Aurora, Mo. Mid-West Map Company, [1933?]. Folding map, 21.75 x 17 inches. Printed in blue. Light wear and soiling, some faint dampstaining. Tape repairs at central corner folds on verso. Folding highway map of California and Nevada, with extensive advertising for the Palms Tourist Camp in Los Angeles. The map..... More
![Item #3366 Map of Long Beach Oil Field, Los Angeles Co., Cal. [caption title]. California, Oil](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB3366.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1663336388)
San Francisco: California State Mining Bureau, 1922. Blueline map, approximately 29 x 44 inches. Old folds, scattered dust-soiling, minor wear at crossfolds, light wear and occasional short closed tears to edges, subtly reinforced with tape on verso, a handful of small pencil emendations. An impressive plat map showing land and..... More
[Oakland: 1909]. Six pieces, including three real photo postcards, typed letter, folding map, and transmittal envelope. Light creasing to images; light tanning to letter and map. Interesting promotional material for the La Blanc Oil Company for their developments in the Sunset Oil Field in Kern County, California in 1909. A...... More
Redlands, Ca. [ca. 1916]. Broadside printed on heavy card, 11 x 14 inches. Corners slightly chipped, a few small edge tears. Light toning and soiling. A handsome display card advertisement for The May Flower, "The Great Stomach and Blood Remedy," prepared by E.A. Bethurun & Co. of Redlands, California. The..... More
![Item #1934 The Miner's Ten Commandments [caption title]. California, Pictorial Letter Sheets,...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB1934.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1643211064)
[N.p., likely San Francisco: ca. 1853]. Broadside, 11.5 x 9.25 inches, with integral blank. Some toning and dust soiling, a bit heavier at top edge, a few very short tears and wear to the edges. An uncommon version of this notable California letter sheet, printing "The Miner's Ten Commandments" in..... More
Sacramento: 1915. 62pp. Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Minor wear at corners. Light tanning and occasional faint foxing. Scarce and extensive informational pamphlet issued by the California Secretary of State regarding state constitutional amendments and referendum measures being put before voters in a special 1915 election. Two laws passed by the state..... More
[San Francisco? 1890]. Twelve handbills, each approximately 9 x 6 inches, plus 7pp. pamphlet and three small promotional cards. Mounted to card backings. Several chips and short closed tears at edges. Tanned. An interesting series of twelve small broadsides or handbills relating to the 1890 California state elections, in which..... More
San Francisco: Jos. Winterburn & Co., 1886. 14pp., plus advertisement leaf. Original printed wrappers bound into 20th-century black quarter leather and marbled boards. Erased signature and small inked numeral to front wrapper. A rare California entry in the ongoing 19th-century and early-20th century debate over the prohibition of alcoholic beverages..... More
[San Francisco: 1897]. [55] leaves. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled at top edge with integral metal hanger. Some wear and chipping at lower edge. Light dust soiling and toning occasional small patches of dampstaining. Sporadic, contemporary manuscript annotations. An interesting promotional for the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, "the Largest Pacific Coast..... More
Porterville: Chamber of Commerce, [1914]. [32]pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Promotional booklet for the small town of Porterville, California, located about halfway between Fresno and Bakersfield. Published by the city Chamber of Commerce, this work touts the amenities and prosperities of Porterville, including its agriculture..... More
Whittier: Board of Trade, 1906. 16pp. Oblong octavo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light soiling and wear. Published less than twenty years after Whittier was founded by Quakers, this promotional work proudly proclaims that "there is now town of its size that will rank higher in intelligence, morality, and progressiveness." Just..... More
![Item #685 Los Angeles: The Gateway to Southern California [cover title]. California, Railroads](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB685_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1563022153)
