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PLEASE NOTE: The [Art] items listed in the following section will be auctioned with the other art items on the morning of April 26 for the convenience of those patrons interested only in the art. If you wish to be present for the bidding or to bid by phone you must do so at that time. If you bid by mail or internet it doesn't matter. All the other items in the following section will be offered after the main photography sale in the afternoon of April 26.
1026. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Chamberlain, Newell D. The Call of Gold. True Tales on the Gold Road to Yosemite. [2], iii-xii, [3], 2-183 pp. Illustrated with numerous inserted plates from various sources. 7-3/4x5-1/4, tan cloth with spine and cover titles printed in black. First edition. [Mariposa: Privately published, 1936]. This is a classic on the history of the Mariposa area. It tells the stories of many thriving communities of the Gold Rush days. Many are no longer in existence. Fine condition. (80/120).
1027. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Chapman, Ervin S., D.D., LL.D. Particeps Criminis. The Story of a California Rabbit Drive. [4], 1-106, [1] pp. Illustrated with numerous marginal drawings and unpaginated plates from photographs of various sources. 8-1/4x5-1/2, orange pictorial cloth with printed spine and cover titles, edges untrimmed. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, [1910]. The author, a doctor of divinity and an avid prohibitionist, depicted in words and graphic images the annual rural roundup of rabbits for slaughter in Fresno County and made a rather loose analogy with the youth of Freno County being rounded up for slaughter by liquor interests. Physically, a very attractive book despite its hare-brained theme. Fine condition. (50/80).
1028. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Clough, Charles W. and William B. Secrest, Jr. Fresno County - the Pioneer Years. Temple, Bobbye Sisk [Editor]. [6], vii-ix, [1], 1-362 pp. Profusely illustrated from various sources. 12x9, tan cloth with no titles, endpaper maps, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Fresno Panorama West Books, 1984. Laid in is an article from the Fresno Bee about the book and author. Fine condition. (50/80).
1029. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Clough, Charles W.
and 22 co-authors.
Fresno County in
the Twentieth Century from 1900 to the 1980s. Volume Two. An All New History.
[5], vi-viii, [1], 2-512
pp. Numerous illustrations from various sources. 12x9, cream cloth with gilt
spine and cover titles.
pictorial dust jacket. First edition.
Fresno: Panorama West Books, 1986.
Companion to the previous item. Fine condition. (50/80).
Official report on the Coalinga oil fields
1030. [Fresno and the Central Valley] [Coalinga] Three items: 1) Arnold, Ralph and Robert Anderson. Preliminary Report on the Coalinga Oil District, Fresno and Kings Counties, California. Bulletin 357 of the Department of the Interior U. S. Geological Survey. [2], 3-142 pp. Illustrated with one text map and two folded maps in a rear pocket. 9x5-3/4, gray printed wrappers. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908. 2) Arnold, Ralph. Paleontology of the Coalinga District, Fresno and King's Counties, California. Bulletin 396 of the Department of the Interior U. S. Geological Survey. [2], 3- 173 pp. Illustrated with twenty-eight plates of fossils from the Coalinga District. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. 3) Arnold, Ralph and Robert Anderson. Geology and Oil Resources of the Coalinga District California with a Report on the Chemical and Physical Properties of the Oils by Irving C. Allen. Bulletin 398 of the Department of the Interior U. S. Geological Survey. [2], 3-354 pp. Illustrated with seven figures in the text and fifty-two plates including two large folded maps in a rear pocket. 9x5-3/4, gray printed wrappers. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910. Chipping and repaired tears of wrappers of spine and rear cover of the third item - otherwise in near-fine condition. (100/150).
1031. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Eaton, Lewis.
Vintage Fresno. Pictorial Recollections of
a Western City. [4], v-x, [2], 3-149 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs
of various sources. 11x8-
1/2, red pictorial cloth with printed spine title, pictorial endpapers,
pictorial dust jacket. Second
printing. Fresno: The Huntington Press, 1965.
The author was born in Fresno in 1890 to parents who were pioneers in the
Fresno business
community. Lewis graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1912 and ten years later
assumed
management of Fresno Guarantee Savings and Loan. Under his guidance it became a
very
successful Fresno enterprise. Lewis was a person who also enjoyed writing [he
was the editor of
the Daily Californian in his senior year at U.C.] and turned this talent in
later years to the history of
Fresno. Minor wear of dust jacket - otherwise in fine condition. (50/80).
