Oakland: 1917. Folding map, 15 x 30.75 inches; folded to 7.75 x 4 inches. Separation at one fold with no loss, not affecting map. Minor wear and soiling. Scarce map of Alameda County, showing the primary roads from Albany south to Warm Springs and west to Altamont. Also denotes rail..... More
San Francisco: Edward Denny & Co., 1912. Folding map, 25.25 x 23.75 inches. Original printed wrappers. Some soiling and light wear to wraps. A couple very minor separations and losses along map folds. Light tanning. A scarce pocket map of Kings County, California, south of Fresno, published by Edward Denny..... More
![Hill's 1924 City Map of Los Angeles, Calif. [cover title]. California](/pictures/thumb/1271.JPG?v=1587505518)
Los Angeles: 1923. Folding map, approximately 25.5 x 22 inches. Original printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling to wraps; light wear along fold lines, with a couple of minor separations at fold points. Rare first edition of this street map of Los Angeles in the mid-1920s. The recto of the..... More
![The Sign of the Arrowhead. Arrowhead Hot Springs. Arrowhead, California [cover title]. California](/pictures/thumb/McBRB677_01.JPG?v=1562628767)
Los Angeles: [1924]. 27,[5]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear, contemporary ink stamp on rear cover. Internally clean. Handsome promotional work for the Arrowhead Hot Springs Resort located near San Bernardino. The pamphlet describes the healing power of the hot springs (the hottest in the world according to the chart..... More
San Francisco: Towne & Bacon, 1867. [56]pp. Quarto. Original printed boards; linen spine reinforced with older cloth. Wear and soiling to boards. Minor foxing and toning to text. "Prepared by the San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works, successors to Kellogg, Hewston & Co." More
![Vistas de Redondo [cover title]. California](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1415_01.jpg?v=1596891294)
Los Angeles: M. Rieder, 1905. [18]pp., accordion folded in nine panels. Original brown printed wrappers. Text separated from wrappers. Some light wear and soiling. Promotional viewbook for Redondo Beach featuring images of the beach, street scenes, the wharf and fishing activities, and a four-panel panoramic view of "Hotel Redondo -..... More
![Papers Relating to the Quartzburg Mining Company of Point Richmond, California]. California, Mining](/pictures/thumb/McBRB642.JPG?v=1564256218)
[Point Richmond, Ca. 1921-1937]. Various printed and manuscript materials, totaling [30]pp. Light wear and tanning. Occasional staining and foxing. Small group of documents pertaining to the little-known Quartzburg Mining Company. Most of these describe the assets of the company and also include completed and blanks forms relating to an application..... More
Madera, Ca. [ca. 1890s]. Broadside, 16.5 x 9.5 inches. Horizontal fold at center. A few very short closed tears at top edge. Even tanning; a couple of faint fox marks. A scarce broadside advertisement for a land sale north of Fresno during the late 19th century. The Bank of Madera..... More
San Francisco: R.J. Waters & Co., 1907. Panoramic photograph, 12 x 66.5 inches. Light wear and soiling, faint creasing in a few places. Striking, large panoramic photograph of San Francisco depicting the heart of the city a year after the Great Earthquake of 1906. Taken from Nob Hill, one can..... More
![Five Large Blueprints of Early Depression-Era Weber Dam Modifications]. California, Weber Creek Dam](/pictures/thumb/McBRB651_01.JPG?v=1558540543)
Placerville, Ca. 1929. Five blueprints, measuring from approximately 24 x 34 to 29 x 41 inches. Tipped onto modern cardboard backing at left edge, overlaid with brown paper. Light wear, a couple of archival repairs at edges. Contemporary blind stamps. A group five large and fascinating blueprints that delineate proposed..... More
Berkeley, Ca. 1907. 133pp. Original printed wraps. Corners and spine ends chipped; minor fading to spine and wrapper edges. Contemporary ownership inscription on title page. Minor toning. An extensive treatment of institutional and social racism against Japanese immigrants in California during the early 20th century. The author, Herbert Johnson, had..... More
San Francisco: William Doxey, 1895. [8],80pp. Quarto. Original pictorial boards, illustrated dust jacket. Light wear and dust soiling to boards, corners slightly bumped. Several archival repairs and minor restorations, with one slightly larger at upper rear corner. Light tanning, an occasional fox mark internally. A rare children's book by San..... More
[Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and various other locations. 1855-1914]. Twenty-six diaries, comprised of [6,817]pp. Mostly quarto volumes, a few folios. Several with boards either loose or lacking; wear to bindings. Some light wear and soiling to contents, but generally clean and highly legible. Numerous clippings either pasted or pinned into text. A..... More