side missing upper and lower left corners including intersecting with caption text. Very good plus. A photograph of a young man standing in a grape field and holding a drying rack in Fresno 1901. Grape farming in Fresno began in the early 1870s and by the 1880s grapes including raisin grapes were the area’s main crop. Cultivation in Fresno’s semi-arid climate required a system for irrigation and so was generally up to wealthy capitalists corporations or sometimes farming colonies like the Fresno Colony.1<br /> <br /> 1 Thomas Pinney A History of Wine in America: From the Beginnings to Prohibition University of California Press 1989. Detroit Photographic Co unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : List3115

‎[California] [Photography]‎

‎1920s SAN DIEGO AUTOMOBILE GARAGE AND SUPPLY‎

‎An album containing 24 silver prints measuring 6 x 4 inches many showing the popular Smith's automotive businesses in downtown San Diego. The automotive service and parts company was founded and operated by Howard B. Smith known to many San Diegans at the time as "Service Smith". A native of Connecticut he trained as an engineer at U.C. Berkeley working his way through college in a repair shop and as a taxi driver. He moved to Michigan to work with the Chalmers Motor Company before relocating to San Diego in 1914 where he became an agent for cheap automobiles. In 1916 he opened the Smith automotive businesses and in 1918 the Owl Taxi with five Ford cabs.<br /> <br /> It would appear from the age of the automobiles in the photographs that the images date from the early 1920s. In 1921 Clemens W. Stose purchased Smith's Savoy Garage Smith's Motor Supply and Smith's Repair Shop. Laid into the album is a handwritten letter on Owl Taxi letterhead postmarked 1922. The album also contains early images of advertisements for tires and batteries along with a few other automotive-related businesses in the area. <br /> <br /> The album and photographs are in very good condition. The photographs are held in place with photo corners. The oblong black cloth album is bound with a string tie. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 76913

‎[CALIFORNIA -- GOLDEN GATE EXPOSITION]. [CUTLER, Leland W (President).]‎

‎1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on San Francisco Bay: A pageant of the Pacific. February Eighteenth - December Second. Gabriel Moulin and Roberts & Roberts photographers. . . .‎

‎San Francisco CA: Golden Gate International Exposition Division of Publications American Engraving Company Commercial Art & Engraving Company Sterling Engraving Co. 1938. Folio. 11 x 14 in. 34 pp unpaginated. With pictorial colour maps 1 large double-page panoramic plate by Chesley Bonestell text illustrations photos w/ 12 artist’s renderings plates of GGIE laid-in presentation leaf on smaller rough-cut paper signed by Cutler. Colour-illustrated boards in blue gilt & black metallic gold pastedowns & flyleaves plastic comb-binding as issued light foxing & edgewear to a couple leaves minor edgewear to covers slight bumping to couple corners still a VG copy. First edition signed of this exceedingly scarce preview volume offering an artist’s & architect’s rendering excursion through the forthcoming Art Deco marvels of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco. Roberts & Roberts and Gabriel Moulin were the official photographers and the Chesley Bonestell birds-eye panorama featured in much of the promotional artwork for the fair grace the pages. Celebrating the completion of the iconic bridge as well as drawing from the $ 6250000.00 in funds from the WPA & PWA New Deal programs the 400 acre site was actually to have become the San Francisco Air Terminal but those plans were derailed by World War II. No copies in Worldcat. [Golden Gate International Exposition, Division of Publications, American Engraving Company, Commercial Art & Engraving Company, hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 60408

‎[CALIFORNIA -- SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN PAINTING]. [HOBBY, Carl Frederick (Artist).]‎

‎A charming original painting depicting a young Chinese-American woman and child purchasing an orange in front of a produce store with Chinese signage beyond. No. 21. Chinatown group. . . .‎

