Sale 460 Thursday, August 11, 2011 1:00 PM
Americana – Travel & Exploration Maps – Ephemera With Important Works on China
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Summer-Fall Auctions, 2011
August 11, 2011 - Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps - Ephemera
August 25, 2011 - Fine Golf Books: the Library of Duncan Campbell
September 8, 2011 - Rare Books & Manuscripts
September 22, 2011 - Fine Literature
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Front Cover: Back Cover: Clockwise from upper left: Bond # 14425383
Section I: Americana – Books, Manuscripts, Photographs, Ephemera, Lots 1-255
Section II: Travel & Natural History with Important Works on China, Lots 256-288
Section III: Maps, Atlases & Views, Lots 289-407
Section I: Americana – Books, Manuscripts, Photographs, Ephemera
1. (Agriculture) Buel, J., et al., editors. The Cultivator. A Monthly Publication. Designed to Improve the Soil and the Mind. Includes. Volumes I-IV bound in 2 volumes; New Series Volume V & Volume VII. Woodcut illustrations. 26.5x20.5 cm. (10½x8¼”) or smaller, period quarter leather & marbled boards. Albany, NY: NY State Agricultural Society, 1835-1850 Early American periodical devoted to agriculture, with all the latest techniques and innovations. Vol. I is the second edition, published in 1837. Rubbing to covers; overall very good. (250/350)
2. (Alaska - Photograph) Dobbs, Beverly. Discovery Anvil, Pioneer Mg Co. - original photograph. Silver print. 19.1x24.3 cm. (7½x9½”). [c. 1905] Beverly Bennett Dobbs was born in Missouri in 1868, and died in Seattle in 1937. He learned photograph in Lincoln, Nebraska, moved to Bellingham, Washington where he operated for twenty years. Also active in New Whatcom, Washington, circa 1895. He won a gold medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and photographed the Seward Peninsula extensively. Near fine. (300/500)
3. Allen, I.P. Exchange Tables for the Conversion of Sterling into Federal Money, From 48 Pence to 50½ Pence Per Dollar by 32ds of a Penny. Title leaf and 10 charts printed on stiff card stock, instructions for conversion of shillings pasted inside front cover. 20x14 cm (7¾x5½”) original cloth stamped in black. First Edition. San Francisco: Edward Bosqui & Co., 1878 Quite scarce. WorldCat locates only a single copy, at the Los Angeles Public Library. Some wear and soiling to cloth; very good. (200/300)
4. Ambrose, Stephen E. Six volumes by Stephen E. Ambrose. Includes: Americans at War. Cloth, dj. University Press of Mississippi, [1997]. * Published by Simon and Schuster, and in cloth- backed boards, dust jackets: The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II. [1998]. * The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who Flew the B-245 Over Germany. [2001]. * Undaunted Courage. [1996]. * The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869: Nothing Like it in the World. [2000]. * D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II. Wrappers. Together 6 volumes. Various places: Various dates Near fine. (100/150)
Page 1 5. (American Imprints) Dana, James Freeman. An Epitome of Chymical Philosophy. 231, [1] pp. (8vo) period tree calf, tan leather spine label. First Edition. Concord, N.H.: Isaac Hill, 1825 Dana (1793-1827) was an American mineralogist and chemist. In 1815 he received the Boylston prize for an essay on tests for arsenic. In the same year Harvard University sent Dana to England as a purchasing agent for chemical apparatus. While there, he studied for several months under Frederick Accum. Subsequently, he was hired by Harvard as an instructor. He died suddenly at the early age of 33. Spine sunned, some edge wear, early bookplate of the Dartmouth College Medical Library; foxing; very good. (100/150)
MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 6. (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. (200/300)
7. (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. (150/250)
8. (American Revolution) Manuscript accounting of items supplied to the State of Connecticut by Elijah Hubbard and Joseph King. One page, docketed on verso. 31.5x19.5 cm. (12½x7¾”). Middletown, CT: Dec. 18, 1776 Supplies for the Connecticut General Assembly as the former colonies were struggling through their first year of independence from Great Britain. Included is much tobacco, pipes, paper, 27 days of ringing a bell, payment for chopping wood, etc. The total was 32 pounds twelve shillings, with Hubbard and King endorsing receipt of funds on verso. Fine condition. (100/150)
9. (American Revolution) Manuscript true copy of the response by the Pay-Table-Committee to a memorial by a woman whose husband was killed in action (possibly at Yorktown), desiring his back pay to aid her and her three children, along with receipt of payment. The response to the memorial 1 page, signed and with a few additional notes by George Wyllys, secretary of Connecticut, docketed on verso. 29x21 cm. (11½x8½”). * Receipt is partially printed, filled out in ink, signed by Eleazer Wales of the Pay Table Committee. 16.5x18 cm. (6½x7¼”). Hartford, CT: January, 1783 Interesting pair of documents as the loose ends of the Revolutionary War were being Page 2 tied together. “Upon the memorial of Margaret Moor shewing to this assembly that her late husband Wm. Moor served several years in the Continental Army in the Connecti- cut Line that he died in said service the 22nd of November 1781, that by the returns of the comm[ittee] o the Army and this state there was found due to said Wm. at the time of death the sum of £11.4.9 lawful money from the state for his service that he left the Margaret with three children without means of support... They are hereby directed to [send?] the payment...of £11.4.9 to the sd. Margaret for the benefit and support of her & Children...” The receipt, however, is only for £4.14.9 - perhaps the remainder wend for “administrative costs.” Voucher with 2” tear along fold and minor loss; else both very good. (150/250)
10. (American Revolution) Sherman, Jonathan. Autograph Letter signed by Jonathan Sherman seeking payment of wages to Samuel Wardell, soldier in his regiment, along with receipt for payment signed by Wardell. The letter is addressed to Esq. [Eleazer] Wales of the Committee Pay Table. 18x20.5 cm. (7x8”). April 16th, 1781. * Partially printed receipt, filled out in ink, docketed on verso, measures 18x18.5 cm. (7x7¼”). April 19th, 1781 New Haven & Hartford, CT: April 16 & 19, 1781 “Sir, Samuel Wardell Soldier of the 4th Connt. Regt. waits on you for his State Noats [sic] I am sensible it is out of the usual way of applying. I would thank you in this instance to deliver him is as he is now in the Country with Lieut. Ball on the recruiting service. I will see that a proper certificate is obtained...” The payment was for £39.12.1. Very good to fine condition. (150/250)
11. (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., (100/150)
12. (American Statesmen) Morse, John T., editor. American Statesmen. 31 (of 32) volumes. Illustrated. (Small 8vo) original green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Standard Library Edition. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899-1900 Biographies of eminent Americans included Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sumner, and many others. Lacking Volume XVII, Andrew Jackson by William Graham Sumner. Some light wear to cloth; very good. (200/300)
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Page 3 13. (Americana 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. (250/350)
14. Anderson, Mary E. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California. 238 pp. Color woodblock frontispiece & 9 wood-engraved plates, 7 of which relate to Hawaii. 16.2x10 cm. (6½x4”), original cloth. First Edition. Boston: American Tract Society, [1865] Forbes calls this the first and best edition of this work, and notes Mary Anderson, daughter of Rufus Anderson, accompanied her father to Hawaii in 1863... During their visit the Andersons traveled throughout the islands, visiting most of the mission stations and points of interest...” Cowan p.15; Forbes 2612; Sabin 1413. A few stains to covers, spine faded a bit, wear to ends and corners; lacking front free endpaper, very good overall. (100/150)
15. [Arista, Mariano]. Discurso Pronunciado por el Escmo. Sr. Presidente de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos, en la Apertura de las Sesiones Ordinarias del Congreso General, El dia 1a de Enero de 1852, y Contestacion de Sr. Peesidente[sic] de la Camara de Diputados. 30 pp. (8vo) recent red morocco-backed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Mexico: Vincente Garcia Torres, 1852 A scarce report issued by the Mexican president Mariano Arista at an interesting moment in U.S.-Mexican relations, particularly in light of the immediate post-Mexican War era. Issues such as problems with frontier Indians (Apaches and Comanches) and filibustering from the United States into Mexico are described in detail. An important document encapsulating the problems of U.S.-Mexico relations during the mid-19th-century. WorldCat locates only five copies. Small worm hole along outer edge, short tear to final leaf of text and rear blank; very good in a fine modern binding. (100/150)
16. (Arizona) Two lithograph views of Arizona cities. Two lithograph views, each approximately 5x7”, matted. San Francisco: Bancroft, [c. 1890s] Includes views of the “City of Tucson” and of “Prescott, Capital of Arizona”. Fine. (100/150)
Page 4 17. (Arizona) Two original sketches, of Prescott and Thumb Butte, Arizona Territory. One is pen and ink, the other pencil, each pasted on a page from a scrapbook from that area which is filled with newspaper clippings and pictures of the day, along with two additional pages containing two tipped on ALS dated 1888 from The Vedette (a monthly journal published for the veterans of the Mexican War of 1846-48), addressed to Miss Minnie Grove in Prescott. The drawings measure approx. 16x22.5 cm. (6¼x8¾”). Arizona: c.1888 One of the drawings shows a more detailed picture of Prescott with the street blocks and houses illustrated, with the towering Thumb Butte in the background, while the other is a similar view but a bit less detailed. They were probably executed by a young artist, possibly Miss Grove, a resident of Prescott. The letters contain content concerning her father, a Mexican war veteran. Two wonderful early renderings of Prescott containing approximately 12 blocks, well before its development as a large city. The pages are in very good condition as removed from a scrapbook. (300/500)
18. (Atlanta) Gelatin silver print of Atlanta Police Force. Gelatin silver print photograph. Approximately 16½x21½. Atlanta: [c. 1900] Approximately 70 members of the Atlanta police force, in uniform, gathered on the steps of, presumably, the police department. Included in the group photos are 10 officers with bicycles. Photo affixed to non-archival board; mildew staining at upper left, numerous small chips to surface of photo. (200/300)
19. (Atomic Bomb) Souvenir certificate from the Atomic Bomb Test at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Color certificate, 32.5x25.2 cm. (12¾x10”), small photograph of the blast mounted, gold foil seal at lower left. San Pedro, CA: “The Original Crosby” Photo Certificate and Envelope Mfgr., 1946 A souvenir “In Memory of the Atomic Bomb Test. Bikini Atoll - Marshall Islands. Operations Crossroads. On Board the Good Ship U.S.S. Benevolence (AH-13).” The certificate, and the attached photo, are from the second (“Baker Day”) atomic detonation on Bikini, July 25, 1946. Creased, a few short tears; very good. (400/600)
20. (Autographs - U.S. Authors & Editors) Twelve Autograph Letters Signed from seven American authors and editors. Includes letters from Charles G. Leland, editor of Graham’s Magazine, July 8, 1857. * William Cullen Bryant, poet and man of letters, Aug. 15, 1862. * Nathaniel P. Willis, Jan. 2, 1854. * Richard Adams Locke, author of the “Moon Hoax,” referring to astronomical matters. June 29, 1842. * George W. Curtis, editor of Harper’s Weekly, three letters. 1860-62. * Henry J. Raymond, founder of the New York Times. Oct. 3, 1857. * Charles A. Dana, owner/ editor of the New York Sun, two letters. 1859 & 1864. * Erastus Brooks of the New York Express, two letters. 1859 & 1864. Neatly affixed to backing sheets at edge, with writers’ names decoratively lettered in ink on the sheet. Various places: Various dates A number of the letters are to Wm. Prince & Co. about seeds. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Very good or better condition. (200/300)
Page 5 ARCHIVE OF AVIATRIX LILLIAN GATLING WITH MATERIAL ON LINCOLN BEACHEY 21. (Aviation Archive) Aviation archive of Lillian Gatlin - first woman to travel coast-to-coast by airplane with material on aviator Lincoln Beachey. Large and fascinating archive comprising original manuscripts and carbon typescripts for articles on aviation by Lillian Gatlin, photographs, copies of letters sent by Ms. Gatlin to aviators, manufacturers, political and military figures, etc., original correspondence from the same, pamphlets, booklets, newspaper clippings, etc. 1910s-20s Lillian Gatlin was the first female passenger to travel by air across the United States, flying aboard U.S. Airmail planes from October 5 to October 8, 1922, traveling an esti- mated total of 2,680 miles with a combined flight time of 27 hours and 11 minutes. The purpose of her flight was to raise awareness of deceased aviators and to create a national memorial day for those aviators who had passed whether in civil or patriotic duty. Ms. Gatlin, though not a pilot herself, was involved in the organizing and promotion of vari- ous aviation events including the Second National Aero Congress in Detroit, Michigan October 11-14, 1922, just days after her historic travels. Her medal for participation in the Congress is present in the archive as well as a monogram broach presented to her by the University of Michigan . Also included are various letters and printed ephemera from the Seventh and Eighth Annual San Francisco Aerial Day Ceremonies of which she was
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the Founder and Director, and several items from the 1915 ‘Aviator’s Frolic’, also held in San Francisco. Amongst the correspondence are 3 Typed Letters, signed, from American Ace fighter pilot Eddie Rickenbacker on letterheads of the Sheridan Motor Company and the Rickenbacker Motor Company. Within the archive are several smaller groups of material relating to famous aviators including Frank Champion, with an original portrait photograph of Champion in his flying attire and numerous clippings; dare-devil pilot Art Smith with a small framed photograph of Smith at the controls of his plane and two glass-plate negatives of his flights at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Of particular interest are a number of articles from the estate of mother of Lincoln Beechey with whom Ms. Gatlin shared a close friendship. Among the Beachey items are a letter from Hollis Cooley, Chief of Special Events at the P.P.I.E., thanking Beachey for donat- ing his flying services for the opening day of the fair; Lincoln Beachey’s business card and letterhead of Lincoln Beachey, Inc; an invitation to talks by Beachey and William Pickens at the Pacific Aero Club; the engraved copperplate for Beachey’s personal calling card; a large gathering of telegrams and letters of condolence sent to Beachey’s mother from fans and his colleagues following his fatal crash while performing at the P.P.I.E. on March 15,
Page 6 1915, including correspondence from J.C. Irvine, Vice President of the Pacific Aero Club, Beachey’s brother Hillary and his wife, L.A. Vilas of the Curtiss Flying Boats company, Arnold Kruckman, U.S. Aeronautic Commissioner for the P.P.I.E., Mrs. Robert Grant Fowler, wife of the first aviator to make a non-stop transcontinental flight (across the Isthmus of Panama), a telegram from aviator J.C. Mars, Ada L Cooke, mother of aviator Weldon B. Cooke, aviator Silas Christoferson, and others. The printed material in the ar- chive includes The Genius of Aviation by Lincoln Beachey. No copies located in OCLC/ Worldcat. [No date, pre-1915]. * Advance information on the Second National Aero Con- gress to form a National Aeronautic Association. 3 copies located in OCLC/Worldcat. 1922.* Information for Delegates...Second National Aero Congress. No copies located in OCLC/Worldcat. 1922. * Who’s Who in American Aeronautics. 4 copies located in OCLC/Worldcat. 1922. * New York Railroad Club Annual Dinner ... Commercial Avia- tion. 1928. * Aviation Magazine, October 9, 1922. * National Aeronautical Association of the United States. (An advance copy of a descriptive brochure, list of officers, etc. likely distributed to delegates at the 1922 Congress in Detroit). No copies located in OCLC/ Worldcat. [1922]. * Parts price-list for the Irwin Aircraft Company Meteorplane, Model M-T. No copies located in OCLC/Worldcat. [No date]. * Bulletins No. 1-10 of the Special Commission Organizing the First Aerial Derby Around the World. One complete set located in OCLC/Worldcat. [1919-20]. * Aero Club of America 1915. No copies located in OCLC/Worldcat. [1915]. * Aircorps News Letter. Vol. XI, No. 9. July 19, 1927. * and several others. Also included is an original photograph from an unidentified race between an automobile and a bi-plane. A fascinating and rich archive, a glimpse into the American aviation scene in its early years. Well worthy of further study. Overall very good or bet- ter. (7000/10000)
22. Ayers, James J. Gold and Sunshine: Reminiscences of Early California. Illustrated. Red cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. Boston: Richard G. Badger, [1922] Ayers came to California for gold, mined successfully on the Calaveras and Mokelumne Rivers and later became a newspaperman, founding the San Francisco Call and spending time as the editor of the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. Wheat Gold Rush 8. Jacket spine sunned, head of spine chipped, some wear at folds; volume with minor wear; near fine in a very good jacket. (100/150)
23. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of the Life of Lorenzo Sawyer. [ii], (417)-457 pp. Steel- engraved portrait. (8vo) original black cloth lettered in gilt. First Separate Edition. San Francisco: The History Company, 1891 Rare separate off-print from Bancroft’s “Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth”. Sawyer, after a brief period in the mines, established his law practice in Sacramento and later Nevada City. He would later serve as City Attorney of San Francisco and ultimately as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Spine sunned, previous owner’s name on front free endpaper; portrait foxed; very good. (100/150)
24. (Barnum, P.T.) Book of Jumbo, Largest Elephant In or Our of Captivity. 16 pages. Folio. Woodcut illustrations throughout. [Buffalo, NY]: [Courier Company], [1882] Rare fragile program for the July 25th, [1882] appearance of Jumbo the Elephant at Brattleboro, [VT]. Jumbo, an African elephant, was purchased from the London Zoo by showman P.T. Barnum in 1882 and removed to the United States where he would be exhibited by Barnum until his unfortunate death in 1885 when struck by a locomotive in St. Thomas Ontario. WorldCat locates only a single copy of this program, though that with a different date and city. Paper browned, spine splitting, some edge wear; very good. (300/500) Page 7 25. Belden, Josiah, & James Reed. Manuscript settlement document and mortgage agreement between Josiah Belden and James Reed. Manuscript document in ink, on the 1st 2 pages of 4-page conjugate legal-size lined paper, docketed on the 4th page. With paper seal. San Jose: May 1, 1851 Settlement document for a legal case of Josiah Belden vs. James F. Reed and Margaret W. Reed, regarding the sale of land in San Jose, signed by Josiah Belden. Belden was a member of the Bartleson-Bidwell Party that came to California in 1841, and the Reeds were part of the ill-fated Donner Party of 1846. Some staining at left-hand portion, a few short crease tears, good to very good. (200/300)
26. Benton, J. A. The California Pilgrim: A Series of Lectures. 261 pp. Illustrated with 6 wood- engraved plates by Charles Nahl. 7½x5, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Sacramento: Solomon Alter, 1853 “Written in the form of an allegory, this work gives many details of Californian life. The author, a clergyman, was the founder of the Congregational church in California, having arrived in 1849. The plates...are apparently some of the earlier work of Charles Nahl...” - Greenwood. Cowan p. 48-9; Greenwood 378; Kurutz 49. Stain to rear cover, light wear; light foxing; very good. (100/150)
27. (Bill of Rights) Bill of Rights 1789. [19] pp. Consists of a donor’s greeting, followed by the title page, plus the Bill of Rights, printed on hand-made paper. 20.2x13.5 cm. (8x5¼”), grey decorated boards, spine gilt. Consolidated Millinery Company, 1943 Approximately 1000 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press for the Consolidated Millinery Company. GP 393. Fine. (100/150)
