Sale 433 Thursday, July 22, 2010 1:00 PM
Fine Americana The Library of Andrew Griffin The Collection of Calvin P. Otto, Part II
Books – Manuscripts – Ephemera Graphic Material – Winston Churchill
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July 22, 2010 –Fine Americana: The Library of Andrew Griffin; with the Collection of Calvin P. Otto
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September 16, 2010 - Fine and Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Front Cover: Lot 198 Back Cover: Clockwise from upper left: Lots 174, 173, 241, 192 Bond # 14425383 Lot 2 Section I: Books, Manuscripts, Ephemera, Graphic Material, Lots 1-309
Section II: Winston S. Churchill, Lots 310-325
Section I: Books, Manuscripts, Ephemera, Graphic Material
1. Adams, Ansel. Born Free and Equal: Photographs of the Loyal Japanese-Americans at Manzanar Relocation Center Inyo County, California. 112 pp. Photographs by Ansel Adams. (4to), original green boards. First Edition. New York: U.S. Camera, 1944 Scarce hard-cover issue of Adams photo-exposé of the Japanese internment center at Manzanar, CA. Faded square on rear cover; very good. (300/500)
2. Adams, Ansel. Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail. Illustrated with 50 tipped-in plates from photographs by Adams of the John Muir Trail; with tissue-guards. (Folio) 42.2x31 cm. (16¼x12¼), white buckram, lettered in black. Copy No. 235 of 500 copies. First Edition. Berkeley: Archetype Press, 1938 Signed by Ansel Adams in the colophon. Beautifully produced with photographic reproductions by the Lakeside Press. This copy with signatures of 20 individuals on the front flyleaf, below which is an inscription, “For Blaine.” Covers rubbed and soiled, yellowing to rear, spine with vertical creases; a bit shaken, soiling to endpapers, some very faint foxing, left corners creased on plates 8, 9, 17, 19, 26, 29 and 34, plate 34 also nicked, a few other plates with very slight edge wear; good to very good. (1000/1500)
3. Adams, Virginia and Ansel. Michael and Anne in the Yosemite Valley. 64 pp. Illustrated throughout from photographs by Ansel Adams. (Oblong 4to), tan cloth lettered in red. First Edition. New York: Studio Publications, [1941] A scarce and unusual book by the great photographer, in which his small children survey the sights of Yosemite and gambol in the meadows, etc. Signed on the half title by Virginia, Ansel and Michael Adams. Soiling and wear to cloth, gift inscription on front endpaper; lacks dust jacket; very good. (400/600)
4. (Adams, Ansel) Austin, Mary and Ansel Easton Adams. Taos Pueblo. 12 full-page photogravures by Ansel Adams. Woodcut decorations by Valenti Angelo. (Folio) 17x12¼, leather-backed cloth, slipcase. Facsimile of the 1930 edition. One of 950 copies. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977 Signed by Adams in the colophon. Facsimile of the rare 1930 edition that was printed by the Grabhorn Press. The photogravures in this reprint were reproduced by George Waters. Small nick to top of slipcase and head of spine; else fine. (1200/1800)
Page 1 5. (Adams, Ansel) King, Clarence. Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada. Octavo, light brown cloth, dust jacket. New York: W.W. Norton, [1935] Signed by Ansel Adams on front free endpaper. Adams contributed 3 of the photographs for the illustrations to this volume. Jacket chipped, torn and price clipped; volume very good. (100/150)
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 6. Adams, John Quincy. Autograph Letter Signed by John Quincy Adams, to William R. Prince. 21 lines, in ink, 1st page of 4-page lettersheet. 25x20 cm.(9¾x8”). Washington, D.C.: July 15, 1828 John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) writes during his term as the sixth President of the United States, to William R. Prince, proprietor of the Linnaean Botanic Garden in Flushing, Long Island: “Sir, My best acknowledgments are due to you for your very obliging letter, and for the interesting treatise on Horticulture with which it was accompanied. Your establishment has long been advantageously known to me by reputation; though my own wandering course of life has prevented me from deriving from it advantages which I should have sought had I been stationary and possessed a garden to cultivate... Your desire that Congress at this next session may notice and patronize your establishment, will deserve their grave consideration, and has the good wishes of your friend and fellow citizen, [signed] J.Q. Adams.” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. A few rust spots, very good or better. Lot 6 (2000/3000)
7. Akin, James Jr. The Journal of James Akin, Jr. 32 pp. (8vo) original printed wrappers, custom half morocco folder. First Edition. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1919 “The diarist, an eighteen-year-old boy, kept a day by day record of his 1852 overland journey from Southampton, Iowa, to Oregon.” (Graff). Seven “died on the way.” (Howes). Graff 27; Howes A95. Vertical crease throughout; some wear to folder; very good. (100/150)
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Page 2 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 8. (American Revolution) Cotts, Peter. Manuscript receipt to Jeremiah Wadsworth money spent on supplies for the French army, signed P. Cotts. 6 lines, in ink, on paper 15x21.3 cm. (6x8½”); docketed on verso. Hartford, CT: March 15, 1781 “Recd. Hartford March 15, 1781, of Jer. Wadsworth Esq. Three Thousand One Hundred & Thirty five Old Continental Dollars on account of supplies made for the French Army & to acct. P. Cotts.” Jeremiah Wadsworth, a sea captain who was to profit from supplying the military during the American Revolution, was at this time serving as commissary for Comte de Rochambeau’s army, stationed in Rhode Island. In July, Rochambeau’s French and Washington’s American armies were to dash southward to Yorktown and entrap the British under Cornwallis. Slight darkening at edges, 4 cm. tear in lower blank margin, very good; an uncommon document demonstrating the French and American alliance in the final defeat of the British. (300/500)
9. (American Revolution) Ellsworth, Oliver & Ezra Williams. Manuscript document authorizing payment to Mrs. Jennet Collyer for expenses relating to Ticonderoga prisoners, signed by Oliver Ellsworth and Ezra Williams. 7 lines, in ink, on 11.7x21 cm. (4½x8¼”) sheet, docketed and receipted on verso. [Hartford, CT]: April 17th, 1776 Oliver Ellsworth, who helped frame the U.S. Constitution and was to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and Ezra Williams authorize Connecticut Treasurer Jonathan Lawrence to “Pay Mrs. Jennet Collyer Ten pounds Thee shillings & nine pence for Expence of Ticonderoga Prisoners... & charge the Colony.” Receipted on verso, “Recd. of Treasurer Lawrence Ten pounds three shillings and nine pence lawful money being the Contents for my mother Mrs. Jennet Collyer. William Collyer.” Fine condition. (400/600)
10. (American Revolution) Ellsworth, Oliver & Thomas Seymour. Manuscript Document Signed by Oliver Ellsworth & Thomas Seymour, authorizing payment for keeping a prisoner from Fort Ticonderoga. 7 lines, in ink, on single sheet, docketed and endorsed on verso. In Seymour’s hand, signed by him and by Oliver Ellsworth. 9.5x20.8 cm. (3¾x8¼”). Hartford, CT: August 24, 1775 Thomas Seymour and Oliver Ellsworth, on the Connecticut Pay-Table Committee, instruct treasurer John Lawrence to “Pay Patrick Thomas the Sum of one pound five shillings for keeping one of the Ticonderoga Prisoners...& charge it to acct of Colony...” Endorsed on verso with Thomas’ X. Near fine. (400/600)
11. (American Revolution) Ellsworth, Oliver & Thomas Seymour. Manuscript payment voucher signed by Oliver Ellsworth and Thomas Seymour. 8 lines, in ink, on sheet of paper 14..5x18.5 cm. (5¾x7½”); docketed and receipted on verso. Hartford, CT: March 29th, 1776 Oliver Ellsworth, who helped frame the U.S. Constitution and was to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and Thomas Seymour authorize Connecticut Treasurer Jonathan Lawrence to “Pay Ens. James Peck Six pounds Two shillings for expense of his sickness at Albany & returning hope from the Publick Service... & charge the colony...” Repaired with archival tape along folds, else very good. (300/500)
12. (American Revolution) Perkins, Moses. Manuscript receipt, signed by Moses Perkins with an X, for 450 silver dollars payment for service in the Continental Army. 7 lines, in ink, on paper 6x9.5 cm. (2½x7½”). Topsfield, MA: April 16, 1781 Moses Pitkin is apparently being paid off by a relative, David Perkins, to serve in his place in the Continental Army. Fine. (200/300)
Page 3 13. (American Revolution) Pitkin, George. Manuscript pay order to compensate for prosecution of a man passing counterfeit currency. 7 lines, in ink, on paper 12.2x22 cm. (4¾x8½”); docketed on verso. Norwich, CT: April 5, 1782 George Pitkin, Clerk of the Connecticut superior court, orders treasurer John Lawrence to “pay Jeremiah Halsey Esq. the sum of Ten pounds lawful money out of the... Tax granted by the general assembly... it being a premium for his prosecuting... Eber Church for passing counterfeit Connecticut Bills of this State...” With counter-signature across the document. Old creases, very good. (200/300)
14. (American Revolution) Safford, Samuel. Autograph Statement Signed by Samuel Safford, certifying service by Martin Amon in the Green Mountain Boys during the American Revolution. 14 lines, in ink, on sheet of paper 17.5x20 cm. (6¾x8”). Bennington, VT: Feb. 26, 1785 Statement by Lt. Col. (later General) Samuel Stafford to “certify that Martin Amon inlisted himself a soldier in Col. Seth Warners Regiment the 26th of December 1779 to serve During war. He was taken prisoner the 11th Octr. 1780, he inlisted hem self for, and was returned to the State of Connecticut as one of the States Quota. He returned from his captivity to this town the 23d of August 1784. Attest. Saml Stafford Lt. Col. of said Regiment. N.B. the above Martin Amon received no part of his pay while in the regiment. Sam. Safford Lt. Col.” Safford was commissioned a major in the regiment of Seth Warner (Ethan Allen’s cousin) when the Green Mountain Boys joined the American Revolution with Washington’s Continental Army. The Samuel Stafford Inne is today a bed and breakfast in Bennington. Slight darkening along old folds; near fine. (300/500)
SERVICE WITH THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS 15. (American Revolution) Safford, Samuel. Two Autograph Statements Signed by Samuel Safford, certifying service by Amos Kellogg in the Green Mountain Boys during the American Revolution, plus two partially printed pay receipts filled out in ink. Includes: Autograph statement signed by Samuel Safford, also by Amos Kellogg. 28.5x18.8 cm. July 30, 1782. * Autograph statement signed by Safford. 11x19.5 cm. Oct. 6, 1783. * Receipt signed by Asa Lyon on behalf of Amos Kellogg. 15.5x18 cm. Oct. 14m, 1782. * Receipt signed by Amos Kellogg. 18x21.7 cm. Oct. 9, 1783. Together, 4 items. Bennington, VT: 1782 & 1783 In the earlier statement, Lt. Col. (later General) Samuel Stafford certifies that “Amos Kellogg served in Col. Seth Warners Regiment from the first of March 1777 to the first of January 1781...,” followed by a statement, also in Safford’s hand but signed by Kellogg, transferring the pay obligation to Jno. Fassett, who further transfers it on the reverse to Capt. William Lyon. The later statement certifies that “the bairer [sic] Amos Kellogg a sergent in Col. Seth Warners Regiment transferred from that into Col. Swifts Regiment in the Connecticut line the first of Jany. 1781.” Safford was commissioned a major in the regiment of Seth Warner (Ethan Allen’s cousin) when the Green Mountain Boys joined the American Revolution with Washington’s Continental Army. The Samuel Stafford Inne is today a bed and breakfast in Bennington. Very good to fine condition. (500/800)
16. (American Revolution) Wadsworth, Finn & William Mosely. Manuscript payment voucher instructing Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence to make payment to Moses Foot for supplies furnished the Continental Army, signed by Finn Wadsworth and William Mosely. 9 lines, in ink, on paper 16.8x21.2 cm. (6¾x8¼”). [Hartford, CT]: March 15, 1782 With the war all but over, accounts are being settled. Oddly, signed on verso not by Moses Foot, but by Revolutionary soldier Barnabas Pond, who was in Capt. David Smith’s company of Connecticut militia. Fine. (300/500)
Page 4 17. (American Revolution) Warner, Seth. Manuscript pay order signed by Seth Warner, requesting payment for a soldier who served with the Green Mountain Boys. 13 lines, in ink, on 16.2x21 cm. (6¼x8¼”) sheet, with further ms. on verso regarding transfer of account. Bennington, VT: July 10th, 1783 Seth Warner, colonel in the Green Mountain Boys led by his cousin Ethan Allen, signs the pay order requesting “the Balance of Wages found due to me (John W. Wilson),” certifying “that the above named John Wilson serv’d in my Regt. through the years 1780 and to the first day of Jan. 1781, for the state of Connecticut and I saw him sign the above...” The document itself is not in Warner’s hand, but the place and date at bottom “Bennington 10th July 1783” seems to be. Some darkening, wear at creases, top right corner torn off affecting only one word, circular stain at bottom in blank area; good. (300/500)
GEORGE WYLLYS ACCOUNT AS CONNECTICUT SECRETARY OF STATE, 1777 18. (American Revolution) Manuscript accounting of amount due to Secretary of State George Wyllys by the State of Connecticut for services performed during 1777. 8 pp., with docketing on final page. 19.5x16 cm. (7¾x6¼”), unbound. Hartford, CT: 1778 Detailed accounting of duties performed by longtime Secretary for the colony and then state of Connecticut George Wyllys, signed in authorization of payment by Oliver Ellsworth and Benjamin Payne; signed in receipt of payment by Hezekiah Wyllys for George Wyllys; signed as auditor by G. Pitkin. Listed among the many services performed: “Commissions for Officers of the Militia...; Copy Act directing the raising and pay &c. of the 2 Battalions of Militia to join the Northern Army...; Copy Act permitting Distillation of Gin for the News Paper...; Copy act granting Allowance to light horsemen that march’d to Albany...; 2 Copies of the act providing for Persons wounded in the Enemies late incursion to Danbury...; 2 Copies Bill appointing a person in each Brigade to procure camp utensils for the Militia...” A fascinating, informative, and significant document recording many of the legislative details necessary in the prosecution of the war for American independence. Fine condition. (800/1200)
Lot 18
Page 5 19. (American Revolution) Manuscript document authorizing payment to Thomas and Samuel Green for printing pamphlets and other materials in the early days of the American Revolution. 15 lines, in ink, on sheet 19.5x20.7 cm. (7½x8¼”); docketed and receipted on verso. New Haven, CT: Oct. 24th, 1775 Payment is authorized by both houses of the Connecticut legislature to pioneer Connecticut newspapermen Thomas and Samuel Green, for printing of “Treasurer Advertisement... Extract of the Congress... 320 proclamations... 100 ditto... 260 nominations...” This is a true copy of the legislative authorization, made and signed by George Wyllys, long serving secretary of Connecticut, and signed on the reverse by Samuel Green in receipt of payment. The dissemination of information by the printers of the rebelling colonies was perhaps even more important than feats of arms of the soldiery. Near fine. (300/500)
20. (American Revolution) Manuscript document ordering payment to John Treadwell, Noah Phelps and Noadiah Hooker for service involving the Salisbury Furnace, signed by all three. 21 lines, in ink, receipted and docketed on verso. 21.5x20.5 cm. (8½x8”). Hartford, CT: May, 1785 The document, in the hand of Secretary George Wyllys and also signed by Samuel Wyllys, records the approval by the Connecticut general assembly, in response to a memorial by the three Revolutionary soldiers (Treadwell was to go on to become governor of Connecticut), that “their Accounts for Services as a Committee appointed by the Governor and Council of Safety relative to the Affairs of the Furnace at Salsbury [sic] were allowed by the Council...” Salisbury, Connecticut is known the “Arsenal of the Revolution” because of the cannons that were produced there during the years of the Revolutionary War. Signed on verso by Treadwell, Phelps and Hooker in receipt of payment. Paper a little darkened, near fine. (400/600)
21. (American Revolution) Three pay vouchers for service in the Continental Army, issued by State of Connecticut Pay-Table Office. Partially printed pay vouchers made out to Lieut. Enoch Staples; Elijah Hubbard; and Brandford Selectmen. Each signed by William Moseley, two also by Finn Wadsworth, the third also by Eliazer Wales; endorsed on versos. Each approx. 14x16 cm. (5½x6¼”). [Hartford, CT]: 1781 & 1782 With paper folder with ms. note indicating the money was received by Samuel Rogers. Very good or better condition., (200/300)
22. (American Revolution) Two manuscript requisition forms for supplies and arms during the American Revolution. Two slips of paper, 6x20.5 cm. & 5x13.5 cm. No place & Bennington [VT]: June 6 & July 10, 1777 Interesting artifacts demonstrating the means of record keeping and command of supply chains even in the chaotic conditions of the field. The first reads “The Company under the Command of Lt. James Blake in Col. Leonards Regt to Draw Provisions Contains 25 men Including officers Ticonderoga June 6, 1777 James Blake Lt.” The second reads “Bennington July 10th 1777, Recd of Lieu Benj. Winchel two guns which he drawd out of Continental Stores. I say Recd by me Benj. Fay Ensign.” Good condition. (300/500)
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Page 6 FUR BARON JOHN JACOB ASTOR WRITES TO PROPRIETOR OF BOTANIC GARDEN 23. Astor, John Jacob. Two Autograph Letters Signed by John Jacob Astor, to William Prince. 1st is 7 lines, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet addressed on 4th page, 14.7x20.5 cm.; 2nd is 8 lines including postscript, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet addressed on 4th page, 25x20 cm. Both neatly affixed to the same backing sheet at left edge. New York: Nov. 9, 1827 & Feb. 10, 1829 John Jacob Astor (1763-1848), prominent businessman man whose success in the fur trade and other enterprises made him the wealthiest person in the United States at the time of his death, writes to William Prince, proprietor of Prince’s Linnaean Botanic Garden and Nurseries in Flushing. In the first letter, Astor asks Prince about “some trees which you were to send to me. I have not recd. will you please say whether they have been sent or of they are coming.” Prince has written “Answered” vertically across the letter with two lines, but not affecting signature. In the second letter Astor writes “I will take the Draught of the Russian Minister which you speak of but will not give any Premium... P.S. I suppose the Draught will be in Sterling money, and not in dollars.” He signs the first letter in full, the second J.J. Astor. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine condition. Lot 23 (1000/1500)
24. Atherton, Gertrude. The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California. [8], 389 pp. 8 monochrome plates by Harrison Fisher. (8vo) original red pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, white, black, and gray. First Edition. New York: Macmillan, 1902 Lovely copy of the classic collection of tales of early California. Zamorano Eighty 1. Spine cocked, light wear and soiling to cloth, front hinge starting, previous owner’s name on front endpaper; very good. (150/250)
25. Audubon, John James. The Birds of America. Introduction and descriptive text by William Vogt. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait, 500 color plates. (4to), cloth-backed boards, slipcase. One of 2500 numbered copies printed on rag paper. New York: Macmillan, 1937 Spine a touch faded, light wear to slipcase; near fine. (100/150)
26. Austin, Mary. The Land of Little Rain. Frontispiece after E. Boyd Smith, line illustrations in margins and chapter titles. 8½x6¼, original cloth, pictorially stamped and gilt-lettered, top edge gilt. First Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1903 “These charming sketches of the desert and semi-desert country comprising the Owens Valley and the approaches to the great sink of Death Valley have become practically a classic” (Zamorano). Cowan p.24; Graff 114; Howes A400; Zamorano Eighty 2. Light wear and extremities, a few small spots of soiling to cloth, rear hinge cracked; very good. (400/600)
Page 7 27. (Automotive) The Westinghouse Air Spring. Folder with printed cover label containing a 16-page booklet & 8 loose screened halftone plates from photographs of automobiles. 22x18 cm. (8¾x7”). No place: c.1916 Promotional material for the air spring that George Westinghouse invented in 1910. The photographs are of automobiles equipped with the springs, and are unidentified, for “all of the motor cars [are] of established reputation have individual features which make them instantly recognizable by those who have any interest in the subject.” OCLC/WorldCat lists no copies of this item in libraries. Folder soiled, booklet and pictures very good or better. (200/300)
EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF FLYING BOATS & DIRIGIBLES 28. (Aviation - Flying Boats) 1918 Album with approximately 150 snapshot photographs, about half of them featuring Curtiss flying boats or dirigibles. Most photographs approx. 7x11 cm. (2¾x4½”), glued at the corners to blank album leaves. Album is 18.5x28.5 cm. (7¼x11¼”), black cloth. No place: c.1918 Important photographic record of what appears to be testing of the first single-engine Curtiss flying boats, apparently the NC model, with the airplane on the ground, in the water, in the air, with crew members and mechanics, etc. Also a number of a dirigible with a wingless propeller- driven plane fuselage hanging below it as a means of propulsion. The Curtiss NC flying boat was a joint project of Glenn Curtiss and the U.S. government begun during World War I in an effort to fly across the Atlantic without threat from German U-Boats. Fewer than a dozen were ever built. Some photographs with silvering in the emulsion, else very good. (800/1200)
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29. Babb, T[heodore] A[dolphus]. In the Bosom of the Comanches: A Thrilling Tale of Savage Indian Life, Massacre and Captivity Truthfully Told by a Surviving Captive. Texas Borderland Perils and Scenes Depicted. The Closing Days of the Trying Indian Struggles upon the Frontiers of Texas. [14], [19]-145 pp. Numerous illustrations from photographs. 7¾x5¼, reddish-brown cloth lettered in gilt, rebacked with original spine cloth laid down. First Edition. Amarillo, Texas: T.A. Babb, [1912] Scarce first edition of this tale of Indian captivity. The author, along with his sister, was captured by the Comanche in 1865 and his mother killed. He became a warrior of the tribe, and remained an adopted son even after his reunion with his father. Important first-hand information on the Comanche, and also contains material on Qanah Parker, the Texas Rangers, etc. Howes B3; Rader 223. Cloth worn and with some gouging on rear cover, endpapers replaced; some pencil markings; good. (250/350) Page 8 30. Baird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr. California’s Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869. 171, [2] pp. Illustrated throughout with facsimile pictorial letter sheets, folding facsimile sheet in the rear pocket, as issued. 13¾x10, crushed orange morocco-backed decorative boards, spine lettered in gilt, plain paper jacket. One of 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. First Edition. San Francisco: David Magee, 1967 A catalogue of over 300 California pictorial letter sheets. Jacket sunned and chipped; volume fine. (150/250)
31. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft - in 39 volumes. 39 volumes. (8vo) original sheep with black gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Company, 1883-1890 “Colossal co-operative undertaking; nothing approaching it has ever been attempted in this country.” (Howes). “[Bancroft’s] History of California is the best extant for it contains more material about the state’s past than any other historian has succeeded in amassing.” (Zamorano 80). Howes B91; Zamorano Eighty 3. Bindings worn, a few covers detached; overall very good. (1200/1800)
COMPLETE SET OF BANCROFT’S WORKS 32. (Bank of California) Duplicate of Exchange from The Bank of California, and two other items. Bank of California Duplicate of Exchange, printed in red with engraved vignette at upper right. Signed by D.O. Mills as President. U.S. and California revenue stamps at left. Printed by the American Bank Note Co., New York. Approximately 4x9¼”. Creased. 1864 Also, check from the Pacific Mill & Mining Company drawn from the Bank of California., 1875. and a $1 certificate from the San Francisco Clearing House , 1907. All with some wear; good. (400/600)
33. Bartlett, W[illiam] C[hauncey]. A Breeze from the Woods. 212 pp. (8vo) original blue cloth stamped in gilt and black. First Edition. [Oakland]: Author’s Private Edition [printed at the Oakland Evening Tribune], 1880 The author’s recollections of Northern California. Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf. Spine ends frayed, some light wear, front hinge cracking; very good. (100/150)
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Page 9 BEECHEY EXPLORES THE PACIFIC 34. Beechey, Captain F[rederick] W. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering’s Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty’s Ship Blossom Under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N. in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28 . . . A New Edition. 2 volumes. xxii, 472; iv, 452 pp. Preliminary leaves in Volume 1 bound out of order to place the table of contents following the title page. 23 plates (including 4 double-page), 2 folding maps, 1 double-page map, (8vo) 21.5x13.5 cm. (8½x5½”), modern full calf in period style, black and red spine labels. Second Octavo Edition. London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831 Beechey’s narrative accounts an extensive exploration of the coast from Alaska to California, including important descriptions of Alaskan Eskimos, Monterey, San Francisco and several Pacific islands, including Hawaii. There were 3 printings of Beechey’s Narrative in 1831; the first edition was in 2 quarto volumes, reprinted in octavo, followed by this “New Edition” which did not reprint all of the scientific notes of the preceding printings. “One of the most valuable of modern voyages” (Hill). Arctic Bib. 1228; Cowan p14; Hill 93; Zamorano Eighty 4; Howes B309; Sabin 4347. Some light foxing, more so to plates, faint ink-stamp on bottom edge of page block; very good. Lot 34 (1500/2500)
35. Bell, Horace. Reminiscences of a Ranger. [6], [9]-457 pp. (8vo), original gilt-pictorial brown cloth. First Edition. Los Angeles: Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes, 1881 Important account of early lawlessness, and law enforcement, in southern California. “The rangers were largely occupied with border police duties or its equivalent service, and many delinquents were apprehended by them and brought to justice or otherwise exterminated. Bell has written more minutely upon the `seamy side’ of society than any other California author, and there is a fascination about the book. From the long lists given us of murderous villains, thieving scoundrels, and other unholy characters, it would appear that the polite society of the south in those days was neither large nor extensive” - Cowan p.44; Graff 240; Howes B325; Zamorano Eighty 5. Some wear to cloth, hinges cracking; paper browned; very good. (300/500)
36. Bentley, O.H., editor. History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas. 2 volumes. Illustrations from photos, portraits, etc. (4to) 10x6¾, original brown half morocco and cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition. Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910 Extremities rubbed; very good. (200/300)
Page 10 FIRST FOREIGN ACCOUNT OF SPANISH CALIFORNIA 37. Bernard du Hautcilly, August. Viaggio Intorno al Globo alla California ed alle Isole Sandwich negli anni 1826, 1827, 1828 e 1829.... 2 volumes. xvi, 296; 392, pp. Translated from the French to Italian by Carlo Botta. Illustrated with 4 wood-engraved plates. (8vo) 21.9x13.7 cm. (8¾x5½”), modern three-quarter red morocco and cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Italian Edition. Turin: Stablimento Typographico Fontana, 1841 First published in French in 1834-35; this Italian edition is the second overall. Botta, the translator, served as physician and naturalist on the voyage. The account of Bernard du Hautcilly (also listed under Duhaut-Cilly) was the first description derived from a commercial enterprise, which although a financial failure, “resulted in the first foreign account of Spanish California by a literate and observant French trader, who, while trying to sell his goods, visited most of the missions, presidios, and pueblos of Alta California and wrote the best contemporary account of the region...” - Hill. The engraved plates depict Oahu, Monterey, Fort Ross, and the Mission of San Luis Rey. Cowan p.186; Howes D547; Hill p.24; Zamorano Eighty 31. Early ink-stamps and markings from two Italian libraries on several leaves at the start of Volume 1, some foxing; very good. (700/1000)
38. Birkbeck, Morris. Letters from Illinois. 24, [2] ad, (iii)-154 pp. 2 folding maps by John Melish, 1 with Birkbeck’s route in red. (12mo) 7¾x4½, modern black cloth, remains of printed boards mounted on covers. First Edition. Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1818 Includes the 24 page advertisement with extracts from the Tenth Edition of “The Olive Branch” published by Carey. “These letters contain a great deal of information about social and economic conditions in Illinois” (Graff 303). The author was the founder of the town of New Albion. Graff 330; Howes B467; Sabin 5567. Some wear to original board remnants; foxing; very good. (200/300)
39. Bledsoe, A[nthony] J. Indian Wars of the Northwest. A California Sketch. 505 pp. Errata tipped-in at p. [9]. (8vo), period tan calf, modern rebacking, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. San Francisco: Bacon & Company, 1885 Important work treating in detail the many Indian uprisings of Trinity, Humboldt, and Del Norte counties during the first fifteen years of California statehood. J. Gregg Layne in the Zamorano Eighty notes that “in this book a full account is given of the discovery of Humboldt Bay by Dr. Gregg of Commerce of the Prairies fame. Dr. Gregg’s party were the first Americans to see Humboldt Bay. Gregg lost his life by starvation on his way back to his headquarters, and was buried near Clear Lake.” Cowan p.57; Howes B529; Zamorano Eighty 6. Covers worn and brittle, endpapers replaced; paper browned; good. (400/600)
