‎California‎

‎California Literature Norman Lucia pseudonym of Mrs. Louise Palmer Heaven‎

‎A POPULAR HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF ITS DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME. By Lucia Norman pseudonym. Second edition revised and enlarged by T. E.‎

‎San Francisco: A. Roman 1883. 17x12 cm pp. i-ix x-xv xvi 17 18-216 217-219: ads 220: blank flyleaves at front and rear inserted frontispiece original red cloth front panel stamped in black and gold spine panel stamped in gold rear panel stamped in blind floral patterned endpapers. Second edition enlarged. A new edition of A YOUTH'S HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF ITS DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME San Francisco: A. Roman & Company 1867. The 1867 edition is uncommon. "Among the earliest schoolbooks relating exclusively to California. The author Louise Palmer Heaven wrote a number of children's books under different pseudonyms" Howell. Heaven was a popular contributor to OVERLAND MONTHLY and the author of "indifferent novels" Walker San Francisco's Literary Frontier whose best known work is CHATA AND CHINITA 1889 a novel set in Mexico. Cowan 1933 p. 456. Sabin 55495. California news agent's stamp on the front and rear flyleaves. Cloth worn at edges a sound good copy. A nice copy overall. #166754 A. Roman unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 166754

‎California Local History‎

‎CHICO BUTTE COUNTY CALIFORNIA‎

‎Chico: Chico Record Print n. d. 1st printing ca 1903 Rocq 1378. Original publisher's off-white paper wrappers with gold printing rules. Stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Covers soiled and spotted. CA State Board of Trade stamp to rear cover. Staples rusted. A Good - About Very Good item. Unpaginated though 44 pages. Illustrated throughout primarily from photographs. Map last page. Oblong format: 5" x 6-7/8" <br/><br/>Published by the Chico Chamber of Commerce. Chico Record Print unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 46313

‎California Local History‎

‎GENERAL ELECTION RETURNS Of MENDOCINO COUNTY 1871. Election Held September 6 1871. Independent Disptach Supplement‎

‎Mendocino: M. Lynch 1871. 1st Printing. Age-toning to extremities. Faint fold-lines. 2 small 2-3 mm punctures in center no text affected. A VG survivor. Broadside typographical border. 10" x 8" <br/><br/>Publisher info from OCLC. An election supplement from this short-lived 1870 - 1873 Northern California newspaper. Publication documents the results from 22 cities giving returns for the Governor's race to the School Sup't the Coroner & the Supevisors. Rare. M. Lynch unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 43652

‎California Local History. Davidson Professor George 1825 1911. Rodgers A. F. Prior Owner‎

‎REPORT Of PROFESSOR GEORGE DAVIDSON Upon A SYSTEM Of SEWERAGE For The CITY Of SAN FRANCISCO‎

‎San Francisco: Frank Eastman & Co. Printers 1886. 1st Printing Rocq 9081. PRESENTATION copy with printed author presentation slip tipped-in at front. Original publisher's printed grey paper wrappers sewn. Age-toning. Stamp residue upper right corner of front wrapper. Period ownership signature A. F. Rodgers top margin front wrapper. Very Good. 20 pp. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/>Rodgers employed by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Frank Eastman & Co., Printers unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 45134

‎California Local History. Huelsman Charles L. Louisa Lena Otto Minnie & Albert C. Pictured‎

‎CABINET CARD. 2626 M Street. Sacramento Calfornia‎

‎Sacramento n. d. Ca 1890. Stiff-stock beige card mount with gilded edge. Some modest wear & soiling to mount. Photograph slightly yellowed primarily towards the edges. Verso with later annotation giving address & names of the 6 individuals in the photograph. Very Good. Image depicts a 2 story home complete with picket fence and the 6 person Huelsman family posing on the steps & front yard. A horse in buggy stand in the road in front of the house. Photograph: 4-1/2" x 7-5/8". Mount: 5-1/4" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/>Annotation notes the picture was "taken before the house on the corner 27th st. was built. Pa Huelsman built a nice 6 room home before 1900 on corner. . Taken about 1890." unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 44475