28. Blum, George W. The Cyclers’ Guide and Road Book of California: Containing Map of California in relief with principal Roads, Seven Sectional Maps showing all available Roads for Cyclers from Chico to San Diego, and a Map of Golden Gate Park 1896. 80 pp. With 6 (of 8) folding maps. 18x10 cm. (7x4”), brown cloth lettered in gilt. San Francisco: Compiled and Published by Geo. W. Blum, 1896 [copyright 1895] Scarce little cycling guide, with distance tables, club directory, advice on proper dress, and many advertisements, both for cycles and cycling supplies, and for establishments at which to eat and sleep while on a junket. Lacking two maps, another detached, several with short tears from stub; bookplate; very good. (400/600)
29. Boddam-Whetham, J.W. Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening Land. xii, [2], 364 pp. Illus. with 12 wood-engraved plates. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. London: Richard Bentley, 1874 The author traveled swiftly across the continent to Salt Lake City, and after a short stay ventured on to California, spending much time in Yosemite. Curiously, the book is not listed in Currey & Kruska. Cowan p.59; Flake 579. Spine darkened, binding cocked, hinges cracked; light foxing; very good. (100/150)
Page 8 30. (Boston) Eleven issues of the Boston Almanac, 1838-1867. 11 volumes, including annual issues for 1838 (ex-library), 1840 (lacking color printing specimens from endpapers and half of folding map), 1845 (lacking map), 1847 (map tattered and with old repairs), 1851, 1853 (lacking map and a few leaves at front), 1854, 1855, 1862 (without map, as issued?), 1863 (without map, as issued?), 1867. All in original cloth bindings. Boston: Various publishers, 1838-67 A nice grouping of this popular almanac and city directory. Some general wear and soiling in addition to the defects noted above; overall very good. (400/700)
LEDGER BOOKS OF 19TH CENTURY UPSTATE NEW YORK BREWERY 31. (Brewery Accounts & Ledgers) Alexander, James. Archive of 22 account ledgers, check registers, etc., plus related papers, pertaining to James Alexander’s breweries in Oswego and Geneva, New York. Includes: Ten account books and ledgers from James Alexander’s Oswego Brewery and related commercial operations, covering the period 1852-1864. * Two books of check stubs from the Oswego period. * Two indexes to ledger books from the Oswego period. * Five account books and ledgers from James Alexander’s Geneva Brewery and related commercial operations, covering the period 1866-1881. * One book of check stubs from the Geneva period. * Two indexes to ledger books from the Geneva period. * Approximately 300 loose receipts, business letters, revenue forms and related items, nearly all from the Geneva period. The ledger books are mostly leather-backed marbled boards, a few full leather. Oswego & Geneva, NY: 1852-81 Fascinating and important commercial record of the breweries of James Alexander in upstate New York, covering a period of thirty years. The ledgers include both accounts payable and receivable, payments to employees, itemized listings of supplies purchased, and of course the beer, ale and porter sold. Also included are records of various batches of beer brewed, with the quanti- ties of hops, yeast and malt used, the gravity, etc. One of the ledger books from the Ge- neva period gives Alexander’s accounting to the government, being records “of Materials used and Fermented Liquors made and sold or removed for consumption or sale at the Brewery carried on by James Alexander in the Village of Ge- neva County of Ontario in the State of New York.” Alexan- der’s brewing operations were quite extensive, and significant in the business and commerce of the region. An article in the May 8, 1858 issue of the Os- wego Commercial Times gives a fairly detailed outline of the brewery, in part: “Mr. James Lot 31 Alexander’s Brewery, on West Fourth Street, is certainly one of the best arranged and most convenient establishments for the purpose we have seen. Everything in the concern is in perfect gradation from the loft, which receives the barley, to the cellar which stores the beer… Mr Alexander is a scientific and practical brewer and maltster, and can turn out a superior article when he gets an equivalent price. He showed us some samples in his cellar of Pale Ale, equal to the far famed Nottingham, as clear as amber and sparkling as champagne. His family is of different qualities to suit various tastes
Page 9 some dark and heavy, and others light and pale, but all with a body that has good weight to it. Mr. Alexander first started a small brewery here many years since, which he sold out and erected a large and extensive concern on his farm, three miles up the river, which, when just put into operation, was unfortunately burned down, and being uninsured, Mr. Alexander sustained a most serious loss, which threw him out of the business until he was able to commence his present building, which he did only two years since on a small scale, which, at the close of the past year he found necessary to enlarge very considerably, to meet his increasing business. His new concrete malting floor is a model for the pur- pose, and his stock cellar is constructed with the main view of equable temperature at all season…” Normal wear associated with such archives, several of the covers are detached, but overall very good. (2000/3000)
32. Browne, J. Ross. Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the Mines and Minerals, Climate, Topography, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Productions, of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains. With a Sketch of the Settlement and Exploration of Lower California. 2 parts in 1 volume. 678; 200 pp. (8vo) 9x5½, original green cloth. New York: D. Appleton, 1869 Important compendium on the resources of the west and Baja California. “Section 2 of this work contains much information on the whole [Baja California] peninsula” - Barrett. Much on mineral resources and mining. Includes a sketch of Lower California by Alexander S. Taylor. Cowan, p. 79. Barrett 373. Light wear to cloth, previous owner’s name on front free endpaper; light foxing; very good. (100/150)
33. Bryant, William Cullen & Sydney Howard Gay. A Popular History of The United States, From the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen, to the End of the First Century of the Union of the States. 4 volumes. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts, steel engravings, maps. (4to) period (original) green half morocco and marbled boards, all edges marbled. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1878 Some light wear to extremities; very good. (80/120)
34. Bryant, William Cullen, editor. Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities, and other Picturesque Features of Our Country. 2 volumes. viii, 568; vi, 576 pp. With 49 steel-engraved plates, including frontispieces and additional pictorial title pages, with tissue guards; numerous wood engravings, some full page. 32x24 cm. (12¾x9½”), original full brown morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, all edges gilt. First Edition. New York: D. Appleton, [1872-1874] Noteworthy for the numerous fine steel-engraved plates; the artists represented include Thomas Moran, Harry Fenn, James D. Smillie, J.D. Woodward, Granville Perkins and others. Spines faded, some rubbing; several plates and text leaves detached at front of Volume 1; plates overall clean; very good. (250/350)
The Buyer’s Premium will be 20% for bids up to $100,000 and 15% for that portion over $100,000. Page 10 35. Calhoun, John C. Life of John C. Calhoun, Presenting a Condensed History of Political Events from 1811 to 1843. 76, [4] ad pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 24.5x14.5 cm. (9½x6”), later brown cloth, original brown wrappers, lettered and decorated in black, bound in. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1843 The title page without the sub-title as is usually seen. John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) served as the 7th Vice President of the United States under both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, he later served as Secretary of State under John Tyler and Secretary of War under James Monroe. With library bookplate of John F. Alexander (also his name lettered in gilt on front cloth cover). Rubbing and scuffing to cloth; some pencil marks, chipping, finger soiling to wrappers; foxed; good. (200/300)
36. (California) A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa, California... 408 pp. Illustrated with a few collotype plates from photographs; 2 photo-engraved portrait plates. (4to), original full brown embossed morocco lettered in gilt, spine decorated in gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. First Edition Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1892 History of the counties containing the Yosemite Valley and the Big Tree groves, as well as other natural wonders. Rocq 5731. Spine chipped at foot, joints and edges rubbed; good. (80/120)
EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS FOR 29TH CONGRESS WITH MUCH ON CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA 37. (California - Conquest) House Executive Documents, 29th Congress, 1846-1847. 2nd Session - 4 volumes. 4 bound volumes containing Documents 1-124, complete for that session. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: Ritchie & Heiss, 1846-1847 Encompassing over 3,500 pages, the volumes contain every Presidential document relating to the Conquest of California, Texas, Oregon, Indian Affairs, the Mexican War, etc. Includes hundreds of pages of letters from California, Mexico, and other hotbeds. Spines worn, 1 label perished, joints cracked and tender, other wear; internally very good. (800/1200)
38. (California - Fresno) Vandor, Paul E. History of Fresno County California with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the County... 2 volumes. Many photograph plates, plus some steel-engraved portraits. 27x19.5 cm. (10½x7½”), half leather and cloth, gilt-lettered spines. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1919 Presentation bookplate from Mrs. Clinton de Witt, dated 1949, to the California Genealogical Society. Marked “dup” with rubber stamp on bookplate. Rocq 1841. Some fraying at edges of cloth of Volume 1, scattered tiny dampstains on edges of text block; very good. (300/500)
39. (California Gold Rush, etc.) Executive Documents from 31st Congress, 1st Session - 3 bound volumes. Volumes 1, 2 and 3, part 1. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: 1849-50 Three bound volumes of House Executive Documents 1 through 5. Includes Message Of The President to Two Houses Of Congress, 1849, and accompanying reports on fiscal matters, plus Indian Reports, Florida Boundary issues, California Gold Rush, and a very interesting and long report on Ordnance. Some scuffing and wear to covers, ink numbers to spines, joints cracking, 1 cover detached, bookplates of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good (400/600)
Page 11 40. (California Gold Rush, etc.) Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: Being the First Session of the Thirty-First Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 3, 1849. 1822 pp. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels; bound upside down. Washington: 1849-’50 The doings of the House of Representatives as the California Gold Rush was in full swing, and admission as a state loomed. Spine worn, some cover scuffing, bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good. (200/300)
41. (California Grape Varieties) Sheehan, E.M. California’s Most Important Juice Grape Varieties. 23 pp. Illustrated with photographs. 23x15 cm. (9x6”), original wrappers. 3rd Edition. San Francisco: California Grape Grower, [1925] With a rubberstamp on front cover, “Compliments of San Francisco Sulphur Company.” Rare item, only 1 copy located by OCLC/Worldcat at UC Davis. Faint wear from handling, very light scattered foxing to covers; very good. (150/250)
42. (California Imprint) Macdonald, David F[erguson]. The Moral Law: A Series of Practical Sermons on the Dialogue, or The Ten Commandments; Preached in Emmanuel Church, Coloma, California, by the Rev. David F. Macdonald, A.M., of the Protestant Episcopal Church. [4], 152 pp. 8 3/4x5 1/2, period quarter straight-grained sheep & marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Sacramento: James Anthony & Co., 1858 Sermons preached at Coloma to raise money to pay a church debt, presenting an interesting glimpse at religion and morals during the California Gold Rush, with such comments as “It is deeply humiliating to be compelled to state that this sin has entirely overrun the State; and so completely has it taken possession of the people, that one hardly knows whether to give the palm to Gambling or to Swearing. Wherever a person goes it is all one - the stage or the steamer, the hotel or the street, the kitchen, the parlor or dinner table, the shop or the saloon - every place of amusement - all, all resound with blasphemy - and that, too, of the most horrid kind...” Cowan (II) p.405; Greenwood 962. Binding worn, joints split, early gift inscription on front free endpaper; light foxing; very good. (100/150)
CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS WITH INFORMATION ON CALIFORNIA INDIANS 43. (California, Indian Affairs, etc.) Senate Documents, 32nd Congress, 1st Session - 1851-1852 - 4 volumes. 4 volumes. With numerous folding plans and maps. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: A. Boyd Hamilton, 1852 Reports pertaining to many major endeavors of the year, with over survey maps, Bureau Of Indian Affairs Reports, Armies, California, etc. The surveys include Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arkansas, Louisiana, Iowa, and the western portion of Oregon Territory. The reports comprise No. 1, Parts 2 and 3, and No. 2, Parts 1 and 2. Some scuffing and wear to covers, ink numbers to spines, a few joints cracked wiht one cover detached, bookplates of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good overall. (500/800)
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Page 12 44. (California Indians) Report of the Secretary of the Interior, Communication... the correspondence between the Department of the Interior and the Indian agents and commissioners in California. Senate Executive Doc. No. 4, Special Session, Called March 4, 1853. 405 pp. Whole volume offered, containing 8 documents in all. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1853 Important report detailing the condition and treatment of Native Americans in California in the years immediately following the Gold Rush and the influx of tens of thousands of European Americans which shattered the culture of the indigenous population. The volume also includes a rare Nantucket Lighthouse Survey Report with 6 foldout maps and 4 plans. Some scuffing and wear to covers, joints cracking, bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good, contents with a bit of foxing, but generally quite clean. (400/600)
45. (California) Leyes de California, Aprobadas en la Octava Sesion de la Legislatura. 156 pp. 2 folding charts. (8vo) period sheep, leather spine labels. Sacramento: James Allen, 1857 Early California laws, printed in Spanish. Front joint split, some wear to leather; very good. (100/150)
46. (California - Long Beach Earthquake) Foell, William J. Views of the Earthquake, Long Beach California, Friday, March 10th, 1933. At 5:55 p.m. Taken by Mr. & Mrs. Wm. J. Foell, 126 Orange Avenue, Long Beach, California. Approximately 83 silver photographs. Most approx. 7.5x11.5 cm. (3x4½”), corner-mounting to black album leaves, a few with captions. Long Beach, CA: 1933 Interesting amateur scenes following the 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Long Beach in 1933. Buildings fallen, tent cities, cracks in the earth, etc. Very good. (300/500)
47. (California) Ninety pages about California monuments. 90 glossy pages, each with a photograph of the monument and a typed paragraph about it. Apparently a draft for a publication, the title and author unknown. [c.1932] A California guide, with blurbs about famous historical sights, monuments, natural wonders, and famous homes in Northern and Southern California. Including Cinder Cone and Butte Lake, Rainbow Falls of Madera County, downtown San Francisco, Pasadena Rose Bowl, Angeles Abbey Mausoleum, Modjeska’s Forest of Arden, the first homeland of Leland Stanford statesman and philanthropist, A City in a Circle (Riverside County), the Ramona Pageant in Riverside County, Huntington Botanical Gardens in Los Angeles, a few pages with images of farming melons and lettuce, Butano Falls, Prayer Book Cross at Golden Gate Park, a busy water-front scene on Sacramento River, and much more. Captivating images and views of California’s great sights accompany a concise and interesting paragraph on that sight. Very good to near fine. (250/350)
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Page 13 48. (California - P.P.I.E.) A view book and a participant’s badge for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Includes: The Jewel City in Natural Colors: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco 1915. 30 tipped-in color photolithograph plates, with printed glassine guards. 25x34 cm. (10x13½”), Wrappers with color pictorial cover label, string tie. Published by Robert A. Reid. (A few short edge tears and chips to wrappers, 1 glassine guard detached). * Circular button reading “Panama-Pacific International Exposition - Admit One - Opening Day, Feb. 20, 1915”, attached to ribbon with pin stating “Participant.” (Very slight rubbing). Together, 2 items. San Francisco: 1915 Very good or better condition. (200/300)
49. (California - Photograph) Inman, Milton. San Gabriel Mountains and Eucalyptus Row. 20.2x25.2 cm. (8x10”). Stamped on verso, Milton Inman, Los Angeles. [c. 1930] Born in Chicago in 1899, Inman moved with his family to Los Angeles the same year. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1920. He worked as a writer and photographer for several Los Angeles newspapers, and carried on a commercial photography business as well. Inman was a long time member of the Camera Pictorialists of Los Angeles and exhibited his photographs throughout the United States. He died in Pasadena in 1979. Touch of wear at edges from handling; else near fine. (500/800)
50. (California - Photograph) Willard, Stephen. Photograph of the Eastern Sierra Nevada. Photograph printed on linen. Image is 18.5x23.5 cm. (7¼x9¼”) on larger linen. Signed in the image by Willard. Rubber stamp from his Mammoth Lakes Studio on verso. Inventory #875. Mammoth Lakes, CA: [c. 1950] Stephen Willard (1894-1965) was one of the Southwest’s premier landscape photographers. He settled in Palm Springs in 1922 and photographed desert landscapes until he moved to the Owen Valley in 1947 and opened his studio in Mammoth Lakes. From his base in the mountains, he photographed the magnificent Easter Sierras. The Palm Springs Desert Museum is the repository of Willard’s negatives and prints. A very slight ripple in the linen; near fine. (400/600)
51. (California - San Diego) San Diego (California) City Directory, 1932. 1312 pp. Illustrated ads on endpapers and covers. (Thick 8vo) original red cloth-backed printed boards. San Diego: San Diego Directory Co., 1932 Extensive city and business directory for Depression-era San Diego. Binding shaken, wear to edges; short tear to title page; very good. (100/150)
52. (California - San Francisco) Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory for the Year Ending October 1907. 2027 pp. Advertisements throughout including several inserted leaves. (Thick 8vo) original printed green cloth. San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Co., [1906] The first year for this directory following the 1906 quake. Many of the establishments listed as at a ‘temporary address’. Light wear to cloth, significant loss to white lettering on front; very good. (300/500)
Page 14 53. (California - San Francisco) Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory for the Year Ending October 1908. 2221 pp. Advertisements throughout including several inserted leaves. (Thick 8vo) original printed blue cloth. San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Co., [1907] Scarce early post-earthquake issue of this annual publication. Light wear; near fine. (250/350)
54. (California - San Francisco) Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory for the Year Ending September 1910. 2152 pp. Advertisements throughout including several inserted leaves. (Thick 8vo) original printed green cloth. San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Co., [1909] Spine sunned, some light wear near fine. (200/300)
55. (California - San Francisco) Telephone Directory: San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, and Palo Alto Exchange. Various paginations. (4to) 11x9”, paper wrappers. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., February 1, 1915 Includes over 180,000 telephone listings. With ads at front, rear and at bottom of numerous pages. Paper browned, front wrapper chipped at lower corner, short tear, rear wrapper with smaller chips; good. (100/150)
