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RARE 1950s CLIFF HOUSE SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA STAMPED PAINTED METAL PLATE TOPPER SIGN. NEW OLD STOCK, WITH MINOR STORAGE WEAR. SIZE IS PICTURED WITH A TAPE MEASURE. PLEASE VIEW ALL PICTURES. Help, Questions and Answers. Closed weekends and postal holidays. We are here to help you, please help everyone by reading below. Can you tell me more about the item? How large is the item? The pictures show product size, items are pictured next to tape measure or rulers as relevant to its approximate size. Some items are photographed next to US currency for reference, the currency is not included. Sometimes incompatible items require more than one box. What if I already have paid and still want to combine items? Can I wait to pay? Yes, if you have other items ending soon, OK to wait up to 5 days. A new invoice will be sent daily in the morning. It’s OK to wait up to 5 days for other auctions to end. Many repeat customers pay once a week as an example. We do our best but yes sometimes mistakes happen. What if I received something in error and did not get what I was expecting? Please accept our apologies and allow us to make it right. What if I don’t like something or change my mind? You may return any item within 14 days. We will follow up to make your return simple.

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FISHERMAN’S WHARF SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA PAINTED METAL TOPPER SIGN CIRCA 1950s. What you see, is what you get. Yes, we can wait up to 3 days to combine items – just let us know.

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VALENTI ANGELO – 1976 Book Club of Calif #154 – ASSOCIATION COPY HAND PAINTED. TITLE: Valenti Angelo Author Illustrator Printer. AUTHOR: Valenti Angelo; Anne Englund; Andrew Hoyem. PUBLISHER: San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem. EDITION: Four hundred copies of this book have been produced by Andrew Hoyem, Printer. Publication (Book Club of California), no. Includes : A bibliographical checklist of the works of Valenti Angelo/edited, i. Compiled, by Anne England. CONDITION NOTES: FINE with a tipped in item on the first fly page. Condition of laid in items varies but are generally very good. BINDING: Red cloth over patterned boards with a paper label. Created as a special, hand-colored example for Albert Spiersen, librarian of the The Book Club of California and widely known as “the Dean of San Francisco print production”. A longtime San Francisco advertising executive who was widely known as “the Dean of San Francisco print production, ” Sperisen was a former Foote, Cone & Belding executive and bibliophile who became better known after his retirement as the librarian of the Book Club of California, as well as for his expertise as a collector and consultant in the fields of graphic design, fine printing and typography. Born and raised in San Francisco, he attended Mission Dolores Boys School but left after three years to apprentice with his older brother, Francis, in the lapidary business. After a year of working on watch- face crystals, Mr. Sperisen decided to enrol a year of working on watch- face crystals, Mr. Sperisen decided to enroll in the California School of Fine Arts, which led to an apprenticeship as a wood engraver-printer with the Simpson Art Co. In 1928, he joined Lord and Thomas Advertising as an assistant to the art director. In the mid-1930s, Lord and Thomas became Foote, Cone & Belding, and Mr. Sperisen became an art director and worked on the Dollar Steamship and Southern Pacific accounts. In 1935, he earned a national reputation in the graphic arts world by winning a national typographical contest sponsored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts in New York. That same year, the first book he designed was named one of the year’s 50 best-designed books — an honor he was to receive four times. Sperisen became associated with the prestigious Colt Press as a book designer, and he went on to form two private presses, the Toyon Press and the Penguin Press. During World War II, he served as the senior noncommissioned officer for intelligence with the U. Army Air Corps’ 30th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, which flew P- 38s with cameras loaded in airplanes’ nose sections. In 2,400 missions, the squadron took more than 1 million photographs, from the Normandy beaches to Berlin. In 1953, he became a vice president of Foote, Cone, which by then was the premier advertising agency in San Francisco. He retired in 1974. His membership in the Book Club of California dated back to 1937 and continued until his death. A reference library was established at the the club headquarters on Sutter Street after a significant gift of books came from an anonymous donor. Sperisen was then named club librarian, a