Cinematografia Roma, [1974]. Poster. A Mexican one-sheet poster, 27 by 37 inches, for a Mexican wrestling (lucha libre) movie. The tag line reads Entre dos fronteras; entre dos idiomas; entre dos formas de vida, which translates to Between two borders; between two languages; between two ways of life. The central.....
(n.p.), 1896? Ephemera. [3] pages; a single sheet folded in half. 'All the evils of Railroad power and tyranny are crystallized in the funding proposition pending before Congress.' A piece opposing the proposed refinancing of the Central Pacific Railroad's debt to the US government. Reprinted from the San Francisco Call.....
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.
The Disgruntled Carpetbagger. First Edition. Trade Paperback. The Disgruntled Carpetbagger, 22 pp. Fatbelly and His Front Porch (printed upside down from the rear cover page), 16 pp. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in yellow illustrated wrappers (paperback). Prior owner has written in ink on rear.....
Daniel Burgess and Spalding and Storrs, 1835. Map.
Santa Rosa High School, 1911. Pamphlet. 24 pages. 8-3/8 by 10-7/8 inches. Student magazine with stories, jokes, drawings, and sports updates. Spotting to covers, pages slightly warped, else very good.
Santa Rosa High School, 1913. Pamphlet. 32 pages. Student magazine with stories, jokes, drawings, sports updates, and ads. Near fine in wrappers (pamphlet).
Santa Rosa High School, 1913. Pamphlet. 32 pages. The school literary magazine, with an essay, a short story, a poem, jokes, and a sports update. Wrappers a bit chipped, else very good.
Santa Rosa High School, 1910. Pamphlet. 24 pages. 8-1/4 by 10-3/4 inches. Student magazine with stories, jokes, drawings, sports updates, and ads. Cover edges tanned, else very good in wrappers.
Santa Rosa High School, 1913. Pamphlet. 36 pages. Student magazine with stories, jokes, drawings, sports updates, and ads. Cover edges browning, else near fine in wrappers.
Durand, Schoenewerk et Cie. n.d., ca. 189?). First Edition. Hardcover. 166 pages. Music and lyrics. Text in French. 44 entries. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in embossed red cloth covers with title and decorations in gilt on spine. Spine with 6 raised bands. Covers are scuffed with.....
Trade Paperback. Excelsior Union High School, Norwalk, California.
El Dorado County, 1871. Ephemera. 8 by 13 inches. Partially printed document completed by hand. A document attesting to a property transfer. With a small map tipped on. Folded, else near fine.
Ellis New Method Embossing Co., 1920-22. Ephemera. Single page company bulletins folded to 8-1/4 by 5-1/2 inches showcasing embossing options for menus, greeting cards, yearbooks, announcements, letterheads and the like. Very good with some light soiling and discoloration to off-white heavy stock. Seven bulletins dated November 1920, March 1921, April.....
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, November 1996. Trade Paperback. Even as interest in the powerful, often tragic history of Native America grows, many books continue to perpetuate long-standing misconceptions of the past as well as the romantic steretypes often popularized today. Readers can now rely on Encyclopedia of North American Indians for.....
H. G. Nelson, (ca. 1910). Photograph. A real photo postcard of the Norwegian band at one of the Polson Logging Company camps, near Hoquiam, Washington. The men are holding a variety of instruments, including an accordion, an autoharp, a coronet, a violin or fiddle, and a euphonium. Five of the.....
California Society of Certified Accountants, 1939. First Edition. Pamphlet. 7 pages. Handlist for the exhibit at the Fairmont Hotel during the meeting of the American Institute of Accountants in September, 1939. Fragile. Acid paper chipping. Good only in original stapled wrappers.
1935. Trade Paperback. 13 by 9 inches. 48 leaves, with tissue interleaving. More than 200 small photographs depicting family visits around Germany in 1934-1935. All the the images are captioned in a neat hand. The album opens with four views of a Nazi rally. Other images show the Graf Zeppelin.....
Art Ray, 1950s. Photograph. 'The founder Mr. Schmock labored eight months digging the 7 foot hole, 32 feet long, thru solid wood,' showing a man in front of a hollowed out log (number 1877); and no. 1880, depicting the log finished and on a truck bed.
France Illustration, 1947. Print.
Pacific Book Auction Galleries. Trade Paperback.
Bell & Company, n.d., but 1873. First Edition. Broadside. Broadside ballad, 10.25 x 4.25 inches, 5 stanzas with chorus. Ornamental border. California Song Sheets, by G. W. Hunt. Not in Wolf. First edition (first printing). A very good copy with some edge wear.
William Stanley Ray, 1901. Print.