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ALPINE CALENDAR 1969.
Edition: First thus.
Tokyo, Japan: Yama To Keikoku Sha Publishing Co,, 1968. One of a series of Alpine calendars designed to offer a glimpse into the beauty of the Japanese mountains and to share the pleasures of mountaineering in Japan, Illustrated with full color, full page photographs. Includes a section of postcards in the rear with photographs of butterflies and birds, Bilingual edition with the text in both Japanese and English. Spiral bound with clear acrylic protective outer covers.
Condition: Very good (previous owner's name.)
Book ID: 51626More details Price: $15.00 -
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY, Pere Marquette District, Schedule of Wages and General Regulations for Locomotive Firemen and Hostelers.
Edition: First thus.
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.
Condition: Fair condition only with significant edgewear to the brown wrappers, name on first page, sturdy and readable. Uncommon.
Book ID: 70311More details Price: $15.00 -
FIRE DEPARTMENT PUMPER TESTS AND FIRE STREAM TABLES.
Edition: 8th edition.
New York: Insurance Services Office, 1975. Updated edition of a work first published in 1910. Illustrated with drawings and numerous tables. 37 pp.
Condition: Very good in stapled red wrappers (stamp of fire department library on front cover)
Book ID: 76604More details Price: $12.50 -
NFPA 1901: STANDARD FOR AUTOMOTIVE FIRE APPARATUS 1979.
Edition: Later printing.
Boston: National Fire Protection Association. 1979. A title in the pocket editions of NFPA standards. 97 pp.
Condition: Very good in stapled red wrappers (stamp of fire department library on front cover)
Book ID: 76605More details Price: $18.00 -
FIRE FIEND: DESTRUCTION OF PIKE'S OPERA HOUSE, MARCH 22ND, 1866.
Edition: First thus.
Cincinnati, Ohio: J. Church & Co, 1866. First edition - A striking picture, originally the cover to a sheet music booklet containing the "Fire Fiend Galop." This is a dramatic and brightly colored lithograph of Cincinnati's burning opera house overwhelmed by the bright red and orange flames filling the sky. A crowd of onlookers watch as firefighters spray their hoses at the building, and visible through the flames is the title of the current production "A Midsummer's Night Dream." Lithograph by the noted firm of Civil War lithographers, Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. of Cincinnati. Copyright information below illustration showing John Church, Jr., Ohio, 1866. Large format, measuring 10 1/2" x 13 3/4"
Condition: Good overall - some wear to the edges, small staple holes on the left side, a faint embossed seal of Church in upper right and some even more faint penciled notations.
Book ID: 78976More details Price: $95.00 -
POPULAR RECITATIONS: Comprising Dramatic, Pathetic, Humorous, Witty and Character Speeches Compiled from the Best American And Foreign Authors.
Edition: First edition, a trade paperback.
Chicago: Regan Publishing Corporation, 1925. First edition - Includes the poem Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer; The Face on the Barroom Floor, Asleep at the Switch, A Drunkard's Dream, The Blue and the Gray, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Sheridan's Ride and more - a total of 79 "old favorites." A title in the Regan Hand-Book Series. 95 pp plus 1 pp ad for Hoyle's Books of Games.
Condition: Good in gray-green printed wrappers with black lettering and red decorations on front cover (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 79954More details Price: $15.00 -
MOKELUMNE HILL HISTORY SOCIETY OVER THE HILL GANG COOKBOOK.
n.d. (ca 1980). First edition - A community cookbook from the small gold rush town of Mokelumne Hill - a town settled in 1849 - in Calaveras County. Brief news snippets from the late 1800s are interspersed with the recipes. 49 pp.
Condition: Near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers with a blue comb binding.
Book ID: 81059More details Price: $15.00 -
RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOOS AND PLAYING CARDS: PROMOTIONAL POSTER.
London: Fuel Publishing List / Thames and Hudson (2018). Poster measuring 23 by 17 inches featuring a striking large reproduction of the cover for Russian Criminal Tattoos and Playing Cards on the front, and an illustrated list of 28 publications for 2018 on the verso. Folded in four.
Condition: Just about fine, but with creases from the folds.
Book ID: 81628More details Price: $30.00 -
OREGON STATE GRANGE, PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY BY-LAWS
Edition: Booklet.
Oregon: 1960. Includes a from of by-laws for Pomona, Subordinate and Juvenile Granges. As amended at the Annual Meeting, June 1960. Index. Small format, 4 by 7 inches. 74 pp.
Condition: Very good in tan stapled wrappers.
Book ID: 81852More details Price: $12.00 -
TRIED AND PROVEN RECIPES FOR FIRELESS COOK STOVE.
Edition: First printing, a slim booklet.
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.
Condition: Near fine in tan stapled wrappers, with black lettering and decoration on front cover (light crease to cover)
Book ID: 83528More details Price: $25.00 -
"California's Capital" in GOLDEN NOTES Vol 14 No. 3 , April 1968.
Edition: First printing, a slim pamphlet.
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.
Condition: Near fine in stapled illustrated yellow wrappers (slight toning).
Book ID: 84520More details Price: $14.50 -
IMAGE AND IDENTITY: The Role of The Mask in Various Cultures.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated stapled wrappers (lower edge bumped)
Book ID: 85147More details Price: $25.00 -
VINTAGE GREYHOUND BUS SCHEDULE, Coast Mission Highway.
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.
Condition: Near fine (toning to the envelope)
Book ID: 86700More details Price: $15.00