San Francisco: George Lanson, 1916. 272,xxxi pp. Original printed wrappers. Chipping to corners and spine ends, light wear. Front inner hinge reinforced. Minor wear and soiling internally. A brief history and directory for the French in California, complete with illustrations, advertisements, and a wide array of information. The directory contents..... More

San Francisco: Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1906. 229,[3]pp., plus four leaves of advertisements printed on colored paper. Publisher's brown printed wrappers. Minor creasing and edge wear to wrappers, tiny chip to bottom corner of front wrapper. Minor occasional foxing to text, about half of final leaf, comprising advertisements..... More

Los Angeles: 1963. 173,20pp., plus five plates. Original pictorial cloth boards, lettered in black and white. Boards slightly bowed, with minor wear and rubbing. Light toning internally. A scarce directory of members of the Hiroshima Prefecture Society (Kenjinkai) of Southern California, with a printed introduction and information about the group..... More

Los Angeles: 1949. [220],34,[16],934,[26],20pp., plus numerous additional interleaved advertisements on colored paper. Original red cloth, gilt printed. Covers rubbed, some wear and soiling. Minor soiling to contents. Scarce postwar directory for Japanese emigrants living across the Americas. The focus is California and the American West, but there are also dedicated..... More

[Oakland]: Daireikyo Kenkyujo, 1950. [14],336,[2],59,[1]pp., plus one two-sided plate. Original illustrated wrappers, printed in black, blue, red, and white, blue cloth backstrip with titles printed in yellow. Some scuffing and chipping to extremities, moderate sunning and rubbing to spine. Front hinge somewhat tender. Internally clean. The important first volume of..... More

Mexico City: 1968. 79,[1]pp. Printed self-wrappers. Light tanning, very minor wear. A nice example of this bilingual guidebook to Mexico, with listings of events for a mid-January week in in 1968, and suggestions and advice on travel, restaurants, sights, hotels, markets, and other attractions, and includes information for many smaller..... More

Helena: 1897. 506,[2]pp. Thick octavo. Original cloth, spine gilt, board's printed. Spine ends a bit chipped, corners worn, hinges cracked and a bit loose. A couple of tape repairs, light toning and dust soiling. The eighth city directory for Helena, Montana, published by the prolific firm of R.L. Polk &..... More

New York: National Herald, 1935. 160pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Wrappers a bit chipped and soiled, front wrapper and first three text leaves detached. Contents a bit shaken and tender. A wonderful almanac issued by the Greek-language National Herald, considered the paper of record for the Greek communities living in the..... More

Sheridan, Wy. The Mills Company, [1921]. 88pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Very minor wear. A complete listing of elected officials for the state of Wyoming, including a county-by-county listing of officials with the vote counts from the election. Comprehensive in nature, it includes not only the standard offices, but..... More