Rare 1881 History of Fresno County
1032. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Elliott, Wallace W. History of Fresno County, California, with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, Etc. from Original Drawings with Biographical Sketches. [19], 20-246 pp. Profusely illustrated from drawings and portraits. 14-1/4x11-1/2, leather and cloth-covered boards with gilt spine and cover titles. First edition. San Francisco: Wallace W. Elliott & Co., Publishers, 1881. The first pictorial history of Fresno County published just nine years after the city of Fresno was founded and four years before it was incorporated. This was L. A. Winchell's copy who was the son of E. C. Winchell, the first superintendent of schools in Fresno County [appointed in 1860]. Laid in is a letter from L. A. Winchell to California bibliographer Francis Farquhar notifying him of his shipment of this book to Farquhar and mentioning the personal notes and corrections that he [L.A.W.] has made in the margins of the book. He advises Farquhar that he should feel free to erase the notes but obviously Farquhar didn't because he realized their value. A unique copy of a very scarce book. Rebound with the original leather spine and cloth covers laid on. Fine - in reconstructed condition. (800/1200).
Early Selma Land Sale
1033. [Fresno and the Central Valley] [Ephemera] Broadside announcing a grand auction sale of land in Selma. 18-1/4x10-3/4, laid on stiff board and shrinkwrapped. Selma: Selma Daily Irrigator, 1888. Dramatic land promotional item in the Valley with "FIRST GRAND EXCURSION FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO SELMA, FRESNO COUNTY AND GRAND AUCTION SALE OF SELMA HEIGHTS" printed in large bold type across the top. Small clean separation of paper at conjunction of two folds in the center and in the fold at the bottom with no loss - otherwise in fine condition. (200/300).
1034. [Fresno and the Central Valley] [Ephemera] Broadside announcing sale of land in South Washington Colony, Fresno County. 32x23, two copies: one laid on stiff board and shrinkwrapped to show the map side and the other in the original folded condition. Lithographed by H. S. Crocker, San Francisco. Fresno: William Harvey, Land Agent, c. 1890. The map of "colonies" developing south of Fresno is a dramatic illustration of the unique system of land development in Fresno County. The map shows West Park Colony, Fresno Colony, Central Colony, Smith Colony, Washington Colony and South Washington Colony. The land was offered in twenty acre tracts and was sold to prospective customers on the idea that that amount of land planted in vines or orchards would be productive enough in a few years to pay for the cost of the land and support a family. On the other side of the broadside is information about the area and rhapsodic testimony from satisfied land owners. Both in fine condition. (200/300).
1035. [Fresno and the Central Valley] [Ephemera] Promotional brochure on the Fruit Vale Estate. [10 - including wrappers] pp. Illustrated with a map and several drawings. 10-1/2x4-1/2, pictorial wrappers lithographed in color by H. S. Crocker Co. San Francisco. Fresno: M. Theo. Kearney, 1889. Included with this item is a hard-bound copy of Rehart and Patterson's biography of M. Theo. Kearney. Very attractive promotional brochure for Kearney's land development west of Fresno named Fruit Vale Estate. A choice piece of Fresno ephemera and very scarce as few have survived. Fine condition. (100/150).
1036. [Fresno and the Central Valley] [Ephemera] Loose-leaf notebook containing fifteen Fresno County and City promotional brochures from 1897 to the 1980s. This remarkable collection of brochures provides a rare time-panorama of the growth and development of the Fresno area. All in good or better condition [most in fine condition]. (150/250).
1037. [Fresno and the Central Valley] [Ephemera] Loose-leaf notebook containing thirteen ephemeral items related to Fresno County and City including promotional brochures, four early maps, two issues of Propwash [class yearbooks of Sequoia Field during World War II - one with Bernie Sisk's name on the cover], Fresno City's Golden Jubilee Program [1935] and an informational brochure for the School of Nursing of the General Hospital of Fresno County. Items range in time from 1920 to the 1980s and are in near-fine to fine condition. (100/150).
1038. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Fresno City and Fresno County Directory 1915.[c. 500] pp. Several illustrations in advertisements. 9x5-3/4, printed cloth with spine title and spine and cover advertisements. Sacramento: Polk-Husted Directory Co., 1915. This Directory, thirty years after incorporation of the city, dramatically illustrates the rapid development of the area. Fine condition. (100/150).
1039. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Imperial Fresno: Resources, Industries and Scenery, Illustrated and Described. A Souvenir of the Fresno Republican. [7], 8-144, [3] pp. Profusely illustrated throughout from photographs. 9x11-3/4, tan paper-covered boards with gilt cover title. First edition. Fresno: Fresno Republican, 1897. Almost the photographic equivalent of the earlier illustrated history of Fresno County by Elliott where all the illustrations were from artists' drawings. Bindings scuffed, paper chipping in spots and joints cracking - otherwise in good condition. (100/150).
