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Journal of the Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Session of the California State Grange, Held at Grangers' Hall, Sacramento, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th, 1884
San Francisco, California, Carlos White Printing Co. Steam Printers, 1884. First Edition. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 3/4; pp. [1], 4-71; off-white wraps, printed and ruled with an elaborate border; chips to tips of spine; faint spotting and foxing to wraps (not affecting readability); in good condition. A scarce work from an illusive San Francisco publisher, it documented the proceedings of the California branch of the Grange - officially named The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. The social organization, being the oldest American agricultural advocacy group with a national scope, was founded after the Civil War - in 1867. It would claim credit for the ideas of rural free mail delivery, the Farm Credit System, etc. What was most unusual of the organization at the time was that women and teenagers, "old enough to draw a plow," were encouraged to participate in it. Furthermore, it was mandatory that four of the organization's elected positions could be held only by women. Many local granges were established, including the California State Grange, which was founded in 1873 in Napa. Good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003685
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Constitution and Form of Admission of the First Congregational Church in Byron, California. Adopted 1893 (Ruth Emma Goodsell's Copy)
San Francisco, J. O. Jephson & Co. Book and Job Printers, 1893. First Edition. First edition; 5 3/4 x 4; pp. [1], 4-23; light-brown wraps, printed and ruled in black; manuscript notes to wraps; mild wear to edges and corners; in very good condition. The first settlers to the area of Byron arrived in 1841, the town was officially founded in 1878 and the first home and a post office were built in the same year. Apparently, the town's first Congregational Church was established in 1893. Ruth Emma Goodsell (1893 - 1988) was the author of "California during the war of independence, 1810-1822," and daughter of pioneer preacher and one of the early pastors in Murphys, California Dennis Goodsell (1850 - 1937). Ruth had written on the back wrap of the book that she had been baptized by her father in Murphys in 1894 and had included a short prayer. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 004073
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Crimes and Career of Tiburcio Vasquez. The Bandit of San Benito County and Notorious Early California Outlaw. Compiled from Newspaper Accounts of the Period and First Hand Information from Some of Those Who Played a Part in This Story
Hollister, California , San Benito County Historical Society, 1976. Limited bicentennial printing, this copy #26; 9 1/4 x 6; pp. [4], 1-40; textured red wraps, printed in black; illustrated with photographs, including frontis; small nicks to tips of spine, else very light wear; in very good to near fine condition. The story of Tiburcio Vasquez (1835 - 1875) - called the second-greatest bandit of California (Joaquin Murieta being, allegedly, the greatest one), who was active between 1854 and 1874. Near fine .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003772
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Original Photograph of a Victorian Family on the Front Porch of Their House in San Francisco
S. l. (San Francisco), By the photographer, 1900. Albumen photograph, mounted on stiff card stock, n. d. (ca 1900); image - 4 1/2 x 3 1/2, card stock - 5 1/4 x 4 1/4; a bit of spotting to card stock; photo with a small crease to upper right corner and a few minor scratches; very-faint, penciled-in note to verso; in about very good condition. A beautiful photo of a San Francisco family (provenance - previous owner) from a distance, lined on the steps of a large and elaborate Edwardian-style house. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003641
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Original Photograph of a Large Victorian Family Inside Their Home in San Francisco
S. l. (San Francisco), By the photographer, 1890. Albumen photograph, mounted on stiff card stock, n. d. (ca 1890); image - 4 x 5, card stock - 5 1/2 x 6 1/2; some spotting to card stock; photo with a few minor scratches; very-faint, penciled-in note to verso; in about very good condition. A beautiful, albeit a bit blurry, photo of a large San Francisco family (provenance - previous owner) in their, presumably, living room, dressd in their best. It includes mother, father, and seven children, of which one is a boy and the two youngest girls are clutching dolls. Very good .
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Panoramic Photograph "Donner Lake from Donner Pass
S. l. s. n. 1930. Gelatin silver panoramic photograph in original plain brown envelope, n. d. (1930s); 3 1/2 x 10 3/4; photo with very minor wear - in near fine condition; envelope with a few tears to top edge and a small piece of tape to inside of flap. A beautiful image by an anonymous photographer (identified only by the initial 'H'), it showed an elevated view of Donner Lake and the Rainbow Bridge. Near fine .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003968
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Parlor, Bedroom, and Precinct. Mask and Dagger's Maddest Musical Show
S. l. (Berkeley), s. n. 1936. Broadside, n. d. (1936); 11 x 8; blue stock, printed in black and illustrated with cartoons; faint crease lines, else minor wear; in very good condition. Announcing a performance at Wheeler Auditorium, the broadside advertised the "Maddest Musical Show" - satirical skits, songs, etc. written by UC Berkeley students and performed by members of Mask and Dagger, a senior dramatic society at the university. Though not listed here, contemporary newspaper accounts wrote that the show was principally the work of William Engvick (1914 - 2012), renowned lyricist and alumnus of UC Berkeley. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003822
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Report on Grass Valley Gold Mining District
S. l. s. n. 1920. A copy of a typed report, n. d. (early 20th century); 11 x 8 1/2; loose sheets, pp. [12], text to recto only; a few minor nicks and chips to edges; in very good condition. Albeit anonymous, a fairly detailed write up on the Grass Valley gold mining district - "the oldest suvvessfully operating and the most productive" according to the author. It includes total revenues in dollars for the various companies and areas, their distinctive characteristics, etc. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003818
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Souvenir of the Unveiling of Marshall Monument, May 3rd 1890. Historical Sketches of Coloma and Placerville, from Tom Fitche's First Directory of El Dorado County, 1862
