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San Rafael, California: San Rafael Gas & Electric Light Co., 1902. Soft cover. Good. One-sided printed letter; 8 1/2" x 11"; handwritten date of Feb 10th, 1902; right margin with crease lines, else clean; good. An introduction/advertisement letter, addressed "Dear Sir" (no specific addressee name), promoting the wonderful qualities of electricity and outlining the rates and conditions of the San Rafael Electric Company.

Berkeley: University of California College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1929. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition; staple-bound; pp. [2], 4-47, including text to front and back cover verso; original printed wraps; minor wear, a few crease lines to corners; clean and bright; very good. Illustrated with tables and graphs. The bulletin explains the types of credit, farm loans, how to use them, how to build an estate, and why credit costs vary.

Berkeley: University of California College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1940. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition; staple-bound; pp. [1], 3-108, including text to front cover verso; original printed wraps; minor wear to covers; very good or better. Illustrated with b & w photographs. Common diseases of flowers and plants in California. Additional explanation of diseases not widely-spread in the state for aiding those who wish to obtain seeds or plants from other states.

Berkeley: University of California College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1943. Soft cover. Good. Revised edition; staple-bound; pp. [1], 3-167, including text to front and back cover verso; original printed wraps; small crease lines to covers; personal name sticker affixed to upper margin of front cover; good. Illustrated with b & w photographs, tables and graphs. The circular explains the climatic divisions of California, garden soils, planting calendar, common ornamental flowers and plants, etc.

Berkeley: University of California College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1931. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition; staple-bound; pp. [1], 4-22, [2] including publisher's list to back cover; original printed wraps; very minor wear, mostly the slightest age-darkening to spine and a small nick to lower margin; very good to near fine. Illustrated with numerous b & w photographs and tables. History of Helix aspersa (brown snail) distribution in California, its characteristics, habits, etc.

S. l. [Berkeley]: California College of Arts and Crafts, 1937. First edition; 9 1/4 x 6; pp. 14; beige wraps printed in black; a bit of age-toning and a small rubbed spot to top edge of back wrap; very good condition.An issue of a magazine, published by a landmark institution in the San Francisco Bay Area and one of the premier fine arts and design schools in the United States, it contains articles and news on events, happenings, and students and members of the faculty. The university was established in 1907 under the name School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts, renamed in 1908 to California School of Arts and Crafts, renamed again in 1936 to California College of Arts and Crafts, and finally in 2003 it received its current name of California College of the Arts. The founder, Frederick Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer (1872 – 1961), was an art educator and one of the most prominent figures in the Arts and Crafts Movement in the Bay Area.

Fresno, CA: California Peach & Fig Growers, 1920. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (ca 1920); two fold brochure, 6 x 10 1/2 unfolded; cream stock, printed in blue; very light foxing to bottom edge; a small cut to fore-edge; illustrated with photographs and drawings; very good or better condition.A pretty pamphlet, extolling the virtues of the Blue Ribbon Figs of the Central Valley of California, it advertises "brownie meat" (packed for children), "Fig Brownies," and "Fig Meat" (12-ounce bricks).

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition, staple-bound 5 3/4" x 9"; pp. i-vi publisher's advertisement, [8], 9-25, including index to back cover verso; original printed wraps; minor wear to covers-small nick to upper fore-edge of front cover; slight rust spots around staples; note"earthquakes-1894" in red to upper margin of front cover; pages clean; very good. A report of the Department of the Interior on the documented occurrences of earthquakes, in chronological order, during the year of 1894.

San Francisco: Mrs. J. J. Owen, 1899. Hardcover. First edition; oblong 9 x 12; pp. 250; tan cloth over boards; gilt title and decorations to front board; small rubbed spots to corners and tips of spine; several spots to boards; illustrated with in-line and full-page photographic plates and steel engravings; light foxing to first and last few pages; text mostly clean with occasional finger smudges to margins; good to very good condition. Published under the auspices of the Native Sons and the Native Daughters of the Golden West - the former a fraternal organization and the latter, their sister organization, dedicated to preservation and documentation of historic landmarks in California - the book is a beautiful pictorial history of California, describing the Golden State in words and photographs.

S. l. (San Francisco): Published by E.A. Thomson from the Press of the Stanley-Taylor Company, 1906. Hardcover. First edition; 11 3/4 x 8 3/4; pp. [7], 8-302; rebacked, with original black leatherette over boards preserved; gilt title to spine and front board; rubbed spots along edges of boards; illustrated with full-page, black & white, engraved plates; overall in very good condition.A spectacular and quite amusing collection of caricatures of early-20th century Californians, with most of them notable railroad barons, politicians, merchants, etc. of San Francisco, but also some from Los Angeles, Sacramento, and a few other cities. Of the more colorful characters pictured are United States Federal Judge William Cary Van Fleet, California entrepreneur and engineer Henry 'H.C' Cutting, and so on. The illustrations are accomplished by 22 renowned San Francisco cartoonists, including Rube Goldberg, Chas Donnelly, Laura E. Foster, and Anna Fulton.