56. (California - San Francisco) Telephone Directory: San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, and Palo Alto Exchange. Various paginations. (4to) 11x9”, paper wrappers. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., February 1, 1916 Includes over 190,000 telephone listings. With ads at front, rear and at bottom of numerous pages. Paper browned, front wrapper detached at lower corner, short tear, rear wrapper chipped; good. (100/150)
57. (California Sheet Music) Two pieces of sheet music from early Benicia, California Bookseller Wm. D. Phillipson. Titles: My Bonnie Boy & Polly and I. 2 pieces, each 6 pp. Each with a chromolithographic illustrations on front. Approximately 13x10”. Benicia, California: Wm. D. Phillipson, Late 19th century Each piece with imprint on front and a large advertisement for Wm. D. Phillipson, Bookseller and Stationer, Benicia, Cal. Paper browned and a bit brittle, some light chipping at edges; very good. (100/150)
SCARCE HISTORICAL BROCHURE ON TUOLUMNE COUNTY, 1901 58. (California - Tuolumne County) Greeley, O.F. Illustrated Historical Brochure of Tuolumne County, California. With Map Showing all Patent Mines and the Mineral Belts coursing through the County. 93, [2] pp. Illustrations throughout from photographs; folding map at rear. 19.5x28 cm. (7¾x11”), original pictorial orange wrappers. Sonora: The Progessive Association, 1901 Numerous photographs of various mining works, public and private buildings and text describing the various towns of the county. Folding map at rear showing locations of scores of mining operations. Scarce. Cowan p.898. Covers with some edge wear and light soiling; dampstain to upper corner throughout, map not affected; very good. (800/1200)
Page 15 59. [Camacho, Simon]. Cosas de los Estados Unidos, por Nazareno. [4], 364, [1] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. (8vo) original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt title on spine. First Edition. Nueva York: Imprenta de “El Porvenir”, 1864 Scarce account of perceptive and sometimes humorous essays by a Cuban newsman in the United States, covering the years 1856-1864. One chapter in particular on women’s rights, is worth mentioning: “Las Faldas en Consejo” in which Camacho, who wrote under the name “Nazareno,” describes somewhat tongue-in-cheek the activities of Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Fannie Willard, and other abolitionists and pioneers in woman’s rights. Some light wear and spotting to cloth; light foxing; very good. (100/150)
60. Chamisso, Adelbert von. A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816 by Adelbert von Chamisso, Scientist of the Russian Exploring Ship Rurik. Illustrated with color collotype plates after drawings, first published in 1822, by the Rurik’s artist Louis Choris. 15¾x10, cloth-backed boards. One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1936 GB 256; Howes C277; BCC 50. Spine sunned; near fine. (80/120)
IMPROVING RAILROADS THROUGH AERODYNAMICS 61. Chase, G.N. & H.W. Kirchner. The Coming Railroad: The Chase - Kirchner Aerodynamic System of Transportation. 50 pp. With frontispiece & 9 plates from diagrams & designs. 26.5x19 cm. (10½x7”), original maroon cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition. St. Louis: [Press of Nixon-Jones ptg. Co.], 1904 Signed by Chase on verso of front free endpaper. A prescient, albeit ultimately impractical, proposal using an aerodynamic system based on the lift of the airplane wings to propel the locomotive beyond it’s inherent technological speed limitations. Fine or nearly so, a bright copy. (500/800)
FOUR LOTS RELATING TO CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA 62. (Chinese) McNiel, Stanley F. Original watercolor of a Chinese man, standing, holding an opium pipe. 48x21 cm. (18¾x8¼”), framed under glass. San Francisco or New York: c.1915 While a resident of San Francisco in 1908-13, Stanley Francis McNeil studied at the Institute of Art while working for the Chronicle. By 1927 he was in New York City. One of his works was exhibited at first annual exhibition of advertising paintings and drawings held by Art Directors Club at the Galleries of the Art Club, New York, 1921. Very good or better, not examined out of frame. (500/800)
63. (Chinese) San Francisco and Oakland Chinese Telephone Directory, February 1949. 38 pp. 24x16.5 cm. (9½x6½”), green wrappers, stapled, a small hole punched through top left corner. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1949 Only the cover is bi-lingual with English and Chinese language. Contents only in Chinese. Scarce, no copies in OCLC/Worldcat. A bit of inevitable rust to staples; near fine. (300/500)
Page 16 64. (Chinese) San Francisco historical lithograph, “Kealney Must Go”. Black & white lithograph. 24.5x32 cm. (9½x12½”) plus margins. San Francisco: I.N. Choynski, c.1877 “The Tables Turned You Sabe Him Kealney (sic) Must Go” was published by I.N. Choynski, one of the first, if not the first antiquarian bookseller in San Francisco. The image shows Denis Kearney in prison stripes, with Chinese poking insults at him. He had been jailed for inciting a riot. The S.F. Board of Supervisors had passed an emergency ordinance banning incendiary speech following some of Kearney’s fiery speeches against San Francisco’s rich on Nob Hill. A parade of thousands marched through the city in support of Kearney. The Chinese in San Francisco, however, were less than appreciative of his nativist and racist views toward Chinese immigrants. An important early political print. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some soiling and creasing to margins; very good. (200/300)
65. (Chinese) Two pamphlets on the Chinese in California. Includes: Kerr, J.G. The Chinese Question Analyzed. A Lecture Delivered in the Hall of the Young Men’s Christian Association, November 12th, 1877... With an Appendix on Chinese Emigration. 24 pp. Cowan p.328. 1877. * [Brooks, Benjamin S.] The Invalidity of the “Queue Ordinance” of the City and County of San Francisco. Opinion of the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of California, in Ho Ah Kow vs Matthew Nunan, delivered July 7th, 1879. 43 pp. Cowan p.74. 1879. Together, 2 volumes. Original printed wrappers. First Editions. San Francisco: 1877 & 1879 Two pamphlets relating to the increasingly toxic relationship between Californians of European descent and those from China. The first was written by a doctor who had lived 23 years in China, and is supportive of the Chinese side of the conflict; the second relates to the San Francisco law requiring the cutting of hair, and thus the Chinese pigtails or queues, of those incarcerated in S.F. jails - it was ruled unconstitutional in the court decision. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Both formerly in a fire, with wrapper margins scorched, that of the 2nd nearly detached, dampstaining to margins especially the 1st; good condition. (300/500)
66. Churchill, Caroline M. Over the Purple Hills, or Sketches of Travel in California, Embracing all the Important Points Usually Visited by Tourists. 252 pp. Two woodcut plates. (12mo) original brown cloth, stamped in black and blind on covers, spine lettered in gilt. “Tenth Thousand”. Denver: Mrs. C.M. Churchill, 1881 Early printing of this scarce western travel narrative. Cowan lists only an expanded edition (336 pages) from 1884. There was also an 1877 edition published in Chicago. Spine faded, a bit of soiling to cloth, partial ink stamp from a Cheyenne, W.T. news agent on front free endpaper; ink scribbles in margins of a few pages; very good. (200/300)
The Buyer’s Premium will be 20% for bids up to $100,000 and 15% for that portion over $100,000. Page 17 CIVIL WAR DIARY KEPT BY UNION ARTILLERYMAN IN 1862 67. (Civil War) Brown, George D. Manuscript Journal kept by George D. Brown during service with the Union Army, January to September, 1862. 59 pp. Written in ink. 20.5x13 cm. (8x5”), disbound. Missouri, etc.: 1862 Remarkable diary kept by a young artilleryman (it commences when he is 18½ years of age) during all-too-brief service with the Union Army, mostly along the Mississippi in Missouri, building forts, engaged in skirmishes, foraging, etc. The diary is accompanied by a fair copy in a contemporary hand, and at the end of the copy is written “George D. Brown’s Journal. He died at the battle of Corinth Oct. 4th whilst bravely doing his duty, another victim of this unholy strife.” Brown was serving in the same regiment as his father, and also present is a letter from Brown to family at home, which has a postscript added by his father. A typed transcript of the journal and letter is present. A few excerpts: April 7th, 1862, “The gunboat Benton ran the blockade last night. The rebels fired at her a great many times but did hit her but once, slightly… Also a think has happened that we have been expecting every day for weeks, that is they have got a canal cut through the woods and this morning 4 transports came down through. They are going to transfer troops over into Kentucky…” June 5th, “Chickens, geese and pigs are suffering today. We are short of provisions and the boys are laying in for anything that comes in their way. There is plenty of blackberries and mulberries here. I am afraid the boys will make themselves sick eating so many as they do.” July 7th, “Laid by our guns all night and this morning news came in that the enemy are still advancing we expect to be attacked before morning but will be ready to receive them at any moment…” July 8th, “Still no fighting but the Cavalry say they are advancing slowly, they think there are about 10,000 of them...” July 27th, “As near as I can find out there were nearly a whole regt. of guerrillas in the skirmish yesterday. They dashed through the pickets killing two of our men on the start. The men in camp were surprised but managed to get their carbines and drove them back taking 12 prisoners after which they chased them ten or twelve miles…. I expect they were nearly all of them citizens who live near by…” September 11th, “…Have at last got us a negro cook for our platoon. He ran away from Gen. Prices army a few weeks ago and just got into camp yesterday. I never seen a fellow so delighted as he is to get away from the rebels. He says he was terribly abused by them receiving as often as 500 lashes for very trifling things. Our news from the different parts of the army continue to be full of defeats but I hope it will soon turn the other way. They must not conquer us, even if it takes every able bodied man from the north…” Nice condition, clean and legible. (1500/2000)
68. (Civil War) “Danny”. Eleven Autograph Letters signed “Danny”, serving aboard the U.S.S. Jacob Bill, to his lady friend Mary, with stamped envelopes. Written in ink, approx. 19.5x12 cm., with small envelopes. Aboard U.S.S. Jacob Bill: 1862-1864 Danny served aboard the sidewheel steamer U.S.S. Jacob Bell, in the Potomac Flotilla. The letters include some accounts of action. One is incomplete. Generally very good. (300/500)
69. (Civil War) Harrison, William Henry. Two letters from William Henry Harrison relating to his service in the Civil War, and one from his father after he was captured by the Confederate forces. Includes: A.L.S. from H.C. Harrison, father of W.H. Harrison, to Capt. Theophilus F. Rodenbough, inquiring about his son, who had been taken prisoner. Nov. 5th, 1864. * A.L.S. from W.H. Harrison to Rodenbough, transmitting (but not including) a chapter he had written about his experiences during the war, including the battle of Winchester (19 September 1864, where he was lauded for gallant and meritorious service), prison life, etc. July 21, 1875. * A.L.S. from W.H. Harrison to Rodenbough, transmitting a photograph of himself, which is included (circular albumen, mounted on engraved background). Nov. 16, 1877. Together, 3 letters, written in ink, inlaid to size in paper borders. Philadelphia: 1864-1877
Page 18 Letters relating to the service of William Henry Harrison (apparently no relation to president of the same name) in the War Between the States. Rodenbough, to whom the letters are addressed, was a noted regimental historian after the war; Harrison served in his unit during the conflict. Very good to fine condition. (200/300)
70. (Civil War) Johns, Henry T. Life with the Forty-Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers. 435 pp. Steel-engraved frontispiece. (8vo) original brown cloth lettered in gilt on front. First Edition. Washington, D.C.: [by the author], 1890 An epistolary history of this Massachusetts regiment which served in Louisiana and suffered heavy casualties at the first assault at Port Hudson. Spine a bit faded, some spotting to cloth; frontispiece heavily foxed; very good. (100/150)
71. (Civil War) Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, Dec. 2, 1861... 1175 pp. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: Govt. Printing Office, 1861 The conduct of the U.S. Senate for the last month of 1861 and the first six months of 1862, as it became apparent that the Civil War would be a long and expensive one. Some scuffing and wear to covers, spine worn, joints cracking, bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good. (200/300)
72. (Civil War) Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. 17 volumes, broken run, Series I, Volumes 2-26. Illustrated with photo plates, etc. 23x14 cm. (9x5¾”), blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894-1914 Important compilation on the naval-related records, correspondence, etc. of the two sides in the Civil War. Includes a duplicate of Vol. 12 and two volumes of the records of the Union and Confederate Armies, for a total of 20 volumes. The full set of the naval records should have 27 volumes in Series One, 3 volumes in Series Two, and an index, for a total of 31 volumes. Some rubbing and wear to bindings, very good. (100/150)
73. (Civil War) Sacket, Delos B. Two Autograph Letters Signed by Bvt. Major General Delos B. Sacket, to General Theophilus F. Rodenbough. Each 3 pp. on 4-page lettersheet. 20x12.5 cm. (8x5”), inlaid into paper borders. Philadelphia & Cape Vincent: 1873 & 1876 Letters between two U.S. Cavalry generals who fought in the Civil War; Sacket became inspector general after the war, and Rodenbough a noted regimental historian. First a little faint, very good or better. (200/300)
74. (Civil War) Seven cartes-de-visite of Civil War interest. Includes: Union cavalryman with pistol in belt, sword in hand, identified in ink on reverse, “Baton Rouge La. Aug. 1863 Henry Nolop.” With imprint of T. Keddy, Baton Rouge. * Abraham Lincoln. * Mrs. Lincoln. * James A. Garfield. * Lucretia R. Garfield. * Lieut. G. U. Morris of the Cumberland. (lithograph). * G. Winfield S. Hancock. Together, 7 cdv’s. Only the 1st with photographer identified. Various places: c.1861-1865 Some minor fading and wear, very good. (200/300)
Page 19 75. [Clark, George W.]. The Free Soil Minstrel. 228 pp. (8vo) original brown cloth. First Edition. New York: Martyn & Ely, 1848 Scarce song book for the short lived anti-slavery Free Soil Party. Binding well worn, spine ends chipped, lacking free endpapers; strip torn from top of title page, some foxing and staining, fair. (150/250)
TWO RARE CLIPPER SHIP SAILING CARDS 76. (Clipper Ship Sailing Card) CALIFORNIA. Clipper ship sailing card, on porcelain coated stock, with large color wood-engraved illustration. 10.3x16.5 cm. (4¼x6½”). New York: Nesbitt & Co., Printers, c.1860 Rare clipper ship sailing card in exceptional condition. The California, a “New and Magnificent Clipper for San Francisco” in the Merchants’ Express Line, was built by Samuel Hall, Esq., of East Boston, who also built the Surprise, Gamecock, and others. The commander was Henry Barber. The attractive image features Chinese laborers mining gold, and a white miner waving to a clipper ship in the distance. We can find no listing of this card in the various standard reference works, or for sale online. Lot 76 Remarkably fine condition. (3000/5000)
77. (Clipper Ship Sailing Card) FRANKLIN. Clipper ship sailing card, on porcelain coated stock, with large color wood-engraved illustration. 16.7x10.4 cm. (6½x4”). New York: Nesbitt & Co., Printers, c.1860 Attractive card featuring the famed inventor/statesman verifying that lightening is electricity with his famous kite, connected to a large storage battery and a telegraphic instrument, with telegraph lines overhead. Somewhat ironically, a wood-burning steam locomotive chugs by, foreshadowing the demise of the clipper ships when the transcontinental was completed in 1869. The Franklin “Has made four Passages, and never damaged her Cargo.” The captain was D.P. Bursley. This is a variant of the card in the American Antiquarian Society. SST II, pp. 30-32. Very tiny spot to extreme left edge, away from image; fine. (2000/3000)
78. (Colorado) The Cheyenne Mountain Country Club. Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1916. 47 pp. (12mo) 15.5x11.8 cm. (6¼x4½”) brown and white cloth stamped in gilt on front. [Colorado Springs]: 1916 Scarce volume for this exclusive Colorado club containing lists of officers and members, club by-laws and club-house rules. OCLC/WorldCat locates no copies. Staining to cloth; light dampstain in margins; else very good. (200/300)
Page 20 79. (Congressional Globe) Rives, John C. The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates, Proceedings, and Laws of... 4 volumes, including: The Second Session of the Thirty-First Congress. Volume XXIII. 1851. * The First Session of the Thirty-Second Congress. Volume XXIV-Part I. With bookplate of John M. McClelland, Jr. 1852. * Appendix to...the First Session, Thirty-Second Congress: Containing Speeches and Important State Papers. Vol. XXV. 1852. * The Second Session of the Thirty-Second Congress. Volume XXVI. 1853. Each a 4to, similarly bound in half calf and marbled boards. Washington: John C. Rives, 1851-1853 Heavily worn edges, covers nearly detached, chipping and tearing to calf and boards; light scattered foxing; very good. (200/300)
80. (Constitution) Die Constitution der Bereinigten Staaten von America. 156 pp. (12mo), period calf-backed boards. Reading, (Penn.): Carl A. Bruckman für Carl McWilliams, [c. 1823] Early German translation of the American Constitution, together with the Constitution of Pennsylvania, the Declaration of Independence and the farewell address of George Washington. The rear section of the book is a guide to legal and commercial business, titled “Formen zu Handschriften, wie die Gesetze dieselben erfordern in deutscher und englischer Sprache...”. It provides examples of letters and documents in both German and English. Sabin 16126 Light extremity wear, lacking rear free endpaper; paper a bit browned; bookplate of the Historical Society of Berks County, deaccession stamp on book plate and early text leaf, no external library markings; very good. (200/300)
81. Coolidge, Calvin. Extradition Request by the President of the United States of America, For the Return of N.H. Stairs (alias Keith, alias Sumerfelt, alias G.H. Kaufman) Convicted of Forgery in the Sate of Missouri. Folio. 2pp + integral blank. Printed document with manuscript additions, Signed by President Calvin Coolidge (with embossed paper Seal of the United States of America), and also Signed by Secretary of State Frank Billings Kellogg. Washington, D.C.: 29 January 1926. Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) was the 30th President of the United States of America (1923-1929). Frank Billings Kellogg (1856-1937) was Coolidge’s Secretary of State (1925- 1929), and for his outstanding work on the international treaty known as the Kellogg- Briand Pact he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1929. A few folds, very lightly soiled. Very good. (200/300)
82. Coolidge, Calvin. Typed Letter Signed by Calvin Coolidge as President, to David Lawrence of the United Sates Daily. One page, on White House letterhead 22.5x18 cm. (8¾x7”). Washington: Sept. 6, 1926 Coolidge writes that “I have received your letter of September third. I read the United States Daily regularly and find it most useful in giving an accurate summary of the business of the Government.” Fine condition. (150/250)
83. Cox, Palmer. Squibs of California; or, Every-Day Life Illustrated. 491 pp. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings. (8vo) tan half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, all edges marbled. First Edition. Hartford, Conn: Mutual Publishing Company, 1874 The author’s first book. Cox is best remembered for his Brownies children’s book series. Cowan, p.147. Joints and hinges cracked, other light wear; long tears to several leaves with tape repairs; very good. (80/120)
Page 21 84. 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. (150/250)
85. Cronise, Titus Fey. The Natural Wealth of California Comprising Early History; Geography, Topography...A Detailed Description of Each County... xvi, 696, [2] pp. Frontispiece, many woodcut plates. 10x6¾, original green pebbled cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First Edition. San Francisco: H.H. Bancroft, 1868 Presentation “With the author’s regards” to Geo. B. Merrill on title page. “The best and most reliable work of the time.” Cowan (II), p. 150. Light wear to cloth, glue repair to hinges; very good. (100/150)
