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San Francisco: The Roxburghe Club, 1987. Original wraps. Very good +. 225 Copies completed at Moving Parts Press by Felicia Rice. pp. 26 in blue paper wrappers. **Of note in this copy, laid in: Letter from James D. Hammonds widow or life partner, speaking clearly to the lack of credit she felt Jim (Hammond) received for this seventh commonplace.** She writes to Bob (and Gwen), 9/19/92.  I could feel Jims presence and his approval that we were talking. Hw would have appreciated the Anson Brooks obituary. Reading it reminded that I could not find in our library anything on fly fishing. If there is a book in this area that you have edited or written I would appreciate having a copy. Maybe I can interest my 16 yr old grandson in learning about fly fishing, anything that would get him out of the city and into a natural setting would be a good start for survival in this turbulent world. Jim & my grandsons were great pals and much to my surprise most of Jims clothes were a perfect fit.… Read More

Duarte, California , 1930. Letter. Fine. From The Indian Village on Huntington Drive Ramsay, one of two propietors with D.L. Stevens, writes: Mrs. F. C. Gifford, Chicag. Dear Mrs. Gifford, Thank you very much for your order for our fine dates. They will go forward to you on the 6th by express and we trust will be entirely to your satisfaction. Assuring you of our desire to be at all times promptly as your service, I remain, yours very truly, C. B. Ramsay. P.S. Our new placeon the Huntington drive is on of California Boulevard Show places and we hope to see you when in Southern California. CBRLetter, business card and mailing envelope.

San Francisco: The Crocker Company, 1940. First Edition. Very good. Oblong softcover, officila souvenir with electric, hyper-saturated images - Disney meets Instagram.

Los Angeles: Manual Arts High School , 1911. Wraps. Very good. Manual Arts High School was founded in 1910 " in the middle of bean fields ", according to Wikipedia. It was the third high school in Los Angeles, California. One of the school's first teachers, Ethel Percy Andrus (1911 - 1915), leaving the school to become e California's first woman high school principal, later founding AARP. 66p. + 6 pages ads in printed, hand-illuminatedNouveau styled wrappers. 

Pasadena, 1920. Leaflet. Very good. Photographic cover, with address, notes and names of proprietors.