California VBF - March 4-6, 2021
A collection of 1950s and ‘60s political buttons supporting causes and candidates ranging from the Vietnam anti-war movement to Ronald Reagan’s campaign for the California governorship. This group consists of 56 unique metal pinback buttons..... More
Lausanne, Switzerland: Scriptar S.A., 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. From the magazine of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner (1926-2017), accompanied by a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Pictorial history of “naughty” watch..... More
A collection of eight warranty and quit claim deeds dating from the mid-1800s tracking the transfer of lands in Weld County, Colorado Territory during the coal boom. The “black gold” was discovered near the town..... More
A holographic rendering of Ina Coolbrith’s poem “At the Dawn” which appeared in her celebrated Songs from the Golden Gate (1895). A single sheet (8” x 10 ¼”), boldly signed by Coolbrith below the 16-line..... More
Two pairs of albums including 227 photographs documenting the construction in 1955 of two dairy processing plants in Los Angeles, California, from the laying of the foundations through completion. Comprised of 88 images of the..... More
An undated, two-page letter handwritten by Anne Seymour Damer at her London house, No. 27 Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, to Mrs. Alexander Baillie (Marianne Baillie, née Wathen, 1788-1831). Presumably written at the end of..... More
Hollywood, California: Murray & Gee, Inc., 1943. Second Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, with a holographic note by him laid in. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. The..... More
An original press release from General Holdridge’s 1960 presidential campaign, outlining his plan for reparation grants of $5,000 for each descendent of the African American slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. Dated March 25, 1960..... More
A holographic letter on Immaculate Heart College letterhead from the American Roman Catholic religious sister and Pop Art pioneer. Undated, it was likely written in the mid-1960s, prior to her return to secular life in..... More
Boston: The Page Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front flyleaf. In this romantic relic of bygone California, Murphy extols the..... More
An archive of hundreds of letters, bills, receipts, and other legal documents from the family of Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda dating from 1786 to 1880. This branch of the Fonda family traces its roots..... More
A four-page holographic letter written by William Henry Harrison Huston (1841-1907), an attorney in San Antonio, Texas, to his brother, Arthur Brown Huston (1834-1909) of Columbus, Ohio, on February 4, 1881. William is intent on..... More
London: John Murray, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of renowned Sanskrit scholar and orientalist Judith M. Tyberg (1902-80), with her signed bookplate to the front flyleaf, largely covering another bookplate. In 1951, Tyberg..... More