San Francisco: United Prune Growers of California, (1932). First edition - A slim brochure with several pages on the health benefits of prunes - "every day in some way." Recipes illustrated with photographs. 16 pp (unpaginated) in a stapled silver foil binding.

San Rafael, California:: Dominican Convent, n.d. (ca 1924). First edition - A brochure on the history of this girls' college preparatory school founded in 1899, along with information on the campus and buildings, academic offerings, school uniform, fees and student policies and much more. Includes the student list from 1923-1924. Illustrated with many full page photographs with tissue guards. Printed at Taylor and Taylor, San Francisco, approximately 10 in by 8 in. 27 pp.

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1962. Supplement to training information for Army linguists of Esperanto language. Includes basic rules of grammar and an extensive vocabulary list. 233 pp.

Washington, D.C. (Boston, Massachusetts): (A.W. Elson & Co.) 1908. Includes a history of the Gallery which opened in 1874, a description of the building and a list of 371 holdings, Illustrated throughout with glossy black-and-white plates. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Copyright page refers to this as the 63rd edition and mentions that 5000 copies of the revised edition have been printed. Index of paintings. 104 pp.

Petaluma, CA / San Francisco: Jabberwocky / AVC / Cassettes Classics, (1977.). First edition - Dramatization of the life of this innovative industrialist and automobile manufacturer. A title in the Great American Series. Includes a cassette tape and a stapled booklet with a brief introduction and a transcription of the tape. 18 pp. Other titles in this series also available.

Novato, CA / San Francisco: Jabberwocky / AVC / Cassettes Classics, (1977.). First edition - Dramatization of the life of this pioneering aviator. A title in the Great American Series. Includes a cassette tape and a stapled booklet with a brief introduction and a transcription of the tape. 17 pp. Other titles in this series also available.

Petaluma, CA / San Francisco: Jabberwocky / AVC / Cassettes Classics, (1977.). First edition - Dramatization of the life of these brothers who helped the dream of manned flight to become a reality. A title in the Great American Series. Includes a cassette tape and a stapled booklet with a brief introduction and a transcription of the tape. 19 pp. Other titles in this series also available.

New York: Carlton & Porter. n.d. (ca 1856.). Hardcover - A small slim published by the 'Sunday School Union.' 214 pp plus 10 pp of 'Books for Sunday Schools." Actually a fairly decent history of Switzerland, and an interesting description of the natural beauty and the towns in this country.

New York: Chatham River Press, (1984, 1986). Hardcover - Two small board books for young children, each colorfully illustrated, and each 10 still pages, including the covers, Measure just 4 by 4 inches.

San Francisco: Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 1966. Hardcover first edition - A book designed to showcase the accomplishments of the major electrical utility in Northern California - a 94,000 square mile area with more forest land than any other state - and an area, in 1966, on the brink of major changes and growth. Illustrated with maps and photographs throughout - Quatro. 104 pp

Greyhound Lines, 1937. Schedule for the route between San Francisco and Los Angeles, dated May 29, 1937, folded to create 16 panels, measures just 4 inches by 2 1/4 inches folded. In a ticket holder envelope with a map of Greyhound routes on front cover, advertisement for the new "super-bus" on the rear.

Princeton NJ, Singapore & Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Belitz, Lonely Planet, Periplus and Kanisius, 1981 to 1997. Set of four small booklets - dictionaries and phrasebooks - includes phrase books from Berlitz and Lonely Planet, a French Indonesian phrase book, 'Parlez Indonesien' and a small dictionary with over 6000 entries. ISBN: 2-831509327.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978. First edition - A large format magazine, printed on heavy glossy stock, each containing many short articles focusing on the news and changes in commercial architecture, as well as longer articles. Cover article is on Federal Buildings. Also includes an article on mixed use construction and more more. Notable for its large - and often informative - advertisements for building materials. Illustrated with full color and black and white photographs throughout, as well as drawings of floor plans. Includes a semi-annual index. 190 pp.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979. First edition - A large format magazine, printed on heavy glossy stock, each containing many short articles focusing on the news and changes in commercial architecture, as well as longer articles. The articles include one on new perspectives in senior housing and a look at the firm of Gwathmey Siegel Architects, and more more. Notable for its large - and often informative - advertisements for building materials. Illustrated with full color and black and white photographs throughout, as well as drawings of floor plans. Advertising index. 220 pp.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979. First edition - A large format magazine, printed on heavy glossy stock, each containing many short articles focusing on the news and changes in commercial architecture, as well as longer articles. The articles include a building types study on medical buildings and a special report on new roofing systems, and more more. Notable for its large - and often informative - advertisements for building materials. Illustrated with full color and black and white photographs throughout, as well as drawings of floor plans. Advertising index. 200 pp.

Chicago & Kansas City: W. E. Black Company, (1908). First edition - Athough "fireless cook stove" sounds like a contradiction in terms, this early precursor to the crockpots (except that it used retained heat from boiling water, etc, instead of electricity) was one of the few early 20th century innovations that actually enabled women to get out of the kitchen and still serve a hot meal later. This booklet includes a 4 pp of general instructions, some pictures of the roaster and 20 pp of recipes plus 3 blank pages for memorandum. Measures just 6 3/4 inches tall, 4 1/4 inches wide, unpaginated.

Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Historical Society, 1968. First edition - An account of the Constitutional Convention in 1878 which established Sacramento as the permanent location of the state's capitol. 12 pp.

Los Angeles: University of California / Museum of Cultural History Galleries. 1972. First edition - A catalogue for an exhibition organized by the UCLA Museum of Cultural History, April 13-June 3, 1972. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. The text discusses the purposes of the masks - concealment, social control, spirit manipulation, curing, fertility, burial rites, etc, as well as material used. 36 pp.

Dundee, London & Montreal: Valentine & Sons. 1907. First edition - A retelling of this classic children's fairy tale in an appealing small shaped board format - bound in stiff diecut paper boards in full color, and illustrated on the recto of every page in red, white and black, with the text on the verso. Unpaginated (24 pp)

Sacramento: State Office. . J. D. Young, Supt State Printing. 1889. Hardcover first edition - An account of the establishment and early years of the first state normal school (or teachers' training college) in California. Lists all of the teachers at the college with brief biographical notes, and all of the graduates, both alphabetically and by year. Two engravings of the first building and the present building following the title page. 283 pp.

San Jose, CA: Panda Lodge, n.d. (ca 1974). An uncommom propaganda piece focusing on the gains in education and industrialization made by the minorities in China under socialism. Illustrated with photographs. 16 pp. including the cover.

np 1955. Small booklet with several addendums at the rear of the book, and one updating wages bound in at the front, index. Approx 5" by 6", 178 pp.