post he held at the time of his death. Today, the library includes about 2,000 rare volumes. During his lifetime, Mr. Sperisen also assembled a prodigious book collection of his own. In 1958, Stanford University made him honorary Curator of Typography. His fine printing collection is now housed there. His gifts and collected works of art are now found, as well, at Clark Library at the University of California at Los Angeles and at the Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco. Sperisen was awarded the Sir Thomas More Medal for book collecting by the Gleeson Library Associates of the University of San Francisco. He was also made a fellow of the Gleeson Library Association and an honorary member of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. One of the last exhibits he mounted for the Book Club was for his close friend and fellow bibliophile, actress Gloria Stuart, of “Titanic” fame. In a moving tribute to her “boon companion, ” Stuart called him my “completely involved sailing companion” on the adventure of making the Academy award-winning movie. “He seemed to delight in all my gossipy news of a reborn career, ” she said. He was a true friend. He enriched my life. Bon voyage, dear boy. Another book club member, William P. An eminent bibliographer, collector and founding partner of an Oakland accounting firm, said: If it were necessary to find a single word to describe Albert Sperisen, I would choose’taste. It is not an original suggestion, since Foote, Cone & Belding once used an image of Albert’s face and a glass of wine to illustrate that concept perfectly. It is a quality that has become scarce of late, and Albert’s will be sorely missed. Sperisen is survived by his twin sister, Mrs. Guy Penna of San Rafael, her children, Rosemary U’Ren and Will and Paul Penna, a nephew, Richard Sperisen and his wife, Diane, and two grandnephews. The memorial Mass will be held on Monday, August 2, at 10 a. Ignatius Church on Fulton Street. A reception will follow in the Donahue Rare Book Room of the Gleeson Library. A retrospective of Mr. Sperisen’s life and his collections will be on view. The family prefers that memorial donations be sent to the Book Club of California, 312 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA, 94108, or the Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “poetryinpower” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Topic: Illustrated
• Publisher: Grabhorn-Hoyem
• Author: Valenti Angelo; Anne Englund; Andrew Hoyem
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Special Attributes: Numbered, Limited Edition, Inscribed, Illustrated, Illuminated, 1st Edition
• Language: English
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Signed: Yes
• Place of Publication: San Francisco
• Year Printed: 1976
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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VALENTI ANGELO – 1976 Book Club of Calif #154 – ASSOCIATION COPY HAND PAINTED. TITLE: Valenti Angelo Author Illustrator Printer. AUTHOR: Valenti Angelo; Anne Englund; Andrew Hoyem. PUBLISHER: San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem. EDITION: Four hundred copies of this book have been produced by Andrew Hoyem, Printer. Publication (Book Club of California), no. Includes : A bibliographical checklist of the works of Valenti Angelo/edited, i. Compiled, by Anne England. CONDITION NOTES: FINE with a tipped in item on the first fly page. Condition of laid in items varies but are generally very good. BINDING: Red cloth over patterned boards with a paper label. Created as a special, hand-colored example for Albert Spiersen, librarian of the The Book Club of California and widely known as “the Dean of San Francisco print production”. A longtime San Francisco advertising executive who was widely known as “the Dean of San Francisco print production, ” Sperisen was a former Foote, Cone & Belding executive and bibliophile who became better known after his retirement as the librarian of the Book Club of California, as well as for his expertise as a collector and consultant in the fields of graphic design, fine printing and typography. Born and raised in San Francisco, he attended Mission Dolores Boys School but left after three years to apprentice with his older brother, Francis, in the lapidary business. After a year of working on watch- face crystals, Mr. Sperisen decided to enrol a year of working on watch- face crystals, Mr. Sperisen decided to enroll in the California School of Fine Arts, which led to an apprenticeship as a wood engraver-printer with the Simpson Art Co. In 1928, he joined Lord and Thomas Advertising as an assistant to the art director. In the mid-1930s, Lord and Thomas became Foote, Cone & Belding, and Mr. Sperisen became an art director and worked on the Dollar Steamship and Southern Pacific accounts. In 1935, he earned a