40. (Bohemian Grove) Map “A” of portion of the Bohemian Grove, Sonoma County, California showing principal roads, trails and club structures. 59x47.5 cm. (23½x18½”), folding to 20.2x12 cm. (8x4¾”). [San Francisco]: Bohemian Club, 1937 Scarce map of the Bohemian Grove, with listings of the members and the various camps to which they were assigned. Among the distinguished members are A.P. Giannini, Templeton Crocker, Joseph Henry Jackson, Herbert Hoover, Daniel G. Volkmann and many others. Only the University of California is listed in OCLC as having a run of these maps. Map is dated 1940, not 1937 as stated above. Very good or better. (200/300)
Page 11 41. Bolton, Herbert Eugene. Anza’s California Expeditions. 5 volumes. Numerous black and white illustrations, facsimiles and maps. (8vo), original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, Volumes 2 though 5 with original printed dust jackets. First Edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1930 Important compilation of original source material on the Spanish exploration and settlement of Alta California, called by Howes a “Monumental work containing translations of the original MS. diaries of Anza, Diaz, Garcés, Font and Palóu relating to the 1773 and 1774 expeditions and the founding of both Monterey and San Francisco.” Cowan calls it “[a] work of extensive research and most important historical value.” Cowan p.60; Hill p.29; Howes B583; Zamorano Eighty 7. Dust jackets chipped and browned; volumes near fine to fine. (600/900)
42. Bolton, Herbert Eugene. Font’s Complete Diary: A Chronicle of the Founding of San Francisco. xx, 552 pp. Folding map. (8vo), blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition. Berkeley: University of California, 1931 “Font left both a short official account and this elaboration of it. Both were incorporated in Bolton’s Anza’s California expeditions, 1930.” Howes B585. A bit of soiling to covers; very good. (150/250)
43. (Book Club of California) Everson, William. On Printing. xviii, [2], 113 pp. Edited by Peter Rutledge Koch. Illustrated from photographs and facsimiles; folding prospectus example for “The Equinox Press” announcement on the rear pastedown. 7x4½, red linen, paper spine label. One of 400 copies printed by Peter Rutlege Koch. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1992 Collection of Everson’s writings on printing, produced in honor of the poet/printer’s eightieth birthday. Most of the 400 copies produced were lost in the process of shipping to the members of the Book Club of California and never recovered, therefore making this one of the scarcest BCC books. Erratum slip laid in. BCC 199. Fine. (150/250)
44. (Book Club of California) Ten titles published by the Book Club of California. Includes: D’Ambrosio, Joe. A Memoir of Book Design, 1969-2000. 2003. * Hittell, Theodore. El Triunfo de la Cruz. 1977. * Layton, Grovenor. Artful Deeds in the Life of the Felon, Grovenor Layton...A Tale of the California Gold Rush. 1998. * Lewis, Oscar. The First 75 Years: The Story of the Book Club of California, 1912-1987. 1987. * Mawn, Geoffrey P. Jasper O’Farrell: Surveyor, Farmer, & Politician. 2001. * Pinney, Thomas. John Ignatius Bleasdale: A Friend of Wine in New Worlds. 2006. * Roatcap, Adela Spindler. Raymond Duncan, Printer, Expatriate, Eccentric Artist. 1991. * Stansky, Peter. Another Book That Never Was: William Morris, Charles Gere, The House of the Wolfings. 1998. * Truman, Benjamin C. Knights of the Lash, The Stagecoach Stories of Major Benjamin C. Truman. 2005. * Wentz, Roby. The Grabhorn Press, A Biography. 1981. Together 10 volumes. San Francisco: Book Club of California, Various dates Near fine to fine. (300/500)
SCOTTISH ARTIST IN GOLD RUSH CALIFORNIA 45. Borthwick, J[ohn] D[avid]. Three Years in California. vi, [2], 384 + 16 ad pp. Illustrated with 8 duotone lithographed plates. (8vo), original blindstamped red cloth. First Edition. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1857 Borthwick, a Scotsman visiting New York, was struck with gold fever in May, 1851, and set off for California via the Isthmus. He spent three years wandering through the mining camps, and his observations and attention to detail make this one of the most important and acclaimed Gold Rush narratives. Cowan notes that “His book presents a faithful graphic picture of his mining experiences and of conditions at this time.” An accomplished artist, Borthwick did
Page 12 the drawings from which the striking lithographs were made. Cowan p.65; Graff 358; Howes B622; Kurutz 65a; Sabin 6436; Streeter 2817; Wheat Gold Rush 21; Zamorano Eighty 8. Edges rubbed, some soiling to cloth, front free endpaper lacking; light foxing; very good. (600/900)
46. (Boston) Ellis, George E. March 17th, 1876. Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Evacuation of Boston by the British Army, March 17th, 1776. 199 pp. Plates; large folding map. (4to) original full morocco, spine gilt, all edges gilt. Boston: By Order of the City Council, 1876 Extremities rubbed, front hinge cracked; short stub tear to map; very good. (100/150)
47. (Boston) Winsor, Justin. The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630- 1880. 4 volumes. Maps, plate, facsimiles, etc. (4to), period half calf and marbled boards, morocco spine labels, spines gilt, all edges marbled. First Edition. Boston: Ticknor and Company, [1880-81] History of Boston and surroundings from colonial times to the late 19th century. Spines sunned, a bit of wear to extremities, light scuffing; very good. (250/350)
48. Braman, D.E.E. Braman’s Information about Texas. Carefully Prepared by D.E.E. Braman, of Matagorda, Texas. 192 pp. 7¼x4½ original cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Second Edition. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1858 “A very good immigrants’ guide when issued, especially as to land matters” - Raines, p.30. Braman coves twenty-five Texas counties and provides invaluable information concerning sheep and cattle raising, taxation, legal rights of married women, etc. First issued the preceding year. Adams Herd 305; Howes B719; Sabin 7364. Spine and cover margins faded, ends worn, joints cracking, old repairs; bookplate, about very good. (200/300)
49. Brewer, William H. Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Professor of Agriculture in the Sheffield Scientific School from 1864 to 1903. xxx, 601 pp. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar. Preface by Russell H. Chittenden. Plates from photographs, drawings, etc. (8vo), blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930 Brewer was the field leader of the California Geological Survey during the years 1860 through 1864. The Zamorano Eighty notes that “His keen and accurate observation, coupled with an ability to draw sound conclusions from his data, makes this a very readable volume and one of the most valuable on the California of the period.” Howes B754; Zamorano Eighty 9. Light wear to cloth, remnants of original dust jacket pasted to rear endpapers; very good. (150/250)
50. Bristol, S[herlock]. The Pioneer Preacher. Incidents of Interest, and Experiences in the Author’s Life. Revival Labors in the Frontier Settlements. A Perilous Trip Across the Plains in Time of Indian Wars, and Before the Railroads. Three Years in the Mining Camps of California and Idaho. Twenty-One Years; Residence in Southern California, etc. 330 pp. Illustrated with 6 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece. 7½x5, original gilt-lettered cloth. First Edition. Chicago & New York: Fleming H. Revell, [1887] Significant reminiscences of the frontier. Adams notes that the book “Has some material on outlawry and robbery.” Mintz explains “In 1862 he captained a train to Oregon, relating many self-glorifying experiences along the way. He recorded a talk with one of the survivors of the Van Zandt train.” Adams Six-guns 279; Cowan p.72; Graff 404; Mintz 52. Spine ends a little frayed, corners rubbed, small stains to front endpapers; very good. (100/150)
Page 13 51. Brown, John Henry. Reminiscences and Incidents of Early Days of San Francisco (1845-50). [12], 138 + [5] reader’s guide pp. Introduction and Reader’s Guide by Douglas Sloane Watson. Folding facsimile map of John Henry Brown’s San Francisco in 1846 on blue paper. Chapter-head vignettes from old woodcuts. (8vo), cloth-backed marbled boards, paper spine and cover labels. One of 500 copies. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, [1933] Robert J. Woods in Zamorano 80 states: “John Henry Brown was a fur trader, bartender, citizen- soldier, hotel builder, capitalist, man of affairs, and author...Brown observed and told of many happenings here. His reminiscences fill in many gaps in the early history of San Francisco.” Zamorano Eighty 10. Light edge wear; very good. (150/250)
52. Browne, J. Ross. Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849. 479, xlvi, [1] pp. 8¾x5½, modern full calf, black leather spine label. First Edition. Washington, DC: John T. Towers, 1850 Account of the proceedings of the convention, held at Colton Hall in Monterey, which debated and adopted the California Constitution; also, the proclamation of Governor Riley recommending a plan of territorial government, a list of the delegates, a translation of the Mexican laws still in effect, etc. Cowan p.26; Sabin 8661; Zamorano Eighty 11. Some foxing and browning to paper; very good in a fine modern binding. (300/500)
53. Bruff, J. Goldsborough. Gold Rush the Journals, Drawings and other Papers. 2 volumes. Edited by Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines. Foreword by F.W. Hodge. Illustrated with plates from sketches and drawings by Bruff. (8vo), cloth-backed boards, spines lettered in gilt, slipcase. First Edition. New York: Columbia University Press, 1944 “Detailed journals and drawings of a trained draughtsman and engineer, who resigned his army commission and traveled from Washington, D.C., to the diggings...” - Wheat, who applauds the “scholarly editing” by Read and Gaines. Howes calls it the “most elaborate of overland narratives.” Bruff organized and commanded a party of sixty-six men called the Washington City and California Mining Association, leaving the nation’s capital on April 2, 1849, and arriving at the Feather River on November 1 of that year. The overland journey is covered in the first volume, his experiences in the mines in the second. Howes R91; Kurutz 93a; Mattes 377; Mintz 64; Rocq 15724; Wheat Gold Rush 25. A touch of wear to spine heads; near fine. (250/350)
54. Bryant, Edwin. What I Saw in California: Being the Journal of a Tour by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, Across the Continent of North America, the Great Desert Basin, and Through California, in the Years 1846, 1847. xxiv, 481, [1] pp. Notes, Index and Bibliography by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. Frontispiece and Drawings by Dorothy Smith Sides. Layout and Design by Thos. W. Williams. (8vo), half morocco and boards, spine lettered in gilt. Santa Ana: Fine Arts Press, 1936 Volume I in the Calafia Series from the press; described by Wagner-Camp as “a sumptuous volume,” and noting that “Camp called the Bryant work `one of the most detailed and reliable of all the overland journals’ and rated it with Clayton’s and Schmolder’s books as the three competent guides to be published in 1848. Moreover, Bryant’s narrative is of further interest because of its description of the life and times of American Californians before the discovery of gold....” Cowan p.81; Howes B903; Kurutz 95 (note); Wagner-Camp 146 (note); Zamorano Eighty 12 (note). Light wear to boards, corners lightly bumped; very good. (150/250)
Page 14 AUTOGRAPHS OF JAMES BUCHANAN AND HIS CABINET 55. Buchanan, James, et al. Autographs of James Buchanan and five members of his administration. Includes: Clipped signature with salutation of President James Buchanan. No date. * A.L.s. from Vice President John C. Breckinridge, to L.B. Prince, responding to a request for an autograph. Nov. 9, 1856. * Two A.L.s. from Secretary of State Lewis Cass to W.R. Prince, discussing various matters, plus a signed card. 1852 & 1857. * A.L.s. from Secretary of the Treasury Howell Cobb, to L.B. Prince, responding to a request for an autograph. Dec. 30, 1856. * Salutation signed by Secretary of War John B. Floyd, addressed to L.B Prince. No date. * Salutation signed by Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey. Dec. 1856. Each neatly affixed to backing sheet, with the signer’s name and decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet, and with cover sheet reading “The Buchanan Administration” with the names and offices given. Various places: Various dates Attractively presented set of autographs. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Near fine to fine condition. (1000/1500)
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56. Bullock, W[illiam]. Six Months’ Residence and Travels in Mexico; Containing Remarks on the Present State of New Spain, it natural productions, state of society, manufactures, trade, agriculture, and antiquities, &c. [iii]-xii, 532 pp. With 16 aquatint plates, including folding frontispiece panorama & 4 hand-colored costume plates; 2 folding plans; folding table. 8¼x5, period half calf & marbled boards, rebacked with modern leather, new endpapers. First Edition. London: John Murray, 1824 “Perhaps the most interesting of the [aquatint] books dealing with America is the Six Month’s Residence and Travels in Mexico (1824) of William Bullock.” Lacking the half-title. Abbey Travel 666; Palau 37059; Sabin 9140; Prideaux p.329. Boards rubbed; some soiling and foxing to contents, ink name to top of title, folding plans with repairs, very good. (700/1000)
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Page 15 57. Burnett, Peter H. Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer. xiii, 448 + [6] ad pp. (8vo), original brown cloth decorated and lettered in gilt and black. First Edition. New York: D. Appleton, 1880 Embossed stamp of early San Francisco bookseller Michael Flood on front free endpaper. Burnett left his home in Missouri in 1843 a traveled to Oregon in the same company as Applegate, Lenox and Whitman. “This volume is important since it is the reminiscences of the first governor of California, but even more since it is the record of an early Oregonian who forsook the territory to which he had emigrated from Missouri and joined the gold rush to California in 1848” - Zamorano. Burnett abandoned mining after little more than a month, on Dec. 19, 1849, taking a job at Sutter’s Fort as John A. Sutter, Jr.’s agent. Among his early reminiscences is his account of a sermon by Joseph Smith in Far West, Missouri, in 1838. Cowan p.86; Flake 1020; Graff 496; Howes B1000; Kurutz 99a; Mintz 66; Rocq 8471; Wheat Gold Rush 66; Zamorano Eighty 13. Some wear and soling to cloth, hinges cracked; very good. (250/350)
58. Burr, Aaron. Manuscript pay order instructing the Cashier of the Manhattan Company to pay Joseph Lyon $107, signed by Aaron Burr. 11x21 cm. (4x8¼”). No place: March 29, 1800 Aaron Burr, third vice president of the United States, who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, and was acquitted of treason, founded the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1799; it was to evolve into Chase Manhattan Bank. Joseph Lyon endorses it to Elias Dayton on verso, and Dayton signs in receipt. Ink and perforated cancellations, some soiling and edge chipping, else good, signature clear. (400/600)
59. (California) A Sketch of the Route to California, China and Japan via the Isthmus of Panama. 104, 6 ad pp. (12mo) 7½x4½, original wrappers, woodcut sailing vessel on rear wrappers, custom folder. First Edition. San Francisco: A. Roman, 1867 Howes C59; Sabin 10042. Chipping to wrappers, some splitting at joints; very good. (200/300)
60. (California) California, Fifty Years of Progress. 300 pp. Illustrations from photographs. (Oblong folio) original black leather textured cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition. San Francisco: 1900 Brief history of the first half-century of California statehood. Includes a number of biographical sketches of leading citizens and descriptions of the resources of many of the state’s counties. Some edge wear, rear joint starting; title leaf and contents leaf creased and edge worn; very good. (200/300)
61. (California) Precinct Register, Phillipsville Precinct, Humboldt County (caption title). Printed on both sides of single sheet. 30.5x37 cm. (12x14½”). [Eureka]: 1896 Scarce precinct register; no copies are listed in OCLC/WorldCat. The names, occupations, brief physical descriptions, country or state of nativity, etc., are given for 76 citizens, with a 77th inked in. After the caption title is inked “for 1896 last one printed.” Phillipsville, originally Phillips Flat, is located on the South Fork of the Eel River 7½ north of Garberville. Old folds, a few tiny holes, very good. (300/500)
Page 16 62. (California) Six finely printed volumes of California history. Includes: Delano, Alonzo. Pen-Knife Sketches or Chips of the Old Block. One of 550 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. 1934. * Hammond, George Peter, director. Noticias de California. One of 400 copies. 1958. * Likins, Mrs. J.W. Six Years Experience as a Book Agent in California. 1992. * The Diary of Johann August Sutter. One of 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. 1932. * Taylor, Bayard. New Pictures From California. One of 600 copies. 1951. * Wierzbicki, F.P. California As It Is & As It May Be, Or a Guide to the Gold Region. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. 1933. Together 6 volumes. Various places: Various dates Some general light wear; overall very good or better. (200/300)
63. (California) Ten volumes of California history. Includes: Borthwick, J.D. 3 Years in California. Cloth- backed foil boards. 1948. * Davis, William Heath. Seventy-five Years in California. (8vo) Yellow cloth, dust jacket. 1967. * Hanna, Phil Townsend. Libros Californianos, Or, Five Feet of California Books. Wrappers. 1931. * Harris, David with Eric Sandweiss. Eadweard Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco, 1850-1880. (Oblong 4to) wrappers. 1993. * Harte, Bret & Mark Twain. Sketches of the Sixties. (8vo) cloth-backed boards, dust jacket (worn). 1927. * Maxwell, R.T. Visit to Monterey in 1842. Blue cloth. 1955. * [Muybridge, Eadwaeard] San Francisco 1878: Portraits of the City. 32 pp., wrappers. [1979]. * Ritchie, Ward. Job Printing in California. Tan cloth. 1955. * Smith, C.W. Journal of a Trip to California. (8vo) red cloth. [1920]. * Wagner, Henry R. The First American Vessel in California, Monterey in 1796. Cloth-backed boards. 1954. Together Various places: Various dates Some general wear; overall very good or better. (200/300)
64. (California) Three 19th century works on California and one on gold mining in South America. Includes: Farnham, T.J. Pictorial Edition!! Life Adventures, and Travels in California. To Which are Added the Conquest of California and Travels in Oregon. (8vo), original cloth, gilt. Binding worn, foxing. 1849. * Gerstacker, F. Scenese de la Vie Californienne. 6 etched plates. (8vo) original blue cloth. Some wear, joints starting. Geneve, 1859. * Harte, Bret. Tales of the Argonauts and Other Sketches. (12mo) original terra-cotta cloth. Some edge wear, front joint starting and hinge cracking. 1876. Various places: Various dates Also includes: Spears, John R. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn: A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia. (8vo), green cloth. 1895. Together 4 volumes. Overall good to very good. (200/300)
65. (California Authors) Three finely printed volumes on California literary figures. Includes: Davis, Richard Allan. Charles & Kathleen Norris: The Courtship Year. One of 400 copies produced at the press of W. Thomas Taylor. 1993. * Lewis, Oscar. A Widely Cast Net. Selections from the work of a veteran California writer chosen with comments by their author: Oscar Lewis. One of 400 copies designed by Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press and Anchor & Acorn Press. 1996. * Dear Master: Letters f George Sterling to Ambrose Bierce, 1900-1912. One of 350 copies printed by Peter Rutledge Koch. 2002. Together 3 volumes. Various places: Various dates Fine. (150/250)
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Page 17 66. (California - Berkeley) Amended Map, No. 2. Berkeley Park. George Friend Co. Agents... Lithographed map. 31.30.5 cm. (12¼x12”) on sheet 13x14”. Berkeley, CA: [1914] Covers area east of Santa Fe Avenue and generally north and west of Ocean View Avenue. Oriented with north toward upper left. A cadastral map. OCLC/World/Cat lists only two copies, one at the University of California, Berkeley, the other with no place given. Accompanied by “Price list Berkeley Park, subject to change without notice,” 1 leaf, 16 x 20 cm. The copy at Berkeley also had the price list. The example here is browned with a few chips. Rubberstamp of Wm. McNaulty on each side of the map. The map is creased, a few short tears, one repaired, good to very good. (300/500)
OIL FIELD IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 67. (California - Los Angeles Oil Field) Blackmar, Charles A. Map of Los Angeles City Oil Field, Los Angeles County, California... Issued by the Sate Mining Bureau... Lithographed map, in black with title in red. 42x61 cm. (16½x24”), folded. San Francisco: [c.1910?] Scarce and intriguing map of the many oil wells in the heart of Los Angeles, along with the tanks, pumping plants, and traps. OCLC/WorldCat lists five copies, three in California libraries but none south of Santa Cruz. Fine condition. (400/600)
68. (California - Oakland) Souvenir Program, Fifty-Fifth Annual State Conclave, Knights Templar, Oakland, California, April 17, 18 and 19 - 1913. 50 large original silver photographs, mounted on leaves in an album. Images approx. 27x35 cm. (10¾x13¾”); album is 37x48 cm. (14½x19”), full morocco over boards, lettering in gilt. Oakland, CA: 1913 The Knights Templar, dressed like Eastern European nobility, parade through the streets of Oakland, California, making for some very interesting backdrops. Covers worn, scuffed, some pieces of leather missing, joints cracked; internally very good. (600/900)
69. (California - Placer County) Two brochures on Placer County, California. Includes: Auburn, Placer County, California, Situated in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, elevation 1320 feet. Single sheet folded to form [6] pp. With map on 1 panel. * Placer County Mines by a Placer County Miner. Single sheet, folding to form [8] pp. Together, 2 brochures. With illustrations from photographs. Folded size of each approx. 21x10.5 cm. (8¼x4”). c.1920-30 Scarce promotional brochures. OCLC/WorldCat lists only one copy of the first, at U.C. Davis, and no copies of the second. Very good or better condition. (250/350)
70. (California - Sacramento) Album with 32 black & white snapshot photographs of buildings and streets in Sacramento, California, most with automobiles. Photographs approx. 9x9 cm. (3½x3½”), glued to black album leaves; album is 14z20 cm. (5½x7¾”). Sacramento: c.1960 Moving and artistically interesting series of photographs taken in the poorer districts of Sacramento, many with African Americans. Besides being appealing for the vintage automobiles, there are interesting backdrops of liquor stores, boarding houses, bars, a labor exchange (with available jobs posted on a chalk board in front), etc. Corners of front album cover clipped off; the photographs are in excellent condition. (200/300)
Page 18 71. (California - San Rafael) Hitchcock Military Academy: Its Life & Environment. Founded 1878. 14 pp. With 12 loose half-tone plates from photographs placed in the endpaper compartments formed by folding over the wrappers. 23x15.5 cm. (9x6”), printed wrappers. Printed by Taylor & Taylor of San Francisco. San Rafael, CA: [1922] Founded in 1878 as the San Rafael College, the institution morphed into Selbourne School in 1888, the Hitchcock Military Academy in 1907, the Tamalpais School for Boys in 1925, and St. Peter Chanel Seminary in 1955. The Marist Society sold the school in 1970. The current owners are the Marin Ballet School, the Marin Tennis Club and Trinity Community Church. OCLC/ WorldCat lists only one copy of this book, at the University of California, Berkeley. Slight shelf wear, near fine. (250/350)
72. (California - Santa Clara County) [McCrackin, Josephine Wompner Clifford]. Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California: Country Residence of James D. Phelan. 34, [2] pp. Illustrated from photographs. 17.5x34 cm. (7x9½”), wrappers. [San Francisco?]: [1915] The palatial residence of former San Francisco mayor and current (in 1915) U.S. Senator, built in 1913, designed by architects Wm. Curlett & Son and Charles E. Gottschalk. Reprinted from the Overland Monthly, April, 1915. OCLC/WorldCat lists seven copies in libraries. Fine condition. (200/300)
73. (California - Swedes in San Francisco) Vestkusten: Utställningsnummer. San Francisco, California. Utgifvet i anledning af “Svenska veckan” 16-26 juni 1915. 96 pp. Text in Swedish. Illustrated from photographs. 40x28.4 cm. (15¾x11¼”), wrappers with color pictorial illustration from painting by A. Scultzberg. [San Francisco]: 1915 Special issue of this periodical devoted to Swedes on the West Coast, with much on the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Only Augustana College in Illinois is listed by OCLC/ WorldCat as having a run of the periodical that would encompass this issue, and only the National Library is Sweden is specifically credited with having a copy. Some foxing to wrapper and other minor wear, very good. (200/300)
74. (California - Tournament of Roses Parade) Album of photographs of the floats of the Western Auto Supply Co. in the Rose Bowl Parades during the 1920’s. With approx. 32 photographs, most around 19x25 cm. (7½x9¾”), though some larger and several much smaller, plus a few other items such as newsclippings, etc., all glued to album leaves. Album is 32x27 cm. (12¾x10½”), cloth. Los Angeles: 1920s Photographic record of the ornate, rose-covered floats of the Western Auto Supply Co. as they appeared in Pasadena’s famed Tournament of Roses Parade, many of which were, according to the inked captions, the winning entrants in their division. The floats are mostly of an automotive theme, some with actual automobiles. The Western Auto Supply Co. was founded in 1909 in Kansas City, and at one point had over 5,000 stores nationwide including franchise outlets. On one of the floats pictured is the L.A. address 2516 W. Washington St. Some wear, overall about very good. (600/900)
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Page 19 75. (California - Walnut Creek) Walnut Heights: Picturesque Villa Sites with Beautiful Oaks; Improved Roads, Complete Water System, English Walnut Shade Trees. Walnut Creek, California. Folded single sheet, with descriptive text in 6 columns on one side, a map on the other. 39x51 cm. (15¼x10”), folding to 20x9 cm. (8x3½”). Oakland, CA: R.N. Burgess Company, [1911] Exclusive real estate development in Walnut Creek, east of the Berkeley Hills. “To ensure a select residential section, the company has restricted the building of residences to a $2000 home, and the manufacture or sale of liquor is prohibited.” No copies are listed in OCLC/ WorldCat. Near fine. (250/350)
WITH MAPS OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD REGION 76. (California & New Mexico) [Taylor, Zachary]. California and New Mexico: Message of the President of the United States, Transmitting information...on the Subject of California and New Mexico. (caption title.). 976 pp. Illustrated with 7 maps, 6 of them folding. (8vo), modern full calf, original spine label retained. House Ex. Doc. 17, 31st Congress, 1st Session. Washington: 1850 Compilation of documents relating to the conquest of California and the beginning of the California Gold Rush. “This important volume contains the official correspondence and documents relating to California, 1847-49, and is the most extensive source of authorities covering the period” - Zamorano. The maps include “Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Fremont” with indication of the Gold Region; George Derby’s “Sketch of General Riley’s Route through the Mining Districts, July and Aug. 1849” (Wheat, Gold Region 79) which includes San Francisco & Monterey; the entrance to San Francisco Bay; “Map of Fort Hill, Monterey” from Lt. Warner’s Field Map; plus route of Major Beall’s expedition against the Apaches, Baja California and Port Escondido. Howes C53; Kurutz 106b; Wagner-Camp 179b:2; Wheat Books 31; Zamorano Eighty 14. Some light foxing and browning to paper; one map detached; very good in a fine modern binding. (600/900)
77. Chalmers, Claudine. Splendide Californie!: Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900. Foreword by James McClatchy. Profusely illustrated from paintings, prints, facsimiles, etc., mostly in color. (Small folio), green cloth, color pictorial cover label, paper spine label, publisher’s slipcase. One of 450 copies designed and printed under the supervision of The Yolla Bolly Press. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2001 Scarce and important Book Club of California title. Over-subscribed upon publication. Prospectus laid in. BCC 212. Fine. (500/800)
78. Chase, Salmon P. Autograph Quote in Latin, signed by Salmon P. Chase. In ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet, 23x14 cm. (9¼x5½”); neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge, with Chase’s name decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. No place: Oct. 12, 1856 Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), American statesman who became the 6th Chief Justice of the United Sates after serving as Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln, was at this time serving as Governor of Ohio. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine condition. (200/300)
Page 20 79. (Chinese Graduate of Yale) Menu Card for the 30-year Dinner of the Yale Class of 1854, when Yung Wing was the first Chinese student to graduate from a U.S. university. 13x8.7 cm. (5x3½”), gilt edges. New Haven, CT: 1884 Menu card of the thirty-year reunion dinner of the Yale Class of 1854, from which Yung Wing, became the first Chinese graduate of a U.S. University. He was to be active in bringing more Chinese students to the U.S. Some soiling, very good. (400/600)
80. Chittenden, Hiram Martin. History of the American Fur Trade of the Far West. 3 volumes. xxiv, [2], 482 + [1] ad; viii, [2], [483]-892; [4], [893]-1129 pp. With 10 plates from various sources; folding map in rear pocket of 3rd volume. (8vo), original green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1902 Seminal work on the growth, development, and decline of the Fur Trade in the Western U.S., including its major protagonists, events, effects, etc. As Graff notes, “Sixty years after publication, this is still the great work on the subject.” Graff 696; Howes C390; Rader 770. Upper corners frayed on Volume 2, faint stain to front cover of Volume 3; very good. (800/1200)
