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  1. Giants Magazine, April/May 2002

    Giants Magazine, April/May 2002. Volume 17, Number 1. Front cover is of Barry Bonds smiling in a navy suit and tie holding a wooden bat in his hand in a green grass field with baseballs on the ground @ Pacific Bell Park (now AT&T Park). Includes article on Barry Bonds and his records. Magazine is 10.75 x 8.25 x 0.25.

    Record Type: Library

    Giants Magazine, April/May 2002
  2. Japan: The Pocket Guide - Japan Travel Bureau

    Japan: The Pocket Guide by Japan Travel Bureau, 1947. Book in red with gold printed text in the top middle that reads "JAPAN / The Pocket Guide". Includes general information about Japan, its geography, history, government structure, education, religions, products, sports, culture, cities, tourist areas, maps and illustrations.

    Record Type: Library

    Japan: The Pocket Guide by Japan Travel Bureau, 1947
  3. Of Mice & Molecules: Technology & Human Survival - Skjei, Eric

    Of Mice & Molecules: Technology & Human Survival by Eric Skjei and M. Donald Whorton, 1982. Of Mice and Molecules is "the first comprehensive account of the dangers to our health posed by the by-products of modern technology" [front inside book jacket]. Includes a signature of JoAnn Semones on the first page of the book at the upper right corner; a mention of JoAnn Semones on the acknowledgement page Topic: health hazards (absestos, PCBs, l...

    Record Type: Library

    Of Mice & Molecules: Technology & Human Survival
  4. Troopships and Passenger Liners from A (Admiral C.F. Hughes) to Z (United States) - Jaffee, Walter

    The Troopships and Passenger Liners from A (Admiral C.F. Hughes) to Z (United States) by Walter Jaffee, 2012. White book with gold letter with a white cover of a gold eagle pin with blue stars surrounding it on each side. Includes an autograph by the author, a story by JoAnn Semones' 1st voyage on the E.D. Patrick on pg. 80 of book as well as a bookmark, and a newsletter with her story, and information of troopships and passenger liners from A to...

    Record Type: Library

    The Troopships and Passenger Liners from A (Admiral C.F. Hughes) to Z (Unit
  5. The Sherlock Holmes Illustrated Cyclopedia of Nautical Knowledge - Jaffee, Walter

    The Sherlock Holmes Illustrated Cyclopedia of Nautical Knowledge by Walter Jaffee, 2009. This book is "an illustrated encyclopedia defining all of the nautical references in the canon of Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle." [https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Sherlock_Holmes_Illustrated_Cycloped.html?id=WRpZPgAACAAJ- 10/11/2017]. Includes a signature from the author; a preface by Michael H. Kean; introduction; appendix; bibli...

    Record Type: Library

    The Sherlock Holmes Illustrated Cyclopedia of Nautical Knowledge
  6. California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea - Marshall, Don B.

    California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea by Don B. Marshall, 1978. This book is about stories and photographs of shipwrecks along the California coast from "Spanish St. Augustine in 1579 to modern times" [Front book jacket]. Includes: a preface; table of contents; appendices; bibliography; acknowledgement page; an index.

    Record Type: Library

    California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea
  7. California Gold Rush: Diary of Charles H. Harvey- February 12-November 12, 1852, 1983 - Ball, Edmund F.

    California Gold Rush: Diary of Charles H. Harvey- February 12-November 12, 1852 by Edmund F. Ball, 1983. This book is the "journey of Charles H. Harvey from Ohio to New York and around the Horn by clipper ship and on to the gold fields in 1852". [Foreward page]. Includes: illustrations, maps, foreword, preface, introductions, epilogue, and appendices.

