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![Los Angeles Times Real estate: City puts welcome mat out for business: Sunday, March 9, 1986 [special offprint of LA Times article]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/033/737/884737033.0.b.2.jpg)
Los Angeles Times Real estate: City puts welcome mat out for business: Sunday, March 9, 1986 [special offprint of LA Times article]
by Kinchen, David M
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Times, 1986. Newspaper. Single 11x17 inch folded tabloid sheet reprinting the article on glossy, heavy stock illusdtrated with b&w photos and a map. Article on the City of Commerce and redevelopment including Commerce Business Park and Village Homes. One of a series on Southland cities actively pursuing redevelopment.
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A$18.59
![[Orientation guide for newly elected members of the State Central Committee]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/155/737/884737155.0.b.jpg)
[Orientation guide for newly elected members of the State Central Committee]
by Peace and Freedom Party
Davis, CA: Peace and Freedom Party, 1982. 67p. plus addenda, 8.5x11 inches, plain red staplebound wraps without title, a few small stains on front wrap, rear wrap creased else very good condition. Includes by-laws, agenda and rules for the convention of the socialist, feminist party based in California, together with various amendments and a minority report.
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A$30.99
Anthology of verse 1916-1919
by Verse Writers' Club of Southern California. Greenough, Fred and Blanche
San Francisco: Harr Wagner Pub, 1919. Hardcover. 68p., personal inscription signed by the Greenoughs, Blanche being a contributor. Badly worn first edition in cloth-backed green boards and gilt. Amateur poets anthology.
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A$38.74
Fight or Flight: The Art of Moira Hahn
by Hahn, Moira
Riverside: Riverside Art Museum, 2007. Pamphlet. 8-panel folded exhibition brochure, 6x10.5 inches, very good. Illustrated with a colorful four-panel Ukiyo-e inspired scene. No copies found in the OCLC as of July 2022. Hahn studied drawing and painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art as an undergraduate before receiving an MFA from CSU, Fullerton. She worked in animation and has taught studio art at various schools in Southern California.
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A$38.74
Liberty and the great libertarians; an anthology on liberty, a hand-book of freedom. Edited and compiled, with preface, introduction, and index, by Charles T. Sprading
by Sprading, Charles T., comp
Los Angeles: published for the author by the Golden Press, 1913. Hardcover. 540, [iii p. index], cloth-covered boards, corners bumped, offsetting to endpapers, ex-library with bookplate on front pastedown endpaper and withdrawn stamp on free front endpaper and label on spine. No dust jacket. *Egbert p. 167. Bio-bibliographies and essays by Josiah Warren, Stephen Pearl Andrews, Lysander Spooner, Robert G. Ingersoll, Henry George, Benjamin R. Tucker, and others.
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A$38.74
Gay & Lesbian Times: #188, August 1, 1991
by Biagi III, George N., editor, Julie Warner, Rob Hooper, et al
San Diego: Uptown Pub, 1991. Magazine. 44p. includes covers, 10.5x13 inches, news, events, articles, ads, services and resources, very good LGBTQ newsprint magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. French Cow based AIDS treatments. Lollapalooza! Culture Clash.
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A$23.24
The neon takes my breath away
by Nolophus, August Y
[Lancaster, CA?]: Self-published by the author, 2012. Pamphlet. [2p.], 5.5x8.5 inches; slight crease across pamphlet, else very good.
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A$18.59
The Serrano Indians of Southern California
by Johnston, Francis J
Banning: Malki Museum Press, 1990. 12p., 5.5x8.5 inches, third printing, very good staplebound pamphlet. Malki Museum Brochure No. 2.
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A$18.59
Fighting Spirit: Judo in Southern California, 1930-1941
by Uchima, Ansho Mas and Larry Akira Kobayashi
Pasadena, CA: Midori Books, 2006. Paperback. 433p., wraps, illus., very good condition.
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A$61.98
El Alacrán. Vol. 1 no. 3 (November 1970)
Long Beach, CA: MEChA, Cal State Long Beach, 1970. Newspaper. 8p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, some crinkling from poor storage, paper evenly toned. Includes articles on police brutality, including the killing of Ruben Salazar during the Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles; also includes poetry by readers.
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A$46.48
![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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A$38.74
California's Chinese Heritage: A Legacy of Places
by McDannold, Thomas A.; foreword by Kevin Starr
Stockton, CA: Heritage West Books, 2000. Paperback. xvi, 208p., paperback, 8.5x11 inches, very good.
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A$34.09
Dharma Talks of the Four Seasons / 四季の聞法 (Shiki no Monpou)
[Los Angeles]: Buddhist Churches of America, Southern District Ministerial Association, 1984. Paperback. 31p.+72p., bound dos-a-dos, 7.5x8.5 inches, very good. Bilingual text in English and Japanese. Discussion of various Japanese festivals and cultural practices. Only two copies found in OCLC as of June 2022.
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A$38.74
Dancing on the Fringes of the Realm
by West, Joy C
Kearney, NB: Morris Publishing, 2005. Paperback. v, 66p. second printing. Near fine in glossy printed wraps. Compton, California-born African American poet.
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A$27.89
![Avatar Meher Baba: I have come not to teach but to awaken [handbill]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/810/525/1511525810.0.b.0.jpg)
Avatar Meher Baba: I have come not to teach but to awaken [handbill]
Pasadena, CA: Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California, [196-]. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill, minor corner crease. Announces weekly meetings at the Center, with quotes from the Indian guru.