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA SENDS GUNS NORTH 81. (Civil War) Pickens, Francis Wilkinson. Autograph Letter Signed by South Carolina Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens, to North Carolina Governor John W. Ellis, regarding loaning large artillery pieces. 2 pp., in ink, on pages 1 & 3 of 4-page lettersheet headed “State of South Carolina. Executive Department.” 25.5x19.7 cm. (9¾x7¾”). [Columbia, South Carolina]: April 17, 1861 Governor Francis Perkins of South Carolina writes to his North Carolina counterpart in the early months of the Civil War, “Dear Sir, At the earnest request of Mr. McRae and Mr. McRee I have loaned them eleven large tuns for their forts, and also twenty thousand pounds of cannon powder. I did so because I believed it would receive your sanction, and the emergency might be pressing. I trust is god, your noble state will move now. Our states were together as colonies before the Revolution, and the famous John Lock wrote, as you recollect, a constitution for them, which was the first written constitution ever prepared for the government of a free people. And I trust no events shall ever happen that will permanently separate South and North Carolina. It will always afford me the highest pleasure to act in concert with you, and to do anything in my power to aid you in sustaining the rights and honor of our common country...” Pickens has made a few corrections in ink. A little soiling, very good Lot 81 or better. (1000/1500)
Page 21 82. (Civil War) Morgan, Edwin D. Autograph Letter Signed by Edwin D. Morgan as Governor of New York, to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, plus 2 other letters from Morgan and a clipped signature. Includes: A.L.s. from Morgan to Welles, 1½ pp. on 4-page lettersheet. Sept. 9, 1862. * A.L.s. from Morgan to an Alfred S. Robinson in Hartford. 1 p. on 4-page lettersheet. June 23, 1871. * A.L.s. from Morgan to a C.C. Cratty. 1 p. on single sheet. May 16, 1881. * Clipped signature from a document signed as Governor of New York. Together, 4 items. Various sizes. Albany & New York City: 1862-1881 Edwin Denison Morgan (1811-1883), Governor and Senator from New York and first Chairman of the Republican Party, and also a general during the Civil War (although when he had time to perform any service is unclear with his other commitments), writes to the Secretary of the Navy seeking an appointment for one of his constituents, suggesting perhaps the position of Assistant Paymaster, since “Mr Levin does not apply for an appointment requiring nautical experience as he is not possessed of such...” In the second letter he declines an offer to sell his stock in Hartford Steam Boiler Ins. Co., and in the third passes on the address of Hamilton Fish. Some minor wear and soiling, generally very good. (300/500)
83. (Civil War Generals - Union) Signatures of seven Union Generals during the Civil War. Each on card or piece of paper approx. 4.5x7.5 cm. (1¾x3”); unmounted. St. Petersburg, VA: 1864 Signatures of Union Generals gathered by Captain William Prince in August of 1864 when the Army of the Potomac was encamped outside Petersburg, Virginia, with pencil note to that effect by Prince on verso of all but one of the cards. The signers include George Meade; A.A. Humphreys; Winfield Scott Hancock (this inscribed to Prince); J.H. Martindale; William F. Smith; and two indecipherable. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Generally very good or better. (400/600)
84. Clay, Henry. Autograph Letter Signed by Henry Clay, to William R. Prince. 1+ pp., on 4-page lettersheet 25.5x20 cm. (10x8”). Ashland, KY: June 6, 1846 Henry Clay (1777-1852), longtime Kentucky congressman and senator, occasional Speaker of the House, and Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams, writing from his plantation of Ashland, thanks William Prince for some “fruit and ornamental tree shoots and flowers... The plants, having been sent through N. Orleans, felt the influence of that Southern climate, and most of them had budded and some were in blossom. Nonetheless they were all carefully put in the ground, and I am happy to inform you that much the largest part of them are alive and doing well...” William Prince was proprietor of Prince’s Linnaean Botanic Garden and Nurseries, in Flushing, Long Island, and also seems to have been friendly on a personal basis with Clay. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Neatly split 4” along fold, else near fine. (500/800)
85. (Clyman, James) Camp, Charles L., ed. James Clyman, Frontiersman, 1792-1881: The Adventures of a Trapper and Covered-Wagon Emigrant as Told in His Own Reminiscences and Diaries. 247, [4] pp. Illustrated, with two portraits, 3 maps (one folding) and facsimile. 10x6¾, blue cloth gilt-lettered. First Edition. San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1928 First venturing toward the West in 1818 following service in the War of 1812, Clyman explored the frontier with Ashley, Fitzpatrick, Jedediah Smith & Fremont, served with Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War, guided emigrant trains & lived an eventful life before retiring to a Napa ranch in 1850. Howes calls the work “One of the most trustworthy narratives of the far west, for the period 1842-6; the only Oregon overland journal of 1844.” Cowan p.132; Graff 769; Howes C81; Zamorano Eighty 19. Small dent at bottom of front cover, spine sunned, light wear; very good. (200/300)
Page 22 86. Coke, Henry J. A Ride Over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California. x, 388, [2] pp. Lithograph frontispiece portrait. 8½x5½, modern blue half morocco, spine gilt. First Edition. London: Richard Bentley, 1852 Kurutz calls attention to Coke’s detailed description of life in San Francisco. “One of the most stimulating of all overland narratives, and one of the West’s best adventure stories. “ -Kurutz 144. Howes C-548. Wheat, Books of the Gold Rush, 44. Wagner-Camp-Becker 211. Some wear at extremities; frontispiece, title page and pages 1-2 bound in facsimile, the originals of these leaves removed, trimmed of library markings and housed in a folder bound in at rear; good (150/250)
87. (Colt Press) Four volumes of Californiana from the Colt Press. Includes: Hall, Carroll Douglas. The Terry-Broderick Duel. 1939. * Hale, Edward Everett, translator. The Queen of California: The Origin of the Name of California. One of 500 copies. 1945. * Lewis, Oscar. Lola Montez, The Mid- Victorian Bad Girl in California. One of 750 copies. Signed by Oscar Lewis. [1938]. * A Letter from Anthony Trollope Describing A Visit to California in 1875. One of 500 copies. 1946. Together 4 octavo volumes. San Francisco: Colt Press, Various dates Some light wear and soiling; overall very good. (200/300)
88. Colton, Walter. Deck and Port; or, Incidents of a Cruise in the United States Frigate Congress to California, with Sketches of Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco. 408 + [20] ad pp. Steel-engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard; 4 color lithograph plates by Sarony & Major; map; wood engravings within the text. (8vo), original blind-stamped green cloth, spine stamped in gilt. First Edition, second issue. New York: A.S. Barnes, 1850 Bookplate and numbering stamp of Joseph M. Gleason. Cowan p.137; Howes C624. Spine faded, dampstain to cloth; foxing, heavier to plates; good. (150/250)
89. Colton, Walter. Three Years in California. 456 pp. 6 steel-engraved portrait plates; 6 duotone woodcut plates; map; folding facsimile. (12mo), original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt seal on front cover, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1850 Contains an oft-lacking facsimile of the California Declaration of Rights facing page 412. “Colton, the first alcalde of Monterey under American control, wrote a diary largely devoted to interesting details of incidents connected with the author’s administration of justice, with frequent remarks on the manners and customs of the people...” - Zamorano. Cowan p.137; Graff 839; Howes C625; Kurutz 151a; Wheat Gold Region p.74, map 148; Zamorano Eighty 20. Spine ends frayed, some soiling to covers; short tear to folding facsimile, a few pencil markings; very good. (500/800)
90. (Connecticut) Hurd, D. Hamilton, compiler. History of New London County, Connecticut, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. 768 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings, portraits from photographs, etc. (Thick 4to), morocco-backed cloth, spine and front cover gilt, all edges gilt. First Edition. Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1882 Spine leather worn, cloth soiled; some dampstaining; good. (100/150)
Page 23 91. Cooke, John Esten. A Treatise of Pathology and Therapeutics. Vol. I only. viii, [4], [9]-566 pp. (8vo) 21x13.5 cm. (8¼x5¼”), period calf, rebacked with modern calf. First Edition Lexington, KY [but Winchester, VA]: [Printed by Samuel H. Davis], 1828 Scarce early American medical treatise. There were three volumes planned, but only the first two were published. Offered here is just the first volume. Contents foxed with some marginal staining; very good. (400/600)
92. Cooke, P[hilip] St. George. The Conquest of New Mexico and California: A Historical and Personal Narrative. 307 pp. Large folding map “Sketch of part of the march & wagon road of Lt. Colonel Cooke from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ocean 1846-7” measuring 21.8x42.8 cm. 7¼x4¾, original terra- cotta cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1878 Sequel to “Scenes and Adventures in the Army.” A first-hand narrative by a participant and leader in the thrilling events of 1846 to 1847. Cooke took command of the Mormon Battalion at Santa Fe with orders from General Stephen Watts Kearny to open a wagon route to the Pacific by the Gila route. Cooke opposed Fremont’s course in California, and criticized him severely. “An important source on the course of the Mexican War in the Far West by one of the great western soldiers” - Streeter 182; Cowan p. 142; Howes C738; Graff 869; Flake 2499; Wheat Transmississippi West III 505. Wear and soiling to cloth; folding map with repairs on verso, pages a bit browned at edges; very good. (250/350)
93. Coolbrith, Ina. Songs From the Golden Gate. [xii], 159 pp. (12mo) original green cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1895 With two ALs from Ina Coolbrith to a Dr. E.J. Overend tipped in at front and rear. There are also a number of clippings and other matter relating to Coolbrith, tipped or laid in with some resulting offset; also underlining and annotations throughout. The poems in this book are considered some of the best work of California’s first Poet Laureate. Zamorano Eighty 21. A touch of wear to binding; very good. (200/300)
FIRST TWO EDITIONS OF COWAN’S BIBLIOGRAPHY 94. Cowan, Robert Ernest. A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906. Together with the Text of John W. Dwinelle’s Address on the Acquisition of California by the United States of America. xxxi, 318, [1], [1] pp. (4to), original linen-backed boards, paper spine label. No. 176 of 250 copies printed by Taylor, Nash & Taylor. First Edition. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1914 Inscribed on front free endpaper to actress Margaret Anglin by Book Club of California President W.R.K. Young and Treasurer Albert M. Bender. The first edition of Cowan’s landmark bibliography, and the first publication of the Book Club of California. The Zamorano Eighty notes Cowan as “for many years the greatest authority on the bibliography of California.” BCC 1; Zamorano Eighty 23. Covers worn and soiled, edges worn, front hinge cracking; internally very good. (500/800)
95. Cowan, Robert Ernest and Robert Grannis. A Bibliography of the History of California 1510-1930. 3 volumes, including index, plus the 1964 supplementary volume printed by the Torrez Press. 926 pp. (4to), cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine labels. Second Edition. San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1933-1964 Best edition of this seminal bibliography, containing many more entries than the 1914 edition and beautifully printed. Slipcase not present, some light wear and soiling, bookplate in first two volumes, evidence of removal of bookplate in third volume; very good. (500/800)
Page 24 96. Coxe, Tench. Two Autograph Letters Signed by Tench Coxe, addressed to both the Surveyor General and Attorney General of the State of New York. 3 pp. & 2+ pp., respectively, each on 4-page lettersheet with address on 4th page. 25.6x20.6 cm. Philadelphia: Sept. 5 & Sept. 9, 1815 Tench Coxe, politician, businessman, member of the Continental Congress (1788-9), and staunch proponent of the right to bear arms, writes to the Surveyor General and Attorney General of New York regarding land that was confiscated in 1775 and apparently purchased by William and Rebecca Coxe and the title to which was now uncertain. Very good condition. (300/500)
97. Crawford, Lewis F. Rekindling Camp Fires: The Exploits of Ben Arnold (Connor) (Wa-si-ci Tam-a-he-ca). An Authentic Narrative of Sixty Years in the Old West as Indian Fighter, Gold Miner, Cowboy, Hunter and Army Scout. [2], 324 pp. Illustrated with photo plates; map. 8¾x5¾, half morocco & cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, slipcase. No. 14 of 100 copies. First Edition. Bismark, ND: Capital Book Co., [1926] Signed by Crawford on limitation-page. Connor served in the Civil War, then headed west; among his other service, he was a messenger to General Crook in 1876, and carried to him the news of Custer’s defeat. Adams Herd 607; Six-guns 509; Dustin 70; Graff 912; Howes C872; Luther 40; Rader 959; Smith 2100. Minor rubbing and wear to the slipcase; lightly rubbed/ discolored patch to front cover, else very good, internally fine. (250/350)
98. Cummins, Ella Sterling. The Story of the Files: A Review of Californian Writers and Literature. 460 + [3] ad pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. 8½x5½. Original decorated boards. First Edition. [San Francisco]: Ella Sterling Cummins, 1893 Valuable compilation of early California literature. The Zamorano Eighty notes that “Nowhere else can be found the wealth of material on the early writers and their literature that is given in The Story of the Files. There are more that a hundred portraits of California authors of note, and sketches from many of their writings. Also found in this book are histories of the famous early magazines and newspapers of San Francisco.” Cowan p. 152; Zamorano Eighty 24. Pull to head of spine, some wear to extremities; very good. (150/250)
99. Dale, Harrison Clifford. The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific, 1822-1829; with the Original Journals. 352 pp. 4 plates from various sources; double-page color frontispiece map. 9½x6¼, red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. First Edition. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark, 1918 Accounts of and narratives by William Henry Ashley, Jedediah Strong Smith, Harrison G. Rogers, and others. The Zamorano 80 calls it “The source-book of Jedediah Strong Smith, trapper and trader, and the first white man to enter California overland from the eastern United States.” Howes D21; Zamorano Eighty 25. Spine and top edge of front cover sunned, a bit of wear to spine ends; very good. (300/500)
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Page 25 DANA’S TWO YEARS, FIRST ISSUE 100. Dana, Richard Henry. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. 483 pp. (12mo), early full calf, gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. First Edition, First Issue. New York: Harper, 1840 Accepted first issue with dot over the “i” in the word “in” on copyright page, unbroken running head on page 9. “If not the most widely read book on California, certainly this ranks extremely high on such a list. The author sailed up and down the California coast, trading for hides, from January 1835, until May 1836. He possessed not only extraordinarily keen powers of observation but a fine facility for expressing his ideas in writing, which makes this volume an excellent and very readable record of his experiences” - Zamorano. BAL 4434; Cowan p.156; Graff 998; Howes D49; Zamorano Eighty 26. Joints cracked, hinges reinforced; light foxing; very good. (2000/3000)
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101. Darby, William. A Tour From the City of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan Territory, Made Between the 2d of May and the 22d of September, 1818. viii, [9]-228, lxiii, [1] blank, [7] pp. 3 folding engraved maps, 1 of which is hand-colored in outline. Errata slip not present. 7¾x5, modern half morocco & marbled boards, new endpapers. First Edition. New York: For the author by Kirk & Mercein, 1819 The author traveled “from New York, by Albany, Schenectady, and Utica, to Sacket’s Harbour, and thence through Lake Ontario, to the St. Lawrence river, and down that stream to Hamilton village to Buffalo; and from thence to Black Rock, Fort Erie, the Falls of Niagara to the City of Detroit” (from title page). Howes D66; Sabin 18533. Title-page a bit soiled with lower corner chipped, the hand-colored general map laid on linen backing with 1 corner chipped, a bit of stray foxing/soiling within, very good. (300/500)
Page 26 102. Davis, William Heath. Sixty Years in California. A History of Events and Life in California... xxii, 639 pp. (8vo), original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. San Francisco: A.J. Leary, 1889 “A thoroughly readable account of Pastoral California mainly before the American conquest... Davis came to California by sea in 1831, became a successful merchant and recorded his memories and events in this trustworthy book” (Zamorano). Adams Herd 659; Cowan p.160-61; Graff 1020; Howes D136; Kurutz 170a; Zamorano Eighty 27. Spine faded, minor wear; very good. (150/250)
103. Davis, Winfield J. History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892. [6], 711 pp. (8vo) original brown cloth. First Edition. Sacramento: 1893 “...It is the authority for its period and might well be brought down to date.” Ownership signature of Sonoma County Legislator D.W. Ravenscroft on front free endpaper. Cowan p.161; Graff 1024; Howes D142; Zamorano Eighty 28 . Spine leaning, spotting to cloth; very good. (150/250)
104. De Smet, Rev. P.J. Western Missions and Missionaries: A Series of Letters. 32 pp. + 4 pp. publisher’s catalogue. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 19.7x22.7 cm. (7¾x5”), brown pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black. New York: P.J. Kenedy, Excelsior Catholic Publishing House, [1859, but later] A translation from the French of De Smet’s “Cinquante Nouvelles Lettres.” Sabin suggests that this Kenedy printing follows an earlier edition with an 1881 printing date, though Wagner- Camp gives it priority over the other American editions, and Howes doesn’t mention it at all. Howes D289; Sabin 82277; Wagner-Camp 308:2. Formerly in the Keith Academy Library, with rubberstamps and other markings to title-page and page edges; new endpapers. Wear to spine ends and corners, very good. (200/300)
105. Dellenbaugh, Frederick S. Frémont and ‘49: The Story of a Remarkable Career and its Relation to the Exploration and Development of our Western Territory, Especially of California. xxiii, 547, [1], [6] ad pp. Illustrated with numerous plates from photographs & other sources; folding maps; color frontispiece from painting by Dellenbaugh, tissue guard. (8vo), original pictorial tan cloth, top edge gilt. First Edition. New York: Putnam, 1914 Spine sunned, light wear; very good. (150/250)
106. Diaz Del Castillo, Bernal. The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, 1517-1521. Edited by Genaro Garcia. Translated by A.P. Maudslay. Introduction by Harry Block. Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. (4to), full tree sheep, raised bands, morocco spine labels, slipcase. One of 1500 copies printed by Rafael Loera y Chavez. Mexico: Limited Editions Club, 1942 Signed in the colophon by Covarrubias, Block & Loera y Chavez. Slipcase with some edge wear; spine a bit sunned; very good. (100/150)
107. Dillon, Richard H. Texas Argonauts: Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush. Illustrated with 13 color plates, some double-page, from paintings by Charles Shaw; endpaper maps showing Duval’s route. (4to), linen-backed pictorial boards, paper spine label, plain jacket. One of 450 copies printed by the Wind River Press. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987 Auction catalog for the sale of the original illustrations art for this work laid in. BCC 186. A bit of wear to jacket; volume fine. (150/250) Page 27 108. Dillon, Richard. Napa Valley Heyday. xii, 363, [1] pp. Photographs by Charles B. Turill. (4to), tan cloth, paper spine label. One of 450 copies designed by Jonathan Clark of the Artichoke Press. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2004 Prospectus laid in. BCC 218. Fine. (150/250)
109. Douglas, Stephen A. Letter Signed by Stephen A. Douglas, to L. Bradford Prince. 7 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet 18.5x12 cm. (7¼x4¾”); neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge, with Douglas’ name decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. Washington, D.C.: Dec. 26, 1856 Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), veteran Illinois politician and longtime rival of Abraham Lincoln, signs a letter written in another hand “in compliance with your request I send you my autograph.” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine condition. (300/500)
110. Duflot du Mofras, [Eugene]. Duflot de Mofras’ Travels on the Pacific Coast. 2 volumes. Translated, edited and annotated by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. Foreword by Frederick Webb Hodge. 8 plates from early sources including folding facsimile map. (8vo) morocco-backed boards, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition in English. Santa Ana: Fine Arts Press, 1937 “The author of this work was attached to the French embassy in Mexico City. He arrived in Monterey in May, 1841, remaining about five months... He aimed to give a complete description of the country, its past history and present condition. He met Lieutenant Wilkes and Sir George Simpson. Each seemed to feel out the others as to the future policy of their countries towards California” - Zamorano. Howes notes that the work “forms an admirable supplement to Humboldt’s account of the same region....” Howes D542; Zamorano Eighty 30. Light staining at foot of spines, light wear; very good. (500/800)
111. Eldredge, Zoeth Skinner. The Beginnings of San Francisco from the Expedition of Anza, 1774 to the City Charter of April 15, 1850. 2 volumes. Illustrated with folding maps and plates from various sources. (8vo), original green cloth, gilt lettered spines, top edges gilt. First Edition. San Francisco: By the author, 1912 “Of great historical value.” Cowan p.193. Fading and light soiling to cloth; very good. (100/150)
112. Eldredge, Zoeth Skinner. History of California. 5 volumes. Illustrated with plates from paintings, photographs, lithographs, engravings, facsimiles, etc; folding maps. (8vo) original three-quarter brown morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt. First Edition. New York: Century History Co., [c. 1915] Cowan p.193. A touch of wear at spine ends; fine. (200/300)
113. Elliott, W.J. The Spurs. [12], 274 pp. 4 plates from photographs. Cloth. First Edition. [Spur, TX]: The Texas Spur, 1939 Adams calls this book “A history of this famous ranch by one connected with it. Privately printed and now quite difficult to come by.” Adams Herd 757; Howes E100; Reese Six Score 37. Spine slightly faded, tiny spot of insect damage to front cover; near fine. (150/250)
Page 28 LETTER FROM RALPH WALDO EMERSON 114. Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Autograph Letter Signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson, to William Prince. 22 lines, on pp. 1-2 of 4-page lettersheet 20.5x12.5 cm. (8x5”); neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge. Concord, MA: Oct. 5, 1859 The American philosopher, essayist, and poet responds to an invitation from William Prince, proprietor of Prince’s Linnaean Botanic Garden in Flushing, Long Island, “if I shall come to New York, as already there is some correspondence that may bring me, it will give me pleasure to come to Flushing...” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine condition. (500/800)
EMORY’S REPORT WITH THE LARGE MAP 115. Emory, Lieut. Col. W[illiam] H. Notes of a Military Reconnaissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. 614 pp. Illustrated with 64 lithographed or engraved plates, 3 battle-plans; 2 folding maps; plus some figure drawings within the text; large folding map (76x165 cm.) titled “Military Reconnaissance of the Arkansas Rio Del Norte and Rio Gila” laid in at rear. (8vo), original brown cloth, rebacked with remnants of original spine and paper label laid down. The large House of Representatives issue. Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848 A superb study, by topographical engineer and scientist Emory, of the lands newly wrested from the Mexican government. As Wagner-Camp notes, “his report was a major contribution to the geographical knowledge of North America... The report includes sections on the plants and animals, as well as on the geology and the prehistoric town sites and other archaeological remains. Emory’s descriptions of the various Indian tribes that he encountered were steps toward the newly-forming discipline -Anthropology- concerned with primitive man.” The larger House of Representatives issues of the report, of which this is the first (30th Congress, 1st Session, Doc. 41), to contain the reports of Lieutenant Abert, Colonel Cooke, and Captain Johnson as well as that of Emory. The two maps bound in are “Map of the Territory of New Mexico” and “Sketch of part of the march & wagon road of Lt. Colonel Cooke.” The very large folding [Emory] map was not originally included with this House issue but is present here. Cowan p.195; (Graff 1249); Howes E145; Wagner-Camp 148:5; Wheat Transmississippi 505 & 532; Zamorano Eighty 33. Some wear to cloth; foxing throughout as usual; large map with some professional restoration on verso; very good. (1000/1500)
116. Engelhardt, Zephyrin. The Missions and Missionaries of California. 5 volumes. Numerous plates, maps and diagrams, some folding. (8vo) brown cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition. Santa Barbara: Mission Santa Barbara, 1908-1916 “All of the writings of this learned author are of most extensive research and great historical value.” (Cowan). Howes E154; Zamorano Eighty 34. Spine cloth rippled and a bit of soiling on the index (Fifth) volume; near fine. (400/600)
117. Everett, Edward. Document Signed by Edward Everett, plus closing portion of Autograph Letter Signed by Everett. Document is engraved donation memorial for the Public Library of Boston, with conjugate blank, filled out in ink, signed by Edward Everett as President of the Board. 25.5x20.5 cm. (10x8”). 6 Oct. 1859. * Portion of letter is 13c20 cm. (5x8”). Undated. Both neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge, overlapping. Boston: 1859 & no date The letter was addressed to William R. Prince & Co., and concludes that “It is now about two years and a half, since I ceased to me minister at London, and returned to my native country...” This would date the letter from the great orator, educator and politician at about 1847. Fine. (200/300)
Page 29 118. Fahey, Herbert. Early Printing in California: From Its Beginning in the Mexican Territory to Statehood, September 9, 1850. Illustrated with 16 plates after title-pages, newspapers, portraits, etc. (Small folio), black and green cloth, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. One of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1956 An essential reference on the subject. GB 582; BCC 94. Minor wear, near fine. (200/300)
119. Fearon, Henry Bradshaw. Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through The Eastern and Western States of America. viii, 462 pp. (8vo), period full calf, red morocco spine label. First Edition. London: Longman, Hurst, et al, 1818 The author was send to America by a group of 39 English families to ascertain the benefits of emigration. Howes considers the authors observations an “unflattering picture of the western frontier”. Howes F65; Sabin 23956 Spine chipped, other light wear; some foxing; very good. (200/300)
120. Fillmore, Millard. Autograph Salutation Signed by Millard Fillmore, addressed to L.B. Prince. 5 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page notesheet, 15.3x10 cm. (6x4”); neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge, with Fillmore’s name and office decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. Buffalo, NY: Oct. 20, 1856 Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), 13th President of the United States, writes “For Mr. L.B. Prince, with the respects of Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 20, 1856.” The notesheet has a black border, indicating Fillmore was still on mourning for is wife and daughter, who passed away in 1853 and 1854, respectively. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine condition. (500/800)
FLEMING’S CALIFORNIA WITH 3 HAND-COLORED STEEL ENGRAVINGS 121. [Fleming, G.A.]. California: Its Past History; Its Present Position; Its Future Prospects: Containing a History of the Country from Its Colonization to the Present Time...and a Minute and Authentic Narrative of the Discovery of the Gold Region... (iii)-viii, 270 pp. 3 hand-colored steel-engraved plates, including frontispiece and added pictorial title; hand-colored steel-engraved map. Modern calf backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. London: Printed for the Proprietors, 1850 A popular work directed towards prospective English gold seekers, with “sage advice” on such details as the arrival at port, fares, outfits, and conduct on board ship. Though Howes calls it “One of the fullest and most interesting of contemporary accounts,” Kurutz describes it as a “scissors-and-paste creation compiled from the writings of Americans such as John C. Fremont and Bayard Taylor and excerpts taken from English eye- witnesses published in English newspapers.” Some copies contained nine hand-colored plates instead of the present three, but most copies examined by Kurutz had only three, as the present copy. The plates are quite striking, and the coloring vibrant, with the frontispiece showing a wagon train on the move, the pictorial title depicting gold panning, and within a view of an encampment in the Sacramento Valley; the map covers the American West with the California Gold region colored in yellow. Cowan p.93; Graff 1347; Howes F178; Kurutz 242; Sabin 9973; Streeter 2623; Wheat Books 4; Wheat Maps 144. Embossed institutional stamp on plates and several text leaves; very good. Lot 121 Page 30 (3000/5000) FIRST BOOK IN ENGLISH EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT CALIFORNIA 122. Forbes, Alexander. California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c... xvi, 352 pp.; errata slip at p.339. Ad pages not retained when rebound. Illustrated with 10 lithographed plates including the frontispiece; folding map with some hand-coloring in outline in pocket at rear. (8vo)22.3x14 cm. (8¾x5½”), modern brown half morocco and marbled boards. First Edition. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1839 The first book printed in English to relate exclusively to California. The Zamorano 80 notes that, in addition, it “is remarkable for the fact that the author did not see California until long after its publication. The book was written from descriptions furnished by his agents in California... The author of the book was a partner of Barron, Forbes & Company of Tepic, Mexico, owners of the New Almaden mine in California. The publication of the book was supervised by the author’s brother, John, in London. Forbes California has always been considered reliable and accurate.” The map, which shows California north & south, Mexico, etc. (including of course Texas, Florida, & most of Western U.S.) and has insets of Bodega Bay, San Francisco Harbour, San Diego, Monterey, Santa Barbara & San Gabriel, was specifically made for this book. Cowan p.217; Graff 1377; Howes F242; Zamorano Eighty 38. Spine faded; light wear to a few page edges, occasional foxing; very good. Lot 122 (1500/2000)