1040. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Latta, Frank F. Handbook of Yokuts Indians. Foreword by A. L. Kroeber. [4], v-xiii, [1], 1-287 pp. Unpaginated frontispiece and numerous text illustrations from various sources. 10x7, green pictorial cloth with printed spine and cover titles, endpaper maps. First edition. Oildale: Bear State Books, 1949. Signed and dated [January, 1949] by the author on the dedication page. Before the Gold Rush, the Yokuts once ranged the San Joaquin Valley from the Delta to the Tehachapis. Although Frank had no formal education as an ethnographer, the scholarly Kroeber in his foreword to this book praises the accuracy and soundness of Latta's observations. A former owner has made some personal observations in the margins about certain Indians described by Latta in the text. Fine condition. (50/80).
1041. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Laval, Jerome D. As "Pop" Saw It. Photographs of the San Joaquin Valley from the Files of Claude C. "Pop" Laval. [4], 5-240 pp. Profusely illustrated from Laval photographs. 12x9, black pictorial cloth with printed spine and cover titles, pictorial endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Fresno: Graphic Technology Company, 1975. An out-of-print historic treasure of photographs of the San Joaquin Valley. Fine condition. (50/80).
1042. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Laval, Jerome D. As "Pop" Saw It. Photographs of the San Joaquin Valley from the Files of Claude C. "Pop" Laval. Vol. II. [4], 5-240 pp. Profusely illustrated from Laval photographs. 12x9, brown pictorial cloth with printed spine and cover titles, pictorial endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Fresno: Graphic Technology Company, 1976. Essential companion to the previous item. Fine condition. (50/80).
1043. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Mitchell, Annie R. Jim Savage and the Tulareno Indians. [8], ix-xii, 13-118 pp. Illustrated with one portrait, four plates from photographs, and four maps. 8x5-1/4, red cloth with gilt spine titles and embossed cover illustration, pictorial dust jacket. Limited edition of 500 copies. Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, [1957]. The definitive biographical sketch of this colorful early pioneer of Central California. Growing up as a very independent-minded youth in the rough frontier country of the midwest in the 1830s and 40s, Jim Savage became as comfortable with the life and culture of the Indian as he was with his own. He made the overland journey to California in 1846 and soon settled in the Sierra foothills near Mariposa. Taking advantage of his knowledge of Indian life and lore he made friends with the local Indians and made good use of them for his various pursuits of gold mining and trading. He was said to have "five squaws" to increase his influence among them. But when hostilities arose he played a major role in the pursuit and conquest of the "hostiles" and in the process was a leader of the first Caucasian party to enter Yosemite Valley. He was killed in an altercation with a white settler just seven years after arriving in California. This is a well- researched biography and very difficult to find today. Minor wear of dust jacket and slight white staining of the lower cloth spine - otherwise in near-fine condition. (70/100).
1044. [Fresno and the Central Valley] [Newspapers] Fresno County Scrapbook 1870-1899. William B. Secrest, Jr. [Compiler]. Four volumes: [2], i-xii, 1-434; [1], i-xii, 435-903; [1], i-xii, 904-1339; [1], i-xii, 1340-1789 pp. 11x8-1/2, blue leatherette with gilt spine titles. Limited edition. [Fresno: Privately published], 1982 . This is a unique approach to the history of the Valley and an invaluable resource to the researcher. William Secrest, Jr. photocopied many hundreds of articles of historical significance from Fresno area newspapers published between 1870 and 1899 to make this set. He only produced a few copies. Fine condition. (200/300).
1045. [Fresno and the Central Valley] [Newspapers]
Wentworth, J.P.H. [Editor].
The Resources
of California. Fresno County. 20 pp. Illustrated with thirteen wood engravings
in the text and several
in the advertisements. 15-1/2x11-1/4, printed wrappers.
San Francisco: The Resources of California, 1889.
Flagrant promotional publication disquised as news. Subtitles on the front page
give the general
flavor. "Nature always generous and sometimes prodigal to this great
county...Poor men went
there only a few years ago and are rich men now. Other poor men are growing
rich there and
how they do it." Minor chipping and tears - otherwise in very good condition.
(100/150).
Early Fresno County Newspapers
1046. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Fresno Weekly Expositor 4 pp. with 2 page supplement. Illustrations associated with advertisements. 23-1/2x18, unbound as issued. Millerton: Ferguson & Heaton, August 14, 1872. It was a slow week for news in Millerton. The best the editor could do was an exciting fictional piece for the front page and a story of invasion of a local chicken coop by a skunk on the second. Much of the news reported was of the national political campaign of Horace Greeley for president. The two page supplement is filled with formal legal notices of property foreclosures. The numerous advertisements [many with illustrations] probably provide the best window of all to the culture of that time. Few minor tears - otherwise in fine condition. (100/150).
1047. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Fresno Weekly Expositor 4 pp. Illustrations in many advertisments. 24x18, unbound as issued. Fresno: J. W. Ferguson, June 20, 1877. In 1877 the new town of Fresno established by the railroad was growing and rapidly replacing Millerton as the center of activity in Fresno County. The Fresno Weekly Expositor followed the trend and changed its base of operations to the new city. Old newspapers such as this provide an interesting contrast with the journalism of today. A murder in Firebaugh was given an inconspicuous paragraph on the third page. Political, economic, world news, human interest fiction, and informational items occupied the bulk of the front page. This issue has an interesting news item about the first transmission of pictures by wire. Once again the advertisements are of great value in understanding the contemporary ambience. A few minor edge tears and separations at folds - otherwise in very good condition. (100/150).