[Chicago? 1916?]. [12]pp. Original pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. Small contemporary publisher's notice affixed to front wrap. Light wear and dust soiling. Rare promotional for the Salt Lake Route by rail to Los Angeles, and for the attractions of the city itself, published circa 1916. The text touts the population and commercial..... More
Philadelphia: 1900. 59,[3]pp. plus folding map. 12mo. Original yellow printed wrappers. Spine and lower corners chipped; faint contemporary ink stamp on rear wrapper. Quarter-size chip to upper corner of first leaf, slightly affecting frontispiece image. Light toning and dust soiling. Scarce itinerary and program for a six-week tour of California..... More
San Francisco. [1946]. Printed map, 12.75 x 21.25 inches. Previously folded. Very light wear. A scarce, post-World War II cadastral map that depicts lots in subdivisions of San Carlos, California, north of Redwood City. The developer of these "Devonshire Properties," Clyde Menke, was involved in several legal disputes over the..... 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
Berkeley: Meikle, Brock & Skidmore, [1913]. Folding map, approximately 18 x 26 inches. A couple of short separations at fold points. Contemporary manuscript docketing on blank verso. Light tanning. An early 20th-century cadastral map that shows block and lot numbers, property dimensions, railroads, partial land ownership, and more, in a...... More
Berkeley: Irwin-Patton Company, [1907?]. Lithograph map, approximately 15 x 28 inches. Folded. Two contemporary manuscript annotations. Very minor wear at edges and faint toning; one small separation at fold point. Large, early 20th-century real estate map showing a proposed subdivision on some thirty blocks in North Berkeley, now adjacent to..... More
[Monterey, Ca. ca. 1900s]. Large blueprint map, 52.5 x 65 inches. Light wear and occasional creasing. Several closed tear repaired on verso. Right edge trimmed, slightly affecting image and text. A rare and giant cadastral map showing new subdivisions east of downtown Monterey, in what are now the Del Monte..... More
Los Angeles: [ca. 1910]. Plat map, approximately 14 x inches. Folded, a couple of short separations and minor losses along or near folds. A few nicks at edges. Light, even tanning. Printed on thin paper. Ephemeral real estate map and advertisement for the Riverside Orange Heights Tract, located north of..... More
![Item #2262 To Man or Woman Who Holds a Job Now... [caption title]. California, Upton Sinclair](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB2262.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1632336484)
[N.p., but California: 1934]. Broadside, approximately 11 x 5 inches. Previously folded. Minor wear and soiling. Scarce campaign literature in support of Frank Merriam but primarily against Upton Sinclair in the 1934 California gubernatorial election. Sinclair had formerly run for Congress as a Socialist, but won the Democratic nomination for..... More
San Francisco: Sterett Show Printing Co., [1897]. Broadside, approximately 17.5 x 6 inches. Printed on orange paper. Two short closed tears. Scarce broadside advertisement for the magic and puppet theater of Bowman the Wizard, a performer who toured California at the turn of the 20th century. The poster promotes not..... More
San Francisco: Theatrical Publishing Co., 1889. Broadside, 17 x 6 inches. Previously folded. Small closed tear at top edge. Even tanning. An attractive broadside advertisement for entertainments at a downtown San Francisco theater in 1889. The Wigwam Theater was built in 1884 on the corner of Stockton and Geary Streets..... More
Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1925. 32pp. Oblong octavo. Original brown printed wrappers, stapled. Light soiling, lightly dampstained along lower edge of text and rear cover. Pamphlet published by the Harbor Commission on the construction of an underground motorway beneath the Ferry Building, designed to alleviate traffic and congestion in..... More
Los Angeles: McBride Press, [ca. 1910]. Broadside, approximately 21 x 7 inches. Previously folded. A couple of short closed tears and dust soiling at edges. Minor loss at top edge where previously posted. Unobtrusive tissue repairs. Early 20th-century, illustrated promotional broadside for Catalina Island, "America's Greatest Winter and Summer Resort."..... More
San Francisco: Towne & Bacon, 1864. 16pp. plus printed receipt completed in manuscript. 16mo. Original tan printed wrappers. Light dampstaining and soiling. Corners of each leaf (and some edges) reinforced with tape. Minor soiling and later ink stamp on receipt. An ephemeral production outlining the articles of incorporation of the..... More