123. Forbes, Alexander. California: A History of Upper & Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. A Full View of the Missionary Establishments and Condition of the Free and Domesticated Indians. With an Appendix relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific. 10, xvi, 372 pp. With color plates from lithographs; folding map. (8vo), original gray boards. No. 164 of 250 copies. San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1919 Signed by publisher on limitation page. Reprint of the first edition, London, 1839. “This book is of value as being the first one printed in English to relate exclusively to California and is remarkable for the fact that the author did not see California until long after its publication. The book was written from descriptions furnished by his agents in California...The author...was a partner of Barron, Forbes & Company of Tepic, Mexico, owners of New Almaden mine in California” - Zamorano. Cowan p.217; Howes F242; Zamorano Eighty 38. Wear to board edges, joints splitting; creasing to map at rear; very good. (250/350)
124. Forbes, Alexander. California: A History of Upper and Lower California. Introduction by Herbert Ingram Priestley. Illustrated with reproductions of 10 lithographed or engraved plates; folding map. Cloth-backed marbled boards, paper spine label, original orange jacket. One of 650 copies. San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1937 Inscribed by John Henry Nash on front pastedown endpaper. Cowan p.217; Howes F242; Zamorano Eighty 38. Jacket lightly chipped; a touch of edge wear to volume; very good. (150/250)
Page 31 125. Forbes, Allan & Ralph E. Eastman. Yankee Ship Sailing Cards [&] Other Yankee Ship Sailing Cards [&] Yankee Ship Sailing Cards, Volume III. 3 volumes. (8vo) wrappers. Boston: State Street Trust, [1948-1952] Letter from Allan Forbes tipped into third volume. Some wear and soiling, light dampstaining and rippling from moisture exposure, good. (100/150)
126. Ford, Henry Chapman. An Artist Records the California Missions. Edited with an introduction by Norman Neuerburg. Illustrations and plates from sketches & paintings by Ford, a few in color including tipped-in frontispiece. (Oblong quarto), linen-backed patterned cloth, paper spine label, plain paper jacket. One of 450 copies designed & printed by Patrick Reagh. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1989 Most of Ford’s drawings and paintings were executed in the early 1880’s. The patterned cloth used in the binding was typical of the wallpapers and decorations found in the California Missions. Fine. (200/300)
127. (French & Indian War) Saltonstall, G[urdon]. Autograph Receipt signed by G. Saltonstall for arms for a Ranger in the French & Indian War. 5 lines, in ink, on paper 9.5x19.3 cm. (3¾x7½”). New London, Connecticut: Dec. 9, 1757 “N. London Dec. 9 1757 Recd. of John Latham Soldier of Capt Ben Adam Galup Compy... Bayonet, Cartouchbox, Sling, & belt for Addt. of the Colony of Connecticut. G. Saltonstall.” Benjamin Adams Gallup served as a Captain of Rangers in the French and Indian War at Fort Edward, and also as a Colonel of Militia during the American Revolution. Gurdon Saltonstall was the son of the Connecticut governor of the same name. Some wear, small hole, very good. (200/300)
FRÉMONT EXPLORES THE WEST 128. Frémont, J[ohn] C[harles]. Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-’44. 278 pp. (8vo), later calf with modern rebacking, spine lettered in gilt. Washington: Henry Polkinhorn, 1845 An early abridged edition of Fremont’s account of his two expeditions. Issued without plates or maps. Wagner-Camp 115:4, Howes F370; Sabin 24841. Light wear to extremities; foxing throughout; very good. (500/800)
129. Frémont, J[ohn] C[harles]. Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-’44. 305, + vi ad pp. (12mo) period full calf with later rebacking. Syracuse: L.W. Hall, 1846 An early abridged edition of Fremont’s account of his two expeditions. Issued without plates or maps. Wagner-Camp 115:8, Howes F370; Sabin 24841. Edges worn; foxing; very good. (500/800)
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Page 32 130. Frémont, J[ohn] C[harles]. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-’44. 693 pp. With 22 lithograph plates; 5 maps, 3 of them folding (1 loose in rear endpaper pocket). 9x5½, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition, Senate Issue. Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1845 Frémont’s most important work, chronicling his seminal expeditions that revealed the paths and trails that were to be the highways by which the gold seekers would rush to California beginning in 1849, with his important large map of the West. The first portion of the work reprints Frémont’s report of 1843, covering his 1842 expedition to the Rocky Mountains, the second portion records his expedition of 1843-1844, delineating the major sections of the route subsequently followed by thousands of Oregon immigrants. This Senate issue contains scientific data not present in the smaller House issue. Wheat describes the map at great length, and attaches great importance to it: “The year 1845, however, though otherwise somewhat cartographically barren, because of a single event is in fact one of the towering years in the story of Western Cartography. In that year John C. Frémont’s report of his journey to Oregon and California in 1843-44 was published. This report and the Frémont (Preuss) map which accompanied it, changed the entire picture of the West, and made a lasting contribution to cartography....” Cowan p.223-4; Graff 1436; Howes F370; Wagner-Camp 115:1; Wheat Transmississippi Vol. II, pp.194-200, Map 497; Zamorano Eighty 39. Wear and soiling to cloth, lending library rule slip pasted to front endpaper; foxing throughout; large folding map with some small splits at corners of folds; very good. (2000/3000)
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131. Garrison, William Lloyd. Autograph Letter Signed five times by William Lloyd Garrison, to L. Bradford Prince. 21 lines, in ink, on pp. 1 & 3 of 4-page lettersheet, 21x17 cm. (8¼x6¾”); neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge, with Garrison’s name decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. Boston: Dec. 5, 1856 The ardent abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison replies to a request for an autograph, and apologizes for the delay, making up for it in quantity, adding four signed salutations, each different, after the letter, one at the bottom of the first page, the other three on the third page. The letter itself has an interesting passage, “If you are a prudent person, and do not wish to run the risk of getting lynched, you will take care not to have any letter of mine in your possession, south of Mason & Dixon’s line. So much for being true to the Declaration of Independence!” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. A few edge chips, affecting several words, very good. (400/600)
Page 33 132. Gerstaecker, Frederick. Wild Sports in The Far West. xi, 396 pp. Illustrated with 6 wood engraved plates by Harrison Weir. (8vo), decorative green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Later Edition. New York: John Wurtele Lovell, 1881 Author’s first book, first published by Crosby, Nichols and Company in 1859. A hunting sporting adventure book involving bear and duck hunting, canoeing and camping trips, and other fine stories. Translated from the original German. See Sabin 27191 and Howes G142. Spine cocked, a touch of edge wear; very good. (100/150)
133. Goodman, John Bartlett, III. The Key to the Goodman Encyclopedia of the California Gold Rush Fleet. Compiled by John Bartlett Goodman III. Introduction by Neal Harlow. Edited by Daniel Woodward. Folding blue cloth box with pictorial cover label, gilt lettering, and magnetic fastener, housing an illustrated paper folder containing 24 sheets. Box measures 11½x9; sheets are 11x8½; 17 of the leaves unfold to 11x17. Los Angeles: Zamorano Club, 1992 John Bartlett Goodman (1901-1991) devoted years to the creation of his monumental unfinished survey “California Gold Rush Fleet Encyclopedia of Vessels Sailing from the East Coast of the United States and Canada, December 7, 1848-December 31, 1849.” This massive, eleven-volume work has never been published; the manuscript is now housed at the Huntington Library. The present item is a research key, summarizing Goodman’s work in tabular form, with summary data on 762 ships sailing to San Francisco in the wake of the discovery of gold in California. Near fine. (100/150)
134. Goodwin, C[harles] C[arroll]. As I Remember Them. 360 pp. Portrait frontispiece. (8vo) full dark brown morocco, spine gilt, all edges gilt. One of 100 copies of “The Edition de Luxe.” Salt Lake City, Utah: 1913 Includes biographical sketches of John A. Sutter, Joaquin Miller, Mark Twain, Clarence King, Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, and many others. Spine sunned, light edge wear; very good. (200/300)
THREE LETTERS FROM HORACE GREELEY 135. Greeley, Horace. Three Autograph Letters Signed by Horace Greeley, to William R. Prince. Each 1 page, 1st on plain sheet of paper, the others on New York Tribune letterhead. Each approx. 20.5x12.5 cm. (8x5”), neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edges (one on top of the other), with Greeley’s name decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. New York: 1856; 1863; 1866 The nation’s leading newspaperman thanks W.R. Prince, proprietor of Prince’s Linnaen Botanic Garden and Nurseries in Flushing, for some berries in the first letter (he had failed to receive them, being out of town, “but I believe they reached my wife and babies - a much better destination”); responds to a suggested correction in the second (“...It seemed to me not worth while to give so much good space to corrections of immaterial mistakes...); and opines on William Lloyd Garrison in the last (“The difference between Mr. Garrison and others is that he has devoted his adult life to the question of slavery; others have been as heartily anti-slavery as he, but not exclusively so...”). On the verso of the backing sheet is mounted a check made out to James Gordon Bennett, founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald, with the endorsed side exposed. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine condition. (500/800)
Page 34 136. Greenwood, James. The Philadelphia Vocabulary, English and Latin: Put into a New Method, proper to acquaint the Learner with Things as well as pure Latin Words. viii, 123 pp. Small wood engravings throughout. Illustrated with (12mo) period full calf, spine reinforced with brown cloth tape. First American Edition. Philadelphia: Carey and Co., 1787 Contemporary and earlier ownership marks on front endpapers. “The first American edition of this popular textbook”--Rosenbach, Early American Children’s Books 117; Evans 20398; Sabin 28690. Covers worn, hinges cracked; foxing throughout; very good. (300/500)
137. Hambleton, Chalkley J. A Gold Hunter’s Experience. [ii], 116, [1] pp. (12mo) original gilt lettered green cloth, top edge gilt, plain paper jacket (original?). First Edition. Chicago: Printed for private circulation, 1898 Inscribed with the author’s compliments on front free endpaper. Scarce account of the author’s journey across the Plains in 1860 and of his experiences mining for gold in Colorado. Howes H105; Graff 1749. Dampstain at bottom edge of covers; light foxing; very good. (400/700)
138. Hamlin, Hannibal. Autograph Letter Signed by Hannibal Hamlin, to L. Bradford Prince. 9 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet 17x10.5 cm. (6¾x4¼”); neatly affixed at left edge to backing sheet with Hannibal’s name and offices ornately inked. Washington: Dec. 11, 1856 Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), governor and senator from Maine, and Lincoln’s first vice president, succinctly writes: “Dear Sir, Your favor of the 8th inst. was recd. last evening.” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine. (250/350)
139. Hardy, Thomas. The Vineyards and Wine Cellars of California. Edited by Thomas Pinney. Foreword by Robert Mondavi. Illustrated from photographs and with tipped in facsimile wine labels. (4to) 11¾x9, cloth-backed decorated boards; plain slipcase. One of 450 copies printed at Yolla Bolly Press. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1994 BCC 244. Fine. (200/300)
140. Harlow, Neal. The Maps of San Francisco Bay From the Spanish Discovery... Illustrated with collotype facsimiles of 21 maps on 19 plates, some fold-out. (Folio), red morocco-backed decorative boards, gilt lettered spine. One of 375 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1950 Superbly printed compendium of cartographic representations of the Bay of San Francisco, with excellent facsimile reproductions and scholarly descriptive text. One of the three great cartographic works issued by the Book Club of California. Prospectus laid in. BCC 77; GB 501; Graff 1784; Howes H202; Rocq 9699. A touch of wear to bottom edge; near fine. (500/800)
141. Harte, Francis Bret. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches. iv, [4], 239 pp. Original dark green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First Edition. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870 First issue of the first edition, without the story “Brown of Calaveras”. BAL 7246; Zamorano Eighty 40 Light wear and soiling to cloth; very good. (300/500)
Page 35 142. (Hawaii) Moore, Dr. W.L. Typed Letter Signed by Dr. W.L. Moore in Honolulu, referring to visit of Great White Fleet and death of Prince David Kawananakoa. 30 lines, on printed letterhead with his office in the Boston Building, Honolulu. Signed in pencil. 27x21 cm. (10½x8¼”). Honolulu: July 10th, 1908 Dr. Moore begins by bemoaning the coming of the Great White Fleet, due in less than a week, “The town is blossoming out in flags, bunting, card-sharps and buncoes generally from the U.S. I had nearly forgotten that there were such a lot of d-d rascalls loose. They mostly came down in the steerage, I hope they will go back that way or in a box...” Later he writes of the death of Prince David Kawananakoa, heir to the line of Queen Lili’uokalani, who had died in San Francisco in the beginning of June, “I am sending you a photo of the lying-in-state of one of the Princes who died at the Coast... He was a decent chap, rather thin as to grey matter, and that inclined to soften. They didn’t do a thing to him when he came here, I stood guard fourteen hours, in four hour spells of thirty minutes relief, from four the eight. The wailing and evidences of old royalty days was really impressive...” Fine condition. (200/300)
143. (Hawaii) The Missionary Herald, Containing the Proceedings at Large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; With a General View of Other Benevolent Operations. For the Year 1832. viii, 416, 32 pp. Engraved portrait, map, etc. (8vo), period full sheep. Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1832 Several articles on missionary efforts on Hawaii and the Sandwich Islands, map of the island chain at rear. Covers worn; foxing; good. (200/300)
144. Hawkins, T. S. Some Recollections of a Busy Life. 161 pp. 5 tipped in photographic plates. (8vo) original gilt lettered red cloth. First Edition. San Francisco: For the author, [1913] Inscribed by the author on front blank. Includes accounts of his overland journey to California and of California in the 19th century. One of 300 copies printed for the author at the Tomoye Press. Spine faded, near fine (100/150)
145. Heckrotte, Warren with Julie Sweetkind, editors. California 49: Forty-nine Maps of California from the sixteenth century to the present. xvi, 108 pp. Illustrated with reproduction of maps of California and the region, mostly in color; original large fold-out in pocket at rear. (4to), black cloth-backed color pictorial golden boards, paper spine label. First Edition. San Francisco: California Map Society, Occasional Paper No. 6, with The Book Club of California, 1999 Book and cover designed and printed by Marianne Hinckle, Ano Nuevo Island Press. A touch of wear; near fine. (100/150)
146. Hill, J.L. The End of the Cattle Trail. 120 pp. Illustrations from photographs. (8vo) original printed wrappers, custom cloth case. First Edition. Long Beach, Cal.: Geo. W. Moyle, [1923] “The author has written a splendid little book as far as the cattle trails are concerned; but like most old-timers, he has written some of it by hearsay”(Adams). Six Guns 986; Adams, Rampaging Herd 1035. A touch of wear to wrappers, booksellers penciled notes on title page; near fine. (100/150)
Page 36 147. Hittell, John S. A History of the City of San Francisco and incidentally of the State of California. 498 pp. (8vo), original decorated brown cloth lettered in gilt, rebacked with original spine cloth laid down, endpapers replaced. First Edition. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft, 1878 “The most reliable and standard authority that has yet appeared upon the period it includes. It was written in commemoration of the centennial of the United States, 1876” Cowan p.283; Howes H539. Soiling to cloth, corners rubbed; some marginal browning; good (200/300)
ADVENTURES OF “GRIZZLY” ADAMS 148. Hittell, Theodore H. The Adventures of James Capen Adams, Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter, of California. 378 pp. With 12 wood-engraved plates by Charles Nahl. (8vo) 7¾x4½, original blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. San Francisco: Towne & Bacon, 1860 Scarce first edition, based on Adams’ own account, of this story of one of the legendary California pioneers and mountain men. Greenwood notes that “Adams dictated his memoirs to Hittell at the Pacific Museum in San Francisco. Adams made a hunting expedition to the Rocky Mountains by way of Walker River, and the Humboldt Mountains, to Salt Lake. After a short stay there he continued past Ft. Bridger to Ham’s Fork and Smith’s Fork returning to California in the summer of 1854...” Cowan regarded it as “probably the most popular work of its time issued in California,” and Wagner -Camp explains that “In the course of Adams’s adventures, he hunted in the Rocky Mountains, traveling east from California by way of the Walker River and the Humboldt Mountains to Salt Lake in 1854...” Cowan p.284; Graff 1912; Greenwood 1274; Howes H543; Wagner-Camp 348:1; Zamorano Eighty 42. Cloth worn and with some soiling, spine stiffened; foxing, some marginal staining; good. (1000/1500)
149. Hittell, Theodore H. History of California. 4 volumes. (8vo) original brown half morocco and cloth, spine stamped in gilt and blind, all edges marbled. Second Edition. San Francisco: N.J. Stone, 1898 “By a capable historian who used, for the Spanish period, documents since destroyed” - Howes. Cowan calls it “The best history of California within reasonable proportions. The accuracy of its author is well known, and the individual who inclines to history will find it readable....” Cowan p.285; Howes H544; Zamorano Eighty 43. Spines a touch sunned, light edge wear; very good. (700/1000)
150. Hittell, Theodore H. History of California, Volumes 1 and 4. 2 volumes. xxxvi, 37-799; xli, [1], 43-823 pp. (8vo), original full sheep, morocco spine labels. First Edition. San Francisco: Pacific Press Publishing House and Occidental Publishing Co., 1885 First Edition of Volumes 1 & 2; later extended to 4 volumes (1898). Cowan notes it as “the best history of California within reasonable proportions... In the earlier half of his work, Mr. Hittell used very extensively for his sources of history the archives of California, which...were complete destroyed in the great fire of 1906....”- Cowan p. 285; Howes H544; Rocq 16925; Zamorano Eighty 43. Edges worn, front joint splitting on Volume 2; very good. (400/600)
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Page 37 151. Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Two Autograph Letters Signed by Oliver Wendell Holmes, recipient unnamed but certainly L. Bradford Prince. 1st is 12 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet; 2nd is 31 lines, on 1st 2 pages of 4-page lettersheet. Each 17.7x11.2 cm. (7x4½”), neatly affixed to the same backing sheet at left edge, with Holmes’ name and decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. Boston: Sept. 29 & Oct. 11, 1859 The distinguished man of letters declines invitations to lecture before the Flushing Library Association: “ I regret that my engagements for the coming season do not permit me to accept your kind invitation to lecture at Flushing...” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine condition. (400/700)
AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM SAM HOUSTON 152. Houston, Samuel. Autograph Letter Signed by Samuel Houston, to L. Bradford Prince. 10 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet 24x19.5 cm. (9½x7¾”); neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge, with Houston’s name decoratively lettered at top of sheet. Washington, D.C.: Dec. 8, 1856 Sam Houston (1793-1863), a leader of the Texas revolution and its days as an independent republic, writes as a U.S. senator to autograph seeker L.B. Prince, future governor of New Mexico Territory: “Yours of the 26th inst soliciting the favor of my Autograph is received and it affords me pleasure to comply with your request, Thine truly, Sam Houston.” As is typical, the signature is exceptionally bold and ornate. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Near fine to fine. (1000/1500)
HUMBOLDT AND BONPLAN IN SOUTH AMERICA 153. Humboldt, Alexander de and Aimé Bonpland. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799-1804. 6 (of 7) volumes in 7 (Volumes 1 & 2 in 1 volume; Volumes 5 & 6 each in 2 volumes; Volume 7 not present). xii, li, 293, [2], 294; [4], 575; [4], 573, [1]; [4], 502; [3], 502-865, [1 errata], 3; [8], 390; [4], (394)-845, [2 ad] pp. 8 maps and charts, 7 of which are folding. (8vo) 22.4x14 cm. (8¾x5½”), later red half-morocco and marbled boards, spines lettered in gilt. Third Edition of Volume 1 & 2, First Editions of all others. London: Longman, Hurst, et al, 1818-1826 Translated into English by Helen Maria Williams from the French edition, ‘Voyage aux Regions Equinoxiales de Nouveau Continent’ “On their famous travels, Humboldt and Bondland studied the meteorological phenomena, physical geography, and the ancient and modern cultures of the regions they explored. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name. He also made investigation into the properties of guano, which ultimately led to its export to Europe. He used scientific instruments for a continuous survey in orography, meteorology and earth magnetism. Bonpland studied plant life in its environmental conditions and collected about 60,000 specimens, among them thousands of new species and genera.” (Hill). Hill 848; Sabin 33770. Bindings well worn; some foxing, internally very good. (1000/1500)
154. Hutchings, J. M. In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. [4], xii, 13-496 pp. Illustrated with 29 inserted plates, including: frontispiece photo-type by Gutekunst, portrait of Hutchings from a photograph by Houseworth, 20 phototypos by Britton & Rey from photographs by Isaiah Taber, George Fiske and others, 2 artotypes by E. Bierstadt, 1 heliotype by Heliotype Ptg. Co., 1 red plate of a snow plant; and 3 wood-engraved plates; 2 maps (1 folding lithograph and 1 full-page); plus numerous wood engravings and photos within the text. 8½x5¾, original decorative olive green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, floral-patterned endpapers. First Edition, First Printing. Yo Semite Valley & Oakland, CA: The Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing House, 1886
Page 38 First printing, with the readings in the table of contents corresponding with those listed by Currey & Kruska. Accepted first issue, matching all the required points, including: frontispiece phototype by Gutekunst depicting no one seated behind the horse and a cabin without a lean- to; portrait of Hutchings is a “photo-typo” by Britton & Rey; the plate of Hutchings’ Old Cabin is reproduced by the Heliotype Ptg. Co. of Boston; this copy contains two artotypes printed by E. Bierstadt (most copies of the first edition included only one plate by Bierstadt, not having the one at p. [470], no priority established). The folding lithograph map is printed by the Heliotype Printing Co. Boston (“Apparently few printed...” Currey & Kruska). The author, J.M. Hutchings (1820-1902), a pioneer of the tourist industry in Yosemite and one of the first to visit there in winter, was Guardian to the Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove between 1880 and 1884. According to Farquhar, In the Heart of the Sierras was Hutchings’ crown publishing achievement and “...contains a great deal more...than an account of Hutchings’ personal experiences; it covers more fully than any other work of its day every aspect of Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees that could by considered of general interest to visitors.” Cowan (I), p. 117; (II), pp. 299-300; Currey & Kruska 175; Farquhar 18a; Rocq 5206. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped, front hinge cracked; short stub tear to folding map; very good. (500/800)
155. Irving, Washington. Autograph Letter Signed by Washington Irving, plus a signature on a separate sheet. Letter is 14 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet. Dated Sunnyside, Thursday morn. Oct. 30. * Signature is dated Sunnyside, Oct. 27th, 1856. Each approx. 20x13 cm. (7¾x5”), neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edges, overlapping, with Irving’s name decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. Sunnyside [Tarrytown, NY]: No year & 1856 Washington Irving (1783-1859), American author, essayist, biographer and historian, writes to “My dear Pierre, Your note is the only notification of any kind that I have received of the meeting which you tell me is to take place this evening at the Astor House. I dare not venture to town in my present decayed state of health unless the weather should hold up. I wish to could have this ______? at the meeting should I be prevented from attending. Yours affectionately, Washington Irving.” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Near fine. (600/900)
156. Jackson, Andrew. Clipped signature of Andrew Jackson as President, from a vellum document. 12.5x18 cm. (5x7¼”); neatly affixed to backing leaf at top edge. Washington, D.C.: June 14, 1833 The engraved partial document, filled out in ink, is signed by Jackson and by Edward Livingston as Secretary of State. Oddly, Livingston had been replaced by Louis McLane as Secretary of State on May 29th, but one assumes the latter was not yet available to execute his duties. The document relates in some way to South Carolina, and is countersigned by J.B. Pringle. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Mild offsetting and wear, very good. (500/800)
157. Jackson, Helen (H.H.). Ramona. A Story. [ii], 490, [4] ad pp. (8vo) original brown cloth stamped in gilt and black. First Edition. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884 The Zamorano Eighty reflects that the book is “...of course, not a great novel. But it is an exceedingly important California book for two reasons. A popular book, it spread the fame of California and no doubt inspired a considerable number of people to migrate here... And, second, by exposing the abuses to which Southern California Indians were subjected, it resulted in numerous wholesale reforms in the Administration of Indian affairs....” BAL 10456; Cowan p.307; Zamorano Eighty 46 Spine ends frayed, a bit of wear to edges; very good. (700/1000)
Page 39 158. (Japanese Delegation 1872) Two sheets with signatures of members of the Japanese Military and Civil Delegations to the United States in 1872. Two sheets: Signatures of four members of the military delegation, in English and Japanese. On sheet 30.5x26 cm. (12x10”). * Signatures of six members of the civil delegation, in English and Japanese. On letterhead of Excelsior Press Brick Manufacturing Company, 20.5x13 cm. (8¼x5¼”). Philadelphia: 1872 Signatures of members of the famed Irakawa Mission of Japan, which toured the world to get an idea of Western culture and economic and military prowess. The first with notation at bottom by William Prince, “Frankford Arsenal, Phila., March 27th, 1872. These constitute the Military portion of the Embassy of 1872... The autographs of the rest of the Embassy, on separate sheet were presented by a friend whose works they visited. Both English and Japanese names are autographic in all cases.” The entire Irakawa Mission numbered some 100 people, so these may have been a separate vanguard. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Very good or better condition. (400/700)
159. (Japanese Internment) DeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.L. Notice. Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, California, May 5, 1942. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41. Printed broadside announcement regarding Japanese Internment, 1942. 22x14”. San Francisco: U.S. Army, 1942 John L. DeWitt administered the Japanese internment program. List of four major points under Order No. 41. Faint dampstain to upper corner and along left margin, affecting a few letters, also to lower edge; else very good. (400/600)
160. Johnson, Laura Winthrop. Eight Hundred Miles in an Ambulance. 131 pp. 7x4½, original brown cloth, cover and spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1889 Graff - “An important first-hand account by a perceptive writer [who travelled]...from Cheyenne to visit forts and Indian agencies throughout Wyoming Territory in 1874.” Graff 2220; Howes J141. Minor wear to cloth, some damage to front pastedown endpaper; very good. (200/300)
