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1900rif. 2733Houston: Southern Pacific Sunset Route 1900. Very good. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. Minor toning and creasing. A simple but still interesting promotional leaflet touting the advantages of rice farming in Texas. The text was taken from the Southern Pacific Rice Book and lists twenty-six points of advice about the rice industry and how it is a good investment. These points are listed alphabetically by letter and each entry begins with that letter. For example: "H. Harvest rice same as wheat using a rice harvester." OCLC records just a single copy at the Autry Museum. Southern Pacific Sunset Route unknown
1920rif. 61528Sydney Australia New York & San Francisco CA: Oceanic Publishing Co. A.M. Robertson 1920. Tall 8vo. xiii 1 375 1 pp. tipped-in blue errata slip on p. vii. Photo frontisp. photo plates illustrations maps. Blue publisher’s cloth white lettering & ruling front cover & spine w/ d.j. chipping & tears head & foot of spine minor loss to spine old tape repairs still NF/G- copy. First edition of the Polish-American/Australian author’s autobiographical memoir relating his travels over 40 years first as Journalist for the New York Herald and other papers and then subsequently as publisher and director for Oceanic Publishing. Coffee 1852-1929 details his travels through British Columbia the Pacific Northwest Hawaii including an automobile trip around the Island of Oahu trips to Easter Island New Caledonia Samoa Tonga Fiji New Guinea New Zealand Japan Alaska and more. Work was reprinted with corrections and additions in 1925. Very scarce in original dustjacket. See: Terry Fogarty & Joan Antarakis Frank Coffee Historical Willoughby 2024. Oceanic Publishing Co., A.M. Robertson, hardcover
1877rif. 8744Sacramento: H. S. Crocker & Co. Printers 1877. 1877 Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. H. S. Crocker & Co. Printers Sacramento 1877. 1877 Edition. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Local History Light stain to very bottom of the front cover. Else near fine condition. A lovely copy with minor defects. Original cloth with blindstamped decorated border front and rear. Size: 16mo very small. 76 2pp. Item Type: Local History. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Groups Clubs & Associations; Western Americana; California; United States; 19th century; Local History / Genealogy; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8744. H. S. Crocker & Co., Printers hardcover
1904rif. CA 2985Montreal: Canadian Pacific Railway 1904. Book. Fair. Paperbound. 1904 Edition. printed paper wraps pp. 84 illustrated 10 full page half-tone plates half-tone illustrations in text two maps on inside front wrap full page adverts on recto and verso of rear wrap wraps are present but detached paper spine has deteriorated front wrap is lightly soiled chipped at edges light soil to title-page. TPL has this in Microform filmed from a copy of the original held by the National Lib of Canada The collation they cite is as follows; 84p. 1 folded leaf of plates: ill. map; 21 cm. My copy does not have a folded leaf of plates and I do not know if their citing "map" denotes the two maps on inside front wrap the wrap that I have cited or a tipped-in or folded map Size: 8 Vo. Canadian Pacific Railway Paperback
1908rif. 9292Riverside California: Press Printing Company 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 6"x8" 387 pages frontis portrait green cloth three illustrations selected sermons and addresses. "All Souls' Universalist Church was founded by Rev. Dr. George H. Deere in July 1881. Its services were first held in the Citrus Fair pavilion and afterward in a little church extemporized from a discarded school building located on Market street near Seventh. In 1891 land was bought at the corner of Seventh and Lemon streets where the society built the elegant little stone church and parsonage which it has since occupied. The more conspicuous of the lay members who aided in the completion of these buildings were Albert S. White William Finch Seneca LaRue Dr. John Hall Aberdien Keith K. D. Shugart and William P. Russell. There was an original membership of fifteen which had grown to 162 in 1912"-genealogytrails. Press Printing Company hardcover
1895rif. BOOKS009456INew York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good/No Dj. 1895. 1st Edition. Hardback. 8vo Rubs to cover/spotting. Text is clean and complete . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1992rif. 01037574New York: Crown Publishers 1992. Dust jacket has a small snag on fore edge of space barely noticeable within new clear Brodart sleeve. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Very Good small fault. Wide Small Quarto. Crown Publishers Hardcover
rif. elala5441London: Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Limited c1912. First Edition. Describing a trans-Atlantic crossing on R.M. Steamship Empress of Britain a trip across Canada on the Canadian Pacific Railway a trans-Pacific crossing on SS Empress of Japan and travels in Japan China and Hong Kong. 4to. pp. 118 xliads. numerous text illus. some full-page incl. frontis. most after photos. padded morocco-grained cloth t.e.g. cloth soiled small hole in upper cover & waterstaining to rear cover. elala5441 London: Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Limited, [c1912] hardcover
1876rif. 53020No place 1876. First edition. self-wrapeprs side-stitched as issued. Horizontal filing crease; light dust-soiling. Large 8vo. unknown
rif. 84313802London 1939 Allen. Green cloth dj. 258p. small bump to front spine else clean.A selection of articles from Chinese periodicals on land ownership labor marketing traade &c. unknown
rif. 63-2708New York: Pacific & Atlantic Photos 1923. Black & White Photograph 8.5 x 6.5 inches with typed note attached. Good with marginal tears minor losses creasing toning. Pacific & Atlantic stamps on verso. New York: Pacific & Atlantic Photos, 1923. unknown
