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(San Francisco): Associated Students of San Francisco State College, 1940. Hardcover. Personal book plate to front paste-down. Near fine.. Large quarto in off-white rustic cloth and paper-backed illus boards; (no spine title); chiefly b&w photos and illus. (some color); unpages (approx. 180pp); adverts at rear. Uncommon. Higher education in mid-20th century San Francisco. "The 1940 Franciscan yearbook published annually by the Associated Students of San Francisco State College includes information about faculty and student administration, classes, honorary clubs and organizations and sports. The University Archives serves as the collective memory of San Francisco State University containing unique and original source material of our University's colorful history. The University Archives traces the University's history beginning from June 1906 with records, images and artifacts.

Santa Cruz, Calif: The Author, 2004. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket. Small quarto in offwhite color illus dust jacket; 164 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Fine. Inscribed by author. California. Hollywood. Santa Cruz (Calif.) -- Biography. California -- Biography. Philanthropy.

San Francsico, CA: Univesity of San Francisco, 1942. First edition (unstated). Hardcover. Very Good(+): fading on spine due to sun exposure ; bump to bottom right corner to front and bottom left to back board ; small stain (1/2in.) to top front board ; some dust discoloration on back board ; slight sunning to top of pages ; owner's signature to front free end page (John F. Scully) ; else good copy and clean pages. Quarto with yellow boards; no pagination. University of San Francisco's Yearbook from 1942, including pictures of students, clubs, University of San Francisco itself. World War 2 era.

Alameda, Calif: Friends of the Alameda Free Library, 1977. 4th ed. Paperback. A very fine unread copy. Faint stain to rear wrap center; else tight, clean and nearly as new. Please see photos.. Octavo in green printed, illus stiff paper wraps; vi, 105 pages: illustrations, maps; 23 cm; bibliographical references (pages 99-105). Signed by author on title page. Only 1000 copies printed (as stated on copyright page). Numerous b&w white photo reproductions. A nicely put together, worthwhile work. Numerous maps spanning Alameda's history. Well realized. History. Sn Francisco Bay Area. Encinal. Alameda (Calif.) -- History. California -- History. Californie -- Histoire. California. California -- Alameda. History of California. Maritime history.

San Francisco: Fair Employment Practice Commission, Division of Fair Employment Practice, 1965. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. A bright, Near fine(+) copy with extremely faint wear to spine head and foot.. Brown quarto, 41 pages, b&w map; 28 cm. Indians of North America -- California -- Economic conditions. Government publication. Sans DJ.

New York: Oxford University Pres, 1973. First edition (no earlier editions or printings stated). Hardcover. Near fine with minor edges wear in a very good slightly edge-worn jacket. Please see photos. Now housed in archival mylar sleeve. in very good dust-jacket. Quarto in rust-colored cloth and brown picrial jacket; xviii, 494 pages portraits 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 460-479). One of the better books on Early California History. Starr's first book. Contents: Prophetic patterns, 1786-1850 -- Beyond Eldorado -- City on a hill -- A rapid, monstrous maturity -- "Because I am a Californian": the loyalties of Josiah Royce -- Sport, mountaineering, and life on the land -- The Sonoma finale of Jack London, rancher -- Bohemian shores -- The city beautiful and the San Francisco Fair -- Life among the best and truest: David Starr Jordan and the founding of Stanford University -- Gertrude Atherton, daughter of the elite -- An American Mediterranean -- Americans and the California dream.

Berkeley, Calif: Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Fine; as new. Small quarto (wide octavo) in tan, color illus, stapled stiff wraps; (unpaged; approx 36 pages): numerous b&w photos reprods., illustrations, map; 21 cm. Center-fold two-page b&w map at center. One neatly letter-folded 8 1/2 x 11 inch flyer advertising the 1993 Arts and Craft Home Tour laid in. Arts and crafts movement -- California -- Berkeley. Architect-designed houses. Architecture, Domestic -- United States. Arts and crafts movement -- Californie -- Berkeley. Maisons conçues par des architectes. Architecture domestique -- États-Unis. Architect-designed houses Architecture, Domestic Arts and crafts movement Buildings Guidebooks History Tours Guidebooks. Guides touristiques. Geographic: Berkeley (Calif.) -- History. Berkeley (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. California -- Berkeley United States.

