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Post-Enquirer Publishing Company, 1931. 174 pages. Davie, a four-term mayor of Oakland, was, over the course of his 81-plus years, a "Canal boy, law student, 'perambulating butcher,' buckaroo, rancher, inventer, actor, opera singer, 'bouncer,' miner, lawyer, crusader, merchant, bookseller, organizer, shipowner and politician." Adams Six Guns 560; Rocq 766. ISBN: 281AIB1024157.

San Jose, CA: The Author, 1887. 300 pages. A curious collection of short pieces, written in the voice of the author's late wife, about education. An uncommon, relatively early San Jose imprint. ISBN: B003OM2E3W.

San Francisco: Whitton Town & Co, 1858. 324 pages. William A. Scott was a California pioneer and one of the founders of the San Francisco Theological Seminary. ISBN: B009OWTE98.

[Berkeley?]: (n.p.), 1881. 3 pages (single sheet folded in half; back page blank). "An address delivered at the annual meeting of the Berkeley Association for the Encouragement of Neighborhood Improvements, Berkeley, Alameda County, Cal., July 1881.Wickson, the editor of the Pacific Rural Press argues for the beautification of Berkeley: "To beautify Berkeley is a duty which should be cheerfully assumed. It is a disgrace to a town to be a blot upon a fair landscape." Uncommon, with one holding in OCLC, appropriately at Berkeley. ISBN: 281AIB1039855.

Oakland: Rather Press, 1980. 91 pages. Kate Douglas Wiggin started the first kindergarten in San Francisco and later a training school for kindergarten teachers. She wrote 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms' and other children's stories. ISBN: B06ZZXW9SC.

Oakland: Rather Press, 1977. 115 pages. The author recounts the history of William Ralston's Bonanza Theater in San Francisco. Illustrated from black-and-white photographs. ISBN: B004XN1GYO.

San Francisco: Bacon & Co, 1877. 352 pages. An anthology of articles on a number of topics (poetry, travel, Civil War, idleness, dishonesty), including a journey from Sacramento through Oregon written by the editor. ISBN: B003OJZKTU.

City and County of San Francisco, 1893. 6 sheets. Rancho San Miguel was a 4443 acre Mexican Land Grant in present-day San Francisco given to Jose de Jesus Noe in 1845. Adolph Sutro purchased the northwesterly portion of the rancho in 1880. The real estate tax sheets are for 6 parcels totalling 1246+ acres, with each parcel described "commencing...then runs," etc. Sheets measure 12 x 10.5 inches. ISBN: 281AIB1032197.

[San Francisco]: (Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem), 1973. 38 pages. Frontispiece portrait by Ansel Adams. One of 200 copies. ISBN: B0092GTQLW.

San Francisco: Works Project Administration, 1940. 149 pages. Includes six photographic plates on individual pages of von Hartmann, Heyman (with Saint-Saens), Mansfeldt, Weil, Pasmore, and Alverson, Lisser, Waybur, and Hinrichs (the last 4 on a single plate). ISBN: 281AIB1047819.

Pacific Publishing Company. Cover title: San Francisco and Its Municipal Administration, 1902. 223 pages. The city's politicians and bureaucrats, most pictured, with biographies. Rocq, California Local History, 8321. Uncommon. ISBN: B003Y5GQBA.

Stanford University, CA: James Ladd Delkin, 1947. 275 pages. A biography of the "Jane Addams of the West," a social reformer in early 20th century San Francisco. ISBN: B0007ENJD4.

New York: Publishers' Printing Company, 1903. 74 pages. Delia Stern married Aaron Fleishacker in San Francisco in 1857. Aaron founded Fleishacker and Company. Carrie Fleishacker Schwabacher is their daughter. ISBN: 281AIB1050270.

Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1999. 174 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches, reproduced from typescript. Livermore was a San Francisco architect very active in civil causes (the town of Livermore was named for an unrelated English sailor). ISBN: 281AIB1030171.

Hayward, California: Basin Research Associates, Inc, 1981. 290 pages. The report discusses and describes the results of an archaeological testing program conducted in Test Area B, Block 1 and Test Areas E and F, Block 2 of the San Antonio Plaza Redevelopment Project. Includes 90 figures and 7 tables of findings. ISBN: 281AIB1017310.

Oakland: The Rather Press, 1982. 75 pages plus one page "Printer's Progress", detailing the creation of the book. Limited to 150 copies. Woodcuts by Stan Cohen. Alex Dunsmuir built this 37-room mansion on 48 acres in the Oakland hills for his-to-be bride, Josephine Wallace. Tragically, Alex never lived in the house. He died on his honeymoon after 41 days of marriage. Josephine lived in the house for only 18 months before her own death. ISBN: 281AIB1049082.

San Jose: (Harlan-Young Press), 1968. 46 pages. Five black-and-white illustrations and one map in book. Folding map, Santa Clara Co. Ranchos, in rear pocket. Additional map, facsimile of a diseno of the Rancho Santa Teresa, is loose in book. 12.5 x 8.75 inches. ISBN: B003T8PFPA.

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, 1920. Unpaginated, 16 pages. B/W photographs. Promotional brochure promoting the value of SF's port for foreign trade. Oblong format: 12 x 9 inches. ISBN: 281AIB1049011.

San Francisco: Hermes Free Press, 1972. 2-3/4 by 4 inches. 8 pages. An election year screed decrying oil company influence in politics. A Hermes Free Press (Zephyrus Image) imprint. ISBN: 281AIB1041764.

San Jose Historical Museum, (ca,. 1985). 182 pages. Six walking tour options are described with a photo and historic information, historic registrations, and general information given for each site. Photographic illustrations are in black-and-white and generally of poor quality for details. ISBN: B00071INSI.