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CRILLO'S SPECIALTY KITCHEN.; Golden Gate International Exposition San Francisco 1939

[Restaurant Menu - San Francisco] · 1939 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$88.00 (€79.84 | £66.61 | ¥14,052)

San Francisco: Canessa Printing Co, 1939. 1st Printing. Illustrated, card stock wrappers, leaves printed in green and blue. Slip is printed in black and yellow ink to a white paper. All now housed in a mylar sleeve. 4 pp. unnumbered, in larger printed bifolium with slip. Illus...

BAYOU BELLE - BILL Of FARE. "Come When You Will. We Have A Welcome For Thee".; Bridgeton, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Natchez, and New Orleans Passenger Packet

[Restaurant Menu - Bridgeton, Missouri] · 1970 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

St. Louis, Mo: Cavanagh - Kelly, 1970. 1st Printing. Tan, card stock wrappers, black decorative lettering, soft pink illustration to verso of the wrappers. Menu is white card stock with pink and black lettering. All held together by black cord tie, now housed in a mylar sleeve...

COLONIAL SETTLEMENTS Of NEW ENGLAND.; A Directory of Over 1,000 Towns, Villages and Plantations During the American Colonial Period of 1607 - 1850

Herrick, Steven · 2016 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

San Bernardino, Ca: Researched and Compiled by Steven Herrick. Self Published, 2016. 1st Edition thus. Pictorial wrappers. 64 pp. Two Images of maps. 11" x 8-1/2". A VG copy, edges a bit rubbed, internally clean and bright.

A DOZEN GAINS In A DOZEN YEARS - PROHIBITION HAS..

[Temperance] · 1932 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

Evanston, Ill: Signal Press, 1932. 1st Printing. Single sheet, yellow paper, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Broadside. 9" x 6". A VG copy, creased horizontally and vertically (from being folded), small tears at edges of creases, corners and edges rubbed, some s...

The BOSTON POST. Tuesday Morning, August 17, 1858. Vol. LIII. Number 40

[Mid-19th C. American Newspaper] · 1858 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

Boston: , 1858. 1st Printing. Printed self-wrappers. Unpaginated, though 4 pages. 9 columns of text per page. Elephant folio: 30" x 23-3/4". Previously bound (?), with wear & a few short splits, along spine fold. Age-toning, and signs of use. Horizontal & vertical fold-line. P...

MONGOMERY STREET, LOOKING NORTH FROM CALIFORNIA.; 126

[San Francisco California Stereoview] · 1880 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$159.50 (€144.71 | £120.73 | ¥25,470)

San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co, (n. d.). C. 1880s. One stereoview mounted on orange cardstock, rounded corners, flat. Two albumen photographs, mounted side-by-side, rounded tops. Oblong format: 3-1/4" x 6-7/8". A VG copy, hints of rubbing and soiling at edges, one ink m...

DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS Of The HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES, 1853

[Massachusetts Local / Political History] · 1853 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$192.50 (€174.65 | £145.71 | ¥30,740)

(n. p.): , 1853. 1st Printing. Broadside, printed on blue paper, 16-1/2" x 11". Light edgewear. Fold-lines [3 primary]. Bit of age-toning on the outer folds. Overall, Very Good. The broadside divided into two main columns, with each column having divers counties listed [left: ...

A HISTORY Of The OAKLAND SPEEDWAY 1931 - 1941; Volume 1, Tracks of the West

[California / Automobiles]. Motter, Tom · 2002 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$60.50 (€54.89 | £45.79 | ¥9,661)

Rancho Cordova, CA: Vintage Images, 2002. 1st Edition thus. Blue cloth lettered in silver to the spine. White and multicolored printed pictorial dust jacket, red and black lettering. xiv, 198 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographic images. Oblong 8vo. 8-3/4" x 11". Fin...

INDOORS!; Volume 3, Tracks of the West

[California / Automobiles]. Motter, Tom · 2004 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Rancho Cordova, CA: Vintage Images, 2004. 1st Edition (presumed). Blue cloth lettered in silver to the spine. White and multicolored printed pictorial dust jacket, red and black lettering. xii, 194 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographic images. Oblong 8vo. 8-3/4" x 11...

SACRAMENTO. Dirt Capital of the West.; Volume 4, Tracks of the West

[California / Automobiles]. Motter, Tom · 2009 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

Rancho Cordova, CA: Vintage Images, 2009. 1st Edition (presumed). Blue cloth lettered in silver to the spine. White and multicolored printed pictorial dust jacket, red and black lettering. x, 213, [1, blank] pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographic images. Oblong 8vo. 8...

