San Francisco: Norman Pierce Company, 1905. [16]pp. Small quarto. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Old vertical fold. Minor wear at edges. Scattered contemporary ink annotations. Light tanning and dust soiling. Scarce and well-illustrated promotional for Phoenix and Maricopa County, Arizona, in the first decade of the 20th century. The text presents..... More

[Wheaton, Il. 1888]. [4]pp. Narrow folio. Printed on pink paper, minor wear, including a few very short closed tears at edges. An appealing and scarce piece of ephemera relating to land sales in Nebraska and other Plains states in the late 1880s. J.A. Bent operated the Western Land Agency from..... More

Chicago: Poole Bros. [1889]. Folding pamphlet with 14 panels, approximately 13 x 24 inches unfolded. A few very short separations along folds. Light tanning. Scarce pamphlet promoting lands available along the route of the Burlington and Missouri Railroad and associated lines in Colorado and Nebraska in the late 1880s. According..... More

[Petaluma]: 1873-1876. 31 leaves. Large folio. Original maroon half calf and cloth, manuscript label on front cover. Corners and spine heavily worn, some loss to spine ends. Internally clean and highly legible. Large ledger detailing delinquent taxes for Petaluma for three years, listing names and values of personal property including..... More

[Belmont, Ca. 1947]. Sheet map, 11.25 x 15.25 inches. Previously folded. Light wear at folds. Light tanning. Scarce post-World War II street map of Belmont, California, south of San Francisco. The map depicts the layout of the area between San Mateo, San Carlos, and Hidden Canyon Park, and was issued..... More

San Francisco: San Francisco Examiner, 1919. 96pp. Original printed wrappers. Light foxing and minor wear to wraps. Portions of two rear leaves for notes and annotations torn out. Light foxing to initial leaves and light tanning throughout. Only edition of this scarce Bay Area directory, published by the San Francisco..... More

Marysville: Appeal Print, 1884. Broadside, 20 x 12.75 inches. Printed on yellow cardstock, illustrated with a large woodcut; manuscript notations. Corners and edges chipped; reinforced on verso with tape at corners and edges. Very minor soiling. Handsome stud broadside for American Clyde, featuring a large woodcut of a trotting horse..... More

[Visalia: Tulare County News], 1901. 22,[3]pp., plus folding map. 24mo. Original printed wrappers, stabled. Very light wear and minor creasing to wraps. Light tanning internally. Unrecorded prospectus for this early 20th-century Southern California oil venture, the Visalia Non-Assessable Oil Company. Tipped onto the inside of the rear wrapper is 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

Salinas CIty: Wyatt & Rodgers, 1897. [46]pp. Oblong 12mo. Original tan printed wrappers. Light soiling and wear. Contemporary ownership inscriptions inside front cover. Minor soiling internally. Promotional souvenir of Salinas City, California, providing a brief history and overview of the climate, but primarily an illustrated work depicting local houses and..... 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

San Francisco: [1892-1913]. 115pp., written almost exclusively on rectos. Folio. Original quarter leather and cloth, string-tied. Four printed labels on front cover, some augmented in manuscript. Wear to spine, some chipping and loss; corners worn. Minor wear internally, contents clean and highly legible. Complete title search for a property near..... More

Oakland: 1928. Sheet map, 14.5 x 22.5 inches, plus separate printed sheet. Previously Map and price list. A rare and detailed cadastral map, dated May 1928, of tracts under development by the Claremont Heights Company, south of Claremont Avenue and Garber Park in Oakland, in a neighborhood now known as..... More