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Octavo (9 X 6 inches) Harbor Department City of Los Angeles, 1928. staple bound booklet of 95 pages, in stiff paper covers, numerous black and white halftone photos of harbor scenes (trains bringing cargo, streetcars bringing people, ships at wharves), birds-eye-view of harbor and surrounding area, list of steamship companies, and agents, statistical charts, and graphs, large fold-out map, attractive cover illustration of a ship being met by tugs as visualized through a port hole, original, good condition (minor age toning to covers, contents clean and intact).

A short historical introduction to the Port and its progress, a harbor engineer's report, information on fire protection, fishing, labor, trucking, industrial development, and the role of various railroads, the Pacific Electric, and aviation are among the many subjects covered.

Small octavo (7 3/4 X 5 1/4 inches) Los Angeles: Los Angeles Examiner, 1920. First Edition. 79 page stapled booklet printed on pulp paper, bound in wrappers, illustrated by the American painter and illustrator B. G. Seielstad, good condition (minor old tape repairs to two portions of covers, neat rubber stamps with name of previous owner on front and back cover, and at top and bottom of title page (the one at the top is for the "Bush Orchestra") Published by the famous Los Angeles Hearst newspaper.

The fictional Blinkey Ben dispenses his folksy, small town, suggestive observations to the "Sporting Editor," and the "Night Editor" while using local scenery, and a few local celebrities to philosophize about the good old days.

32 mo. 5 x 7 inch original rectangular souvenir stapled booklet of 16 unnumbered pages, with color captioned photos of the famous gardens in Pasadena, California which no longer exist. Los Angeles: Engraved and Printed by the Van Ornum Colorprint Co., 1915-1920. Good condition.

Buff-colored wrappers, front cover oval cutout surrounded by the title and line drawings of the gardens; through the cutout oval, part of the first colored illustration under the cover is visible.

Octavo (9 x 4 inch) circa 1930s, original promotional paper brochure folded five times to form 12 unnumbered panels printed on both sides with halftone photos and descriptive text; cover title against an orange background, headlines printed in red, Wilmington Transportation Company flag on front cover surrounded by images of recreational activities on the Island. Very good condition

"In All the World No Trip Like This"

Small octavo (7 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches) Published by the Lankershim Branch of the Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles, 1923, written by the Publicity Department, Lankershim Branch, Security Trust & Savings Bank. Second Edition. 56 page stapled promotional booklet in decorative stiff wrappers, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of scenery, portraits, prominent landmarks, and other historical images, a map, and "A Bird's-eye View of the Great San Fernando Valley;" plus descriptive text. Very good condition.

Sections on the Aqueduct, the Mission, the first California gold rush, Pio Pico, Lopez Station, Lankershim, wheat, and many other topics.

"The City as well as its Valley might well be called 'A Daughter of the Snows,' for the extraordinary community which stretches from hills to sea could not exist but for the delivery at its doors of the icy, life-giving waters from the great white flanks of the distant Sierras."

Small octavo (7 7/8 by 4 1/4 inches) Glendale Branch of the Security Trust & Savings Bank, 1927. Written by the Publicity Department, Glendale Branch, Security Trust & Savings Bank. Third Edition.

48 page stapled promotional booklet in decorative stiff wrappers, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of street scenes, portraits, and historical images; plus descriptive text. Very good condition.

Originally referred to as "Tropico," Glendale was once part of the Verdugo Rancho. It was founded in the mid 1880s. "Glendale, the chalice for the aspirations of divinely discontented, home-loving people everywhere."

Small octavo (7 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches) Highland Park Branch Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles, 1923. Written by the Publicity Department, Highland Park Branch, Security Trust & Savings Bank, second edition. 48 page stapled promotional booklet in decorative stiff wrappers, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of scenery, portraits, prominent buildings, and other historical images; plus descriptive text (including information about Charles Lummis). Very good condition.

The area was originally referred to as Garvanza. Located near the Arroyo Seco, the area encompasses York Valley, Herman, parts of Highland Park, and the San Raphael Hills. It is now the site of Occidental College, the home of Charles Lummis, and the old Southwest Museum.

Quarto in oblong format (11 by 14 1/2 inches) Oakland, California: Thompson & West [Printed by Pacific Press Printing and Publishing House], 1880. First, Original Edition. [3] iv-vi [2], [1] 12-192 pages; eighty-seven full page lithographic views, including a double page bird's-eye-view of the Wolfskill Ranch; full page colored map showing the Western States of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California dated 1878.

