Urban History
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Norman - An Early History, 1820-1900
by Womack, John
Norman OK: author, sponsored by [numerous committees] and with financial support of the Norman Sooner Lions Club, 1976. Hardcover. xii, 172p., illustrated from b&w period photography (portraits, sites, scenes), passable sketches, and maps &c in facsimile; reproductions are of average quality. Hardbound first edition in 9.5x6 inch red cloth boards lettered/decorated gilt and inscribed & signed by Womack on front free endpaper. Sole condition flaws are that spine panel is sunned (dim lettering there) and...
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£61.23
A History of South Pittsburg, Tennessee. The First One Hundred Years. Written in Observation Of South Pittsburg's Centennial in 1973. Foreword by O. K. Woodfin
by Kelly, Martelia Cameron
South Pittsburg TN: Hustler Printing Company, Inc, 1973. Hardcover. xviii, [126]p., illustrated with period and contemporary photographs, largely of the simple stuff the city has for architecture. Also find journalist photos and sketches. Hardbound in plain blue cloth boards with headbands, a sound production with hard to read spine titling. Laid in is an edgeworn letter explaining the bestowal of this copy. Mr Woodfin's introduction, periphrastic to put it mildly, puts me in mind of the purposely dull...
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£32.66
![Redlands Exhibit, Bear Valley Day [mounted photograph]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/290/638/1482638290.0.b.jpg)
Redlands Exhibit, Bear Valley Day [mounted photograph]
Los Angeles: Wesner, First St, Los Angeles, Cal, 1890. Photograph. Sepia photo laid down on a thick gilt-edged cardstock mount, graphic measures 4x7.5 inches, card slightly larger with extra space for vendor information. A bit faded around margins, however in general a satisfactory reproduction of an uninspired commercial photo, exalting Redlands history! for Redlands history buffs. Verso rubber-stamp informs us that this Item passed through the hands of an LA firm, "Gardner & Cortelyou, Books and...
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£20.41
Political Environment and the Adoption of Progressive Municipal Reform. An original article from Journal of Urban History, 1975
by Richard M. Bernard and Bradley R. Rice
Journal of Urban History, Beverley Hills and London, 1975. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good Condition. 26 pages, illustrated. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 13.5 x 20.5 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Urban History; Inventory No: 424034..
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£17.80
Questions and Answers on Rent Control under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947
[District of Columbia]: [GPO], 1947. Pamphlet. 7p., 10.5x8 inch flyer staple-fastened at left, Q and A for tenants and landlords of several varieties, bears one transverse creaseline, our exemplar unfolded and full-page; it has a bit of handling and edgewear plus staple-rust residue, a good copy. HRA-9 - REV 7-11-47.
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£12.25
CANE: Committee Against Nihomachi Eviction. April 1975
San Francisco: CANE, 1975. Newspaper. 23p. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, otherwise very good. The Committee opposed redevelopment plans for Nihonmachi (Little Tokyo) and sought to maintain its character as a small-business and residential area.
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£36.74
![Living and working space available now to healers, dancers, priestesses, etc. at the Reforming Spring Tide Spiritual and Healing Center now the Spring Tide Earth Temple... at 2412 Grove (near Haste) in Berkeley... [poster]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/584/817/1577817584.0.b.jpg)
Living and working space available now to healers, dancers, priestesses, etc. at the Reforming Spring Tide Spiritual and Healing Center now the Spring Tide Earth Temple... at 2412 Grove (near Haste) in Berkeley... [poster]
Berkeley: Spring Tide Earth Temple, 1978. Poster. 1 sheet. 14 x 8.5 in. Edges age toned; horizontal fold; Very Good. Advertising "3 large rooms" as live-work spaces "ideal for healing/body work," with "access to and use of large temple room" and "tree-full yard private for nudity with fire circle and 9' diam[eter] HOTTUB." A Women's group "dedicated to Isis and Diana" with lesbian and African American members. Announces that boys (and possibly men) will be included in its core group.