‎San Francisco CA: Carl Frederick Hobby 1211 Jackson Street ca. 1945. One large oil painting on canvas sized 13 x 18 in. preserved as original stretched canvas within the frame as presented to the artist’s niece and with the original green & gilt frame now professionally cleaned and w/ artist’s business card mounted on verso of frame along with numbering & size. Signed in lower corner this painting was presented by the artist following the War to his niece and held in the family until 2025. This original oil painting depicts a young Chinese-American mother and child buying an orange with fruit crates stacked beside in front of the mirror and pedestrian walking by as well as the advertising signage in the doorway in Chinese painted by Hobby. The sign reads 油糖èœèˆ– You tang chai pu — oil and sugar vegetable shop and produce in the crates below the window in the foreground appear to be cabbages oranges and possibly mangoes. Hobby wrote in his 1936 illustrated book “Chinatown San Francisco†that there were a variety of vegetable and produce “Chinese Food Shops†situated from Washington to Jackson Street selling blue-green melons mustard greens water chestnuts and more.Hobby 1886-1964 was the son of an Iowa City IA ophthalmologist and moved with the family as a teenager to San Diego CA about 1900 where he began working at 14 as a sketch artist and later published a book in San Diego in 1919 with his artwork. He studied art at the Cumming School of Art in Des Moines the Art Students League in New York and became portrait and landscape painter in San Diego until 1923. After a divorce from Plooma Crowther he settled in San Francisco in Chinatown where he became an instructor at the Art Center while also painting and sketching the densely populated area publishing “The Street of Dragon Lanterns Chinatown of San Francisco†in 1936 while contracting with the Madison & Burke Agency through World War II. Exhibits of his paintings and pen & ink sketches were displayed at the Oakland Art Gallery in 1928 and the Society for Sanity in Art in 1945. See: Maud McB. Maywood Palm City The Chula Vista Star July 9 1937 p. 6; Sketches of San Diego 1919. Carl Frederick Hobby, 1211 Jackson Street, unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 63891

‎[California]. Publicity Department, Lankershim Branch Security Trust & Savings Bank‎

‎A Daughter of the Snows. The Story of the Great San Fernando Valley.‎

‎Los Angeles: Lankershim Branch of the Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles n. d. Third edition. Near Fine. Circa 1927. 8" x 4-1/4". 56 pp. Green pictorial wrappers with orange lettering in original envelope. B/w half-tone illustrations and maps throughout. Minor wear to extremities else exceptionally clean and bright. Light wear to envelope hint of spotting to front panel. Promotional booklet for the San Fernando Valley with special attention paid to the benefits from the construction of the Los Angeles aquaduct.Uncommon in such nice condition and with the original envelope. Lankershim Branch of the Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1292

‎[California]. [French Intervention in Mexico]‎

‎A los Mexicanos e Hispano-Americanos. Convocatoria. Por Acuerdo Unanime de la Junta Central Directiva. caption title and first line of text‎

‎San Francisco: La Voz de Mexico 1863. Very good. Broadside 7.75 x 10.75 inches. Central vertical fold minor creasing light tanning and scattered foxing. A very rare broadside calling a combined meeting of the juntas patrióticas of San Francisco community organizations of Californios and Mexican expatriates convened to support Benito Juarez against the French in the war with Napoleon III. The text announces a meeting at San Francisco’s Philharmonic Hall on Sunday November 29 1863 at 2p.m. Juntas patrióticas like this grew out of a tradition of Latino volunteer organizations in California originally started in 1825 to organize celebrations for Mexican independence. Established in many towns over the following years they continued to promote Mexican culture and traditions after California was annexed by the United States. This largely apolitical role changed however in the face of the twin threats of the Civil War and the French Intervention in Mexico:<br /> <br /> "Despite a time lag of four to eight weeks the newspapers carried stories about the French incursion into Mexico. California's Latinos learned about the landing of the Triple Alliance in Veracruz to collect debts contracted by previous administrations the agreement of Soledad in which President Benito Juarez pled national bankruptcy and asked for an extension the withdrawal of the English and Spanish forces on the strength of Juarez's promises and the menacing French presence continuing after the Spaniards and English had departed. In May 1862 events took a serious turn when the French broke off diplomatic relations with Mexico complaining of 'outrages of which the victims have been French subjects' living in Mexico.<br /> <br /> "But then on May 5 1862 there was a sudden flash of hope -- the outnumbered ragtag Mexican army repelled the seemingly inexorable French advance at Puebla sending the French troops victors of Crimea Sebastopol and the Italian campaign reeling back to Orizaba to lick their wounds. When the news reached California the Spanish-language headlines were enthusiastic: 'Hurrah for Mexico!! Hurrah for independence!!.' For California's Latinos U.S. citizens and immigrants alike this news was a bracing tonic. Suddenly they were part of a force to be reckoned with. Their peers at Puebla had taken a daring stance and had emerged victorious against the odds. Spontaneously Latino residents of the gold country town of Columbia in Tuolumne County celebrated 'our triumph against the French' by firing artillery salutes singing patriotic songs and toasting Mexico's success. Dozens of cities responded and dozens of juntas were formed in the next few months to raise funds to help repel the French invaders from Mexico" – Hayes-Bautista.<br /> <br /> Funneled through a Junta Central Directiva headquartered in San Francisco juntas across California and Nevada raised funds which were sent across the border to the Republican government usually in excess of $1000 every two weeks. This flyer was printed by one such junta known as the Sociedad Patriótica Mexicana and informs its members that the Junta Central Directiva has called a general meeting of all the local juntas on November 29 1863. This was a particularly dark time for the Mexican government in exile – the French had occupied Mexico City in June officially proclaimed the Second Mexican Empire in July and Maximilian was offered the throne at the start of October. This document was most likely printed by La Voz de Méjico a tri-weekly Spanish-language paper centered in San Francisco which became the unofficial organ of the regional juntas. A pencil note on the verso of this copy reads "Mass meeting called to contradict the lies of paper's enemies and newspaper reports this is what I referred to in my 2 notation." A rare piece of ephemera evidencing the active social and political role played by Mexican-American community organizations in the late-19th century. We locate only two recorded copies held by the Bancroft Library and UC Santa Barbara.<br /> David E. Hayes-Bautista et al. "Empowerment Expansion and Engagement: Las Juntas Patrióticas in California 1848-1869" in California History Vol. 85 No. 1 2007 pp.4-23. [La Voz de Mexico?] unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 5596

