Phoenix & Yuma: 1898-1906. Six letters, totaling [22]pp., plus three additional letters dated 1914 from Franc's husband, [38]pp. Quarto on folded folio sheets. Old fold lines, minor wear. A small group of letters written over the course of several years from a niece to her aunt and cousin, with both..... More

Santa Rosa, Ca. 1890. 76,56pp. Front cover detached, rear cover lacking; cover chipped, soiled. Ink stamp on title page. Outer leaves lightly chipped, text lightly toned. A curious volume of epic poetry, "Dictated by Conscience." The Book of Washington contains seven pieces of verse, only one of which relates to..... More

San Francisco: Fred S. Bain, Inc., 1922. Folding map, approximately 13 x 17 inches. Light wear along folds. Minor staining and dust soiling. A neat promotional map of early-1920s Los Angeles, distributed by the Security Trust & Savings Bank. The reverse of the map carries a detailed street index as..... 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: 1938. 34pp. Original green printed wrappers, stapled. Ink stamp on front cover, later paper label at top of spine. Minor wear and soiling, internally clean. A rare issue of this San Francisco phone directory published by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company for the local Chinese community, printed..... 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

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

[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

Havana: 1916. Eight parts in two volumes. Original half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Calf scuffed at spine ends; light wear to corners and edges; boards rubbed. Rear board with a dime-sized chip at lower fore-edge. Slightly later pencil ownership inscriptions to initial title pages of each volume. Small..... More

Sacramento: 1869. 43pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine ends chipped; light wear and dust soiling to wraps. Even tanning, occasional foxing internally. Biannual message of Governor Henry Huntly Haight to the state legislature of California at the outset of its eighteenth session in December 1869. Haight was notable for his strongly..... More

Horton, Ks. 1913-1915. Twenty-eight real photo postcards. Light wear at edges. Most completed in manuscript on verso, with stamps and postal markings. Very interesting set of just under thirty real photo postcards that depict views of the small northeastern Kansas town of Horton during the mid-1910s. The sender, who signs..... More

Sacramento: 1883. 71pp. 12mo. Original tan printed wrappers. Minor wear to wrappers, spine ends chipped. Small ink stamp on rear cover; small ink stamp on title page verso. Ink corrections throughout text, otherwise clean. Handy little volume designed to cut in half the time it takes to calculate fractions. The..... More

New Orleans: The Daily Item, 1899. 600pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Extremities worn, covers rubbed and lightly soiled. Some slight worming, heavier at front of text. Light tanning and wear. A rare New Orleans almanac full of facts and figures on a wide array of subjects ranging from Queen Victoria's..... More