national reputation in the graphic arts world by winning a national typographical contest sponsored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts in New York. That same year, the first book he designed was named one of the year’s 50 best-designed books — an honor he was to receive four times. Sperisen became associated with the prestigious Colt Press as a book designer, and he went on to form two private presses, the Toyon Press and the Penguin Press. During World War II, he served as the senior noncommissioned officer for intelligence with the U. Army Air Corps’ 30th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, which flew P- 38s with cameras loaded in airplanes’ nose sections. In 2,400 missions, the squadron took more than 1 million photographs, from the Normandy beaches to Berlin. In 1953, he became a vice president of Foote, Cone, which by then was the premier advertising agency in San Francisco. He retired in 1974. His membership in the Book Club of California dated back to 1937 and continued until his death. A reference library was established at the the club headquarters on Sutter Street after a significant gift of books came from an anonymous donor. Sperisen was then named club librarian, a post he held at the time of his death. Today, the library includes about 2,000 rare volumes. During his lifetime, Mr. Sperisen also assembled a prodigious book collection of his own. In 1958, Stanford University made him honorary Curator of Typography. His fine printing collection is now housed there. His gifts and collected works of art are now found, as well, at Clark Library at the University of California at Los Angeles and at the Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco. Sperisen was awarded the Sir Thomas More Medal for book collecting by the Gleeson Library Associates of the University of San Francisco. He was also made a fellow of the Gleeson Library Association and an honorary member of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. One of the last exhibits he mounted for the Book Club was for his close friend and fellow bibliophile, actress Gloria Stuart, of “Titanic” fame. In a moving tribute to her “boon companion, ” Stuart called him my “completely involved sailing companion” on the adventure of making the Academy award-winning movie. “He seemed to delight in all my gossipy news of a reborn career, ” she said. He was a true friend. He enriched my life. Bon voyage, dear boy. Another book club member, William P. An eminent bibliographer, collector and founding partner of an Oakland accounting firm, said: If it were necessary to find a single word to describe Albert Sperisen, I would choose’taste. It is not an original suggestion, since Foote, Cone & Belding once used an image of Albert’s face and a glass of wine to illustrate that concept perfectly. It is a quality that has become scarce of late, and Albert’s will be sorely missed. Sperisen is survived by his twin sister, Mrs. Guy Penna of San Rafael, her children, Rosemary U’Ren and Will and Paul Penna, a nephew, Richard Sperisen and his wife, Diane, and two grandnephews. The memorial Mass will be held on Monday, August 2, at 10 a. Ignatius Church on Fulton Street. A reception will follow in the Donahue Rare Book Room of the Gleeson Library. A retrospective of Mr. Sperisen’s life and his collections will be on view. The family prefers that memorial donations be sent to the Book Club of California, 312 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA, 94108, or the Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “poetryinpower” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Topic: Illustrated
• Publisher: Grabhorn-Hoyem
• Author: Valenti Angelo; Anne Englund; Andrew Hoyem
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Special Attributes: Numbered, Limited Edition, Inscribed, Illustrated, Illuminated, 1st Edition
• Language: English
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Signed: Yes
• Place of Publication: San Francisco
• Year Printed: 1976
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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I Left My Heart in San Francisco. BUT KEPT THE CABLE CAR. A 25 Steel Frame Wood TOY! A whimsical Two-foot long collector’s cable car made from wood with a steel frame, VERY GOOD Condition. The model features detailed parts including an authentic San Francisco floor plan, solid metal frame, control levers, grips, hardwood seats, window frames, and eight rubber wheels underneath. The top is removable. Estimated size 1:13 scale. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Souvenirs & Travel Memorabilia\United States\California”. The seller is “bellezza2006″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Mexico, Germany, Japan, France, Australia, Russian Federation, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay, El Salvador.