PASTRY CHEF SILVER GELATIN CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH. Mr. Louis Aeckerle. Arroyo Grande. San Louis Obispo Co. California

[California Local Culinary History] · 1880 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$357.50 (€324.36 | £270.60 | ¥57,088)

[San Luis Obispo?]: , (n. d.). Ca 1880s. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Black & white photograph, showing chef standing to the left of a small table, with knife in hand, and wisk on the table in front of a small cake on cake platter. Verso blank. Photograph: 5-1/2" x ...

JUAN MARIA FLOREZ y TERAN, GOBERNADOR del Distrito federal, á sus habitantes sabed: Que. [Mexican War Broadside]

[Mexican War / Mexico City]. Saldivar, José María · 1848 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$825.00 (€748.52 | £624.46 | ¥131,742)

Mexico [City]: [Juan Maria Florez], 1848. White wove paper printed in black. Broadside. 18-3/4" x 12-1/2". Vertical and horizontal fold lines, with few short splits/tears; chipping and some loss to lower edge; small hole to left margin, not affecting text; faint occasional dis...

YO SEMITE. 1878. Adventures of N & C. Journal and Drawings by Carrie E. LeConte.; Introduction to "C" by Susanna B. Dakin

LeConte, Carrie E. Dakin, Susanna B. - Contributor · 1964 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$93.50 (€84.83 | £70.77 | ¥14,931)

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1964. 1st edition (Olmsted 117). Limited to 450 cc, printed by Malette Dean. Tan cloth backed green marbled-paper boards; printed paper title lable to spine. Green paper dust wrapper. xviii, 98, [4] pp. Illustrated with 8 tinted phot...

The STORY Of CALIFORNIA. The Colorful and Romantic History of California is Divided into 5 Parts in this Series: Main Indians. Early Explorations. Spanish Settlements. Pioneer Trails. American Towns

Fine, A[rthur Henry. b. 1928] - Designer · 1947 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$654.50 (€593.82 | £495.41 | ¥104,515)

[El Monte, California]: [Latin American Village], 1947. 1st edition. Not located on OCLC. Black quarter leather portfolio [bespoke?], blue morocco spine, over black cloth boards with title gilt stamped to front cover. A collection of 5 color serigraph pictorial maps preceded b...

AMERICAN HOME LIFE. 1650 ... 1905. American Adventure Series No. I.

Campbell, Margaret [b. 1898] - Author. Fine, A[rthur Henry. b. 1928] - Designer · 1948 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$522.50 (€474.06 | £395.49 | ¥83,436)

El Monte, California: Latin American Village, 1948. 1st edition. Not located on OCLC. Booklet- printed paper wrappers, stapled. All housed in custom black half-leather portfolio, with 3 maroon cloth ties, printed paper title label to spine. 24 page booklet with explanatory tex...

ALFRED'S COCKTAILS & RESTAURANT SOUVENIR MENU

Alfred's Cocktails & Restaurant · 1960 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

(San Francisco): Alfred's Restaurant, 1960. Yellow and blue printed paper wrappers, cut out in center to reveal picture of Bay Bridge on first leaf. Unpaginated, but 8 pp. Large b/w photographic illustration of the Bay Bridge at night to first leaf. Other b/w photographic illu...

SEPTEMBER 1907 CALIFORNIA CALENDAR POST CARD. School Again

[California Postcard] · 1907 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

(n. p.): , 1907. Color illustration printed to stiff white paper. Single stiff sheet, printed recto and verso. Bright, if somewhat strange, color illustration of two small schoolgirls happily reading from a textbook on a walk, followed closely by a brown pooch in a Dunce-cap! ...

COOK BOOK. Ebell Society of the Santa Ana Valley. 1926

[California Benefit Cookery Book] · 1926 · Tavistock Books

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

Santa Ana, California A. G. Flagg Printing and Bookbinding 1st printing (Glozer 92) [16], 192 pp. Adverts, pp. 161 - 192. Recipe card, "Strawberry Preserves", dated 1932 laid-in at front. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8" Some wear & soiling to cloth. Spottin...

PLYMOUTH CHURCH COOK BOOK. Edited by the Ladies and Their Friends of the Church

[California Cookery] · 1882 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$1,650.00 (€1,497.03 | £1,248.92 | ¥263,484)

San Francisco, Cal: Jos. Winterburn & Co. Printers and Electrotypers, 1882. 1st edition (Axford, p. 323; Brown 31; Cook, p. 23; Glozer 276). Not in Wheaton & Kelly. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. Sewing machine advert...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "Cable Car Terminal - Late 70s"

Bank of California · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed with black and pink ink. B/w photographic reproduction of California Street from Kearny and a cable car picking up passengers. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG+ card. "Transportation was always a problem in San Francisco.. Note the oval cobb...