‎California Local History. Pond Edward B. 1833 1910 Mayor‎

‎SAN FRANCISCO ELECTION FINGER POST. Tuesday Sixth Day of November 1888‎

‎San Francisco: J. D. Robertson Publisher 1888. 1st Printing. Shrink-wrapped over poster board. Age-toned. Some edge chipping. Horizontal fold-line with some splitting along fold. About Very Good. Broadside printed in 5 columns. Three columns down the center describing District and Precinct Boundaries & Polling Places: "Open from 6 A.M. to 7 P.M." The two outer columns list the candidates for various political offices. 22-1/2" x 16" <br/><br/>Rare broadside documenting the many candidates for the city's elected position for the 1888 election e.g. Pond the Democratic incumbent is opposed by Dr. C. C. O'Donnell the Independent Candidate as well as Chas. R. Story the Regular Republican nominee. Those listed as running for office include: Mayor - E.B. Pond Incumbent & Winner Democratic Nominee; Dr. C.C. O'Donnell Independent; Charles R. Story Republican; For Treasurer - Christian Reiss Democrat; For Sheriff - James R. Kelly Democrat; For State Senator 19th Senatorial District - David McClure Republican; For Superintendent of Streets - Thomas Ashworth; For District Attorney - Jas. D. Page; For Justice of the Peace - Jas. I. Boland; For Assemblyman 34th District - J.F. Gawthorne; For Public Administrator - James C. Pennie; For Supervisor 12th Ward - Patrick Noble; For Corner - Wm. E. Taylor; Superintendent of Streets - Irving Graham; For Assemblyman 34th District - E.J. Reynolds; For City and County Surveyor - S. Harrison Smith; For Supervisor 1st Ward - Harry Bingham; For Sheriff - C.S. Laumeister; For Auditor - Fleet F. Strother; For Tax Collector - Joseph Spanier; For Supervisor 6th Ward - L.R. Ellert; For Supervisor 1st Ward - Henry Evans; For Supervisor 5th Ward - John T. Cutting; For Supervisor 4th Ward - Dr. Jos. Pescia; For Justice of Peace - H.L. Joachimsen; For Supervisor 7th Ward - Peter Wheelan; For Public Administrator - George T. Bromley; For Sixth Ward - Albert F. Nye; For 43rd Assembly District - L.L. Ewing; For 21st Senatorial District - J.J. Sullivan; For 4th Congressional District - Robert Ferral; For Supervisor 2nd Ward - James M. McDonald. We find no copies recorded on OCLC. J. D. Robertson, Publisher unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 44049

‎CALIFORNIA MAP‎

‎Climate Map of California issued by The Southern Pacific Company 1887/1888‎

‎9" x 30 6/8". Nice condition expected folds. minor signs of handling. Compiled by E. Mc. D. Johnstone under the direction of Brig. Gen. H.C. Wright. Lithographed by H.S. Crocker Co. San Francisco. Includes the Islands of Catalina Santa Cruz and San Clemente. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 301060

‎California Mining Pique Edward‎

‎A Practical Treatise on the Chemistry of Gold Silver Quicksilver and Lead tracing the crude ores from the Mines through the Various Mechanical and Metallurgic Elaborations until the Pure Metal is Obtained. Collected from the best Sources and his own Practical Experience. A useful Book for Every Californian and particularly for Miners Assayers etc.‎

‎San Francisco: Towne & Bacon Book and Job Printers 1860. First edition. Woodcut illustrations. Pp. 133. 1 vols. 12mo. Disbound some light marginal soiling else a very good copy with the signature of M. Standish of Boston on the endpaper. First edition. Woodcut illustrations. Pp. 133. 1 vols. 12mo. California Gold Silver Lead &c. Towne & Bacon, Book and Job Printers unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 27304

‎California Missions‎

‎Our Centennial Memoir. Founding of the Missions. San Francisco de Assis in Its Hundredth Year. The Celebration of Its Foundation. Historical Reminiscences of the Missions of California‎

‎San Francisco: P.J. Thomas 1877. Plates some folding. 192pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later black buckram spine gilt. Light soiling to front endpapers. Frontispiece with some repaired closed tears other paper breaks not repaired. Internally clean. About very good. Plates some folding. 192pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An illustrated account of the Catholic missions in California. The frontispiece shows St. Mary's College. Cowan notes that some copies were issued with a large map of San Francisco which is not present in this volume. Cowan p.166 P.J. Thomas unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 253071

‎California Motor Club‎

‎July 4 1972 - Raineer Creek / 9th year / CMC pinback button‎

‎n.p.: CMC; mfg. by Crown Associates 1972. Oval pin about 2 inches tall. A few specks of pint at the bottom. Issued to commemorate a ride by the gay motorcycle club. CMC; mfg. by Crown Associates unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 229048

‎California Motorcycle Club‎

‎Join the Parade to the 10th Annual CMC Carnival leaflet Sunday November 9 1975 Seamen's Hall 350 Fremont St. SF‎

