[Restaurant Menu - Banff, Alberta]

MOUNT ROYAL HOTEL.; Coffee Shoppe

(Banff, Alberta): , 1940. 1st Printing. Pictorial self wrappers, pink, blue and black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Printed bifolium. Large, color illustration on upper wrapper. 9" x 5-1/2". A VG copy, some soiling to wrappers, horizontal fold across menu, corners a bit rubbed, internally clean and bright. The Mount Royal Hotel still stands today, it opened in 1912. The hotel has over come two devastating fires, one in 1967 (in the oldest wing) and on more recently in 2016. Still a destination spot in the Canadian Rockies, this is piece of the hotels history. Breakfast dishes include "Crumpets .. 10", "Poached Egg on Toast .. 30", "Finnan Haddie .. 50" and a "Yeast Cake .. 5".

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Book number: 45487

Catalogue: Americana

Bang, William H. - Captain/Master

TRADE WINDS. Souvenir Edition.; Issue #29

(n.p.): , 1954. 1st Printing. White paper leaves, printed to recto and verso in black lettering, stapled at head (left corner), now housed in a mylar sleeve. [i], 1-9, [10] pp. Illustrated. Black and white line drawing to most leaves. 13" x 8-1/2". A VG copy. Light soiling to leaves (especially upper wrapper), age toning to leaves (edges primarily), corners and edges a bit rubbed, otherwise clean and bright. We speculate this newsletter is from the USS General C. G. Morton based on another item we have, (# 44345). This little ship newsletter starts of with landmarks to see in San Francisco as well as a bit of San Francisco history. As most newspapers this has a "World News" section, a "Sports" section, a "Laffs" sections and details about the staff and thank yous! According to USS General C. G. Morton wikipedia "On 26 Feb 1954 General C.G. Morton arrived at Agana, Guam for a stop over enroute to the port of San Francisco with military families on board. The ship reached San Francisco on April 20, 1954, and docked at Fort Mason. 695 service members, military dependents, and civilian employees were aboard. Struck again from the Navy List on 29 May 1958, General C. G. Morton was sold to Central Gulf Lines in 1967,[6] and renamed SS Green Wave, USCG ON 508060, IMO 6801183. She was scrapped in Taiwan in February 1980." However we have this item with the date August 11th 1954. Captain William H. Bang writes "In a very few more 'dogwatches', we should arrive at our homebound terminal, San Francisco, and that means that we have to bid all you good people "good luck and farewell". Possibly a discrepancy in research?.

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Book number: 46665

Catalogue: Americana

Bangs, E. Geoffrey

PORTALS WEST. A Folio of Late Nineteenth Century Architecture in California.; Preface by Robert Gordon Sproul

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1960. 1st edition. #458/1000cc. Linen cloth with gold lettering. Dust jacket. 88 pp. Illustrated from photographs. 4to. F (bpt)/NF .

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Book number: 11519

Catalogue: Americana

Publicity Deparment of the Glendale Branch Security Trust & Savings Bank

FIRST Of The RANCHOS. The Story of Glendale

Glendale, CA: Glendale Branch of the Security Trust & Savings Bank, 1924. 2nd edition (stated). Green, orange and white illustrated paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 48 pp. Many b/w photographic images throughout. 8" x 4-3/8". Light wear to wrappers (some rubbing to edges). A VG+ example. "In a valley where Palm and Pine grow in neighborly beauty and vie with each other in providing pleasing settings for bungalows, is it any wonder that humans as widely separated in original habitat meet and live in their shade in peace and amity? From every clime have come to Glendale homebuilders and home-lovers to raise their roof-trees on the First of the Ranchos. Here they have fashioned their dwellings, as did the Verdugos of old, to satisfy at last 'the secret sense of hunger for beauty and for solace.'".

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Book number: 40940

Catalogue: Americana

[Restaurant Menu - Santa Barbara, Ca]

BLUE ONION DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS.; 1701 State at Valerio - Hollister at the Wye - Coast Highway at Depot Road - Cafe 834 Coast Highway, U.S. 101, South Santa Barbara, California

(n.p.): , 1950. 1st Printing. Blue and white, card stock wrappers, white paper leaves, dark blue lettering, small slip tipped in on first page, now housed in a mylar sleeve. 4 pp. unnumbered, housed in larger printed wrappers. Die-cut shape as an onion, small vignettes throughout. Approx. 8" x 9". A VG copy, age toning markings to upper wrapper and edges, some creasing to upper wrapper, internally clean and bright. On the lower wrapper is an illustrated map of the Blue Onion locations.

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Book number: 46238

Catalogue: Americana

[Restaurant Menu - Santa Barbara]

IRELAND'S S SANTA BARBARA.; Pour Votre Plaisir

(n.p.): , 1975. 1st P. White card stock, self wrappers, printed in black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Bifolium. Drawn portrait of John Ireland to lower wrapper, wrapping around partially to the upper wrapper (hands only). Folio. 17--3/4 x 10". A VG copy. Some soiling to wrappers, light rubbing to edges, internally clean and bright. This restaurant was owned by movie star John Ireland, lasting only several months: "In his later years, he owned the restaurant Ireland's in Santa Barbara, California. An accomplished chef, he regularly worked in the kitchen and concocted Ireland Stew, combining whatever ingredients were available on a given night. He was also a regular at the restaurant's bar, greeting patrons and buying drinks for friends. The restaurant failed. In May 1977, Ireland declared bankruptcy" [wiki].