Chicago, Ill: Lewis Pub. Co, 1892. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine foot and head to both volumes, very gently bumped corners to bothh volumes, very light soiling to boards to both volumes, very faint sunning to spine to both volumes, ownership bookplate to front free endpaper to both volumes, else Very Good(+) to Near Fine(-).. Two leather volumes with engraved borders to boards, AEG, marbled endpapers, gilt to front boards and spines, raised bands, x, 708; 680 pages, b&w illustrations, portraits; 27 cm. California -- San Francisco Bay Area, History, Biography. Includes loose b&w plate to volume II.

Berkeley, Calif: Howell-North Books, 1973. Hardcover. Fine in very good to very good(-) mildly edge-wron jacket now housed in archival mylar. in very good(-) dust-jacket. Small folio in orange and white thick-striped jacket; 208 pages illustrations 29 cm; bibliographical references (pages 203-204). Numerous black and white photos of histricial interest. / Berkeley, California -- History.

Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Architectural Heritage Assoc, 1992. Facsimile edition. Paperback. Very fine; as new. Oblong large octavo in tan stapled, stiff paper wraps illustrated and titled in red (unpaged;approx 60 pages): illustrations; 15 x 22 cm. Uncommon. Numerous worthwhile photos, illus and maps. Printed on coated stock. " ... facsimile reprints of two pamphlets published at the time of the 1923 Berkeley Fire and reminiscences of that fateful September afternoon by Hildegarde Flanner, whose home was lost in the Fire." Cover title: The Berkeley Fire, September 17, 1923. Berkeley Heritage Association Publication Series; no. 5; [series]. Cover title: The Berkeley Fire, September 17, 1923. Contents: The Berkeley Fire / compiled by Aubrey Boyd -- Wildfire: Berkeley, 1923 / Hildegarde Flanner -- The story of the Berkeley Fire of September 17, 1923 Incendies -- Californie -- Berkeley. Fires. Geographic: Berkeley (Calif.) -- History. California -- Berkeley.

Chicago: S. C. Griggs, 1878. Hardcover. Very Fine copy, with small closed tear to upper edge of a single page. Binding is very bright and crisp.. Octavo in blind-stamp illus rust bds & gilt spine, 292p, adverts, frontis, b/w illus. Interesting if racist observations of California in the late 19th century. An extremely nice copy, scarce thus. Several small skillful b/w illustrations. Author's observations and travel throughout California in the 1860s and 1870s. Train travel. Overland travel.

Oakland, Calif: Oakland Tribune, 1962. Paperback. About near fine(-) to very good(+) with mild edge-wear. Please see photos.. Oblong quarto in white color illus stiff paper wraps; plastic spiral comb binding; illustrations approx 64 pages (in various groupings; 23 x 32 cm. Numerous worthwhile photos (many aerial) and graphics. History of Advertising & newspapers; media. San Francisco Bay Area California ephemera. Scarce. Economic history of Oakland Metropolitan Area.

Oakland, Calif: Oakland Tribune, 1952. Paperback. About near fine(-) to very good(+) with mild edge-wear. Please see photos.. Oblong quarto in yellow illus stiff paper wraps; plastic spiral comb binding; illustrations; approx 64 pages (in various groupings; 23 x 32 cm. Numerous worthwhile photos (many aerial) and graphics. History of Advertising & newspapers; media. San Francisco Bay Area California ephemera. Scarce. Economic history of Oakland Metropolitan Area (Calif.).

San Diego: Sunbelt Publications, 2000. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Fine copy with faintest edgewear; else tight; wrappers are clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks, creases, notes and highlights; edges of pages are clean; binding is tight.. Octavo in orangish brown wrappers; illus., maps; 139 pp. 22 cm. In English. Series: Sunbelt cultural heritage books. Out of print.