161. Kent, William. Reminiscences of Outdoor Life. [iii]-xii, 305 pp. Foreword By Stewart Edward White. With original silver print frontispiece of Mount Tamalpais; 12 halftone plates from photographs. 7¾x5½, cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. First Edition. San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1929 While not credited, the frontispiece is by Ansel Adams. William Kent, who grew up in Marin County in the 1870’s, is today best remembered for donating to the federal government the land that became Muir Woods National Monument. A touch of wear to extremities, rear hinge cracking; very good. (100/150)
162. Kimball, Charles P. The San Francisco City Directory...September 1, 1850. 139 pp. 5¾x4, dark maroon cloth, lettered in gilt. San Francisco: Journal of Commerce Press, 1850, [but c. 1890] Later issue with 3 additional pages of “omitted names” at rear. An alphabetical listing of residents in San Francisco from 1850, contains over 2500 names and an appendix of general information. Howes states: “First real directory of this city, preceded only by two business directories.” Only five copies are known to exist of the first printing. Cowan 132; Graff 2321-2; Howes K134. Light extremity wear, gift inscription on front free endpaper, glue residue from removed bookplate on verso of front flyleaf; very good. (200/300)
Page 40 163. King, Clarence. Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada. [6], 292 pp. (8vo) 20.3x13 cm. (8x5¼”), publisher’s brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition, First Issue. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1872 First issue, with the JRO monogram on the title page, “University Press: Welch, Bigelow & Co., Cambridge” on its reverse, and “Cambridge: Electrotyped and Printed by Welch, Bigelow & Co.” on the foot of p. 292. The Zamorano 80 describes the work as “A pleasing series of sketches about the Sierra Nevada, by a man who in 1879 became the first Director of the United States Geological Survey.” The book is so well-written that Farquhar notes: “The lack of further words from the pen of Clarence King has been deplored by his friends and admirers as well as by the thousands who have read Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada.” Bookplate of S.S. Howland. Cowan p. 328; Currey & Kruska 224; Farquhar 12a; Graff 2329; Howes K148; Zamorano Eighty 47. Spine faded, some wear and spotting to cloth, hinges cracked; very good. (200/300)
164. Kruska, Dennis. James Mason Hutchings of Yo Semite: A Biography and Bibliography. xvi, 324, [1] pp. Illustrations from photographs, old engravings, etc. (Folio) black and green cloth, paper label on front, spine lettered in gilt. One of 500 copies. First Edition. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2009 Prospectus laid in. The bibliography “provides and annotated listing of all known Hutching’s publications and those he influenced. Most items in the bibliography are illustrated and some of them have never before been reproduced.” (From publisher’s prospectus.) Fine. (200/300)
165. Kurutz, Gary F. The California Gold Rush: A Descriptive Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets Covering the Years 1848-1853. xxvii, 771 pp. Illustrated with plates. (8vo), blue cloth, stamped in gilt, plain paper jacket. 1 of 1000 copies, produced by W. Thomas Taylor. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1997 The key reference on the subject. Fine (200/300)
166. Kurutz, Gary. An Essay...on A Bibliography of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906 by Robert E. Cowan’s. With a leaf from the Club’s 1914 first edition. 10½x7¾, cloth-backed boards. One of 390 copies printed at the Allen Press. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1993 BCC 201. Fine (100/150)
167. Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von. Langsdorff’s Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806... Translated by Thomas C. Russell. xiv, 158 pp. Illustrated with a folding map, facsimiles of original German and English edition title-pages, 2 portraits (of Langsdorff and Rezanov), and five plates from engravings in the original German edition of 1812. 10x6½, linen-backed blue boards, paper spine label, edges untrimmed, jacket with paper spine label. One of 260 copies. San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1927 Signed by Russell at the limitation statement. Langsdorff was a naturalist with Kruzenshtern on his voyage around the world. This volume reprints the California-related portion of his work, and includes a reproduction of the first published view of San Francisco, which was issued with the original German edition but not its English translation. Howes L81; Cowan p.382; Hill, 970; Rocq 15908. Dampstain at bottom edge of jacket and volume; very good. (200/300)
Page 41 168. Larkin, Thomas Oliver. The Larkin Papers: Personal, Business, and Official Correspondence of Thomas Oliver Larkin, Merchant and United States Consul in California. 11 volumes. Edited by George Peter Hammond. Illustrated including frontispieces from early photographs and other sources. (8vo), green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, dust jackets. First Editions. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1951-1968 Papers of Thomas Oliver Larkin, perhaps the most important merchant in Mexican California and the only U.S. Consul in the province. An important compilation, shedding light on events during a seminal period of California history, from 1822 to 1858. Includes Index Volume XI, which was not published until 4 years after completion of the main work. Jackets with some fading and light wear, volumes near fine to fine. (500/800)
ARTWORK BY TOM LEA 169. Lea, Tom (1907-2001). Aticca and Ch’in - Print, matted and framed. Print, image size 34x24.7 cm. (13¼x9¾”) plus margins. Matted and framed, overall 54.7x44.5 cm (21½x17½”). 1983 Signed and titled in ink in lower margin. Appears fine, not examined out of frame. (400/600)
170. Lea, Tom (1907-2001). Great River of the North - Print, matted and framed. Color print, image size 59.2x39.2 cm. (23¼x15½”) plus margins. Matted and framed, overall 87x64.5 cm (34¼x25½”). El Paso: 1983 Title printed in the lower margin. Signed, dated and inscribed in pencil by Lea at lower right. Inscription reads: “To my friend John Knight - regards”. Appears fine, not examined out of frame. (700/1000)
171. Lea, Tom (1907-2001). Recuerdo de Lagrimas - Print, matted and framed. Color print, image size 33.2x49.2 cm. (13x19½”) plus margins. Matted and framed, overall 54.4x70.4 cm (21½x27¾”). Number 199 of 200. 1967 Titled, numbered and signed in pencil in lower margin. Appears fine, not examined out of frame. (500/800)
172. Lea, Tom (1907-2001). The River Li - Print, matted and framed. Color print, image size 49.2x65.2 cm. (19¼x25¾”) plus margins. Matted and framed, overall 77.2x91.5 cm (30½x36”). 1984 Titled and signed in pencil by Lea in the lower margin. Inscribed by the artist ‘For Judy and John Knight”. Appears fine, not examined out of frame. (700/1000)
173. Lea, Tom (1907-2001). Where the Hawks Live - Print, matted and framed. Color print, image size 54x36 cm. (21¼x14¼”) plus margins. Matted and framed, overall 80x60.5 cm (31½x23¾”). 1972 Titled, signed, and inscribed in pencil by Lea in lower margin. Inscription reads: “For John Knight - with regards”. One of three unnumbered proofs. Appears fine, not examined out of frame. (800/1200)
Page 42 TOM LEA CHARCOAL DRAWING OF SEATED NUDE 174. Lea, Tom (1907-2001). Seated Nude - Original charcoal and pastel on paper. Original charcoal and pastel drawing on brown paper. Visible area 27.8x38 cm. (10¾x15”). Matted and framed, overall 43x53 cm. (17x21”). January 31, 1944 An attractive young lady seated on a chaise, her right knee raised and her forearms crossed behind her head. Signed and dated in charcoal at lower left. Label of the Adair Margo Gallery on rear. Appears fine, not examined out of frame. (3000/5000)
Lor 174
175. Lea, Tom. A Picture Gallery. 2 volumes. With text by the artist. Illustrations from paintings by Tom Lea, including 35 plates (12 in color) loose in accompanying portfolio. 11x8½ & 15½x11, two- tone cloth, spines lettered in gilt, both housed in the original slipcase with paper cover labels. First Edition. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., [1968] Fine examples from Lea’s work throughout his career. Some light wear, bookplates; very good. (100/150)
176. (Lea, Tom) Group of magazines with contributions by Tom Lea. Includes: Life Magazine issues for 1/27/41, 7/7/41, 4/27/42, 5/25/42, 3/22/43, 4/5/43 (2 copies), 8/2/43, 5/29/44, 7/10/44, 4/30/45, 6/11/45, 7/11/49, 2/20/50, 7/8/57, 7/15/57; Saturday Evening Post issues for 4/26/41, 12/27/41, 6/13/42, 8/29/42. Together 20 magazines. Various places: Various dates Some light wear, all very good or better. (300/500)
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Page 43 177. Lee, James. Operation Lifeline: History and Devlopment of the Naval Air Transport Service. Photgraphs by Joe Rosenthal. (4to) original blue cloth. One of 1000 copies of the Deluxe Edition. First Edition. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, [1947] Signed at the limitation statement by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; Vice Admiral A.W. Radford and, Rear Admiral J.W. Reeves, Jr. Some light wear; very good. (200/300)
178. Lehmann, Herman. Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians. Edited by J. Marvin Hunter. x, 235 pp. Illustrated with photo plates. 7¼x4¾, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., [1927] Howes lists the present book as the second edition of A Condensed History of the Apache and Comanche Indian Tribes, by Jonathan H. Jones, which was published in 1899. Hunter, however, in a letter that accompanied another copy of the book offered previously by PBA Galleries, wrote that “I knew Herman Lehmann for some thirty five of forty years. He had been re-civilized, but still he had the mind of an Indian... His nephew employed me to write the book, so Herman came to Bandera and spent several weeks with me, and I believe I have his experience pretty accurately....” Hunter went on to complain of a change made in the original manuscript, and the fact that he was changed from author to merely editor. Howes J232. Light wear to jacket; else fine. (100/150)
179. Leighly, John. California as an Island. Illustrated with 25 map plates, some folding; hand-colored title page vignette. 13¾x8¼, brown morocco-backed pictorial boards. One of 450 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1972 Thorough examination of this fascinating period of California cartography. BCC 141; GHB 60. Fine. (700/1000)
180. Leonard, Zenas. Adventures of Zenas Leonard: Fur Trader and Trapper 1831-1836. 317 pp. Introduction by W.F. Wagner. Folding frontispiece map; facsimile of the original title-page; 2 portrait plates, sketch map of California missions and one other illustration. (8vo), blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. One of 520 copies. Second Edition. Cleveland: Burrows Brothers, 1904 The earliest readily obtainable edition of the principal source of firsthand information concerning the California expedition of Joseph Reddeford Walker, of which the Rocky Mountain trapper Leonard was a member, during which the first non-Indians are believed to have gazed down upon the Yosemite Valley. The 1839 first edition is exceptionally rare. Cowan, p. 389; Currey & Kruska 235; Farquhar 1b; Howes L264; Zamorano Eighty 50. Jacket chipped and with archival tape repairs on verso; light wear to volume edges; near fine in a good jacket. (500/800)
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Page 44 181. (Lewis & Clark Expedition) Beckham, Stephen Dow, et al. The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Bibliography and Essays. 315 pp. Essays by Stephen Dow Beckham. Bibliography by Doug Erickson, Jeremy Skinner and Paul Merchant. Extensively illustrated with facsimiles and plates, a number in color. 12x8¼, half calf & cloth, pictorial inset on front cover, gilt lettering on cover & spine, with cloth slipcase lettered in gilt. No. 88 of 100 copies of the special edition. First Edition. Portland, OR: Lewis & Clark College, 2003 Signed by Erickson, Skinner and Merchant on the limitation leaf. A comprehensive bibliography of the Corps of Discovery based on the extensive collection of Lewis and Clark material in the Watzek Library at Lewis an Clark College, with essays on the various works and personages, and account of the growth of the collection at Lewis and Clark College. Prospectus laid in. Light wear to slipcase; else fine. (200/300)
182. (Lewis & Clark Expedition) Clark, William. The Field Notes of Captain William Clark 1803-1805. xxxv, [3], 335 pp. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Ernest Staples Osgood. Illustrated with collotype facsimiles of the entire collection of 67 field note documents; a few figure drawings, facsimile map; portrait vignette from an engraving on the title page. (Folio) 14x10, original green and black cloth, stamped in gilt, pictorial jacket. First Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964 A well-organized and meticulously edited volume with extensive annotations and a very insightful introduction for these rare and valuable documents of one of the most famous explorations in American history. Jacket edge worn, longer tear on rear panel; volume with only light wear; near fine in a very good jacket. (200/300)
183. (Lincoln, Abraham) Scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings related to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and to a lesser extent James Garfield. Approx. 60 leaves, covered on both sides with 3 columns of newsclippings. 30x25 cm. (11¾x10”), cloth. Various places: 1865 & 1881, The terrible assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield unfold in print, from the first word of the shootings, the deaths of the presidents, the pursuit and capture of the instigators, the funerals, reaction of the nation, etc. The first 42 leaves contain the Lincoln material, the remainder Garfield. Well worn, leaves quite brittle with chipping, some detached, but the clippings themselves have fared better. (300/500)
184. Lloyd, B[enjamin] E. Lights and Shades of San Francisco. 523 pp. Illustrated with wood-engraved plates. (8vo), period sheep, spine gilt with morocco lettering-piece. First Edition. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft, 1876 “The author has been accused of a tendency to incline to the sensational, but his is yet the best work descriptive of the familiar and unfamiliar features of old San Francisco” (Cowan). Cowan p.394; Howes L404. Joints and hinges repaired; lacking illustrated title page, light foxing; good. (150/250)
185. [Lomas, Thomas J.]. Recollections of a Busy Life. 220 pp. 7¼x5¼, modern black leather lettered in gilt, pages largely unopened. First Edition. [Cresco, Iowa]: [1923] “The author relates memories of his 1864 wagon trip to Honey Lake, California. It seems that only a small number of copies were printed for his relations, making the book very scarce today” - Mintz. Graff 2523; Howes L436; Mintz, The Trail 298. Slight rubbing at edges; fine. (700/1000)
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Page 45 186. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Autograph Salutation Signed by Henry W. Longfellow. 3 lines, in ink, on sheet 11.5x18 cm. (4½x7”); neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge, with Longfellow’s name decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. No place: Oct. 23, 1856 The most popular American poet of the 19th century writes: “Yours faithfully, Henry W. Longfellow, October 23, 1856.” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine condition. (300/500)
187. Lord, Eliot. Comstock Mining and Miners. 451 pp. 3 maps (2 folding). (4to), original full sheep, morocco labels. Washington: G.P.O., 1883 USGS Monograph 4, issued as Volume 16, No. 51 of the Miscellaneous Documents of the House of Representatives for the First Session of the Forty-Seventh Congress, 1881-’82. “Far more than a usual government report, this book is a comprehensive and well written narrative history of the Comstock Lode which transcends local importance and interest.” Paher 1170. Covers detached and worn; internally very good. (200/300)
188. Lowell, James Russell. Autograph Letter Signed by James Russell Lowell, to L. Bradford Prince, along with Autograph Poem Signed by Lowell. Poem is 4 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet 11x18 cm. (4½x7”). May 27, 1857. * Letter is 15 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet 20.5x12.5 cm. (8x5”). both neatly affixed to single backing sheet at one edge, partially overlapping, with Lowell’s name decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. Cambridge, MA: 1857 & 1859 James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891, distinguished poet and man of letters, writes to L.B. Prince to decline an invitation, undoubtedly to lecture at the Flushing Library Association. The poem is four lines, beginning “Oh then, when days are yet all Spring...” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine condition. (400/600)
189. Lyman, George D. John Marsh, Pioneer: The Life Story of a Trail-blazer on Six Frontiers. 394 pp. Illustrated with plates from photographs, paintings, engravings, etc.; 4 inserted folding facsimile letters. Two-toned red cloth, leather spine label, top edge gilt, acetate, matching slipcase. No. 127 of 150 copies. First Edition. New York: Scribner’s, 1930 Signed by author on limitation page. Also included is a typed letter, signed, to an admirer of his work. Classic work into the fascinating life of this pioneering doctor’s life in California and the West. The facsimile letters were not issued for the regular trade edition. Howes L578; Cowan p.400. Slipcase splitting along bottom corners; spine a bit sunned; bookplate removed from recto of limitation leaf with resulting staining from the glue; very good. (100/150)
190. (Maine) Coe, Harrie B. Maine: Resources, Attractions, and Its People. 4 volumes. Illustrations from photographs, etc. (4to) original green cloth. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1928 Volumes 1 & 2 contain historical information, Volumes 3 & 4 biographical sketches of Maine residents. Light wear; very good. (200/300)
Page 46 191. Manly, William Lewis. Death Valley in ‘49: Important Chapter of California Pioneer History. 498 pp. Portrait frontispiece of the author; 3 plates from drawings. (8vo), original mustard cloth, front cover decorated and lettered in black, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. San Jose: Pacific Tree and Vine Co., 1894 “Classic account, by a survivor, of dire sufferings endured by an emigrant party...through the valley called ever after by this fearful name” - Howes. Cowan p.412; Howes M255; Kurutz 427a; Zamorano Eighty 51. Light wear and soiling; very good. (200/300)
192. Mann, Horace. Autograph Sentiment Signed by Horace Mann, on Antioch College letterhead. 5 lines, in ink, on sheet 19.5x16.5 cm. (7¾x6½”), with engraving of Antioch College at top. Yellow Springs, Ohio: Nov. 14, 1856 Horace Mann (1796-1859), American education reformer and statesman, opines: “Why ask a name? Small is the good it brings; Names are but breath; deeds, deeds, alone are things. Horace Mann.” Neatly affixed top backing sheet at top edge; the backing sheet has Mann’s name decoratively calligraphed at top. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Faintly creased from old folds, else near fine. (300/500)
SEVERAL MAPS 193. (Map) Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel. Basis Geographiae Recentioris Astronomica. Copper-engraved double-hemisphere map of the world, slight hand-coloring in outline. 48.3x57.5 cm. (19x22½”), glued down on backing board. Numemberg: J.B. Homann, c.1740 The world with California an island, surrounded by pictures of astronomical instruments, eclipses, etc., and with tables of places above and below. Very good, though laid down. (500/800)
194. (Map) Laurie & Whittle. A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, Divided into North and South and West Indies. Wherein are Exactly Described the United States of North America, as well as the several European Possessions according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20 1783. Compiled from Mr. d’Anville’s Maps of that Continent...& Corrected in the several Parts belonging to Great Britain from the Original Materials of Governor Pownall... Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline, colored pictorial cartouche. On four sheets joined in two pairs (north and south); overall approx. 103x118 cm. (40½x46½”). London: Laurie & Whittle, 1794 Very large, detailed map of North and South America at the close of the 18th century, with good detail in the east and southwest of North America, but the western portions still largely blank; in the northwest, the coast is shown with fair accuracy, but only as far as Queen Charlotte’s Isles. California boasts a R. de los Delores flowing westward into Puerto de la Bodega el Cordon, also identified as Sr. Francis Drake’s Harbour 1579, and well north of that is Pta. de los Reyes. To the south, R. del Carmel plunges into the sea just north of S. Diego. In the left-hand portion of the southern sheet is a large table giving colonial possessions, and below that a large inset of Baffin’s and Hudson’s Bays, Greenland, etc. Wheat Transmississippi 226. The left panel of the lower half, which includes the “supplement” showing arctic portions, has split off, but not through any land masses; a few short tears, several minor repairs, some fairly unobtrusive soiling and offsetting, good to very good, suitable for repair. (1000/1500)
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196. (Map) Stoopendaal, Daniel. Werelt Caert. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored (later). 30.5x45.5 cm (12x17¾”). [Rotterdam]: c.1680 Double-hemisphere map of the world, with California an island, surrounded by pictorial engravings allegorical of the four continents, with two spheres depicting the solar system; from a Dutch bible with text on the verso. The engravings surrounding the map are the same as those on the second world Bible map produced by Nicolaas Visscher, Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata... (Shirley 431, 1663), but the map has changed to accommodate evolving geographical suppositions. These include the insular nature of California, the lack of any definition of the northwest coast of America, a more refined east coast of North America and a more accurate South America. Also, there are many sailing ships plying the oceans, and more identified islands in the Pacific, as the Dutch traders opened the Spice Islands. In fact, the geography of the map is nearly identical to the Pieter Goos world map of 1666, “Orbis Lot 196 Terrarum Nova Et Accuratissima Tabula...” (Shirley 438). Signed in the plate by the engraver Daniel Stoopendaal, with signature mark “6” at the lower right of the image. The rich coloring is undoubtedly later. Shirley 498. Expert and nearly indiscernible restoration, extending the margins and repairing a few tears, near fine. (2500/3500)
197. Marcy, R[andolph] B. Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border; Comprising Descriptions of the Indian Nomads of the Plains, Explorations of New Territories; A Trip Across the Rocky Mountains in the Winter; Descriptions of the Habits of Different Animals Found in the West, and the Methods of Hunting Them; With Incidents in the Life of Different Frontier Men, &c., &c. 442 pp. Illustrated with wood-engraved plates (included in pagination). 8½x5½, rebound in black half calf and cloth. First Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866 A picture of the opening of the western frontier drawn by one who participated in it, with sketches of the frontiersmen who made it possible, descriptions of hunting and trapping game, encounters with Indians, etc. Flake 5723; Graff 2679; Howes M280; Rader 2348; Smith 6511. Some wear to boards and corners, modern endpapers; embossed library stamp on title page, foxing; good. (100/150)
Page 48 FIVE-MASTED SCHOONER GEORGE H. BILLINGS PAINTED BY WILLIAM EDGAR 198. (Maritime Painting) Edgar, William. Schooner George H. Billings. Oil painting on canvas, signed in lower right W. Edgar. 47x69 cm. (18½x27”), framed. No place: No date The 1,260-ton, five-masted schooner George H. Billings under sail. The ship was built in 1903 at the Hall Brothers shipyard at Port Blakeley for the firms own account, and named for the manager of the Hall Brothers fleet. This was the last sailing vessel built by this historic yard, the 108th of the Hall sailors. It was burned for scrap at San Pedro in February, 1941. The ship is pictured in Pacific Lumber Ships by Gordon Newell and Joe Williamson (p.41), and in West Coast Windjammers by Jim Gibbs (p.25). The noted maritime artist William Edgar was born in Australia, and was active by 1870 in Honolulu, Sydney, Newcastle, and New South Wales. He was in San Francisco in 1908, 1912 and 1918; while there he painted seascapes and a view of the Farallon Islands. The accuracy of his ship portraits evince his thorough knowledge of the subjects. See Edan Hughes, Artists in California II, p.165. Mild, even soiling, very good or better. (7000/10000)
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199. (Maritime Painting) Oil painting of the three-masted schooner Smallwood. Oil painting on canvas. 50x74 cm. (19¾x29”), framed, overall 61x84 cm. (24x33”). No place: No date The three-masted schooner, flying the stars and stripes, knifes through the waves under full sail. A few scrapes and scratches to the surface, very good. (300/500)
200. (Maritime Painting) Untitled and unsigned painting of a large sailing vessel battered by wind and waves. Oil painting on canvas. 55x75 cm. (21¾x29½”), framed. No place: c.1920? Dramatic scene of the large sailing ship on the brink of foundering, several masts broken off, a small patch of sail its only means of momentum, a lighthouse in the background indicates the threat of land. Very good or better. (500/800)
Page 49 PAINTING OF A CIVIL WAR BLOCKADE RUNNER 201. (Maritime Painting) Watercolor and gouache painting of the steamship Susan Beirne. Watercolor and gouache on paper, unsigned. 61x85 cm. (21x33½”), framed under plexiglass, overall 74x99 cm. (29x42¾”). No place: c.1860? The steamship Susan Beirne (sometimes O’Beirne), built by Aitkin & Mansell in Glasgow, Scotland, was a blockade runner during the America Civil War. In the painting, she is flying the Union Jack as well as the ensign of the Blue Cross Line of T. & W. Smith. The name of the ship is on a pennant flaying from the aft mast. Some minor creasing and a few small spots, else very good or better, not examined out of frame. (1000/1500)
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Page 50 202. Marryat, Frank. Mountains and Molehills, or Recollections of a Burnt Journal. x, [2], 443 pp. With 8 chromolithographed plates with tissue guards, from drawings by the author. (8vo), ox-blood morocco-backed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1855 One of the most sought-after books on the California Gold Rush, noteworthy both for the striking color lithographs and the entertaining text. Wheat declares it an “excellent narrative of experiences in the diggings, with colored lithographic plates of great beauty and importance. The New York edition...lacked these remarkable plates” - Wheat. Kurutz quotes Howell as calling the book one of the best descriptions of life in the mines, and lauds both the graphic excellence of the plates as well as their revelation of the author’s wry sense of humor. Cowan p.416; Graff 2685; Howes M299; Kurutz 329a; Wheat Gold Rush 137; Zamorano Eighty 52. Minor wear to extremities; some foxing, heavier on plates; very good. (800/1200)
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203. Mayer, Brantz. Mexico As It Was and As It Is. xii, 390, [1] pp. Numerous wood engravings, full page and in text. (8vo) 8¾x6, original brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. First Edition. New York: J. Winchester, New World Press, 1844 Spine faded, ends frayed, glue repair to spine head, edge wear; foxing; good. (100/150)
204. McCall, George A. Letters from the Frontiers. Written During a Period of Thirty Years’ Service in the Army of the United States. 539 pp. 8x5, rebound in modern cloth. First Edition. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1868 Major General George Archibald McCall (1802 – 1868) graduated from West Point in 1822, served in the second Seminole War, the Mexican War, and in New Mexico thereafter. He retired in 1853, but rejoined the military during the Civil War, only to be captured and sent to Libby Prison for several months before being exchanged. Top corner of title-page and flyleaf torn off, rubberstamp of Mount Pleasant Academy to title-page and a few places within, very good. (100/150)
Page 51 SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF MCGLASHAN’S DONNER PARTY 205. McGlashan, C[harles] F[ayette]. History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierras. 193 pp. (8vo), original blindstamped brown cloth, rebacked in plain brown cloth. First Edition. Truckee: Crowley & McGlashan, [1879] “The ordeal of the Donner Party is one of the most memorable events in the history of overland narratives” - Graff. Howes notes this as “the best account of the most harrowing of all overland disasters.” Cowan p.406; Graff 2610; Howes M102; Zamorano Eighty 53. Some restoration to cloth, endpapers replaced; paper somewhat browned; very good. (3000/5000)
ACCOUNT OF THE SECOND VIGILANCE COMMITTEE 206. McGowan, Edward. Narrative of Edward McGowan, Including a Full Account of the Author’s Adventures and Perils, While Persecuted by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856. 240 pp. Seven full- page woodcut plates & one text illustration. Final text leaf supplied in facsimile. (Small 8vo) 7x4½, original pictorial front wrapper, rear wrapper and spine replaced, housed in a custom chemise and red morocco-backed slipcase. First Edition. San Francisco: By The Author, 1857 Edward McGowan (1807-1893) launched his nefarious career in his native Pennsylvania and moved on to San Francisco in 1849, where his political exertions soon earned him the sobriquet of “Ned McGowan, the Ballot-Box Stuffer.” In 1856 he was indicted by the Second Vigilance Committee for complicity in the murder of editor James King of William by James M. Casey, so he skedaddled out of town. He was eventually acquitted of that charge and wrote this scintillating narrative to justify his departure and to document his innocence in that case as well as numerous other crimes and affrays. McGowan was later involved in lawless activities in the Fraser River mines of Canada and in an Arizona battalion of the Confederate Army. Many years later he returned to San Francisco to live out his long life. Everett Storm, in the Graff Catalogue, describes McGowan as “a prime rascal, one of the truly colorful characters in California during the middle of the last century.” In wrappers or rebound, the Narrative is most uncommon, if not as “excessively rare” as Adams proclaims it to be. Adams, Six-Guns, 653; Cowan, p. 407; Graff 2611; Howes M103; Rocq 10310; Sabin 43278; Wheat, Gold Rush, 132; Zamorano 80: 54. Bookplate of Louise E. Goodman on chemise. Some chipping and soiling to front wrapper, original spine and rear wrapper lacking and replaced with plain paper; final text leaf lacking and supplied in facsimile, foxing throughout; very good. (2000/3000)
