San Francisco, California: Spring Valley Water Company. 1912. Hardcover. Scarce report on establishing the Hetch Hetchy Water Supply system still providing water to the City of San Francisco.
Tokyo, Japan: Japan Pacific Association. 1937. Staplebound. Pro-Japanese propaganda from 1937 published in Japan contradicting news about war in China. Text is in Egnlish.
Rock Hall, Maryland: Rock Hall Commemoration, Inc. 1957. Hardcover without dj as issued. Interesting book of houses and other history from the Rock Hall area of Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay. Photo illustrated. Original unused Rock Hall Commemoration bumper sticker laid in. This dates from 1957, the 250th anniversary of.....
Los Angeles: Association of Newspaper Artists. 1911. Various. Limp leather boards. Fascinating book of caricatures of leading business people and notable citizens of Los Angeles. A scarce volume.
Washington, D.C. Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. Staplebound pamphlet / program. 23 page program commemorating an exhibit at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, likely one of their earliest exhibits circa late 1960's it was entitled . . . Toward Freedom and it tells the story of the Civil Rights movement. The program is.....
Luxembourg: Syndicat d'Initiative de la commune de Winseler a.s.b.l. 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Photographic history of the people of Wanseler.
United States: TecCom Productions. 1987. Scarce book of photographs taken at the Japanese relocation center at Tule Lake. Photographers include Clem Alberts, J.D. Bigelow, Jack Iwata, R. Komura, Robert Ross, Francis Stewart.
self-published? History of plantations and Pinopolis with an emphasis on Anne Ball's family and her family's history. Appears self-published.
Los Angeles, California: Who's Who in Los Angeles Publishers. 1926. Limp paper boards. Excellent reference volume for early Los Angeles / Hollywood notables.
New York, London: Longmans. 1901. 1st. Hardcover.
San Francisco, California: Southern Pacific Company Passenger Dept. 1909. Cover illustration by W. Hull Bull. softcover. "San Francisco three years after the Great Fire. The story of the City's substantial rebuilding." Rebuilding illustrated with numerous photographs and illustrations.
San Francisco, California: Southern Pacific Company Passenger Dept. 1907. Cover illustration by Charles Dickman. softcover. This Sunset Magazine issue includes drawings and photographs of new buildings after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and the development of the Peninsula including the Stanford campus. Numerous advertisements.
Jamaica: Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce. 1984. softcover.
San Bruno History Association. 1991. Squarebound trade paperback. Scarce photo-illustrated book about the history of Millbrae, California. Signed by author on title page.
San Francisco: Chinese HIstorical Society of America and Asian American Studies Department San Francisco State University. 2003. Catalogue for an exhibit of sheet music featuring Asian and Anti-Asian imagery. Includes at least 6 color pages of reproductions.
New York: Signet Books. 1968. softcover. The photographic life of this book spans eight days in February, 1968. Marines in the 26th Regiment entrenched in Khe Sanh were under fire from two North Vietnamese Army Division. All the pictures were taken within the Khe Sanh Combat Zone.
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company. 1909. F.A. Carter. Gold rush novel.
Heyday Books. 2004. hardcover. Inscribed.
Bruce Publishing Company. 1970. softcover. Traces the history of African Americans from their arrival as slaves in the seventeenth century to the present-day struggle for civil rights.
San Diego, California: Greenleaf Classics. GP645. 1973. softcover. Vintage erotic reference includes black and white photographs.
London: H. M. Stationary Office. 1920. softcover. Handbook covers "Geography Physical and Political," "Political History," Social and Political Conditions," and "Economic Conditions."
French-Canadian Heritqage Society of Michigan. 2016. Trade paperback. This two-volume set about the founding decade of Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit du Lac Érié. Volume 1 tells the chronological story of the explorations and the early historical events that eventually led to the creation of the present-day city of Detroit, Michigan.....
Keizyo, (Seoul) Korea: Government-General of Tyosen. 1938. Squarebound paperback. Report on the administration of Tyosen (Korea) printed in English while the country was under Japanese rule. Scarce volume. Photo illustrated, 231 pages, with color foldout map intact.
Tokyo, Japan: Daitoa Shuppan Kabushiki Kaisha. 1944. S. Kurihara. Pamphlet of stories by Japanese war correspondents during World War II, printed in English. Likely anti-US propaganda. Note on title page that the booklet was translated into English by Margaret Kato in 1944, likely her signature.
San Clemente, California: El Heraldo de San Clemente. 1930. Hardcover. Scarce book about the founding of San Clemente. This copy has been boldly inscribed on the title page as shown by Ole Hanson, the Founder and Builder of the town. Hanson was also the former mayor of Seattle, Washington...