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[California Gold Rush]
Autograph Letter Signed from a Gold Seeker to His Wife Detailing His Mixed Luck in California
Grass Valley Ca: September 17 1855. Very good. 4pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines minor wear. An intimate letter from a gold seeker in Nevada County California. Theodore Shaw writes to his wife about mixed luck in California a terrible fire his concern for their children and his great anxiety about the future. He writes in part: "I have property here that is worth at least $1000 but not a cent in my pocket but we expect to start up to our quartz ledge the day after tomorrow if nothing prevents to errect a mill up there. And now our plans have been nearly frustrated by a most dreadful fire such as I never witnessed. On Thursday last about 11 o'clock p.m. an alarm of fire was heard and by about half past 12 some 350 stores dwellings and buildings were consumed with a large portion of their contents our hotel included. . The entire business part of the town is in ruins.we have been sleeping under an old shed in the suburbs. This fire has injured us in this way several who had taken stock in our company have lost their means still we intend going on in a smaller way. We had formed a company with a Capital Stock of $50000 divided into 50 shares of $1000 each. Do you know Lydia I have more anxiety about your health than anything else as I know you work hard; only think what would happen to our dear children if anything serious should happen to your health and I away here in California. September 17 unknown
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[California Gold Rush]
Autograph Letter Signed from J.C. Martin to A.M. Bell Regarding Mining Claims and Local Events
Elk Hill Ca: December 17 1853. Very good. 3pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds light wear and soiling. With original mailing envelope. An informative letter sent from a miner in Gold Rush-era California to a friend in Tuolumne County primarily concerning a mining claim but also providing many interesting local details. The author writes "I managed to keep a claim for you which is joining to mine in this way it is one that my partner sold to a speculator who laid a land warrant on it." He discusses the process of the land warrants and how he made the man title the claim properly in San Francisco. "This claim was jumped last summer by W.H. Dixon first sheriff of Trinity City who died the day before he intended to occupy the house he built on the claim. He shot himself accidentally and never spoke." The author immediately stepped in and nabbed it for his friend but it was short-lived. "The claim is cheap at $2000 as soon as I made it known that I should not administer it was jumped by 3 in one day before 9 o'clock. So much for your not coming as I told you I could not keep them off any longer and you would not come if I had." He further mentions that he is digging potatoes which he deems the finest in the world discusses issues with the crop and further talks about new arrivals in the area. December 17 unknown
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[California Gold Rush]. Phillips, GS G S
Autograph Letter Signed from San Francisco Resident G.S. Phillips to His Brother J.H. Phillips in Placerville Discussing a Visit by His Wife and Children and Other Matters
San Francisco: October 4 1852. Very good. 2pp. with integral address leaf. Old folds mild staining and soiling three-inch closed tear to address leaf. An interesting letter documenting the family side of the California Gold Rush in which a San Francisco man writes to his brother offering to send his wife and daughters to Placerville as helpers. Interestingly at first Phillips addresses the letter to his brother in Ohio then scratches it out and writes in "Cal;" this most likely indicates the Phillipses hailed from Ohio and trekked to California along with scores of others in hopes of untold riches in the California gold fields. In his letter Phillips writes that his wife who has long been in San Francisco looking after a sick friend can now leave as he is better "And if you think best she will come up with the little girls and fix your carpets and superintend your affairs for a month or two untill your wife comes." The formerly sick friend Mr. Gardner could also accompany them apparently as "He is coming up to P. and he wants you to give him work for a short time. Mr. G. is a good sailsman sic having been in the dry goods business." While not overtly concerned with gold mining the correspondence is nevertheless interesting for providing details on family routines during the Gold Rush era when numerous families uprooted their lives and moved not only to places like San Francisco and Placerville but between such locations during the years of speculation. A nice example of history from below particularly notable for its domestic implications during the time of the great California Gold Rush. October 4 unknown
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[CALIFORNIA -- SANTA BARBARA LAND PROMOTION]. JACKSON, A[braham] W[illard].
Barbariana: or schenery climate soils and social conditions of Santa Barbara City and County California.
San Francisco: C.A. Murdock & Co. Printers 1888. 12mo. 48 pp. One meteorological table. Original blue-coloured printed softcovers reinforced and bound w/linen hinges into quarter-black over light green coloured boards toning to pastedowns some minor pulling at inner stables minor offset toning to the covers from the linen tape small ex-lib embossed stamp on title still G copy inscribed “Compliments of the Author Augusta Maine†to Bowdoin College w/ “withdrawn†bookplate on front pastedown. First edition signed presentation copy of this concise 19th-century land promotion extolling the beauty of southern California the fertile soil and civic amenities of the town detailing the historic Spanish Mission the Californios scenic homes and the growing Protestant congregations. Of interest is the special advisory that he incorporates towards the end advising “Tenderfoots†from the East to be careful with some unscrupulous land speculators trying to sell fairly worthless parcels of land. Jackson 1842-1911 was a Civil War Veteran who had entered the Union Army as a private in the 8th Maine rising to Captain of the 33rd United States Colored Troops organized from freed slaves in the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry in and around Hilton Head which participated in the battle of Honey HIll and captured the fort on James Island. He later became Unitarian Minister in New Hampshire and then Santa Barbara California until 1894 when he became professor of philosophy at the Meadville Theological School. Kruska & Robinson A Collection 45 pink softcovers; Rocq California Local History 13510; History of the 33rd United States Colored Troops USCT Lowcountry Africana 2011. C.A. Murdock & Co., Printers, paperback
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[CALIFORNIA -- BEVERLY HILLS LAND PROMOTION].
Beverly Hills California: the city of beautiful homes Los Angeles County.
Beverly Hills CA: Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce ca. 1935. 4to. 8 pp unpaginated. on green colour-tinted paper stock. Photo illustrated throughout. Self-printed photo-illustrated softcovers minor shelfwear very small closed tear at foot of spine still VG copy. First edition of this surprisingly scarce photo-illustrated land promotion for Beverly Hills CA issued during Hollywood’s Golden Age and to offset the impacts of the Great Depression. Homes gardens amenities famous hotels such as the Beverly Hills and Beverly-Wilshire and tennis sport opportunities for women are all depicted. No copies in Worldcat similar titled brochures issued in 1931 and a 1 folding sheet format in 1936. Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, paperback
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[California] [Law]
BRIEFS: Illinois Trust and Savings Bank vs. Pacific Railway Company et al.
1898. Hardcover. Good. Bound collection of six legal briefs involving Los Angeles attorney Holdridge O. Collins 1844-1927 with his holographic table of contents and occasional marginalia. In addition to Illinois Trust and Savings Bank vs. Pacific Railway Company the other cases represented here are: San Francisco & Fresno Land Company vs. J. Banbury Treasurer of Los Angeles County; Henrietta Schart vs. Freda Schart and Louis J. Bock; L.A. Shead vs. C.I. Hinman et al; William K. Sullivan vs. Herbert Swain et al; and Ernst F.C. Klokke vs. Catharine Samouncet Escailler and others. The original wrappers are bound in. Thick octavo. In a period full burgundy pebbled cloth binding by Glass & Long Bookbinders of Los Angeles with gilt-stamped titles. Collins' bookplate appears on the front flyleaf. Though the hinges are cracked the binding is sound. The spine is lightly faded. hardcover
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[CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF TRADE]
CALIFORNIA. RESOURCES AND POSSIBILITIES /TITLE PAGE CALIFORNIA. RESOURCES AND POSSIBILITIES. SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF TRADE FOR THE YEAR 1906. SUBMITTED MARCH 12 1907
San Francisco: California State Board of Trade 1907. 1907. 69pp. Illustrations. Charts. Appendix. Map. Offers industrial statistics for a series of years in comparables thereby showing the growth or decline of the particular industry. Information valuable to people wanting to possibly relocate to California . a general description of the state in its entirety as well as by particular regions information on its resources attractions climatic advantages and the opportunities it offers in all branches of human industry. Articles relating to the industrial educational economical social and religious life of the state’s people. Fold-out map 25" x 19 12" attached to inside front wrapper and entitled Geographical Topographical and Railroad Map of California 1907." 2 3/4" split to lower gutter along with 1/2" split to top edge and 1 1/2" split to side edge of front wrapper and with tiny chip to bottom corner. Map fine. California State Board of Trade, 1907. unknown
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[CALIFORNIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION]. [WOLCOTT, GF; BELCHER, Frank G (Pres) & DAVIDSON, G Aubrey]. G F
California Pacific International Exposition official guide souvenir program and picture book.