    Record Type: Library

    California Gold Rush: Diary of Charles H. Harvey- February 12-November 12, 1852, 1983
  8. Glory of the Seas - Mjelde, Michael Jay

    Glory of the Seas by Michael Jay Mjelde, 1970. This book is a "detailed and illustrated book about the wonderfully-named Glory of the Seas -- built in 1869, the exciting grain runs between Sydney and San Francisco, bucking dirty weather off Cape Horn, plying the Atlantic to England; the men who sailed her, owners, brokers, charterers" [https://www.amazon.com/Glory-Seas-American-Maritime-Library/dp/1889901180- 10/11/2017]. Includes a list of illus...

    Record Type: Library

    Glory of the Seas
  9. The Golden Age of Ocean Liners - Server, Lee

    The Golden Age of Ocean Liners by Lee Server, 1996. "The Golden Age of Ocean Liners tells the remarkable story of the international competition to build the world's fastest, largest, and most luxurious ships and captures in 97 vivid illustrations the glamour of this extraordinary era" [Back cover]. Includes: introduction page, images and photographs, an index.

    Record Type: Library

    The Golden Age of Ocean Liners
  10. Pacific Coastal Liners: All the Color and Stark Drama of the Ships that Steamed Offshore from Baja California to None - Newell, Gordon

    Pacific Coastal Liners: All the Color and Stark Drama of the Ships that Steamed Offshore from Baja California to None by Gorden Newell & Joe Williamson, 1959. This book is about the "stories of the coastwise passenger steamers, from the Yale and Harvard of the Los Angeles Steamship Company to the Admiral Liners of the San Francisco-Puget Sound trade and the northern ships of such lines as Union Steamships, CPR and Alaska Steam" [Foreward page]. I...

    Record Type: Library

    Pacific Coastal Liners: All the Color and Stark Drama of the Ships that Steamed Offshore from Baja California to None
  11. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Mothers & Daughters - Canfield, Jack

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Mothers & Daughters by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Dorothy Firman, Julie Firman, and Frances Firman Salorio, 2007. This book is a collection of stories written by women and daughters of the lessons, moments, and the times shared with their loved ones. Includes acknowledgement page, an intro, chapters seperated with various shared stories from women (including a story by JoAnn Semones on page 78); sig...

    Record Type: Library

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Mothers & Daughters
  12. Chicken Soup for the Father & Daughter Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Love between Dads & Daughters Throughout the Years - Canfield, Jack

    Chicken Soup for the Father & Daughter Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Love between Dads & Daughters Throughout the Years by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Nancy Autio, Patty Aubery and LeAnn Thieman, 2005. This book is a collection of stories written by fathers and daughters about their moments, lessons and times shared among each other. Includes acknowledgement page, an intro, chapters seperated with various shared stories from men and women...

    Record Type: Library

    Chicken Soup for the Father & Daughter Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Love between Dads & Daughters Throughout the Years
  13. Northridge

    Northridge, No. 61, summer 2011. Magazine on staff, current and past students, and news on California State University Northridge. Includes campus news, articles on alumni events, athletic news, notes on alumni and students, and upcoming events.

    Record Type: Library

    Northridge
  14. Sea of Troubles: The Lost Ships of Point Sur - Semones, JoAnn

    Sea of Troubles: The Lost Ships of Point Sur by JoAnn Semones, 2012. Front cover is a photograph of a close-up of the Point Sur Lighthouse with the ocean and fog in the background. Includes stories and histories of the various lost ships and shipwrecks near or at Point Sur Lighthouse and signed by the author, JoAnn Semones, underneath the first page of the book. Dimensions: 10.250 x 7.250 x 0.125

    Record Type: Library

    Sea of Troubles: The Lost Ships of Point Sur by JoAnn Semones, 2012
  15. Guy F. Atkinson Company of California: a Free Enterprise Success Story - Atkinson, Ray N.

    Guy F. Atkinson Company of California: a Free Enterprise Success Story, by Ray N. Atkinson and published in 1985 by Newcomen Society of the United States in New York. "This address, dealing with the history of Guy F. Atkinson Company of California, was delivered at a '1985 Northern California Meeting' of The Newcomen Society of the United States held in San Francisco when Mr. George T. McCoy was a guest of honor and Mr. Ray N. Atkinson was a gues...