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£20.41
Play spots, Akron and Summit County
by Work Project Administration. Federal Writers Project
Akron, OH: Akron Community Chest, 1941. Paperback. 59p., wraps slightly soiled, minor edge wear and minor internal creasing, staples start to rust else good condition, illus., map tipped in rear. Sponsored by the Akron Department of Recreation in cooperation with the Akron Community Chest and the Akron Chamber of Commerce.
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£183.69
Crack the sidewalk! #2
by [Fly]
Astoria, NY: Crack the Sidewalk!, [c200-?]. Pamphlet. [48]p., 5.5x8.5 inch b&w zine style format, not bound; in very good condition. Interview with Fly on the squats in the Les and more.
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£12.25
Alto a aumentacion de rentas, alta a la desposesiones
Berkeley: La Union de Inquilinos de Berkeley [Berkeley Tenants Union], 1980. Pamphlet. 8.5x11 inch sheet folded to make four pages; some toning, else in very good condition. Spanish language pamphlet.
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£28.57
Freedom isn't safe & safety isn't free
by [Reger], Mikey
San Francisco: Mission Mini-Comix, 2022. Pamphlet. [8]p., 2.5x4.5 inch folded zine; in very good condition. Produced by a cartooning collective in San Francisco. This zine covers gentrification of the Mission and the development of the Maximus Realty's 350 unit luxury building.
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£9.80
![Unreal estate; a late 20th century history of squatting in the Lower East Side [handbill] An oral history with graphic support focusing on the 80s & 90s](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/700/135/1577135700.0.b.jpg)
Unreal estate; a late 20th century history of squatting in the Lower East Side [handbill] An oral history with graphic support focusing on the 80s & 90s
by Fly
New York: URELIC, Unreal Estate Living Improvements Committee, 2013. Handbill. 5.5x8.5 inch handbill; Book release and exhibition handbill hosted by Fly of Peops [zine].
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£9.80
Steam Dummies of San Francisco. Enlarged Edition. Vol. 23, Nos. 1, 2, 3 (January, February, March 1960; Issues 241, 242, 243) bound together as published
by Sievers, Wald
San Mateo: The Western Railroader "For the Western Railfan, 1960. Pamphlet. Variously paginated, about forty pages total, softbound, a pamphlet in 8.5x5.5 inch glossy white wraps. Illustrated with plenty of period photographs, stapled format resembling three separate issues center-fastened (interior stock slightly acidic & toned), a pretty good copy pace a bit confusion from publisher: leaf numbered 19/8 especially affected (misnumberings are acknowledged in-plate, with guides small-font/bottom margin...
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£16.33
Havana Cuba; City map of Cuba
by P. Valer, illustrations
Havana: [E. Ortiz & Co. - Proprietors], 1920. Map. Six 4x9 inch panels; slight hint of foxing on inside, one folding crease is mildly torn along the bottom, otherwise in very good condition.
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£48.98
Bargains! Bargains! Oakland lots. Bargains in the Roberts and Wolfskill Tract!
Oakland: Clough & Baker, 1890. Poster. 1 sheet. 13 x 9.5 in. Edge wear, top left corner missing but no loss to text; text misprinted. Good. Advertisement for tracts in the present-day North Oakland neighborhood, near the border with Berkeley. Advertises rich soils and short distances to Berkeley, downtown Oakland, and San Francisco via local trains. On the verso is a map of Oakland and Berkeley (landmarks suggest it shows the area ca. 1890).
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£20.41
Herb Caen's New Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area. Mr. San Francisco Recommends Where To go and What To See. New Revised, Up-to-the-Minute Low-Priced Edition. With Drawings by Earl Thollander
by Caen, Herb
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958. Hardcover. 224p., a cheap updated text (as implied) in flimsy yellow plastikoid boards titled green (hence "low-priced"), and enclosed in its dust jacket. Book itself is clean and sound, while the dust jacket is worn across top edge (with a toned line to its verso). Not to "edition-monger," it would be difficult to determine how far removed from a "first edition", so we won't try. Caen names names of distinctive Chinese eateries, for starters, possibly still...