S. l. Mountain Democrat Press, 1947. Facsimile of the original souvenir, n. d. (1947); 9 x 6; pp. [1], 2-10, [2]; off-white wraps, printed and decorated in yellow and blue; illustrated with two plates - a photographic image and an engraving; a small crease to lower corner and a few minor spots; in very good condition. A handsome facsimile edition of the original souvenir, which commemorated the unveiling of Marshall Monument in Coloma. James Marshall (1810 - 1885) was a carpenter and sawmill operator, whose discovery of gold in January of 1848 would be the impetus for the California Gold Rush. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003812
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Mimicry As an Art, or Wildlife-Calling and Birdsong-Whistling for Pastime or Profit. Harvested Amidst the Mystic Ruins of San Antonio de Padua of the Coastal Sierras of California [Manuscript "Debut-Edition"]
Little Rock, Arkansas, By the author, 1942. First edition; 9 x 12; pp. 1-33 (recto only); original bright red stapled wraps; mimeographed text; a few faint spots to covers; minor creasing to upper corners; small rubbed spot to back cover; internally fine; overall very good to near fine condition. An uncommon publication, it presented a study on the psychology of mimicry and gave lengthy explanations and examples of the different sounds and the precise way of executing them. The author was a major in the US Army and the Sponsor-Director of several Tropical Research Expeditions in the early 20th century. Ill.: 0. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 000614
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Keywords: Animals, California 0
Yee Olde Mustang Poker Club - Original Ink-and-Watercolor Folk Art
S. l. (Monterey, CA), By the artist. Original drawing, n. d. (mid-20th-century); 9 1/2 x 13 1/4; ink and watercolor on glossy, beige card stock; manuscript signatures of the people pictured bellow image; thin strips of residue on verso from previously being framed; in very good condition. A delightful and quite-accomplished piece of Northern California folk art (provenance - previous owner), it memorialized the members of a local poker club - all of them presumably serving with the Air Force at the Presidio of Monterey. Six anthropomorphic horses, three ladies and three gents, grinned widely - the men dressed in military uniforms and the women displaying stylized Air Force insignia on their dresses. The Presidio - US Army installation, which houses the Defence Language Institute Foreign Language Center - has been home to the 517th Training Group of the US Air Force (under various names), since WWII. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003566
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Steamboat Helen Hensley Billhead
Stockton, CA, California Steam Navigation Company, 1861. Printed document, partially filled in manuscript in brown ink; 4 1/4 x 6 3/4; pale-blue stock, printed and ruled in black; old, intersecting crease lines; a bit of age toning along creases; in very good condition. The California Steam Navigation Company was founded and incorporated in 1854 with the purpose of consolidating competing steamship companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and along the San Joaquin and the Sacramento rivers. It quickly became very successful and gained near-monopoly of the trade by buying out bancrupted competitors. It would later also offer ocean routes from San Francisco to British Columbia and south to San Diego. Despite its early success, the rise of railroads began negatively impacting the company's profits and in 1871 - its assets were purchased by the Pacific Railroad and it ceased to exist. The Helen Hensley - a sidewheel steamer - was one of the original vessels consolidated into the company in 1854. The boat was built by Samuel J. Hensley (1817 - 1866), President of the California Steam Navigation Company. He had come overland to California from Kentucky in 1843 and had struck it rich during the Gold Rush. He would play an important role in early California politics and ultimately - in California achieving statehood. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003389
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A Letter, Regarding Then California Governor Hiram Warren
Sacramento, California, By the author, 1911. On the doctor's stationary, typed, and signed in manuscript; also included is the original envelope; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, text to recto only; two faint, vertical creases, else very minor wear; envelope with age-toning and spotting. A truly-bizarre letter, it was addressed to one E. F. Stewart, presumably an aide to the Governor, by Dr. Howard Cameron, Ocultist and Aurist (several period media advertisements and business directories alternately list Dr. Cameron as an eye-ear-nose-throat doctor). He informed Stewart he could possibly get the Governor admitted to the hospital at a reduced rate, as a previous eye surgery had not turned out quite up to the doctor's standards. Then, the letter took a weird turn, where the latter mentioned that on the previous visit, the Governor's clothes had been in bad shape, so Dr. Cameron had handed him a discarded suit of his own. Though research has not revealed much about this particular event in the Governor's life, it is a bit of a stretch to imagine the highly-successful and prominent Hiram Johnson (1866 - 1945) in tattered clothes and asking for a discount on a hospital visit. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003816
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This Is Our Town, Rio Vista, California. The Rio Vista Centennial, 1858 - 1958. Pioneers, Progress, Prosperity
Rio Vista, CA, By the authors, 1958. First Edition. First edition; oblong 9 x 12; pp. [86]; yellow, pictorial, card stock wraps, affixed with two large rivets; illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings; a few creases to corners of wraps, else mild wear; in very good condition. A charming commemoration of the centennial of this small town in the eastern end of Solano County, it presented a pictorial history of it, from its earliest days through the middle of th e20th century. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 004010
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The Tale of Temelec Hall
S. l. By the author, 1953. First Edition. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 1-10; glossy, white, pictorial wraps; illustrated with a photograph; light wear along spine; in very good or better condition. Written by pioneer journalist and editor Edmond Coblentz, whose entire professional career was associated with Hearst newspapers in San Francisco and New York, the booklet told the story of Temelec Hall in the Sonoma Valley, owned by the Coblentz' family in the early- to mid-1900s. The southern-plantation-style mansion was constructed in 1858 by frontiersman and Bear Flag revolutionary Granville Swift, who had made his fortune during the Gold Rush and used local stone and Native American labor during the construction. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003811
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