Bolon was established in 1949 and is a third generation family owned Swedish design company that created woven vinyl flooring. Their products are designed and produced in Sweden and are quite expensive.

Published by Bolon AB, Ulricehamn, Sweden, no date, circa 1980s. Folded portfolio, paper covered heavy board, 12" x 8.75", metal front corner guards, folds open to 33" x 12", there are 54 different color samples pasted down, and 26 pages of technical data at the rear in English, German, French, and Spanish. The swatches range from 1.5" x 1.5" squares to 2.25" x 1.75" rectangles and two large 6.5" x 4.75" rectangles. VERY GOOD CONDITION: some small scrapes to the front cover, silver label from Floor Designs, Inc., At Showplace Square, San Francisco on the rear cover, a few penciled notations otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

Negroes and the War by Chandler Owen. A scarce wartime propaganda piece seeking Black support for the war effort.

Published by United States Office of War Information, Washington, D.C., 1942. First and only edition. Photography by Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973). Softcover, printed on newsprint, side staple bound, 13" x 10", 72 pages, richly illustrated with 140 b&w photographs documenting African American opportunities and achievement, showing the activities of professional Black men and women, including the Tuskegee Airmen and boxer Joe Louis in his army fatigues. FAIR CONDITION: the spine fold is scraped, tender, and some pages are pulling from the staples but still firmly attached, the horizontal mailing fold has some small scrapes and tears on the front cover and a long closed tear on rear cover, the inner pages are somewhat fragile, have light wear and age-toning, but overall complete, bright, clean, and unmarked. Scarce.

In 1942, the US Office of War Information (OWI) was created. A government propaganda bureau, they commissioned Chandler Owen to create a work that presented arguments rallying Black support for the war and telling African Americans what they stood to lose should Germany win the war. Although the publication literally brought Blacks into the national war time framework with visible evidence of official recognition and inclusiveness for African Americans, prominent Black leaders quickly and loudly objected. Their overriding criticism was that it failed to make any assurances about future progress in breaking down the barriers of racial inequality.

CHANDLER OWEN (1889-1967) writer, editor, socialist, republican, early activist for African American Civil Rights, and co-founder of radical journal of the New Negro Movement, The Messenger (with A. Philip Randolph).

International Order of Odd Fellows Memorial Ribbon: IN MEMORIAM STELLAR LODGE No. 213 I.O.O.F. MENDOCINO, CAL.

Two sided memorial ribbon pin with celluloid and metal medallions, waving flag imagery, silver printing and gold fringe. Red and black ribbon. Above the All Seeing Eye's are three links which represent the secret society's trinity of Friendship, Love and Truth. 9.5" tall x 2.75" wide. Manufactured by The C. E. Ward Co., Manufacturers of Regalia, Costumes and supplies, New London, Ohio, circa 1890s. Included is the original mailing envelope and cardboard backing. The Mendocino Stellar Lodge No. 213 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows constructed their first Odd Fellows Hall in downtown Mendocino on Kasten St. at Ukiah St. in 1878.

VERY GOOD CONDITION: light age wear, a horizontal fold line on the ribbon, some toning to the pins but overall the ribbon and pins are bright and clean. The mailing envelope has a closed top edge tear, some tiny stains and light wear from age and use, the inner cardboard backing has a few light creases but remains strong and unbent. A lovely example of this uncommon Northern California Lodge.

HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENTS pertaining to "G" Company, 2nd Regiment, of the National Guard of California, and a Court Martial the Company that involved members of the Regiment.

In San Francisco during the late 1870s there were many militias composed of National Guardsmen, the young men of well known families. These infantry companies were uniformed and armed with rifles. They participated in military parades and as a militia were called to quash civilian rioting stemming from anti Chinese sentiment and labor disputes.

The documents are:

A six page manuscript document written on 8.25 x 12.5 inch lined watermarked paper. The document is titled: "Court-Martial / G Company, Second Regiment, N.G.C." It is addressed to Colonel W. R. Smedburg, President of G. Company. The document contains the findings of the "Court of Inquiry". Based on the findings the Court of Inquiry recommended various disciplinary actions and reprimands. The pages are pinned together at the top by an old pin. [1880].

A two page manuscript letter written in old iron ink on very thin onion skin paper. Dated San Francisco, June 1st 1880. Addressed to Colonel W. R. Smedburg, President "G" Co., 2nd Regt, N.G.C. The letter begins; "The Court Martial - enclosed herewith Findings of the Court of Inquiry, as a result of the first Court Martial of "G" Company..." The letter is signed by L. W. Mix, President, and others.

