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Thirteenth Biennial Report of the BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS of the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 1907-1908

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Sacramento, W. W. Shannon, Supt. of State Printing: 1908

Seller ID: 2989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Original black pebbled cloth with embossed decorations front and seal rear, gilt spine lettering. Many tables, including a number of fold-outs. Tipped in slip "Compliments of J. D. MACKENZIE, Commissioner" on FFEP. ; 6" x 9-1/4"; 381 pp; Minor cover wear, rear hinge cracked, pages clean and free of tears or writing.
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Crocker - Langley SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY, 1923

By: N/A

Price: $100.00

Publisher: San Francisco, H. S. Crocker Co.: 1923

Seller ID: 4048

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Containing an Alphabetical List of Business Firms and Private Citizens; a Directory of the City and County Officers, Churches, Public and Private Schools, Secret, Benevolent, Literary, and other Associations. A Buyers' Guide and a complete CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY and Revised Street and Avenue Guide of the City. Gray cloth boards, red cloth spine, advertising on both boards and spine, ads also printed on page edges. Pages 5 - 105 are 1923 Buyers' Guide of San Francisco printed on goldenrod paper, many additional ads throughout. ; 7-1/2" x 10-1/2"; 2124 pp; Boards worn, rubbed, lig...
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Crocker - Langley SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY for the year ending August 1911

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: San Francisco, H. S. Crocker Co.: 1911

Seller ID: 4515

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Containing an Alphabetical List of Business Firms and Private Citizens; a Directory of the City and County Officers, Churches, Public and Private Schools, Secret, Benevolent, Literary and other Associations, Banks, Incorporated Institutions, Etc. A CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY and Revised Street and Avenue Guide of the City. Dark green cloth boards, white lettering and advertising on both boards and spine, ads also printed on page edges, many additional ads throughout, some on coated stock. Includes color ad with an early mention of PPIE promoting Cuts for Advertising Purposes for the Panama-...
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CALIFORNIA IN FACT AND FICTION: A Select List of Books in the Calaveras County Library

By: N/A

Price: $35.00

Publisher: San Andreas, California, Calaveras County Friends of the Library: 1966

Seller ID: 5009

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

A select bibliography comprising about fifteen percent of the Library's holdings in the field that were selected as outstanding or representative.. Blue wraps, stapled. Numbered on the front flyleaf, from an Edition of 1000 copies printed by the Philter Press, the private press of Paul and Joyce Quyle.; 7" x 10"; vii, 10 pp; Mild wear to covers, clean and unmarked within.
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Some Account of the Work of STEPHEN J. FIELD as a Legislator, State Judge, and Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States

By: (FIELD, Stephen J. ) John Norton Pomeroy

Price: $150.00

Publisher: 1882

Seller ID: 2856

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

With an Introductory Sketch by John Norton Pomeroy, LL.D., Professor of Law in the Hastings Law Department of the University of California. 1881 of title page, 1882 copyright date, no place or publisher noted. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering,; 6" x 9"; 63, 464 pp; Withdrawn stamp on reverse of title page, wear at top/bottom of spine and corners, mild dampstaining across top limited to boards and very top of first and last few leaves. Solid hinges, pages clean and free of tears or writing.
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY TELEPHONE DIRECTORY (Except Richmond, San Pablo and El Cerrito) MAY 1953

By: Anon

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company: 1953

Seller ID: 1753

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Greenish paper covers, printed on newsprint. This is the "white and yellow pages", and includes alphabetical listings organized by community and the Classified Telephone Directory by subject for the county. Covers Antioch, Brentwood, Byron, Concord, Crockett, Danville, Lafayette, Martinez, Oakley, Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg, Port Chicago, Rodeo and Walnut Creek. ; 9 x 11"; 152 pp; Front cover toned and with creased corner, pages toned through not brittle -- no sign of chipping.
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CHARTER of the CITY OF FRESNO California

By: Anon

Price: $25.00

Publisher: [Fresno, California], c1921

Seller ID: 3152

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Stapled self-wraps. Undated; Sec. 148- When Charter Takes Effect notes 1921 effective date. ; 6" x 9"; 48 pp; Covers are first and last pages and are soiled, lightly worn, pages with occasional faint pencil notations (X, - or brief underlining), staples lightly rusted.
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Die Cut Calendar for 1906, Compliments of Will F. Peterson, Jr. representin g W. F. Peterson Wholesale Confectioners, Sacramento, Cal.

