Grass Valley, Ca. September 17, 1855. [4]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines, minor wear. An intimate letter from a gold seeker in Nevada County, California. Theodore Shaw writes to his wife about mixed luck in California, a terrible fire, his concern for their children, and his great..... More

Elk Hill, Ca. December 17, 1853. [3]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds, light wear and soiling. With original mailing envelope. An informative letter sent from a miner in Gold Rush-era California to a friend in Tuolumne County, primarily concerning a mining claim, but also providing many interesting local..... More

[Eldorado & Iowa Hill: 1856-1860]. Four manuscript documents, including three letters, totaling six pages. Old folds, moderate toning, minor edge wear, a few tears, a small hole in one letter. A neat group of four manuscript letters and documents all related to the mining activities of L.D. Davis of Georgia..... More

Ashtabula, Oh. January 29, 1849. [1]pp., on a bifolium. Previously folded. Light dampstaining and short closed tears along gutter, somewhat affecting first few lines of text but not overall sense. An interesting letter from O.H. Field, an aspirational field representative of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company in Ashtabula, Ohio..... More

Coyoteville: September 12, 1855. [2]pp., plus integral blank. Original mailing folds, moderate toning, staining, and ink spotting, but still easily readable. Bottom fourth of integral blank excised. An informative Gold Rush letter about mining in the long-vanished ghost town of Coyoteville, which was an extraordinarily rich gold area for a...... More

[N.p., possibly Marysville]: R.A. Eddy, [ca. early 1850s]. Single folded quarto sheet on blue wove paper, with a large engraved street scene on one page, a later pencil drawing of a floral embellishment on an interior page, with the remainder blank. Slightly trimmed with minor loss to sky section, minor..... More

San Francisco: Tourist Association of Central California, [1915]. 64pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Small chip to lower corner of front wrap. Internally clean. An uncommon guide to potential automobile excursions from the Bay Area, published for visitors to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco during 1915. The text..... More

San Francisco: Southern Pacific Company, 1907. 24pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear. Booklet promoting the Southern Pacific Railway and highlights along its route. With a map and numerous images of the handsome Southern California scenery. More

[N.p., perhaps Minneapolis]: 1909. Lithographed plat map, 19.75 x 30 inches. Folded. Minor wear, numerous plots rubber-stamped "Sold" and with additional shading of some portions in blue or green pencil, and with prices for different groups of lots boldly penciled in, ranging from $150 to $200. Stamp of a Minnesota..... More

[Ojai, Ca.]: Ojai Valley Company, 1925. Lithographic map, 28 x 27 inches. Old olds, some creasing, a few small tears to margins, minor separations at crossfolds, seven-inch closed tear to upper portion of map, two-and-a-half-inch closed tear to lower portion of map, upper and lower margins of map trimmed. A..... More

[N.p., but likely in or near San Mateo, Ca. ca. 1950s]. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 52.25 inches. Moderate scuffing, soiling, some small creases, a few short closed tears, one repaired on verso, pinholes at corners and along edges. A wider-than-usual panoramic photograph capturing for posterity many of the commercial enterprises..... More

Santa Barbara: N.H. Reed, 1906. [17] leaves. Oblong 12mo. Original pictorial wrappers, string-tied. Wrappers heavily chipped at edges, some light soiling. Minor soiling to edges of a few leaves. A handsome viewbook of Santa Barbara featuring gravure views of the mission, hotels, and local sights. One image features Teddy Roosevelt..... More

San Francisco: 1862. Broadside, about 14 x 8.5 inches. Previously folded, with separation along horizontal fold line from right edge. Minor edge wear, plus short closed tear at center of left edge. Moderate staining and soiling. An unrecorded broadside concerning values on parcels of land in what is now San..... More