rif. 58420 Mule Team Borax--Where it Comes From what it is Good for and How to Use it Pacific Coast Borax Company New York Chicago Oakland circa 1895 32pp. 4 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches. Staple-bound white pictorial wrappers with ads on front and back for 20 Mule Team Borax products. Light soiling and edge wear. Interior pages lightly toned but clean. Very Good Condition. Rare little advertising booklet for 20 Mule Team Borax brand of products. The title page states "This new work contains a series of Remarkable Photographs of The Borax Mines in Death Valley. The first ever reproduced in a booklet for popular distribution." The 20 Mule Team symbol was first used on Borax products in 1891 ironically after a rail line began transporting borax. 20 mule teams were originally used to move borax out of the hot stinkin' desert. 20 Mule Team Borax is still in production. We find one copy of this ephemeral pamphlet at University of California Santa Barbara as of June 2023 although it should be noted that slight variations in title entry may result in additional copies showing up in OCLC. Nonetheless we find no copies in commerce. unknown
rif. 63-6668Los Angeles CA: Pacific Coast Development Bureau 1914. Three Letter-Sized Pages Signatures & Stamps on Pacific Coast Development Bureau Letterhead Good with perforations marginal tears minor losses some toning & creasing. Provenance: Letters and Autographs from a Who's Who in California 1914 - 1917 to the author Ellis A. Davis regarding Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest California Nevada Utah Arizona. Sold by Cherokee Book Shop to Frederick Ruffner Jr. the founder of Gale Research Detroit. Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Coast Development Bureau, [1914]. unknown
1950rif. 13570Newport Oregon: Pacific Directory Service. Near Fine. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Slight darkening of the spine tiny rub to the upper rear corner. Uncreased very nearly as-new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages . Pacific Directory Service paperback
rif. WARE155MG0015Electra Editrice Milano. Like New. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Fine copy like new. Pristine dust jacket and hard shell case with small corner peeling. Published in Milano 1985. 147 pages. Electra Editrice, Milano unknown
1914rif. 15804San Francisco California: Janssen Press. Near Fine. 1914. First Edition. Soft Cover. Ca: 1914. 73/4" x 9" fully opened. Vertical center crease made by publisher. Seven pages including covers. Illustrated with B/W photographs and two maps. Transportation lines include: Steam Railroads; Electric Railroads; Automobile routes; Trolley and Excursion Boats. Also includes three sheets of unused stationary paper from the Fairmont Hotel Nob Hill San Francisco Ca. West California; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 7 pages . Janssen Press paperback
rif. 51-0559Oakland CA: Southern Pacific Co. Revised to Oct. 1938. 36 x 72 inches. Print from original blueprint. Shows all the companies their buildings and uses as of Oct. 1938. Very useful for environmental impact reports and to verify historical uses. Goes from San Pablo Ave. to 65th St. to Bancroft Ave. to the railroad tracks near the East Shore Highway now Hwy 80. Oakland, CA: Southern Pacific Co., Revised to Oct. 1938. unknown
rif. 56-0317San Francisco Calif.: Southern Pacific Company n.d. Map. Blackline print 13" x 14" with mauve green and yellow lines indicating State Belt Southern Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe interchange points. From Stockyard District at Industrial Street north to Bay and Franklin Street east to Bay. No scale indicated. San Francisco, Calif.: Southern Pacific Company, [n.d.] unknown
rif. 01-0068San Francisco Calif.: Southern Pacific Railroad March 20 1953. Map. Blueprint. 22 x 56 inches. Scale: 1 inch = 2000 feet. San Francisco, Calif.: Southern Pacific Railroad, March 20, 1953. unknown
1938rif. 039294San Francisco CA: Souther Pacific Company 1938. Soft cover. Good. 12mo. Previous owner's name on the first free end paper. His notes in a clear hand updating each locomotive and its specs. Leather of the cover worn at the corners and at the top and bottom ends of the spine. Chip missing from the spine at the top end of the spine. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975. Souther Pacific Company paperback
rif. 56-0316San Francisco Calif.: Southern Pacific Company n.d. Map. Blueprint 8.5" x 11" white on black. From San Bruno Tranforan Ave to Oakdale Ave 25th and Valencia San Francisco Wharves Colma. With chart indicating rates between zones "distance between extremes of each movement" per ton and min car. Not drawn to scale. San Francisco, Calif.: Southern Pacific Company, [n.d.] unknown
1873rif. 83541Evening Post Steam Presses 1873. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. A scarce title. Names vigorously erased on front endpaper so very noticeable removal. Covers worn. A few pages marked in pencil. Evening Post Steam Presses hardcover
1923rif. ABE-1657490227564The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company 1923 Softcover. Staple-bound. 4to. 132pp. Illustrated brown wraps. Multnomah County Milwaukie Oak Grove and Oswego Exchanges. Minor scuffing to wraps with light pencil marks at inside front. Scarce. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company paperback
1911rif. 47543Omaha: Issued By Passenger Departments Union Pacific Railroad Company and Oregon Short Line Railroad Company 1911. 1911. UTAH. First edition. 16mo. Color pictorial wrappers 45 1 pp. illustrated from photographs map. Promotional guide from Union Pacific for the prospective tourist to Salt Lake City. Twenty full-page black and white views illustrate the text. Information on and pictures of Echo Canon Ogden Canon Union Station and the pictures within the building old and new Salt Lake City the Temple Tabernacle and Great Organ the homes of Brigham Young the Eagle Gate Fort Douglas Saltair Beach the original Public Library Hansen Planetarium Elk's Club Newhouse Building Exchange Place Utah's Dead Sea and other Salt Lake City views and information. U.P. route map on final page. Nice descriptions of sights around Salt Lake City. Covers lightly rubbed light wear to the spine ends and small light pencil erasure at bottom of the title page else a very good copy. Issued By Passenger Departments Union Pacific Railroad Company and Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, [1911]. unknown
1868rif. 004824New York: Union Pacific Railroad Company 1868. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 32pp. Pamphlet 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches in size describes the company's progress during the construction of their cross continental railroad in 1867. Cover and map are not present. The 32 page booklet is in very good condition unworn condition. Union Pacific Railroad Company paperback
