The San Francisco Municipal Record: Annual Blue Book and Official Directory. 1933
James H. Barry Co., printer, 1933. Trade Paperback.
James H. Barry Co., printer, 1933. Trade Paperback.
1926. Ephemera. Chester H. Rowell (1867-1948) was an early California progressive movement leader who co-founded the Lincoln-Roosevelt League in 1907 (and was chair 1907-1911), a coalition of progressive Republican activists. The League was instrumental in the election of Hiram johnson as governor in 1912. He was a member of the.....
Jarboe & Harrison, Attorneys at Law, 1880. Trade Paperback. Single large sheet folded to create 4 leaves, 10.5 x 16 inches, when folded. Printed on leaf one and four. Leaf one with details. Trifolded to show the principals and dates of recording, September 15, 1880. Very good copy. The lot.....
Chamber of Commerce, 1916. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 41 pages. 'On November 7, 1916, when [the Law and Order] Committee had been organized but four months, there was placed upon the statute booksof San Francisco by a majority vote of all the people, an ordinance prohibiting picketing, thus relieving the.....
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, 1920. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, 16 pages. B/W photographs. Promotional brochure promoting the value of SF's port for foreign trade. Oblong format: 12 x 9 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in brown illustrated wrappers (paperback).
1945. Ephemera. Typed letter signed, on letterhead of Gavin McNab, Schmulowitz, Aikins, Wyman & Sommer, San Francisco, dated February 7, 1945, addressed 'My dear Ed (Edward F. O'Day). Letter thanks O'Day for his long service on the S. F. Library Commission and wishes him well. About 180 words. Nat Schmulowitz.....
San Francisco Art Commission, 1996. First Edition. Unknown. Unpaginated. 5-1/2 by 7 inches. An art project centered on San Francisco's Market Street. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Scolari's Grill, 1942. First Edition. Ephemera. Single sheet folded to create 4 pages. 11.25 x 8.5 inches when folded. Printed in blue on white. 'Our Special Dinner $1.80 per plate' included hors d'oeuvres, salad, soup, entre, vegetables, dessert and coffee. $0.20 extra for filet mignon or N.Y. cut. First edition.....
Whitton Town & Co., 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. 324 pages. William A. Scott was a California pioneer and one of the founders of the San Francisco Theological Seminary. Embossed covers with faded gold lettering to spine. A very good copy. Water staining to lower 1/4 of covers and pages. Binding.....
1943. Photograph. B/W photograph, oblong format, 8 x 10 inches. Benjamin Franklin Scribner (1896-1949) was a chemist and metallurgist who worked for the defense industry. Photograph done of couple in formal dress. Near fine copy. Photographer unknown.
Seabury Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 167 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white from drawings by Joseph Papin. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a dust jacket with wear to the spine ends.
The Palace Hotel, (n.d.). Ephemera.
Star West, 1966-70. First Edition. Ephemera. Leon Spiro was a San Francisco Bay Area poet, critic and translator who created the Star West Library and published The Sausalito-Belvedere Gazette, Star West and Larvae du Golden Gate. When not engaged in literary matters he was a civil engineer for the City.....
Printed by Taylor & Taylor, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. 71 pages. Limited to 300 copies. Butler was a distinguished San Francisco lawyer. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in paper over board and blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Paper covers are tanned.....
St. Ignatius College, 1925. Ephemera. Single sheet folded, 4.25 x 10 inches when folded. Lyrics for 16 songs are printed, starting with the Star-Spangled Banner and concluding with Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter. First edition (first printing). Very good copy previously folded in half.
San Mateo County Historical Association, 1963. Hardcover. 214 pages. The book is a history of the county from Spanish exploration to the present. Black-and-white illustrations.
Indiana Univ Press, 1969. Hardcover. 205 pages. In 1968, Berkeley became the first American city of more than 100,000 population with a large minoriy-group enrollment to integrate its schools.
(n.p.), (n.d. but ca. 1894). Ephemera. 8 by 9-1/2 inches. A sheet printed in red with an anti-railroad slogan, with a place for an address and a warning (to political opponents) that tampering with the mail is a crime. The sheet is intended for voters to write to Congress opposing.....
(n.p), (n.d. but ca. 1894). Broadside. 8 by 9-1/2 inches. A sheet printed in red with an anti-railroad slogan, with a place for an address and a warning (to political opponents) that tampering with the mail is a crime. The sheet is intended for voters to write to Congress opposing.....
(n.p.), (n.d. but ca. 1894). Ephemera. 8 by 9-1/2 inches. A sheet printed in red with an anti-railroad slogan, with a place for an address and a warning (to political opponents) that tampering with the mail is a crime. The sheet is intended for voters to write to Congress opposing.....
The Anglo-California Bank, Limited, 1880. Ephemera. Billhead, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, printed in black on white. The Anglo-California Bank was formed by the Seligmans, a prominent Jewish London family. It was managed by Ignatz Steinhart (Steinhart Hotel, Steinhart Acquarium) and Fred'e Low in 1880. The bank became the Anglo National.....
The Garfield League, 1899. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded to create 4 leaves. Leaf 1 presents the 'Order of Exercises,'; leaf 2, 'Our Guiding Stars,' (poem) by Charles Wesley Kyle; leaf 3, 'President Garfield,' (poem); leaf 4, Formation of the Parade. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). Very.....
The Oakland Bank of Savings, 1873. Ephemera. Very good copy. Check is soiled and has central closed tear.
California Historical Society, January 1968. Hardcover.
Government Printing Office, 1917. First Edition. Trade Paperback. A report to the San Francisco Board of Education of a Survey Made Under the Direction of the United States Commissioner of Education. Bulletin, 1917, No. 46. 649 pages. First edition. Spine cracked and chipped, but binding holding. A generally good copy.....