A one page manuscript letter written by members of "Company G" to the Clerk of the Court of Inquiry, dated May 28th, 1880. The letter is signed by 7 members of G Company. The senders are providing written testimony that they "swear" they did not send the anonymous vulgar letter that seems to be at the heart of the Court Martial.

A one page manuscript letter written on watermarked paper with a printed heading "Headquarters G Company, Second Infantry, N.G.C. / San Francisco". The letter is dated May 11th 1881. The letter requests a furlough be granted for one of the members of Company G. The letter is signed by Capt. L. W. Mix, and others.

An 1880 printed announcement inviting members of Company G to go to San Francisco Armory to participate in Company Drills, etc.

A unique group of documents relating to the early days of the National Guard of California, and the San Francisco based Company G, Second Infantry. William Renwick Smedberg was the commander, he was a Civil War Union Army veteran who was wounded and lost a leg at the Battle of the Wilderness. All the documents are in GOOD to VERY GOOD CONDITION: leaves neatly folded, the onion skin letter has creasing, is tender and the ink is oxidizing but is still fully legible, overall a clean, solid and bright grouping of historic San Francisco Militia ephemera.

THE CHRISTMAS THINGY - ORIGINAL ART by ALAN CLARK, SIGNED & FRAMED.

Alan M. Clark was the Illustrator for the children's book THE CHRISTMAS THINGY by F. Paul Wilson. This is an ORIGINAL ARTWORK by Alan Clark. It pictures the THINGY holding a bunch of Christmas presents. The artwork is signed with Clark's typical monogram signature "AC" at the bottom left corner.

The image measures 4.5 square inches, the frame 11.25 square inches.

Both the frame and art are in FINE condition.

This auction is for the framed piece of Original Art by Alan Clark based on his illustrations for the children's book The Christmas Thingy. It does not include the book.

Alan M. Clark is an American artist and book illustrator. He has won many awards for his illustrations.

EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSAL SHIPYARD. HOUSTON. TEXAS. PHOTO BY FRANK G. ALLEN. HOUSTON TEXAS

Panoramic Photograph. WWI shipbuilding for the US government. Employees of the Universal Shipbuilding Company, Houston, Texas. Original gelatin silver print, 10" x 72" photographed by Frank G. Allen, circa 1919. VERY GOOD CONDITION: some edgewear, a few tiny stains, and some age toning and finger smudges to the verso, rolled, overall bright, and clean. Unrecorded. Frank G. Allen has a few images in the National Archives, none document the Texas men employed as shipbuilders. A stunning photographic record.

Photographer Frank G. Allen (American, active 1910s-1920s) early Texas commercial photographer active in the Houston area producing some stunning panoramic photographs of the oilfields and WWI shipbuilding.

During World War One Houston Texas was tasked with becoming emergency shipbuilders for the war effort. The United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation contracted two Houston plants, the Universal Shipbuilding Company and the Midland Bridge Company to construct wooden cargo ships which were to be built along the Houston Channel, a waterway that only a few years prior could not accommodate an ocean going vessel. George A Carden was principal owner of the Universal Shipbuilding Company, which had a contract for the construction of twelve wooden ships at $300,000 each, these vessels were made at the company's shipbuilding yard on Buffalo Bayou near Houston, Texas. Universal launched 9 of the 12 commissioned ships before the War ended. Most of the shipyards involved in this program existed only for the emergency.

Original Clash Promotional Poster circa 1978. Halftone, printed on paper, issued rolled, 27" x 20" inches.

From a 1978 black & white photograph taken by Pennie Smith during a photo session for the promotion of the band's second album Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978). A Russian propaganda poster was used as the photo's backdrop. GOOD CONDITION: surface creasing and scratches, egdewear, touch of waviness, overall a solid and bright vintage punk poster. Will be sent rolled in sturdy mailing tube. Uncommon.

Formed in London in 1976 The Clash was one of the most successful bands from Punks first wave in the 1970s, early Clash gigs were notoriously violent establishing them as a leading voice of Punk Rock. Clash members were vocalist Joe Strummer, guitarist Mick Jones, bass player Paul Simonon and drummer Topper Headon.

Artist Pennie Smith (b. 1949) is one of the United Kingdoms most acclaimed rock photographers. She created one of the most iconic Punk Rock photographs ever, the cover image for London Calling by The Clash.

PACK RAT was the underground newspaper published by the Berkeley High School Student Union (BHSSU) to advocate for radical educational and societal reforms. Using the typesetting machines at the Black Panther Party's national headquarters in Berkeley, the students covered antiwar activities, racial discrimination, women's liberation, student rights, and other contemporary topics. When the BHSSU tried to distribute the paper on campus, its members were suspended. When the BHSSU's activities expanded beyond Berkeley, the Federal Bureau of Investigation opened a file on the group in June 1970, which was closed when the students graduated.