1048. [Fresno and the Central Valley] The Fresno Morning Republican. 12 pp. One news photograph and numerous advertisement illustrations. 23-1/2x17, unbound as issued. Fresno: Fresno Republican Publishing Company, September 10, 1908. Several front page news items are of interest both for their content and for demonstrating the dramatic change in journalism since the 1870s [see above]. The press wire services have now made national and international news an up-to-the-day experience and the element of sensationalism has already been introduced - with reports of a shooting of a police officer in Los Angeles, shooting of a convict at Folsom, blackmail in Wisconsin and David Starr Jordan's ultimatum to the students at Stanford University against "boosing". More newsworthy perhaps are the report of three record-breaking flights in one day by Orville Wright and an outbreak of cholera in Florida. The paper is also new. It is made from wood pulp and has not withstood the aging process as well as the older newspapers printed on rag paper. The paper has darkened and deteriorated slightly at the folds - otherwise in good condition. (50/80).
1049. [Fresno and the Central Valley] The Fresno Morning Republican. 20 pp. Numerous news and advertisement illustrations. 23-1/2x17, unbound as issued. Fresno: Fresno Republican Publishing Company, May 24, 1912. In bold headlines this issue announces the death of Dr. Chester Rowell, Fresno physician, mayor, University of California regent and founder of the Fresno Morning Republican. Paper browned with age and some deterioration at folds - otherwise in good condition. (100/150).
1050. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Picturesque Fresno. A Series of Twenty Photogravure Plates. [82] pp. Twenty photogravures and twenty tissue title pages. 10-1/4x13, original stiff decorated wrappers with gilt cover title bound in beige cloth with gilt-stamped red morocco cover label. "World's Fair edition". San Francisco: W. B. Tyler, 1890. A real treasure. Excellent selection of superb photogravures showing Fresno a little more than a century ago: city residences, rural residences, farms, commercial buildings, hotels, school building, depot and more. Must be seen to be appreciated. In viewing the dramatic change one cannot help but contemplate what Fresno will look like in another century. Waterstaining of original front wrapper, few creases, tears and chips of tissue guards but photogravures all in fine condition. (300/500).
1051. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Ritter, Mary Bennett. More Than Gold in California 1849- 1933. [12], 11-451 pp. 9x6, paper-covered boards with gilt spine and cover titles, edges partially untrimmed, printed dust jacket. First edition. Berkeley: [Privately printed] 1933 . The fascinating reminiscences of a second generation woman physician in California around the fin de siecle. (50/80).
1052. [Fresno and the Central Valley] [Roeding, George] Kruckeberg, Henry W. George Christian Roeding 1868 - 1928. The Story of California's Leading Nurseryman and Fruit Grower. A Tribute Written and Prepared by Direction of the Roeding Memorial Committee under Authority of the California Association of Nurserymen. [11], 12-109 pp. Illustrated with ten inserted plates from photographs. 9x6, green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. First edition. Los Angeles: The California Association of Nurserymen, 1930. George Roeding's father was a German emigrant to Chile who followed the rush to California in 1849. Although unsuccessful as a miner, he did well in the hurly-burly commerce of San Francisco and eventually became vice-president of a large banking firm. After retiring he acquired approximately seven thousand acres in what is now the greater Fresno area. Fortunately his son George had an innate interest in horticulture and turned some of the property into profitable use as a nursery for fruit trees. Some of the land was also given to the city for the park which now bears his name. Included with this book are 1) two Christmas cards signed by George [George Roeding, Jr.] and Fran Roeding. 2) a long [6 pages] typed and signed letter by Ralph D. Cornell, landscape architect to George Roeding, Jr. and 3) a 1974 article on Roeding Park from
PG&E Progress. Minor cover wear - otherwise in fine condition. (80/120). ersonal diary and other ephemera related to Dr. Chester Rowell, prominent early physician of Fresno