Good condition: stamped-embossed original cloth over boards, with title in gilt centered on the front cover; professionally re-backed, with new corners, new endpapers to match the period; title in gilt on spine. Loss to lower right margin of one view, not affecting that image, archival repair to tear in margin of another plate, not affecting that image; another view, and pages 19-22, 37-38, 129-130 provided in facsimile, and are compatible to the contents - the book is in otherwise original condition, with binding and contents intact.

The fine plates are of local businesses, residences, farms,… Read More

Small octavo (7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches) San Bernardino, California: Times-Index Press, 1902. Original First Edition. 130 pages, frontis portrait of author, black and white pen and ink illustrations by Constance Farris, contents good, wrappers fragile (stiff and brittle charcoal wrappers repaired on front cover where split, repair to chip at upper right corner of front cover, contents not affected by both repairs), privately issued in a small edition, Rocq 7052, Cowan.

Topics include: Mexican pioneers, Indians, missions, San Bernardino branch mission, secularization, San Bernardino land grants, Isaac Williams of Rancho del Chino (first American to settle that part of the State of California); Mexican customs, Mormons, etc.

Small quarto (10 x 7 inches) San Francisco: Published by the Passenger Department of the Central Pacific Railroad Company and Leased Lines, Including the Southern Pacific Railroad and Connections, October, 1883. first two leaves are railroad ads for Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads [9]-63 pages [1], 20 illustrations in descriptive text, map, brown cloth binding, covers bordered top and bottom with line and decorative rules in blind, title in gilt on front cover. Very good condition, original cloth over boards.

The journalist and promotor, Truman, begins: "This illustrated volume has been prepared in the interest of two general classes - emigrants, from all sections of the civilized world, seeking for permanent homes in a healthful agricultural country, of the first part, and the people generally of California, of the second part, who are anxious to share their splendid lands and their incomparable climate with other industrial men and women of their own kind fron all quarters of the… Read More

Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 1/8 inches) Columbus, Ohio: Ward Brothers, 1898. Original Edition. twelve plates folded leporello style containing upwards of 70 images, plus seven pages of text describing the natural, historical, and cultural qualities of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Bernardino. Bound in red moire cloth, with minimal wear to edges. Very good condition.

An illustrated, souvenir, hardcover, promotional booklet published by Ward Bros., Columbus, Ohio. in 1898.

The illustrations, taken from photographs, are on a strip folded accordion style, with the first leaf attached to the front cover. The seven unnumbered pages of text are attached to the back pastedown.

The views and vignettes include Downtown Los Angeles, the business district, a "Birdseye View of San Bernardino," the harbor, the "Ostrich Farm," "Hotel and Beach at Redondo," "Orange Grove & Vineyard Tracts, San Gabriel Valley," "Mount Lowe," "Catalina," "Hotel Del Coronado," and the "Long Wharf at Santa Monica," among many others.… Read More

32 mo. (5 x 6 3/4 inches) 1899. rectangular stapled booklet of 30 unnumbered pages, illustrated with black and white half tone photos, sketches, numerous ads for local businesses, land development companies.

Original, wrappers, good condition, (old tape repairs to inside of back cover, minor wear and chipping to fragile spine, not affecting contents), embossed title in gilt on front cover.

Brief descriptive text outlining history, railroad rates, courses of study and biographies of some of the principal participants. Advertisements for Santa Catalina, Alamitos Land Co., and Southern Pacific, and for druggists, a bank, hotels, and other small businesses.

Octavo (9 x 4 inch) folded paper brochure that unfolds to 32 inches, creating eight panels printed on both sides, illustrated with black and white half tone photo images of city landmarks, and tourist destinations; descriptive text; bird's-eye-view map across four panels showing the coastal plain intersected with unnamed highways radiating out from Los Angeles to surrounding areas from San Fernando to Capistrano; and communities in-between, among them Pasadena, San Bernardino, Redlands, Riverside, and Fullerton. The view stretches from Catalina to the snow capped mountains.

Color illustration on front cover of an idyllic Southern California scene featuring motoring, horseback riding, and golf with palm trees, sailboats, and hills in the background; also inset vignettes of a busy Downtown and a ship unloading in the harbor; very good condition (small square sticker advertising a local representative of the Rock Island Railroad on upper right of front panel. Previous owner's small rubber stamped name… Read More

Octavo (9 x 4 inch) Los Angeles: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1924. Paper promotional advertising pamphlet folded twice to form eight panels printed on both sides, illustrated with halftone black and white photos of Mt. Lowe, a California Mission, a view of an automobile traveling through "mountains and valleys," a young lady posing with Southern California flowers, a "Typical Southern California Hotel;" and an idealized composite image, in black and white, on the covers - of a passenger ship docking, a beach scene and a view of a valley with snow capped peaks in the background - all overseen by a young lady perched on some rocks. Original, very good condition.