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMIGRANT TRAIL TO OREGON 86. Cross, Osborn. A Report, in the form of a journal, to the Quartermaster General, of the march of the regiment of mounted riflemen to Oregon, from May 10 to October 5, 1849, by Major O. Cross, quartermaster United States army. [caption title]. Pp. 126-244 in Part II of Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, (Senate Ex. Doc. 1, 31st Congress, 2d Session). Whole volume offered, Parts I & II, 444, 488 pp. Cross’s report illustrated with 35 lithographed plates, 3 of them folding. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: Printed for the Senate, 1850 Detailed description of the emigrant trail to Oregon, amply illustrated with scenes along the way; the troops were moving west to the new military posts on the Pacific Coast. This official edition was preceded by a Philadelphia edition in 1850 of which only a few copies were made up for the author. The number of plates varied between 34 and 37, as noted by Howes, though 35 are listed, of which all are present in this copy. “This report...is a mine of information, not only about the army’s advance to garrison posts along the Oregon Trail, but also about the concurrent pageantry of the California gold rush” - Mattes 415; Graff 4415; Howes C923; Sabin 17660; Wagner-Camp 181:3. Some scuffing and wear to covers, spine worn with leather at ends lacking, ink number to spine, bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good, contents quite clean. (700/1000)
87. (Cuba) Aguilara y Zayas, G[abriel]. A Los Habitantes de Calabazar, Ceja de Pablo Quemado de Giiines[sic] y Rancho Veloz. Printed broadside, 12½x8¾”. [Cuba]: 1878 Rare Cuban broadside calling for an end to armed hostilities while encouraging a war of ideas, at the end of Cuba’s so-called Ten Years’ War for independence from Spain (1868- 1878). The broadside is addressed to the people of Calabazar, Ceja de Pablo, Quemado de Guines and Rancho Veloz - located in the north-central region of the island. Signed in print by Gabriel Aguilera y Zayas, a prominent leader in the pro-Spanish Partido Union Constitucional. A rare ephemeral item from Cuba. No copies located in WorldCat. A few small nicks to edges; near fine. (100/150)
Page 22 88. (Cuba) Regulations of the Customhouses in the Island of Cuba. Text printed in 3 columns: Spanish, English, & French. 3 pp on a single folded sheet. 32.5x22 cm. (12¾x8¾”). [Havana, Cuba]: [1850s] Cuban customs regulations printed for the use of Spanish and foreign vessels engaged in trade with Cuba. Lists sixteen regulations, including requirement for a shipping manifest (500 peso fine otherwise), discharging goods without the permission of the customs house collector incurred fine of 1000 pesos, etc. Trelles in his bibliography of Cuban books cites an 1881 edition of a similar title with 27pp., but ours is an earlier and more ephemeral publication. Presumably printed for direct distribution to ship captains. Creased, some light edge wear; very good. (100/150)
89. 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 than 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 (II), p. 152; Zamorano Eighty, 24. Wear to extremities, a few small chips along joints; very good. (100/150)
PAYING DEBTS WITH CALIFORNIA GOLD DUST 90. Daneri, Antonio. Autograph Letter, signed, from Antonio Daneri regarding a payment in the form of gold dust. 2 pages on a single sheet, engraved illustration at head including mining implements. 10x7¾”. San Francisco: Dec. 20, 1886 Daneri, a prosperous San Francisco merchant and proprietor of the Villa Maria vineyard in Geyserville, Sonoma County, writes to a customer, C. Agostino of San Andreas, in response to a payment made in the form of gold dust which Daneri had “coined at the mint” and applied to various debts owed by Agostino. Agostino’s creditors included Levi Strauss & Co., the California Cracker Co., and several others. Creased from mailing; fine. (400/600)
91. 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. (150/250)
Page 23 92. Davis, Ellis A. Davis’ Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest: California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona. Illustrations throughout from photographs; maps. (Folio) original black cloth lettered in gilt. Oakland, CA: Ellis A. Davis, 1915 Descriptions of various California cities and counties by noted residents; city, county and state maps; biographical sketches of leading citizens; etc. Covers a bit worn, hinges cracked; very good. (80/120)
93. De Bussierre, Th. L’Empire Mexicain: Histoire des Tolteques, des Chichimeques, des Azteques et de la Conquete Espagnole. [4], 427 pp. Original green printed wrappers. First Edition. Paris: Henri Plon, 1863 The first part treats the early history of Mexico, Toltecs, Aztec, Anahuac, Tenochtitlan, arts and sciences in Aztec civilization, etc. The second part treats the post-Conquest period, ending with Mexican Independence, and a very brief overview of Javier Mina, war in Texas, and the Mexican War. The author apparently spent time in Mexico. Palau 37698; Sabin 9561. Wrappers with some sunning, light edge wear; light foxing; very good. (100/150)
94. (Declaration of Independence) Centennial broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence. Broadside lithograph, 50x37 cm. (19¾x14½”). New York: Columbian Publishing Co., 1876 With an inset advertisement at the lower right for John A. Moore of Baltimore, Md. Manufacturer of Pier & Mantel Mirrors. Some creasing, paper a touch browned; very good. (100/150)
95. (Declaration of Independence - Signer) Clymer, George (Signer from Pennsylvania). Document Signed by George Clymer as Supervisor of the Revenue for the District of Pennsylvania. Printed document completed in manuscript. Approximately 12.3x20.5 cm (5x8”). Philadelphia: [c. 1791-1794] George Clymer (1739-1813). Merchant, member of Continental Congress, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, congressman. Receipt for collection of duties on one hundred eleven gallons of rum. Light edge wear, browning, cancellation slices through signature (no loss); very good. (300/500)
96. Diaz del Castillo, Bernal. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, Written by Himself, Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. 2 volumes. Translated by John Ingram Lockhart. xvi, 399; viii, 416 pp. (8vo) full tan calf, spines gilt, red and green lettering pieces, all edges marbled. First Edition of this translation. London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1844 “This notable eyewitness account is universally accepted as the most complete and trustworthy of the various chronicles of the conquest of Mexico and Central America” (Hill). Sabin 19983; Hill 472 (for 1632 edition). Spines faded, some rubbing; light foxing; very good. (150/250)
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Page 24 97. Dickerson, Jesse. A Musical Grammar: Composed for the Use of Singing-Schools. 48 pp. 9.5x12.3 cm. (3¾x4¾”) period plain paper wrappers, stitched. First Edition. Philadelphia: J. M’Culloch, 1802 Dedicated to the Uranian Society of Philadelphia. Quite scarce, WorldCat locates only the copy at the American Antiquarian Society. Wrappers worn and soiled, front wrapper splitting at stitched edge; dampstain; very good. (300/500)
98. 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) 13½x9¾, 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 Prospectus laid in. BCC 186. Light wear to jacket; volume fine. (80/120)
99. Duniway, Abigail Scott. From the West to the West. 311, [5] ad pp. Color frontispiece. (8vo) original pictorial tan cloth. First Edition. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1905 Fictionalized telling of Duniway’s journal kept during her crossing in 1852. Bookplate of John M. McClelland, Jr. A touch of wear, fine. (80/120)
100. Dwight, Melatiah Everett. The Kirbys of New England: A History of the Descendants of John Kirby of Middletown, Conn and of Joseph Kirby of Hartford Conn and of Richard Kirby of Sandwich, Mass. Together with Genealogies of the Birgis, White and MacLaren families and the Ancestry of John Drake of Windsor, Conn. [8], 451 pp. With portrait plates; color frontispiece armorial shield. Later green cloth, edges untrimmed. No. 27 of 185 copies. First Edition. New York: The Trow Print, 1898 Laid in loose is a small booklet, “Short Sketches of the Families of Brown-Kirby- Williams,” edited by Virginia Eliza Barby Ver Planck, 1899. It has the signature of Christopher B. Wyatt at the top of the first page; the book is from the estate of the actress Jane Wyatt. A few pages with offset from news-clippings, etc., laid in. Near fine. (200/300)
101. 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. (250/350)
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Page 25 102. Forsyth, John. Deed for land owned by John Forsyth of Georgia. Printed land grant, completed by hand, with large wax seal attached. 26.5x20 cm. (10½x8”). Matted with portrait and facsimile of a later document, overall 39x66 cm. (15¼x26”). Georgia: 1807 Deed for a plot of land, 202.5 acres, in Wilkinson County, Georgia, won by Forsyth in the 1807 (Second) Land Lottery of Georgia. Signed by Forsyth at the bottom. Forsyth would serve in a number of political offices including as a member of the House of Representatives, Senator, U.S. Minister to Spain, Governor of Georgia, and United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Fine. (300/500)
FRÉMONT’S EXPEDITION WITH LARGE MAP, IN HOUSE DOCUMENT FORM 103. 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. As issued in House Executive Documents, 2nd Session, 28th Congress, Vol. 4, Part 2. The Fremont report is paginated: 583pp. Illustrated with 22 lithograph plates; 5 maps, 3 of them folding, including the large folding map which is bound in at p.321. The whole volumes is paginated xvi, 583, 43, 161 pp., the final section being David Dale Owen’s Survey of the Mineral Lands in Iowa, Wisconsin and northern Illinois, with maps and plates. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine label. Washington: Blair & Rives, 1845 Uncommon issue of the famous account, in the Executive Documents. The first portion of the work reprints Fremont’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. 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. Fremont’s report of his journey to Oregon and California in 1843-44 was published. This report and the Fremont (Preuss) map which accompanied it, changed the entire picture of the West, and made a lasting contribution to cartography...” The map is in unusually nice condition, with a few neatly repaired tears. Cowan p. 223-4; Graff 1436; Howes F370; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Wheat Transmississippi Vol. II, pp. 194-200, Map 497; Zamorano 39. Some normal wear to covers, but less than usual for this format, ink number to spine foot; some discoloration to page fore-edges, speckling to some of the plates, overall very good or better, with the bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society. (3000/5000)
Lot 103
Page 26 104. 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. (300/500)
105. 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. 22.5x15 cm. (9x5¾”), original printed wrappers. Washington: Taylor, Wilde & Co., 1845-[1846] An early abridged edition of Frémont’s account of his two expeditions. Issued without plates or maps. Stated “Second Edition” on the title-page, and “Third Edition” on the front wrapper, with place of publication on the wrapper given as Baltimore, and the date 1846. Wagner-Camp 115:4; Howes F370; Sabin 24841; Smith 3351. Some soiling and light stains to wrappers, spine strip missing bottom 1½”, other wear; very good. (150/250)
106. (Frémont, John Charles) The proceedings of the court martial in the trial of Lieutenant Colonel Frémont. Senate Document 33, 30th Congress, 1st Session. 447 pp. + other documents. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: 1848 Official record of the court martial of John C. Frémont for mutiny, disobedience of a superior officer and military misconduct for refusing to relinquish the post of governor of California to Stephen Watts Kearny. He was convicted, but his sentence of dishonorable discharge was commuted by President James K. Polk. The volume also contains a listing of the troops in the Mexican War, the killed and wounded, as well as charts on land sales in Florida. Spine scuffed, bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good. (300/500)
REPORTS FROM GENERAL LAND OFFICE WITH MAPS 107. (General Land Office) Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. House Executive Doc. No. 12, 30th Congress, 2nd Session. 191 pp. + 6 folding maps & over 100 folding tables and charts. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: 1848 Includes maps of Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and Florida, with the numerous tables listing land sales, primarily in the Midwest. Some scuffing and wear to coves, spine gouged, joints cracking, bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good (300/500)
108. (General Land Office) Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, November 29, 1852. Issued in Message of the President... Senate Ex. Doc. No. 1, 32nd Congress, 2nd Session. With 11 folding maps. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: 1852 Includes a large map of western Oregon Territory (with Washington a part of it), a smaller map of surveyed portions of Oregon, plus Florida, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Louisiana, etc. The document also contains much on California, and a largereport from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Spine worn, front cover detached, bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society, internally very good. (400/600)
Page 27 109. (Geological Surveys) Various United States Geological Surveys - eight volumes. Includes: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1892. In Five Volumes. Volume IV, Part 2 only. Many maps and photographs within, plus 1 loose folding map in rear pocket. Hinges cracked, some internal ex-library markings. 1892. * Report of the Secretary of the Interior; Being Part of The Message and Documents...Beginning of the Third Session of the Fifty-Third Congress. In Five Volumes. Volume IV only. Some folding and/or color geological maps and/or charts, plus 1 loose folding map in rear pocket. Hinges cracked, some internal ex-library markings. 1895. * Report of the Secretary of the Interior; Being Part of The Message and Documents...Beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-Ninth Congress. In Five Volumes. Volume III only. Maps and charts, including some folding and in color, plus 2 loose folding maps in rear pocket. 1888. * Report of the Secretary of the Interior; Being Part of The Message and Documents...Beginning of the First Session of the Forty-First Congress. In Five Volumes. Volume IV, Part I only. Color charts and maps, some folding, plus 1 loose folding map in rear pocket. 1890. * Report of the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Showing the Progress of the Work from July 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907. Seven loose folding maps in rear pocket. 1907. * Becker, George F. Geology of the Quicksilver Deposits of the Pacific Slope. Frontispiece map. 1888. * Walcott, Charles D. Twenty-First Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1899-1900. Part III-General Geology, Ore and Phosphate Deposits Philippines. Plates, including color maps, plus 1 loose color folding map in rear pocket. 1901. * Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Showing the Progress of the Work During the Fiscal Year Ending with June, 1888. Many large folding maps, mostly at rear. 1889. Together 8 quarto volumes in their original cloth. Washington: Government Printing Office, Various dates Great collection of geological surveys of the United States, all but 2 with a folding map (or multiple) inside rear pockets of the United States. Moderate to heavy external wear; hinges cracked and/or starting; plates are clean and bright with minimal edge wear to few; internally very good to near fine. (200/300)
110. Gilliss, J[ames] M[elville]. The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-’50-’51-’52. Volume I. Chile. Volumes I (of 4) only. xiii, [3], 556 pp. Illustrated with a very large folding panorama of Santiago, Chile, with some hand- tinting; 7 engraved maps & plans (3 of them folding); 6 tinted lithographed plates (1 with handcoloring). (4to), later black half calf and cloth. First Edition. Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855 Report of an illuminating expedition to Chile, the third official U.S. exploring expedition after those of Wilkes (to the Pacific) and Lynch (to Palestine). Much more than astronomy was studied, and there are numerous reports on the flora and fauna, people, settlements, archeology, etc., of the region. Noteworthy as well for the superb color lithograph plates, and the striking, large fold-out panorama of Santiago. Hill, Pacific Voyages, p.602; Sabin 27419. Light wear to leather, cloth discolored (reaction to binder’s glue?); light foxing; very good. (150/250)
111. (Godey’s...) Hale, Mrs. Sarah J. & Louis A. Godey, editors. Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine - 3 bound volumes. Includes: Vol. LXVI (Jan.-June 1863); Vol. LXVII (July-Dec. 1863); Vol. LXVII (Jan.-June 1864). Profusely illustrated with engravings in steel & wood, including 18 folding hand-colored steel-engraved fashion plates. 24x15 cm. (9½x5¾”), period half calf & marbled boards, morocco spine labels. Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1863-64 The Godey’s Lady’s book was a monthly journal published from 1830 to 1898. Provides an important source of information for nineteenth-century American history, social his- tory, women’s studies, material culture and literature. Includes much on women’s fashion, textiles and patterns used for women’s clothing, essays, book reviews, how-to articles,
Page 28 biographical sketches, history and travel articles, poetry, and more. Provenance: Collec- tion of Margaret Gee. Rubbing to covers, with joints and extremities scuffed; 1st and 3rd without the volume title-pages bound in; internally very good or better. (200/300)
112. Grant, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. 2 volumes. Illustrated with frontispiece portraits, plus plates, maps, facsimiles. 9x5½, original half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, gilt seals on front and back covers. First Edition. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1885 The memoirs of the great general and 18th U.S. President are often mentioned as one of the finest American works of nonfiction. Written from his sick bed the last year of his life. Spines faded, some scuffing to bindings; front fly leaf lacking from Volume 1; light staining at corners of frontispieces and a few leaves at front of volumes; very good. (200/300)
113. Greenhow, Robert. The History of Oregon and California, and the Other Territories on the North-West Coast of North America; Accompanied by a Geographical View and Map of Those Countries, and a Number of Documents as Proofs and Illustrations of the History. [iii]-xviii, [2], 482 pp. Large folding copper-engraved map (22¾x25½” plus margins) of the western and middle portions of North America. (8vo), half calf and boards, gilt-lettered morocco spine label. * Also included is the Charles C. Little & James Brown second edition of the book. Published in 1845, this copy without an engraved map. Together 2 volumes. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1844 Originally published in 1840 as a Senate document, titled: “Memoir, Historical and Political, on the Northwest Coast of North America...,” the present edition is much enlarged, with a new map. Wheat describes the map at some length: “Robert Greenhow published in 1844 a large map wholly different from his Burr-drawn map of 1840, drawn this time by George H. Ringgold (not the Cadwalader Ringgold of later California coastal chart fame). Both volumes with the bookplate of John M. McClelland, Jr. Wheat Transmississippi 491. Moderately worn extremities; folding map with very long closed tear at fold of map, map is yellowed and foxed; light scattered foxing within; good. (100/150)
114. Hafen, LeRoy R., editor. The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West: Biographical Sketches of the Participants by Scholars of the Subject and with Introductions by the Editor. 8 (of 10) volumes, lacking volumes 3 & 10. Portraits; map; plates. (8vo), brown cloth, spines gilt lettered. First Editions. Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1965-72 One of approximately 2,000 sets. “This series was Hafen’s final major work in the field of western American history. Together with noted scholars and history buffs from throughout the country, he compiled biographies of the major male figures in the fur trade of the Far West...The account of the fur trade written by Dr. Hafen and included in volume I provides an excellent background study of the development of the fur trade” (Clark & Brunet). Clark and Brunet, 108; Rittenhouse, 266. Some light wear, a few volumes stained on top edge of page block; very good. (300/500)
