SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Six Addresses on Righteous Citizenship Delivered at the Annual Noon-Day Lenten Services for Business Men Held By the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in the Chamber of Commerce

San Francisco, CA: Brotherhood of St. Andrew, 1904. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers of th book have some beginning bumping and nicking. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the title page. Authors include: Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Mr. Walter Macarthur, Rev. Frederick W. Clampett, Dr. David Starr Jordan, The Hon. Norton P. Chipman, and, The Rt. Rev. W. F. Nichols.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 38220

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana San Francisco Chamber Of Commerce Politics Brotherhood Of St. Andrew Lent Civic Duty Californiana

CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT RESERVES COMMISION

How Unemployment Compensation Insures Employment an Answer to the Next Depression (Oct. 15, 1936)

Sacramento, CA: California Unemployment Reserves Commission, 1936. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a trade sized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the covers. The pamphlet does have a vertical crease that goes front to back. The text pages are clean and bright. There is toning to the title page where a previous owner's typed notes were laid-in. "The Unemployment Insurance program (UI) provides temporary weekly cash payments to people who are unemployed through no fault of their own. The cash payments are meant for unemployed persons to temporarily provide basic necessities for themselves and their families while seeking new employment. The basic idea is that the money would be immediately spent, thus providing a direct stimulus to their local economies. UI is provided primarily through state governments with help from the federal government. Public unemployment insurance first appeared in Wisconsin in 1932 as part of an effort to provide relief to workers who were unemployed as a result of the 1929 financial collapse. Six other states followed suit before the first federal unemployment insurance program was created as part of the Social Security Act of 1935. By 1937, every state in the Union and the then-territories of Alaska and Hawaii had enacted their own unemployment insurance programs.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 36806

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana California Unemployment Reserves Commission Unemployment Insurance New Deal Public Unemployment Insurance Politics Public Policy

SAN JOSE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS COMMISSION

San Jose - an Inventory of Its Historical and Architectural Heritage

San Jose, CA: Parks and Recreation Department, 1975. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 47088

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana San Jose Historical Landmarks Commission California History San Jose Historical Inventory

SANTA CLARA COUNTY HISTORICAL HERITAGE COMMISSION

Santa Clara County - Heritage Resource Inventory

San Jose, CA: Santa Clara County Historical Heritage Commission, 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 47090

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Santa Clara Historical Heritage Commission California History Santa Clara Historical Inventory Santa Clara Historical Society

WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER COMPANY

Bret Harte, 9 Sketches

West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1967. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; The edition is part of an un-numbered limited edition published by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. The illustrations are reproduced from the wood engravings of Harper's New Monthly Magazine. The book is In Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This copy is missing the accompanying slipcase. The book covers are in generally clean, bright condition. THere is some light toning / darkening to the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a presentation bookplate from David L. Luke (3rd) to Mrs. Sidney Frohman. The short stories include: The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat, Miggles, Tennessee's Partner, The Idyl of Red Gulch, Brown of Calaveras, High-Water Mark, A Lonely Ride, and, The Man of No Account.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 47779

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Bret Harte Miners Mining Short Stories

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY

Code of Professional Ethics of the American Bar Association. . . And of the California Bar Association

San Francisco, CA: Bancroft-Whitney, 1910. Hardcover. "Adopted at the Annual Meeting, Held at Los Angeles, December 6,7 and 8, 1910". This little book is in Near Fine condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 50383

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Bancroft-whitney Bar Association California Bar Association

A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY

The Pacific Coast Third Reader Revised Edition

San Francisco, CA: A. L. Bancroft & Company, 1874. Revised Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; School text book. This book is in Good condition. The covers have toning, spotting and rubbing, along with edge wear, nicking and rubbing. There are two chips missing from the rear spine joint - one of them is approximately two inches long. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there is some light foxing - also torn pages and earl. The front and rear endpapers are lacking. The last page of text has a three inch tear up from the bottom edge of the page.. Good .

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Book number: 46548

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana A. L. Bancroft & Company Text Books Readers The Pacific Coast Series California Imprints

HICKS-JUDD COMPANY

The San Francisco Block Book Comprising Fifty Vara Survey, One Hundred Vara Survey, Mission, Western Addition, Richmond District, Sunset District, Flint Tract, and Horner's Addition. Showing Size of Lots and Blocks and Names of Owners, Compiled from Latest Official Records.

San Francisco, CA: Hicks-Judd Company, 1901. 2nd Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized hardback book (small folio sized) The book is in Fair condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover is disbound. The textblock is intact, though a bit loose. The leather spine of the book is lacking. The first several pages the book (excluding the front endpaper) have a horizontal tear to the middle of the page, starting at the foredge. The remainder of the text pages appear to be in clean, bright condition. This block book in a way, is similar to a plat map, in that it shows the shape and size of allotments for buildings / residences, etc. In this case, the measurement used to define the allotments is the Vara: "The vara, a Spanish unit of distance, was used in the Spanish and Mexican surveys and land grants in Texas. One vara equals approximately thirty-three and one-third inches; 5,645.4 square varas equal one acre; 1,900.8 varas equal one mile; and 1,000,000 square varas, which is one labor, equal approximately 177.1 acres. The word vara entered the Spanish language from vulgate Latin and originally meant a long, thin, clean branch of any tree or plant." (from the Texas State Historical Society). This book also contains information about the owners of each allotment. This book, the second Block book issued for San Francisco, shows the complete set-up of housing, etc. Before the 1906 Earthquake. ; Signed by Author. Fair .

