Trinity County Poets' Chapbook
Quail Creek Press, January 1992. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Northern California
Map of Subdivision No. 1 Aragon, San Mateo, California. Meyer Bros., owners and builders, San Francisco and San Mateo
Meyer Bros. 1929. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Map, 10.9 x 17 inches, oblong format, printed in black on white. Map shows the planned housing development between Maple St. and El Camino Real, on Aragon Boulevard (houses numbered 17-32, north side; and houses 1-16, south side; on Seville Way (houses numbered.....
A General Plan for Saratoga: A Community Preserves Its Way of Life
County of Santa Clara, 1956. Trade Paperback. 16 pages. Includes maps and designs in color. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Gilroy: A Roadside Town Plans for Growth
City of Gilroy, 1958. Trade Paperback. 15 pages. Folding map , 'A General Plan for Gilroy,' in color at rear, 16.5 x 17 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Our Sunday School. Volume 2, Number 2, December, 1872
Presbyterian Sunday School, 1872. Ephemera. Single sheet folded to creat 4 leaves. Very good copy with wear and mild soiling. Previously folded in thirds.
Navarro (engraving) (Mendocino, California)
The J. Dewing Co., 1888. First Edition. Print. Engraving, 5 x 7 inches, on sheet, 5.6 x 7.6 inches, in black on white. Engraving is mounted on sheet, 14.2 x 19 inches. From Picturesque California, edited by John Muir in two volumes. This is page 459 from volume two. First.....
San Jose Candy Factory (advertisement)
San Jose Candy Factory, n.d., ca. 1898-1899. Ephemera. Near fine, with residue of old adhesive backing to rear of image, light wear to edges. An exceptionally well-preserved piece of advertising.
Through the Eyes of the Elders: Volume 2
Elder Project. Trade Paperback.
Palo Alto California. The home of President Hoover and of Stanford University
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce. Prepared for the City of Palo Alto, n.d., ca. 1933. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 20 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
...Growing With Palo Alto
n.d., ca. 1930. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8 unnumbered pages. Issued on the occasion of the 'opening of your new telephone building at 529 Bryant Street.' Illustrated. 4.25 x 6.2 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Resolution and Ordinance No. 37 (Mayfield, Santa Clara County, California, 1908) (2 items)
Mayfield Board of Trustees, 1908. Print. 2 separate sheets, 8.5 x 11 inches. 1. Resolution 'determining that the public interest and the public necessity demand the acquisition, construction and completion of certain public municipal improvements...Resolved that the sewerage system...be constructed for said town and that whatever private property may be.....
Indenture for lease of lands, Stockton, California, 1910
George E. Crane Co., 1910. Trade Paperback. Lease form, single sheet folded in half to create 4 leaves, 8.5 x 14 inches when folded. Very good copy. Lease arrangement between Mamie E. Miller, City of Stockton, and San Joaquin Lumber Copamy, a corporation, Stockton, California,...those certain lots...Lots One (1), Three.....
Siskiyou Co., California, with sketches and descriptions of historic historic points of interest / Historical map of Siskiyou Co., California
Siskiyou County Historical Society, 1948. First Edition. Ephemera. Brochure. 3-3/4 by 8-1/2 inches (folded); 21 by 17 unfolded. A history of Siskiyou County, descriptions of points of interest, and an artistic map of the county. OCLC locates two copies (866153721), both in Utah. First edition (first printing). Very good copy.....
State of California, County of El Dorado (affadavit for land title, 1871). Transfer of title from Edward Allen to James S. Frame, 1873 (on rear)
El Dorado County, 1873. Trade Paperback. Certificate, 6.5 x 8.1 inches, printed in black. First edition (first printing). Very good copy. On front of certificate Edward Allen 'has paid me upon Lot No. (6) ten (sic), Block (10) ten in Town of El Dorado,... Oct. 14th, 1871, Chas. F. Irwin.....