By: Anon

Price: $75.00

Publisher: [1905?]

Seller ID: 5836

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Folding die cut calendar. Unfolds to reveal a connecting border of ivy and four panels -- one for the title, and three more panels each offering a wildlife scene and the calendar for three months. Unprinted on the reverse, no indications of printer or artist. Nearly 6" across and about 13" fully opened. ; Fragile, creasing at the top where the ribbon extends and in one spot a bit lower -- still well attached.
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Environmental Impact Report - San Francisco Airport Expansion, January 1973

By: Anon.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: 1973

Seller ID: 1627

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

White comb binding, mylar covers over plain white printed covers, sections have separately numbered pages, illustrated with maps, charts, pocket at rear contains 6 folding maps as listed in the contents. No place, author or publisher noted.; 8.5 x 11"; Minor toning and edge wear.
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Scenic Views Along the SHASTA ROUTE in Color

By: Anon.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: San Francisco, The National Color Press: (1948)

Seller ID: 4046

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

This folio contains sixteen colored views of points of interest along Southern Pacific Lines. These attractive views are suitable for framing (and measure 7-3/4" x 9-3/4"). Beige folio has color cover image by W. R. Cameron. ; 8-1/4" x 10"; Folder worn along edges, splitting at bottom of hinge, light soiling along right edge. All plates are present and clean, two have faint creasing, the last plate has a creased corner (slightly extending into image).
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KEY to the Trees of the SIERRA NEVADAS

By: Anon.

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: 5016

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Green wraps, stapled, crude cover illustration and lettering, typescript text within printed front side only. [Later versions of this publication (c1961 and after) polish the cover, give credit to the author as Miss Emily Smith and note the publisher as San Jose State College.]; Oblong, 8-1/2" x 5-1/4"; 37 pp; Covers with spots of soiling, small tear in spine at top staple, front cover two pages with brief ink annotations, many pages with a small marginal brown spot at top
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Old Missions - California, Part II

By: Anon.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: San Francisco, The Bancroft Company: 1893

Seller ID: 5081

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Tan wraps, perfect bound, front cover illustrated and lettered in brown, text followed by b&w photos (one per page printed front side only). Remarkably uncommon as such, OCLC lists holdings of an 1890 edition and an edition with two volumes in one. ; Oblong, 6-3/4" x 5"; Well-preserved with mild soiling to covers and mild fading to ribbon.
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Keepsake commemorating opening of the Kyoto Inn in San Francisco in September, 1975

By: Anon.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Kyoto Inn: [1975]

Seller ID: 6307

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Reproduction of Japanese woodlblock on board with gilt edges, reverse covered in decoratiive paper having mounted label in center. Label reads Commemorating the opening of the Kyoto Inn, September 1975, San Francisco. The initials Y. G.? are inked below. ; 9-1/2" x 10-12/"; Mild corner wear, round red sticker affixed to label on rear. The name implied by the initials and the reason for the sticker remain unknown.
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Dedication Ceremonies, PING YUEN (Tranquil Gardens)

By: Anon.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Printed by Taylor & Taylor: 1951

Seller ID: 6308

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Spinsored by The Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco and the Chinatown Housing Committee. Held at the Tung Ping Yuen Building, San Francisco, October 21, 1951. Four page program printed in black and red from single sheet folded twice, deckle edge at right inked in red ; 6-1/2" x 9-1/2"; 1951 pp; Dedication program for what is now a four building housing complex in San Francisco's Chinatown comprising 434 apartments (Wiki). ; Minor soiling.
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Image for San Francisco - Oakland BAY BRIDGE Entire superstructure including cables supplied and erected by United States Steel Corporation Subsidiaries