‎[California - Early Photography] [San Francisco and the Bay Area]‎

‎A Pair of Photograph Albums Documenting San Francisco Monterey and the Surrounding Areas in the Late 1880s‎

‎Northern California 1880. 4to one album in burgundy cloth the other oblong brown pebbled cloth. Seventy-one sepia-toned and cyanotype photographs most measuring 6 ½ x 4 ½ inches. Near fine with some light wear to albums photographs very good or better with very good contrast some showing a hint of fading. A very early pair of vernacular photograph albums centering on the experiences of a wealthy family in San Francisco Monterey and the surrounding areas in the late 1880s. The bulk of the images show the family and their unidentified circle in domestic scenes with the vernacular architecture and landscapes of the Bay Area on full display. Other images show landmarks including Golden Gate Park the Francis Scott Key monument various views of the first Hotel del Monte in Monterey which would burn in 1887 dating the photographs to the period prior to the fire. The album also includes photographs of African American families. <br /> <br /> The image quality is generally quite strong and the photographer was either a professional assembling the album which includes many portraits of family and presumed friends for themselves or the work of a highly skilled amateur. The Initials on the front pastedown are “M.J.R.†though this could be a later owner. The albums were from the estate of the muralist Clara Fargo Thomas who was a resident of New York and could possibly have been from one of her family members though we are unable to glean much detail from the contents. The few annotations offer little clues one just reading “5/11/89 - Golden Gate Park†and another identifying a house as 509 Webster St. in San Francisco though the typical Victorian architecture and sloped street of the house suggest it could have just been a photograph of San Francisco’s unique architecture. <br /> <br /> The photographs of the people give insight into the lives of the new wealthy class of San Francisco residents of the late 19th century with others interestingly showing rural scenes and people. The photographer also had an eye for the flora of the region which is displayed throughout. It is unclear what the relationship of the African-American subjects was to the photographer and why they appear in the album. Overall a compelling group of images and the earliest example of vernacular photograph albums of California images we can find in the trade. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : List1314

‎[California - Gold Rush] Britton and Rey, Publishers‎

‎A Prospecting Party Gold Rush Letter Sheet‎

‎Britton and Rey 1850. Single sheet measuring 8 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches on blue wove paper. Small chip to corner not affecting image some older tape repairs verso at margins else fine very good plus overall and quite attractive. Very Good. A series of four illustrations telling the story of a mining party that heads out with a pack mule only to fail to find gold and lose their mule before returning to a new prospect with their clothes in shambles. This is entry 209 in Baird’s California’s Pictorial Letter Sheets in which he sets the publication date as being prior to 1855. The series possibly illustrates scenes from a song. A particularly fine example on the classic blue wove paper of the period. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : List1315

‎[CALIFORNIA] [FRUIT] [PESTS] Cooke, Matthew‎

‎A Treatise on the Insects Injurious to Fruit and Fruit Trees of the State of California and Remedies Recommended for their Extermination‎