‎San Francisco: CMC 1975. Single 5.5x8.5 inch leaflet printed one sid only with three Leatherman figures marching fife and drum with Betsy Ross American Flag blue ink on toned white stock union bug bottom left. The predecessor of the Folsom Street Fair which began in 1966. CMC unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 255579

‎California Newspapers‎

‎The Santa Cruz Local Item‎

‎Santa Cruz: H. Coffin 1880. Very good. 8 issues 8pp. each plus two broadsheet supplements. Folio newsprint. Contemporary sales agency ink stamps. Light wear and chipping at top edges; a few nicks and minor wear to other edges. Light toning and dust soiling to regular newspaper issues; broadsheets moderately toned and slightly brittle. An excellent group of eight issues plus two broadsheet supplements of this rare California newspaper. The Local Item was one of two newspapers along with the Courier published in Santa Cruz in the late 1870s; the two papers merged in 1880. The present group contains five issues and two broadsheet supplements from April and May 1879 which contain much news and debate over the ratification of the new California state constitution which was eventually approved by popular vote on May 7 1879. Among the many issues debated are the apportionment of local and state power the judicial and educational articles powers of taxation and clauses prohibiting Chinese residents from the vote and many types of employment. The two supplemental broadsheets print opinions on the new Constitution from various California and eastern newspapers as well as excerpts from speeches of California politicians Thomas Laine and Creed Haymond. On the whole the view put forward and reprinted by the newspaper take a fairly negative view of the new Constitution. The final three issues present here from the end of 1879 and the beginning of 1880 contain a mix of local state and national news developments in San Francisco markets and stories of human and more fantastical interest such as an account of Colorado ranch life updates on Yellow Fever epidemics reports of a sea monster and a lengthy exposé on a woman who had posed as a man for a quarter-century. A rare periodical and a good document of an important political moment in California state history. OCLC locates only a run at Berkeley and a group of early issues at AAS. H. Coffin unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1141

‎California Parlor Car Tours Inc‎

‎The Romantic Road to California's Yesterdays‎

‎Los Angeles CA: California Parlor Car Tours Inc 1925. Very Good. 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches. 28 pp. Numerous halftone photographic illustrations map of California's El Camino Real from Los Angeles to San Francisco glossary schedule; text clean unmarked pages toned. Self wraps halftone wrap-around photographic illustration stapled; binding square and tight toned corners lightly bumped foot of spine chipped. Very good. Promotional brochure for the California Parlor Car Tours Inc advertising various all-expense-paid trips between Los Angeles and Monterey. Provides descriptions of different tour options with many halftone photographic images of tourist locations along El Camino Real including the Redwoods Carmel Mission "Hollywood's Famous Movie Colony" and so forth. A one-way three-day trip cost $47.50. A glossary at the back provides translation and interpretation of the Spanish names along the Camino. California Parlor Car Tours was founded in 1924 and is still in operation in 2013. California Parlor Car Tours, Inc paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : SGG313B-20

‎California Pharmaceutical Association‎

‎Forty-second Annual Convention Santa Cruz 1948‎

‎Santa Cruz: The Association 1948. 56p. 8x10 inches ads photos of officers program photos of Santa Cruz committees contributing firms very good program in blue felt covers decorated in faux gilt and bound with a cord. Souvenir program for the conventionfeatures ads for California medical supply and drug companies including Youngs Rubber Corporation! The Association unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 166594

‎California Photographica‎

‎PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM FEATURING VIEWS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING SCENES FROM THE 1906 ROSE PARADE AND OF SEVERAL SMALL COMMUNITIES‎