Village Daily, Vol. 1, No. 1, Sept. 1, 1933 and Vol. 1, No. (blank), September (blank), 1933 (2 issues)
Village Press, 1933. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 2 issues, single sheet folded to create 4 pages, 6 x 9 inches when folded. Printed in black on red. 'Published every day in the week with the exception of Sunday and Monday...' - from inside page. Vol. I, No. 1 signed by.....
Mission Santa Cruz (photograph)
F.R. Smith, n. d., ca. 1920. Photograph. B/W photograph, oblong format, 3.75 x 6.25 inches. Photo is done in pictorialist style. Frances R. Smith studied the architecture of the California Missions. Signed by the photographer with name on right edge of photograph. A near fine copy hinged in folder. Tan.....
Know all Men by these Presents that, Whereas, the United States by Letters Patent dated the 20th day of November, 1879...of the Town-Site of El Dorado...in Book 'A' of land Patents, on pages 72 & 73 And whereas, David Thornton... (land patent, El Dorado County, California, 1879)
Print. Printed form, 8 x 13 inches. 'Know all Men by these Presents that, Whereas, the United States by Letters Patent dated the 20th day of November, 1879...of the Town-Site of El Dorado...in Book 'A' of land Patents, on pages 72 & 73. And whereas, David Thornton has made the.....
State of California, County of El Dorado (affadavit of land ownership)
El Dorado County, 1875. Print. Printed form, 8 x 13 inches. 'State of California, County of El Dorado, Alex Siesbuttet...says that he is by purchase from Chas. A. Gardner since the Survey of the Town of Diamond Springs the owner and since said purchase has been in the possession of.....
State of California, County of El Dorado (affadavit for land ownership)
El Dorado County, 1871. Print. Printed form 8 x 13 inches. 'State of California, County of El Dorado, R. K. Harvey, agt for C. Comins...says that he is by purchase J. Jackson since the year A,D. 1866 the owner and in possession and entitled to the possession of that certain.....
State of California, County of El Dorado (affadavit of land ownership)
El Dorado County, California, 1871. Print. Printed form, 8 x 13 inches. 'State of California, County of El Dorado, Henry Britt,...says that he is by purchase possession and occupation since 1866 the owner and in possession of that certain piece or parcel of land in the Town of El Dorado...Lot.....
State of California, County of El Dorado (affadavit of land ownership)
El Dorado County, 1875. Print. Printed form 8 x 13 inches. 'State of California, County of El Dorado, McNiel Filson...says he is by purchase and more than five years continuous and undisturbed possession and occupation the owner and is now in the quiet and peaceable possession of that certain piece.....
State of California, County of El Dorado (affadavit for ownership of land, 1871)
El Dorado County, California, 1871. Print. Printed form, 8 x 13 inches. 'State of California, County of El Dorado, John Atmore...says he is by occupation and possession since the year 1860 the owner and entitled to the possession of that certain piece or parcel of land in the Town of.....
State of California, County of El Dorado (affadavit of ownership of land)
El Dorado County, California, 1871. Print. Printed form, 8 x 13 inches. First edition (first printing). Very good copy. 'Dionigi Forni...says that he is by purchase, possession and occupancy since the year 1870 the owner and in possession & entitled to the possession of that certain piece or parcel of.....
It Happened in Northern California: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Golden State History, Third Edition
Globe Pequot, January 2022. Trade Paperback. A new copy. It Happened in Northern California takes readers on a rollicking, behind the scene look at some of the characters and episodes from the state's storied past. Including famous tales, famous names as well as little known heroes, heroines, and happenings. Northern.....
Indenture between John Ferrell and H. B. Sheldon (Solano County, 1870)
Solano County, 1870. Print. Single sheet folded to create 4 pages, 11 x 17 when folded, printed in black with color border on white, printed on leaves one and four. A good copy with triagular piece, 2 x 6 inches roughly cut away on left of leaf one. ' On.....