San Diego CA: America’s Exposition 1935. 8vo. 76 pp. With text illustrations photos illustrated ads 1 large folding map. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of two Californio’s dancing Junket Ice Cream ad on rear cover minor shelfwear minor rubbing still VG copy w/ ticket from the “Foot Relief Station†laid-in and former ownership markings; from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this guidebook to the very successful California Pacific International Exposition held in San Diego over two years at the depths of the Great Depression to revive the Southern California economy which featured a number of unusual concessions and exhibits such as the Gold Gulch Lost Continent of Mu the Zoro Garden Nudist Colony and the “One Ton Mechanical Man.†Several of the exhibits used at the recently closed Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago 1933-1934 were re-used for the CPIE. Requa 1881-1941 famed San Diego architect was one of the founders of the very influential Requa & Jackson architectural firm and were the architects of choice in San Diego and Los Angeles during the booming 1920s who developed the “Southern California Architecture†style drawing upon the historical architecture of the Colonial Mexico the Pueblos of the Southwest and the Moorish features from Spain and North Africa was the Master Architect for the California Pacific International Exposition of 1935-36 and preserved the buildings which are still evident in Balboa Park. America’s Exposition, paperback
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[CALIFORNIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION -- SHELL OIL]. BLOODGOOD, Don[ald Newman (Artist)].
California Pacific International Exposition May 29 to November 11 1935. Double-sided pictorial map.
San Diego CA: Shell Building San Diego Exposition 1935. One oblong atlas folio map. 32 x 22 in. Double-sided colour lithograph pictorial map with inset colour illustrations on verso of History of San Diego fold creases as issued light age toning at fore-edges very minor edgewear w/ original mailing envelope from the “Shell Building†at the CPIE toning to envelope NF/VG- copy mailed to Miss Gladys Buckman 1920-2011 in Long Beach CA from her brother Loren M. Buckman 1913-1995 who at the time was stationed on the USS Northampton CL/CA 26 US Navy Cruiser sunk later in 1942 at the Battle of Tassafaronga repelling Japanese from reinforcing troops on Guadalcanal. First edition of this scarce and beautifully rendered pictorial map celebrating the very successful California Pacific International Exposition held in San Diego over two years at the depths of the Great Depression to revive the Southern California economy which featured a number of unusual concessions and exhibits such as the Gold Gulch Lost Continent of Mu the Zoro Garden Nudist Colony and the “One Ton Mechanical Man.†Several of the exhibits used at the recently closed Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago 1933-1934 were re-used for the CPIE. This map reminiscent of the work of Jo Mora looks Eastward from a high point above the Pacific Ocean depicting San Diego from La Jolla to Oneonta and inland up to Cuyamaca Dam. Many of the buildings developed the architect Requa’s 1881-1941 “Southern California Architecture†style drawing upon the historical architecture of the Colonial Mexico the Pueblos of the Southwest and the Moorish features from Spain and North Africa and preserved the popular buildings which are still evident in Balboa Park. Bloodgood 1896-1989 was an illustrator cartoonist and map maper who produced a substantial body of pictorial maps from 1935-1968 for Shell Oil and the Pic-Tour Guide Series with this one being distributed from the Shell Building exhibit at the CPIE. Worldcat locates 6 copies SFPL U of FL Osher Map Lib. Bancroft UC San Diego Harvard. Shell Building, San Diego Exposition, unknown
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[California] [San Francisco] [Frank Soule and Co]
California Chronicle. San Francisco Saturday Morning December 1 1855
San Francisco: Frank Soule and Co 1855. Newspaper. Fair. Newspaper. Approx. 27" x 20". 4 pages. Restored. Tears splits and a few pin sized holes have been repaired with light transparent tissue. Minor loss of print. <br /> <br /> The first article is titled "Arrival of Steamship Golden Age" and it lists the names of the passengers arriving from New York. Contents cover business markets exports world news Steamships advertisements and more. Page 4 is completely filled with advertisements. Frank Soule and Co unknown
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[CALIFORNIA -- SANTA FE RAILROAD]. [McGROARTY, John Steven]; [BLACK, WJ (Passenger Traffic Mgr).] W J
California picture book. . . .
Chicago IL: The Atchiston Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. Rand McNally & Co. 1931. 4to. 96 i.e. 48 pp. printed in double columns in California Poppy gold red & black with photo plates throughout some colour-tinted 2 maps 1 4-column centerfold pictorial birdseye map in colour. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers slight dustsoiling shelfwear VG copy. First edition thus of this promotional brochure released by the Santa Fe Railroad to drum up business as the U.S. slid into the depths of the Great Depression. They recruited McGroarty who was best known for his very popular Mission Play productions held at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse Theatre to write the piece. The Atchiston Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Co., Rand McNally & Co.], paperback
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[CALIFORNIA -- WOMEN]. AUSTIN, Mary & PALMER, Sutton (Artist).
California: the land of the Sun. Painted by. . . described by. . . .
New York & London: The Macmillan Company Adam and Charles Black 1914. Tall 8vo. viii 178 pp. Tipped-in colour frontisp. 31 tipped-in colour plates 1 large folding sepia-coloured map at rear. Pictorial cloth publisher’s binding striking Arts & Crafts cover art by Henry Hunt Clark on front cover & spine gilt lettering t.e.g. slight shelfwear very slight age toning still NF bright copy from the library of Julia Ripple Nevin 1839-1920 noted gardening enthusiast and naturalist and Pennsylvania book collector w/ bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of this vividly worded work extolling the beauty of the California landscape hinting at Austin’s pioneering support for environmentalism Native Americans and awareness of the extremes in the Western landscape. Issued the year after Los Angeles had bought up much of the Owens River Valley diverting the water to Southern California turning the previously verdant “Switzerland of America†into a dust bowl the work nonetheless paints a beguiling portrait of the State with Sutton Palmer’s paintings. Austin 1868-1934 is perhaps best remembered for her classic “The Land of Little Rain†whose success allowed her to move to Carmel CA freed her from a loveless marriage to Wallace Austin as well as caring for her physically and mentally disabled daughter Ruth who was consigned to an institution where she remained until her death in 1918 from the Spanish Flu Pandemic. See: Inman A&C Black Colour Books 649; Joy Lanzendorfer Searching for Mary Austin Alta California Book Club 2025. The Macmillan Company, Adam and Charles Black, hardcover
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[CALIFORNIA]. LEWIS, Oscar
California in 1846: described in letters from Thomas O. Larkin “The Farthest West†E.M. Kern and “Justice.†Notes and introduction. . . .
San Francisco CA: The Grabhorn Press 1934. 4to. x 63 1 pp. Title in red & black Frontisp. 1 colour plate 8 plates. Blue-cloth backed blue boards embossed gilt title on front cover printed paper label on spine minor age toning light shelfwear very slight sunning to fore-edges still a VG bright copy w/ original Grabhorn Press promotional slip laid-in. First edition 1 of 550 copies printed of this last title in the Grabhorn Press Second Series of Rare Americana tracing the tumultuous events of 1846 as California went from a sleepy Alta California colony of Mexico to becoming the newest part of the United States. The Grabhorn Press, hardcover
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[California / Real Estate]. Hubbard, C B
California Landman
San Francisco: C. B. Hubbard n. d. circa 1926. Very Good. 28 x 21 cm. Single sheet printed on both sides. White paper printed in black with b&w map to verso. Center fold line; light crease to upper corner. Promotional circular for Manteca California named here "The Dairy and Poultry Center of the San Joaquin" encouraging readers to make Manteca "a poultry and egg hatching center which will bring in thousands of settlers to engage in this enterprise which naturally will subdivide improve and develop thousands of acres of land in the Manteca section that has not been brought under full production." Dairy farmers in particular are sought -- not surprisingly given that Hubbard was the organizer of the Golden State Creamery Company -- with Manteca's land touted for its alfalfa crops and the advantages of using milk byproducts as chicken feed shown to range from disease prevention to general health of the chickens in addition to being economical.Scarce. OCLC locates two copies at the California State Library and Yale. C. B. Hubbard unknown
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[California]
CALIFORNIA POLITICAL BUTTON COLLECTION
A collection of 1950s and ‘60s political buttons supporting causes and candidates ranging from the Vietnam anti-war movement to Ronald Reagan’s campaign for the California governorship. This group consists of 56 unique metal pinback buttons which are housed in a period cardboard box. Most of the buttons are coated paper with metal backing; some are union printed.<br/> <br/> Several of the political pins relate directly to Northern California. For example a button for the Free Speech F.S.M. is associated with the 1964-65 student protest at the University of California Berkeley the first mass act of civil disobedience on an American college campus in the 1960s.<br/> <br/> The orange and black Viva Kennedy button in this collection is representative of clubs formed by Latinx supporters of John F. Kennedy during his 1968 presidential campaign. The Viva Kennedy clubs began in Texas as a forum for Mexican American veterans to rally support for equal rights and eventually spread to swing states with large Latinx populations like Arizona and California. They also promoted increased voter registration and political organization for the Latinx community.<br/> <br/> Another button in this collection advocates “No on Prop 14â€. The Proposition 14 in question is the proposed amendment to the California Constitution which had it passed would have effectively allowed housing discrimination. The initiative was intended to counteract the effects of the Rumford Fair Housing Act which was passed by the California Legislature in 1963 to help end racial discrimination by property owners and landlords who refused to rent or sell their property to people based on ethnicity religion sex marital status physical handicap or familial status. It was drafted by William Byron Rumford the first African American from Northern California to serve in the state legislature.<br/> <br/> Overall the buttons are in very good condition. unknown
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[California Reference] Gudde, Erwin G
California Place Names. The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names.