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Page 29 115. Harding, George L. Don Agustin V. Zamorano: Statesman, Soldier, Craftsman, and California’s First Printer. ix, [7], 308 pp. Frontispiece portrait, folding facsimile map, and other plates. 25.9x17 cm. (10x6¾”), cloth, dust jacket. One of 325 copies (limitation not stated). First Edition. Los Angeles: Zamorano Club, 1934 Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Thirty years after publication this copy is inscribed for Henry M. Bowles...” and dated May 1, 1965. Rocq 5704. Jacket edges lightly browned with a touch of chipping and tearing; else fine. (150/250)
116. (Hawaii) Chipman, Charles P. Honolulu: The greatest pilgrimage of the mystic shrine. 327, [1] pp. Illustrations from photographs. 23.5x14.5 cm. (9¼x5¾”), green cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition. No place: 1901 Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Scarce account of a Shriner’s convention in Honolulu, with much on the islands’ culture, scenery, social life and other aspects. OCLC/WorldCat lists only nine copies, none of which are noted as being signed. Some rubbing to extremities, very good or better. (300/500)
117. (Hawaii - Photographs) Two nineteenth century original photographs of Hawaii. Includes: Photograph of Honolulu. Albumen print, mounted to board. 18.2x24.5 cm. (7x9½”). * Photograph of a beach on Oahu Island. Albumen print. 18.5x23.8 cm. (7¼x9½”). Photographers of each unknown. [c. 1885] A bit of fading to each at edges; very good. (300/500)
118. (Hawaii) Thurston, Lorrin A. Thurston’s Hawaiian guide book and auto road guide to the island of Oahu; with map of the Pacific, the Hawaiian group, island of Oahu and Honolulu, with index and key to boulevards, streets, roads and lanes of Honolulu. 141 pp. With 3 folding maps; numerous advertisements. 23x13 cm. (9x5”), blue cloth. First Edition. Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Co., 1927 Early Hawaiian automotive guide book; nearly every other page is devoted to advertisements, and they are quite fascinating. OCLC/WorldCat lists only eight copies. A little rubbing to spine ends and corners; darkening to the free endpapers, else very good or better. (300/500)
119. Holder, C[harles] F[rederick]. Autograph Letter Signed mentioning the birth of the Tournament of Roses parade by its founder. Autograph letter, signed. 3 pages on 2 8x10 sheets. Pasadena: January 10, 1894 Holder is today remembered as the ‘father’ of big game sport fishing in California and the author of a dozen early books on the subject. He was also a distinguished Professor of Zoology and editor of the Californian Illustrated Magazine. As founder of the Pasadena Valley Hunt Club, Holder was responsible for the staging of the first New Year’s Day parade in Pasadena in 1890 now known as the Tournament of Roses. In this letter, addressed to poet and head of the San Francisco Public Library John Vance Chaney in San Francisco the present letter mentions his literary interests and the parade: “I was very sorry not to see you before I left but a Hunt Club which I started here years ago gave a ‘Tournament of Roses’ on the first and as one if its first Presidents I was wanted...”. Horizontal and vertical folds, paper brittle with some tears and chipping, paper a bit darkened, some fading of ink; fair. (200/300)
Page 30 DIARIES OF WOMEN CROSSING THE PLAINS 120. Holmes, Kenneth L., editor. Covered Wagon Women: Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1890. 11 volumes. Portraits; maps; plates, etc. (8vo), blue-green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Trade Edition. Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1983-93 Diaries and letters of women on the overland trails to the west, reprinted verbatim. A noteworthy compilation making available much hitherto forgotten source material. Fine. (400/700)
121. (Hudson’s Bay Company) Report from the Select Committee on the Hudson’s Bay Company; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index. 547 pp. 2 (of 3) folding maps. (4to) period cloth with modern rebacking, original spine laid down, endpapers replaced. First Edition. [London]: Ordered by the House of Commons, 1857 The two maps present are a ‘Map of North America’ and an ‘Aboriginal Map of North America, denoting the Boundaries and the Locations of various Indian Tribes’. Lacking is the ‘Map of the North West Part of Canada, Hudson’s Bay & Indian Territories’, a reduced photographic facsimile of this map is included. Some soiling to cloth; maps splitting along folds; paper a bit browned; good. (250/350)
HUMBOLDT’S TRAVELS IN SOUTH AMERICA 122. 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. (700/1000)
123. (Independence Hall) Independence Hall Relic - a small “piece of wood from a beam which supported the floor in the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed.”. Small wood chip, approximately 1x1”, affixed to a printed card, approximately 4x5”. Accompanied by a second printed card reproducing the sworn affidavits attesting to its authenticity. Original envelope also present. Philadelphia: Wolf Art Co., [c. 1920s] An interesting relic, obtained during the restoration of Independence Hall in 1897. Envelope worn; very good. (150/250)
Page 31 VIEW BOOK OF ITALIAN SWISS COLONY WINERY 124. (Italian-Swiss Colony) Italian-Swiss Colony, Producers of Fine California Wines and Brandies. 56 pp. Illustrations throughout from photographs; folding map at rear. 17x25.8 cm. (6¾x10”), original photographically illustrated paper wrappers. [San Francisco?]: [c. 1911] Scarce view book of the vineyard and facilities of this important Northern California vintner. Map at the rear shows the locations of Italian-Swiss Colony vineyards and plants throughout the state of California. Scarce, OCLC/WorldCat locates only 2 copies. Light wear to wrappers, tape repairs to spine; a few pencil marks on map; very good. (700/1000)
SIGNED BY ANDREW JACKSON 125. Jackson, Andrew. Document Signed by Andrew Jackson as President. Ship’s papers, engraved on vellum, filled out in ink. 37.5x26.5 cm. (14¾x11”). Washington: Aug. 26, 1834 Papers for the Ship Condor of New Bedford, George H. Dexter Captain, nearly 349 tons, with a crew of 30 men, authorizing her to pass “without any hinderance, seizure or molestation.” Signed by Andrew Jackson, as well as by Secretary of State Louis McLane, and by Collector of the Port of New Bedford Samuel Williams. With paper seal. On the reverse is ink docketing. The engravings at the top are of a lighthouse with city in background, and above that a ship (the top of the ship is cut off because of the indenture). Slight wear, folds, some yellowing and darkening to vellum; four small pieces of tape on verso (from previous framing?); very good. (1500/2500)
126. Jefferson, Thomas. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. 20 volumes in 10. Portraits, facsimiles, etc. (8vo) original red half morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt. Washington, D.C.: Thomas Jefferson Lot 125 Memorial Association, 1907 Bindings well worn, spines chipped; fair. (100/150)
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Page 32 127. Jenkins, John S. Voyage of the U.S. Exploring Squadron Commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes...With Explorations and Discoveries made by Admiral D’Urville, Captain Ross and other Navigators and Travellers... 517 + [7] ad pp. 8 full page plates, several other illustrations in text. (8vo), original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Auburn: James M. Alden, 1850 With the bookplate of John M. McClelland, Jr. A few mid to late 19th century inscriptions on early blank leaf. Haskell 161; Hill, pp. 154-55; Sabin 36014; Spence, Antarctic Miscellany, 631. * Also includes a later edition of the book, published in 1852. Bound in blind-stamped morocco, with gilt-lettered and decorated spine (much of which is detached), all edges gilt. Spine and corners chipped, with some tearing, rubbed covers; hinges cracked; heavily foxed; good. (100/150)
128. (Kennedy, John F.) Invitation and Program for the inauguration of John F. Kennedy as President of the United States, with envelope, plus Frank Sinatra 45 rpm campaign record. The invitation includes photographs of John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. 25.5x16.5 cm. (10x6½). * 45 rpm record contains the songs “All the Way” and “High Hopes,” recorded by Frank Sinatra with revised lyrics for the Kennedy campaign, with original plain brown paper sleeve. No pl;ace: 1961 All in fine condition. (300/500)
129. (Kennedy, John F.) The Harvard Freshman Red Book, Class of 1940 - John F. Kennedy’s freshman class. 263 pp. Photographs throughout. (4to) original red-brown cloth. Cambridge, Mass.: 1937 Harvard year book from John F. Kennedy’s freshman year. Kennedy’s photograph appears in the individual portrait photographs and the group photographs for the “Smoke Committee”, the football team, and the swimming squad. Other notables from this class include lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, Secretary of the Treasury Donald Regan, and folk singer Pete Seeger (who did not graduate). Spine faded, some light wear, a few small spots on front cover; very good. (300/500)
130. 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. Minor edge wear, endpapers soiled; very good. (100/150)
131. 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 essential reference on the subject. Light wear to jacket; volume fine. (100/150)
Page 33 132. Langford, Nathaniel Pitt. Vigilante Days and Ways: The Pioneers of the Rockies, the Makers and Making of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. 2 volumes. xxvi, 426; xiii, [3], 485 pp. Illustrated with 15 wood-engraved plates; title-page vignettes; engraving on dedication-page. (8vo) 7½x5, original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. Second Edition. New York: D.D. Merrill, 1893 Presentation copy inscribed on front free endpaper of each volume, “Albert P. Warren, Compliments of Nathaniel P. Lanford, St. Paul Oct. 5 1906.” The best single work on the disruptions to law and order in Montana in the 1860’s, well-written and comprehensive, taking a larger, more historical view of the proceedings than Dimsdale’s first-hand account. Adams calls it “One of the standard works on the Montana vigilantes and the Plummer gang of road agents.” This second edition has the same collation as the 1890 first edition, save for advertisements at the back of Vol. II; it is, however, printed on cheaper paper, and the engravings are not as well produced. Adams Six-guns 1280; Graff 2390; Howes L78; Smith 5684. Light wear to bindings, front hinges cracking; very good. (150/250)
133. [Lawrence, George Alfred]. Silverland. [ii], 259 pp. 32 pp publisher’s catalog inserted at rear. (8vo) original green cloth stamped in black, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. London: Chapman and Hall, 1873 Flake, 4812; Paher, 1092; Rocq 6001. Cloth worn at edges, some soiling, front hinge with glue repair, rear hinge cracking; light foxing; good. (80/120)
134. Lawson, Andrew C. Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission. 2 volumes in 3. Illustrated with photographs, charts, etc. (4to) 11¼x8¾, original wrappers. First Edition. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908 Fascinating and informative report detailing the causes, course, and effects of the great earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area on April 18, 1906. The San Andreas fault is charted throughout California, the severity of movement in San Francisco and adjacent areas is shown, the “burnt area” of San Francisco delineated, and seismic readings from around the globe are laid out. Ex-library with some markings; some wear, chipping and soiling to wrappers; overall very good. (100/150)
135. (Lee, Robert E.) Two Congressional Documents containing material by Robert E. Lee. 2 bound volumes. With folding maps, plans & tables. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: 1838 & 1844 In addition to the plethora of information on the governance of the rapidly expanding United States, the 1838 report contains Robert E. Lee’s report on the Harbor of St. Louis, and Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and the 1844 report has his plans, Sketch of the Des Moines Rapids, and Sketch of the Rock Island Rapids, with discussion of his surveys, and his proposals to ameliorate the navigational difficulties the rapids engender. There is also a very nice engraved map of the United States from the Rocky Mountains east in the 1838 report. Some scuffing and wear to covers, spine of 1838 report worn with leather at ends lacking, ink numbers to spines, bookplates of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good. (400/600)
136. Levy, Daniel. Les Francais en Californie. x, 373 pp. (8vo) original wrappers, custom slipcase. First Edition. San Francisco: Gregoire, Tauzy, et Cie., 1884 A pioneering work on the French in California. The first part of the book is a history of California, including discovery and much on the Gold Rush period. The second part is devoted to the French participation, especially gold seekers, also the filibusterer Raous-
Page 34 set-Boulbon, Limantour, French mutual benefit society at San Francisco, Mokelumne Hill and Los Angeles, the Ligue National Francaise, and French Relief Fund during the European wars of 1870-71. Howes L304. Wrappers soiled and chipped at edges, split to backstrip; dampstain in top margin; good. (100/150)
137. (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. (100/150)
138. Lewis, Oscar. Lola Montez, The Mid-Victorian Bad Girl in California. 69, [1] pp. Eight woodcut illustrations by Mallette Dean. (8vo) original black cloth-backed red boards, paper spine label. One of 750 copies. San Francisco: Colt Press, 1938 Signed by Lewis at the colophon. Biographical account of Montez (1818-1861), the Irish-born American dancer and “bad girl” - including much on her associations in the California Gold Rush. Some fading and light edge wear, previous owner’s name stamped on front free endpaper; very good. (100/150)
139. (Lincoln, Abraham) Smith, David A. Autograph Letter Signed by David A. Smith, referring to his colleague Abraham Lincoln in an 1851 legal case. 2 pp., on folding stampless letters, with address. 25.5x20 cm. (10x8”). Springfield, IL: Feb. 7, 1851 David A. Smith, a Jacksonville, Illinois lawyer, was a long-time colleague of Abraham Lincoln, some 30 miles away in Springfield. Lincoln and Smith were associated on some 68 cases as either co-counselors or opposing attorneys. The present letter is in regard to the granting of the charter for the Illinois Central Railroad, a contentious process argued before the Eighth Judicial Circuit. It sheds light on Lincoln’s involvement in the struggle for the charter, before his well-known service as counsel to the railroad from 1853 until his nomination for president in 1860. David Smith writes to Hon. John McLean in Washington: “A. Lincoln Esqr., solicitor for myself & others n the very important chancery case decided at the last term of the circuit of U.S. for this state, has just addressed a telegraphic dispatch to you inquiring when the supreme court will probably adjourn and you will leave Washington... The Central Rail Road charter has been jus passed confirming upon our value from Judge Lockwood the office of one of their trustees...” Several passages of the letter underlined in pencil, two short tears to blank portions of conjugate address leaf; very good. (300/500)
140. Lincoln, Nellie Olmsted. The Story of Our Wedding Journey. 39 pp. 4 tipped in illustrations from old photographs, prints, etc. (12mo) original tan boards lettered in gilt, glassine. First Edition. San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1911 Scarce account of the voyage on the ship Central America in 1857; the shipwreck, and the final rescue. Glassine chipped, darkening to endpapers; volume near fine. (100/150) Page 35 141. (Lindbergh, Chas. A., Jr.) Wanted poster from the kidnapping of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. Wanted poster, 41x24 cm. (16x9½”), and notice to Law Enforcement Officials, 24.2x30.5 cm. (9½x12”). Each with photographs. 1932 Wanted poster seeking information as to the whereabouts of the Lindbergh baby, illustrated with 2 photographs of the child, dated March 11, 1932. Notice to law enforcement officals asking for assistance in matching handwriting samples, illustrated with two photographs of writing from the ransom notes, dated May 21, 1932. Scarce ephemera from one of the most notable crimes of the 20th century. Wanted poster creased horizontally and with some light wear, other creased in both directions with some short splits, damage on verso from tape; very good. (250/350)
142. (Long Island Times) Field, William H. The Second Annual Address of the Carrier of the Long-Island Times to His Patrons. January 1, 1857. Printed broadside. 46x21.5 cm. (17¾x8½”). Long Island, NY: 1857 Rather witty poem the ultimate goal of which is the renewal of a subscription to the newspaper, touching on many national and international events, politics, and more. Quite scarce. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Some wrinkling and other minor wear, very good. (200/300)
143. Lyman, Horace S. History of Oregon: The Growth of an American State. 4 volumes. (8vo), original blue cloth, spine gilt lettered, top edges gilt. First edition. New York: The North Pacific Publishing Society, 1903 “No effort or expense has been spared by the publishers to furnish all available historical pictures, autographs, maps, and documents; and without doubt the collection far exceeds anything to be seen elsewhere on the subject” (from the intro.) Some wear to cloth, dampstain to cloth on Volume 2, bookplates; good. (100/150)
144. (MacArthur, Douglas) Miller, Francis Trevelyan. General Douglas MacArthur: Fighter for Freedom. Red cloth, dust jacket. Philadelphia: John C. Winston, [1942] Signed by MacArthur on front free endpaper. Jacket lightly chipped and with some faint staining; light wear to cloth, separation in gutter between frontispiece and title page; very good. (100/150)
145. Macgregor, John. Commercial Tariffs and Regulations, Resources, and Trade, of Several States of Europe and America, together with the Commercial Treaties between England and Foreign Countries. Part the Sixteenth, the States of Mexico... [4], 305 pp. [bound with] Commercial Tariffs... Parts XVII, XVIII, XIX. Spanish American Republics. vi, 410 pp. 1847. 28.8x18.5 cm. (11¼x7¼”), half calf & marbled boards. London: Charles Whiting, 1846 Despite the rather mundane title, the work relates key information on California before the gold rush, including an extensive account of Charles Wilkes’ expedition, his exploration up the Sacramento River, his encounter with Captain Suter [sic], also his explorations in Oregon. Also treated of are Overland Expeditions from the United Sates to Oregon and California, including that of Fremont. A very significant compilation. Front cover detached, very good, internally near fine with just a smattering of foxing. (300/500)
Page 36 146. (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. (100/150)
147. 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. (150/250)
RARE MEMORABILIA OF 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON 148. (March on Washington) LoMonaco, Louis. We Shall Overcome: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963 - with banner and additional ephemera relating to the march. Seven leaves, including introduction, contents leaf and five collages by LoMonaco. 10¾x9, original pictorial paper folder, also with a collage by LoMonaco. New York: National Urban League, [1963] “This collection of graphic collages has been created specifically as a memento for those who participated in the historic March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs on August 28, 1963. It depicts man’s inhumanity, his cruelty to his fellow being. This memento, we believe, will inspire us to assert man’s decency and goodness through an understanding of anguish.” (Introduction). Signed in facsimile by the march organizers and leaders including Martin Luther King, Jr., A. Philip Randolph, James Farmer, Roy Wilkins, Whitney M. Young Jr., and Josephus (then the last living slave of antebellum America). Rare. OCLC WorldCat locates only 3 copies, a 4th copy resides in the Library of Congress. Added to the lot is a rare original felt triangular pennant, 72 cm. (28¼”) long, blue with white lettering, reading “March on Washington/ for Jobs & Freedom Wed. Aug. 28, 1963/ And Let the World Know “I Was There”/ We Want Freedom.” Also, several ephemeral pieces: Flier, “Souvenir of Washington, D.C... Our Flag Above All, Our Negro Music...”; 3 examples of the 4-page Lincoln Memorial Program for the march; 4-page flier, “The Dunbar Book Company Presents Negro Literature... March on Washington Catalog”; small broadside advertising the march; 2 pledge postcards for support and contributions to the cause. Just a touch of wear to the folder; pennant with a few tiny pin (or moth?) holes; the collection in near fine to fine condition. (2000/3000)
Lot 148
Page 37 MARRYAT’S MOUNTAINS WITH 8 COLOR LITHOGRAPHS 149. 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. 22x14 cm. (8½x5½”), later black half calf and marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt, gilt-lettered red leather label, top edge gilt, slipcase. 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. Leather lightly rubbed; plate at page 92 with the left margin extended by the addition of a strip of paper; light foxing to plates; very good. (2000/3000)
