Berkeley: 1972. Double sided poster measuring 17 x 11 inches. Some creases, wear and small holes in corner, very good overall. A poster for Shirley Chisholm’s campaign produced at her East Bay Campaign Headquarters for the California Primary on June 6, 1972. We find no other records of this poster.....
Los Angeles: 1923? Guidebook measuring 9 ⅜ x 4 inches. With forty-eight numbered and eleven lettered (A-K) maps. Some chipping and folding to edges primarily of outer pages, some loss to a few margins, otherwise bright, very good minus overall with some brittleness and toning. An uncommon early automobile guidebook.....
Northern California: Late 1880s. 4to, one album in burgundy cloth, the other oblong brown pebbled cloth. Seventy-one sepia-toned and cyanotype photographs, most measuring 6 ½ x 4 ½ inches. Near fine with some light wear to albums, photographs very good or better with very good contrast, some showing a hint.....
California: 1850s. With thirteen letters, most multi-page, written from Monterey in 1850, a 7 pp facsimile transcription of a 1834 Mexican land grant on cloth measuring 11 x 14 inches, and and eleven page document on paper in Spanish relating to a Monterey land grant, transcribing an 1841 document. Letters.....
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Britton and Rey: 1850s. Single sheet measuring 8 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches on blue wove paper. Small chip to corner not affecting image, some older tape repairs verso at margins, else fine, very good plus overall and quite attractive. A series of four illustrations telling the story of a......
New York: Newport Land Company, 1967. Broadsheet measuring 5 x 10 inches. Fine condition. A scarce broadside published by the Newport California Land Company extoling the virtues of California and offering homestead lots to be given away via agents on the East Coast. “In view of its having been selected.....
Marysville: R.A. Eddy, 1851. First Edition. Lithograph by Justh, Quirot & Co. Illustration measuring 7 x 10 ½ inches on folded sheet measuring 8 ½ x 10 ⅞ folded. Fine condition. A striking lettersheet illustration of the conflagration in Marysville in 1851, which, according to the city of Marysville, originated.....
Southern California: 1920s. Limp leatherette album, oblong 4to measuring 10 x 7 inches, with seventy photographs, most measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches. Wear to binding, photographs with excellent contrast, very good to near fine overall. An energetic album of photographs belonging to one Eddie Jones, a fun-loving banjo player.....
Los Angeles and Environs: 1919. Photograph album measuring 6 ½ x 8 inches with fifty-one photographs, each 4 ⅜ x 2 ⅞ inches. Front page captioned “California 1919 / Flowers / Animals.” Fine condition, no visible flaws. A visually compelling and very charming relic of early motor tourism, this collection.....
1890s. 9 ½ x 7 inch photographs on 11 x 13 mounts. The first photograph captures a bearded man atop a stump, peering in the forest, with sunlight pouring through a stand of redwoods. The second shows redwood rounds loaded on a train car, with “Exelsior Redwood Co. Eureka Cal.”.....
Mostly Los Angeles: 1937-1939. Oblong quarto, containing 117 photographs. Sixty-two of the photographs involve motorcycles directly, either action shots or posed shots in attire, with many others showing scenery from motorcycle tours. Some photographs missing, those present are in excellent condition with fine contrast, very good condition overall. A charming.....
California: 1911. Single sheet measuring 8 ½ x 11 inches. Two vertical folds, two holes punched at upper margin, very good condition overall. An uncommon survival, possibly published by the Santa Clara County Sherriff’s Office, showing two wanted criminals from 1911, who were travelling together. The first, a C.K. Paullins.....
California: 1855-56. Quarter plate ambrotype measuring 3 ¼ x 4 ¼ inches, with Vance’s embossed identification to mat, housed in a black thermoplastic case. Case split at both hinges, image fine. Robert Vance was one of the first photographers to document California’s gold rush, taking over three hundred images of.....
Humboldt and Eureka Counties: 1951-1960. Oblong quarto, cream colored cloth boards, 10 ¼ x 13 ¼ inches. Contains 160 photographs, measuring from 2 x 3 to 2 x 5 inches. Most photos identified with captions. As engaging a photographic document of mid-century forestry as one is likely to find, following.....
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg and Co., 1876. 8vo, finely bound in ornate polished calf with all edges gilt, 258 pp. A finely bound copy of one of Miller’s best-known works, bound in perhaps early 20th century fine polished calf. Affixed to the preliminary page is an effusive letter from Miller written.....
San Francisco: 1906. Thirty-one silver gelatin prints, measuring 4 x 3 inches, with four accompanying sheets measuring 8 x 5 ½ inches identifying the images. Also included is the original envelope to an illegible recipient, or possibly crediting the images. Fading to images else about fine, very good minus overall.....
Most California: 1900-1950. One linear foot, generally fine condition. Mildred Smith was a writer who worked with Zane Grey in various capacities, including as a co-writer on several plays, as his secretary, longtime travel companion and paramour. After her involvement with Grey, Smith continued writing, trying to sell material under.....