Berkeley:: University of California Press 1962. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket with shallow chipping to the rear panel and spine head. This enlarged edition concentrates on the origins of the names currently used for the cities towns settlements mountains and streams of California with engrossing accounts of the history of their usage. The dictionary includes a glossary and a bibliography. University of California Press, unknown
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[California / Politics].
California the State that Saved Woodrow Wilson in 1919 invites the Democratic National Committee to hold The 1928 Convention in San Francisco.
San Francisco 1927. Very Good. 16 x 11-1/4. 16pp of which 3pp are printed text and the remaining 13pp contain tipped-in signed typescript letters on letterhead two photomechanically copied documents and five photographs. Yellow string-bound wrappers printed in black housed inside a custom mustard yellow chemise with leather ties. B&w photographs pasted in. Light soiling and dampstaining to wrappers; spine foot bumped and reinforced with archival japan tape as is the interior of the spine; ink ownership signature to front wrapper. An invitation given to the Democratic National Committee attempting to persuade it to hold the 1928 nominating convention in San Francisco. Included are letters from state and city officials -- a photograph of a signed typed letter from the Governor C. C. Young and a TLs from Mayor James Rolph Jr -- as well as typed letters signed from H. H. McPike Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee; Philip J. Fay President of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; the President of San Francisco's Down Town Association whose name is illegible; John F. Shea President of the California Northern Hotel Association; R. B. Hale President of the California Development Association; and Paul T. Carroll President of the San Francisco Convention & Tourist League. Additional documents and photographs tout the success of the 1920 DNC convention held in San Francisco as well as the city's skyline and Ferry Building.Despite the elaborate efforts made here Houston won the heart of the DNC perhaps in a bid which didn't work to win Texas for the Democrats in the election.OCLC locates one holding at the Bancroft. hardcover
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[CALIFORNIA -- REDWOODS]. [TAYLOR, Arthur Adelbert].
California Redwood Park: sometimes called Sempervirens Park. An appreciation. . . .
Sacramento CA: Friend William Richardson Superintendent of State Printing 1912. 8vo. 10 130 pp. printed in green & sepia throughout. Sepia-tinted frontisp. 13 sepia-tinted photo illustrations decorated initials green illustrated borders. Gray-embossed softcovers raised dark brown lettering on front cover yapp edges minor creasing & wear minor scuffing minor chipping w/ small loss to foot of spine still VG- copy. First edition of this unusually scarce conservation work detailing the history and steps taken by the Sempervirens Club members and Redwood Park commissioners to preserve the old growth Redwoods of Big Basin in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The Sempervirens Park Club supporters had actively campaigned against great opposition by logging companies and industrialists in their quest to save the Calaveras trees so after Laura White assumed the presidency of the Sempervirens in 1902 she enlisted Phoebe Hearst to bankroll the drive to save Big Basin and helped secure State Park Status with bill passed and signed by Governor Gage. An entire chapter is devoted to the “Rape of the Redwoods†in which the group discovered that the California Forester G.B. Lull had ordered logging and destruction of Redwoods still alive despite recent forest fire and only after protests led by George Wharton James and Grand Jury under Holohan stopped the logging and removed the Park from the State Board of Forestry and returned it to the hands of the non-profit Redwood Park Commission. The photographs in the piece are credited to Andrew Putnam Hill 1853-1922 noted San Jose artist & photographer credited with saving the old growth Redwoods; Robert Appleby 1868-1948 Santa Cruz painter school janitor and photographer whose Santa Cruz studio endured through the Great Depression and World War II; and Clark P. Streator 1866-1952 noted ornithologist photographer and owner of Express Wagon company which transported tourists into the Park. See: Sempervirens Club and A.P. Hill History of San Jose Peralta Adobe-Fallon House Historic Site 2017; Cameron Binkley Saving Redwoods Clubwomen and Conservation 1900-1925 In: California Women and Politics: From the Gold Rush to the Great Depression 2011 pp. 160-161. Friend William Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, paperback
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[CALIFORNIA -- TRAVEL]. ELDER, Paul (Ed).
California the beautiful. Camera studies by California artists with selections in prose and verse from Western writers. . . .
San Francisco CA: Paul Elder & Co. 1911. 4to. v 1 72 4 pp. printed on thick khaki-coloured paper stock. Tipped-in photo frontisp. w/ tissue guard numerous tipped-in plates w/ explanatory text below images. Quarter burlap over light khaki-coloured boards tipped-in plate on front cover of a California Mission gilt lettering front cover minor shelfwear rubbing still VG bright copy. First edition of this beautifully illustrated anthology of literature poetry and history down the length of California describing San Diego La Jolla Los Angeles Santa Barbara Monterey Carmel San Francisco Chinatown the Japanese tea garden The Redwoods and the Yosemite Valley. Authors & artists include John Muir Joaquin Miller Gertrude Atherton Ernest Peixotto Bret Harte George Wharton James W.E.Dassonville Harold Taylor H.C. Tibbitts Oscar Maurer Arnold Genthe Harold Parker and others. Paul Elder & Co., hardcover
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[CALIFORNIA]
California Monuments and Sights.
N.p.: San Francisco ca. 1930. Apparently a mock-up for a proposed illustrated tour guide of California. No author or title known. Ninety large octavo leaves 9 x 7 inches printed on glossy photographic paper. Each leaf with an actual photograph at the top and descriptive text below. The photographs are professional and the text is well written. Each leaf in a protective sleeve. Beautiful condition.A California guide with blurbs about famous historical sights monuments natural wonders and famous homes in Northern and Southern California. Including Cinder Cone and Butte Lake Rainbow Falls of Madera County downtown San Francisco Pasadena Rose Bowl Angeles Abbey Mausoleum Modjeska's Forest of Arden the first homeland of Leland Stanford statesman and philanthropist A City in a Circle Riverside County the Ramona Pageant in Riverside County the grave of Ramona Huntington Botanical Gardens in Los Angeles a few pages with images of farming melons and lettuce in the Imperial Valley Butano Falls Prayer Book Cross at Golden Gate Park a busy water-front scene on Sacramento River and much more. Captivating images and views of California's great sights accompany a concise and interesting paragraph on that sight. [San Francisco] unknown
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[CALIFORNIA]. McCARTHY, John Russell (Ed); CLELAND, Robert Glass; SANCHEZ, Nellie Van de Grift; COY, Owen Cochran; MARKHAM, Edwi
California; Pathfinders; Spanish Arcadia; The great trek; Gold days; Songs and stories; Oxcart to airplane; Land of homes; Outdoor heritage; March of industry.
Los Angeles: Powell Publishing Co. 1929. Nine vols. 12 452 3 maps 1 large folding; 6 413 1; 6 349 1 3 maps 1 double-page; 10 381 1 2 maps; 10 461 1; 10 458; 10 314; 10 465 1; 10 322 pp. Numerous maps. Over 100 woodcut plates throughout. Simulated blue leatherette gilt lettering on front covers gilt lettering on spine raised bands gilt on spines gilt ruling minor soiling some bumping to corners edgewear scuffing still a VG- set w/ facsimile autographs of California pioneers printed on endpapers. First Gold Edition of the California Series filled with woodcut illustrations specially designed for these volumes by Howard Simon Franz Geritz Virginia de S. Litchfield and Aries Fayer. This set offers an invaluable resource for California history from the early years of exploration the colonization by Spain the pioneers over the Oregon & California Trail the building of the railroads the tremendous impact of the Gold Rush and more. Powell Publishing Co., hardcover
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[CALIFORNIA]
California View Book
San Francisco Art Publishing Co. ca. 1910-1920. 1920. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated with 32 halftone plates. No text. 32 pages. Original blue cloth with yellow and green design of California poppies on upper front cover floral endpapers. Fine fresh copy. No signatures or bookplates. Cover title: California View Book. Includes views of Yosemite and Lake Tahoe. F. Hardcover. [San Francisco, Art Publishing Co., ca. 1910-1920]. hardcover
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[CALIFORNIA -- CHINESE-AMERICANS]. CHOY, Philip P
Canton footprints: Sacramento’s Chinese Legacy.