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Book number: 48283

Catalogue: Americana

[Restaurant Menu - Santa Barbara]

SAN ROQUE STEAK HOUSE.; 3524 State Street Santa Barbara, California

(n.p.): , 1960. 1st Printing. Cow die-cut, self wrappers, brown and white lettering. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated cow on upper and lower wrapper. Approx. 7" x 4". A VG+/NF copy, light creasing to legs, internally clean and bright. This menu includes steak specials and a throughout wine list to be paired with your choice cut. A Filet Mignon is priced as $2.25!.

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Book number: 45405

Catalogue: Americana

Bark, Don H.

IRRIGATION In KANSAS. U. S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Experiment Stations -- Bulletin 211

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. 1st printing. Original printed paper wrappers, stapled. Housed in a custom red cloth slipcase. 28 pp. Graphs, map of 'Canals in the Garden City District & a folding map of the state ("Showing Streams Available for Irrigation"). 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6". Bit of age-toning to wrappers. Bookplate. A VG+ copy in a similar case.

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Book number: 36905

Catalogue: Americana

Barlow, C[hester. d. 1902]

The STORY Of The FARALLONES

Alameda, California: Arranged and Published by H. R. Taylor, 1897. 1st printing (Rocq 8238). Color lithographed glossy heavy-stock paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Unpaginated, though 32 pages. Printed at Pacific Town Talk Press, San Francisco. Illustrated with 28 b/w photographic images by Barlow, A. L. Bolton, P. W. Nahl & from the Overland Monthly. Oblong format: 5" x 6-7/8". A VG+ copy.

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Book number: 36361

Catalogue: Americana

Barnes, George T.

OKLAHOMA TERRITORIAL BILL. Speech of Hon. George T. Barnes, of Georgia, in the House of Representatives Saturday, December 18, and Wednesday, December 22, 1886

Washington: , 1887. 1st printing. Disbound. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 18 pp. 8vo. Signature of "James Taylor, Esq." A VG copy. Barnes addresses divers issues concerning the Indians' covenants with the government, vis-a-vis establishment of the Oklahoma Territory.

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Book number: 36557

Catalogue: Americana

Barnett, John W. - Patentee

INSTRUCTIONS For USING JOHN W. BARNETT'S PATENT PROCESS For CURING LEAF TOBACCO. Patented January 7th, 1879

[Big Spring, Montgomery County, VA]: , 1879. 1st printing. Not in the Arents Catalogue. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Broadside, printed with 3 columns of instructional text. 11-5/8" x 8-5/8". Modest wear, bit of age-toning, light foxing at the top of the sheet. Very Good. "This broadside explains a new patented process for curing leaf tobacco developed by John W. Barnett of Big Spring, Virginia. The process involves using water that was poured near the fires during curing. This allowed for curing at a slower rate, which permitted green portions from 'setting' thus producing a superior yellow product." OCLC records 6 holding institutions, we find 2 additional via an on-line search.

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Book number: 49821

Catalogue: Americana

[Railway Time Table]. Barr, Wm. R. - Gen'l Pass'r Ag't, New York

CONDENSED TIME TABLE Of The ERIE RAILWAY. Broad Gauge Double Track Route. From New York to All Principal Points South, South-West, West & North-West, Also to the Great Oil Regions of Pennsylvania. June. 1868

[New York?]: , 1868. 1st printing thus, i.e. of this June schedule. No copies found on OCLC, though one each of the 1864 & 1866 are recorded. Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. One sheet, printed both sides, and fold thrice to form a pocket-sized brochure. Full sheet map of the "Great Broad Gauge -- Double Track Route". Unfolded: 10-7-8" x 13-3/4". Folded: 5-1/2" x 3-1/2". Age-toning. Old tape reinforcement along folds. A couple short edge tears. Very Good.

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Book number: 41514

Catalogue: Americana

Barra, E[zekiel]. I.

TALE Of TWO OCEANS; New Story by an Old Californian. An Account of a Voyage from Philadelphia to San Francisco, Around Cape Horn, Years 1849 - 50, Calling at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at Juan Fernandez, in the South Pacific

San Francisco: , 1893. 1st edition (Baird & Greenwood 178; Cowan II, p. 35; Graff 193; Kurutz 37). Printed stiff-stock paper wrappers. 198 pp. Illustrated, 2 full page & 5 intra-textual. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Old transparent tape reinforcement to spine paper. Faint discoloration along text-block fore-edge. Modern bookplate. A Very Good copy. An apparently embellished account based on personal reminiscences, by this one time San Francisco "saloon keeper catering to the printing trade.".

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Book number: 31829

Catalogue: Americana

Barrett, S. M.

SOCIOLOGY Of The AMERICAN INDIANS. Illustrated from Photographs and Drawings

Kansas City, Missouri: Burton Publishing Company, 1946. 1st edition. Green cloth binding, black stamped lettering to spine and front board. Yellow illustration to front board. Map illustrated endpapers. 142, [6 (blank)] pp. Frontis b/w photograph, many illustrations throughout. 8" x 5-1/2". Minimal wear to binding (light soiling to rear board). Bookplate to front pastedown. A VG copy.

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Book number: 39133

Catalogue: Americana

[California Song Slip]. Barry, Ned

BEHIND The SCENES

San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 15 holdings on OCLC. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet, printed recto only. 4 verses, each of 12 lines. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 12-3/4" x 4-3/8". Light wear to paper, chipping around edges. Top edge creased. An About VG example.

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Book number: 38221

Catalogue: Americana