    Record Type: Library

    Guy F. Atkinson Company of California: a Free Enterprise Success Story, 198
  16. Brains and Brawn Combine to Build a Shipyard. . . and Pour Out Concrete Ships - The Marine News

    Reprint of the article "Brains and Brawn Combine to Build a Shipyard" from the May 1943 issue of The Marine News. The article covers Barrett & Hilp's contribution to the war effort at Belair shipyard.

    Record Type: Library

    Reprint of the article "Brains and Brawn Combine to Build a Shipyard" 1943
  17. The Belair Cargoman - Barrett & Hilp

    Bi-monthly newsletter, "The Belair Cargoman" produced by and for employees of Barrett & Hilp at Belair Shipyard in South San Francisco. Topics include ship launchings, war bond drives, and general information for employees. Vol. 1, No. 5 - June 26, 1943 Vol. 1, No. 6 - July 10, 1943 Vol. 1, No. 7 - July 24, 1943 Vol. 1, No. 9 - August 21, 1943 Vol. 1, No. 11 - September 22, 1943 Vol. 1, No. 12 - October 13, 1943 Vol. 1, No. 13 - October 27...

    Record Type: Library

    "The Belair Cargoman" 1943-1944
  18. Stenotype Machine Reader

    A paperback copy of Elementary Stenotype Reader, 1938. 150 pages.

    Record Type: Library

    Stenotype Machine Reader
  19. California Blue Book or State Roster

    California Blue Book or State Roster. Official directory of California judiciary, politics and government, economic conditions, and summaries of California counties. Issues in collection: 1891; 1903; 1907; 1911; 1928; 1954; 1962

    Record Type: Library

    California Blue Book or State Roster
  20. Numerical Telephone and Business Directory of Cities of San Mateo, Burlingame, Hillsborough and Vacinity

    Numerical Telephone and Business Directory of Cities of San Mateo, Burlingame, Hillsborough and Vacinity, 1925-1926. Published by the San Mateo Times.

    Record Type: Library

    Numerical Telephone and Business Directory of Cities of San Mateo, Burlinga
  21. The Illustrated History of San Mateo County - Moore and DePue

    The Illustrated History of San Mateo County. Reduced facsimile by Gilbert Richards Publications in 1974 of the original by Moore and DePue, 1878. Book contains information on San Mateo County along with lithographs of County residences. Lithography by Britton and Rey and G. T. Brown & Company of San Francisco. Introduction written by Gilbert Richards.

    Record Type: Library

    The Illustrated History of San Mateo County
  22. Bill Kyne of Bay Meadows, The Man Who Brought Horse Racing Back to California
  23. San Mateo County Chronicles - Svanevik, Michael; Burgett, Shirley

    San Mateo County Chronicles by Michael Svanevik and Shirley Burgett, 3rd edition, 1995. Self-published. A chronological description of, "Great and Memorable Events of perpetual interest in the History of San Mateo County / Social, Political, Economic, Industrial, Agricultural and Commercial / including also Delineations of great Historic Characters and Essentially non-essential Histrivia™ in the Annals of San Mateo / People of Statesmanship...

    Record Type: Library

    San Mateo County Chronicles by Michael Svanevik and Shirley Burgett, 3rd ed
  24. Rituale Del Primo Grado

    Rituale Del Primo Grado Book. Small black hardbound book with a plain cover. As displayed is open to the third page which describes the positions of the President and Vice President; text is in Italian. Ritual book for the Order of the Owls.

    Record Type: Library

    Rituale Del Primo Grado
  25. The Life and Times of Dennis Martin - Crane, Bo

    The Life and Times of Dennis Martin by Bo Crane

    Record Type: Library

    The Life and Times of Dennis Martin

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