PACK RAT Volume I, Issue I October 1969

Published by the Berkeley High School Student Union, Berkeley, California, 1969. First printing. Softcover newspaper, 17.5" z 11.25", 8 pages, folded as issued, illustrated with b&w photographs and graphics. This issue features articles on the Black Panthers, police violence, Malcolm X, the Vietnam War, women's portrayal in the the mass media, protests, conspiracies, and more. A scarce example of youth participation in antiwar activism and its integration with student rights. Only 19 in the OCLC. GOOD Condition: Covers are toned, have several stiff creases, and a 2" closed tear at the front edge, otherwise a bright, clean, and unmarked.

An EARLY, IMPORTANT and SCARCE Music Composition by Major American Composer NED ROREM. From Virgil Thomson's personal music collection (he had two copies, one is now at Yale).

PRAYER AND PARAPHRASE for Virgil Thomson by NED ROREM

NED ROREM music composition written in his hand. Signed holograph music manuscript reproduced by blue print process with Circle Blue Print Co., New York City printed in the bottom margin. Piano composition, small folio, one folded sheet 11" x 14", opens to 22" x 14", 2 pages. Beneath the last measure of Prayer is the number 9-25-45, and beneath the last measure of Paraphrase is the number 10-45 and are the composition dates, September 25, 1945 and October 1945. This music holograph was made for an early performance of the piece, and is very scarce as such.

GOOD CONDITION: The sheet is toned, lightly foxed, slightly fragile, the fold is tender and starting to split but holding, tiny tears and chips to edges, otherwise the piece is bright, unmarked, completely legible, and remains upright on a music stand. Scarce, OCLC locates only one other copy archived at Yale in the Virgil Thomson Papers.

Ned Rorem (1923-2022) Iconic American Composer and Diarist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1976 for his Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra. During the 1950s Rorem refused to hide his homosexuality and was openly gay during a time when being LGBTQ+ was largely illegal and hidden, even among prominent artists.

Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) Modernist American composer and disruptively innovative critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. In 1949, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for the score to the film Louisiana Story.

Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) American Composer and Critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. In 1949, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for the score to the film Louisiana Story.

Scarce Original Palestinian Poster published by the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement, circa 1988. With graphic Intifada Middle East Arab Israeli Conflict iconography.

An international association of Maoist Marxist Leninist revolutionary parties, the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (circa 1984-2007) was a steadfast supporter of the Palestinian Intifada resistance movement in the West Bank and Gaza.

Off-set lithograph on newsprint, large format, 34" x 22.75". GOOD CONDITION: Folded, tiny tears where the folds meet at the center, toning to the edges and folds, tiny stab holes down the left margin about 3" apart, light edge wear, overall a solid, bright copy.

In Arabic and Spanish. Quite scarce, I have only seen an on-line version collected in The Palestine Poster Project Archives, an English and a French/Turkish edition of this poster were also printed.

Palestina:

Que el 'levantamiento de

piedras' prepare el terreno

de la guerra popular.

Movimiento Revolucionario Internacionalista

(Palestine: Let the 'uprising of stones'

pave the way for the people's war.

The martyrs of the stone uprising is the path of the peoples war

Revolutionary Internationalist Movement)

JACKIE ROBINSON'S POCKET BASEBALL GAME

Published by Advertising Services Division, Inc., New York City, 1950. Offset lithograph on paper board, printed in red, green and black ink, with metallic dials, slide indicators and scoring spools, 6.5" x 4.5" card that folds open to reveal 6.5" x 9" baseball game field. The cover shows Jackie Robinson at the plate waiting for a pitch, the inside shows rotating playing wheel and pointer to indicate innings, balls, strikes, outs, and score for visiting and home teams, and the back cover shows game instructions and Jackie Robinson's facsimile signature. EXCELLENT CONDITION: stored away for 75 years and probably never played, all wheels, arrows and sliders function and move freely, none are seized or bound, just light signs of age, including a bit of light toning to the margins, a touch of rust on the metal dials and light offsetting from the rust. A complete, solid, bright and unmarked copy, very uncommon, especially so in this condition.

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) broke the color barrier and became the first African American athlete in modern history to play for a major league baseball team. Once he slipped on jersey # 42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, he became a civil rights icon and one of the most integral figures in American sports history, Robinson won the National League MVP and Rookie of the Year awards during a 10 year career that led to a first ballot induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. After he retired from baseball, Robinson became more active in the civil rights movement.

Robinson served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II, he was drafted into military service in 1942 and eventually joined the 761st Tank Battalion, also known as the Black Panthers. He was court-martialed in July 1944 after refusing an order by a driver to move to the back of an Army bus. Robinson was acquitted and coached Army athletics teams until his honorable discharge in November 1944. Robinson remains an icon in MLB and every year on April 15 the league celebrates Jackie Robinson Day, honoring his debut with the Dodgers.