1053. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Rowell, Chester, M. D. Diary of a portion of a trip around the world made in 1888. [circa 150 pp.] 6x3-3/4, red, flexible leather binding, marbled endpapers. Included with this item are: 1) a passport issued to Chester Rowell by the United States Legation in Paris, 2) eight letters of introduction for Dr. Chester Rowell 3) three letters and one holiday card to Dr. Rowell, 4) an eleven page A.L.S. of Dr. Rowell written from Munich 5) a 20 page manuscript of Dr. Rowell written from Lucerne, Switzerland [probably for publication in The Fresno Republican] 6) a large packet of ephemera from Dr. Rowell's world trip including menus, museum catalogs, maps, programs, etc 7) a large packet of bills and receipts from the trip 8) approximately one hundred letters written to Dr. Rowell while he was on the trip 9) a twelve page letter to Dr. Rowell from Congressman John Rowell [his brother] 10) a small packet of miscellaneous scraps related to the trip 11) an old scrapbook of news clippings about Dr. Rowell mostly regarding his possible candidacy for Congressional Representative from California. and 12) an article from the Fresno Bee about how this material came into the hands of local antiquarian book dealer John Perz of Monroe Books. Condition varies from poor to fine. The diary, letters, passport etc. are in near-fine to fine condition. Some of the ephemera and receipts are in poor condition. (500/800). First edition of The Cattle King signed by the author with TLS and an 1877 Miller and Lux cancelled check
1054. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Treadwell, Edward F. The Cattle King: A Dramatized Biography. [6], vii-x, [2], 3-367 pp. Illustrated with four inserted plates. 8-1/2x5-3/4, brown cloth with spine and cover titles stamped in blue and black, decorated endpapers, fore-edges untrimmed. First edition. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1931. Signed by the author on the front blank flyleaf. Laid in are 1) a typed letter [signed] of the author to Thomas H. Means thanking him for his letter and his favorable appraisement of the book [with a carbon copy of Thomas Means letter to the author] 2) a news clipping about the book with a picture of the author and 3) a Miller & Lux check of Oct. 12, 1877 made out to Jesus Alvarez for $12.00. Henry Miller was an ambitious young German emigrant to California during the Gold Rush who recognized the greater potential for wealth in the rapidly expanding market for beef in California than in mining. With the help of a financial partner, Charles Lux, he was able to convert this realization into the largest cattle empire in the West. Carbon copy of Thomas Means letter deteriorated and fragile - otherwise all in fine condition. (100/150). Early views of Fresno County
1055. [Fresno and the Central Valley] U. S. Pacific Railroad Survey. Koppel, Charles. Plain between the San Joaquin and King's River. Lithograph. 5-3/4x8-3/4 image on 8-1/4x11-1/4 sheet, hinge- mounted on stiff board and hinge-matted with mylar protective sheet. Washington: U. S. Senate, [c. 1857]. Lithograph removed from the U. S. Pacific Railroad Survey described in item 212 of Catalog 1. The sketch was probably made sometime between 1853-56 in the general vicinity of the present city of Fresno. The artist has used a little artistic license in the depiction of the Indian warrior or hunter on horseback in the scene. Minor foxing - otherwise in very good condition. (50/80).
1056. [Fresno and the Central Valley] U. S. Pacific Railroad Survey. [Artist unidentified] Vicinity of Fort Miller. Lithograph. 5-3/4x8-3/4 image on 8-1/4x11-1/4 sheet, hinge-mounted on stiff board and hinge-matted with mylar protective sheet. Washington: U. S. Senate, [c. 1857]. Lithograph removed from the U. S. Pacific Railroad Survey described in item 212 of Catalog 1. The sketch was probably made sometime between 1853-56 in the Sierra foothills near the present location of Lake Millerton. Light waterstaining of one corner and minor foxing - otherwise in very good condition. (50/80).
1057. [Fresno and the Central Valley] [Vacaville] Wickson, Edward J. California Illustrated No. I. The Vacaville Early Fruit District of California. [1], ii-xvi, [1], 2-176 pp. Illustrated with twelve chromolithographs made by artists from multiple photographs. 10-1/4x7, pictorial wrappers with cover titles and illustrations in color. San Francisco: California View Publishing Company, 1888. An elaborate color view book with multiple scenes on each of the twelve chromolithograph plates. The plates were traced by artists from photographs and the color determined by personal visits to the sites. The chromolithography was done by H. S. Crocker in San Francisco. Some edge chipping of wrappers, front hinge cracking - otherwise in very-good condition. (200/300).
1058. [Fresno and the Central Valley] Walker, Ben R.
The Fresno County Blue Book Containing
Facts and Impressions for the Better Understanding of Fresno County: Past and
Present with Biographies
of Representative Fresno County People. [22], 17-555 pp. Illustrated with
numerous inserted plates. 10-
1/2x7-3/4, blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and embossed
decorations. Fresno: Arthur H. Cawston, 1941.
The book is divided into two portions: the first is a 249 page narrative
history of Fresno with
many illustrations and the second part contains short biographical sketches of
prominent citizens -
at least those who were willing to subscribe to the book. This section also has
many portraits.
Actually, despite its commercial origin, this book is a valuable source of
information. Fine
condition. (50/80).
