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[Los Angeles]: 1926. Broadsheet, 9-1/4" x 16"; folded to make 8-panel brochure, 9-1/4" x 4". Printed with black ink on buff background. Photographic bust illustration of founder Sidney P. Dones wearing a three piece suit and touching his hand to his chin. Some staining. Good+. Eureka Villa, founded in 1924..... More
San Francisco: Commercial Publishing Company, 31 California St. 1889. 73, [1 blank] pp. Original printed front wrapper with wrapper title [as issued], disbound. A clean text, signed in ink on the last text page and on the front wrapper by Mitchell. Except as noted, Very Good [offered with] .... ARGUMENT..... More
Santa Barbara: 1927. [16], 499, [1] pp. Bound in publsher's decorative green cloth. Front free endpaper with several old library marks. Else Very Good. Howes catalogues this later edition, and calls the book "The most readable historical narrative of early southern California." Howes B325. More
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Sacramento: H.A. Weaver & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers, 1873. 7, [1 blank] pp. Last page prints the People's Union Independent Anti-Monopoly Ticket, for State Senate and Assemblymen. Very Good. Booth was elected Governor of California in 1871, campaigning as a Republican and with support from African Americans. In..... More
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[Brooklyn? 1843-1848]. Small broadsides, from 3.75" x 6" to 5.5" x 8.5", most printed on white paper, a few on blue. Occasional light scattered foxing, light toning, minor wear. Very Good. The Brooklyn City Guard was formed in August 1842, as a volunteer military company. A light artillery unit, it..... More
[California: 1882]. 62, [2 blank[ pp. Original printed wrappers [lightly dustsoiled], stitched. Rubberstamp at head of front wrap: "McKee, J. Filed Feb. 25, 1882." Text clean. Very Good. [offered with] NO. 8072. ... POINTS AND AUTHORITIES FOR APPELLANT. MASTICK, BELCHER & MASTICK, ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT. 41, [1 blank] pp. Original..... More
[San Francisco: Republican State Central Committee, 417 Kearny St. 1872]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Text in double columns, Very Good. 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..... More
Sacramento: State Office: F.P. Thompson, 1878. ix, [3], 130 pp. Contemporary sheep, several library marks else Very Good. More
Sacramento: State Office. James J. Ayers, 1883. xlv, [3], 410, 19 pp. Contemporary sheep, front cover detached but present. Several library marks, otherwise a clean text. Good+. More
Sacramento: D. W. Gelwicks, State Printer, 1868. lxix, [3], 909 [i.e., 809], [3 blanks], 40 pp. Pages 796-809 wrongly numbered 896-909. A clean and Very Good text, bound in modern legal buckram, with gilt-lettered morocco spine title. Inner front hinge strengthened, bookplate remnant on front pastedown. A gargantuan compilation, including..... More
[Washington: 1895]. 4pp, folding map. Disbound. Light tanning. Good+. More
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0San Francisco: Bradley & Rulofson, Photographers, [1880?]. Albumen photograph, 4-1/2" x 5-3/4", reproducing an early California print, mounted on stiff 8" x 10" board. Image surrounded by gilt border. "Bradley & Rulofson, Photographers, S.F." printed beneath image, within the border. Below the border is printed "San Francisco, 1849. Drawn on..... More
[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..... More
San Francisco: Placer Times and Transcript Office, 1854. 8pp, bound in attractive modern quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt spine lettering. Very Good. A significant chapter in the epic Gwin-Broderick struggle, which split the California Democratic Party on the Kansas-Nebraska issue and ended only with Broderick's death in a duel..... More
[San Francisco: 1894]. Original staples and printed wrappers, with wrapper title [as issued]. 12pp, lightly toned, Very Good. The Mass Meeting attacked the "Railroad Octopus," which assails the people "by unjust accumulations and intelligent and determined concentration of power for bad ends . . . Its cupidity, its selfishness, its..... More
Tours: Ad Mame et Cie, 1853. [1-half title], [1], [1 blank], [frontis], 188 pp. Chromolithographic frontispiece and 7 chromolithographic plates with tissue guards. Original pictorial paper covered boards in color and gilt [minor wear], all edges gilt. Front board illustration of a large sailing boat at sea, with a smaller..... More
San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co., Printers, 1884. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Stitched. 12pp. Lightly worn, Very Good. The U. S. Supreme Court considered the issue in Robb v. Connelly, 111 U. S. 624 [1884]. OCLC 426226162 [2- U MI U MI Law]... More
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New York: Nesbit & Co., Printers, [1860s?]. Brilliantly colored clipper ship card, oblong 4" x 6-5/8." Slight abrasion to several letters of "Printers, N.Y." in imprint. A couple of small spots. Mounting remnants on blank verso. Very Good. More
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[San Francisco? 1877?]. 44pp, sewn, original printed wrappers [light dusting and minor wear]. Very Good. Laid in at the end is a one page Memorandum of the Court on Motion for Injunction, by Judge Dwinelle. Cohen was a leader of California's early Jewish community, a prominent attorney, and a railroad..... More
[San Francisco: 1876]. 8pp, sewn, original printed wrappers [light toning], Very Good. Cohen was a leader of California's early Jewish community, a prominent attorney, and a railroad promoter. Here he takes on the Central Pacific Railroad, charging in this derivative suit that the Railroad-- acting through its Directors Stanford, Huntington..... More
[Santa Rosa: 1885]. Engraved invitation, top flap with color illustration of American flag. Bottom half in several elegant type styles and fonts. "Grover Cleveland" in manuscript. Mild wear, Very Good. [offered with] REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND MILITARY CARNIVAL OF CO. E. 5TH INF. REG. N.G.C. AT ARMORY RINK, SANTA ROSA..... More
San Francisco: W.A. Slocum, 1882. xiii, [5], [17] - 710 pp, as issued. With photo illustration frontis and numerous other plates, all as listed, some with facsimile signatures. Occasional minor spotting. Attractive modern quarter calf and marbled paper over boards. Raised spine bands and gilt spine title. Very Good plus..... More
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[Washington]: Special Session. SD2, 1849. 85, [3 blanks] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. "This report is the first extended publication of the journal of the officer commanding the Mormon Battalion as it marched from New Mexico to California" [Wagner-Camp]. It is "the first publication of the journal in full" [Cowan]..... More
Washington: 1856. 14, [2 blank] pp. Disbound, partly loosened. Tanned with some foxing and light wear. Good+. "Principally of his frauds in the purchase of horses in 1846 and 1847, while disbursing officer in California." Cowan. "Carelessness, recklessness, favoritism, and connivance with the claimants." That's the verdict on Fremont. The..... More
[np: 1856?]. Folded, old binder holes in blank inner margin. 16pp. Light wear and tan. Good+ to Very Good. A wild anti-Fremont attack, charging that Republicans have violated "the most solemn treaties of the United States with the Indians," and have sought "to stop the wheels of government, stir up..... More