San Francisco, CA: Golden Gate College Administrative Services Center, 1972. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot fore-edge, very gentle rubbing to corners, very light soiling to covers, else Very Good to Very Good(+).. White quarto, open strip binding, 225 p, b&w maps; 28 cm. Gold mines and mining -- California. Scarce; only 4 holdings. Copy or Reprint?

Valencia, Calif: Newhall Land and Farming Co, 1992. First edition (presumed). Hardcover. Binding partially cracked at p. 114; minor damping; else overall very good(-) thus.; in a near fine jacket in archival mylar.. Quarto in mostlly green, color illus. jacket; x, 324 pages: illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits; 24 cm. Genealogy table inserted in pocket inside back cover; index. Signed and inscribed by the author. Ranches -- California -- Valencia. Farms, Large -- California -- Valencia. Real estate development -- California. Promotion immobilière -- Californie. Farms, Large. Land companies. Ranches. Real estate development. Named Person: Newell family. Newell family. Named Corp: Newhall Land and Farming Company -- History. Newhall Land and Farming Company. Valencia (Santa Clarita, Calif.) -- History. California. California -- Santa Clarita -- Valencia.

Berkeley, CA: North Star Editions, 1996. Second edition. Paperback. Barely worn spine head/foot, faint smudge to fore-edge, else fine.. Blue octavo; xi, 194 p: b&w illus; 21 cm. Contents: Summer. Diagnosis -- First night -- Next day -- Quiet mornings on the river -- Simple pleasures -- Sunflower -- Flashing yellow -- Eye to eye -- Old barn -- Martha's not well -- Dementia -- My grandmother's blue bowl -- The needle man -- McClure's beach -- Fall. T-cells -- Snowy egret -- Coming home hospice -- Gentle rain -- Baptism -- Gently now -- Grief -- Letter to Gay Men's Spiritual Retreat Community -- Collapsing sunflowers -- Fear of winter -- Audience in autumn -- Pumpkin jam -- Thanksgiving morning -- All that I need -- Loosening labels -- Winter. Silent snow -- Baby -- Winter wonderland -- About Jesus: letter to a friend -- Candle in the night -- To see the wild geese fly -- Spring. Lilacs -- First day of gardening -- Laundry blessing -- Hope -- Ambivalence -- Hospital -- Resilience -- Garden visit --… Read More

Lakemont, Ga: Copple House Books, 1985. Paperback. Very good(+) to near fine(-) copy; signed by author on title page; wrappers are mildly worn around the edges, soiled from handling and lightly rubbed, but they are free of tears; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks, creases and foxing; clean edges; a gently-loved copy.. Octavo in white staplebound wrappers with black, red and white illustration; illus.; 39 pp., 22 cm. In English. Signed by Gene Arceri on title page; "Charlie of Nob Hill...is a weighty fable about a third-generation San Franciscan cat who lives in Taylor Street flat with his mistress, Nova Norwood, a doting publicity consultant and struggling seamstress... Charlie's observations of Nob Hill, the neighborhood and its inhabitants, make this storybook an appealing gift idea for natives and out-of-town guests alike." -back cover.

New York: B.W. Huebsch Publisher, 1908. Hardcover. Very good copy in very good(-) DJ cover in mylar sheet; light foxing to cover and edges of pages; very light foxing on some pages; tiny closed and open tears along edges and spine of DJ; nice, charming secondhand copy; pages are free of marks and creases; binding is square and tight. in very good dust-jacket. Duodecimo in black boards in offwhite dust jacket; 47 pp., 18 cm. In English. Notes: "This is a recast of a newspaper article of the same title published in the Sun, April 21, 1906.

San Francisco: Pioneer Press, 1937. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Frayed rubbing by insects to spine head, modest fading to spine, very gently bumped corners, light fading to spine borders to boards, faint spotting to front pastedown and front free endpaper, bright pages, tight binding, else Good(+). No dust jacket. Green paisely octavo, gilt to spine, leather spine, 56 pages, b&w illus, frontispiece, plates, portraits, 25 cm. San Francisco (Calif.) -- History.