LITERATURE
Signed first edition of the author's first book with dust
jacket
1059. Saroyan, William. The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories. [6], 7-270 pp. 9x5-1/2, gray and black cloth with spine and cover titles printed in black on a horizontal band of gold foil encircling the binding, upper edges stained pink, printed dust jacket. First edition. New York: Random House, 1934. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. The first edition of the author's first book with the scarce dust jacket and signed by the author. One-half inch chip from lower edge of dust jacket, moderate darkening of dust jacket spine, two minor bumps to cover edges - otherwise a very fine, bright, clean and highly desirable copy. (300/500).
1060. Saroyan, William. The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze in Story, Devoted Solely to the Short Story. pp. 41-46 of [4], 3-102 pp. 9-1/4x6-3/4, printed wrappers with spine and cover titles. New York: Story Magazine, Inc. February, 1934. The first appearance of this title in print. This short story launched Saroyan's writing career much as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County launched Mark Twain's. Adhesive label partially removed from back cover, slight cover wear and soiling - otherwise in very good condition with subscription card still present. (100/150).
1061. Saroyan, William. The Human Comedy. [6], vii-ix, [3], 3-291 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Don Freeman. 8-1/2x5-1/2, red cloth with spine title and cover illustration printed in black, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1943]. This and My Name Is Aram, semiautobiographical works stemming from childhood experiences, have probably been the most popular of all Saroyan's works. Two corners bumped - otherwise in fine condition. (70/100).
1062. Saroyan, William. Motion Picture Contract. [1] p. 11x8-1/2, typed document on Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer stationery dated March 17, 1942 and laid in clear plastic protector. Signed by Saroyan and the Assistant Treasurer of MGM. A contract with MGM for rights to a story entitled "A Number of the Poor" from his book, Peace It's Wonderful [see item # 302] and engaging Saroyan to write the screen play at an unspecified weekly salary. Included with this is another document signed by Saroyan relinquishing any claim to the fee paid by MGM to Modern Age Books, Inc., the publisher of Peace It's Wonderful. Both in fine condition. (200/300).
1063. Saroyan, William. My Name Is Aram. [6], vii-x, [4], 3-220 pp. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and numerous black and white drawings by Don Freeman. 8-1/2x5-1/4, yellow cloth with paper spine and cover labels, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1940]. Inscribed, dated [1940] and signed by the author. Two corners lightly bumped - otherwise in fine condition. (100/150).
1064.Saroyan, William. Obituaries. [11], 2-254 pp. Backispiece portrait. 9x6, red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, pictorial endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1979. Included with this book is Saroyan's own obituary from Variety, Wednesday, May 20, 1981 [Saroyan died May 18, 1981] and an article from the July 19, 1981 Fresno Bee about plans for a permanent Saroyan exhibit at the Fresno Metropolitan Museum starting in 1991. Fine condition. (70/100).
1065. Saroyan, William. T.L.S. [1] p. 9-1/2x7-3/4, typed on folded "air letter" stationery with address and stamp on one side and letter on the other, dated April 25, 1958 and laid in clear plastic protector. Letter to Howard Cady at G. P. Putnam's Sons written by Saroyan while on shipboard enroute to Hong Kong as follows: "Dear Howard: It is only twenty days since I wrote from Malibu before setting forth on this voyage but by now I'm sure a copy of the novel Old Nose has reached you, and I hope you have read it and have made your plans: that is whether to publish it first, or the three novelettes first. Will you write by airmail immediately and let me know: I will give addresses in a moment. Now, I asked a few people to help me decide what title to give the novel; there were three, as I recall: The Immigrant's Son The Dying American Old Nose Most people seemed to prefer the last. Do you?" The remainder of the letter is concerned with his world cruise schedule [Hong Kong by April 26, Bombay by May 10, Marseilles by May 21, etc.] and how to reach him by mail at those locations. Slightly ragged on edges where opened - otherwise in fine condition. (100/150).
1066. [Medicine and Science] An Act to Provide for the Indigent Sick in the Counties of this State, Passed March 31, 1855. [3], 4-5 pp. 9-3/4x6, printed wrappers. Sacramento: B. B. Redding, State Printer, 1855. Presentation copy from a state senator to a physician. This first act of the state legislature to provide for the indigent sick of the entire state required only three printed pages. Wrappers soiled, creased, worn and splitting at spine, water-staining of pages with some pencil markings in the margins - otherwise in fair condition with all parts present and easily legible. (100/150). The first payment to a physician for medical care of the indigent sick in Los Angeles County
1067. [Medicine and Science] Check made out to John S. Griffin, M.D. for $455.25. 4-1/2x8-1/2, laid in clear plastic sleeve. Los Angeles: Auditor's Office, November 21, 1855 . John S. Griffen was one of the earliest physicians in Southern California. He arrived in California with Kearney's Dragoons in 1846 as an assistant surgeon and remained in the military until 1854 when he resigned and began his practice in Los Angeles [see item #500, Cat. #2]. His military experience had prepared him especially well for the practice of surgery and it didn't take him long to develop a state-wide reputation for his surgical skill. That may account for the size of this check. It was made out for a very large sum for that time [equivalent to one or two year's salary for the average working man]. When the Los Angeles County Medical Society was organized in 1870, John Griffen served as its first president. Fine condition. (100/150).