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A$46.48
First Steps: A volume of poetry and prose
by Thomas, Dinah and Troy
Los Angeles: Back Porch Publishing, 1996. Pamphlet. 20p. first printing, 5.5x8.5 inches in glossy stapled wraps, light general soiling and wear else very good condition. Inscribed and signed by Dinah Thomas on the inside front cover. "Dinah and Troy are members of the diverse groups of people who make up so called South Central Los Angeles.
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A$38.74
El Paisano. Summer 1962, Number 27
by Henderson, Randall, editor
Banning, CA: Desert Protective Council Educational Foundation, 1962. 8p., staplebound newsletter, very good. Singleton copy. Topics: Lloyd Parrett to speak on avians; appointments and promotions; bighorn sheep; wilderness bill; Udall policy for Colorado River (reprinted from Smoke Signals, newsletter of the Colorado Tribes); poison bad; coyotes good. - Randall Henderson was a longtime editor (he is the namesake of the Randall Henderson Loop Trail); others included Harry C. James, founder of the...
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A$15.49
California Institute of Technology, Annual Exhibit Prevue. Friday, April 8
by Caltech: R. Barry, K. Anderson, public relations
Pasadena: Caltech, underwritten by C.F.Braun & Co [oil refiners], no date, pre-WWII. Leaflet, small folio leaf folded and printed to make a 10.5x7 inch brochure, cover-decorated with the Caltech emblem (two naked males seeking Truth) and furnishing Exhibit Committee names, demonstration lectures, buildings where truth-machines might be viewed, a plat map of the campus. Heavily creased and crimped, now reasonably flat, a good-only exemplar. "This program is presented by the undergraduate students of the...
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A$23.24
El Paisano. Autumn 1967, Number 48
by Henderson, Randall, editor
Banning, CA: Desert Protective Council Educational Foundation, 1967. 8p., staplebound newsletter, bears a mailing-convenient transverse foldline else very good. Singleton copy. Topics: Coyoite Canyon dam; directors meet; Salton Sea; bighorn sheep; fossils in badlands; noise pollution; desalinization; game hunting. - Randall Henderson was a longtime editor (he is the namesake of the Randall Henderson Loop Trail); others included Harry C. James, founder of the Trailfinders Organization, and Jane Pinheiro,...
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A$15.49
Gay & Lesbian Times: the weekly newspaper; #311, December 9, 1993; Life as a Mama's Boy
by Biagi III, George N., editor, Mark Gabrish Conlan, Ralph Garrett et al
San Diego: Uptown Pub, 1993. Magazine. 64p. includes covers, 10.5x13 inches, news, events, articles, ads, services and resources, very good LGBTQ newsprint magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. AIDS Day Celebration HIV Myth: a dissenting view of AIDS.
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A$23.24
Historic Spots in California: The Southern Counties
by Rensch, Hero Eugene, Ethel Grace Rensch; introduction by Robert Glass Cleland
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1932. Hardcover. xxvii, 267p., cloth-covered boards, map of California, corners bumped, else very good condition. No dj.
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A$23.24
Gay & Lesbian Times: the weekly newspaper; #314, December 30, 1993; Montage of covers from 1993
by Biagi III, George N., editor, Jim Harrison, Mark Gabrish Conlan, Keith Clark, Cathy Bolger, et al
San Diego: Uptown Pub, 1993. Magazine. 56p. includes covers, 10.5x13 inches, news, events, articles, ads, services and resources, very good LGBTQ newsprint magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. AIDS Claims film director Emile Ardolino. Top Ten lists. Year in Review.
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A$23.24
Long Beach Chapter News
by Peace and Freedom Party
Long Beach, CA: Peace and Freedom Party, 1982. 8p., mimeographed newsletter, 7x8.5 inches, light wear and toning, address label on rear wrap, small stain on edge. Unnumbered and undated, but from early 1982. Includes updates on Party activities including candidates running for office, brief articles on the Polish strikes, the police killings of Ron Settles and Larry Morris, and plans for a California Housing Initiative.
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A$23.24
Mission San Juan Capistrano Cultural Center; Visitor's Guide
San Juan Capistrano: the mission, 1970. Single leaf of buff stock printed sepia, folded five times to make an 8.5x3.5 inch brochure, two panels of which can be folded up into an envelope for membership and money. Illustrated with a couple of photos and a diagrammatic site map; a fine unblemished exemplar. The focus is "cultural" but find little mention of Hispanic or Native American lives, which in part dictates our guess as to date of production. The text boasts that this mission "is the most renown...
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A$15.49
Partial list of Los Angeles and Southern California Hotels
by [SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOTELS] All-Year Club of Southern California
One 11 x 8 inch piece of paper folded in thirds, printed on both sides, decorated at the top of the front side with a monotone vignette drawing of a woman holding flowers against a background of a Mission and rolling hills.
1926 original, very good condition. A list of Los Angeles Hotels and addresses on the reverse, with a list of other Southern California hotels in Corona, Hollywood, Long Beach, Mount Lowe, Pasadena, Riverside, San Diego, San Jacinto, Santa Monica, Santa Maria, and Santa Ana. Rates... Read more about this item
1926 original, very good condition. A list of Los Angeles Hotels and addresses on the reverse, with a list of other Southern California hotels in Corona, Hollywood, Long Beach, Mount Lowe, Pasadena, Riverside, San Diego, San Jacinto, Santa Monica, Santa Maria, and Santa Ana. Rates... Read more about this item
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A$15.11