‎Sacramento: State Office 1881. 72 pp illustrated with small wood engravings in original lavender printed wrappers. Some chipping to spine old tears and tape repairs to back wrapper else very good. Matthew Cooke was in the business of manufacturing fruit boxes in the 1870s when California's apple crop was devastated by Codlin moths. He began studying entomology to find defense against the moths and ensure the security of his business and quickly became an expert on a range of pests affecting California's fruit crops. He was appointed Chief Executive Horticultural Officer of California in 1881. This report prepared at the request of the State Board of Horticultural Commissioners describes the life cycles of the major insects damaging fruit crops moths scale insects mites caterpillars borers aphids etc. and recommends remedies for dealing with each. It also includes the text of new legislation intended to protect and promote the horticultural interests of the State of California. State Office unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 20560

‎[CALIFORNIA -- SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN PAINTING]. [HOBBY, Carl Frederick (Artist).]‎

‎A wonderful original painting depicting a young Chinese-American child wearing traditional hat and cloak and drinking orange soda through straws from a bottle. No. 28. Chinatown group. . . .‎

‎San Francisco CA: Carl Frederick Hobby 1211 Jackson Street ca. 1945. One large oil painting on canvas sized 11 x 14 in. preserved as original stretched canvas within the frame as presented to the artist’s niece and with the original green & gilt frame sized 14.5 x 17.5 in. now professionally cleaned and w/ artist’s pencil numbering on verso of frame and apparently executed about the same time as his “Produce Stand†painting. Signed in lower corner this painting was presented by the artist following the War to his niece and held in the family until 2025. This original oil painting depicts a young Chinese-American child drinking from a bottle of orange soda in traditional Chinese hat and high-collared cloak with rain falling around the subject as well as brick wall and cityscape faintly in the background. Chinese-American children were frequent subjects along with their families for the artist as he often featured them with parents marketing or in their everyday lives on the teeming streets of San Francisco. This close large portrait represents an unusual format for the artist as he tended to paint and draw group scenes.Hobby 1886-1964 was the son of an Iowa City IA ophthalmologist and moved with the family as a teenager to San Diego CA about 1900 where he began working at 14 as a sketch artist and later published a book in San Diego in 1919 with his artwork. He studied art at the Cumming School of Art in Des Moines the Art Students League in New York and became portrait and landscape painter in San Diego until 1923. After a divorce from Plooma Crowther he settled in San Francisco in Chinatown where he became an instructor at the Art Center while also painting and sketching the densely populated area publishing “The Street of Dragon Lanterns Chinatown of San Francisco†in 1936 while contracting with the Madison & Burke Agency through World War II. Exhibits of his paintings and pen & ink sketches were displayed at the Oakland Art Gallery in 1928 and the Society for Sanity in Art in 1945. See: Maud McB. Maywood Palm City The Chula Vista Star July 9 1937 p. 6; Sketches of San Diego 1919. Carl Frederick Hobby, 1211 Jackson Street, unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 64014

‎[California – Nevada County – Mining] Witherell, CA; et al C A‎

‎Accounting Ledger for the American Exchequer Gold Mining Company 1866–1868‎

‎Eureka South CA 1868. 7 ½ x 12 inch ledger book 33pp with many more blank. Front cover near detached and back cover detached missing spine some staining of inside pages. Many inside pages torn out. Overall good to very good. An accounting ledger with some annual meeting notes of the American Exchequer Gold Mining Company based in Eureka South California dating between 1866 and 1868. Eureka South was a small remote mining community with a population of about 400 people during the peak of its diggings’ productivity – now called Graniteville it had a population of twelve as of 2022. <br /> <br /> According to a copy of the company’s notice of location for its mine in Eureka South recorded in this ledger in November 1866 the company was founded on August 24th of that year following the discovery of a quartz ledge. A history of Nevada County describes 1866 as the year of the “revival of the quartz excitement of 1851†in Eureka South.1 Before this as the surface diggings began to dry up people had begun to abandon the town; with the quartz excitement the population swelled from twenty to 400 in a few months.<br /> <br /> However it does not seem as if the “American Exchequer Ledge†as they named the quartz vein in the location notice proved very productive. The minutes of the company’s 1866 annual meeting state:<br /> <br /> “matters of interest to the company were discussed ‘twas thought best to do but little more this winter than run the tunnel in some 50 to 100 feet further if we do not strike the ledge in the tunnel with this amount of labor added to it that we try and be prepared with money from assessments to put in a contemplated long tunnel down in the Hill in search of the Ledge.†November 27 1866<br /> <br /> Otherwise the ledger lists specific locations or other companies and associated expenses including “Albany claim†and the “Chico Mining Company†from whom American Exchequer bought the Chico mine; and wages and purchases such as hiring a horse for locating claims and “Whiskey for the boys†costing $4. Of interest to historians of mining and Northern California.<br /> <br /> 1 Harry Laurenz Wells History of Nevada County California Thompson & West: 1880 62–63. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : List2828