1068. [Medicine and Science] [Air pollution and disease] Two volumes: 1) Russell, Francis Albert Rollo. The Atmosphere in Relation to Human Life and Health. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. [Publication No.] 1072. [2], 3-148 pp. 9-1/2x6, tan wrappers with printed cover title. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1896. 2) Cohen, Dr. J. B. The Air of Towns. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. [Publication No.] 1073. [2], 3-41 pp. Forty-one illustrations and one unnumbered portrait of Louis Pasteur. 9-1/2x6, tan wrappers with printed cover title. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. Although these volumes were published in the United States, the work was done in England where air pollution had become a severe problem. Russell was vice-president of the Royal Meteorological Society and Fellow of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain; Dr. Cohen was a member of the faculty of Yorkshire College in Leeds, England. Both volumes in fine condition. (100/150).
1069. [Medicine and Science] Botica General de Los Remedios Experimentados. Sonoma, 1838. Translation by Maria Lopez de Lowther. [4], 5-26 pp. Illustrated with a facsimile of the original title page. 8x5-1/2, blue wrappers with printed cover title and ornament. Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. Los Angeles: Friends of the UCLA Library, 1954. This is the first English translation of the first medical imprint in California. It was originally printed in 1838 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo on the first and only press of Spanish/Mexican California, the Zamorano press. Senor Vallejo most likely reprinted it from a 1797 edition published by Pedro de la Rosa in Puebla, Mexico. Medically speaking, the information contained in this little pamphlet would be considered as essentially worthless [or worse - potentially harmful] today. Even by the end of the century, the historian H. H. Bancroft had difficulty believing that they actually used such a formulary in California during his lifetime. The original pamphlet printed by Vallejo is exceedingly rare. This English translation was printed in a limited number for the Friends of the UCLA Library by one of the great presses of Southern California. Fine condition. (50/80).
1070. [Medicine and Science] California Academy of Medicine. Two volumes. 1) Read, J. Marion. A History of the California Academy of Medicine 1870 - 1930. [11], 2-186, [1] pp. Illustrated with numerous inserted portrait plates. 10x7-1/4, leather and marbled boards with gilt spine titles. Limited edition of 957 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. San Francisco: [California Academy of Medicine], 1930. 2) Read, J. Marion. A History of the California Academy of Medicine 1930 - 1960. [5], i-ii, 1-89, [4] pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraving and one insert of the menu and program for the Dec. 2, 1961 dinner meeting of the California Academy of Medicine at the St. Francis Hotel. 10-1/4x7, gray cloth with gilt spine title and cover illustration printed in white, fore-edges untrimmed, title page in red and black. Limited edition of 1,000 copies designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. [San Francisco]: California Academy of Medicine, 1962. The complete history of the California Academy of Medicine from its inception in 1871 as the San Francisco Medical Benevolent Society to its somewhat tenuous legal existence in 1960 [due to technical tangles in law and government too tortuous to recount here]. Both books enhanced by the fine printing of the top private presses of the time. Small stain on leather spine of the first volume, previous owner's names on front endpapers - otherwise both in fine condition. (120/180).
1071. [Medicine and Science] [California Academy of Natural Sciences] Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences. Two volumes: [5], vi-vii, [2], 4-110, [5], vi-vii, [4], 4-236; [4], 1-411 pp. Illustrated with numerous drawings and diagrams in the text, black and white engraved plates, and twelve color plates. 9-1/2x6-1/4, black buckram with gilt spine titles. First printings. San Francisco: California Academy of Natural Sciences, 1854-1867. Bound into the first volume is an 1853 eight-page circular, announcing the formation of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Also bound in is a twelve page pamphlet containing the constitution and by-laws of the Academy. Included with this item also are 1) a receipt made out to Mr. N. C. Burnett for $100.00 paid for a life membership in 1875 and 2) Volume III, part 2, pp. 97-176 [1864] of the Proceedings in the original wrappers [lacking rear wrapper]. The formation of the first scientific society in California took only three years following statehood. These publications provide a real view of the early and vigorous pursuit of science in California under United States governance. Bound volumes bear the stamp of the Smithsonian Library and library classication numbers - otherwise in fine condition. (200/300).