"Los Angeles County As A Summer and Winter Resort," with a description of roads, street car rides, an interurban trip via Pacific Electric Railway or Auto Bus, attractions, hotels and apartments, railroads and depots; and what it all costs.

Octavo (9 x 6 inches) Los Angeles: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1929. Wayside Press, original stapled booklet of 64 pages printed on coated stock, illustrated with black and white photos of local scenery and landmarks, a few conceptual maps showing the location of communities in relation to each other, large geographical map in center showing major routes in and out of Southern California, several aerial views, colorful cover art showing the bounty and opportunities of the region against snow capped mountains, descriptive text.

Good condition (a few minor blemishes due to age, or from having been read, or shelved casually, but not affecting contents: top right corner of front cover shows old bend marks; small repaired tear at lower left of front cover near spine).

An informative promotion for Southern California County's varied communities, including: Hollydale (near Downey), Clearwater and Hynes, Wildbrook, Zelzah, Lamanda, Wilmar, and Spadra. Emphasis is on the opportunities for industry,… Read More

Octavo (9 x 9 inch) Los Angeles, (circa 1929). Original stapled brochure folded once to form 20 pages of photos and descriptive text highlighting points of historical interest, gardens and parks, "interesting farms," California missions, and transportation facilities. Good condition, wrappers.

The romanticized cover art is by Arthur Beaumont, a well-respected California watercolor artist.

Octavo (9 x 6 inches) Los Angeles: Civic Bureau of Music and Art of Los Angeles County, 1920s. Original stapled booklet, in taupe colored textured wrappers, of about 80 unnumbered pages printed on coated stock, numerous black and white photos of cultural locations in Southern California, stylized map showing Southern California music, museum, university, library, and other cultural locations; wrappers, with decoration of seven artistic muses and the title embossed on the front cover, good condition (top edge slightly bent, not affecting contents, text block just starting to become loose, but holding).

An overview of "Environment," "Art in General," "Painting and Sculpture," "Architecture," "Churches," "Music," "Auditoriums," "Literature," "Drama-Theatres-Dancing," "Motion Pictures," "Schools and Observatories," and "Clubs."

Small octavo (7 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches) 48 page stapled promotional booklet, written by the Publicity Department, South Pasadena Branch Security Trust & Savings Bank, bound in decorative stiff wrappers, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of scenery, portraits, prominent buildings, and other historical images; plus descriptive text. Very good condition.

Rancho San Pasqual was deeded as part of a wedding gift in 1843. The first American settlers came in the 1850s. The city of South Pasadena was incorporated in the mid 1880s. "In 1885, the San Gabriel Valley Railroad supplanted the stage line that ran out from Los Angeles."

16 mo. (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches) Los Angeles, "OFFICIAL PROGRAM for Saturday Evening, Dec. 4 1909 at New Turner Hall 321 South Main St." staple bound paper program of 14 unnumbered pages, one halftone captioned photo illustration of men standing at a bar: "Grand Annex, 106 So. Main St.;" good condition (old horizontal fold on front cover indicating it was previously folded in half, age toning and old liquid stains along margins, one tiny chip to lower corner of back wrapper, not affecting contents).

Many local advertisements for bars, cafes, groceries, billiard and pool halls, clothiers ("suits to order, $20 to $50"), wineries, horse shoeing stables, and political ads (one on last page: "A Village or a City? Vote For . . . " with a list of candidates for Mayor, City Clerk, City Attorney, Treasurer, Auditor, Tax Collector, Assessor, and Councilmen at Large: "The Prosperity and Progress of Los Angeles Concerns You Think It Over!")

"Grand March at 9 O'Clock." There are spaces where attendees can write… Read More

One 11 x 8 inch piece of paper folded in thirds, printed on both sides, decorated at the top of the front side with a monotone vignette drawing of a woman holding flowers against a background of a Mission and rolling hills.

1926 original, very good condition. A list of Los Angeles Hotels and addresses on the reverse, with a list of other Southern California hotels in Corona, Hollywood, Long Beach, Mount Lowe, Pasadena, Riverside, San Diego, San Jacinto, Santa Monica, Santa Maria, and Santa Ana. Rates shown are for one person or two, with or without bath.