Lot 149
ARREST WARRANT ISSUED BY JOHN MARSHALL 150. Marshall, John. Arrest warrant for Eben Judd issued by Chief Justice John Marshall. Partially printed document, completed by hand. Single sheet, approximately 31.5x19.3 cm (12¼x7½”). Rutland, VT: 1802 An order issued by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Marshall commanding the apprehension and arrest of Eben W. Judd for the failure to repay a debt to Timothy Green. Marshall’s signature signed by proxy. Provenance: The Otto Collection. Creased, some separation at folds; very good. (500/800)
Page 38 151. (Massachusetts Tavern License) Manuscript Copy of a license for a tavern in Waterton, Massachusetts, the original of which was signed by John Hancock and Samuel Adams. On both sides of single sheet 20x16 cm. (6¼x8”). Massachusetts: Jan. 23, 1782 Signed by John Avery attesting it a true copy, with proxy signatures of John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Middlexex County is authorized to “grant a license to the said Samuel Harris & Mathew Fairservice to keep a public Tavern in Waterton in the House where they now dwell...” This document is recorded in the Acts and resolves passed by the General Court of Massachusetts. A little creasing and edge wear, very good or better. (150/250)
152. 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. (150/250)
153. (Mexican American War) Bound volume of General Orders, 1846-1848, most relating to the Mexican American War. Bound volume of approximately 80 General Orders from the Headquarters of the Army (later War Department). 17x11 cm. (6¾x4¼), period half calf and marbled boards. Washington: 1846-1848 Includes, among many others relating to the Mexican American War, General Order No. 12, May 14, 1846, declaring “by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war exists between that government and the United States”. Numerous orders relating to supply of the troops, promotions, court-martials, etc. Most signed in printed facsimile by the Adjutant General or his assistants but some signed by hand. Also includes General Order No. 9, February 24, 1848, announcing the death of ex-President John Quincy Adams. Formerly in the Library of the Office of Commissary-General of Subsistence, War Department, with bookplate on front pastedown. Later ink stamp of the Office of the Chief of Finance on front endpapers. Binding well worn, joints cracked, internally very good. (300/500)
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Page 39 154. (Mexican American War) Putnam, Lewis H. Two holograph letters to General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte castigating the U.S. movement towards war and criticizing James K. Polk. 4 pages and 3 pages, on 4-page lettersheets. The first is unsigned, the second signed Lewis H. Putnam; the handwriting is different, and it is possible they are fair copies, but the tone and sentiments are the same. The first is partially overwritten perpendicularly, as space ran out, making it difficult to read, but a typed transcript is provided. Each approx. 25x20 cm. (9¾x8”). New York: Dec. 21 1846 & Feb. 19 1847 Intriguing letters seditious and even treasonous in nature by an American opposed to the U.S. war on Mexico, writing to the Mexican secretary of war. In the first, the writer lays out the false nature of Polk’s claims of Mexican treachery, and the actual treachery of the United States, as “The outrage of Com Jones (probably the result of secret orders) at Monterey. You know that Jones says that he aimed to do...what the government would order, were they to communicate to him...” He later notes “The repeated attempts to obtain Texas by negotiations... the abolition of slavery and the slavetrade in Mexico, the pertinacious and insolent attempts to make Mexico the slavecatcher of the U.S... The attempts of Poinsett to get Texas, his interference for that purpose in the domestic dissensions of Mexico...” and so on. The second letter, while shorter, is perhaps even more inflammatory, “...Although I am not a Mexican by birth, yet in feelings I am a Mexican... I will wait for it with greatest anxiety hoping that it will enable me to make a counter move in this country while the energy of the government will be actively employed in Mexico... Most of the troops of the line are in Mexico, or soon will be, & the arms that I signed to use would enable me to cope successfully with any irregular troops that could be brought against me...” The first letter with some fading at folds, a short crease tear, the second letter with some longer crease tears and a few small chips, else both good to very good. (400/600)
155. (Mexican Americans) Six printed dance invitations and other ephemera relating to various Mexican mutual aid organizations in California. 6 printed paper items of various sizes. Colton, CA: 1902-07 A group of ephemeral items, including dance invitations, from various early California Mexican-American mutual aid societies: the Union Patriotica y Benefica Mexicana of Colton, California; the Legion Mexicana de Amigos Fieles of Riverside and the Alianza Hispana Americana. Includes “Aniversario de La Union Superior de la Union Patriotica y Benefica Mexicana, Nov. 10, 1906, Colton, California,” [3] p. color printed Mexican flag vignette, program of a mask ball, prizes for best dressed, etc. An interesting group of material for the early history of Mexican-Americans in California. Some light wear; overall very good. (100/150)
156. Mifflin, Thomas - Governor of Pennsylvania. Land grant to Henry Drinker for a tract in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Printed land grant on vellum, completed in manuscript, state seal at upper left. 19x53 cm. (11¼x20¾”). October 1, 1796 Grant for a tract of land in Luzerne County purchased by Henry Drinker, signed at left by Governor Thomas Mifflin. Henry Drinker was an important early land holder in Northeastern Pennsylvania, purchasing some 25,000 acres from the state. Thomas Mifflin was the first Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1790-1799) having previously served as the 7th (last) President of Pennsylvania, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and the 3rd President of the United States in Congress Assembled. Creased and with some light soiling; near fine. (100/150)
Page 40 ARKANSAS FARMER TRAVELS TO OKLAHOMA 157. Milam, B.J. The Honest Farmer From Arkansaw on a Lark Seein’ the West. 344 pp. Illustrations from photographs. (8vo) original red cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition. No place: [by the author?], [1905] An account of the author’s trip to Oklahoma and throughout the west at the beginning of the twentieth century, written in a series of letters from Milam to his wife. Milam traveled to Fort Sill, Indian Territory in 1901 to secure a claim to some of the homestead lands being distributed. Dissatisfied with the area he continued through the west visiting Corpus Christi, Galveston, San Antonio, Boise, Oregon, Vancouver, Wyoming etc. Not in Decker, Eberstadt, Howes, Graff, etc. 1908 inscription on front free endpaper, a few ink notes from the presenter in the margins of the photographs; another early owner’s name on same leaf. Spine faded, ends frayed, front hinge cracked and shaken; some browning in margins; good. (800/1200)
158. [Miller, Henry]. 13 California Towns from the Original Drawings. Introduction by Edith M. Coulter and Eleanor A. Bancroft. Illustrated with 13 plates. (Oblong folio), cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered paper spine label. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1947 It was not until after publication that the artist of these drawings done in the 1850’s was identified. BCC 68; GB 446. Some light rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners; else near fine. (100/150)
159. Mirabeau, [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti]Count de. Consideration on the Order of Cincinnatus; To Which are Added, As Well Several Original Papers Relative the That Institution, as also a Letter from the late M. Turgot, Comptroller of the Finances in France, to Dr. Price, on the Constitutions of America; and an Abstract of Dr. Price’s Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution; With Notes and Reflections Upon That Work. xii, 284 pp. (8vo) later brown half morocco and cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Second Enlarged Edition in English. London: J. Johnson, 1785 Translated from the French by Samuel Romilly (originally published in French by Johnson the previous year). “The Order of the ‘Cincinnati’ was considered inimical to American principles-and this rare piece gives the Count Mirabeau’s views on the subject.” (Sabin). Sabin 49394; Howes M653 Spine faded, extremities rubbed, hinges cracked; partially legible ink ownership stamp on title page, small early circulating library stamp on Page 1 (no external library markings), pencil notes on rear flyleaf; foxing; very good. (500/800)
160. (Montana) Raymer, Robert George. Montana: The Land and the People. 3 volumes. Illustrations from photographs and other sources. (4to), blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, marbled edges. First Edition. Chicago and New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1930 “In chapter IX, “How the Law Came to Montana” the author has written a great deal about road agents and the vigilantes.” Adams, Six-Guns 1826. Spines faded, light wear; very good. (100/150)
Page 41 161. (Montana) Sanders, James U., editor. Society of Montana Pioneers - Volume 1. 262 pp. Photographs, portraits, maps (including large folding map at front). (4to) original green cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. [Akron, Ohio]: [Society of Montana Pioneers], 1899 Volume 1, containing the constitution, lists of members and officers, etc. Spine lightly sunned; near fine. (150/250)
JOSEPH SMITH TRIED FOR TREASON 162. (Mormon - Trial of Joseph Smith, Jr.) House Vol. I, and Senate Vols. III & IV, 26th Congress, 2nd Session. 3 bound volumes. With numerous folding maps, plans, tables, etc. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: 1840-1841 Among the highlights is Senate Report 189, “The testimony given before the judge of the fifth judicial circuit of the State of Missouri, on the trial of Joseph Smith, Jr., and others, for high treason, and other crimes against that state.” Also, “Report made by a board of navy officers on Colt’s improved repeating fire-arms.” Among the maps and plans is a very large “Chart of the Head of Navigation of the Potomac River Shewing the Route of the Alexandra Canal.” Some scuffing and wear to covers, ink numbers to spines, bookplates of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good, contents quite clean. (500/800)
HOUSE REPORT ON REMOVAL OF CREEK INDIANS ON THE TRAIL OF TEARS 163. (Native Americana - Trail of Tears) Report of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives, to which were referred The Messages of the President of the U.S. of the 5th and 8th February, and 2nd March, 1827, with accompanying documents and a report and resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia. xi, 846 pp. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original quarter sheep & marbled boards, leather spine labels. Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1827 Rare and important House document, wholly comprised of Report No. 98 of the 19th Congress, 2nd Session, containing reports and official correspondent of numerous government officials, from 1788-1827 culminating in the Broken Arrow treaty and the removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia along the Trail of Tears. Some scuffing and wear to covers, joints cracked, spine head chipped, ink number to spine, occasional foxing/darkening to contents, bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good. (500/800)
164. (Native Americans - Cherokee Indian Fraud) Right of President to Withhold Papers - Frauds on Indians... The report of Lieutenant Colonel Hitchcock, respecting the affairs of the Cherokee Indians, &c. 216 pp. House Doc. No. 219, 27th Congress, 3rd Session. Bound with 4 other documents. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: 1843 Important report on Cherokee Indians and frauds committed against them by government contractors and others. Some scuffing and wear to covers, joints cracking, ink number to spine, bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good. (300/500)
Page 42 REMOVAL OF CHEROKEE INDIANS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI 165. (Native Americans - Cherokee removal) House Executive Documents, 22nd Congress 2nd Session, 23rd Congress 1st Session, 23rd Congress 2nd Session - 3 volumes. 3 bound volumes, 800- 1000 pages each. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: Duff Green, 1832-1835 Valuable information on infrastructure, armies, Indian Removal of Cherokees to West of Mississippi, etc. Some scuffing and wear to covers, ink numbers to spines, 2 with bookplates of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good. (500/800)
EPAULETS & OTHER ACCOUTREMENTS OF U.S. NAVAL OFFICER C.1898 166. (Naval) United States Navy Officer’s Accoutrements, circa 1898. Set of circa 1898 Lt. Commander U.S. Navy officer’s dress uniform accoutrements contained in original metal carrying case. Consists of dress Beaver fur parade hat, pair of fancy gold epaulets with silver maple leaf and anchor ranking badges and sword belt with fancy gold eagle embossed buckle and two sword clips. c. 1898 The belt and hat are labeled Wm. H. Horstmann Company, Philadelphia as makers. All are neatly fitted in the original 19 x 8” galvanized metal carrying case with top handle. All in very good condition with the gold and gilt decorations bright with some tarnishing, obviously worn only on special occasions. (500/800)
167. (Nevada) Who’s Who in Nevada: Brief Sketches of Men Who are Making History in the Sagebrush State. 276 pp. Illustrations from photographs. (8vo) original pictorial tan cloth. First Edition. Los Angeles: Bessie Beatty, 1907 Biographical sketches grouped geographically: Tonopah, Goldfield, Bullfrog, Manhattan, Round Mountain and Northern Nevada. Paher 94. Cloth with some soiling, typed label adhered to spine, front hinge cracking; very good. (100/150)
168. (New Mexico) Archive of photographs, letters and other material relating to L. Bradford Prince, sometime Governor of the Territory of New Mexico. Includes: Two photographs of the interior of the Governor’s Palace in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when occupied by L.B. Prince. 19x24.5 cm., on original mounts. * Two photographs of the 1905 Memorial Day celebration at Flushing, NY, where native son Prince gave a speech. 20x24.5 cm.* Two cabinet cards and 1 carte-de-visite portraits of Prince. * Metal printing block with engraved portrait of Prince. * 5 letters and 5 postcards addressed to Prince. * 29 checks signed by Prince, on the First National Bank of Santa Fe, 1904-06. * Issue of the Santa Fe New Mexican, announcing Prince’s death, Dec. 6, 1922. * Small black leather ms. memorial book for Prince. * Plus a few other items. Various places: Various dates Material relating to one of the leading figures in the history of New Mexico. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory, and heirs. Generally very good. (250/350)
169. (New Mexico) Archive of several hundred newspaper clippings relating to New Mexico, the Santa Fe Trail, etc. Most of the clippings are loose in binder sleeves with black paper. Various places: c.1880-1920 Significant newspaper archive of articles relating to New Mexico and her history, compiled by L. Bradford Prince, variously Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court, delegate to Congress, and territorial governor. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Very good or better. (100/150) Page 43 170. (New Mexico) Read, Benjamin M. Illustrated History of New Mexico. 812 pp. Translated from the original Spanish by Eleuterio Baca. Illustrated from photographs, facsimiles and paintings. 25x16.5 cm. (9¾x6½”), decoratively blind-stamped purple cloth, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. No. 314 of 500 copies. First Edition in English. [Santa Fe, NM]: [New Mexican Printing Co.], 1912 Presentation copy inscribed and signed by Read to Dr. Henry S.A. Alexander on the portrait. Originally published in a Spanish edition in 1911. The scarce errata slip is laid in loose. Howes R90; Saunders 4545; Rader 2765; Graff 3420. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Shaken; very good. (200/300)
171. (New Mexico) Two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to the career of L. Bradford Prince, Chief Justice of New Mexico Supreme Court, later Territorial Governor. Two scrapbooks filled with mounted newspaper clippings. 30x23.5 cm. (11¾x9¼”), marbled boards backed with cloth or leather. Various places: 1878-1881 Fascinating overview of the career of L. Bradford Prince from 1878 to 1881, though clippings from newspaper from New York to New Mexico, and hence of New Mexico itself. Prince, a New York politician and statesman, was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico in December, 1878, and held that post until 1882, when he became delegate to Congress for the territory. He served as governor of the territory from 1889 to 1893. The present scrapbooks, which seem to contain every article from New York and New Mexico newspapers containing the words “T. Bradford Prince” (the 19th century equivalent of Googling oneself), begin in January 1878, and the first year is primarily concerned with New York politics. Following his New Mexico appointment, the scene shifts west, and the newsclippings offer a vivid picture of life and law on the frontier, with many of the newspapers in Spanish. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Normal wear, one with spine deteriorated and taped, else good to very good. (250/350)
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMEN 1861 172. (New York) Photo album of members of the New York State Assembly, 1861. 143 oval photographic portraits, three approximately 7½x5¼”, the remainder approximately 3½x2¾” and mounted 4 to a page. 136 of the portraits are signed by the sitters. (4to) modern full calf, red leather spine label. [New York]: [1861] A rare and possibly unique assemblage of photographs. An interesting record of Civil War era New York politicians. Some spotting and foxing; in a fine modern binding. (1500/2500)
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Page 44 173. Nimitz, Chester W. Photograph inscribed & signed by Chester W. Nimitz, and Autograph Letter Signed by him, both to Donald J. Palen. Includes: Photograph portrait of Admiral Nimitz in uniform, inscribed in ink in upper left, “To Don J. Palen, U.S.N. Ret. With best wishes from an old friend, C.W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, U.S.N.” 25.5x20.5 cm. * A.L.S. from Nimitz on his Berkeley, California letterhead, “Dear Palen, I do indeed remember you as being in the office of Senator David I. Walsh [of Massachusetts] - during those days when I used to appear before the Senator’s Committee...” 26.5x20.5 cm. 30 Nov. 1962. * Plus 2 other photographs, of a Senate committee meeting, with Walsh and Palen present, and Walsh, two other politicians, and three naval officers on flag-draped parade stand. Berkeley, CA, etc.: c.1962 Mild creasing to photograph, a bit more to letter; very good. (300/500)
174. (Ohio) [Ogden, J.W.]. The History of Champaign County, Ohio, Containing: A History of the County; its Cities, Towns, etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men... 921 pp. 2-page color map of Champaign County as frontispiece, plus many lithograph portrait plates within, and woodcuts within text. 23.7x16 cm. (9¼x6½”), half maroon morocco and cloth, with gilt-stamped vignette/lettering on cover and spine. First Edition. Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881 Wonderfully illustrated history of Champaign County. The color map frontispiece has an Ohio Sesquicentennial (1803-1953) 3 cent US Postal stamp affixed to the upper right corner. Some historical notes written on paper are laid in at rear. Moderately rubbed edges and cloth, joints cracked; some manuscript notes at page margins, mostly in pencil a few in pen, some light scattered soiling or foxing within; else very good. (150/250)
175. (P.P.I.E.) Panama Pacific Exposition 1915 Tennis Championship Women’s Singles Won by Anita Myers - decorative wood and metal award plaque. Large wood and metal wall plaque award. The base is made of California redwood (as stamped on verso). With a decorative hollow metal centerpiece, and two engraved pieces affixed to that, which announce the winner Anita Myers. 40x28.5 cm. (15¾x11”). With original hanger on verso. San Francisco: 1915 Played at the California Tennis Club, the Tennis Championship Women’s Singles was won by Anita Myers. A similar plaque hangs in the downtown San Francisco Olympic Club. Light wear with age; very good. (600/900)
176. (Pacific Railroad Reports) Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4. Volume 1 (only). Volume I only. viii, 134, vii, 651 pp. (4to) black half calf and cloth. House Issue. Washington, DC: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855 Wagner-Camp 262. Some wear to extremities; pages a touch browned at edges; very good. (100/150)