‎Pasadena Los Angeles Long Beach and elsewhere described below 1906. 103 silver gelatin photographs from 1 1/4 x 1 to 4 3/4 x 5 inches mounted to album leaves. Oblong octavo album. Limp textured calf. Some wear and rubbing. One or two smudges to captions photographs in excellent condition overall. Very good. An engaging and remarkably well-preserved album recording over a year in the life of a large and jovial Church of the Brethren family from Pasadena. Most photos are captioned in white pencil often with location and date but rarely identifying the people photographed; some photos also include a date stamp including month and day. <br> <br> Although the identity of the skilled amateur photographer is not revealed the families featured appear to be part of one of the large migrations of the Brethren to Southern California. In search of cheap fertile land the Brethren typically migrated west in groups by which they could more easily hold on to their faith and lifestyle while at the same time winning converts by demonstrating their prosperous communities and godly lives. One of the families may be the Snyders as two photos of a house labeled "752 Hull St. Pasadena" matches the address of one J.S. Snyder in THE BRETHREN FAMILY ALMANAC for 1908. There is also a photo labeled "Watkins Family at 122 N. Hudson" and while that address is not found in the ALMANAC there is a T.J. Watkins listed with a post office box in Los Angeles. <br> <br> The album follows the family on an extensive tour of Southern California - from the mountains to the beach to the desert. The album begins with a number of photos of the extended family in various poses groupings and settings around a house in Pasadena. Some of the family group photos are repeated shots with only minor changes in composition. <br> <br> The tour begins with a Fourth of July picnic in Eaton Canyon in the foothills just above Pasadena; views of and from Mt. Wilson including a man riding a burro; the Pasadena Library; San Gabriel Mission; Hotel Green Pasadena; Pasadena High School at Euclid and Sierra Madre; and the train station at Lordsburg a Brethren settlement now La Verne. Interspersed are six photos of floats in the 1906 Tournament of Roses Parade. There are also views of the Salt Lake Railroad Station and other scenes of downtown Long Beach including the Bath House; a shack near Redlands; the Riverside Cactus Garden; a bridge over Devil's Gate Reservoir; the hotels Raymond and Maryland both in Pasadena; the Ocean Park Bath House on Christmas Day 1905; Port Los Angeles Railway Station; the First Brethren Church in Los Angeles and the Baptist Brethren Church on Hull Street in Pasadena. There are also several photos of the grand houses on Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena. <br> <br> An exceptional vernacular photograph album of Southern California. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM55775

‎California Pictorial Letter Sheet‎

‎LA PORTE SIERRA COUNTY. STREET VIEW. caption title‎

‎La Porte Ca.: Published by J.C. Lester Bookseller etc. 1858. Pictorial letter sheet 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches on ruled white paper. Wood engraved illustration 3 3/4 x 5 inches. A slight bit of edge wear else fine. A scarce California pictorial letter sheet giving a view of the mining town of La Porte. The view shows the town's main street and several businesses are identified including Everts Wilson & Co. banking house; Lee & Ned's Pioneer Livery Stable; the Hotel de France; and the Union Hotel. A number of men women and children are shown in the street along with a miner carrying a pickaxe. The view of the town which carries an "AE" monogram is attributed to artist Alexander Edouart son of silhouettist Auguste Edouart. La Porte is located near the north bank of Rabbit Creek after which it had formerly been named on a ridge between the Yuba and Feather rivers at an altitude of 4500 feet. Mining began in La Porte around 1850 and continued throughout the decade. A printed description and history of the town surrounds the image the two occupying the upper half of the whole sheet. Baird locates a total of only four copies of this view of La Porte. BAIRD CALIFORNIA'S PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS 129. CLIFFORD LETTER SHEET COLLECTION 136. Published by J.C. Lester, Bookseller, etc. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM44297

‎California Pious Fund‎

‎BEFORE THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION OF 1899. THE CASE OF THE PIOUS FUND OF THE CALIFORNIAS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. REPUBLIC OF MEXICO. STATEMENT AND BRIEF ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES‎

‎Washington 1902. 61pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly discolored. Three hole-punched in left margin. Very good. Scarce printing of the United States government's brief in the long-running lawsuit with Mexico over the disposition of the "Pious Fund." The fund was originally established as a charity for the continuation of Jesuit missionary work in California. The resolution of this lawsuit finally brought the issue which began in the 1840s to a close. This was the first case to be arbitrated by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM45110

‎California Poetry. Whitaker Robert 1863 1944‎

‎MY COUNTRY And Other Verse‎

‎San Francisco: The James H. Barry Company 1905. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the ffep in the year of publication. With tipped-in TLs in front. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. TEG. Slight lean. Modest extremity wear. A VG - VG copy. 210 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> The James H. Barry Company hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 36447

‎California Politics. Bittner William E. Candidate. Kuchel Thomas Henry Incumbent‎

‎"TEAR THIS MASK OFF The CONTROLLER'S OFFICE And GIVE The OFFICE BACK To The PEOPLE!" Bittner Means Business. Vote for Wm. E. Bitter. June 6th. Controller‎

‎William E. Bittner Election Campaign 1950. Stiff cardstock. Black recto with white lettering white verso with black lettering. Adhesive with opaque paper remnants to verso only faintly obscuring the text near the mask's string holes. Else only minor wear clean and crisp. VG. Die-cut campaign advertisement in the shape of a robber's mask printing on both recto and verso. ~3" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>Feisty political flyer from William E. Bittner's campaign for the Controller's office in the 1950 California elections implicitly accusing the incumbent Thomas Kuchel of figuratively robbing the people while in office. Kuchel beat Bittner for the Controller seat and later was appointed to fill Richard Nixon's Senate seat when the latter was elected Vice President in 1952. [William E. Bittner Election Campaign] unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 42570

