[California Regional Benefit Cookery Book]

The TWENTIETH CENTURY COOK BOOK

Berkeley: Published by the Twentieth Century Club of Berkeley. Press of A. Newman, 1914. 1st Edition (Glozier 325). Not in not in Axford, Brown nor Wheaton & Kelly. Very pale green plactized binding, with dark green stamping. Advert eps. 146 pp. Adverts throughout. Newspaper extract & mss recipe card laid-in. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". General wear & soiling to covers, which exhibit a slight bow. Foxing to text block edges. Some staining to paper. A VG copy. As Glozier notes, Unusual recipes contributed by members of the club were: 'goo-goo eyes', 'my sister's bread cake', 'dearfoot potatoes'" & other similiarly titled concoctions.

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Book number: 49447

Catalogue: Americana

Booker, Anton S.

CARRY NATIONS Of KANSAS.; Who Fought the Liquor Traffic with a Hatchet

Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1947. 1st Edition. Yellow wrappers stapled, black lettering. 64 pp. One illustration on lower wrapper. 5" x 3-1/2". A VG copy, small tear at bottom left corner, attorney stamp on upper and lower wrapper in brown ink, otherwise clean and bright. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Little Blue Book No. 1850.

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Book number: 45230

Catalogue: Americana

[Automotive Promotional Booklet]

1936 FORD V • 8

Detroit, Michigan: Ford Motor Company, 1935. 1st printing. Color printed paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Each page with a color illustration of a Ford V-8 model, beginning with the DeLuxe Tudor Sedan, p. 1 Oblong 8vo: 7" x 9". Some light fading to covers. Only light wear. Prices neatly penned to the different model cars [e.g. the DeLuxe Tudor Sedan is marked at $565]. A VG+ survivor. "New lines of beauty distinguish the Ford V-8 for 1936 -- lines that accentuate length and give the car new grace in motion." [preliminary blurb].

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Book number: 49476

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Americana Potpourri

[Promotional Booklet]

ALAMEDA COUNTY. Its Industries and Environs

Oakland, Cal: Press of R. S. Kitchener, 1905. 1st printing (Rocq 55). Color printed white heavy stock paper wrappers, stapled. Unpaginated, though 32 pp. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. Map of the county, last page. 8vo. Some soiling to wrappers, which are separating along spine fold. Ex-lib, with blindstamp to p. 1. Withal, a VG copy of a somewhat uncommon item. Issued by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition. OCLC records 6 holding institutions.

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Book number: 36253

Catalogue: Americana

[Wine Industry Promotional Booklet]

DEINHARD & CO. Coblenz on the Rhine and Moselle. Growers and Shippers of German Still and Sparkling Wines since 1794

Siegburg: Deutsche Photogravur, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca early 20th C. Not in Gabler. Bound in stiff brown card stock covers, with gilt script stamping to front cover. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 47, [1] pp. Filled with photographic illustrations of the firm & its many aspects. 6-3/4" x 5-5/8". Minor wear, gilt a bit dull, though overall, a VG+ copy. A promotional history of the firm. OCLC records just one institutional holding (though with 44 pp?), with none in the US.

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Book number: 43765

Catalogue: Americana

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[Automotive Promotional Booklet]

FORD V • 8 For 1935

Detroit, Michigan: Ford Motor Company, 1934. 1st printing. Grey paper covers printed in white, red & slate blue. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Every page except 1 with a color illustration of a Ford V-8 model, or some aspect of a Ford car. Page 1 begins with the DeLuxe Tudor Sedan, p. 1 Oblong 8vo: 7" x 9-1/8". Only modest signs of wear. A VG+ survivor. "A New Standard of Riding Comfort with the Modern Performance of a V • 8 Power" [preliminary blurb].

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Book number: 49509

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Americana Potpourri

[Automotive Promotional Booklet]

A NEW PICTURE Of CAR VALUE. 1935 Plymouth

Detroit, Michigan: Plymouth Motors, 1934. 1st printing. Blue paper covers printed in light blue & silver. Unpaginated, though 20 pp. Profusely illustrated with images of the automobile, as well as divers aspects thereof. Oblong 8vo: 7" x 9-1/8". Only modest signs of wear. A VG+ - Nr Fine survivor. "Plymouth was a brand of automobiles produced by Chrysler Corporation. The brand was launched in 1928 to compete in what was then described as the 'low-priced' market segment that was dominated by Chevrolet and Ford. It became the high-volume seller for the automaker until the late 1990s." [Wiki].

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Book number: 49555

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Americana Potpourri

[Souvenir Photograph Booklet]

OAKLAND CAL. The City of Opportunity. Population - 235,000

San Francisco / Oakland / Los Angeles: Western Folder Co, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1909. Not found in Rocq. Printed pale blue paper wrappers, with the front cover depicting Oakland Harbor, and the rear panel an advert for H. Morton Jewelry Store. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 11-panel accordian fold-out depicting 18 photographic images, 1 aerial-view map view & 2 panels of text detailing divers aspects of the city. Covers with oblong format: 3-1/4" x 4-1/4". Fold-out: 3" x 37-3/4". Light wear & age-toning to wrappers. A VG item.