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Page 45 177. (Pacific Railroad Reports) Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4. Volume IV. Volume IV only. [4], vii, 193, 288 pp. 1 large folding botanical chart; 59 black and white lithograph plates including 24 of cactaceae, 25 botany, and 10 of mosses and liverworts. (4to) later black half calf and cloth. House Issue. Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1856 Wagner-Camp 263a. Light wear to extremities; some light foxing; very good. (100/150)
178. (Patents) Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year 1848. Executive Doc. No. 59, 30th Congress, Second Session. 1143 pp. With 16 plates, some folding. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers, 1849 Most of the patents relate to agricultural products and techniques, a glimpse of the growing application of science to farming techniques that was to fuel the industrial revolution, as advancement in food production freed farmworkers for other tasks. Some scuffing and wear to covers, joints tender, bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good. (200/300)
179. [Pazos Kanki, Vicente]. Compendio de la Historia de los Estados Unidos de America. v, 420, [1] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. (12mo) period full calf, spine titled in gilt. First French Edition. Paris: E. Pochard, 1825 The author was a native Bolivian historian who is described as “un Indio de la Ciudad de La Paz” on the title page. An extensive history of the United States. Another edition published in the same year at New York. Sabin 15034; Shaw & Shoemaker 20152. Spine cocked, some light wear to leather; faint dampstain in margin, light foxing; very good. (100/150)
180. Peixotto, Ernest C. and Robert Howe Fletcher. Ten Drawings in Chinatown. 10 mounted prints on stiff card, loose in binding (as issued), with text in half cloth and boards portfolio. (Folio), 15x11½. No. 43 of 750 copies. First Edition. San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, [1898] Seldom encountered complete. Some light wear and soiling to boards and cloth, ribbon ties lacking; some foxing to prints, several prints with one or two corners torn at mounting points (without loss of image); very good. (200/300)
181. Peters, Harry T. California on Stone. Numerous plates reproducing lithographs of California, some in color. 12x9, glazed buckram, beveled edges, jacket, slipcase. No.177 of 501 copies. First Edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1935 An essential reference, by a leading authority on the subject. Prospectus laid in. Howes P258. Slight rubbing and sunning to slipcase, jacket spine faded, a few chips and tears; volume fine. (150/250)
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Page 46 182. (Photograph - Fire Trucks) Vintage photograph of an early New York City fire engine. Vintage silver print, approximately 7¾x9¾, stiff card mount. No place: [c. 1900] Attractive image of an early F.D.N.Y. fire truck. Light wear to mounting; very good. (100/150)
183. (Photograph - Pinkerton’s) Waterman, C.E. Original Photograph of a Group of Uniformed Pinkerton Police at Manhattan Beach, New York. Original albumen photograph, approximately 7x10” on stiff card mount, titled by hand in lower margin. Brooklyn, NY: C.E. Waterman, 1879 Wonderful rare portrait of 26 uniformed, white-gloved, Pinkerton Beach Police. The Pinkertons provided the police patrol for Manhanttan Beach and Coney Island, New York. This photograph was made by C.E. Waterman, whose printed label is pasted on verso: “C.E. Waterman, Photographer, Studio, 99 Reid Ave., Brooklyn.” Light staining on mount; a few small spots of foxing on photograph; very good. (100/150)
184. (Photographs - Filipino Federation of America) Photograph archive of the Los Angeles meeting of the Filipino Federation of America. 8 original photographs, including two large panoramic group photographs. Los Angeles and Santa Maria, California: 1928-29 A collection of photographs depicting Filipinos in California, including two beautiful large panoramic group portraits made in Los Angeles during a meeting of the Filipino Federation of America. Also views of Filipino men and women marching in a parade at Santa Maria, California. Includes: Panoramic photograph. 9½x36”. “Second Annual National Convention. Filipino Federation of America Inc. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.” * Panoramic photograph. 9½x37”. “Cebuano Members and Delegates Attending 2nd Annual National Convention , Filipino Federation of America, Inc. At the New City Hall, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Dec. 23, 1928 to Jan. 1, 1929.” * Group portrait of thirteen well-dressed Filipino men and boys, 8x10”. Titled in negative: “Filipino Federation of America, Inc. Division 6, Lodge No. 3, Dec. 22nd, 1928.” * Members of the Filipino Federation of America, Inc. Parade to Greet the Master, on Broadway, Santa Monica, Calif. June 30, 1928.” 8x10”. * “Women Members of Santa Maria Branch No. 3 of Filipino Federation of America, Inc. Marching to Greet the Master, June 30, 1928, Santa Maria, Calif. S.M. 4.” 8x10”. * Studio portrait of well-dressed Filipino man. 8x10”. * Group portrait outside “St. Mary’s Church” for a funeral, casket present. 8x10”. * Photograph of a banquet of the Filipino Federation of America. 8x10”. Most with some wear, tears, and/or soiling; overall very good. (150/250)
185. (Photographs) Photo album of a tour in the American West, 1901. Album containing approximately 116 photographs of various sizes, mostly snapshots but also a few commercial images and clipped images. Also included is a group of 27 postcards with scenes of the American West, many from photographs by F.J. Haynes. 1901 Includes photographs of Pike’s Peak, Salt Lake, San Francisco (including the Cliff House), big trees, Del Monte Hotel, Catalina Island, etc. Some wear to album covers; very good. (300/500)
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Page 47 186. (Photographs) Photograph album of sights in Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Japan, and the Philippines. 94 original silver print photographs, each 10x11.5 cm. (3¾x4½”) and laid in (4 to one page) to framed leaves in a cloth photograph album. Plus 2 larger photographs mounted to inside covers, measuring 17x21.5 cm. (6¾x8½”). [c.1890] Includes images of the Oldest Church in Manila, Fort Malala, school children of Honolulu, Unamah Pass, Snoqualmie Falls, dock in Honolulu, Kobe, Osaki and Kabuski, Japan, coaling ship in Nagasaki, Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and much more. Includes mostly landscape scenes such as waterfalls, harbors, etc. Plus many churches, snapshots of boats, docks, and parks. Includes 9 color tinted photographs of Japanese sights. A nice varied collection. Cloth album with heavy wear; most photographs with some degree of fading, generally light; mostly very good. (200/300)
187. 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. (250/350)
188. Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilisation, and the Life of the Conquerer, Hernando Cortés. 3 volumes. xxx, [2], 413, [1], + [2] ad; xix, [1], 407, [1], + [4] ad; xix, [1], 444 pp. Engraved frontispieces in each volume including a folding map in Volume 3, plus folding map at page 1 of Volume 1. 17.5x11 cm. (7x4½”), original pale pink cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated spines. Seventh Edition. London: Richard Bentley, 1855 Prescott’s classic history of the Spanish invasion of Mexico. Spine ends chipped or a touch frayed, some light fading at spines and extremities, some light soiling scattered to covers; each with bookplate of English Circulating Library in Athens bookplate on front pastedown; foxed, cracking at gutters between signatures; else very good. (80/120)
ARCHIVE RELATING TO INVENTOR OF NAVIGATION INTRUMENTS – AND SCION OF PUBLISHING FAMILY – BAYARD T. PUTNAM 189. Putnam, Bayard T. Archive of letters, photographs and other material relating to Bayard T. Putnam, his family & heirs, including his patented Chart-Holder and Course Indicator. Includes: Letter from Haven Putnam to Bayard thanking him for his work for G.P. Putnam’s Sons in the summer, but understanding his pursuit of other interests. * Approx. 40 letters written to Bayard Putnam from Raphael Pumpelly and Andrew Blair at the United States Geological Survey, relating various aspects of his employment with the Survey, 1879-1880, plus an 1876 letter from F.V. Hayden to a professor, stating he could not hire “your young friend” because of budget constraints – the professor forwarded the letter to Putnam with pencil notes. * Three small leather notebooks used by Bayard Putnam while engaged in surveys. * Pencil manuscript description by Bayard Putnam of his chart-holder, written on the back of 6 printed census forms. * Approx. 20 letters to Bayard Putnam relating primarily to his patented chart-holder, plus two retained drafts of letters from Putnam relating to the same subject. A number of the letters are from lawyer Roger M. Sherman. * Approx. 12 receipts for items purchased by Bayard Putnam relating to his chart-holder, plus a half-dozen trade cards of vendors. * Patent for Combined Protractor and Chart Holder, signed by the acting Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Patents, with seal. With Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent Office, June 26, 1883, listing the chart holder on p.2507. * Three copies of a printed description of Putnam’s Chart-holder and Course Indicator, plus several copies of Directions for Using the
Page 48 Chart Holder, with prices. * Several legal documents relating to the sale of the patent on the chart-holder following Bayard Putnam’s death. * Approx. 10 letters to Mrs. Grace Putnam, widow of Bayard Putnam, relating to her efforts to market the chart holder both before and after her husband’s death.* Approx. 30 letters to Mrs. Grace Putnam after her husband’s death, relating to her various business and other activities. * Approx. 30 photographs, mostly cabinet cards and cartes-de-visite, of various family members, and several glass-plate negatives of Grace Putnam’s cottage and boat. * Plus approx. 30 or so letters from and to other family members, and other miscellaneous pieces of correspondence. Various places: c.1875-1935 Interesting archive relating to the youngest of the four of publisher G.P. Putnam’s Sons, who chose not to go into the family business, but instead became a geologist, surveyor, and inventor. He died in 1886 at age thirty, apparently a suicide, leaving a wife, five-year old son, and unborn daughter. Much of his energy over the last half-decade of his life was channeled into a chart-holder he invented, a rather ingenious device useful to both the yachting public and potentially the U.S. Navy. Following his death, his widow continued attempts to market the device. She also had to make ends meet, and rented out summer cottages on her property, and also gave sailing lessons before her own death just twelve years after her husband’s. The archive offers a snapshot into life and business in the last quarter of the 19th century, and into the 20th, in rather poignant fashion. Varying amounts of wear, overall in good to very good condition. (1500/2000)
190. (Railroad) [Mexican National Railway and Texas Mexican Railway]. La Golondrina. 4 pp. Color front cover illustration with Mexican and U.S. Flag. Back cover with map of the routes of the Mexican National and Texas Mexican Railways and Connections. Chicago: Poole Bros., 1886 Songsheet issued for the Mexican National and Texas Mexican Railways. Includes music and English and Spanish words to La Golondrina. “In Mexico the Golondrina takes as firm hold upon the hearts of the people as ‘Home, Sweet Home’ does the affections of those who speak the English tongue...” Old paper repairs at fold and edges; good. (100/150)
191. (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. (150/250)
192. Read, Benjamin M. Illustrated History of New Mexico. 812 pp. Translated from the original Spanish by Eleuterio Baca. Illustrations from photographs, facsimiles and paintings. (8vo), rebound in modern red cloth, leather spine label. First Edition in English. No. 203 of 500 copies. [Santa Fe, NM]: [New Mexican Printing Co.], 1912 Originally published in a Spanish edition in 1911. Lacking the scarce errata slip. Author’s rubberstamp on limitation page. Howes R90; Saunders 4545; Rader 2765; Graff 3420. Light wear to spine label; paper repair to head of one leaf, ink notes in margins of author’s portrait; very good. (300/500)
Page 49 193. Redding, B[enjamin] B. A Sketch of the Life of Mark Hopkins, of California. 34 pp. (Large 8vo) full black morocco lettered in gilt on front, all edges gilt. First Edition. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Co., 1881 Pasted to the endpapers and flyleaves are several early bank checks from various California and Nevada banks, a small advertising sheet for a ‘Tug of War’ at the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, several modern wine labels, etc. Some wear to joints and edges, spine ends chipped; lacking frontispiece; good. (100/150)
194. Reynolds, James B. Autograph Letter signed by former Tennessee Congressman James B. Reynolds, to Hezekiah Niles, editor of Niles Weekly Register. 3 pp., on 4-page lettersheet, addressed & franked on 4th page. 24.8x20 cm. (9¾x8”). Clarksville, TN: January 12, 1831 Historically significant letter from former congressman from Tennessee James B. Reynolds (1779-1851) to the founder and editor of the influential Niles Weekly Register. The letter mainly treats of Nullification, the constitution theory that individual states may nullify federal laws, to which Reynolds is opposed, “When I left Congress in 1825, my state was then in favor of internal improvements and in judicious tariff, but see how it has chang’d in Congress since Genl. Jackson’s elevation?... You, my dear sir, have my sincere thanks...for always being the firm and bold sentinel of the American people, in sounding the alarm, and guarding their liberty and constitutions of the union. It is no matter, whether the enemy appears in the shape of a Hartford convention man or a wealthy negroe driving cotton planter, you are with eagle eye steadily at your post... against the nullifiers in the South...” Tear and hole from unsealing, mild soling, very good. (150/250)
195. 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. 25.1x16.5 cm. (10x6½”), linen-backed boards, paper spine label, dust jacket (also with paper spine label). No. 53 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. Jacket spine and edges yellowed, some scattered dampstaining, soiling across covers, one small hole at jacket spine; a touch of shelf wear to volume; else a near fine volume in a good jacket. (100/150)
LETTER FROM THEODORE ROOSEVELT 196. Roosevelt, Theodore. Typed Letter Signed by Theodore Roosevelt, to Mrs. Bayard T. (Grace) Putnam. 13 lines, on 1st page of 4-page letterhead of U.S. Navy Department. 17x13.5 cm. (6¾x5¼”). Washington: May 24, 1897 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, writes as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to Mrs. Bayard T. Putnam, whose husband, the fourth of the G.P. Putnam’s Sons, had passed away (by suicide some say) 11 years earlier, after having patented an inge- nious chart-holder: “It will be a great pleasure to see your boy, and still a greater pleasure to see yourself, while at Newport. I fear I must ask you to come to the War College. I shall be up to my ears in work, with almost every minute engaged, while in Newport, but I will gladly see you there and I will have that chart-holder matter carefully gone over...” Roosevelt makes one holograph amendment to the letter, a characteristic contrivance to add a personal touch to the impersonal nature of a typed letter. Putnam’s son would
Page 50 be about 16 or 17 at this time, and perhaps she was hoping for an appointment for him to Annapolis, and also perhaps there was a dispute over Bayard Putnam’s patent for the chart-holder. Small stain in left margin; very good. (1000/1500)
197. Russell, Robert. North America: Its Agriculture and Climate, Containing Observations on the Agriculture and Climate of Canada, The United States, and the Island of Cuba. [8], 390 pp. Folding map and 7 plates (some folding). (8vo) original green cloth, stamped in blind on covers and in gilt on spine. First Edition. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1858 Interesting statistical analysis and travel account of the United States, Canada and Cuba, by an observant Scot. Focuses on weather and climate as related to agricultural production. Places visited include: Burlington, Vt., Oswego, Cincinnati, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington, Natchez (Louisiana), New Orleans. Also a chapter on the social state and inhabitants of Cuba. Sabin 74370. Spine a touch sunned, minor edge wear, front hinge cracked, small embossed private library stamp on rear free endpaper; very good. (100/150)
198. (Sacramento - Land Title Abstract) Abstract of Title to All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the City of Sacramento, County of Sacramento, State of California, described as the West fifty-five (55) feet of the South half (½) of Lot No. Eight (8) in the block bounded by N and O and 20th and 21st streets of said City. 115 pages of mostly typed, but with some hand-written leaves. 21.5x33.5 cm. (8½x13”), bound in leather-backed cloth with two large brass brads. Sacramento, CA: 1919 Traces the ownership of the parcel of land from 1841-1919. In 1841, it was transferred from the Mexican Government to Dn. Auguste Sutter and finally in 1919 to Clarence and Hilda Nagler. The final transaction in this book recorded by Pierce-Bosquit Abstract and Title Co. Clarence Nagler was the proprietor of Big Loaf Bakery, which operated from this lot of land. On the front cover is a paper label with a photograph of the bakery, plus a printed label with some manuscript writing identifying this book as the Abstract...of Title. Heavily worn, some soiling to covers; first leaf detached, edge wear to most pages from handling; good. (200/300)
199. (San Francisco) Six volumes on the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and subsequent reconstruction. Includes: San Francisco and Vicinity. Modern brown cloth, wrappers bound in. * The San Francisco Catastrophe. Modern brown cloth, wrappers bound in. * San Francisco and Vicinity: The Story of the Great Disaster Told by Pen and Picture. * The New San Francisco Magazine. Vol. 1, No. 1. May, 1906. Original wrappers. * The New San Francisco Magazine. Vol. 1, No. 1. May, 1906. Modern brown cloth, original wrappers bound in. * Modern San Francisco, 1907-1908. Original cloth. Together 6 volumes, all profusely illustrated, mostly from photographs. Various places: c. 1906 Viewbooks and magazines documenting the 1906 earthquake and the rebuilding of the city in the years following. Pasted to the endpapers and flyleaves of most volumes are a variety of early California bank checks, some Sutro Bath ephemera, and a number of modern wine labels. Some wear, a few spots of tape repair or reinforcement; overall very good. (200/300)
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Page 51 SCARCE HISTORY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 200. (Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties) History of Santa Barbara County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. 2 volumes in 1. Bound with (as issued) History of Ventura, California. Continuously paginated, 477 pp. Two lithographed title pages, plus 96 (of 103) plates, including 81 lithographed plates of scenery, residences, fine buildings, etc., and 15 steel-engraved portrait plates. 29.6x21.3 cm. (11¾x8½”), original leather-backed cloth decoratively lettered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, new endpapers. First Edition. Oakland: Thompson & West, 1883 Ventura County was part of Santa Barbara County until 1872, hence the combination. A scarce work. Cowan p.889; Howes S100; Rocq 13462. Mild to moderately rubbed along edges, some scattered and faint soiling and rubbing to cloth; hinges cracked; missing the plates facing pages: 68, 375, 376, 378, 397, 403, and 404, also lacks pp. 375-8, 397-8, and 403-4, scattered foxing to leaves and plates, mostly marginal, a few plates and a few text leaves with short closed tears at edges; else very good. (1000/1500)
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201. 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. (100/150)
202. Sharpe, Philip B. The Rifle in America. xii, 641 pp. Illustrations from photographs, etc. (4to) original red leather textured cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. New York: William Morrow, 1938 Inscribed “Greetings Mr. Shooter, Philip Sharpe” on front free endpaper. Light wear and soiling to cloth; very good. (100/150)
Page 52 203. (Ships of War) Paddle-Wheel Gun-Boat. Lithograph. Plate 86 from the Ships of War series. 19x26½. London: Day & Son, January 1st, 1864 Day & Son of London were appointed Lithographers to the Queen, as written at the bottom. This lithograph simply presents a “Ships of War_Iron,” as is written on the top of the image to the left of the title. The plate number is written on the image twice, once vertically and once horizontally. A few tiny brown spots beneath image near the bottom; very good. (250/350)