Sacramento CA: Chinese American Council of Sacramento 2007. 4to. xiv 2 160 pp. Colour frontisp. colour plates photos maps diagrams throughout 1 large folding map of Chinese-American communities in Oroville CA laid-in. Colour-illustrated softcovers NF copy from the library of David Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. First edition of this well-illustrated and detailed history of the impact of the decline of the Chinese Manchu Empire and the 1849 California Gold Rush in igniting Chinese-American immigration into the center of California drawn from 40 oral histories. Chinese American Council of Sacramento, paperback
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[California]
CATALINA "THE MAGIC ISLE" ISLAND VILLA AND VILLA PARK: Season 1930
Scarce promotional piece for the Island Villa and Villa Park on Santa Catalina Island California which billed itself as the "largest one floor hotel in the world!" Comprised of more than 1250 "bungalettes" or cozy cabins on the European plan the resort was a cornerstone of William Wrigley Jr.'s plan to develop and promote the island for the tourist trade. This illustrated brochure includes per night and per week pricing and descriptions of local attractions like the newly built Casino and the Catalina Country Clubhouse and Golf Course. Also provides information on the Catalina Steamship Service ticket offices motor transit stages and service from the Santa Monica Bay District. Printed on a 13" x 6 1/2" sheet of white stock which folds to 3 1/8 x 6 1/2" 8 panels. Features a two-panel bird's eye map 5 photographic illustrations and 2 drawings. Light toning to the rear panel; otherwise very good. OCLC locates no holdings. unknown
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[CALIFORNIA -- BOOKSELLERS]. ZEITLIN, Jake [Jacob Israel].
Catalogue No. 1: Western Americana modern first editions fine press books from the stock . . . .
Los Angeles CA: Jake Zeitlin Books 567 Hope Street 1928. 12mo. 48 pp unpaginated. Art Deco grasshopper motif logo on front cover light dustsoiling minor shelfwear still a VG bright copy from the library of Anne Bobrow 1916-1996 longtime cataloguer with Zeitlin & Ver Brugge 1948-1986 and then with B & L Rootenberg Rare Books. First edition of this first fine & rare books catalogue from the famed Los Angeles bookseller who issued this just three months after setting up his bookstore in a space designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in April 1928 at 567 Hope Street. Zeitlin 1902-1987. At the time the ever confident Zeitlin had already published his first poetry attracted the friendship of Carl Sandburg and within a short time at the end of the 1920’s attracted a coterie of local writers painters photographers printers graphic designers and architects drawn in by his Grasshopper sign which adorned the store. The Western Americana section in this sports such items as Paul Allen’s Lewis & Clark 1814 No. 2 for $ 40.00; Brooks & Bryant Among the Gold-finders 1849 No. 8 for $ 10.00; Greenhow’s Memoir 1840 No. 22 for $ 32.50; and a superb copy of Manly’s Death Valley in ‘49 1894 No. 29 for 15.00. Also featured wre Frank Harris’s 2 vol. Oscar Wilde 1916 limited edition inscribed with 4 original letters for $ 85.00 and the splendid Nonesuch Press Divine Comedy 1928 for $ 100.00. Jake Zeitlin, Books, 567 Hope Street, unknown
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[California]
Central California. Pleasure Land for the Tourist. Automobile Tours "for the Stranger Within Our Gates
San Francisco: Tourist Association of Central California 1915. Very good. 64pp. Original printed wrappers stapled. Small chip to lower corner of front wrap. Internally clean. An uncommon guide to potential automobile excursions from the Bay Area published for visitors to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco during 1915. The text describes over twenty routes and the attractions to be enjoyed along them and is accompanied by maps for each tour and numerous halftone illustrations of motorists exploring the California countryside in their cars. Fewer than ten copies in OCLC mostly in California institutions. Tourist Association of Central California unknown
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[California] [World War II]
CITIZEN DEFENSE CORPS MEETING IN HOLLYWOOD ZONE 36 COMMUNITY 7 BIG AFFAIR ADMISSION FREE!
Broadside invitation from Zone Warden Jim McQuiston to a gathering of Zone 36 Community 7 of the Citizens' Defense Corps in Hollywood on June 8 1943. A spokesman from the U.S. Navy was scheduled to provide a vivid first-hand account of fighting in the South Seas and Mrs. Carrol Oliver a Citizens' Defense Corps aide was to speak on fire defense. The event was free but attendees were encouraged to bring "a good book for the boys" at Advance Naval Base Hospital".<br /> <br /> In the early days of the Second World War air raids and other assaults on populated areas in Europe generated fears that similar attacks could happen in the United States. On May 20 1941 more than six months before the United States entered the war President Franklin D. Roosevelt set up the Office of Civilian Defense OCD to coordinate non-military state and federal measures to protect citizens in a war-related emergency. The OCD organized the United States Citizens' Defense Corps to recruit and train volunteers to perform essential tasks.<br /> <br /> Featuring a block map of Zone 36 which was bordered by Santa Monica Boulevard on the north and Melrose Avenue on the south this single-sided notice is printed on 8 1/2" x 14" red paper that is a bit faded with some very minor chipping along the edges. OCLC locates no holdings. unknown
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[CALIFORNIA -- LOS ANGELES]. NADEAU, Remi
City-makers: the story of Southern California’s first book 1868-76. . . .
Corona del Mar CA: Trans-Anglo Books 1977. 4to. 168 pp. Double-page illustrated title in red & black. With over 100 of photo & text illustrations throughout. Brown boards gilt lettering photo-illustrated endpapers w/ d.j. cover art by Spencer Crump price-clipped slight shelfwear NF/NF copy. Fourth edition of this well-illustrated history of 19th-Century Los Angeles whose rise was spurred by the Cerro Gordo and Panamint silver mines and the Southern Pacific Railroad. Included are sections on the exploits of Tiburcio Vasquez the notorious Chinese-American Massacre by supposedly law-abiding citizens and more. Trans-Anglo Books, hardcover
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[California] [Nautical]
CIVIL WAR-ERA SHIPPING DOCUMENTS
A group of 18 Landing Certificates containing the “Oath of the Master and Mate†and recording the type and amount of goods that arrived at the Port of Victoria from San Francisco in 1863. The documents contain signatures of various ship captains crew and consuls. Some contain official seals and tax stamps. Goods range from 100 cases of whiskey to cases of clothing refined sugar and opera glasses. <br /> <br /> Each of the documents is signed by Allen Francis 1815-1886 the U.S. Consul at Victoria Vancouver Island who was appointed to the post in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln. He held the post throughout the American Civil War.<br /> <br /> At this time consuls were appointed to every major foreign port and played an important role for American ships in foreign ports. Before Francis appointment there had never been a consulate on the Pacific Coast of British North America. But once the war was underway British and U.S. relations deteriorated and President Lincoln needed a trusted representative to keep a vigilant eye on the British governor and Southern sympathizers on Vancouver Island and in British Columbia. “Francis’s activities far exceeded the normal responsibilities of such a political office. He maintained a network of spies in Victoria employed to keep him abreast of any pro-Confederate activity on either Vancouver Island or in British Columbia with its transitory population of American miners from the now-divided states.†James Robbins Jewell Thwarting Southern Schemes and British Bluster in the Pacific Northwest University of California Press 2015.<br /> <br /> The documents are generally legal size printed in black on lightweight white or light blue paper with handwritten information. Some general edgewear mild toning and creases from prior folds. unknown
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[California – El Dorado County – Mining] Ireland, James; et al
Collection of Mining-Related Materials Belonging to California Mining Broker James Ireland
El Dorado County California 1902. Sixteen items mainly letters and descriptions of mining claims which total thirty-seven handwritten pages. Of the written pages: one 7 ½ x 7 ½ inch three 8 x 5 inch twenty 8 x 10 inch seven 8 x 12 ½ inch and six 8 x 14 inch. Items date between 1879 and 1902 with seven items undated. One empty envelope from “Brinckmann Quartz Crusher and Furnace Company†and one souvenir ribbon for the Placerville “Admission Day Celebration†by the Native Sons of the Golden West 1898. Some items with tearing and staining mostly not affecting legibility; overall very good to near fine. James Ireland c.1830–deceased worked as a mining broker in the late 19th century in California. Records suggest that he was an immigrant from Scotland meaning that he was probably not a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West despite the ribbon in this collection; a fraternal organization celebrating the California Gold Rush the Native Sons did not offer membership to those born outside the state until 2024. Ireland seemed to have lived in San Francisco and Oakland but his mining interests were in El Dorado County. Most famously the home of Sutter’s Mill the county currently has nearly 2600 mines on record with the USGS and sits near the northern end of the “Mother Lode†of gold-bearing quartz that runs along 120 miles of the Sierra Nevadas.<br /> <br /> Offered here is a small collection of Ireland’s materials relating to various mining prospects mainly descriptions of mines presumably for soliciting interest in purchasing them. These include the Church Union and Red Rover mines outside of Diamond Springs the Dry Gulch gravel mine near Pleasant Valley the Argonaut mine in Greenwood and the Sly Park gravel mine probably near Pollock Pines. The descriptions give details about the locations whether the land is under patent what improvements there are the mine’s per-ton financials likely costs for necessary improvements like mills and so on. <br /> <br /> Some material pertains to mines that Ireland seemed to already own or have financial stakes in. In Shingle Springs he managed to purchase a mine for “no moneyâ€; the previous owners were “not at all anxious to sell at the figures agreed upon†but conceded that “if the money is paid within the time agreed upon the mine shall be yours†September 23 1879. Ireland also owned or managed at least one mine in Nashville though in 1879 he seems to have left his worker there in the lurch. The worker John R. Davies writes:<br /> <br /> “I am geting on very slow you know that one man cannot do two mens work in mining and I have to Go and Borrow Powder fuse when I want to put a Blast . Most of my things at Nashville Powder drills coal which I left there when I left are gone. I Expect Also to have some Money here for the first of the Month. I shall want $25.00 here to Pay my Bills at the store the Balance you will Pay to my wife on my Order and I hope that you will do it Punctualy for she needs it and I have Earned it. you did not Pay her according to our agreement at first.†May 30 1879<br /> <br /> Of interest to scholars of Californian gold mining after the gold rush especially for its detailed descriptions of lesser-known mining claims. unknown
