![Item #4015 Emerson's Great Sensation Drum Major. Arranged by George T. Evans [caption title]....](/images/noimage.png)
San Francisco & Portland: M. Gray, 1871. 5pp., including chromolithographed front cover. Loose sheets, separated along spine. Minor toning, soiling, and staining. Faint ink stamp at base of title page for contemporary retailer William A. Frey on Kearny Street. An uncommon piece of sheet music lithographed by famed artist Grafton..... More
![Item #3956 Sherman Institute U.S. Indian School. Riverside, Calif. [cover title]. Native...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB3956_01.jpg?v=1678722400)
[Riverside, Ca. 1909]. [82]pp., including [13]pp. of text, the remainder comprised of photographic views, including one folding image. Original light tan illustrated wrappers printed in dark tan. Moderate edge wear and soiling to wrappers, a handful of short closed edge tears unobtrusively reinforced on verso with cello tape. Light bump..... More
Irvington, Ca. May, 1941. [6],150pp. Original wooden boards decoratively illustrated and lettered in green, gray, and black paint on the front board, reading, "Recipes Irvington P.T.A." and bound by three separate rings. Text uniformly toned, with several leaves detached but present, a few with minor chipping. An exceedingly rare DIY..... More
[N.p., likely San Luis Obispo]: Aston, [1947 or earlier]. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 29.25 inches. "Aston Photo Shop" stamp on verso. Small crease at lower left corner, otherwise a very nice image. A somber scene of the funeral of a Japanese-American child, photographed by Frank Aston, a notable photographer in..... More
![Item #2341 Funeral of the Late Shigeki Yokota [caption title in Japanese, translated to English]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2341.jpg?v=1678130295)
Fresno: Kamiyama, 1954. Panoramic photograph, 10 x 38 inches. Minor wear and occasional soft creasing. A substantial panoramic photograph depicting the somber scene of the funeral of Fresno resident Shigeki Yokota on September 8, 1954. A couple of hundred mourners pose for the camera at the corner of 9th and..... More
![Item #3206 [Letter Written by a Miner from the California Gold Fields]. California Gold Rush,...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB3206.jpg?v=1674046947)
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
[San Diego: 1909-1916]. Eight volumes, totaling 2,635 pages, and approximately 85,000 words, with individual daily entries ranging from a single line to an entire page. Six volumes octavo, final two volumes twelvemo, all matching "Date Book" annual diaries, uniformly bound in matching limp red cloth. Varying levels of rubbing, edge..... More