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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 (€593.81 | £495.32 | ¥104,528)

[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 (€474.05 | £395.43 | ¥83,446)

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 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

(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 | £8.32 | ¥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 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

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 (€1,497.00 | £1,248.71 | ¥263,515)

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 | £8.32 | ¥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...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "California and Sansome Streets - 1871"

Bank of California · 1866 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in dark blue ink. Blue and white photographic reproductions. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG+ card. "The building, erected in 1866 by the Bank of California at the northwest corner of California and Sansome streets, is shown in these photos...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "Steamer Day"

Bank of California · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in black and green ink. Green and black wood engraving reproduction of crowds gathered to watch a Steamer entering the Bay area. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG+ card. "The entire town turned out to watch the arrival of a Pacific Mail steam...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "Kearny Street, North from California (Pattern for a Movie Set)"

Bank of California · 1850 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed with black and brown ink. Brown tinted photographic reproduction of the many shops on Kearny Street in the 1850s. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG+ card. "Retail shops were numerous on Kearny Street in the 1850's. These included Charlie Merc...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "The Marina - 1856"

Bank of California · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in blue and brown lettering. Brown tinted photographic reproduction of laundry facilities on the shore of the Laguna Pequeno lake. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG+ card. "Due to the lack of laundering facilities at that time it was common p...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "The Embarcadero"

Bank of California · 1849 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in black and red ink. B/w photographic image of the Embarcadero on an almost clear day taken from Telegraph Hill. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG+ card. "In 1849 San Francisco's waterfront curved inward to Montgomery street. The only place ...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "Battery Street - 1865 - Looking North from California Street"

Bank of California · 1846 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in black and orange ink. Black and white photographic reproduction of an image of Battery Street on a bright day. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG+ card. "Battery Street was thus named to commemorate the Battery erected at Clark's Point whic...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "San Francisco"

Bank of California · 1848 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in black and purple ink. Black and white photographic reproduction of the many sailboat masts in the port of San Francisco. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG card (light wear). "San Francisco, hardly a place of consequence until the discovery...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "U.S.S. Hartford"

Bank of California · 1886 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in black and orange ink. Orange and black wood engraving reproduction of the USS Hartford on her last voyage as she entered the Golden Gate on December 26, 1886. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG card. "One-time Flagship of our Fleet of 25 Na...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "Gold Rush to Nevada"

Bank of California · 1859 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in black and blue ink. B/w reproduction of a wood engraving of a traveller on horseback and loaded mules surrounding him. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG card (some wear). "Patrick O'Riley and Patrick McLaughlin were the real discoverers of...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "Battery and Washington Streets 1857"

Bank of California · 1857 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in dark blue ink. One photographic reproduction and one wood engraving reproduction, both tinted brown, of the Merchants Exchange building and of the corner of Battery and Washington Streets. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8. A VG+ card. "The sketc...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "Stockton and Filbert Streets - July 4 1862"

Bank of California · 1862 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in black and orange ink. B/w photographic reproduction of the Independence Day celebration in 1862. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG card (slight age-toning to edges). "The National Ensign (with only 34 stars) floated from all public and pri...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "First Immigrant Train"

Bank of California · 1840 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in blue and black ink. Black and white reproduction of a wood engraving of the travelers from Missouri on their way to the West. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG+ card. In the autumn of 1840 more than 500 people in Missouri signed a pledge f...

BLOTTER / TRADE CARD. "Transportation Over the Sierra: 1860 - 1869"

Bank of California · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

[San Francisco]: , (n. d.). White card printed in black and lime green. Reproduced b/w photographic image of covered wagons journeying to the Washoe Mines. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8". A VG card (light wear to edges). "The outfit compirsed the Teamster, his assistant, the 'Swamper', six s...