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[California – Mining History – Chinese Americans] Utica Mining Company
Collection of Documents Mainly Payrolls from the Utica Mining Company 1889–1898
Calaveras County California 1898. Seventy-two documents. Most sheets measure about 14 x 16 inches and are folded in half. Folded some with tears and water damage; overall very good to excellent. The Utica Mining Company was owned by mining moguls Alvinza Hayward Charles D. Lane and W.S. Hobart and ran mines in Calaveras County California. This area located on a portion of the Mother Lode had been an exceptionally productive gold mining district; its productivity declined in the latter half of the 19th century until new techniques especially in hard rock mining created a “Second Gold Rush†in the late 1880s that lasted until World War I.1 The Utica company owned two mines with nine claims—the Utica mine and the Gold Cliff mine—and employed about 250 men at its peak. It also owned the water source in the town of Angels Camp and some claimed essentially ran a company town there.2 Among multiple other accidents and controversies it was alleged after a cave-in that killed seventeen miners that Utica’s owners had known that a disaster was likely and had failed to act.3<br /> <br /> Offered here is a collection of documents mainly payrolls of the Utica Mining Company dating between 1889 and 1898. There are also receipts for goods and services including from D. D. Demarest who owned the Altaville Foundry and reports on sulphurets. Payrolls are organized by which jobs the men worked milling ditch work etc. Employees are identified mostly by full names except for one: “Chinaman†who appears on several early 1889 documents. However the company seemed to have hired a second Chinese laborer by July of that year as he and his compatriot are identified by name: Ah Fun and Ah Sing. According to the Calaveras Heritage Council there was a lively community of Chinese miners just outside Angels Camp in the midcentury though it declined precipitously as the century went on particularly following the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.1<br /> <br /> Of interest to historians of mining in central California.<br /> <br /> 1 Judith Marvin “Angels Camp†Calaveras History https://www.calaverashistory.org/angels-camp 2011.<br /> 2 “C.D. Lane’s Address†Daily Miner-Transcript September 8 1896 2.<br /> 3 “Entombed Alive. Dreadful Disaster in a California Quartz Mine†The El Paso Journal December 28 1889 6. unknown
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[California – Prison Art – Inmate Firefighting] Multiple Authors
Collection of Letters Sent from California Prisons 2006–2015 Including Inmates’ Art and Descriptions of the Inmate Firefighting System
California 2015. Eighty letters ten artworks and two photographs. Anonymized for writers’ and their families’ privacy with more information available on request. Overall excellent. Offered here is a collection of letters and art sent from people incarcerated in the California State Prison system primarily from a husband “P.†and wife “A.†to P’s mother and stepfather. <br /> <br /> A. who served a shorter sentence than P. worked as an inmate-firefighter. Currently about twenty to thirty percent of California’s firefighters are incarcerated people and about ten percent of those are women; they work cutting the fireline receiving little compensation and at a significantly higher risk of injury than both their non-incarcerated counterparts and other prison laborers. They also are not eligible to become firefighters upon release due to California’s laws about both employment and EMT certification following a felony conviction.1 A. writes of her training:<br /> <br /> “I’ve been training for camp. Its realy realy hard. This has got to be the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Well Im gonna make this my last trip to prison well I hope so anyway.†January 12 2009<br /> <br /> She also writes from the field that “Its very hard and dangerouse but I guess Im used to it†June 6 2009 with later letters giving more detailed descriptions; for instance:<br /> <br /> “Im not in San Diego right now because my crew and my cousins crew got sent to all the fires that are up North = we left on the 4th and we’ve been on the road and to a couple of fires since I don’t know when we are going back but Im making money! yesterday I worked a 24 hour shift and we got back to have our down time to rest this morning. Its very tireing and hard I felt like I was hiking forever! Right know Im up in Shasta County its beautif up here and I’ve never been this far from home befor.†August 14 2009<br /> <br /> A. wanted to save up to buy a car. She wrote that firefighting is “hard work for a dollar a day†December 14 2009—in 2023 the inmate-firefighter pay rate was raised to an astounding 16 to 74 cents per hour with a maximum daily rate of $5.80 to $10.24.2<br /> <br /> P. on a longer sentence in various higher-security facilities grappled with boredom loneliness and the bureaucracy involved in trying to contact his wife and family. The prisons where he was incarcerated were frequently on lockdown for months at a time including the Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility which locked down in June of 2009 following a gang-related riot. He often describes being hungry and not allowed to go to the commissary either because of lockdowns or just because “there not letting Hispanics go†January 30 2011.<br /> <br /> One way he seemed to have dealt with his circumstances was through art. Over time his package requests—incarcerees can only be sent packages through approved third-party vendors which contract with prisons—included alongside toothpaste and deodorant art supplies and even a typewriter and books on “how to properly write a novel†January 30 2011. He mentions copying drawings and the reader can see him experiment with different handwriting styles in the letters and on envelopes. The art in the collection includes greeting cards with teddy bear clown—a common character in Chicano art—and nature motifs; a Las Vegas Raiders butterfly signed “E†most likely by P.’s cellmate Ernie for whom drawing is a “little hustle to make money for food and supplies†January 30; and a pair of beaded earrings that P. bought for $10 “to some Indian here†August 25 2010.<br /> <br /> Of interest to scholars of outsider art and incarceration in the California prison system.<br /> <br /> 1 Carly Tolin “Fighting More Than Fires: California’s Inmate Firefighting System Needs Reform†The Georgetown Environmental Law Review February 6 2025.<br /> 2 Doug Melville “Inmates Can Make Up Nearly A Third Of Those Fighting California Fires†Forbes January 9 2025. unknown
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[California]. Wright, Allen H
Collection of Early 20th-Century Manuscript Diaries Kept by Allen H. Wright of San Diego
San Diego 1916. Very good. Eight volumes totaling 2635 pages and approximately 85000 words with individual daily entries ranging from a single line to an entire page. Six volumes octavo final two volumes twelvemo all matching "Date Book" annual diaries uniformly bound in matching limp red cloth. Varying levels of rubbing edge wear and insect damage to cloth. Internally clean with occasional related newspaper clippings pasted in. A prime example of "history from below" comprised of eight manuscript diaries recording the daily activities observations thoughts and feelings of a young man living in San Diego for 2635 of the 2920 days that occurred from January 1 1909 through December 31 1916. Allen H. Wright was originally from Rome New York where he returns at least once in the time period covered by the present diaries but the diaries otherwise wholly pertain to Wright’s life in San Diego over an eight-year period. During this time Wright worked a variety of jobs such as shoe salesman freelance journalist with numerous specific mentions of article submissions mentioned here and City Clerk of San Diego. Wright was married to Florence Wright and the couple had two children - Allyn and Helen. Wright balanced his work life with family activities such as picnics trips to the beach visits to San Diego harbor where they witness the arrival of Mexican Japanese and other ships vacations across California and more. He also kept busy socially attending church and recording numerous instances of the meetings of his stamp club the “Floating Society†the New York State Society the “Men’s Club†and other organizations. In addition Wright makes numerous mentions of visitations letters received and news from back home in New York and other places.<br /> <br /> Considering Wright’s voluminous number of diary entries there are necessarily many thousands of subjects events names and more covered by him. A very small sampling of entries from just the first diary relate a wide variety of experience including: the robbery of the local library Wright’s attendance at the local Congregational Church to witness the anniversary exercises of the Chinese and Japanese missions the visit of a “young Mexican†to Wright’s house who asked to buy some flowers for the funeral of a baby the details of a day spent at the Ringling Brothers circus and parade the arrival of a copy of McCarthy’s “Lincoln’s Plan of Reconstruction†that Wright won from an Anderson Galleries book auction and information on other books and autographs he buys including California history works and legions more.