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CATALOGUE THREE HUNDRED NINE Western Americana WILLIAM REESE COMPANY 409 Temple Street New Haven, CT 06511 (203) 789-8081 A Note This catalogue is entirely devoted to Western Americana acquired in 2013 since our last catalogue dedicated to Western Americana (299). None of the material has appeared in previous catalogues. Notable items include J.O. Lewis’ Aboriginal Port Folio; Humboldt’s Essai on New Spain with its famous map; and a series of important Wagner-Camp titles such as Linforth, James, Johnson and Winter, Gass, Hall Kelley, and Joel Palmer. Also included are important Texana such as Woodman’s emigrants guide; Mary Austin Hol- ley’s seminal work; and Newell’s work on the Revolution. Significant California material includes Palou’s life of Serra, early California imprints, and early works on the Gold Rush. Books begin with Dumont and Le Page du Pratz on French Louisiana, but most of the catalogue covers the trans-Mississippi West in the 19th century. Available on request or via our website are our recent catalogues 303 18th-Century North America, 304 The Big Middle, 305 Recent Acquisitions in Americana, 307 Hawaii, and 308 Rare and Fine Books & Manuscripts, as well as Bulletins 30 Manuscripts, 31 Manuscripts, 32 Western Americana, 33 American Natural History, 34 Adams & Jefferson, and many more topical lists. Some of our catalogues, as well as some recent topical lists, are now posted on the internet at www.reeseco.com. A portion of our stock may be viewed via links at www. reeseco.com. If you would like to receive e-mail notification when catalogues and lists are uploaded, please e-mail us at [email protected] or send us a fax, specifying whether you would like to receive the notifications in lieu of or in addition to paper catalogues. Terms Material herein is offered subject to prior sale. All items are as described and are con- sidered to be on approval. Notice of return must be given within ten days unless specific arrangements are made. Connecticut residents must be billed state sales tax. Postage and insurance charges are billed to all nonprepaid domestic orders. Overseas orders are sent by air unless otherwise requested, with full postage charges billed at our discretion. Payment by check, wire transfer or bank draft is preferred, but may also be made by MasterCard or Visa. William Reese Company Phone: (203) 789-8081 409 Temple Street Fax: (203) 865-7653 New Haven, CT 06511 E-mail: [email protected] www.williamreesecompany.com ON THE COVER: 172. Tanner: A Map of the United States of Mexico.... Philadelphia. 1846. [detail] 1. [Abert, James W.]: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, COMMUNICATING...A REPORT AND MAP OF THE EXAMI- NATION OF NEW MEXICO, MADE BY LIEUTENANT J.W. ABERT...[caption title]. Washington. 1848. 132pp. plus folding map and twenty-four lithographed plates. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Map with neatly repaired closed tear in the left margin, barely intrud- ing into the map border. A bit of very light foxing, but generally quite clean and fresh internally. Very good. One of the great southwestern government-sponsored explorations, here in its earli- est form, according to Wagner-Camp. The lithographed plates, attributed to Abert himself, include views of Santa Fe, Fort Marcy, San Felipe, the Pueblos, Indians, etc., and are among the most celebrated depictions of the region. The text describes Abert’s trip from Fort Leavenworth over the Santa Fe Trail via Bent’s Fort, his survey of the northern part of New Mexico, and return via the Trail. The map is the most detailed survey of New Mexico then extant. Also included are the numerals and vocabulary of the Cheyenne. “...A basic SFT document” – Rittenhouse. HOWES A11. FLAKE 726. RITTENHOUSE 2. GRAFF 5. WAGNER-CAMP 143. SABIN 57. STREETER SALE 168. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 532. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 2. $2000. 2. [Alaska]: [FOUR MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO SEAL HUNTING IN THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA]. Alaska & Washington, D.C. 1885-1889. [7]pp. Two folio and two quarto documents. Old folds. Some light wear and soil- ing. Very good. Two letters and two manuscript documents relating to seal hunting and breeding grounds on St. Paul and St. George Islands in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska. The two letters concern Abial P. Loud, who served as a special treasury agent in the Pribilof Islands (formerly the Northern Fur Seal Islands) from 1885 to 1889. The first letter, written from St. George Island in August 1889, testifies to the upright and unimpeachable character of Captain Loud. The second letter is addressed to Loud, informing him of the steamer schedule leaving San Francisco for the islands. The two manuscript charts record facts about sealing on the islands. The first chart, “Distribution of Proceeds from