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Book number: 39381

Catalogue: Americana

[Promotional Booklet]

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. A Valley Which Has Won the Title of the "Garden of the World." Its Resources and Its Progress. Issued by the San Jose Board of Trade

San Jose, Cal: Smith & Wilcox, Mercury Job Rooms, 1890. 1st edition (Rocq 13841). Printed grey paper wrappers, with rear wrapper having a wood engraved image of the Hotel Vendome, San Jose. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 87, [1] pp. Illustrated with wood engravings, many full page. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". Some wear & soiling to wrappers, with loss of lower corner to front wrapper & upper corner of rear wrapper. An About VG copy. Somewhat uncommon promotional piece on Santa Clara County, which touts the usual aspects.. propritious climate, friendly faces, etc, etc.

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Book number: 40394

Catalogue: Americana

[Souvenir Booklet]

VIEWS Around MONTEREY BAY CALIFORNIA

San Francisco: Pacific Novelty Co. of San Francisco, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1915. Tan envelope printed in black and brown. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 9 panel accordion fold plates printed recto and verso, tipped in to publisher's illustrated mailing envelope. 18 b/w photographic views, plus a full size sepia-toned image of the Hotel Del Monte printed to rear panel of envelope. Oblong format: 4-1/4" x 6-1/4". Light wear and rubbing to envelope edges; creasing to flap; fold of first leaf tender/ slightly split at ends. Images crisp and clean. A VG copy. Uncommon view book from the Pacific Novelty Co. Not in Rocq, nor in OCLC.

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Book number: 43864

Catalogue: Americana

[Souvenir Booklet]

VIEWS Of OAKLAND CALIFORNIA. [Cover title]

San Francisco: Published by Edw. H. Mitchell, 1906. 1st printing. Not found on OCLC, nor in Rocq (though see 922, for a related Oakland item by Mitchell). Original publisher's printed grey paper wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 11 captioned b/w photographic views on a 9-panel accordian fold-out, with a 7 panel "Panorama of Oakland, California". 7-1/8" x 4-7/8". Light wear. Prior owner name stamp & pos [dated 1911]. A VG+ copy.

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Book number: 39098

Catalogue: Americana

Boone, Daniel [1734 - 1820] - Subject. Bryan, Daniel. Ritner, Jacob B. [1828 - 1873] - Former Owner

The MOUNTAIN MUSE: Comprising the Adventures of Daniel Boone; and the Power of Virtuous and Refined Beauty

Harrisonburg: Printed for the Author: By Davidson & Bourne, 1813. 1st edition (American Imprints 28029; Field 199; Harris Collection, p. 42; Sabin 8787; Wegelin 889). Period full brown sheep binding with red leather gilt stamped title label to spine with 7 horizontal rules to same, speckled edges. 252, 12 pp. "List of Subscribers" last 12 pages, which lists names, in 3 columns per page [~ 60 names / column], from 11 states: Virginia [7 pp], Kentucky [3 pp], Tennessee [1 page], Ohio [2/3 page] & Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, South Carolina, Connecticut, North Carolina, & Louisiana comprising the last 1+ columns. Of particular interest today is the large number of women so listed throughout this early 19th C. subscriber list, providing strong evidence of their literary interests & financial wherewithal [easily an academic project to research these women, and gather additional demographics for this group]. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4". General wear to binding. Usual age-toning & foxing to paper; ffep lacking lower quarter. Prior owner signatures [one dated 1858] of Jacob, and Emeline, Ritner. A solid VG copy. From Harris we learn the author was born in Virginia, served as a State Senator, and subsequently as Postmaster at Georgetown. Captain Jacob Ritner, a self-styled "MOUNTAIN MUSE" [in his hand, under his signature to the front paste-down], played a role in "most of the major military events of the Western Theater: Wilson's Creek, Vicksburg, Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain, the Atlanta Campaign including the Battle of Atlanta, Sherman's March to the Sea, the Occupation of Savannah, and the Carolina's Campaign." Perhaps he viewed himself as a mid-19th Century Daniel Boone? A nice copy of this heroic poem centered on one of America's frontier icons.

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Book number: 47139

Catalogue: Americana

[Unit Year Book]. Boone, Walter F. - Commanding

U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Army and Navy Publishing Company of Louisiana, (n. d.). 1st edition thus, ca 1944. Blue buckram cloth binding with gold lettering/USN Wings to front board, along with 3 airplanes aloft, stamped in blind. 146, [2] pp. Filled with b/w photographs. 4to. 12-1/8" x 9". Cocked, some wear, Very Good.

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Book number: 38817.1

Catalogue: Americana

Bouton, Nathaniel [1799 - 1878]

The RESPONSIBILITIES Of RULERS. A Sermon, Delivered at Concord, June 5, 1828, Before the Constituted Authorities of the State of New = Hampshire

Concord: Printed by Henry E. Moore, 1828. 1st Printing (American Imprints 32454; Sabin 6966). Printed self-wrappers, stitched [lacking outer wrappers?]. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 31, [1 (blank)] pp. Untrimmed. 8vo. Age-toning & soiling, with 3/4" band of darkening at top of the pamphlet. Overall, Very Good.

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Book number: 47703

Catalogue: Americana

Bowden, Henry Warner. Edited by Martin E. Marty

AMERICAN INDIANS And CHRISTIAN MISSIONS. Studies in Cultural Conflict

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. 1st edition. Grey cloth binding with silver stamped lettering to spine. DJ red and printed, with white and black lettering to spine and covers. [1], xix, [1], 255, [6 (blank)] pp. 3 maps. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Very light shelfwear to spine. DJ spine sunned, with minor wear and light chipping at spine and edges. A Near Fine copy in a VG+ DJ.

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Book number: 37725

Catalogue: Americana