‎[California]‎

‎ADVERTISING CARD FROM A PROMINENT LOS ANGELES MEATPACKER‎

‎An invitation "to witness my fine display of holiday meats" on December 22 and 24 1894 at the premises of Simon Maier at 149-151 North Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. Printed on the recto only of a heavy card 4 3/8" x 3 3/8" with beveled edges.<br /> <br /> Born in Munich Simon Maier 1853-1931 migrated to the United States with his brother Joseph 1851-1905. Involved in the mining business in South Dakota for a time the brothers came to Los Angeles by way of San Francisco in 1877. Both established themselves as leaders in the business community: Simon as the owner of the Pacific Coast Beef and Provision Company the largest meatpacker west of Kansas City and Joseph as partner of the successful Maier & Zobelein Brewery. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 77192

‎[California] [Motorcycle Culture]‎

‎Album of Photographs of a Motorcycle-Loving Couple from Los Angeles Including Photographs of Motorcycle Touring Through the Southwest 1937-1939‎

‎Mostly Los Angeles 1939. Oblong quarto containing 117 photographs. Sixty-two of the photographs involve motorcycles directly either action shots or posed shots in attire with many others showing scenery from motorcycle tours. Some photographs missing those present are in excellent condition with fine contrast very good condition overall. Very Good. A charming album documenting the lives of a couple from California and their love of motorcycle touring and racing in the late 1930s uncommon for the many pictures of women in motorcycle clothing that are included. Some of the photographs document travels some in the west such as the Boulder Dam Arizona Big Bear Lake etc. and some at a motorcycle meet in Marion Indiana. Several photos show a crashed U.S. Army bomber at Miner Field in Inglewood. Several show San Gabriel Canyon on Thanksgiving 1937 with one showing a portrait of a woman captioned “Drunk Again.†Another shows a national time trial race in San Diego. The photos seem to follow a tight-knit group of friends with nicknames such as “Little Marvin†and “The Mad Russian.†Overall a charming document of late 1930s motorcycle culture in Los Angeles. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : List1206

‎[CALIFORNIA -- GOLDEN GATE EXPOSITION]. [WPA FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT].‎

‎Almanac for Thirty-Niners: compiled by the Workers of the Federal Writers’ Project. . . . with illustrations. . . .‎

‎Stanford & San Francisco CA: James Ladd Delkin Bret Harte Associates of California WPA 1939. 8vo. 127 1 pp. Text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers map on back cover of the GGIE held on Treasure Island slight dustsoiling still NF copy. First edition of this excellent travel guide produced by the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration detailing events of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco and sights in the surrounding area. WPA & PWA New Deal program grants aided in funding the extravaganza. James Ladd Delkin, Bret Harte Associates of California, WPA, paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 60410

‎[California]. [Newspapers]‎

‎American Headlight‎

‎Seiad Valley Ca 1887. About very good. Three issues 4pp. each. Light wear one issue splitting at center fold. A semi-monthly amateur periodical edited and issued by Charles T. Bailey. Present here are issues from Volume Two for 1887 numbers 17 21 and 23. The periodical seems to be full of the editor's witticisms and opinions and we note that very often the letter "E" is missing from a wide variety of words. As an exemplar "It has been discoverd that sea-watr may be made drinkabl by the addition to it of citric acid or citrate of silver." Of note is one opinion on the migration of the Chinese to the eastern half of the country which the author says makes the Californians quite pleased: "There is said to be a gradual xodus of the Chinese from San Francisco to easter cities where they will be right royally welcomd until their real natures become known. Then and not till then will our neighbors of the east become aware that the Asiatic is not such a desirabl companion as they would now hav us believ. Meanwhile the Californian is enjoying himself with the thought that by xperience shall they gain wisdom." We locate issues at four institutions -- the American Antiquarian Society the University of California at Davis the Newberry Library and the Huntington. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 6367

‎[CALIFORNIA -- SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN PAINTING]. [HOBBY, Carl Frederick (Artist).]‎

‎An outstanding original painting depicting a young Chinese-American family with four children walking by Yee Sang Tong’s Chinese apothecary shop which when painted in the 1920’s was located at 864 Washington Street in San Francisco’s Chinatown.‎