Fur Seal Taken on St. Paul’s Island 1885,” records a total of 84,670 seal skins taken at forty cents apiece, and twenty sea lion skins. The names of seventy-five men who received payouts are listed, starting with first class, and the amounts descending from there. Most of the men have very Russian- sounding names. The second chart, “Measurement of Breeding Rookeries, St. Paul Island,” records the seal count as noted by two different individuals, in 1872 and 1886. The names of twelve rookeries are listed, measuring the sea margin, the total area in feet, and the total number of seals (estimated from the size of each rookery, allowing for two square feet per seal). The second recorder, in 1886, notes that the area of two square feet assigned each seal is inadequate, and the numbers assigned by his predecessor are enlarged slightly. $900. 3. [Alaska Photographica]: [ALBUM OF 132 ORIGINAL SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPHS OF SCENES IN ALASKA, MOSTLY IN UNALASKA, THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, AND THE BER- ING SEA, INCLUDING IMAGES OF WHALING, CANNERIES, CANNERY SHIPS, NATIVE ALASKANS, AND VOLCANOES]. [Various places in Alaska. 1911-1912]. 132 silver print photographs, from 2½ x 3½ to 4 x 6½ inches. Plus four additional small photographs and three large negatives loosely laid in at the rear. Many photographs have manuscript cap- tions. Mounted onto leaves of a contemporary oblong 12mo. black patterned leather album. Album rubbed around edges. Images clean and sharp. Near fine. A marvelous collection of original photographs from Alaska in the early 20th cen- tury, showing a wide variety of scenes and places, mostly in the Aleutian Islands. Those few photographs that are dated carry dates of 1911 and 1912, hence our dating of the album. Several of the photograph show volcanoes, including Katmai, Isenotski, Shishaldin, Pavlov, Bogoslof, and Makushin. Several pictures show the area just after the 1912 eruption of Katmai, including images captioned “sea covered with lava 100 miles from Katmai. June, 1912”; “Kodiak – trees laden with lava”; “a slide of volcanic dust”; and “a garden without weeds.” One photograph shows a man clearing away lava and ash from his home. Many photographs show places in Unalaska (two of them showing the native cemetery there) and the Aleutian Islands, far into the Bering Sea. Included are pictures of Iliuluk Bay, Ballyhoo, Beaver Inlet, Dutch Harbor, Bellkaffski Village, Unalga Island, Saint Paul Island, and more. A few of the photographs show sport fishing on the islands, including trout fishing as well as more dramatic fishing scenes, being photographs of whal- ing and the cannery industry. There are images of sailing vessels called “cannery tenders,” the canneries at Karluck, and interior views of the canneries as well. Four photographs show whaling scenes, including “an Akutan whaling station”; “taking off the blubber”; and two of large whale carcasses on docks, waiting to be cut up and the oil extracted. There are many photographs of native Alaskans, including children, and one captioned “natives of Katmai and Douglas – destroyed by Mt. Katmai.” A few images show a Russian Orthodox church, built largely of earth and ground cover, but ornately decorated with icons inside. Others show fishermen and their vessels and the wildlife of the islands, and one is captioned “new houses at Perry,” depicting a small settlement with an American flag flying above. $3250. 4. [Alcaraz, Ramon, et al (editors)]: APUNTES PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA GUERRA ENTRE MEXICO Y LOS ESTADOS-UNIDOS. Mexico. 1848. v,401,[3]pp. plus fourteen portrait plates, thirteen folding maps and plans, and a folding chart. Two copies of the printed list of authors (“Redactores”) laid in. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Binding worn and rubbed. Lightly tanned, scattered foxing. Leaf with pages 79-80 torn in lower outer corner, affecting a handful of words and letters. Four-inch closed tear in one map, with no loss; map of “Campo de Padierna” torn, with slight loss. Good. In a cloth chemise and half red morocco and cloth slipcase. An excellent general history of the Mexican-American War, written from the Mexi- can point of view, and suppressed by Santa Anna, according to Howes. “This work was originally published in installments between September 1848 and May 1849 under the...general title. Each installment appeared accompanied by portraits or maps at the rate of two per number. Most of the maps illustrate the sites of battles or skirmishes. When publication of the installments was completed, the various issues and their illustrations were sent to the binder by the subscribers. The final arrangement of the material varies from copy to copy” – Streeter. “Best source on the conduct of the war” – Haferkorn. TUTOROW 3254. HOWES A105, “b.” HAFERKORN, p.8. STREETER SALE 279. PALAU 14138. SABIN 1858. $2000. Organizing the Arizona Cattle Industry 5.