Lot 205 Lot 206 Page 52 207. McGowan, Edward. Narrative of Edward McGowan, Including a Full Account of the Author’s Adventures and Perils While Persecuted by the San Francisco Vigilante Committee of 1856. Together with a Report of His Trial, which Resulted in His Acquittal. [10], 240 pp. Plates from wood engravings; facsimiles of original title-page & front wrapper. 8x5, original boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. One of 200 copies. Second Edition. San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1917 Signed by Russell at the limitation. First published in 1857, described in The Zamorano Eighty as “one of the rare pieces of Californiana...published in pamphlet form by `Ned’ McGowan, one-time justice of the peace in San Francisco, and an ex-convict from Pennsylvania, as a vindication of his conduct in absconding after being accused of complicity in the murder of James King of William....” Adams says that this edition is “line for line, page for page from the original edition complete with reproductions, in facsimile, of the original illustrations, cover- page title and title page” and calls it scarce. Adams Six-guns 1408; Cowan p.407; Howes M103; Zamorano Eighty 54 (note). Spine a touch sunned, splits along joints, bookplate; very good. (200/300)
208. McLane, Louis. Autograph Letter Signed by Louis McLane as Secretary of State, to U.S. Marshal William Waddle, plus two exchange certificates of the Morris Canal & Banking Company signed by McLane. Letter is 15 lines, on single sheet 25x20 cm. (10x8”), * Two engraved certificates of exchange, filled out in ink to William Robert Prince (proprietor of Prince’s Linnaean Botanic Garden in Flushing), for 200 pounds sterling and 50 pounds sterling, signed by McLane as president, F.A. Alexander as cashier, and endorsed by Prince on the verso. 11.5x20 cm. (4½x8”). Sept. 23, 1836. All neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge, partially overlapping. Washington & Jersey City: 1834 & 1836 Louis McLane (1786-1857), was at various times U.S. congressman, senator, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State, Minister to the United Kingdom, and President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, as well as his position at the Morris Canal & Banking Company. The letter instructs the U.S. Marshal Wm. Waddell on the discharge of funds from an account under his control. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Very good or better condition. (300/500)
209. McMaster, S.W. 60 Years On the Upper Mississippi. My Life and Experiences. [iv], 300 pp. (8vo) 7x5, original maroon pebbled wrappers titled in gilt. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and morocco- backed slipcase. First Edition. Rock Island, Illinois: 1893 [but 1895] Although the title page is dated 1893 events in 1894 are mentions and the ‘printer’s introduction’ is dated 1895. An account of the author’s long life along the Mississippi in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri. An interesting narrative of river life and pioneer condition, much information on the Mormons. Howes M168; Graff 2642. Some wear at extremities; very good. (250/350)
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Page 53 MCMURTRY’S NARROW GRAVE, ONE OF 250 COPIES 210. McMurtry, Larry. In A Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas. [2], xviii, 177, [1] pp. Introduction; bibliography. 22.7x15.7 cm. (9x6¼”), quarter split calf & boards, slipcase. No. 98 of 250 copies. First Edition. Austin, TX: The Encino Press, [1968] Signed by McMurtry on the half-title, as issued. Signed by designer William D. Wittliff on leaf following p. [178]. Author’s first book of non-fiction and fourth book overall. Fine in nearly fine (slightly sunned) slipcase. (2000/3000)
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY HERMAN MELVILLE 211. Melville, Herman. Autograph Letter Signed by Herman Melville, to L. Bradford Prince, Esq. 15 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet, neatly affixed along left edge to backing sheet. 20.3x12.3 cm. (8x5”). Pittsfield, MA: Sept. 21st, no year The American author of Moby Dick, Typee and other novels, agrees to give a lecture: “With much willingness I accept your invitation to lecture before the Flushing Library Association, and beg leave to name Monday Nov. 7th for the time. My subject (if it suit you) will be Travel: Its Pleasures, Pains & Profit. Yours very truly, H. Melville.” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine condition. (7000/10000)
212. Meyers, William H. Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands in the United States Sloop- of-War Cyane. Edited by John Haskell Kemble. Illustrated with 10 plates after sketches by Meyers, colored with linoleum blocks; frontispiece map. (Folio), red morocco-backed tan linen, gilt-lettered spine. One of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1955 With the Tom Killion designed bookplate of Roger K. Larson. GB 568; BCC 91. Light soiling to cloth; near fine. (300/500)
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Page 54 213. Meyers, William H. Naval Sketches of the War in California reproducing twenty-eight Drawings made in 1846-47 by William H. Meyers, Gunner on the U.S. Sloop-of-War Dale. Descriptive text by Capt. Dudley Knox. Introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Illustrated with 28 plates after the original drawings, colored with linoleum blocks. (Folio), white leather-backed marbled boards. One of 1000 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. New York: Random House, 1939 Meyers served aboard the U.S.S. Dale during the conquest of California by U.S. forces. The plates were reproduced from the original drawings in the collection of Franklin D. Roosevelt. GB 317 Spine leather browned and scuffed; very good. (250/350)
214. Miller, Joaquin. Life Amongst the Modocs: Unwritten History. viii, 400 pp. (8vo), original orange- brown cloth, stamped in black on front, title in gilt on spine. First Edition, preceding the American edition by one year. London: Richard Bentley, 1873 Phil Hanna in Zamorano 80 states: “A Curious account of Miller’s life and experiences with the Indians of Northern California, largely devoted to his quixotic attempt to form an Indian republic among the Pit River Indians, the Klamaths, Shastas, and Modocs, and of his participation in the so-called Pit River Massacre.” BAL 13755 (Binding A); Cowan p. 429; Howes M608; Zamorano Eighty 55. Spine leaning, some extremity wear, fading to spine and top of boards, previous owner’s signature on dedication leaf; very good. (500/800)
215. (Mining) Panoramic sepia-tone photograph of mining engineer J.O. Gillice, mine owner Henry J. Bartlett, John Bergin and another looking over the Trinity River. 12.5x45.4 cm. (5x17¾”). Captioned on verso: “Trinity River; Junction City. Calif. Placer. Dec. 1930... In picture lf to rt: John Bergin, Henry J. Barltett [sic], J.O. Gillice W.G.A.” with an indecipherable signature. California: 1930 Nice view of the mining entrepreneurs looking over the Trinity River in northern California with an eye towards the mineral prospects. Bartlett was the owner of the Congress Mine in Nye County, Nevada. Mild fading, very good. (200/300)
216. (Mining) Prospectus of the Hudson Properties, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, on the West End of the Sun and Moon Vein... [16] pp. incl. self-wrappers. Illustrated from photographs & maps. 30.5x23 cm. (12x9”). Denver: 1905 Detailed and informative prospectus of this gold mining company. No copies are listed by OCLC/WorldCat. Horizontal crease, a little edge wear, very good. (300/500)
217. (Mining) The New La Paz Gold Mining Company [Arizona]. 24 pp. Double-page map & a few facsimiles of documents. 23x9.5 cm. (9x3¾”), wrappers with raised gilt lettering. Los Angeles: Press of Baumgardt Publishing Co., [1916] The mining property was in southwestern Arizona between Quartzite and Ehernberg. No copies of the prospectus are listed in OCLC/WorldCat, though there are two bluelines and one manuscript map of the mining company lands listed, all at U.C. Berkeley. Laid in loose is a blank subscription form for stock in the company, the shares with par value of $1.00 could be had for the special rate of 50 cent. Fine condition. (250/350)
Page 55 218. (Modoc War) Two volumes on the Modoc War. Includes: Riddle, Jeff C., The Son of Winema. (The Heroine of the Modoc War). The Indian History of the Modoc War. Red cloth, stamped in black. Letter from Angus Cameron to Mrs. Alfred Knopf laid in. [1914]. * Thompson, Colonel William. Reminiscences of a Pioneer. Blue cloth. 1912. Two volumes. Various places: Various dates History of the Modoc War from both perspectives. Some light wear; very good. (200/300)
219. Mourelle, Don Francisco Antonio. Voyage of the Sonora in the Second Bucareli Expedition to Explore the Northwest Coast Survey the Port of San Francisco and Found Franciscan Missions and a Presidio and Pueblo at that Port. Translated by Daines Barrington from the original Spanish manuscript. Illustrated with 2 folding maps; frontispiece portrait of Barrington. (4to), blue cloth and boards, top edge gilt, paper spine label, dust jacket. Copy 62 of 230 copies. First American Edition. San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1920 Signed by Russell at limitation statement. Handsome edition of Mourelle’s second voyage. On the Sonora in 1775 Mourelle explored the coasts of Alta California, the Northwest, and Alaska. The great port of San Francisco was first surveyed on this expedition. Jacket worn and soiled, split along front spine fold; a bit of spotting to volume; very good. (200/300)
220. Muir, John. The Mountains of California. [iii]-xiii, [3], 381 pp. Illustrated with half-tones, 2 maps. (8vo), original tan cloth decorated in green and gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition. New York: The Century Co., 1894 Covering the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Kimes & Kimes states, “The book contains much of Muir’s finest writing between 1875 and 1882, and is considered by many Muir admirers to be his finest book.” First issue with foliation mark “1” at foot of page 1. BAL 14746; Kimes 189; Currey & Kruska 258; Howes M880. Spine darkened and leaning, bookplate of William Cushing Wait; very good. (200/300)
221. (Native Americans) Morgan, Lewis H., et al. Third Annual Report of the Regents of the University, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, Annexed Thereto. 183 pp. Illus. with 28 plates (26 lithographed, 2 engraved), 18 of them hand-colored, 2 folding. (8vo) 9x5¾, original blindstamped blue cloth, spine decorated in gilt. Revised Edition. Albany: Weed, Parsons, 1850 Includes Morgan’s Report...Upon the Articles Furnished the Indian Collection; the 18 hand- colored plates illustrate articles of Indian clothing and accoutrements. The other plates include 5 plans of ancient Indian burial grounds, and 5 plates of fossils. Sabin 53997. Spine ends lightly chipped, minor extremity wear; light foxing; very good. (100/150)
222. Newmark, Harris. Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913. 688 pp. Edited by Maurice H. and Marco R. Newmark. Engraved portrait frontispiece, photographs. (8vo), red cloth. First Edition. New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1916 “This work is indispensable to the student of California history for no other work contains so much detailed history of one part of California. It is a mine of information historically and biographically regarding the Los Angeles district from 1853 up to the year of Harris Newmark’s death.” - Zamorano. Howes N123; Zamorano Eighty 57. Spine faded, ends frayed; very good. (200/300)
223. Norris, Frank. McTeague: A Story of San Francisco. [vi], 442, [4] pp. Red cloth lettered in white. First Edition. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899 Norris’ most famous work. A “sordid story” involving the life and mercenary instincts of an un- licensed San Francisco dentist, with “masterly descriptions of California’s most glamorous city.”
Page 56 Considered one of the great American novels. This is the first issue with page 106 ending with the word “moment”. Bookplate of John M. Schiff. Johnson Highspot; Zamorano Eighty 58; BAL 15031. Spine cocked and faded, some extremity wear, front free endpaper lacking; good. (250/350)
224. Oldfield, Otis. A Pictorial Journal of a Voyage Aboard the Three Masted Schooner Louise, Last of the Sailing Codfishermen out of San Francisco as Recorded in 1931 by the Artist Otis Oldfield. Introduction by Karl Kortum. Illustrated with 19 color plates from works by Oldfield. 13¾x10, morocco-backed tan cloth, gilt-lettered spine. One of 400 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. First Edition. San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1969 Inscription on the front free endpaper to Sherwood Grover from Jane and Robert Grabhorn. Prospectus laid in. GHB 25. Fine. (100/150)
225. (Panama-Pacific International Exposition) Official souvenir portfolio of the Panama-Pacific international exposition, San Francisco. February to December, 1915, celebrating the building and opening of a ship’s highway across the Isthmus of Panama, constructed by the United States of America for the benefit of the world. 5 issues - Prospectus & Nos. 1-4 (of 6) of the Golden Gate Series. Illustrated from photographs & drawings. 28x35.5 cm. (11x14”), pictorial wrappers. San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Company, 1914 Fascinating pre-Exposition souvenir, with views of the ground-breaking, construction, proposed artwork, and projected buildings at the wondrous world’s fair. Nine libraries are listed in OCLC/WorldCat as having the full six-issue run, but none of them is shown to have the prospectus. A little wear, very good or better (400/600)
226. Parkman, Francis. [Works]. 12 volumes. (8vo) brown half-morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt. “New Library Edition” Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898 A handsomely bound set of Parkman’s historical works. Extremities a bit worn, chips to a few spine heads, a few hinges cracking; very good. (300/500)
FIRST PUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF OVERLAND JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA 227. Pattie, James O. The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky, During an expedition from St. Louis, through the vast regions between that place and the Pacific Ocean, and thence back through the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz, during journeyings of six years,... 300 pp. 5 full-page engraved plates. (8vo) 19.3x11.7 cm. (7½x4¾”), modern full brown calf paneled in blind, red morocco spine label. Second Edition. Cincinnati: E.H. Flint, 1833 Differing from the first edition of 1831 only by the insertion of a new title page. The first published account of an overland journey to California. Pattie and his father were engaged in the fur trade in the 1820s and in 1828 set off as the second American group to make the journey to California by the southern route, the first was Jedediah Smith in 1826. A major work of Western Americana and Californiana. Presentation from collector Edward E. Ayer to E.P. Ripley on blank leaf at front, Ripley’s stamp and book plate on endpapers. Graff 3217; Wagner-Camp 45:2; Howes P123; Cowan, p.476; Sabin 59150; Zamorano 80, 60. Spine faded; light foxing; near fine. Lot 227 (4000/6000) Page 57 228. Peck, J[ohn] M[ason]. A Guide for Emigrants, Containing Sketches of Illinois, Missouri, and the Adjacent Parts. 336 pp. Hand-colored folding map. (16mo) 5¾x3½, period calf with modern rebacking, custom drop-back box. First Edition. Boston: Lincoln and Edmands, 1831 A scarce and important guide for western emigrants based on the author’s first-hand experiences, giving an accurate picture of conditions in the area at that time. Revised and reprinted several times of the following two decades, copies of the first edition are quite scarce. The map, titled “Western States” shows Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and parts of the surrounding states and territories. Graff 3234; Howes P-171; Sabin 59484. Some wear to board edges; tape repairs on map verso; foxing; very good. (500/800)
229. Pelzer, Louis. Marches of the Dragoons in the Mississippi Valley: An Account of Marches and Activities of the First Regiment United States Dragoons in the Mississippi Valley Between the Years 1833 and 1850. x, 282 pp. Edited by Benjamin F. Shambaugh. 8vo. Maroon cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed, top edge gilt. First Edition. Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1917 One of the best sources on the early military history of Mississippi Valley and the watershed areas including Iowa. Howes P188; Wagner Camp 59. Some light wear; very good. (100/150)
230. Phillips, Catherine Coffin. Cornelius Cole: California Pioneer and United States Senator. x, 379 pp. Illustrated with facsimile plates, portraits, etc.; frontispiece & chapter headpieces by William Wilke. 10½x7½, full vellum. 1 of 250 copies. First Edition, one of only a small number bound in full vellum. San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929 Intimate biography of Cornelius Cole who abandoned his law practice in New York to join the rush of California gold seekers in 1849, eventually becoming one of the new state’s leading citizens. Cowan p.483; Howes P308. Fine. (200/300)
SEVERAL LOTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS 231. (Photograph) Huffman, Laton A. #176 The Round-up Breaking Camp. Negative, Print and Copyright by L.A. Huffman, Miles C Mont. 04. Collotype from a photograph by Huffman. Titled and signed in the negative at bottom of image. 23.5x28 cm. (9½x11”), matted. Miles City, MT: 1904 Classic Western scene, as the accoutrements of the round-up are packed into the wagons, the horses are rounded up and all is made ready to move. L.A. Huffman, born in Iowa in 1854, apprenticed with F. Jay Haynes, replaced S.J. Morrow as post photographer in 1878, and opened a studio of his own in Miles City in 1880. He is best known for his photographs of the Indians, cowboys, buffalo herds and northern plains life. He moved to Chicago in 1890, but returned to Montana in 1896. He closed his last studio in 1905, but continued to publish from his negatives, including collotype reproduction like the present image and those following. Though probably printed after he closed his studio, they are from negatives which were mostly taken during the 1880’s or 1890’s. Fine. (400/600)
232. (Photographs) Five tintypes featuring horses and horse-drawn vehicles. Includes: Horse-drawn work buggy in town. (Tarnished, discolored.). 6x9 cm. * Two men on horses in front of a fence, wooded hill in background. 6x7 cm. * Two couples in a four-wheel buggy pulled by two horses. 6x9 cm. * Two stout men and a boy in two-wheel cart pulled by single horse. 12.5x18 cm. * Man and two woman in buggy pulled by single horse. 8x6 cm. No place: c.1860-80 Scarce tintypes with horses. Some scratching and other wear, good to very good except the last, which is near fine. (400/600) Page 58 233. (Photographs) Four vintage photographs of Western scenes. Includes: “Bunch of Cattle, Wyoming.” A dozen or so cowboys on horses surrounding a small herd of cattle, butte in background. 13x19.5 cm., ink caption on mount. * “Camp Life in Wyo.” A dozen or so horses in a rustic camp with several cowboys. 19x22 cm., pencil caption on mount. * Untitled photograph of a large herd of cattle on the plains; imprint on mount verso of F.M. Steele, Western Scenic Artist, who was based in New Mexico. 16.5x22 cm. (Mount corner torn and repaired on verso.) * Untitled photograph of 9 men standing or squatting in front of a cabin, 4 horses behind them; 4 hold rifles; a small child is front center. 7.5x10 cm., mounted. Various places: Various dates Very good condition overall. (300/500)
234. (Photographs) Lot of 12 vintage photographs featuring horses, wagons, etc. Includes: Stereo view of covered wagon drawn by a mule team, titled “Emigrant Wagon on the Plains.” * Stereo view of combine drawn by horse team harvesting what. * Photograph of 2 large carts drawn by Ox team near Trinidad, CO. * Photograph of horse-drawn stagecoach in from of log building. * Sepia photograph of equipment being drawn by 6-horse team in an oil field. * Photograph of a man riding a horse with a baby in his arms. * 6 carte-de-visites, each different, of people sitting in a horse-drawn buggy, apparently a studio prop, all by M.B. Omenta, Trondhiem (Norway), 2 inscribed on verso dated 1872. Together, 12 photographs. Images 13x18 cm. or smaller, all but one on original mounts. Various places: Various dates A few creased, good or better. (400/600)
235. (Photographs) Photographs of an immigrant family from Ireland and their new home in the United States. 42 gelatin silver print photographs, each 3¾x12”. Some captioned by hand in lower margin. 1910s-20s Photographic chronicle of an Irish immigrant family. Includes 20 photographs of the family in the Irish country, 12 photographs of the transatlantic voyage on-board the S.S. Adriatic, and 10 photographs of various locations in the United States, mostly in North Dakota and Iowa. Light wear; very good. (500/800)
236. Pierce, Franklin. Autograph Salutation Signed by Franklin Pierce. On 1st page of 4-page notesheet 15.5x10 cm. (6x4”), neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge, with Pierce’s name decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. No place: No date Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), 14th President of the United States, writes “Very respectfully yr. obdt. servt. Franklin Pierce.” Fine. (500/800)
237. Powell, H.M.T. The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell. [14], 272 pp. Edited by Douglas S. Watson. With 18 maps and plates, some folding. (Folio) 13½x9¼, quarter niger & buckram, spine lettered in blind, raised bands, edges untrimmed. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. First Edition. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, [1931] Daily journal from Illinois, via Santa Fe, to San Diego and continuing account of the mines. Kurutz calls the work “one of the most important and highly celebrated overland narratives. Its superb narrative combined with the elegant presentation of the Grabhorn Press make this a cornerstone of any Western travel collection. His delicate sketches of the missions and pueblos further embellish the volume.” BCC 41; GB 158; Graff 3334; Howes P525; Kurutz 515; Rocq 17100; Eberstadt 137:517; Wheat Books 161. Joints cracking, new leather pieces applied to the surface of the spine between the raised bands; internally fine. (700/1000)
Page 59 238. Powers, Stephen. Afoot and Alone; A Walk from Sea to Sea by the Southern Route. Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, etc. xvi, [17]-327 + [1] ad pp. Illustrated with 12 wood-engraved plates. (8vo) 8x5, publisher’s gilt-decorated orange cloth with vignette on front cover, spine decorated and lettered in gilt. First Edition. Hartford, CT: Columbian Book Co., 1872 “The Author, a distinguished ethnologist, journeyed from Raleigh to San Francisco, a distance of 3,556 miles. Although occasionally overdone, his descriptions are entertaining and frequently amusing” - Cowan p.498; Graff 3339; Howes P537; Sabin 64804; Zamorano Eighty 61. Some wear and spotting to cloth; light foxing; very good. (300/500)
SEVERAL PRANG CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS 239. Prang, Louis, publisher. [Chromolithograph after Benjamin Champney of harvest time in New England]. Chromolithograph on canvas, with Prang’s rubberstamp on the reverse. Signed and dated by Champney in the stone. 37x60 cm. (14½x23½”), framed, overall 52x76 cm. (20½x30”). Boston: 1870- Stacks of wheat by a lazy river, mountains rising in the distance. Freeman p.63. Frame with wear; image a bit soiled, a few cracks in the surface; good. (300/500)
240. Prang, Louis, publisher. [Chromolithograph after Benjamin Champney of haying in New England]. Chromolithograph on canvas, with Prang’s rubberstamp on the reverse. Signed and dated by Champney in the stone. 37x60 cm. (14½x23½”), framed, overall 48x71 cm. (19x28”). Boston: 1871- Bucolic scene of haying in the hills of New England, kids and dogs running around. Freeman p.63. Frame with wear; image a bit soiled, a few cracks in the surface with a bit of loss in upper left sky portion; good. (300/500)
241. Prang, Louis, publisher. [Chromolithograph of Yosemite Valley, after the painting by Thomas Hill]. Chromolithograph on canvas. 39x66 cm. (15½x26”), on original wooden stretcher, in later wooden frame; overall 51x79 cm. (20x31”). Boston: c.1870 Louis Prang’s reduced publication of Thomas Hill’s painting of Yosemite Valley, which was his first truly large scale work and widely considered to be his first major painting. A piece of cardboard has been tacked to the back of the stretcher to protect the canvas, obscuring most of the original label. Freeman p.189. small indent in sky portion, near fine. (1000/1500)
Lot 241 Page 60 242. Prang, Louis, publisher. The Crown of New England. Chromolithograph on board. 38x61 cm. (14¾x23¾”), framed, overall 52x75 cm. (20½x29½”). Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1869 The lush hills (some call them mountains) of New England. With Prang labels on the back. Some rubbing, very good. (500/800)
243. (Railroads) Three works on U.S. Railroads. Includes: Beebe, Lucius and Charles Clegg. Mixed Train Daily: A Book of Short-Line Railroads. (4to) cloth, dust jacket. One of 1500 copies of the ‘Collector’s Edition, signed by both Beebe and Clegg at limitation. Signed a second time by Clegg on front free endpaper. Beebe, Lucius and Charles Clegg. The Age of Steam: A Classic Album of American Railroading. (4to) cloth, dust jacket. Signed by both Beebe and Clegg. First Edition. [1957]. * Myrick, David F. Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California. 2 volumes. (4to) cloth, dust jackets. First Editions. Some loss of jacket surface on Volume 1; long tear to front jacket panel on Volume 2. Second Printing of Volume 1; First Printing of Volume 2. 1962 & 1963. Together 3 titles in 4 volumes. Various places: Various dates Some wear to jackets; volume near fine. (250/350)
244. Reed, G. Walter. History of Sacramento County California, With Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County... 1004 pp. (4to) black half morocco and green cloth. First Edition Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1923 Front cover attached with cloth tape, edges rubbed; dampstaining; fair. (100/150)
245. (Reference) Group of books about books and maps, including several important Western Americana bibliographies. Includes: Braganza, R.L.S. de. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. First volume only (of eventually 3). Blue cloth. 1974. * The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. Blue cloth. Second Edition. 2004. * Christies. The Frank S. Streeter Library. 2 volumes. Green cloth. 2007. * Hartley, William E. Wright Howes: The Final Edition (of U.S.iana). Blue cloth. 1994. * McLaughlin, Glen with Nancy H. Mayo. The Mapping of California as an Island. Wrappers. 1995. * PBA Galleries. Fine Western Americana & Related Pacific Voyages. The Library of Irving Whitmore Robbins, Jr. Red cloth. 1996. * Pritchard, Margaret Beck and Henry G. Taliaferro. Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America. Red cloth, dust jacket. 2002. * Storm, Colton. A Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana. Brown cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1964. * Wagner, Henry R. & Charles L. Camp. The Plains & the Rockies. Brown cloth. Fourth Edition. 1982. Together 9 works in 10 volumes. Various places: Various dates A shelf of essential reference. Some light wear; overall very good or better. (300/500)
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Page 61 246. (Reference) Five Western Americana reference texts. Includes: Wagner, Henry R. & Camp, Charles L. The Plains & The Rockies: A Critical Bibliography... Fourth Edition. John Howell, 1982. * Holliday, W.J. Western Americana, Many of Great Rarity. The Distinguished Collection. [Martino Publishing, 2000]. * Cowan, R.E. & Cowan, R.G. A Bibliography of the History of California, 1510-1930. 2 volumes in 1. 1 of 150 copies. [Martino Publishing, 1997]. * Cowan, Robert Ernest. A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906. 1 of 150 copies. [Martino, 1997]. * Farquhar, Francis Peloubet. Yosemite, the Big Trees and the High Sierra. [Martino Publishing, 1999]. Together 5 volumes, 4 from Maurizio Martino. Various places: Various dates The Wagner & Camp text is the fourth (and last) edition published from John Howell, and is considered the best. The other four volumes are facsimile reprints of important Western Americana reference books. Fine. (150/250)
247. (Reference) Twelve volumes of Americana reference texts from Martino Publishing. Includes: Americana- Beginnings: A Selection from the Library of Thomas W. Streeter. [1999]. * Austin, Robert B. Early American Medical Imprints: A Guide to Works Printed in the United States, 1668-1820. N.d. * One Hundred Influential American Books Printed before 1900. [2001]. * Halter, Ernest J. Collecting First Editions of Franklin Roosevelt: Contributions to a Bibliography. [2001]. * Lada-Mocarski, Valerian. Bibliography of Books on Alaska Published Before 1868. [1998]. * Thornton, Mary. Bibliography of North Carolina, 1589-1956. [1999]. * Brown, Eleanor and Bob. Culinary Americana. N.d. * Eberstadt, Edward. Texas, Being a Collection of RAre & Important Books & Manuscripts Relating to the Lone Start State. [1999]. * Raines, C.W. A Bibliography of Texas. [1997]. * Alliot, Hector. Bibliography of Arizona. N.d. * Weitenkampf, Frank. The Eno Collection of New York City Views. [2001]. * Baer, Elizabeth. Seventeenth Century Maryland: A Bibliography. [1999]. Together 12 volumes, each bound in cloth. [Mansfield Centre, CT]: [Martino Publishing], Various dates Fine, some in shrink-wrap. (400/600)
248. Revere, Joseph W. Keel and Saddle: A Retrospect of Forty Years of Military and Naval Service. [xiv], 360 pp. (8vo) original brown cloth, gilt emblem on front, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1872 The author was the grandson of Paul Revere. Cowan II, p. 530; Graff 3473; Sabin 70179. Spine faded, ends frayed, endpapers soiled; very good. (150/250)