A rare and forgotten artifact of early 20th century postcard printing. This original black & white 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition Key Plate photograph is mounted on cardboard, measures 9.75" x 6.75" and features unique hand painted alterations and additions. Used as the Key Plate for printing a well known chromolithographed architectural postcard of the Utah State Building. The photograph was taken by the Cardinel-Vincent Company, official PPIE Photographers. Hand painted and retouched by production staff at the San Francisco postcard empire of Edward H. Mitchell's Souvenir Publishing Company & Pacific Novelty Company. The hand painted details include: title lettered by hand; postcard series number painted in; American flags painted; sky darkened; clouds hand painted; man with top hat, walking stick and shadow painted in; woman ascending stairs with shadow painted in; shadows and perspective accentuated; and painted crop marks. VERY GOOD Condition: light foxing, a thin horizontal crack/line in the paint, cardboard is slightly bowed, otherwise an excellent and historic deltiology piece. See photos for an image of the chromolithographed Utah Building postcard (not included).

ADVERTISING BROADSIDE for the 1925 Hetch Hetchy Water Supply Project, City & County of San Francisco with Map and Scope.

Published by the San Francisco Department of Public Works, Michael O'Shaughnessy, City Engineer, January, 1925. First edition. Single sheet printed on both sides, 8.5" x 11". VERY GOOD CONDITION: stiff vertical and horizontal creases from being folded in half twice, some offsetting from being laid into a book, light signs of wear, age toning and a touch of foxing, overall bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

The Hetch Hetchy Water Supply Project was a massive public works project undertaken by the City of San Francisco. The City needed public support because the public was paying for it. Consisting of a series of dams, reservoirs, tunnels, railroads, aqueducts, and power plants, the Hetch Hetchy project started in 1914 and was ultimately completed in 1934 providing the City and its surrounding areas with a long term gravity driven water supply.

Original working 1936 Blueprint Technical Drawing Plan of the Berkeley Aquatic Park and Adjacent Improvements, issued by the City of Berkeley Department of Public Works, Harry Goodridge City Engineer, Plan No. 1640. Scale is 1 inch = 100 feet. This is not the final plan, it is a late stage working plan with Drawer 21 printed in the margins. The blueprint is printed with purple ink on yellow ground, the verso is white and the size is 83.5" inches long by 19.5" inches wide. CONDITION: folded in half lengthwise, then folded 10 times down to a manageable 8" x 10" inches, there are relevant penciled additions, toning at the the folds, some tearing at the centerfold where the folds intersect, signs of light use and wear, and some edge tears, otherwise a legible solid copy of this rare early Berkeley Aquatic Park Plan.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the mile long, 100 plus acre Berkeley Aquatic Park on the bay front south of University Avenue between 1935 and 1937. It was created along with the Berkeley Yacht Harbor in a waterfront makeover and was used as a water park for water sports, canoeing, sculling and model yacht racing, the lagoon was largely protected from the wind and offered a unique marine environment for human and sea life. The Park's 1937 opening celebration was called "The Pageant of Land and Sea" and the festivities were shared with The Berkeley Yacht Harbor. The park lies between the freeway (Interstate 80) and the former Southern Pacific Railroad tracks (now Union Pacific). Tidal gates under the freeway keep the water level constant and refresh the basin with water from San Francisco Bay. The aquatic park project grew out of the Eastshore Highway, a feeder road for the new San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge, which created a causeway/barrier farther out in the Bay. When the park was built, the lagoon was connected to the San Francisco Bay by eight 24 inch diameter clay and concrete tide tubes running under the highway that allow a regular cleansing action between ocean and inland waters. Aquatic Park and the Bay Shore Freeway (Interstate 80) remain lasting results of the WPA and served to define both West Berkeley's physical boundary and link it to the port cities of Oakland and Richmond.

THE BLACK BOOK 1992-1993

Published by Bill Brent, San Francisco, first edition, 1992. Softcover, plastic comb binding, 200 unnumbered pages, illustrated in b&w throughout. Very Good Condition: wear to the covers, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

Rare first issue of this alternative directory for San Francisco's Leather community.

Bill Brent was involved in the Bay Area bisexual, BDSM, Black Leather, radical faerie, and pro sex literary communities in the 1990s. He published The Black Book which is one of the first queer and alternative sexuality directories. A prolific author of sex-positive literature and a member of San Francisco's alternative sexuality communities, he died during the weekend of August 18-19 by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge after a long struggle with depression and chronic pain. He was 52.