<br /> <br /> Wright's life was relatively peaceful with much content recorded here on daily activities talks and sermons heard at his church “I heard Rev. Madison C. Peters the noted divine talk on what the Jew has done for American civilization†and so forth but naturally he also puts down his thoughts on some important and notable historical events. On April 15 1912 Wright writes: "News came today of the wrecking of the great ocean liner 'Titanic' on her first trip from Southampton to New York." In April of the next year Wright attended a lecture of the famed Arctic explorer Frederick Cook who referred to Admiral Peary as “a liar thief and murderer†as Cook claimed that “he himself has been cheated out of the honors which rightly belong to him as the true discoverer of the North Pole.†In January 1916 Wright “heard Upton Sinclair the novelist and author of ‘The Jungle’ talk on ‘After the War’ at the Open Forum. He is not an orator by any means but is argumentative in his utterances. A much more youthful man than I expected to see. Some of his socialist brethren here differed with him.†Wright had attended a speech by Teddy Roosevelt the year before also centered around World War I: "His main plea was for preparedness for war." The threat of the First World War was growing at that time but the event comes off as rather remote in Wright's account of a mostly quiet life in Southern California.<br /> <br /> Another military event which occurred very close to Wright’s home city was the Mexican Revolution which he makes several mentions of in his diaries beginning in August 1913: “Late tonight a special train brought in about 500 Mexican refugees from the frontier at El Paso Texas and Nogales Arizona who had been ordered here by the war department under escort of U.S. troops. Col. Emilio Kosterlitsky sic head of the rurales and Col. J.M. Reyes of the regular Mexican army are among those in the party.†Wright also notes further interactions with refugees the landing of American troops in Vera Cruz in April 1914 which he hopes won’t squelch a real estate deal for himself the arrival of “over a thousand marines†set to train on North Island in July 1914 the attack on a garrison in Tijuana by “the Villa troops†in December 1914 and more.<br /> <br /> Managing elections and oversight of voting was apparently a significant part of Wright's position as City Clerk. In a typical entry from November 1911 he reports "A total vote of 4380 was gotten out including a large percentage of women who thus had their first crack at the ballot." Earlier that same year Wright mentions sending out “2200 sample ballots†and promises to “get off as many more tomorrow.†The next year Wright reports that “for the first time in my voting experience I voted for the Democratic electors for president and for a Democrat ‘Billy’ Kettner of this city for Congress.†Wright was also privy to details regarding local government and political maneuverings as well as the economics of city development and various bond issues.<br /> <br /> A voluminous manuscript record of "ordinary" life in Southern California in the first decade-and-a-half of the 20th century with about 2600 daily entries over the eight years covered providing an opportunity for much deeper research into Wright’s time and place. unknown
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[CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTURE -- PAINT & VARNISH].
Color schemes for your home. . . .
San Francisco: W.P. Fuller & Co. ca. 1930. 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. Numerous colour illustrations black & white illustrations comic strips diagrams. Colour-illustrated softcovers minor dustsoiling shelfwear slight soiling front cover pencil annotations back cover still VG copy from the library of Henry A. Heider 1892-1969 and Russell E. Heider 1919-2005 Portland OR carpenters & building contractors. First edition of this nicely illustrated Jazz Age colour guide for the home using W.P. Fuller Company’s paints. This informative guide details the dangers of cheap paint and that the family home must be carefully maintained with paint instructions for Spanish style stucco homes shingled homes English Tudor revival style including sample colour schemes for the homes. In addition it describes the exterior paints interior paints and other Fuller products. Fuller was also one of the largest suppliers of glass on the West Coast and has included a detailed section on the latest thing in bathrooms -- Carrara structural glass which gives bathrooms a sense of spaciousness. Originally founded by W.P. Fuller in 1851 during the gold rush it was established as Whittier Fuller & Co. in 1867 in San Francisco and finally incorporated as W.P. Fuller & Co. in 1894. No copies located in Worldcat. W.P. Fuller & Co., paperback
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[California]. [Real Estate]
Combined Map Berkeley Highlands
Berkeley: Meikle Brock & Skidmore 1913. Very good. Folding map approximately 18 x 26 inches. A couple of short separations at fold points. Contemporary manuscript docketing on blank verso. Light tanning. An early 20th-century cadastral map that shows block and lot numbers property dimensions railroads partial land ownership and more in a new subdivision north of Berkeley here called Berkeley Highlands and now known as Kensington. The depicted area is bounded generally by Arlington Road Highland Avenue Purdue Avenue Beloit Avenue and Yale Avenue oriented with north to left. Land development companies had bought most of the Kensington area by 1911 when it was first surveyed. The area was named "Kensington" in 1911 by Robert Brousefield a surveyor who had lived in the London borough of South Kensington at one time. The Berkeley Highlands with most streets named for colleges and universities was subdivided slightly later than Berkeley Park and Kensington Park. The map was produced for Meikle Brock & Skidmore the agents who developed this land in the East Bay Hills and then sold the lots. <br /> <br /> The map is also notable for its notation in the lower right corner of the “Private Estate of George Shima." Shima was a Japanese immigrant who became the first Japanese American millionaire His assets were valued $ 18 million in 1920. At one point he produced about 85% of the state's potato crop which earned him the nickname "The Potato King." His business success did not bring him respite from racism however. In 1912 he moved to his new home in this Berkeley neighborhood where he lived in regal fashion employing a retinue of servants and also purchased the adjoining lot and converted it into a garden adorned with rare shrubs and flowers imported from Europe and Asia. Despite being the subject of hundreds such newspaper headlines as "Yellow Peril in College Town" Shima became active in the community donating $500 to the local YMCA and gradually won over his neighbors. Still the opposition he encountered led him that same year to become the first president of the Japanese Association of America and to unsuccessfully fight the passing of the California Alien Land Law of 1913 which was written to prevent Asians from owning land. Scarce we locate copies at Berkeley and Yale. Meikle, Brock & Skidmore unknown
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[California]. [Water]
Constitution and By-Laws of the Tuolumne County Water Company
San Francisco: Towne & Bacon 1864. Good. 16pp. plus printed receipt completed in manuscript. 16mo. Original tan printed wrappers. Light dampstaining and soiling. Corners of each leaf and some edges reinforced with tape. Minor soiling and later ink stamp on receipt. An ephemeral production outlining the articles of incorporation of the Tuolumne County Water Company together with a receipt for water rents dated 1853. First incorporated in 1852 the Tuolumne County Water Company was founded to funnel the waters of the Stanislaus River "to the various ravines gulches flats and other localities in the County of Tuolumne to be used for mining mechanical manufacturing and other purposes". The decline in mining in the area led to the decline in water revenues resulting in dissolution at the start of the 20th century. An important and early piece of California's tortured history with water. A handful of copies in OCLC. Towne & Bacon unknown
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[California]
DAILY HERALD SUPPLEMENT. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT ITS TWENTIETH SESSION PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF SAID STATE
Los Angeles 1875. Elephant folio broadside Supplement for 6 June 1875. 21-1/2" x 23-1/4." Printed in nine columns each column separated by a rule. Old folds one tear at inner blank margin just grazing a letter or two. Very Good. Numerous constitutional provisions printed including the Declaration of Rights Suffrage Education and others. <br /> <br /> "Heavily based on other state constitutions the 1848 California Constitution proved inadequate to meet the long-term needs of the flourishing new state. Political leaders tried to amend the document via constitutional convention and the amendment process; however during the 30 years which followed statehood all three constitutional convention ballot proposals failed to win voter support and of the many constitutional amendments proposed only three became law. Finally in 1877 the state legislature again submitted the question of convening a Constitutional Convention to the voters this time it passed" online Pacificus web site 'A Brief History of the California Constitution'. unknown
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[California – Ghirardelli Chocolate Company;] Bock, Frank, compiler
Dainty Dessert Dishes. Prepared expressly for the D. Ghiarardelli Co. by Frank Bock Pastry Chef Palace Hotel San Francisco Cal
San Francisco: Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 1900. Stapled booklet 15 x 12.5 cm. 16 pages. Illustrated and printed in halftone throughout in black red and gray. FIRST EDITION. A collection of recipes for chocolate ice cream cookies puddings jumbles kisses and more. “Chocolate Bretzles†and “Chocolate Africans†are among the more interesting inclusions. Publisher’s stapled illustrated and blind-embossed wrappers with some light edgewear. Otherwise fine. Scarce. OCLC locates five copies. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company unknown
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[CALIFORNIA -- DEATH VALLEY]. FRASHER, [Burton (Photographer).]