‎California Postsecondary Education Commission‎

‎Women and minorities in California public postsecondary education: their employment classification and compensation 1977-1981‎

‎Sacramento: California Postsecondary Education Commission 1983. iv 187p. staplebound with blue sheets front and back 11x8.5 inches. Has sections on the UC system the Cal State system and community colleges. California Postsecondary Education Commission unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 121052

‎California Printing /California History‎

‎The REGISTER Of The SOCIETY Of COLONIAL WARS In The STATE Of CALIFORNIA.; Whereunto is Added A Brief Account of the Formation of the Society also Three Copper Engravings of Prominent Officials; to which is appended Lists of Past Officers Officers for Ano. 1927 and Officers-Elect for Ano. 1928‎

‎Los Angeles: Printed at the Abbey San Encino at Garvanza Oldtown by Clyde Browne Master Printer 1928. 1st Edition "for Private Distribution". Original marooon cloth spine over drab boards printed in red. Shelf-wear with staining to boards. Board showing at tips. Offest to free eps. About Very Good. 47 1 blank pp. Illustrated with 3 b/w half-tone portraits. 8vo.10-1/8" x 6-5/8" <br/><br/> Printed at the Abbey San Encino at Garvanza Oldtown, by Clyde Browne, Master Printer hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 45379

‎California Quarterly‎

‎CALIFORNIA QUARTERLY‎

‎Los Angeles 1952. Volume one numbers 1 through 3. Three issues. Octavo. Printed wrappers. "Sample" stamp on upper wrapper and table of contents of I:1 a bit of minor soiling to wrappers very good. Edited by Lawrence Spingarn et al. Representative issues from the early years: contributors include Willard Marsh Rolfe Zahn Bradbury McGrath Traven Honig McGrath Neruda Césaire Killens Merriam John Williams and others. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT84571

‎California Rainbow Coalition‎

‎California Rainbow on the move; California Rainbow state convention and Jackson Action voter registration rally with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Assemblywoman Maxine Waters Convener plus other speakers. Sunday September 25 1988 . Los Angeles‎

‎Los Angeles: California Rainbow Coaliton 1988. handbill leaflet. Leaflet 8.5x11 inches printed one side only. Leaflet for the upcoming rally mentioning the political work ahead including voter registration and the UFW Grape Boycott etc. California Rainbow Coaliton unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 63982

‎California Regional Benefit Cookery Book. Roosevelt Mrs. Theodore; Taft Mrs Wm. H.; Sherman Mrs. J. S. Contributors‎

‎CHOICE EATABLES. Containing Original Autograph Recipes Written Espressly for this Book by the First Ladies of the Land : : : : Compiled by the Christian Endeavor Society of the First Congregational Church of San Jose California‎

‎San Jose California: San Jose Printing Company 1908. 1st printing. Not in Axford Brown Cook Glozier nor Wheaton & Kelly. Original publisher's brown stiff-stock printed paper wrappers. Wrappers show some wear soiling & chipping. Front wrapper beginning to detach top 3". Paper chipping at spine ends. Prior owner pencil marginalia. A Good copy. 112 2 pp. Recipes signed in type. Inserted blank leaves for notes. Local business adverts throughout. Facsimiles of the letters sent by the first ladies. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>Your typical benefit cookery book with recipes for the usual: bread vegetables salads eggs cookies cake etc etc. though with the decidely atypical submissons by Roosevelt Taft & Sherman who respectively provided recipes for spice cake stuffed eggs and peanut cookies. <br /> <br />Quite scarce with at the time of cataloguing OCLC recording just two institutional holdings SJSU & UCLA. San Jose Printing Company unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 40642

‎California Republican State Central Committee‎

‎STAND BY THE REPUBLICAN COLORS! SPEECH OF HON. HENRY WILSON OF MASSACHUSETTS AT GREAT FALLS NEW HAMPSHIRE FEBRUARY 24 1872‎

‎San Francisco: Republican State Central Committee 417 Kearny St. 1872. 8pp caption title as issued. Text in double columns Very Good. <br/><br/> On the Democrats' treasonous behavior from Nullification through Civil War and Reconstruction. Additionally "the difference between Republicans and Democrats is this: the Republicans try to discover and punish their thieves; the Democrats never punish theirs." The California State Central Committee published this speech in an effort to secure California for Grant and the Republicans. <br/>Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker LCP. NUC records the DC edition only. Republican State Central Committee, 417 Kearny St. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 11145