‎San Francisco CA: Carl Frederick Hobby 838 Grant Ave. ca. 1928-1930. One large oil painting on canvas sized 15.25 x 20 in. preserved as original stretched canvas within the frame as presented to the artist’s sister Ruth Annis Hobby Gibbs 1878-1940 and with the original green-stained frame now professionally cleaned faintly touched up in a couple indiscernible spots and backed w/ archival paper. Although unsigned this painting was presented with others by the artist over a 10 year period in the 1920’s-1930’s to his sister and held in the family until 2025. This original oil painting captures a street scene of young Chinese-American family strolling past Yee Sang Tong’s Chinese apothecary vividly displaying the historic building’s exterior a peek at the street around-the-corner and the advertising signage fronting the building in Chinese painted by Hobby. These signs include 裕生堂 Yee Sang Tong; åƒèŒ¸çŽ‹ç‰Œ Can song wangpai - premium ginseng and deer antler velvet products; and å„項丸散藥酒 Ge xiang wan san yaojiu can ring wangpai - pills powders and medicinal tinctures of all kinds. Chinese-American apothecaries and pharmacies continued to be well-respected into the 20th-Century as Chinese-Americans were generally barred access from San Francisco’s hospitals and clinics and were often unfairly blamed for many of the diseases that occasionally swept the city. They often prescribed and distributed such traditional drugs as quinine digitalis and ephedrine. Hobby 1886-1964 was the son of an Iowa City IA ophthalmologist and moved with the family as a teenager to San Diego CA about 1900 about the time his sister Ruth Annis Hobby voyaged to marry her fiance during the Philippine Insurrection in 1899 in Manila. He studied art at the Cumming School of Art in Des Moines the Art Students League in New York and became portrait and landscape painter in San Diego until 1923. After a divorce from Plooma Crowther he settled in San Francisco in Chinatown where he became an instructor at the Art Center while also painting and sketching the densely populated area publishing “The Street of Dragon Lanterns Chinatown San Francisco†in 1936 while contracting with the Madison & Burke Agency through World War II. Exhibits of his paintings and pen & ink sketches were displayed at the Oakland Art Gallery in 1928 and the Society for Sanity in Art in 1945. See: Maud McB. Maywood Palm City The Chula Vista Star July 9 1937 p. 6; Elizabeth Fair Zijing Fan Hannibal Taubes Wendy Wan-ting Wang & Yifan Zheng Merchants and Revolutionaries: Chinese-Language Letters Held in the Chico History Museum Butte county Historical Society Diggin’s Vol. 67 No. 4 Winter 2023-2024. Carl Frederick Hobby, 838 Grant Ave., unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 63890

‎[CALIFORNIA]‎

‎Annual Report of the State Mineralogist From June 1 1880 to December 1 1880‎

‎Sacramento State Office J.D. Young 1881. 1881. Tall thin 8vo. Original black pebbled cloth stamped in gilt on the upper front cover. Very good. 43 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sacramento, State Office, J.D. Young, 1881. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 303899

‎[California]. [Mining]‎

‎Archive of Correspondence from the Bridgeport Gold and Silver Mining Company Near Grass Valley California‎