1072. [Medicine and Science] California Asylums and State Hospital Reports. pp.481-484, 757-758, 825-828, [1], 4-88, [1], 4, 647-650, [1], 4, [1], 4-5, [2], 4, [1], 4, [1], 6-7, [1], 4-5, [2], 4-6, [3], 10-48, [1], 4-6, [1], 4,-32, [1], 4, [1], 4-6, [1], 4-12, [3], 4-11, [1], 4-6, [1], 4-8, [1], 4-12, [1], 6-8, [1], 6-8, [1], 6-12, [1], 4, [1], 4-6, [1], 4-8, [3] 4-159, [4], 4-5, [5], 4-6, [5], 4-8. Numerous tables and charts. 8-1/2x5-1/2, legal calf and marbled boards with gilt-stamped red and black morocco spine labels. No place: [California State Senate, 1850-1865]. Fascinating collection of separate state documents on the establishment and operation of a "Marine Hospital" in San Francisco, the "Sacramento State Hospital", the Stockton State Hospital "for the insane" and various other kinds of asylums in the state bound into a single volume. The State Marine Hospital was established in the port of San Francisco by the state legislature in 1851 "for the purpose of preventing the introduction of malignant and contagious disease." The report of the trustees in 1853 list 2,283 patients admitted to the hospital with the age, country of origin, date of admission and discharge, diagnosis, outcome and other comments on each individual. Sacramento State Hospital was established as a general hospital but it became rapidly apparent that a separate facility was needed for the "insane" and this was established in Stockton by legislation passed in 1852. The material provides a vivid portrait of diseases, medical knowledge, attitudes and policy in the young state of California. Binding worn, joints separated, former owner's stamp on front flyleaf, otherwise in good condition. (200/300).
1073. [Medicine and Science] [California Asylum Report] Annual Reports of the Officers of the Insane Asylum of the State of California. [11], 12-56 pp. 9x5-3/4, disbound and laid in clear plastic protector. [Sacramento]: James Allen, State Printer, 1856. This document provides a detailed report for one year of the "insane asylum" at Stockton. Numerous tables of statistics about the patients are presented including number admitted, number discharged, deaths, gender, country of origin, ages, occupations, distribution of admissions by month, and a fascinating table listing the presumed causes of the mental illnesses divided into moral causes and physical causes. Among the former are "mental excitement", "domestic affliction", "religious excitement", and "Mormonism". Among the latter are alcohol ["intemperance in spirits"] drugs ["opium"], "syphilis", "meningitis" and a very large number attributed to "masturbation". Fine condition. (80/120).
1074. [Medicine and Science] [California Medical College] Fourth Annual Announcement of the California Medical College (Eclectic) Oakland, California, Session of 1882-3. [3], 4-11, [1] pp. 9x6, printed wrappers with front cover titles and rear cover illustration of the medical school building. Oakland: College Building, [1882]. At this time in the United States there were three major rival schools of medical thought: allopathy [the mainstream], homeopathy [founded on the belief that a patient's symptoms should be treated with medications that were known to produce those symptoms but given in very small doses] and the eclectic school [founded in the early 19th century with emphasis on the treatment of disease with botanicals and opposition to the free use of bleeding and purging ]. This eclectic school in Oakland was founded in 1879 and apparently did quite well. It moved to San Francisco in 1887 but was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. By that time there were eight medical schools in California and a few years after relocating to Los Angeles it went out of existence. Fine condition. (100/150).
1075. [Medicine and Science] [California Medical Society]
Transactions of the Medical Society of
the State of California During the Years 1870 and 1871. [7], 2-253 pp. one
folded chart and several
scientific drawings. 8-3/4x5-1/2, black morocco and marbled boards with gilt
spine title and rules. Sacramento: Russell & Winterburn, Book and Job
Printers, 1872.
The major portion of the book is taken up with scientific papers; a small
portion is devoted to
the business of the California Medical Society. Provides a valuable insight
into the state of
medical knowledge and practice in California in the second half of the 19th
century. Minor cover
wear - otherwise in near-fine condition. (80/120).
First Public Health Report of the State of California
1076. [Medicine and Science] [California State Board of Health] First Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of California for the Years 1870 and 1871. [3], iv-v, [4], 2-90, [5], 4-113 pp. Numerous charts and tables with several folded. 9x5-3/4, printed wrappers with cover title. Sacramento: D. W. Gelwicks, State Printer, 1871. The State Board of Health of California was first established by the state legislature in 1870 and this is its first official report thereafter. It provides an invaluable panorama of the medical scene in California at the time. There are vital statistics on births and deaths with a breakdown by months, location and diseases, [e.g. 13% of births in the entire state were stillbirths] reports on new hospital facilities in the state with considerable description of the new Central Pacific RR Hospital in San Francisco for "white employees" only and extensive discussion of the "Chinese problem" in the state. Much information on climate and considerable opinion on the relationship to various diseases. Tuberculosis was the number one cause of death in the state and other respiratory diseases were close behind. It makes it easy to understand why the most common specialty at the time was in chest disease. Rear wrapper extensively chipped and creased, minor chipping of front cover and spine, one folded table separated at folds - otherwise in good condition. (200/300).