Death Valley National Monument. Frasher’s quality photos: 12 scenic views.
Pomona CA: Frashers Inc. 1943. Oblong 12mo. 3.75 x 2.5 in. 12 miniature Real Photo Postcards w/ text w/in the negative preserved in original mailing portfolio die-cut window on recto canceled stamp & address on verso minor dustsoiling shelfwear to portfolio still NF set of RPPC’s from the library of George Stein 1914-1988 stationed at Camp Haan in World War II and was a longtime driver and heavy equipment operator for the Clark County Highway Dept. son of Gran Duchy of Luxembourg immigrant farmers and later builder in Vancouver WA. This complete miniature set of Real Photo Postcards shot by the iconic California photographer includes such images as “20 Mule Team Borax Wagonsâ€; “Furnace Creek Campâ€; “Salt Pool and the Devil’s Golf Courseâ€; “Death Valley Scottyâ€; “Mushroom Rockâ€; and others. Frasher 1888-1955 opened a commercial photography studio with his wife Josephine Angel in 1912 with her shooting portraits and Frasher traveling Eastern California by automobile in the 1920’s and 1930’s on photographic expeditions. He would eventually produce over 60000 negatives and his stock-in-trade Real Photo Postcards were very popular. See: Peter Hiller Visions of the West; The Photographic Legacy of Burton Frasher Sr. Postcard History March 30 2020. Frashers, Inc., unknown
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[CALIFORNIA: BAY AREA]
Dedication Souvenir Carquinez Bridge Celebration May Twenty-First Nineteen Twenty-Seven.
Oakland: Horwinski Printing Co. 1927. First edition. Octavo. 8 pp. Two page of photographs showing construction; portraits on inside front wrapper; view of bridge on rear wrapper. publisher's printed and illustrated wrappers stapled. A very good copy.The bridge of course is no longer present having been recently torn down with a modern replacement. The Carquinez Bridge is actually two bridges. The original crossing opened in 1927 and to accommodate the ever-increasing traffic flow on Interstate 80 Caltrans in 1958 constructed a parallel bridge to function as the eastbound span. The original span was replaced in 2003 by a graceful new suspension bridge which carries westbound vehicular traffic across the Carquinez Strait as well as bicycles and pedestrians on a bicycle and pedestrian pathway.The new bridge is named for the late Bay Area iron worker Al Zampa who helped construct the original Carquinez Bridge as well as other Bay Area toll bridges. No copies listed in OCLC/WorldCat. Horwinski Printing Co. unknown
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[California] [Mormons]
Dedicatory Program. Berkeley Stake Bishops' Storehouse Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Saturday April 29 1950. San Pablo & Fink Lane. El Cerrito California
Printed by the Q--Four Press A Priesthood Project operated by the Fourth Quorum of Elders of the Berkeley Stake. Very good. 4pp. Program 12 1/2" x 9" folded vertically through the center. Small orange stain in bottom fore-edge corner of front wrap. Printed by the Q--Four Press, A Priesthood Project operated by the Fourth Quorum of Elders, of the Berkeley Stake unknown
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[CALIFORNIA -- PICTORIAL MAP]. CROSBY, Bing (Pres) & O'BRIEN, Pat (Vice-Pres).
Del Mar Turf Club: get on your horse and come to the Del Mar Turf Club -- July 11-Sept. 3 “Where the turf meets the surf.â€
San Diego CA: Del Mar Turf Club Frye & Smith 1945. 12mo. 6 pp unpaginated. triptych which opens into 10.5 x 6.5 in pictorial map printed in blue & black self-printed softcovers front cover art of Bing & Pat on the phone map on back cover w/ small annotation in ink indicating “My Home†pointing at Encinitas CA. First edition thus of this delightful pictorial map/brochure celebrating the Summer racing season at the beautiful Del Mar Turf Club horse track as World War II drew to a close. Found in 1937 by many Hollywood stars in partnership but headed by Bing Crosby & Pat O’Brien who were ardent horse racing enthusiasts and drew tremendous attention to the racetrack considered one of the best in the country. The 1938 Seabiscuit and Ligaroti match race had raised tremendous awareness and interest in the racetrack and was largely closed and repurposed for use as a B-17 tail assembly plant however this brochure touts their return in 1945. Worldcat locates 1 copy UCSD. Del Mar Turf Club, [Frye & Smith], paperback
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[California]
DENNY’S POCKET MAP OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY CALIFORNIA: Compiled from Official and Private Data
San Francisco: Edward Denny & Co 1908. Uncommon scale map of the densely forested rural county situated along the Pacific Coast in Northern California’s rugged Coast Ranges. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights.<br />  <br /> The 16 ½†x 30 ¼†map is printed in blue and folds into printed red cardstock wrappers 4†x 6 ½â€. A few small ink smudges to the map. The wrappers are edgeworn with some minor staining along the lower edge. Scarce OCLC locates only 4 holdings: Library of Congress Stanford Davis and Berkeley. Edward Denny & Co unknown
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[California Gold Rush]. [France]
Des Millions Pour un Sou! Mines d'Or de la Californie -- Nouveaux Détails
Paris: Typ. Schneider Rue d'Erfurth 1 1849. Very good. Broadside approximately 18 x 13 inches. Matted and framed. A pair of short closed tears repaired at lower edge. Even toning and light creasing. Contemporary manuscript annotation under caption title. A wonderful illustrated faux news broadside published in Paris as gold fever coursed through Europe in 1849. The headline promises "nouveaux détails" of the gold mines in California but the text is in fact a humorous description and light-hearted admonishment of the multitudes thoughtlessly giving up their livelihoods for the hardscrabble life of a gold digger in the California wilderness. The first section runs through a litany of types who are abandoning their lives for adventure and advises them not to consider the difficulties of the journey:<br /> <br /> "En route pour les mines d'or de la Californie! Partez! Il n'est pas néccessaire que vous preniez de lourds baggages : une cassette et une bonne pioche vous suffriont. Ne vous laissez pas décourager par la peur d'une navigation de cinq mois. elle sera peut-être périlleuse. mais le résultat est si consolant : de l'or!. toujours de l'or!. Qu'importent la colique et les fièvres doublées d'un mal de mer brutal. de l'or!. toujours de l'or!. Qu'importe d'être noir ou jaune en mourant du moment qu'on se repose dans un linceul d'or pour l'éternité! Partez!"<br /> <br /> The remainder of the text somewhat sardonically describes life in California and warns prospective travelers not long for the comforts of home but rather to concentrate on their sought-after riches:<br /> <br /> "Par example ne vous attendez pas à jouir de toutes les douceurs de la vie. Vous n'y trouverez ni biftecks au beurre d'anchois ni dinde truffées; car les aliments y sont rares. Mais les racines y sont en grande abondance. Vous vivrez un peu à la manière des anachorètes pour un temps. seulement vous déterrerez de l'or. ce qu'ils ne faisaient pas que l'on sache."<br /> <br /> The illustration which occupies approximately the top third of the broadside depicts men and women from all walks of life carrying pickaxes on their shoulders and racing for a ship about to depart. The image carries the printed signature of "B. Netter;" a contemporary manuscript note under the caption identifies the publication date as February 17 1849. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France estimates that as many as 40000 French men and women made their way to California between 1848 and 1856. The present broadside is an excellent document of California gold fever in France and the pervasive interest in gold rush news in Europe during the mid-19th century. Rare we locate just four copies at Berkeley UCSD California Historical Society and the BNF. Typ. Schneider, Rue d'Erfurth, 1 unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 5043
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[CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH]. HENTY, G[eorge] A[lfred].
