Newark Days Bi-Centennial Committee, 1976. Hardcover. 148 pages. 9 by 11-1/2 inches. 'The City of Newark was instrumental in the development of the railroad in California. MacGregor's expertise in railroad history and Newark history made him the logical choice to author the Centennial History of Newark' --from the inner flap.....
Arcadia Publishing (SC), February 2014. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. In 1941, the Navy sought West Coast locations for bases to ship men, material, and equipment into World War II's Pacific theater. The Dublin and Livermore area offered wide-open spaces with good transportation routes to the.....
Arcadia Publishing (SC), September 2014. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. Today, the Caldecott Tunnel connects Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The original two bores of this tunnel opened in 1937, the same year as the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.....
Valley Publishers, 1976. Hardcover. 170 pages. 9-1/4 by 12-1/4 inches. Bicentennial Reprint edition. First published in 1878. Illustrated in black-and-white. A very good copy; no dust jacket.
Arcadia Publishing (SC), March 2007. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. Decades before San Francisco Bay was crisscrossed by bridges, an extensive network of ferries plied these green waters, moving passengers, vehicles, and freight between San Francisco, Alameda, Marin, Solano, Sonoma, and Contra Costa Counties. Very few.....
Arcadia Publishing (SC), July 2010. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. The 56-year history of the Alameda Naval Air Station from 1940 to 1997 was a major military presence in the San Francisco Bay Area. As one of the largest and most important naval air stations in.....
Arcadia Publishing (SC), June 2005. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. What was once home to the native tribe known as the Ohlone, and functioning as guardian of the San Francisco Bay under Spanish, Mexican, and American flags, the Presidio has served as outpost as well as.....
E.P. Dutton, October 1989. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition.
Friends of the Alameda Free Library, 1977. Trade Paperback. 105 pages. The monograph is a master's thesis in georgraphy for the University of California. Black-and-white photographic illustrations and maps. Third edition. Signed by the author. A paperback copy in very good condition. Discoloration around the edge of the page block.....
Rieder-Cardinell Company, 1906. Trade Paperback. 11 by 8 inches. Unpaginated. Mostly black-and-white photo reproductions, including two fold-outs. A variant edition with a different title page and illustrations. A paperback copy in very good condition. With small gift inscription on the title page.
Golden Gate Natl Park Assn, 1992. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. This book brings to life this architectural wonder beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, tracing a history that encompasses the Spanish colonizers, Gold Rush, Civil War, Great Earthquake, World Wars I and II, and the building of the Golden.....
Native Sons of the Golden West, 1958. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 19 pages. B/W photographic illustration of Historic State Capital Building. First edition (first printing). Very good copy in illustrated blue wrappers (paperback).
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.....
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.....
Horace Mann Junior High School, 19232. Trade Paperback. 4 pages. Newsprint. Lists 'Pupils Entitled to Certificates from SB to Enter Low 1' on page 1. List of Pioneer Low 1 Class members on page 2. First issue of the newspaper. Very good copy. Newspaper is browned. Edge and corner wear.....
Grangers Bank of California, 1891-2. Ephemera. Cancelled check with engraved vignette on left. Check printed by Britton & Rey, Lith., S. F. Check is stamped 'paid' and has a closed tear in center.
City of Paris, n.d, ca. 1940s. Art - Original. Screenprint poster, 21 x 27 inches, on cardboard, printed in black, orange and blue of gentleman in blue suit holding hat and cane behind his back on left and titles on right. City of Paris was one of San Francisco's premier.....
Jos. Figel, n.d., ca. 1900. Ephemera. Single sheet, 11 x 12 inches, designed to be folded. Recto with details of the business, present in San Francisco since 1850, with 'Figel's System of Self-Measurement' for boys and men. Verso with 13 B/W illustrated vignettes of available styles and clothes for boys.....
1951. Ephemera. Typed letter signed, dated July 10, 1951. Addressed to 'Dear Eddie' (Edward F. O'Day). Letter discusses a manuscript by Josselyn about Carmel (California) Village between 1900 to 1938 that he has completed and submitted to various publishers without success. Stanford University Press is currently considering the manuscript and.....
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.....
1940. Ephemera. Typed letter signed. Letterhead of Golden Gate International Exposition. A Pageant of the Pacific, Treasure Island, San Francisco. Dated September 19, 1940. Addressed to Edward O'Day. Letter thanks O'Day for the luncheon program at which he presided honoring California'a distinguished women. Helen Cameron was 'Chairman of the Woman's.....
1921. Ephemera. Two typed letters signed, both from L. W. Harris to Edward F. O'Day, both on letterhead of Ames Harris Neville Co. 1. 3 pages, dated June 21, 1921. Letter is a critical appraisal and suggestions about a piece that O'Day has written for a 'Night of Appreciation,' which.....
1889. Ephemera. Autograph letter signed , dated August 28, 1889, from Searsville, (California). Addressed 'Dear Billy.' Letter discusses an insect powder, from pyrethrum, manufactured in Merced, to kill fleas, and asks if Billy intends to become a distributor. Letter continues with discussion of mutual friends, family members, and activities. About.....
1946. Trade Paperback. Typed letter signed on American President Lines letterhead, dated January 4, 1946, addressed to Edward F. O'Day, 'My dear Ed.' Letter thanks O'Day for articles 'on my visit to Greece. I am having them copied and sent to some of my friends.' About 40 words. Letter previously.....
1967 and 1970. Trade Paperback. Two typed postcards, both on San Francisco Chronicle printed but unaddressed postcards, dated 7 Sept. 67 and 24 November 70, to Lester Anderson thanking him for sending a note and a quote. About 20 words and about 30 words. William Hogan was the literary editor.....