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£12.25
![Boycott Manny's; stop the woke-washing of the Mission. Manny's out! Community-run youth center in! Don't cross the picket line [handbill]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/352/481/1595481352.0.b.jpg)
Boycott Manny's; stop the woke-washing of the Mission. Manny's out! Community-run youth center in! Don't cross the picket line [handbill]
San Francisco: Endorsed by Palestinian youth Movement, 2019. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill; in very good condition. An anti-gentrification and anti-Zionist handbill. "Manny's is part of a systematic attempt to make gentrification and racism seem 'cool' through woke-washing. Woke-washing is the strategy of putting a 'social justice' facade on oppressive politics.
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£28.57
The Work of the Juvenile Protective Association Synopsis for 1919 and 1920
by Bowen, Louise de Koven
Chicago: Juvenile Protective Association, 1921. Ephemera. 1 brochure. 6.25 x 3.25 in. Very Good. Lists various activities and interventions of social workers in child abuse, gambling, child marriage, poor living conditions, etc. With a blank form for financial contributions on the rear cover. The Juvenile Protective Association was founded in 1901.
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£17.96
![[We regret to inform you that all the architects are long dead] [inside title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/369/481/1595481369.0.b.jpg)
[We regret to inform you that all the architects are long dead] [inside title]
by Fredet, Jacques, Pierre Lepetit; J. K. Huysmans
Paris: Institut de Beauté Architecture, 1975. Pamphlet. [13]p., 8.25x11.5 inch staplebound wraps; faint handling, hint of rust on staples with no migration, otherwise a very good condition item. French language text.
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£102.05
Proposals for Berkeley Master Plan, January 1976
by Comprehensive Planning Department
Berkeley: Comprehensive Planning Department, 1976. Pamphlet. 15p. +[1], 11.5x15 inch tabloid style newsprint; photos., maps, illus., minor toning and edgewear, else very good. Two holdings found in OCLC (6/2022).
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£53.07
Street corner society; the social structure of an Italian slum
by Whyte, William Foote
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1943. Hardcover. xxii, 284p., 4th impression, chipped dust jacket.
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£13.88
Citizens council on civic development; downtown Vancouver, Part I, January 1969
Vancouver: Citizens Council on Civic Development, 1969. Pamphlet. 2p. + 3p. + [appendix A, 8p., + appendix B, 2p], 8.8x11 inch sheets staplebound; minor foxing on front page, corners slightly curling from shelfwear, else very good.
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£53.07
Toward the Second Chicago Fire: Surrealism and the Housing Question
[Chicago]: The Surrealist Group, 1971. Handbill. Single sheet, printed both sides, 8.5x11 inches; lightly edgeworn, toned along edges, else very good condition. bottom edge slightly silver-fished. Good only.
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£9.80
![La Casa Llotja del Mar de Barcelona. Monografia illustrada [cover subtitle] / Monografia Historich - Descriptiva [titlepage]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/317/638/1482638317.0.b.jpg)
La Casa Llotja del Mar de Barcelona. Monografia illustrada [cover subtitle] / Monografia Historich - Descriptiva [titlepage]
by Riera y Soler, Lluis
Barcelona: Imprempta Elzeviriana de Borras y Mestres, 1909. Paperback. 103p., presswork on semi-glazed alkaline paperstock with numerous b&w photoillustrations (interiors, mostly) and a fold-out floorplan. Sewn textblock, threads are holding ok but the reader will see stab-holes; softbound in 8x5 inch printed in two colors on acidic green cardstock with an onlaid sepia vignette. Item is edgeworn with turned corner-tips and an incipient split to front joint. A good (good-only) copy.
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£61.23
The City's Identity Problem: Continuity and Change in Urban Form. An original article from Journal of Urban History, 1975
by Hans Blumenfeld
Journal of Urban History, Beverley Hills and London, 1975. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good Condition. 17 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 13.5 x 20.5 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Urban History; Inventory No: 424033..
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£15.30
