1934-1935, Carnegie International, European Section, Including a Representative Showing of Contemporary American Painting
San Francisco Museum of Art, 1934. Trade Paperback.
San Francisco Museum of Art, 1934. Trade Paperback.
Diamond Palace, Ca. 1920. Ephemera. 4-1/8 by 3 inches. Two-sided promotional card (text only) for a business that called itself the most beautiful jewelry store in the world. Minor wear to corners. Generally fine.
First Congregational Church, 1917-1935. Trade Paperback. 13 pieces of ephemera: 1. Member's Certificate and Souvenir, 1917, with pasted in B/W photograph of new member and signature of F. J. Van Horn, pastor. 2. The Congregational Church. What it is - What it does. The New Statement of Faith. 3-8. The.....
1895. Ephemera. 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. Form letter addressed to Mayor Sutro, printed in blue ink, supporting the appointment of Samuel Foster to the newly created San Francisco Board of Election Commissioners. One corner bent, else fine. Signed by J. M. Agar of Mission St. According to the Langley directory.....
The San Francisco Foundation, 1959. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Single sheet, folded, to create 4 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches when folded. 'An award of $100 will be given to the author of an unpublished, partly completed literary work of one of those types with which Mr. Jackson was chiefly.....
Komotion International, 1992. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Two issues, each 56 pages. Contains 'Sex, Death and Angry Young Man,' an interview with Riane Eisler, Part I and II; with additional contributions. Komotion International was an artist collective and recording studio in San Francisco. First editions (first printings). Near fine copies.....
Frente de Liberacion del Pueblo, Inc., 1971. Trade Paperback. Tabloid style, 8 pages. Printed in Spanish and English. B/W illustrations. 11.5 x 17 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
Planet/Drum Foundation, n.d., ca. 1976. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 5 sheets printed on both sides in blue on white. Illustrations. Planet/Drum Foundation was founded by Peter Berg (1937-2011) in San Francisco in 1973. It is a grass-roots organization emphasizing ecological based sustainability practices, community self-sufficiency and regional self-reliance. First edition.....
Chronicle Books, March 1995. Trade Paperback.
City and County of San Francisco, 1893. Ephemera. 6 sheets. Rancho San Miguel was a 4443 acre Mexican Land Grant in present-day San Francisco given to Jose de Jesus Noe in 1845. Adolph Sutro purchased the northwesterly portion of the rancho in 1880. The real estate tax sheets are for.....
Stanford University School of Medicine, 1962. Hardcover.
The Bohemian Grove.Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 46 pp. with list 'Grove Plays of the Past.' First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in illustrated red paper over boards. No dust jacket.
Anglo Californian Bank Limited, 1895. Ephemera. Check, 3.1 x 8.5 inches. Clearing House No. 14. Very good copy. Check made out 'pay to to N.Y. and S.F. Collar Co.'. Closed tear in center of check.
1935, 1936, 1945. Ephemera. 2 letters signed: 1. on letterhead Phil. B. Bekeart Co., Inc., Alameda, Cal, but addressed San Francisco, April 18, 1935, to 'Dear Ed, Here is a memento of trying days and nights living on crackers - cheese and canned tomatoes. I had $750 on gold in.....
Belle-Oudry (Photography Studio), 1922. Photograph. Photograph, B/W, oblong format, 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Photograph shows the Glee Club members in costume massed on the stage, with orchestra members with instruments below and in front. The Willard School opened in Berkeley in 1916, named after Frances Willard, educator and temperance leader.....
Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog Co., 1908, 1912. Trade Paperback. 3 Menus: 1908, 1 sheet folded to create 4 leaves, 7.15 x 11.15 inc hes when folded, printed in yellow and black on pink dog in central medallion on cover; program fro evening on leaf 2, menu on leaf 3; owners.....
Scottwall Associates, October 1990. Trade Paperback.
1904. Ephemera. Autograph letter signed on letterhead of Julian H. Biddle, Attorney & Counsellor at Law San Jose, Cal., dated Dec. 19th, 1904. Addressed 'Dear Mama.' Letter discusses work being done on property and individuals known to both and a pending case against Wm. Bowden arising in the Henry Walker.....
Pacific Publishing Company, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Cover title: San Francisco and Its Municipal Administration, 1902. 223 pages. The city's politicians and bureaucrats, most pictured, with biographies. Rocq, California Local History, 8321. Uncommon. First edition (first printing). A very good hardcover copy. Faint evidence of old dampness along top edge.....
Fairmont Hotel, n.d., ca. 1940. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded to create 4 pages, 6.25 x 9.5 inches when folded. Opening lyrics to 12 songs. The Cirque Room was the first bar in San Francisco to open after prohibition in 1933. It was shuttered in 1959, reopened and refurbished in.....
Fairmont Hotel, n.d., ca. 1940. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded to create 4 pages, 6.25 x 9.5 inches when folded. Opening lyrics to 12 songs. The Cirque Room was the first bar in San Francisco to open after prohibition in 1933. It was shuttered in 1959, reopened and.....
Bohemian Club, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 134 pages, including a list of plays, from 1902 to 1972. Printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in illustrated paper over boards and green cloth. Title in gilt on spine. '72' in ink at bottom of spine. No dust.....
Doubleday & Company, January 1959. Hardcover.
n.p., [Free Speech Defense Fund], n.d., ca. 1967. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 445 pages. Includes names of all defendants. A comprehensive history of the Free Speech Movement of 1964, the arrests, trial and convictions is provided. First edition (first printing). Very good copy in wrappers (paperback). Browningto spine and tanning.....
California Academy of Sciences, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. 38 pages. 6.5 x 4.5 inches. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in red cloth covers with bright gilt lettering on front cover. This edition scarce.