Search Results: Titles starting with F from Caravan Book Store

Octavo (8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches) London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. and James Brooke & Co., 1872. Original Edition. 128 pages, glossary, good condition: green cloth hardback binding with title in gilt on upper cover within an ornamental gilt oval device, (mild shelf wear, not affecting contents).

A nineteenth century trade catalogue produced by renowned growers; and offered at a time when there was a growing interest in orchid culture.

Small octavo (7 7/8 by 4 1/4 inches) Glendale Branch of the Security Trust & Savings Bank, 1927. Written by the Publicity Department, Glendale Branch, Security Trust & Savings Bank. Third Edition.

48 page stapled promotional booklet in decorative stiff wrappers, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of street scenes, portraits, and historical images; plus descriptive text. Very good condition.

Originally referred to as "Tropico," Glendale was once part of the Verdugo Rancho. It was founded in the mid 1880s. "Glendale, the chalice for the aspirations of divinely discontented, home-loving people everywhere."

Octavo (8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches) Port Angeles, Washington: The Evening News Inc., 1923. First Edition. 226 [1] pages illustrated with black and white sketches by Annette Swan, and a few black and white photos; printed on brown paper, good condition (mild evidence of old moisture to lower border of front cover, and foredge, not affecting contents) small faint stamp of a long-gone book store on lower front pastedown, contents include "Books You'd Love to Read," brown cloth binding with vignette of a fisherman sitting on an outcrop above a lake looking down through a telescope.

A collection of fish stories by an author who was a naturalist; originally, with a specialty in ornithology.

Small octavo (7 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches) Highland Park Branch Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles, 1923. Written by the Publicity Department, Highland Park Branch, Security Trust & Savings Bank, second edition. 48 page stapled promotional booklet in decorative stiff wrappers, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of scenery, portraits, prominent buildings, and other historical images; plus descriptive text (including information about Charles Lummis). Very good condition.

The area was originally referred to as Garvanza. Located near the Arroyo Seco, the area encompasses York Valley, Herman, parts of Highland Park, and the San Raphael Hills. It is now the site of Occidental College, the home of Charles Lummis, and the old Southwest Museum.

Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches) Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Original First Edition. xxii, 690 pages, illustrated with [46] pages of plates: 40 illustrations, including portraits, battle scenes, and a facsimile letter to Lee, and 16 maps with color denoting battle lines (red for Confederates, blue for Federals), an appendix with letters of General Robert E. Lee and General Longstreet, and an index. Bound in half red leather, with title and author in gilt between raised bands on spine, matching leather corners, patterned end papers, very good condition (mild shelf wear to edges and corners, not affecting contents).

An important memoir by Lee's second-in-command. Nevins Volume I, page 122: "A combination of reminiscences and rebuttals by a gallant soldier ostracized by his comrades in the Reconstruction period; a necessary source for any study of Lee's army."

Small octavo (8 X 5 1/2 inches) Out West Print Co., Los Angeles: Fremont Hotel, 1903. Original, staple bound booklet in wrappers, 34 unnumbered pages, illustrated with photos, portraits, and interior views of the hotel.

Good condition (some pages have old smudges, or evidence of moisture in the margins, not affecting contents).

"Compliments of Fremont Hotel Los Angeles, Cal."

"The Fremont Hotel, just completed, is located on the corner of Fourth and Olive streets, Los Angeles, California."

The crest of the hotel, which is also on the cover, was designed by Jessie Benton Fremont. There is also a historical account of Fremont, his exploits, and his family in relation to their contribution and importance to California.

12 mo. (7 3/4 X 5 1/4 inches) Sunset Magazine Homeseekers' Bureau, 1910. 32-page staple bound promotional booklet in wrappers, printed on coated stock, illustrated with black-and-white photos, and a map showing the Western United States served by several railroad lines. Colorful covers: front is a color photo of a horse-drawn buggy on the path at "Lodge Gate at Kearney Park, Fresno;" back is a color photo of red grapes hanging from a vine. "One of Fresno's Sources of Wealth." Original, staple bound wrappers, very good condition.

A promotion for farming, and an invitation for prospective homeowners to settle - all based on the advantages of climate, abundant opportunity, and wealth.