‎Various locations in California 1874. Good. Ninety-four letters totaling 153pp. Mostly octavo. Leaves lightly dampstained and toned some faded. Old folds some separation and brittleness a few small areas of loss or tearing. An extensive archive documenting the activities of the Bridgeport Gold and Silver Mining Company in Sweetland California. Sweetland is in Nevada County about sixty miles north of Sacramento in the heart of the Sierra Nevada gold fields. At its peak it was home to a few hundred souls; today it is essentially defunct. In the present archive V.G. Bell secretary for the company writes to John Spencer in Nevada an agent for the company. John Spencer 1818-1891 emigrated to California in 1850 where he had some success at placer mining. After moving to Nevada in the early 1860s he became a successful rancher and public servant. We find Bell listed as a "ditching agent" in an 1867 directory for Bridgeport Township. Writing from by turns from Sweetland Birchville French Corral and North San Juan he apprises Spencer of the business activities of various mines including receipt of rent payments sent by Spencer reports of shareholders and trustees property upkeep and mine management. Specific mines mentioned include the Vineyard Mine the Bunker Hill Mine and the Baltimore Mine. Over half of the letters date to the period from 1864 to 1867. Though they have been exposed to water at some point they are mostly legible and are written in a neat hand.<br /> <br /> In the first letter here dated August 8 1864 Bell discusses the Trustees of the company as well as financing options available for the venture. He writes in part: "Dear Sir I have rec'd three reports from you the last of which was perfectly satisfactory; and had our supt. taken the same trouble during the latter part of last year to have made his reports as clean there would have been none of that bickering that took place between himself & the Co. In short the Trustees express themselves as well pleased with your mode of doing business. . It seems to be the desire of the Co. to husband our means in the territory as much as possible and make it a self sustaining institution as it is out of the question to raise means without resorting to borrowing; even at the rates of interest we could get money on this side for would soon eat the vitals out & have a dead concern on our hands."<br /> <br /> Much of the correspondence seems to include concern over the company's struggling finances. In a letter from February 1865 Bell asks Spencer to cut his salary writing "After a consultation of the trustees I was asked to write you in reference to a reduction in your salary to a less figure say seventy five dollars. The company is in debt here to a little over two thousand dollars borrowed money & they feel the necessity of reducing their expenses as much as possible and as there is so little doing with the company's business that it seems like a large salary to pay. . For one to look after this business without any thing else to occupy their time they are ready to admit is none too much and if your time is wholly taken up with their business do you not think it would be advisable to employ some competent person who could take time enough from other employment to see to our affairs." Bell assures Spencer that the Trustees are not unhappy with his work -- just his expense.<br /> <br /> A letter later that year in July discusses the hiring of a man as a second engineer also capable of blacksmith work. Other missives discuss the upkeep and refurbishment of a house as well as the means to rent it out. By October Bell has moved to discussion of the dispersal of some property as well as the difficulty of continually raising funds. "Your suggestion to levy an assessment in the Vineyard Co. to pay it out of debt meets with the approbation of our Co. which I presume was done at your last meeting. It is the wish of some of the members of our Co. to put our property in R into market & sell at some price & close the concern up. The Board is somewhat uncertain as to the course to pursue but the pressure is so great against the continuance of raising money by assessment that they will have to abandon that method for the time being."<br /> <br /> These excerpts are a mere sampling of the content. Some of the later letters are shorter asking for updates or indicating monies received though the bulk of the archive comprises letters that are two to four pages. An interesting and important snapshot of the activities of a large mining operation in the Sierra Nevada in the 1860s and 1870s and worthy of further research. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 4492

‎[California – Texas – Illinois – Family Archives] Beauman, Kittie Woodruff; Regan, Edwin J; Beauman, Carrie; et al‎

‎Archive of Correspondence of the Beauman Family and Friends Concerning Their Daily Lives and Family Affairs in Early 20th-Century Texas Illinois and Northern California‎

‎California Texas Illinois and others 1935. 369 pieces: fourteen empty envelopes 108 pieces of unsorted ephemera and 247 letters. Of the letters twenty-one are undated; three date from 1851–1909; nineteen from 1910–11; thirty-five from 1912; thirteen from 1913–17; forty-two from 1921; thirteen from 1922–24; sixty-eight from 1934; and thirty-three from 1935. Overall very good to near fine. The Beaumans were a family from southern Texas who relocated to East St. Louis Illinois some time before 1908 and some of whom would later live in California. Captain Loui Beauman 1868–1921 was a military engineer Mason and member of the Society of American Military Engineers. He and his wife Kittie Woodruff 1867–1959 had three children survive to adulthood: Carrie Beauman 1893–1982 Second Lieutenant Loui Beauman 1894–1918—a Marine killed at 23 in a seaplane accident—and Julia Frances “Gally†Beauman 1908–1974. <br /> <br /> Offered here is a large correspondence archive belonging to the Beaumans; mainly addressed to Gally 119 letters the younger Loui seventy letters and Kitty fifty-two letters; and written by a wide variety of friends and family including Kitty fifty-one letters Carrie eighteen letters Katharyn Owen of San Antonio sixteen letters and Gally’s future husband Edwin J. Regan of Weaverville California twenty-three letters. Regan 1906–1996 was at the time running for District Attorney of Trinity County and would go on to hold that position before resigning in 1948 in favor of a State Senatorship followed by a judgeship on the Third Appellate Court of Appeal.<br /> <br /> Most of the early letters in the group are addressed to the younger Loui Beauman and their concerns include his friends’ jobs constructing railroads hiding their controversial “ragging†dancing from chaperones and which fraternity Beauman should join at the University of California. The fraternity issue is particularly contentious within the family; the elder Beauman tells his son that “I will not be pleased to hear that you have joined any of the fraternities†September 20 1912. The younger Beauman settled on Zeta Psi.<br /> <br /> After the passing of both father and son most of the letters are addressed to Kitty and Gally Beauman. Edwin Regan writes to Gally about his campaign for District Attorney which made him “worried and discouraged and down on the world†August 3 1934; Regan felt that “ability means nothing to the voters the sole issue is whether or not I am a ‘city guy’ or not†July 30 1934. Another common topic is the family’s concern for Carrie Beauman whose marriage to Arthur Levefre Jr. was becoming increasingly abusive. The couple lived in Houston far from the remaining family who were now in Berkeley and Weaverville.<br /> <br /> Though the family very rarely commented on politics—even including the Great Depression which was in full swing during the writing of nearly half of these letters—there is one event that enthused Carrie Beauman too much for her not to mention. This was the suppression by the KKK of alleged brewing race riots in Houston:<br /> <br /> “We came near a bad race riot last week. All the militia residents Light Guards ex-soldiers were called out. There were over 5000 armed white men on the main streets negro sections. Arthur slept with his clothes on 4 loaded guns. We all piled in one room. Believe me the Ku Klux Klan is doing efficient work. That’s twice in the last 10 days that they’ve ‘operated on’ the beasts. I’m tickled to death to know that there are a few fearless just honorable men left to meet sic out justice to these criminals. By the time this happens half a dozen times some of this crime wave will subside. If the paid officers of the law wont meet the emergency – then it’s time for the upright citizens to take a hand. I am tickled to death over this!†May 1 1921<br /> <br /> Overall an intimate look at the lives and affairs of an ordinary American family in the early twentieth century. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : List2835