Dorothy’s double: the story of a great deception.
Chicago & New York: Rand McNally & Co. 1895. 8vo. 333 1 pp. Red linen decorated & lettered in gilt on front cover gilt lettering on spine t.e.g. minor rubbing minor soiling to spine slightly cocked still VG- copy. First American edition of this curious Henty title first published in book form in England by Chatto & Windus 1894 of this curious mystery of mystery and kidnapping of one of two twin girls used to inflict pain upon the father and the twin sister. The mystery is resolved by the young hero in the last half of the book in the gold camps above Sacramento CA. Rand, McNally & Co., unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 53540
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[CALIFORNIA -- CHINESE-AMERICANS LOS ANGELES, CA]. GREENWOOD, Roberta S
Down by the station: Los Angeles Chinatown 1880-1933. . . Monumenta Archaeologica 18.
Los Angeles CA: Institute of Archaeology University of California Los Angeles 1993. 4to. xv 1 207 1 pp. Frontisp. with photographs maps diagrams charts throughout. White publisher’s cloth pictorial birds-eye map view of Los Angeles on endpapers minor bumping to corners w/ d.j. cover art photos by Greenwood minor bumping to couple corners still VG/VG copy from the library of David Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. First edition of this surprisingly scarce work summarizing historical research fieldwork and laboratory analysis offering an incomparable view of Chinese-American society and community in Southern California prior to the dislocations caused by construction of the Santa Ana Freeway. Many of these discoveries were made during the early excavations prior to construction of the Los Angeles Metro Rail and provide essential information on food preparation recreation health and medical practices the roles of women and children in Chinese-American society and the extent of local social networks. Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 64153
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[CALIFORNIA -- LOS ANGELES, LONG BEACH & SAN PEDRO -- PHOTO ARCHIVE]. [BRONSTEIN, William J "Bill" (Photographer).]
Downtown LA L.ong Beach/S.an Pedro Santa Clarita Area Up 395 Archive of 41 original silver gelatin black & white straight photographs capturing the raw essence of industrial railyards shipyards refineries and bridges in Los Angeles Long Beach & San Pedro at the end of the 1980’s.
Los Angeles & Westlake Village CA: Bill Bronstein 561 Hampshire Rd. ca. 1988-1989. Folio. 41 original silver gelatin photographs mostly on Ilford Multigrade IV RC Deluxe paper a few w/ photographer’s annotations on verso all sized 11 x 14 in. minor rippling to fore-edges of a couple images still a VG archive preserved in the original Ilford box w/ MS label on white tape affixed to box lid all retaining bright strong contrast from the collection of the photographer. This effective archive of 41 original photographs by Bronstein b. 1949 encompass a series of 34 images he began in the late 1980’s documenting the industrial arteries of Los Angeles Long Beach and San Pedro California transforming through black and white the visual contrast shadow and grit of areas seldom captured. Depicted are grain silos stark against the sun above the railyard; Southern Pacific oil cars with graffiti and rust; the vast Western Paper Mills Supplies Inc. recycling center established in 1983; refinery & cement factory tanks reflected in polluted pools of water; along with night and day shots of the vast railroad switching yards in Los Angeles. A few photos capture the Sunlaw Partners cogeneration power site in Los Angeles who were a pioneer in providing clean safe and efficient power from their plant; and mounds of oil tank floats piled alongside the tanks. Also included are photos of the Vincent Thomas Bridge crossing Los Angeles harbor in San Pedro CA; fishing boats in harbor and Long Beach CA railyards. This archive finishes with seven photos capturing Santa Clarita & Mojave desert along I-395 the Amargosa River and the surrounding landscape. Bill Bronstein, 561 Hampshire Rd., unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 63366
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[California]
E-Z Guide Map of Los Angeles cover title
San Francisco: Fred S. Bain Inc 1922. Very good. Folding map approximately 13 x 17 inches. Light wear along folds. Minor staining and dust soiling. A neat promotional map of early-1920s Los Angeles distributed by the Security Trust & Savings Bank. The reverse of the map carries a detailed street index as well as lists of hotels railroad offices and other significant municipal and commercial buildings. The map itself delineates Los Angeles from Hollywood and Highland Park in the north to Huntington Park in the south. Attached is a volvelle indicator which can be used to locate streets on the map in conjunction with the index. A second map oriented along the left edge of the sheet shows the major rails and roads of greater Los Angeles from Santa Monica and San Pedro to San Bernardino and Riverside. Fred S. Bain, Inc unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 2022
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[California] [Automotive History]
EARLY SAN FRANCISCO AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE COMPANY
Small archive of material associated with the McNerny Products Corporation an early San Francisco manufacturer of automotive brakes. The grouping includes a typed letter signed seven photographs and a promotional pamphlet.<br /> <br /> McNerny was an early producer of a four-wheel brake system. The earliest cars used simple "spoon" brakes a type of lever system that moved a block of wood against the wheels. This was effective at slower speeds; however by the late 1890s the Michelin brothers had introduced rubber pneumatic tires which were damaged by wood blocks. As a result mechanical drum breaks grew in popularity but there were several notable drawbacks to these external brakes such as a tendency to give way on hills or in inclement weather. At the 1924 New York Auto Show the Duesenberg and Rickenbacker car companies offered cars with a four-wheel brake system for the first time.<br /> <br /> This material shows that McNerny was among the early proponents of four-wheel brakes. The folding brochure features drawings of a Ford and a Chevrolet retrofitted with McNerny brakes. There is also a diagram showing how the brakes work with a notation "U.S. & foreign patents pending" dated January 1924. "In driving a car with McNerny 4-wheel brakes you may surrender yourself completely to the exhilaration and enjoyment of the journey without a disturbing doubt or slightest anxiety as you KNOW that you are thoroughly prepared for any situation and just what you can confidently expect and DEPEND upon from your brakes in any EMERGENCY which may arise."<br /> <br /> The archive includes a typed letter signed by "Clyde" who appears to be associated with the company. He asks Helen Shulty his cousin in Iowa for the make and model of her car. In addition there are seven 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" black-and-white photographs which show what appears to be traveling salesmen on the road with McNerny products. The photos are backed with black paper as if clipped from an album. A unique collection of material related to the early automotive industry. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 76914
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[California – African-Americana – NAACP] Unknown Photographers
Eleven Photographs of 1950s NAACP Activities in California
Los Angeles and Santa Barbara California and others: McLain’s Photo Service Bona Fide Photo Service et al. 1950. Eleven individual photographs with one duplicate measuring 8 x 10 inches. Slightly curled with wrinkling and some folds and tears; overall very good plus. Eleven photographs showing NAACP activities in and around Los Angeles in the early 1950s. Most are uncaptioned; the one captioned photograph shows the organizers of a 1952 NAACP rally organized in collaboration with the AFL CIO and American Jewish Committee protesting the murder of Florida Civil Rights activists Harry and Harriet Moore. The couple were killed in their home likely by the Klan though no arrests were made and the case was closed in 2011.<br /> <br /> Other photographs include a mixed race group standing outside of the Carillo Auditorium likely in Santa Barbara holding folders with “Win With Stevenson†stickers on them which was the campaign slogan for Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson ran for president in 1952 and 1956 losing both times to Eisenhower. In another photo a group stands around a desk holding papers that read “The NAACP Condemns So-Called ‘Right to Work’ Laws†likely concerning 1958 California Proposition 18 a right to work ballot measure. In a photo likely from the early 1950s a young man holds a flyer reading “UAW-CIO OUTLAWS DISCRIMINATION†concerning the adoption of International Constitution Article 25 which created the organization’s Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department.<br /> <br /> Other photographs that are more difficult to identify include a group holding a large key a man being presented with a shovel likely for a groundbreaking ceremony a young man standing at a church lectern and a group of men standing with clothing and canned goods probably for a charity drive.<br /> <br /> Of interest to historians of NAACP activities in California during the early Civil Rights era. McLain’s Photo Service, Bona Fide Photo Service, et al. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : List3113
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