• Authentic Cable Car Collectible: Handmade, wood, paint, metal frame
• Handmade: Yes
• Type: Model

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VALENTI ANGELO – 1976 Book Club of Calif #154 – ASSOCIATION COPY HAND PAINTED. TITLE: Valenti Angelo Author Illustrator Printer. AUTHOR: Valenti Angelo; Anne Englund; Andrew Hoyem. PUBLISHER: San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem. EDITION: Four hundred copies of this book have been produced by Andrew Hoyem, Printer. Publication (Book Club of California), no. Includes : A bibliographical checklist of the works of Valenti Angelo/edited, i. Compiled, by Anne England. CONDITION NOTES: FINE with a tipped in item on the first fly page. Condition of laid in items varies but are generally very good. BINDING: Red cloth over patterned boards with a paper label. Created as a special, hand-colored example for Albert Spiersen, librarian of the The Book Club of California and widely known as “the Dean of San Francisco print production”. A longtime San Francisco advertising executive who was widely known as “the Dean of San Francisco print production, ” Sperisen was a former Foote, Cone & Belding executive and bibliophile who became better known after his retirement as the librarian of the Book Club of California, as well as for his expertise as a collector and consultant in the fields of graphic design, fine printing and typography. Born and raised in San Francisco, he attended Mission Dolores Boys School but left after three years to apprentice with his older brother, Francis, in the lapidary business. After a year of working on watch- face crystals, Mr. Sperisen decided to enrol a year of working on watch- face crystals, Mr. Sperisen decided to enroll in the California School of Fine Arts, which led to an apprenticeship as a wood engraver-printer with the Simpson Art Co. In 1928, he joined Lord and Thomas Advertising as an assistant to the art director. In the mid-1930s, Lord and Thomas became Foote, Cone & Belding, and Mr. Sperisen became an art director and worked on the Dollar Steamship and Southern Pacific accounts. In 1935, he earned a national reputation in the graphic arts world by winning a national typographical contest sponsored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts in New York. That same year, the first book he designed was named one of the year’s 50 best-designed books — an honor he was to receive four times. Sperisen became associated with the prestigious Colt Press as a book designer, and he went on to form two private presses, the Toyon Press and the Penguin Press. During World War II, he served as the senior noncommissioned officer for intelligence with the U. Army Air Corps’ 30th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, which flew P- 38s with cameras loaded in airplanes’ nose sections. In 2,400 missions, the squadron took more than 1 million photographs, from the Normandy beaches to Berlin. In 1953, he became a vice president of Foote, Cone, which by then was the premier advertising agency in San Francisco. He retired in 1974. His membership in the Book Club of California dated back to 1937 and continued until his death. A reference library was established at the the club headquarters on Sutter Street after a significant gift of books came from an anonymous donor. Sperisen was then named club librarian, a post he held at the time of his death. Today, the library includes about 2,000 rare volumes. During his lifetime, Mr. Sperisen also assembled a prodigious book collection of his own. In 1958, Stanford University made him honorary Curator of Typography. His fine printing collection is now housed there. His gifts and collected works of art are now found, as well, at Clark Library at the University of California at Los Angeles and at the Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco. Sperisen was awarded the Sir Thomas More Medal for book collecting by the Gleeson Library Associates of the University of San Francisco. He was also made a fellow of the Gleeson Library Association and an honorary member of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. One of the last exhibits he mounted for the Book Club was for his close friend and fellow bibliophile, actress Gloria Stuart, of “Titanic” fame. In a moving tribute to her “boon companion, ” Stuart called him my “completely involved sailing companion” on the adventure of making the Academy award-winning movie. “He seemed to delight in all my gossipy news of a reborn career, ” she said. He was a true friend. He enriched my life. Bon voyage, dear boy. Another book club member, William P. An eminent bibliographer, collector and founding partner of an Oakland accounting firm, said: If it were necessary to find a single word to describe Albert Sperisen, I would choose’taste. It is not an original suggestion, since Foote, Cone & Belding once used an image of Albert’s face and a glass of wine to illustrate that concept perfectly. It is a quality that has become scarce of late, and Albert’s will be sorely missed. Sperisen is survived by his twin sister, Mrs. Guy Penna of San Rafael, her children, Rosemary U’Ren and Will and Paul Penna, a nephew, Richard Sperisen and his wife, Diane, and two grandnephews. The memorial Mass will be held on Monday, August 2, at 10 a. Ignatius Church on Fulton Street. A reception will follow in the Donahue Rare Book Room of the Gleeson Library. A retrospective of Mr. Sperisen’s life and his collections will be on view. The family prefers that memorial donations be sent to the Book Club of California, 312 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA, 94108, or the Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. The item “VALENTI ANGELO 1976 Book Club of Calif #154 ASSOCIATION COPY HAND PAINTED” is in sale since Sunday, March 7, 2021. This item is in the category “Books\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “poetryinpower” and is located in San Marino, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Topic: Illustrated
• Publisher: Grabhorn-Hoyem
• Author: Valenti Angelo; Anne Englund; Andrew Hoyem
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Special Attributes: Numbered
• Language: English
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Signed: Yes
• Place of Publication: San Francisco
• Year Printed: 1976
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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1950 abcb San Francisco collectors bottle great condition! The item “1950 ABCB CONVENTION San Francisco CALIFORNIA Painted Label ACL soda pop bottle” is in sale since Wednesday, October 18, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Bottles & Insulators\Bottles\Modern (1900-Now)\Milk”. The seller is “kandibake-0″ and is located in Longmont, Colorado. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Vessel Use: Dairy, Milk
• Vessel Type: Bottles

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