San Francisco, CA: By the Artist, 1925. Softcover. Silver gelatin photograph in printed yellow wraps, tied with a decorative silk string; photo 3 3/4 x 6 3/4, wraps 4 1/4 x 7 1/4; light creasing to wraps; photo subtitled in lower margin; near fine condition.A beautiful advertising piece from the artist's late years, most probably given to potential customers at his studio, the photograph depicted one of Rea's award-winning paintings of Loma Alta - one of the highest points of Marin County in the Bay Area - and was subtitled: "Loma Alta at the end of a perfect day. California State Fair Special Award, 1925. All copyrights reserved by Louis E. rea, Artist." Louis Rea (1868-1927) was born in Flint, Michigan and his family moved to Northern California in 1876, to the small town of Lincoln in Placer County. He exhibited a significant artistic talent at a young age and was known for his refusing to paint any buildings in his art, saying that they detracted from the beauty of the… Read More

Chronicle Books, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author. Condition: Near Fine - DJ has the slightest wear to top right corner; pages clean and bright.

San Francisco: T. E. Flynn & Company, 1883. Softcover. First edition; 9 x 5 3/4; pp. [1], 406-480; grey wraps, printed in black; a few rubbed spots along spine; small signature of previous owner to front wrap; back wrap advertisement illustrated with a woodcut; very good condition.Being the official organ of the Department of Public Instruction, the journal featured new methods and experiments in teaching, new educational devices, poetry, hints and advice on schools and universities, etc. Right around the same time, the Department of Public Instruction led a campaign, through the journal, to take away textbook printing from the major commercial publishers and entrust it to the state. The movement would prove successful, culminating with the famous Perry Amendment to the Constitution of California in 1884.

San Francisco: Sunset Press, 1922. Softcover. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. 20; speckled brown wraps, illustrated in green; minor rubbing and creasing to tips of spine and corners; small cut to fore-edge of back wrap; full-page, b & w illustrations by artist Mary DeNeale Morgan; very good condition.Telling the history of the cypress tree in the Monterey region, the book features beautiful illustrations after paintings of noted California artist Mary DeNeale Morgan (1868 - 1948). Named by the editors of "Scribner's Magazine" one of the nation's foremost women artists in 1928, Morgan is greatly revered for her legacy as a painter, teacher, and community organizer.

California State CHamber of Commerce, 1949. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition thus, staple-bound 6" x 9"; pp. 3-23, including text to back cover verso; original printed wraps; 1" closed cut to fore-edge of back cover; slight wear to head of spine; illustrated with graphs, tables, and diagrams; very good. A summary of the economic growth and recovery of California in the postwar years 1946 through 1948.

Los Angeles, CA: s. n., 1920. Softcover. First edition; accordion-style brochure, three fold, glossy white stock, 4 3/4 x 3 folded; wraps illustrated in b&w; mild wear along spine; light age-toning to margins; illustrated from engravings; very good or better condition.A beautiful advertising brochure for the LA landmark with a rich history. Exposition Park was originally created in 1872 as a 160-acre agricultural park. It received its current name in 1913. The 4 original tenants anchoring the park, and advertised here, were the National Armory, the National History Museum, the California Museum of Science and Industry, and the Sunken Garden (later renamed the Rose Garden). The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Exposition Park is home to the Los Angeles Raiders, the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the University of Southern California’s Trojans, and The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was the cite of John F. Kennedy’s acceptance speech at… Read More

San Francisco: John Howell, 1956. Hardcover. Limited edition (750 copies designed by Lawton Kennedy and printed by The Howell-North Press in Berkeley, CA); 6 1/2 x 9 1/2; pp. [10], v-vi, [2], 1-170, [2]; illustrated green cloth over boards; gilt title to spine; deckled page edges; portrait frontis; minor wear to corners and tips of spine, near fine condition. Clear acetate jacket with 2 closed cuts to upper corners and faint wear, very good.Initially published as 18 separate articles in the San Francisco newspaper 'The Golden Era' in 1853, the stories follow the pre-Gold Rush events in California through the years of 1845 to 1847.

Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1922. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition; staple-bound 6" x 9"; pp. [3], 6-31, including text to back cover verso; original printed wraps; a few slight crease lines; minor soiling to covers; name of previous owner in ink to upper margin of front cover; photographic illustrations and maps; very good. Prepared for the Superintendent of Public Instruction (Will C. Wood). The pamphlet contains chapters on the forests in California, causes of fire, fire prevention, etc. Comprehensive questions follow each chapter.The only copy in the trade.

Sacramento, CA: Redevelopment Agency of the City of Sacramento, 1960. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (ca 1960); 10 x 10; pp. [16]; illustrated, textured wraps; minor wear and creasing to tips of spine and corners; illustrated with drawings and photographs; very good to near fine condition.Documenting the major project of restoring and conserving "Old Sacramento" undertaken by the Redevelopment Agency in the 1960s, the book contains fascinating photographs and drawings of the historic area since its founding in 1839, its history, and the plans for its renovation and preservation.

S. l. (Los Angeles, CA): California Fruit Growers Exchange, 1932. Softcover. First edition thus; 5 3/4 x 4 1/4; pp. 1-12; chromolithographed wraps; small nicks to tips of spine and corners; small closed cut to bottom edge of front wrap; illustrated with b & w drawings and two tables; very good or better condition.A charming, coloring book for children, it told the story of Betty and Billy visiting their Uncle Jim, who lives on a ranch in California and grows orange trees. Kids were supposed to read the story and color the illustrations with crayons and water colors. The booklet also contained height and weight charts for keeping records of the development of its little owners and a list of good health rules. A sad fact of the times was that the prevalent reality of the California citriculture was that it completely relied on immigrant, minority groups, and more specifically Chinese, Japanese, and Mexican workers, while literature and art portrayed the industry as always and only involving… Read More