San Francisco - Oakland BAY BRIDGE Entire superstructure including cables supplied and erected by United States Steel Corporation Subsidiaries

By: Bay Bridges Educational Bureau; United States Steel Corporation Subsidiarie s

Price: $25.00

Publisher: San Francisco, California, Bay Bridges Educational Bureau; United States Steel Corporation Subsidiarie s: (1936)

Seller ID: 4602

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

The World's Largest Bridge for at Least a Thousand Years ... will be open to traffic by November, 1936. Illustrated with photos and drawings, specifications at rear includes United States Steel Partial List of Products. Stiff white wraps, stapled. ; 5" X 6-3/4"; 36 pp; Light creasing to covers, slightly musty with faint spots inside covers, light rusting to staples, clean and unmarked.
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Mendocino Historical Review (Vol. II, No. 2, Spring 1975) [Special Edition on William Henry Kelley family and house]

By: Bear, Dorothy (Copy Editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Mendocino, California, Mendocino Historical Research, Inc.: (1974)

Seller ID: 5380

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Stapled white wraps, 1871 photograph of Kelley House to front cover, contains photos and biographical info on W. H. Kelley and family members and photos of the house and related documents. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; 20 pp; The Kelley House was gifted to Mendocino Historical Research, Inc. by Mr. Robert O. Peterson about the time this issue was produced for the intended use as a Historical Headquarters. ; Mild soiling to outer wraps, a tiny spot of soiling can be seen at the margin of a few pages within, one Director's name circled within, text otherwise clean and unmarked.
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CENTENNIAL JOURNEY 1894-1994 : California Midwinter International Exposition, 1894, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

By: Billler, Walter (Editor)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: San Francisco, San Francisco History Association: 1994

Seller ID: 5319

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

The San Francisco Almanac, Vol 4, No 4/6. History Association publication issued for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Midwinter Fair, January 12, 1994 through March 31, 1994. Cream wraps, stapled, wrap-around cover illustration and lettering, b&w illustrations within, stapled in at center is 4 pp insert. Relatively hard-to-find, OCLC reports only 4 holdings. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; 32 pp; Mild creasing at spine, slight cover wear, clean and unmarked within.
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HISTORY OF THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT, University of California, Berkeley: Volume V. The Period 1942-1950

By: Birge, Raymond T.

Price: $95.00

Seller ID: 4751

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Detailed History includes discussion of the problems of World War II, Robert Oppenheimer, Post-War Expansion, Medical Physics, the Loyalty Oath Controversy, biographies and bibliographies of department members and much more. Blue wraps, plastic comb binding, typescript text. No publication information; chapters with various paginations (about 300 pp). ; 8-1/2" x 11"; Light toning to covers, vertical crease to rear cover, clean and unmarked within.
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The Story of a Friendship. Robert Louis Stevenson. Jules Simoneau. A California Reminiscence of Stevenson.

By: Blanch, Josephine Mildred

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Privately Printed: 1927 (1920)

Seller ID: 1783

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Stapled orange wraps, front titled in black, frontispiece of Stevenson, 2 portraits of Simoneau, 3 photos of buildings, unpaginated. Simoneau had a restaurant in Monterey, California where they met.; 7 x 8"; [11] pp; Slight cover wear, slight orange staining to rear page.
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Image for THE CHARTER of the CITY of OAKLAND in Effect July 1, 1911 Prepared and Proposed by the Board of Freeholders Elected July 6, 1910 As Amended to and Including August 31, 1923

THE CHARTER of the CITY of OAKLAND in Effect July 1, 1911 Prepared and Proposed by the Board of Freeholders Elected July 6, 1910 As Amended to and Including August 31, 1923

By: Board of Freeholders

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Oakland, California, A. Currlin & Son Co. Printers: 1923

Seller ID: 3232

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Tan wraps, stapled, perfect bound. ; 6" x 9"; 119+18 (index) pp; Wraps toned, lightly soiled. Pages clean and unmarked.
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Category: Californiana