REVERE’S TOUR OF DUTY IN CALIFORNIA DURING THE GOLD RUSH 249. Revere, Joseph Warren. A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn. [4], vi, [2], 305 + [6] ad pp. Illustrated with 6 lithographed plates, including frontispiece; tissue guards; folding map of the San Francisco Bay Area. (8vo) 19x12 cm. (7½x4½”), rebound in red half morocco and cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. New York: C. S. Francis & Co., 1849 Early and important observations of California during the Gold Rush and the period preceding it. The Zamorano 80 notes that “Lieutenant Revere was a graduate of Annapolis and a grandson of Paul Revere. His Tour of Duty is one of the outstanding authorities on the period of the Conquest, and his descriptions of California and the gold regions are of the best. The book contains valuable chapters on land law and land titles, as well as the complete report of Col. Mason on the gold fields.” Streeter says that “this is one of the most important books on the Gold Rush and figures on most selected lists.” Cowan p.530; Graff 3474; Howes R222; Kurutz 529a; Sabin 70182; Streeter 2592; Wheat Gold Rush 165; Zamorano Eighty 63. Some light wear to extremities; long tear to folding map with repair on verso; foxing; very good. (500/800)
Page 62 PICTURE OF ILLINOIS PIONEER LIFE WITH CHAPTERS ON MORMONISM 250. Reynolds, John. My Own Times, Embracing Also, The History of My Life. 600, xxiii, [1] pp. Portrait frontispiece. (12mo) 6½x4¼, finely bound in full brown morocco, gilt borders, spine gilt, raised bands, silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt. Original spine and cloth from one board bound in at rear. First Edition. [Belleville,] Illinois: 1855 Of the four hundred copies printed, three hundred were burned in the first Chicago fire. Howes considers this book “the best picture of Illinois pioneer life.” Contents include chapters dealing with Mormonism, the murder of Joseph Smith and his brother, etc. Flake 7122; Graff 3479; Howes R-236; Sabin 70420. Rare. Front joint worn; foxing; very good. (700/1000)
251. Rezanov, Nikolai Petrovich. The Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806. The Report of Count Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov of His Voyage to that Provincia of Nueva España from New Archangel. Translated to English and Edited by Thomas C. Russell. xii, 104, [1] pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 5 plates from engravings, with tissue-guards. 10x6½, linen-backed boards, paper spine label, jacket. One of 260 copies. San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1926 Signed by Russell on the limitation page. “A translation of a part of the second volume of P. Tikhemenev, Rossisko-Amerikanskoi Kompanii, St. Petersburg, 1863, giving Rezanov’s report.” Howes R244. Dampstain at bottom edge of jacket and less so to volume; frontispiece detached; else very good. (300/500)
252. Rickards, Constantine George. The Ruins of Mexico. Volume 1 [all published]. Vol I (all published). vii, 153, viii pp. Illus. with numerous tipped-in gravure plates from photographs; photogravure frontis. with tissue guards. (4to) 13x9, original cloth. First Edition. London: H.E. Shrimpton, 1910 Views of various Mexican archaeological sites and artifacts. A bit of wear at edges; very good. (100/150)
253. Robertson, John W. Francis Drake & Other Early Explorers Along the Pacific Coast. Illustrated with reproductions of old maps, engravings, etc. 10¼x7, vellum backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, slipcase. One of 1000 copies. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1927 “Five full-page colored maps, including frontispiece, one folded map, and 21 maps within text adapted by Valenti Angelo from original sources” Magee. GB 90; Cowan p.536; Hill Pacific Voyages, p.245. Spine a bit soiled; near fine. (150/250)
254. [Robinson, Alfred]. Life in California: During a Residence of Several Years in That Territory...Translated from the Original Spanish Manuscript. xii, [2], 341 pp. Illustrated with 9 lithographed plates. (8vo), original blindstamped cloth. First Edition. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1846 This is the first book in English on California to be written by a resident of the province. Zamorano maintains the book is “unquestioned as an authority, his work is undoubtedly the most important book for the period it treats... Robinson originally intended his Life in California to be a preface for Fray Boscana’s Chinigchinich [the appended historical account of the Indians of Alta-California], but in the end the ‘tail wagged the dog’ and for historians the Life in California is vastly more important.” Cowan p.536-7; Graff 3525; Howes R363; Sabin 72048; Zamorano Eighty 65. Wear and soiling to cloth; foxing throughout; good. (300/500)
Page 63 255. Robinson, Alfred. Life in California Before the Conquest: Hispano-Californians, Leperos, & Indians; Franciscan Misioneros & Misiones; American & English Comerciantes; Puertos, Presidios, Castillos; Sailors & Backwoodsmen; Revolutions & Strife. Illustrated with 7 mezzotint plates reproducing the lithographs in the original edition, all but 1 from drawings by Robinson. (8vo), linen-backed boards, paper spine label, top edges gilt, dust jacket. One of 250 copies printed by Thomas C. Russell, this copy not numbered. San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1925 Signed and inscribed by Russell on limitation page. “Useful authority on the period covered and one of the first accounts of California in English by a resident. The author came to California in 1829 and married into the prominent De Guerra family” - Howes. Cowan pp.536-7; Graff 3525; Howes R363; Zamorano 65 (only Howes refers to this edition). Jacket worn, split along spine folds; minor wear to volume; very good. (200/300)
256. Rollinson, John K. Wyoming Cattle Trails: History of the Migration of Oregon-Raised Herds to Mid- Western Markets. 366 pp. Edited by E.A. Brininstool. Illustrated with photo plates; color frontispiece. Cloth, jacket. No. 693 of 1000 copies. First Edition. Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1948 Signed by Rollinson on limitation page. Signed Christmas card from the author laid in. The story of the eastward movement of Oregon cattle to the Wyoming ranges, the later destruction of the open grazing lands, and the development of the Wyoming Cattle Growers’ Association, told by a former cowboy who rose to manage both cattle and horse ranches. Adams Herd 1943; Six-guns 1894. Fine in like jacket. (150/250)
257. Rossi, Paul A. & David C. Hunt. The Art of the Old West, from the Collection of the Gilcrease Institute. Illustrations from works by C.M. Russell, Frederic Remington, Charles Schreyvogel, and many others, primarily in color. 12¼x9½, full cowhide embossed with buffalo on front cover, spine lettered in gilt, slipcase. No. 12 of 450 copies of the Deluxe Edition. New York: Knopf, 1971 Signed by Rossi & Hunt on limitation leaf. Light wear to slipcase; volume with a few light scuffs; near fine. (150/250)
258. Royce, Josiah. American Commonwealths: California. From the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco. A Study of American Character. xv, 513, [12] ad pp. Fold out color map of California frontispiece. 7x4½, olive cloth, gilt-lettered cover and spine, top edge gilt. First Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1886 From the American Commonwealths series edited by Horace E. Scudder, this volume on California written by the Assistant Professor of philosophy at Harvard. Spine ends worn, rear hinge starting; very good. (150/250)
259. (Russell, Thomas C.) Harte, Bret. Concepcion de Arguello (Presidio de San Francisco, 1806). With other ephemera from the Press of Thomas C. Russell. 8 pp + 3 leaves of specimen pages from Russell’s edition of ‘The Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806. (8vo) stiff wrappers with red paper backstrip. Scarce. San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1926 Also included are 3 variant prospectuses for Russell’s edition of ‘Robinson’s ‘Life in California Before the Conquest’, 2 variant prospectuses for Russell’s edition of ‘The Narrative of Edward McGowan’, and a prospectus for Russell’s edition of Langsdorff ’s ‘Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806. Together 7 items. Some light wear; very good. (100/150)
Page 64 260. Ryan, J.C. “The Handless Penman”. Postcard signed by J.C. Ryan. With photograph of Ryan on top half of recto, beneath which he has written “Handless Wonder. Compliments of J.C. Ryan.” The verso in not addressed and has no postage. 14.8.5 cm. (5½x3¼”). No place: No date Though he lost his hands in a Dakota blizzard when about 22 years of age, J.C. Ryan developed exquisite penmanship, compressing the pen between the stumps of his arms. He earned his living signing postcards - in 1917 he said, “I am doing the biggest business in my life... I am getting 35 cents per dozen cards, 50 cents with address, so that is a good price.” A few stray fox marks, lower corner with small crease, very good. (300/500)
RYAN’S ADVENTURES IN GOLD RUSH CALIFORNIA 261. Ryan, William Redmond. Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author’s Experiences at the Mines. 2 volumes. 4 ad, x, [2], 347, [1]; [2], 413, [1] pp. Illustrated with 23 plates, including 3 duotone lithographs, the rest being wood engravings. (12mo), original blindstamped cloth, spine letter in gilt. First Edition. London: William Shoberl, 1850 Ryan, an Englishman, enlisted in 1847 in Stevenson’s First Regiment of California Volunteers and reached Monterey on the Isabella in 1848. When the regiment was disbanded in August, 1848, he went to the Stanislaus River for an unsuccessful try at mining, returning to Monterey in the winter of 1849. Cowan calls the book “The charming narrative of an artist and bohemian who left unrecorded but little that he saw. His descriptions are among best of his time.” Howes lauds the pictures as well as the text. This is Kurutz’ “b” issue. Cowan p.547; Graff 3626; Howes R558; Kurutz 548b; Sabin 74532; Streeter 2646; Wheat Gold Rush 173. Spines faded, light wear to extremities, hinges cracking; light foxing; very good. (2000/3000)
262. Sabin, Edwin L. Kit Carson Days (1809-1868). xv, 669 pp. Illustrated with numerous plates from photographs and engravings, plus maps. (8vo), original gilt-lettered terra cotta cloth. First Edition. Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1914 “This book is without a doubt the best of the many works that have appeared on that famous Lot 261 scout and trapper...” - Zamorano Eighty 67; Howes S1. Light wear to binding; very good. (200/300)
263. (San Francisco) Official San Francisco Postal Guide, Published by Authority of the Postoffice Department at Washington, Under the Supervision of the Postoffice Department of San Francisco, 1891. [2], 78 pp. Numerous illustrated advertisements. (8vo) original printed wrappers. San Francisco: San Francisco Postal Guide, 1891 “...accurate and reliable information upon all matters relating to the Postal Service.” (from introduction). Scarce, OCLC WorldCat locates only 4 copies. Some chipping to wrapper edges, archival repairs on wrapper versos; very good. (200/300)
Page 65 264. Sandoz, Mari. Old Jules. [xiv], 424 pp. (8vo) later brown half morocco and cloth, spine gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition. Boston: Little, Brown, 1935 A touch of wear to edges, previous owner’s bookplate; very good. (100/150)
265. Seaton, Elizabeth. WPA Federal Art Project- Printmaking in California 1935-1943. Profusely illustrated from lithographs, screenprints, etc., some color; a few reproductions of photographs. 12¾x9¾, two-tone cloth, spine lettered in gilt. One of 450 copies designed & typeset by Patrick Reagh. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2005 Signed by Elizabeth Seaton on the half-title. Prospectus and errata laid in. Fine (200/300)
266. Selous, F.C. Recent Hunting Trips in British North America. 400 pp. Illustrations from photographs by the author and others. (8vo) green cloth, gilt design on cover and spine. First Edition. London & New York: Witherby & Scribners, 1907 Big game hunting, North American style. Wear and soiling to covers, lower corner of front cover chewed, previous owners’ inkstamps and signatures on front endpapers; good. (200/300)
267. Shinn, Charles Howard. Mining Camps: A Study in American Frontier Government. xi, [1], 316 + [8] ad pp. (8vo), original terracotta cloth. First Edition. New York: Scribner’s, 1885 “In this very readable book the author has traced closely and ably the evolution of laws and methods of government as devised by those primitive American communities, particularly in California, wherein the demand for protection and justice was imperative and established courts were few and remote” - Cowan. Adams notes that “although the author mentions Murieta only briefly, he deals at length with the lawlessness of the early California mines.” Adams Six-guns 2003; Cowan p.584; Graff 3760; Howes S416; Streeter 2997; Zamorano Eighty 68. Light wear to cloth, head of spine bumped; very good. (200/300)
268. Shirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52. l, 350 pp. Illustrated with 8 plates from old prints, with tissue-guards. 9x6, bound in yellow cloth-backed green boards, paper spine label. No. 238 of 200 copies on Exeter Book-paper from an edition of 450 total copies. First Book Edition. San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1922 Signed by Russell (with initials) on the limitation page. Written by Louise Clappe to her sister, 1851-2, as she accompanied her husband to Rich Bar on the Feather River; first published in the “Pioneer Magazine,” 1854-5, under the pseudonym Dame Shirley. According to J. Gregg Layne of the Zamorano 80, they present “an entirely different picture of the conditions at the mines from that ordinarily found in books written by miners and travelers of that day...”. Zamorano Eighty 69; Howes C427; Wheat, Books 39; Cowan p. 837. Spine darkened, light extremity wear; very good. (300/500)
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Page 66 269. Shirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52. l, 350 pp. Illustrated with plates from old prints, with tissue-guards. 8¼x5½”, linen-backed gray boards, paper spine label. No. 210 of 200 copies on buff California bond paper from an edition of 450 total copies, this copied noted as having hand-colored plates. First Book Edition. San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1922 Signed by Russell on the limitation page. Written by Louise Clappe to her sister, 1851-2, as she accompanied her husband to Rich Bar on the Feather River; first published in the “Pioneer Magazine,” 1854-5, under the pseudonym Dame Shirley. According to J. Gregg Layne of the Zamorano 80, they present “an entirely different picture of the conditions at the mines from that ordinarily found in books written by miners and travelers of that day...”. Zamorano Eighty 69; Howes C427; Wheat, Books 39; Cowan p. 837. Near fine. (300/500)
270. Simpson, George. Narrative of a Voyage to California Ports in 1841-42, Together with Voyages to Sitka, the Sandwich Islands & Okhotsk; To Which are Added Sketches of Journeys across America, Asia, & Europe: From the Narrative of a Voyage Round the World. xxxii, 232 pp. Illustrated with 2 portraits of the author; facsimiles of the title pages of the first edition and part of a holograph report (double-page) by Simpson; folding facsimile map. (8vo) original linen-backed boards, paper spine label. One of an edition of 250 copies. Also included is the publisher’s prospectus for this volume. San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1930 Signed by Russell at the limitation. Fine printing of the California-related portions of George Simpson’s two-volume An Overland Journey Around the World, London, 1847. Howes S495. Jacket edge worn, dampstain at bottom edge of jacket and volume; else very good. (200/300)
271. Soulé, Frank, John H. Gihon and James Nisbet. The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California, and a Complete History of all the Important Events Connected with Its Great City: To Which Are Added, Biographical Memoirs of Some Prominent Citizens. 824 pp. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings, 6 steel-engraved plates (including frontispiece); 2 maps (1 folding). (8vo) 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5½”), original black full morocco, spine lettered in gilt, covers stamped in gilt and blind, all edges gilt. First Edition. New York: D. Appleton, 1855 “A necessary reference book of San Francisco to the middle fifties, compiled mainly from newspapers and information received from pioneer citizens...” - Zamorano. Kurutz 594; Cowan p.601; Graff 3901; Howes S769; Sabin 87268; Zamorano Eighty 70. Extremities rubbed, light foxing, very good. (250/350)
272. Stafford, Mrs. Mallie. The March of Empire Through Three Decades. Embracing Sketches of California History... 189 pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece portrait of the author with her facsimile autograph. 6¾x4½, original brown cloth, front cover stamped in black. First Edition. San Francisco: Geo. Spaulding & Co., 1884 A rare account by a woman who witnessed early western expansion firsthand. Mallie Stafford went to California in 1854 via Panama; she and her husband lived in Nevada City, then Marysville. She moved to Nebraska on the eve of the Civil War, then lived in Denver while her husband worked the Colorado mines. Howes S684; Graff 3939; Cowan (II), p. 606; Mintz 604. Light wear and soiling to cloth; very good. (100/150)
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Page 67 273. Stephens, L[orenzo] Dow. Life Sketches of a Jayhawker of ‘49: Actual Experiences of a Pioneer Told by Himself in His Own Way. 68 pp. 6 plates from photographs reproducing portraits of Jayhawkers, etc. 9¼x5½, rebound in brown cloth, original front and rear wrappers laid down. One of 300 copies. First Edition. [San Jose]: 1916 Stephens was with Manly in Death Valley, and achieved some success mining for gold along the Merced River; he later joined the mining rushes in British Columbia in 1862 and the Klondike in 1898. Cowan p.613; Graff 3972; Howes S941; Kurutz 601. Crease to front wrapper, slight edge wear; near fine. (100/150)
274. Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Silverado Squatters. [8], 254, [2] pp. Sepia-tone wood-engraved frontispiece by Jos. D. Strong. (8vo), original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883 Later issue, with no ads at rear and in a variant binding. Stevenson’s travel memoir to Napa Valley, California in the summer of 1880 with his wife and son-in-law, Lloyd Osbourne. Howes S980; Beinecke 231; Zamorano Eighty 71. Light wear to extremities; light foxing; very good. (300/500)
275. [Stewart, William M.]. The Policy of Extending Government Aid to Additional Railroads to the Pacific, by Guaranteeing Interest on Their Bonds. 31 pp. 9x5¾, original printed wrappers. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1869 Summary survey of the importance of government assistance to insure construction of the northern and southern railway routes to the Pacific. Dampstain, lacking map; very good. (100/150)
276. Sumner, Charles. Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Sumner, to L. Bradford Prince. 12 lines, in ink, on sheet 20x13 cm. (8x5”). Philadelphia: Oct. 29, 1856 Charles Sumner (1811-1874), longtime Senator from Massachusetts with radical anti-slavery sympathies, writes to autograph seeker L.B. Prince, My Dear Sir, I rejoice to find a young man dedicating himself to the truth. Accept my thanks for your kind sympathy & believe me, my dear sir, faithfully yours, Charles Sumner.” The letter was written a bare five months after Sumner was brutally attacked on the Senate floor by Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina, resulting in severe injuries that kept he from senatorial duties for three years while he recovered. The Massachusetts General Court reelected him in November of 1856 despite his absence, feeling the empty seat in the Senate chambers served as a powerful symbol of free speech and resistance to slavery. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Foxed with some soiling and staining; good. (300/500)
277. Sumner, Charles A. A Trip to Pioche; Being a Sketch of Recent Frontier Travel. 13 pp. Advertisements on verso of front wrapper and on both sides of rear wrapper. 8¾x5¾, original printed wrappers. First Edition. San Francisco: Bacon & Company, 1873 “To a San Franciscan of the early 1870’s, the “frontier” would be the Nevada wilds east of Virginia City. In the spring of 1873 the author made such a trip, riding on the five-year old rails of the Central Pacific to Palisades, the nearest stage departure for Nevada’s southeastern mines. Sumner intimately describes his delightful ride to Pioche - the coach itself, its passengers, some of the stations and their inhabitants, roads and scenery enroute.” (Paher). Cowan p.625; Graff, 4031; Paher 1917. Vertical crease, upper corners creased, light foxing; very good. (300/500)
Page 68 J.A. SUTTER ORDERS TREES FROM W.R. PRINCE 278. Sutter, John A. Autograph Letter Signed by John A. Sutter, to William R. Prince. 16 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet, addressed on 4th page. 28x22.3 cm. (11x8¾”); neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge, with Sutter’s name decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. Hock Farm, Sutter County, CA: January 24th, 1851 John A. Sutter, a leading figure in California before and during the Gold Rush, and proprietor of the mill at which gold was discovered in 1848, writes to William R. Prince, owner of the Linnaean Botanic Garden in Flushing, New York, who was at the time in Sacramento, apparently to sell his wares to the burgeoning population of California. “Dear Sir, I have seen your advertisement in the Transcript of the 21st inst., & wish you would do me the favour and send me the Catalogues of your fruit trees, Ornamental trees etc. with the prices, so that I could engage a good number of them, and then again to give me notice of the arrival of the trees, that I can send immediately an officer of my establishment to receive them without delay. I remain most respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, J.A. Sutter.” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Lot 278 Stained and discolored, the paper frail, but the writing and signature are quite clear. Good to very good. (3000/5000)
279. Swasey, W[illiam] F. The Early Days and Men of California. x, 9-406 pp. Illustrated with 4 plates including a wood-engraved frontispiece of San Francisco in 1846-7 and half-tone portrait of the author. (8vo), original gilt-decorated light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Oakland: Pacific Press, 1891 “Captain Swasey arrived in California in 1845 and was in the employ of both Captain Sutter at Sutter’s Fort and American Consul Thomas O. Larkin at Monterey. He had first hand information on all the early happenings and knew personally nearly all of the important pioneers. He was a member of Fremont’s Battalion on his march south into Los Angeles. Much of the book is taken up with biographical sketches of important pioneers. The book has always been considered an authority” - Zamorano. Kurutz notes the work as especially valuable for information about California before the gold discovery, and calls it “more of a history than a memoir.” Cowan p.627; Graff 4047; Howes S1167; Kurutz 615; Streeter Sale 3012; Zamorano Eighty 72. Wear and soiling to cloth, lower corners bumped; very good. (500/800)
280. Taney, Roger B. Autograph Letter Signed by Roger B. Taney, to L. Bradford Prince. 9 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet 18.5x12.2 cm. (7½x4¾”); neatly affixed to backing sheet at left edge, with Payne’s name and offices decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. Washington: Oct. 27, 1856 Short note that the sometime attorney general, secretary of the treasury, and supreme court chief justice writes “to comply with your request for my autograph.” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Fine. (400/600)
Page 69 TAYLOR’S ELDORADO WITH AUTOGRAPH LETTER 281. Taylor, Bayard. Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel. 2 volumes. 2 vols. xii, 251; [2], 247 + 45 [i.e. 47] ad pp. Illus. with 8 tinted lithograph plates. (8vo), original blindstamped green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition. New York: George P. Putnam, 1850 Tipped into the first volume in a 2 page ALS from Taylor, dated March 21, 1854 from Sandusky, Ohio, to an un-named recipient regarding his Western speaking engagements. One of the most influential and widely read books on the California Gold Rush. A successful author and correspondent with the New York Tribune, Bayard Taylor went to California specifically to record the Gold Rush. The Zamorano Eighty notes that “This work by an eminent writer and artist is probably the outstanding book on the early gold rush in California. The author’s description of the Constitutional Convention at Monterey is the best we have, as are also the views he gives us of the earliest mining camps. The colored plates are beautifully tinted works of art depicting San Francisco, Monterey, Sacramento, and the mining camps. Bayard Taylor saw everything and recorded everything he saw.” Cowan p.630; Graff 4074; Howes T43; Kurutz 618a; Sabin 94440; Streeter 2654; Wheat Gold Rush 204; Zamorano Eighty 73. Rebacked and recased, original spine cloth laid down, wear to cloth, evidence of removed bookplates on front pastedowns, lacking front free endpaper in Volume 2, this volume also with a library stamp on verso of title page and obliterated institutional stamp on final ad leaf (bleeding through to penultimate leaf) with small tear to page; foxing; good. (700/1000)
282. (Trade Catalog) Sidney Shepard & Co. Illustrated Catalogue of Goods Manufactured and For Sale by Sidney Shepard & Co. Proprietors of the Buffalo Stamping Works, Buffalo, N.Y. (iii)-xvi, 496 pp. Appendix laid in at rear. Woodcut illustrations throughout. (8vo) original black cloth lettered in gilt. Buffalo, NY: [Press of the Courier Company], 1879 Scarce catalogue of stamped metal goods and other items. Includes tableware, pots and pans, cans, boxes, water coolers, ice cream freezers, lanterns, tools, etc. etc. No copies of this edition located on WorldCat. Some light wear and soiling to cloth; lacking first leaf (half title or frontispiece?); some offsetting from previously inserted flowers, plants, etc., laid in appendix lacking final leaf; very good. (250/350)
283. Turner, T.G & C.E. Turner. Turners’ guide from the Lakes to the Rocky Mountains, via the Cleveland and Toledo, Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana, Chicago and North-Western, and Union Pacific Railroads ... : including a historical and statistical account of the railroads of the country, towns and cities along the route, and notices of the connecting roads and routes. 288 pp. 8¾x5½, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Chicago: Spalding & LaMontes, Printers, 1868 Guide to the west as far as the rails would take you in the last year before the completion of the trans-continental railroad. the first 12 pages and pp. 249-288 are advertisements, including a color plate of a Studebaker wagon. Scarce pre-Chicago fire imprint. Ante-Fire Imprints 1414; Eberstadt 114:804; Decker-Soliday IV:900; Graff 4211. Minor rubbing to extremities; rear hinge cracking, short marginal tears to two advertisement leaves at rear, else very good. (400/600)
284. Twain, Mark. Roughing It. 591 + [1] ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings throughout. 8¾x5½, original brown cloth, gilt vignette stamped on front cover, decorative blind-stamp on rear cover, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. First American Edition, First Issue. Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co., 1872 First issue, with perfect type on p. 242, lines 20-21 (BAL State A) and with ad present on page 592 (no priority). Twain’s famous narrative of his travels from Missouri to Nevada, and from California to Hawaii, which took him seven years. BAL 3337; Zamorano Eighty 18. Extremities worn, rear hinge cracked, light foxing; very good. (400/600)
Page 70 285. Tyler, Daniel. A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1846-1847. [2], 376 pp. (8vo) 22.5x14.5 cm. (8¾x5¾, original blindstamped black leather, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. No place: 1881 “The earliest and probably the best book on the famous Mormon battalion of the Mexican War. Written by on if its members. . .” - Zamorano 80. Cowan p.648; Flake 9063; Graff 4226; Howes T447; Streeter 2314; Zamorano Eighty 75. Spine chipped at head, light extremity wear; very good. (700/1000)
DOCUMENT SIGNED BY JOHN TYLER AS PRESIDENT 286. Tyler, John. Manuscript Document Signed by John Tyler as President, and John C. Calhoun as Secretary of State. 26 lines, in ink, with paper seal affixed; on sheet 37x24 cm. (14½x9½”); neatly affixed to backing sheet. Washington, D.C.: Nov. 25, 1844 Document remitting the penalty of $500 enforced on Alfred A. Spalding, master of the ship Normandie “for having broken the customs officers seal,” which crime was shown to be “unintentional, and committed without any fraudulent or evil intent...” Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Two clean splits, each approx. 6 cm., else very good. (700/1000)
287. Tyson, James L. Diary of a Physician in California: Being the Results of Actual Experience including Notes of the Journey by Land and Water and Observations on the Climate, Soil, Resources of the Country, etc. [3]-92 + [4] ad pp. 9x5¼, original front wrapper, bound in later cloth. First Edition. New York: D. Appleton, 1850 One of the best contemporary accounts of travels to the northern mines of California. Tyson journeyed by way of Panama, and arrived in California on May 18, 1849. Tyson was the first competent professional physician to record for the prospective emigrant information for the preservation of his health both while en route and while in the mines. Kurutz notes that “Tyson’s book is important in that it not only describes his adventures, but also includes advice on how to stay healthy for those crossing the Isthmus or working in the mines. He wrote: ‘I never saw so many broken-down constitutions as during my brief stay in California.’” This copy lacks the title-leaf (pp.1-2), but, as Kurutz notes, the wrapper title is the same save for the addition of “The Land of Promise” above the border. Foxing to contents, some marginal staining, lacks rear wrapper, very good. (400/600)
288. Upham, Samuel C. Notes of a Voyage to California Via Cape Horn, Together with Scenes in El Dorado, in the Years 1849-1850. [2], 7-594 pp. Illustrated with numerous wood-engraved plates; double frontispiece portraits. (8vo), original brown cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, beveled edges, page edges stained red. First Edition. Philadelphia: Published by the author, 1878 “A clear and detailed account of a trip to California via Cape Horn in 1849, with return via Panama in 1850. The author was one of the original proprietors of the Sacramento Transcript, and the volume contains much of interest on early California newspapers and the Sacramento squatter riots of 1850” - Zamorano Eighty. Kurutz calls the book an “important reminiscence,” and notes that it was sold by subscription in an edition of 600 copies. Cowan p.652; Howes U23; Kurutz 647; Wheat Gold Rush 215; Zamorano Eighty 76. Minor wear to cloth, front hinge cracked, separation in gutter at title page; faint stain to frontispiece, one signature detached, another pulled; very good. (700/1000)