‎[CALIFORNIA]. [CHAMBERLAIN, Arthur H (Editor) & MOFFITT, Mabel B (Sect-Treas).]‎

‎Arrest yourself Sir: an incident of high diplomatic nature in our Alaskan history; Camping out in California Big Bear Lake. . . ; What the Century of Progress World’s Fair in 1933 will mean to California. . . ; Welcome to National Education Association; Then and now in Los Angeles Schools. . . A bit of unwritten history. . . ; Los Angeles from Pueblo to Metropolis; Los Angeles on Parade: where to go and what to see in the Fiesta City and the alluring and glamorous Southland; Round about Southern California Riverside Mission Inn the Coast to San Diego Tia Juana Agua Caliente return trip; The Olympic games; A salon of painters of the West. . . : In: Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine Vol. LXXXIX Nos. 6-11.‎

‎Los Angeles CA: Overland Monthly & Out West Magazine Arthur H. Chamberlain Publisher 1931. Five vols. 4to. 32; 32; 32; 32; 32 pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations illustrated ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers photo cover art on two issues others w/ woodcut-engraved illust. ex-lib markings on front covers minor dustsoiling still G copies. First editions of this group of the Overland Monthly magazines with one double-issue specifically devoted to La Fiesta de Los Angeles and another the Souvenir Edition for the National Education Association convention held in 1931. Ambrose Bierce Mark Twain Willa Cather Jack London Joaquin Miller John Muir Clark Ashton Smith and many others all had their works published in the Overland Monthly. Overland Monthly & Out West Magazine, Arthur H. Chamberlain, Publisher, paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 56801

‎[CALIFORNIA -- ROAD BUILDING].‎

‎Asphalt cover title.‎

‎San Francisco CA: Standard Asphalt Company of California Printed by Bosqui Printing & Engraving Co. 1894. 8vo. 8 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black. Black printed softcovers white lettering front cover company logo illust. on back cover minor shelfwear slight rubbing very slight chip to upper right corner still VG copy. First edition of this scarce promotional brochure by this pioneering California oil and mining company initially drawing upon petroleum and asphalt mines near Bakersfield California by the late 1880’s. They had originally drawn upon deposits in Asphalto and Hazleton but later these were played out due to high production costs to refine out the clay but later the company made a large discovery in 1893 just prior to the publication of this promotional piece touting 79% level of bitumen and production of asphalt vital for use in lacquers paints and road construction. Worldcat locates 1 copy UC Berkeley; See: Asphaltum Mineral Resources of the United States 1893-1894 1895 pp. 633-634; Asphaltum Standard Asphalt Company of California Los Angeles Herald April 5 1891 p. 6. Standard Asphalt Company of California, Printed by Bosqui Printing & Engraving Co., paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 57598