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Book number: 48011

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Hicks-Judd Company San Francisco, CA Block Books Plat Books Plat Maps Vara Surveys

CONMY, PETER THOMAS

Alameda County Historical Society

Oakland, CA: Alameda County Historical Society, 1985. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The yellow covers have some light rubbing and fingermarks. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Pardee Home is a house in Oakland, California. It was the home of three generations of the Pardee family. It is now a non-profit museum showing over 100 years of the life of a prominent California family. The house, a well-preserved example of Italianate architecture, is a city landmark, a California Historical Landmark, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was constructed in 1868 by California State Senator Enoch H. Pardee. His son, George Pardee, a Governor of California, also inhabited the house, inheriting it after his father's death. After George's death in 1941, it passed on to his two daughters, Madeline and Helen (the same name as her mother) , who lived in the house until their deaths in 1980 and 1981 respectively. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 49378

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Peter Thomas Conmy California History California Pioneers The Pardee House Oakland,ca

CONMY, PETER THOMAS

The Beginnings of Oakland, California A.U. C. (A.U. C. = Ab Urbe Condita)

Oakland, CA: Oakland Public Library, 1961. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Booklet. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. This is a simplified history of the city of Oakland, CA by the current (in 1961) City Librarian - Peter Thomas Conmy.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 46130

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Peter Thomas Conmy Oakland, CA History Of Oakland, CA Early Oakland, CA

CONMY, PETER THOMAS

Miguel Jose Serra, Padre Junipero, O.F. M

San Francisco, CA: Grand Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, 1960. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the front cover of the booklet. This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. This is a biography of Padre Serra put together by authors connected with the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West, who were advocating, during this period, for a statue of the Padre at the state capitol in Sacramento. "Saint Junípero Serra Ferrer O. F. M. November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784) , popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He founded a mission in Baja California and established eight of the 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, in what was then Spanish-occupied Alta California in the Province of Las Californias, New Spain. Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 25 September 1988 in Vatican City. Amid denunciations from Native American tribes who accused Serra of presiding over a brutal colonial subjugation, Pope Francis canonized Serra on 23 September 2015 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D. C, during his first visit to the United States. Serra's missionary efforts earned him the title of "Apostle of California". " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 48225

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Biography Peter Thomas Conmy Californiana Religion California History Signed Editions

CONNER, E. PALMER

The Romance of the Ranchos

Los Angeles, CA: Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a small format booklet with illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear. There are several spots of ground-in finger dirt. The bottom front corner of the book cover has a noticeable crease. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name and address on the front inside cover of the book. There is a map adhered to the inside rear cover. The map is in mostly clean, bright condition, but has some beginning generalized toning. "Edmund Palmer Conner (1900-1975) was born in Norfolk, Virginia on January 1, 1900. He was one of three children of Charles S. Conner, a lawyer, and Theodosia Brown Conner. The family migrated west in 1901 and settled in San Diego, California, where Conner attended elementary school, later moving to Pasadena where he attended Pasadena High School. The Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, bounded by Temple, Figueroa, 6th, and Hill Streets, was once an opulent subdivision created exclusively for Los Angeles's upper class in the late 19th century. The neighborhood began to decline after World War I as its population surged and wealthy residents headed for more suburban enclaves. Mansions were subdivided and occupied by renters, and eventually blight set in. In the 1950s, the city of Los Angeles began to redevelop the Bunker Hill area through the Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project, which not only included the demolition of Bunker Hill and its Victorian mansions, but the reconstruction of the Civic Center area. " (from Online Archive of California).. Very Good- .

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Book number: 46959

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana E. Palmer Conner Spanish California California Ranchos

COODLEY, LAUREN

Napa the Transformation of an American Town

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 073852459X. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 49925

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: 073852459X Californiana Lauren Coodley California History Napa, CA

COOK, LAWRENCE F.

The Giant Sequoias of California

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1961. Later Printing. Stapled wraps. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. "The natural distribution of giant sequoias is restricted to a limited area of the western Sierra Nevada, California. As a paleoendemic species, they occur in scattered groves, with a total of 81 groves (see list of sequoia groves for a full inventory) , comprising a total area of only 144.16 km2 (35,620 acres). Nowhere does it grow in pure stands, although in a few small areas, stands do approach a pure condition. The northern two-thirds of its range, from the American River in Placer County southward to the Kings River, has only eight disjunct groves. The remaining southern groves are concentrated between the Kings River and the Deer Creek Grove in southern Tulare County. Groves range in size from 12.4 km2 (3,100 acres) with 20,000 mature trees, to small groves with only six living trees. Many are protected in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Giant Sequoia National Monument. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 50206

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Keywords: Californiana Lawrence F. Cook Sequoias National Park Service Mariposa Grove

COOK, HART N. WITH BETH COOK

My Mother, the Chef a Family History of Early Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks

Sacramento, CA: Hart N. Cook / LaserType and Graphics Co, 1990. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Photographs; SIGNED EDITION. SIgned by the author's son on the title page. This is an oversized paper back book with heavy cardstock covers. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The white covers have started to yellow just a hint. There is a small rectangular spot of glue residue from a price sticker on the front cover by the title. The text pages are clean and bright. The book is signed in blue ink, with a long inscription on the title page by the son of the author. ; Signed by Family Member. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 44039

Catalogue: Californiana

Keywords: Californiana Hart N. Cook Beth Cook yosemite yosemite National Park Yellowstone National Park Cooking Cooks