Page 71 289. Van Nostrand, Jeanne. Edward Vischer’s Drawings of the California Missions, 1861-1878. With a Biography of the Artist by Jeanne Van Nostrand. Introduction by Thomas Albright. With 44 color plates (including frontispiece) from Vischer’s drawings. (Oblong 4to) golden-brown linen lettered in gilt, original plain jacket. One of 600 copies printed by the Arion Press under the direction of Andrew Hoyem. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1982 Vischer is credited with capturing in his drawings the look and feel of the colonial past with far more freedom and vividness than his several competitors. Some of his drawings “reconstruct” derelict mission buildings. Prospectus laid in. BCC 172. Soiling to jacket; volume fine. (150/250)
290. Vielé, [Teresa] Mrs. “Following the Drum:” A Glimpse of Frontier Life. [2] ad, (3)-256, 4 ad p. (12mo) original blindstamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1858 “In this lively account, Teresa Vielé describes her year’s stay at Ringgold Barracks in Texas, where her husband, Egbert Ludovicus Vielé was stationed. Despite its limited amount of historical and autobiographical information, Following the Drum is an entertaining commentary on life on the Texas frontier in the early 1850s.” (Wagner-Camp). Howes V92; Wagner-Camp 312a:1. Spine faded and with wear at ends; light foxing; very good. (100/150)
291. (Voyages) Five finely printed edition of Voyages to California. Includes: Beach, Joseph Perkins. The Log of the Apollo...Journal of the Voyage of the Ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco, 1849. One of 550 copies printed at the Arion Press. 1986. * Berthold, Victor M. The Pioneer Steamer California, 1848-1849. One of 550 copies. 1932. * Rezanov Reconnoiters California, 1806. One of 450 copies designed by Jack Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press. 1972. * Simpkinson, Francis Guillemard and Captain Edward Belcher. H.M.S. Sulphur at California, 1837 and 1839. One of 450 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press. 1969. * Webster, George G. and Linville J. Hall. The Journal of a Trip Around the Horn, as Written and Printed on the Ship Henry Lee...1849. Printed by Lewis Osborne at the Inland Press. 1970. Together 5 volumes. Various places: Various dates Near fine to fine. (250/350)
292. (Voyages) Five finely printed edition of Voyages to California and Hawaii. Includes: Duhaut-Cilly, Auguste. A Voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands, & Around the World in the Years, 1826- 1829. One of 350 copies printed by Patrick Reagh. 1997. * Hussey, John A., editor. The Voyage of the Racoon. A ‘Secret’ Journal of a Visit to Oregon, California and Hawaii, 1813-1814. Printed by Taylor & Taylor for the Book Club of California. 1958. * Meyers, William H. Sketches of California and Hawaii...aboard the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane, 1842-1843. One of 450 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem. 1970. * Sawkins, James Gay. A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii, 1850-1852. One of 400 copies designed by Jack Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press. 1991. * White Philo. Philo White’s Narrative of a Cruize in the Pacific to South America and California on the U.S. Sloop-of-War “Dale” 1841-1843. One of 1000 copies printed by Alfred & Lawton Kennedy. [1965]. Together 5 quarto and folio volumes, all in the original bindings. Various places: Various dates Near fine to fine. (300/500)
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Page 72 293. Wagner, Henry R. Sir Francis Drake’s Voyage Around the World. Its Aims and Achievements. x, [2], 543 pp. Frontispiece portrait; numerous maps, plates and text illustrations. (4to), red half morocco and cloth, spine gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition. San Francisco: John Howell, 1926 “The main object of this work was to bring together in one book the principal narratives concerning the expedition which took Drake around the world, and, using these, to rewrite the account of the voyage....” - Hill pp.314-5; Cowan p.665; Howes W9. A bit of wear and fading; very good. (300/500)
294. Wakefield, John A. History of the War Between the United States and the Sac and Fox Nations of Indians, and Parts of Other Disaffected Tribes of Indians, in the Years Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven, Thirty-One, and Thirty-Two. x, 142 pp. (12mo) 6¾x4, period blue cloth, custom chemise and slipcase. First Edition. Jacksonville, Ill.: Calvin Goudy, 1834 One of a few first hand accounts of the Indian Wars in Illinois and Michigan, containing the original narrative of captivity of the Hall girls as given to the author by Silbey Hall. Sabin 100978; Howes W19; Graff 4510. Wear and soiling to cloth, portions of pastedown endpapers removed; 2 leaves of appendix supplied in photocopy facsimile, foxing throughout, some dampstaining; good. (600/900)
295. Wakeman, Edgar. The Log of an Ancient Mariner. Being the Life and Adventures of Captain Edgar Wakeman. 378 + [4] ad pp. Illustrations include lithographed frontispiece portrait. (8vo), original gilt- decorated cloth. First Edition. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft, 1878 “The author came to California in 1849, and spent much of his life in Pacific coastal waters” - Howes. Wheat notes “vivid descriptions of California in the fifties, with special accent on the Vigilance Committee of 1851,” although Cowan cautions “there is a persistent tendency to doubt his narrative at times.” Cowan p.667; Howes W23; Kurutz 657; Wheat Gold Rush 218. Spine ends worn, light extremity wear, evidence of removed bookplate on front pastedown; very good. (100/150)
FOUNDING FATHER OF AMERICAN MASONIC RITE 296. [Webb, Thomas Smith]. The Freemason’s Monitor; Or, Illustrations of Masonry: In Two Parts. By A Royal Arch Mason, K.T.-K. of M.-&c. &c. [xii], 284 pp. (12mo) period full calf, red morocco label. First Edition. Albany: Spencer and Webb, 1797 The publication of Webb’s text had a significant impact on the development of Masonic Ritual in America, Webb is considered by some to be the ‘founding father’ of the American Rite. A card laid in from the Five Hundred Years of Fine Printing Exhibit at the 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition at which this volume was displayed. Sabin 102232. Spine label chipped, edge worn, front free endpaper nearly detached; foxing; very good. (1000/1500)
297. Webster, Daniel. Document Signed by Daniel Webster as Secretary of State, being a passport for one Garritt T. Terune. Engraved document filled out in ink. 38.3x24.5 cm. (15x9¾”). Washington, D.C.: March 20, 1851 Signed by the esteemed American statesman during his second tenure as Secretary of State, also signed by Terhune, whose physical features are described. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. ½” split at central crease, near fine. (400/600)
Page 73 298. [Webster, George G.]. Around The Horn in ‘49. Journal Of The Hartford Union Mining And Trading Company. Containing The Name, Residence And Occupation Of Each Member, With Incidents Of The Voyage, &c. &c. [18], 252 pp. Illustrated with plates. Original cloth with gilt sailing ship on front cover, spine lettered in gilt. Second Edition. [Wethersfield, CT]: [L.J. Hall], [1898] “The original edition [1849] was largely printed during the voyage and finished in San Francisco harbor. Usually listed under the printer [John Linville Hall], but the journal was written by Webster; it was the first printed narrative of a California gold-seeker and the best record of an argonaut expedition by sea” - Howes. The present edition also describes the author’s subsequent adventures in San Francisco and at the gold mines. Cowan p.259; Howes W202. Spine sunned, light wear to extremities; very good. (200/300)
299. Weld, Isaac. Travels Through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, During the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. xxiv, 464 + [8] ad pp. Illus. with 16 copper-engraved views, plans & maps, including folding general map. (4to) 10½x8¼, period calf with gilt-roll border, rebacked in leather with most of original gilt-tooled spine strip laid on, marbled endpapers and edges. First Edition. London: John Stockdale, 1799 Travels through the former colonies of the eastern seaboard and into the Canadian provinces, with perceptive comment on the population, social mores, etc.; there are three views and a plan of Niagara Falls, plans of Washington, D.C., and Quebec, a view of Bethlehem, PA, etc. The large map, hand-colored in outline, shows the northern part of the United States, with inset of southern states. Howes notes that the author “thought Canada preferable to the States.” Sabin 102541; Howes W235. Joints tender, some chipping at spine ends, corner showing; general map with light offsetting, short stub tear; plates with foxing, marginal dampstains toward end, overall very good. (700/1000)
CARL WHEAT’S TRANSMISSISSIPPI WEST & CALIFORNIA GOLD REGION 300. Wheat, Carl I. Mapping the Transmississippi West. 5 volumes in 6. Illustrated throughout with facsimile maps, many of which are folding; color frontispieces. 14x10, green cloth-backed beige cloth, spines lettered in gilt, original plain paper dust jackets. One of 1000 sets, designed by The Grabhorn Press. First Edition. San Francisco: Institute for Historical Cartography, 1957-1963 Prospectus for Volume 1 laid in. A monumental and exceptionally thorough work detailing our expanding knowledge of the American West, unlikely to be surpassed. Vol. I was printed by the Grabhorn Press; Vols. 2-5 were printed by Taylor & Taylor & James Printing from the Grabhorn design. Vol. I: The Spanish Entrada to the Louisiana Purchase, 1540-1804; Vol. II: From Lewis and Clark to Fremont, 1804-1845; Vol. III: The Mexican War to the Boundary Survey, 1846-1854; Vol. IV: Pacific Railroad Surveys to the onset of the Civil War, 1855-1860; Vol. V (parts 1 & 2): Civil War to the Geological Survey. GB 590 (Vol. 1). Jackets edge worn; volumes fine. (4000/6000)
Lot 300 Page 74 301. Wheat, Carl I. Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540-1861. 5 volumes in 6. (4to), green cloth. One of 350 copies. [Storrs-Mansfield, CT]: Martino, [c. 1995] Reprint of the 1957-63 first edition. A monumental and exceptionally thorough work detailing our expanding knowledge of the American West, unlikely to be surpassed. Fine. (600/900)
302. Wheat, Carl I[rving]. The Maps of the California Gold Region, 1848-1857: A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade. Illustrated with numerous facsimiles, some folding. (4to) 14x9½, quarter cloth & linen, paper spine label. One of 300 copies. First Edition. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1942 The definitive scholarly study of the maps of the Gold rush and one of the most respected books about California and the American West. Prospectus laid in. GB 368: Howes W312. Spine faded, some light wear at edges; very good. (1000/1500)
303. Williams, Henry T., editor. The Pacific Tourist: Williams’ Illustrated Trans-Continental Guide of Travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean... Complete Traveler’s Guide to the Union and Central Pacific Railroads.... [3] ad, 309, [4] + [10] ad pp. Illustrated with wood-engravings. (8vo), original gilt-lettered brown cloth. New York: Henry T. Williams, 1876 Cowan p.687 (listing 1881 ed. with slightly different title) - “This standard guide went through many editions.” This is apparently the first of those editions. Spine faded, some soiling to cloth; dampstain to a few leaves at rear; good. (100/150)
304. Woods, Daniel B. Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings. [iii]-viii, [9]-199 + 6, [2] ad pp. (8vo) 7½x4½, original blindstamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851 “Daniel B. Woods, a clergyman, began this lively volume with a preface (dated July 1, 1851) stating that he intended to make this book a miner’s manual based on his sixteen months working in the mines “chiefly upon the American and Tuolumne River and their tributaries.” Woods began his adventure on February 1, 1849 and after great difficulty, arrived in San Francisco on June 25. He immediately headed for Sacramento and the mines, where he began life as an Argonaut. In one of the concluding chapters, he gives a report on fourteen other mining companies. Wood served as the secretary and treasurer of Hart’s Bar Mining and Draining Company. Kurutz 696A; Cowan II p. 694; Graff 4741; Howes W651; Rocq 15417; Sabin 10512; Wheat, Books 235; Zamorano 80: 80. Spine sunned, rear joint split, other wear and soiling; foxing; good. (200/300)
305. Woods, John. Two Years’ Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie, In the Illinois Country, United States. [iv], 310 pp. Two folding maps. (8vo) 8¼x5¼, original boards, custom blue cloth box. First Edition. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 Woods gives a detailed account of the English settlements in southeastern Illinois. He also gives extracts from his journal detailing his journey from the Isle of Wight to the Illinois country. Other issues with the same imprint contained 3 maps, such copies are quite uncommon. Graff 4742; Howes W654; Sabin 105125. Boards worn and with some soiling; first map browned at edges, second map with some light chipping and with faint dampstain and remains of library stamp; foxing; very good. (400/700)
Page 75 TWO PHOTO ALBUMS OF U.S. SERVICEMEN IN POST-WWII GERMANY 306. (World War II) Von Poellnitz, William Whitford. Album of approximately 310 snapshot photographs, many of aircraft, taken by and of an American airman in Europe, mostly Germany, following World War II. Photographs are various sizes, most approx. 6x9 cm. (2½x3½”), loose in corner mounts on brown paper leaves stapled together without covers, 27x22 cm. (10¾x8½”). Germany, etc.: c.1945-47 Exceptional album recording the life and activities of a U.S. Army Air Force airplane mechanic in Germany during the Allied occupation amidst the dark clouds of the cold war. Most of the photographs with captions in white ink on the album leaves, either individually or as groups, many air of aircraft (mostly C-47s but also P-51 Mustangs, Lancasters, a P-80 jet at Casablanca, a B-17, a P-61, etc.). William Von Poellnitz was a mechanic for a C-47, and many of the photographs feature “his” plane, both exterior and interior. Other photographs include the barracks, military clubs, German and some Italian countryside and cityscapes, etc. A captivating record of service in Germany shortly after the second world war. Included are two reduced photostats of his discharge papers in 1952, after he had re-enlisted and saw service in the Korean War. Fine condition overall. (600/900)
307. (World War II) Album with approx. 300 snapshot photographs of American servicemen in Germany and Austria just following the occupation. Most photographs are 7x6 cm. or 9x7 cm., a few larger, in corner mounts in an album of black paper, 28x38 cm. (11x15”), thin boards. Germany: 1945 The normal activities of occupying soldiers are recorded, enjoying the sights, entertaining the frauleins, etc., with a few somber exceptions: six of the photographs show scenes at Dachau - bodies piled high, a mutilated guard - and a dozen or so are of Hitler’s Eagle Nest retreat at Berchtesgarden in the mountains of southern Germany. Very good or better condition. (400/600)
308. [Wright, William] De Quille, Dan, pseud. History of the Big Bonanza: An Authentic Account of the Discovery, History, and Working of the World Renowned Comstock Silver Lode of Nevada including the Present Condition of the Various Mines Situated thereon; Sketches of the Most Prominent Men Interested in Them; Incidents and Adventures Connected with Mining, the Indians and the Country; Amusing Stories, Experiences, Anecdotes, etc., etc., and a Full Exposition of the Production of Pure Silver. 569 pp. Double frontispiece & 90 wood- engraved plates from photographs by John S. Noe, E. Hurd & others. (8vo) later full calf, original spine label laid down, endpapers replaced. First Edition. Hartford: American Publishing, 1876 Wright served as an editor on the renowned Territorial Enterprise from 1862 until its suspension in 1893. Paher notes that “he probably knew more about Virginia City society and its residents and mines than anyone else. He watched his town become the mining and cultural capital of the inland west in the early 1870’s and stayed on to witness its decline after 1878” and goes on to call the work “the greatest of all Comstock books.” Laid in are 2 pay vouchers from the Potosi Mining Co. and the Chollar Mining Co. Howes W710; Paher 2220. Wear to binding; light foxing; very good. (200/300)
309. [Young, Frank C.]. Across the Plains in ‘65. A Youngster’s Journal, from “Gotham” to “Pike’s Peak”. [6], vi, [4], 224 pp. Folding map. 6¾x5, original red cloth lettered in gilt. No. 172 of 200 copies. First Edition. Denver: Privately Printed, 1905 Scarce account of the Colorado Gold Rush, recounting in day-by-day form the trip from Atchison via the Little Blue and Platte to Julesburg and thence down the South Platte to Denver in 1865. Young’s train made the journey in 43 days. Laid in is a printed slip denoting this as a companion volume to Young’s “Echoes from Arcadia,” published two years earlier. Graff 4787; Howes Y25; Mintz 627. With the label of Wright Howes on rear endpaper, previous owner’s leather label on front endpaper. Spine sunned, some soiling to cloth, rear hinge cross; very good. (150/250) Page 76 Section II: Winston S. Churchill, Lots 310-325
310. Churchill, Winston Spencer. Ian Hamilton’s March. xii, [2], 409, [4] ad pp. 32 pp catalog dated 7/00 bound in at rear. (8vo) original red cloth lettered in gilt. Housed in a custom blue morocco- backed clamshell box, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900 The companion volume to the author’s ‘London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Woods A5. Foxing to a few leaves at front; near fine. (500/800)
311. Churchill, Winston Spencer. Ian Hamilton’s March. xii, [2], 409, [4] ad pp. 32 pp catalog dated 7/00 bound in at rear. (8vo) three-quarter blue morocco and cloth, top edge gilt. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900 The companion volume to the author’s ‘London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Woods A5. Minor wear; fine. (300/500)
RARE INDIA SPEECHES, 1931 312. Churchill, Winston S. India: Speeches and an Introduction. (8vo) original orange cloth lettered in black, publisher’s emblem in blind on front and rear. Housed in a custom blue morocco-backed clamshell box, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. First Edition. London: Thornton Butterworth, [1931] Second state of the cloth bound issue with spine title running vertically, published near simultaneously with the much more common wrapper-bound issue. Woods A38. Some soiling to cloth; light foxing; very good. (2000/3000)
313. Churchill, Winston Spencer. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. xiv, 498, [2], 32 ad pp. 4 maps (3 folding); 4 plans in text. (8vo) later full blue leather, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900 A personal record of Churchill’s adventures and impressions during the first five months of the Boer War in Africa, with “a tolerably coherent account of the operations conducted by Sir Redvers Buller for the Relief of Ladysmith.” Woods A4. A few small scuffs to leather, very good. Lot 312 (300/500)
314. Churchill, Winston Spencer. My African Journey. xiii, 226 + [18] ad pp. With 61 illustrations from photographs on 48 plates; 3 maps. Original red pictorial cloth. First Edition. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908 Churchill’s travels through East Africa, shooting big game along the way. Woods A12. Spine sunned, light spotting to cloth; previous owner’s name, foxing; very good. (500/800)
The Buyer’s Premium will be 20% for bids up to $100,000 and 15% for that portion over $100,000.
Page 77 315. Churchill, Winston S. My Early Life, A Roving Commission. 392 pp. (8vo) plum cloth with three line title on front. Housed in a custom blue morocco-backed clamshell box, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. First Edition. London: Thornton Butterworth, [1930] Second state with list of 12 titles on verso of half-title, a cancel leaf. Woods A37(a). Spine sunned, small chip along rear joint, lower corners lightly bumped; very good. (500/800)
316. Churchill, Winston S. My Early Life, A Roving Commission. 392 pp. (8vo) brown half calf and marbled boards. First Edition. London: Thornton Butterworth, [1930] First state with list of 11 titles on half-title verso, later corrected to 12 titles by means of a cancel leaf. Woods A37a. A touch of wear; light foxing at front and rear of volume; near fine. (500/800)
PEOPLE’S RIGHTS IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, 1910 317. Churchill, Winston S. The People’s Rights. [viii], 152 pp. (8vo), original orange wrappers printed in blue and black. Housed in a custom blue morocco-backed clamshell box, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. First Edition. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910 First State, with index on pages 149-152. Imprint of The Daily News at foot of front wrappers. One of Churchill’s most scarce regularly published works. Woods A16. A touch of wear to wrapper edges, small loss at lower corner of rear wrapper; final two leaves with marginal chipping, paper browned throughout as usual; near fine. (2500/3500)
318. Churchill, Winston Spencer. Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. ix, 345 + [2] ad pp. Original green cloth lettered in gilt. Housed in a custom blue morocco-backed clamshell box, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. First English Edition. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900 A novel which represents Churchill’s only attempt at full-length fiction. Publication of the American edition preceded the English by about ten days; the book was typeset in Boston, with two sets of electroplates made, one being shipped to Britain, the other remaining in Boston. The title-page was Lot 317 reset for the English edition, and the printer’s imprint added. Woods A3(b). Light wear to cloth; light foxing; very good. (400/700)
319. Churchill, Winston Spencer. Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. ix, 345 + [2] ad pp. Later green half-morocco and cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First English Edition. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900 Woods A3(b). A few small scratches to binding; near fine. (300/500)
Page 78 320. Churchill, Winston S. Step By Step, 1936-1939. Green cloth, dust jacket. Housed in a custom blue morocco-backed clamshell box, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. First Edition. London: Thornton Butterworth, [1939] Woods A45. Jackets soiled and with some chipping and short tears; very good. (400/600)
CHURCHILL’S FIRST BOOK, INSCRIBED BY HIM 321. Churchill, Winston L. Spencer. The Story of the Malakand Field Force. xvi, 336, +32 ad pp. Frontispiece and 6 maps (2 folding). Green cloth lettered in gilt. Housed in a custom blue morocco- backed clamshell box, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898 Inscribed “from the Author” on half title (to Algernon Weil?). Presumed first issue, with no errata slip tipped in, publisher’s catalog at rear dated 12/97. Churchill’s first book, covering his time in the frontier of Northwestern India. Woods A1. Light wear and a touch of soiling to cloth; light foxing; very good. (4000/6000)
Lot 321
322. Churchill, Winston L. Spencer. The Story of the Malakand Field Force. xiv, [2], 336 pp. Frontispiece and 6 maps (2 folding). (8vo) rebound in red cloth, title in gilt on spine. First Edition, Colonial Issue. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898 Bookplate of the Oriental Club Library on front pastedown and their insignia in gilt on spine, embossed publisher’s presentation stamp on title page. Spine slightly faded, a touch of wear; near fine. (700/1000)
Page 79 SEVEN VOLUMES OF HIS WAR SPEECHES IN MATCHING CUSTOM SLIPCASES 323. Churchill, Winston S. Seven volumes of Churchill’s War Speeches - All First English Editions. Includes: Into Battle. Blue cloth, dust jacket. First state dust jacket with correct text on flaps. Jacket with some chipping and short tears, price clipped from front flap. [1941]. * The Unrelenting Struggle. Blue cloth, dust jacket not present. [1942]. * The End of the Beginning. Blue cloth, dust jacket not present. Upper corners bumped. [1943]. Onwards to Victory. Blue cloth, dust jacket. First state dust jacket with correct text on flaps. Jacket with some light chipping and short tears. [1944]. * The Dawn of Liberation. Blue cloth, dust jacket. First state dust jacket with correct text on flaps. Jacket with some light chipping and short tears. [1945]. * Victory. Blue cloth, dust jacket. Second state, with page 177 correctly numbered. Jacket with some light chipping. [1946]. * Secret Session Speeches. Dark blue cloth variant, dust jacket. With the card beginning “The Reference to “American Authorities” is present but the often accompanying presentation card is not. [1946]. Each housed in matching custom blue morocco-backed clamshell boxes, spines lettered and decorated in gilt. Together seven volumes, all first English Editions. London: Cassell, 1941-46 Woods A66, A89, A94, A101, A107, A112, A114. Some general light wear; jackets, where present, very good; volumes very good or better. (1500/2000)
Lot 323
324. Churchill, Winston S. Five volumes of Churchill’s Post-War Speeches. Includes: The Sinews of Peace. Orange cloth, dust jacket. [1948]. * Europe Unite. Green cloth, dust jacket. [1950]. * In the Balance. Blue cloth, dust jacket. Several long tears to jacket with tape repairs on verso, large chip on rear panel. Front hinge cracking. [1951]. * Stemming the Tide. Maroon cloth, dust jacket. [1953]. * The Unwritten Alliance. Red cloth, dust jacket. [1961]. Each housed in matching custom blue morocco-backed clamshell boxes, spines lettered and decorated in gilt. Together five volumes, all first English Editions. London: Cassell, [1948-61] Edited by his son Randolph S. Churchill. Woods A124, A128, A130, A137, A142. Some general wear; overall very good or better in like jackets with the exception of the jacket for In The Balance. (1000/1500)
Page 80 325. Churchill, Winston S. Six volumes by, or with contributions by, Winston S. Churchill. Includes: The Liberal Magazine. Volume XXII. Original morocco-backed cloth. Many short passages by Churchill. 1915. * While England Slept. Original cloth. First American Edition. 1938. * Blood, Sweat and Tears. Blue cloth, dust jacket. Jacket worn, torn and with tape on verso. First American Edition. [1941]. * Blenheim. From “Marlborough” (Vol. II). Original wrappers. First separate edition. [1941]. * Stalin’s Correspondence with Churchill, Attlee, Roosevelt and Truman, 1941-45. Red cloth. 1958. * Into Battle. 3/4 red morocco and cloth. Eighth Edition. 1941. Together 6 volumes, the first 4 titles in matching blue morocco-backed clamshell boxes, the fifth title in similar red morocco-backed box. Various places: Various dates Some general wear; overall very good or better. (400/600)
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Page 82 Page 83 CONDITIONS OF SALE The property listed in this catalogue will be sold by PBA Galleries, Inc. (hereinafter Galleries) as agent for others upon the following terms and conditions as may be amended by notice or oral announcement at the sale:
1. All bids are to be per lot as numbered in the catalogue.
2. As used herein the term “bid price” means the price at which a lot is knocked down to the purchaser and the term “purchase price” means the aggregate of (a) the bid price (b) a premium of twenty percent (20%) of the bid price payable by the purchaser, and (c) unless the purchaser is exempt by law from the payment thereof, any California state or local sales tax except where sold to a purchaser outside of California and shipped to the purchaser.The Galleries have been authorized by the consignor to retain, as part of remuneration, the 20% premium payable by the purchaser.
3. Property auctioned by the Galleries is often of some age.Prospective bidders should personally inspect such property to determine its condition and whether it has been repaired or restored.Any information provided by the Galleries or its employees is for the convenience of bidders only and should not be relied upon. ALL PROPERTY IS SOLD “AS IS” AND NEITHER THE GALLERIES NOR THE CONSIGNOR MAKES ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY OR ITS VALUE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR WHETHER THE PURCHASER ACQUIRES ANY COPYRIGHTS.IN NO EVENT SHALL THE GALLERIES OR THE CONSIGNOR BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTNESS OF DESCRIPTION, GENUINENESS, ATTRIBUTION, PROVENANCE, AUTHENTICITY, AUTHORSHIP, COMPLETENESS, CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY OR ESTIMATE OF VALUE.NO STATEMENT (ORAL OR WRITTEN) IN THE CATALOGUE, AT THE SALE, OR ELSEWHERE SHALL BE DEEMED SUCH A WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, OR ANY ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY.HOWEVER, notwithstanding this condition and subject to the further provisions of this paragraph as set forth below, property may be returned by the purchaser, the sale rescinded and the purchase price refunded under the following conditions: (1) printed books which prove upon collation to be defective in text or illustration (provided such defects are not indicated within the catalogue or at the sale), and (2) autographs which prove not to be genuine (if this can be demonstrated and if not indicated in the catalogue or at the sale).Printed books are not returnable for defects not affecting text and illustration, including, but not limited to, lack of half-titles, lists of plates, binder’s instructions, errata, blanks, or advertisements.No returns will be accepted unless written notice, by registered mail or receipted courier, is received by the Galleries within fourteen (14) days of the sale of the property The Buyer’s Premium will be 20% for bids up to $100,000 and 15% for that portion over $100,000. and the property is returned in the same condition as it was at the time of sale.NO LOT IS RETURNABLE ON ACCOUNT OF PROPERTY INCLUDED BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY NAMED AND DESCRIBED IN SUCH LOT.LOTS CONTAINING THREE OR MORE TITLES, WHETHER NAMED OR UNNAMED, AND SELLING FOR ONE HUNDRED FIFTY ($150) OR LESS, EXCLUSIVE OF BUYER’S PREMIUM, ARE SOLD NOT SUBJECT You can bid absentee directly from the item description in the online version of the catalogue at www.pbagalleries.com. Or bid during the auction using the Real-Time Bidder.
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