DIAMOND REGISTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO’S SHREVE & CO. WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF JEWELRY 204. Shreve & Co. Diamond Register of Shreve & Co. jewelry from 1883-1890. 275 ledger leaves (2-page spread). Over 8,000 entries in this jewelry registry. Entered in manuscript ink on ledger pages with the following information: Date, number, stock, making, cost, selling price (in which a code was penciled in), sold to, date (of sale), price. 35.2x21 cm. (13¾x8¼”), half calf and cloth, gilt-lettered spine. The spine reads, “Diamond Register,” “G.C.S. & Co.” San Francisco: 1883-1890 Beginning with item 5500-9999, and then picking up again from 1-3750. The most stunning feature of this registry is the hundreds of small, yet very detailed drawings of the jewelry, drawn in at many of the entries. Some jewelry is shaped like insects, fruits and swords, plus a wide variety of diamond or other jewels such as pearls or sapphires, in various ring, bracelet, ear ring, etc. configurations. The jewelry included within includes ladies pins, scarf pins, studs, collar buttons, lockets and pendants, buttons, fobs, ear rings, rings, bracelets, necklaces & hair ornaments, and “odd pieces,” each written on a table of contents leaf which is pasted to front free endpaper. Amazingly, this item survived the earthquake and fire that destroyed the Shreve & Co. factory in 1906. With an H.S. Crocker & Co. Manufacturing Stationers sticker on front pastedown. Also note that several important names of San Francisco Bay Area society are recorded within, next to the jewelry they purchased. Names such as Levi Strauss, Baron Von Schroeder, Mrs. Claus Spreckels, Mrs. George Lot 204 Hearst, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford, Mrs. P[eder] Sather, and members of the Flood family and the Crocker family. Moderate edge wear, peeling to calf, front joint cracked; internally a few ink soilings, else near fine. (3000/5000)
Page 53 205. Smith, Samuel. Autograph Letter Signed by Samuel Smith, to General Tobias E. Stansbury, regarding political matters. 3 pp., in ink, on 4-page lettersheet, addressed on 4th page. 25x20 cm. (9¾x8”). Washington: Feb. 15, 1823 Samuel Smith (1752-1830), serving as U.S. Senator from Maryland (he had been a general in the Maryland militia, a congressman, and, after leaving the senate, would be mayor of Baltimore), writes to Gen. Tobias Stansbury (who had lost the Battle of Bladensburg in the War of 1812, allowing the British to capture Washington, D.C.), primarily discussing politics. “...Mr. Adams has no more chance to be elected than your or I have - he may get the votes of N. England and Maryland, more he cannot get.” 1” hole from being unsealed, else fine. (400/600)
206. (Smithsonian) Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year 1872. 456 pp. Some figures and drawings within text. (8vo), original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1873 Includes chapters on Crystallography, Meteorology in Russia, Ethnology, Ancient Aboriginal Trade in North America, and other scientific and anthropological endeavors. Also a short blurb “On the Accuracy of Catlin’s Account of the Mandan Ceremonies.” Heavily worn covers, front joint splitting, dust soiling, spine lettering faded; name and date 1874 in ink on front free endpaper; some cracking at gutters between signatures; good. (100/150)
207. Snowden, Clinton A., et. al. History of Washington: The Rise and Progress of an American State. Volumes 1 through 5 (of 6). Frontispieces and illustrations from drawings, photographs, steel engravings, maps, and diagrams, most with printed tissue guards. (8vo), red half morocco and marbled boards. New York: The Century History Company, 1909-1911 Volumes 1 & 5 rebacked with remnants of original spine leather laid down, some wear; overall very good. (100/150)
208. [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. (80/120)
209. Stobart, John (b.1929). Chicago: The Entrance to the Chicago River, Looking West, in 1876. Chromolithograph of the original painting. 22x32¾ image on 26½x35¾ paper. Signed and numbered by the artist in pencil on lower right. No. AP 21/750. Maritime Heritage Prints, Inc., 1980 A scarce limited print of the original oil by the famed British maritime artist. In matting, and taped to matt board with two tiny pieces of tape on top edge. Fine. (100/150)
Page 54 210. (Stowe, Harriet Beecher) Program for a theatrical production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. 4 pages on a single folded sheet. Woodcut illustrations on front and rear. Approximately 13¼x10¼”. No place: Parsons & Pool’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co., [c. 1880s] Scarce program for the Parsons and Pool Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co. production. This program from a staging at the Millbury Town Hall, Thursday Oct. 10. Also on the bill were the Tennessee Jubilee Singers “The Finest Colored Singers in This Country”. Also included is a 9½x7¼” printed sheet with rules for the company’s performers, “Appearing intoxicated on the stage, fine $5.00”, “Swearing or using unseemly language on the state, fine $2.00”, etc. Some edge wear, light chipping, a few short tears; very good. (200/300)
211. Strong, George Templeton. The Diary of George Templeton Strong. Young Man in New York 1835-1849. 4 volumes. Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas. Blue cloth with monogram gilt-stamped to each cover, pictorial endpapers, slipcase with wrap-around color-pictorial label. First Edition. New York: Macmillan, 1952 In the rare illustrated slipcase with a wrap-around design showing a street scene in New York. On one side is a summary of the book. A few tiny spots of shelf wear to slipcase; else fine. (100/150)
212. Stuart, Granville. Forty Years on the Frontier, as Seen in the Journals and Reminiscences of Granville Stuart, Gold-Miner, Trader, Merchant, Rancher and Politician. 2 volumes. (8vo) blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1925 Reminiscences of the man know as ‘Mr. Montana.’ “Written by a well-educated and influential pioneer of early Montana, this work contains much valuable history and tells many of the author’s experiences in the cattle business” - Adams. Adams Herd 2195; Howes S1096. Light soiling to cloth, some rubbing, corners bumped; very good. (300/500)
CHARTER FOR THE SUTRO RAILROAD, 1894 213. (Sutro Railroad Company) Charter for the incorporation of the Sutro Railroad Company in 1894. Engraved charter document with manuscript writing, approximately 17x21. With gold foil California State Seal and a blue and yellow ribbon affixed at lower left corner. Matted and in a vintage decorative wood frame. San Francisco: 1894 This historic document, which was reportedly hung in Adolph Sutro’s office, marks the official beginning of the Sutro Railroad and is a very important part of transportation and San Francisco history. Incorporated on July 28th, 1894, the Sutro Railroad Company was formed to provide access to Sutro Baths (which were to officially open in 1896) and Land’s End in San Francisco. The street cars of the Sutro Railroad Company made their debut on February 1st, 1896 and it soon became a popular alternative, at only 5 cents, to the more expensive Southern Pacific steam train. A wonderful piece of San Francisco history documenting the feud between Sutro Railroad and Southern Pacific, and how the new transportation transformed Land’s End into an important tourist destination, and enabled the early success of the Sutro Baths. Not examined outside of frame; one closed tear at bottom edge; very good. (1500/2000)
Page 55 214. (Sutro Tunnel) Report of the Commissioners and Evidence Taken by the Committee on Mines and Mining of the House of Representatives of the United States, in Regard to the Sutro Tunnel, together with the Arguments and Report of the Committee, Recommending a Loan by the Government in Aid of the Construction of Said Work. [8], 988 pp. (8vo), original gilt-lettered and stamped red cloth, with gilt design of a miner, all edges gilt. First Edition. Washington: M’Gill & Witherow, 1872 Elaborate production of Executive Document 15, 42nd Congress, 2nd Session, evidently intended for presentation to interested parties. In addition to recommending the federal loan, the work gives a discussion of its feasibility, cost, construction time, benefits to the mines, etc. Paher describes this as “prime source material.” Paher 2028. Spine ends frayed some light wear and soiling to cloth, early owner’s signature on front free endpaper; very good. (100/150)
215. (Texas - Alamo) Correspondence with the Government of Mexico... Reports from the Secretaries of State and War... 61 pp. House Doc. No. 256, 24th Congress, 1st Session. 22x14.5 cm. (8¾x5¾”), removed from larger volume. Washington: 1836 Diplomatic correspondence between Mexican and United States governments relating to the Battle of the Alamo and the quest of the Texans for independence from Mexico. Very good. (200/300)
216. (Texas - Alamo) House Executive Documents, 25th Congress 2nd Session - Documents 74-78. 1100 pp. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original sheep, leather spine labels. Washington: Thos. Allen, Printer, 1838 Includes a report on the Alamo and Texas conflict (Doc 74) and the Seminole War (Doc 78) (“Operations Against The Seminole & Creek Indians”) with several folding maps. Scuffing and wear to covers, ink number to spine, bookplate of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good. (250/350)
PHOTOGRAPHS OF EL PASO, TEXAS 217. (Texas - El Paso) Four photographs of El Paso, Texas plus a portrait from an El Paso photographer. Four gelatin silver print photographs, three 3¼x3¼” on 5¼x5¼” mounts with imprint of Bushong & Feldman on rear, one 3½x4¾ on 4¼x5½” mount (no photographer identified). El Paso, TX: c. 1900 The first two of the three smaller photographs show a horse-drawn fire vehicle (likely El Paso Ladder Company No. 1) racing to the Hotel Sheldon, the last of these shows the ladder against the building being climbed by 4 fire fighters (there is no smoke or flame visible in the photo so this is perhaps a test run). The large photo is of the front of the Hotel Sheldon. Constructed in 1887, the Hotel Sheldon serves as an unofficial headquarters for participants from both sides of the border during the Mexican Revolution. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1929. Also one cabinet card full-length portrait of a gentleman in fancy western dress, photographed by Feldman, El Paso. Some light wear to mounts; portrait with a few small scratches to surface; very good. (500/800)
Page 56 218. (Trade Catalog) Langley & Michaels Co. Prices Current of Drugs, Chemicals, Proprietary Medicines, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Druggists’ Sundries, Etc., Etc. [4], 567 pp. Frontispiece from photograph; woodcut illustrations throughout; lithograph leaf of sample labels. (8vo) original limp cloth stamped in black and blind. San Francisco: 1897 Rare trade catalog from this San Francisco merchant of pharmaceutical supplies and drug store items, including shop furniture and showcases. WorldCat locates only a single copy of this title. Some light edge wear, crease to rear cover; very good. (200/300)
219. (Trade Catalogs) Grolock & Co. Three trade catalogs for Grolock & Co. of St. Louis, MO. Manufacturers of Carriage and Wagon Material. Annual issues for 1897, 1898 & 1900. Woodcut illustrations throughout. 15.3x9 cm. (6x3½”) original printed wrappers. St. Louis: Grolock & Co., 1897, 1898, 1900 Manufacturers of wagons, carriages and buggies and their associated parts. Scarce, OCLC/ WorldCat locates no copies of any edition. Earliest volume with a few stray ink marks on front wrapper, minor wear; very good or better. (600/900)
220. Truman, Bess. Autograph Letter, signed, from Bess Truman and several items relating to the Blair House. 2 page ALs on White House stationery dated March 6, 1950 from Bess Truman to Professor William E. Smith, head of the History Department at Miami University (Ohio) concerning a proposed visit to Blair House by Smith’s wife, who Bess Truman wishes to see on her visit. Washington, D.C.: 1950 Smith along with his wife Ophia were distinguished historians and authors. Also included is a 3 page ALs of August 3, 1935 to Prof. Smith from Gist Blair, the last inhabitant of Blair House before it passed to the U.S. Government in 1942. The letter concerns the cost of some books apparently sent to Smith, who wishes to pay for them, but under Blair’s agreement with Macmillan the books were to be given to libraries. President and Mrs. Truman lived at Blair House during a portion of their Administration while the White House was being renovated. Included with the lot is a photostatic copy of a letter from 1933 from FDR to Major Gist Blair concerning maintaining historic places throughout the country; the book, Blair House Past & Present, Dept of State, 1945 and a Genealogy of the Blair family of Scotland, with a note laid in from John Blair to Prof. Smith. All in very good to fine condition. (200/300)
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Page 57 EARLY APPEARANCES BY MARK TWAIN IN BOUND VOLUME OF THE CALIFORNIAN, 1864-1867 221. Twain, Mark. The Californian. Bound volume of 73 issues, several with contributions by Mark Twain. Bound volume of 73 issues including: Volume 1, Number 1 through Number 27 (5/28/64 - 11/26/64), Volume 2, Number 15 through Number 25 (3/11/65 - 5/20/65), Volume 7, Number 1 Through Number 24 (5/25/67 - 11/2/67) & Number 27 Through Number 37 (11/23/67 - 2/1/68). (Folio) 39x28 cm. (15¼x11”), period black half morocco and marbled boards. San Francisco: 1864-67 The present issues contain 11 contributions by Mark Twain but alas not the issue containing “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”. The Californian was started in May 1864 by publishers P.J. Thomas, A.A. Stickney and John Collner. Charles Henry “Inigo” Webb was the first editor. The publishers sold the enterprise to Captain Ogden at the beginning of September 1864. Bret Harte was given the post of editor, and Mark Twain was hired at a salary of $50 per month as a writer, twice as much money than he received for his much more difficult work as a reporter at the Call. Harte contributed articles as well, and the periodical jumped to the fore among its competitors. Also includes the Abraham Lincoln mourning issue (4/22/65). Some wear to binding; paper a bit browned; one issue (3/11/65) tattered at bottom edge and with a large chip lacking from first leaf; very good. (2000/3000)
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Page 58 222. 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. (300/500)
223. (Utah) Newberry, J.S. Report on the Lands and Mineral Deposits Belonging to the County Coal and Iron Company of Utah. 12 pp. 22.9x14.7 cm. (9x5¾”), original printed wrappers. New York: E. Wells Sacket & Rankin, 1882 The Iron County Coal and Iron Company owned land about 50 miles south of Milford, Utah, at the time the terminus of the Utah Southern Railroad, with prospects for a connection to company property “within a few months.” No copies of this pamphlet are listed in OCLC/WorldCat. Wrappers a touch soiled, minor wear; very good or better. (200/300)
224. Valades, Didaco. [Rhetorica christiana ad concionandi et orandi vsvm accommodata,vtrivsque facvltatis exemplis svo loco insertis; qvae qvidem ex Indorvm maximè deprompta svnt historiis. Vnde praeter doctrinam, svma qvoqve delectatio comparabitvr]. [16 (of 20)], 378, [14 (of 16] pp. With 13 metalcuts in the text, 7 of them full-page; folding table. (4to) 23x16.5 cm. (9x6½”), period calf. First Edition. Pervsiae (i.e. Perugia): Petrumiacobum Petrutium, 1579 Rare and significant work - contains many references to America and manners and customs among the American Indians. Sabin 98300; Palau 346897. Covers worn, detached; lacking the engraved title-page, 2 preliminary leaves, leaf A3 (pp. 5-6), leaf Ddd1 (index), all of the plates including the folding one, 1 of the text illustrations; 2 prelim. leaves with lower corners missing affecting text; worming throughout; a poor to fair copy of an important work, sold with all faults. (400/600)
225. 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. 27x19.3 cm. (11x8”), blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First Edition. San Francisco: John Howell, 1926 “A work of the greatest importance” - Cowan. Cowan, p. 665; Hill, pp.314-5; Howes W9. Rubbed at spine ends and corners, one tiny tear at spine head; hinges tender; very good. (100/150)
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Page 59 226. 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 only. (300/500)
227. Waseurtz af Sandels, G. M. A Sojourn in California by the King’s Orphan: The Travels and Sketches of G.M. Waseurtz af Sandels, a Swedish gentleman who visited California in 1842- 1843. Edited with an Introduction by Helen Putnam Van Sicklen. Illustrated with plates reproducing drawings and sketches by the author, some folding, a few in color. 12¾x9, linen- backed patterned boards, paper spine label. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. First Edition. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1945 BCC 63; GB 417. Spine a touch sunned; fine. (80/120)
228. (Washington, D.C.) Program for festivities at the National Capital Centennial. 6 leaves of card stock, lithographed with color and some gilt on rectos only with embossing, all tied together with red, white & blue ribbon, all edges gilt. 24x19 cm. (9½x7½”). Accompanied by an engraved invitation, on slightly thinner stock. Washington, D.C.: 1900 Extravagantly designed program to the festivities planned for the American elite invited to the festivities celebrating the 100th anniversary of our nation’s capital, with a reception at the White House, a parade, reception at Corcoran Gallery, etc. Provenance: L. Bradford Prince, Governor of New Mexico Territory. Small nick at the ribbon hole of the first card; near fine. (150/250)
229. Wentworth, Benning. Manuscript Document Signed by Benning Wentworth as Governor of New Hampshire, being a marriage certificate. 14 lines, in ink, docketed on verso; on sheet 10.5x16.5 cm. (8¼x6½”). Portsmouth, NH: Dec. 1, 1760 The manuscript form authorizes an ordained minister of the Province of New Hampshire to join in Holy Matrimony Richard Elllis and Ann Shepard, with the names and date filled in, signed B. Wentworth. Benning Wentworth (1696-1770) served as governor of the colonial Province of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766. He made his fortune selling land in what is now the state of Vermont to developers, in spite of jurisdictional claims for this region by the Colony of New York. He named the new townships after famous contemporaries in order to gain support for his enterprises (e.g. Rutland after John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland; Bennington he named after himself). One-half inch stain at lower center (away from signature); very good. (150/250)
230. (Western Americana) Seven titles of Western narratives published by Lewis Osborne. Includes: Narrative of the Live and Adventures of Major C. Bolin, alias David Butler, as related by himself to A.A. Sargent. (Spine a bit sunned, to corners bumped.) 1966. * The Gold Rush Letters of J.D.B. Stillman. (Mild fading to covers.) 1967. * Browne, J. Ross. A Dangerous Journey. (Spine faded.) 1972. * The Oregon Journals of David Douglas, of his travels and adventures among the Traders & Indians in the Columbia, Willamette and Snake River Regions during the years
Page 60 1825, 1826 & 1827. 2 volumes. 1972. * The Overland Diary of Wilson Price Hunt. 1973. * Wilkes, Charles. Live in Oregon Before the Emigration. 2 volumes. 1975. * Neall, James. A Down-Easter in the Far West. 1977. Together, 7 works in 9 volumes. Illustrated from various sources. Linen. Limited Editions. Palo Alto, CA & Ashland, OR: Various dates Most published by Osborne for the Oregon Book Society. Most with bookplates of John M. McClelland, Jr. Very good to fine condition. (100/150)
231. (Western Americana) Small group of mostly western Americana. Includes: Fardon, George Robinson. San Francisco Album. Cloth, dj. Chronicle Books, [1999]. * Scott, Edward B. The Saga of Lake Tahoe. 2 volumes. Cloth, dj. Later editions. [Sierra-Tahoe Publishing, 1957 & 1973]. * California Pictorial Lettersheets 1849-1859. Museum Reproductions of Unique Pictorial Writing Paper Used in Gold Rush California. Folder with loose reproductions. Portfolio No. 1. Reynard Press, 1961. * Haskins, Charles Warren. Libera Martina Spinazze’s Index to the Argonauts of California. Wrappers. Polyanthos, 1975. * Van Nostrand, Jeanne. California Pictorial. Cloth, tattered dj. Univ. of California Press, 1948. * Stanger, Frank M. and Alan K. Brown. Who Discovered the Golden Gate? Cloth. San Mateo County Historical Assoc., 1969. * Berthold, Victor M. The Pioneer Steamer California, 1848-1849. Cloth, slipcase. Houghton Mifflin, 1932. * Clark, C.M. A Trip to Pike’s Peak & Notes by the Way. Cloth-backed boards, dj. Talisman Press, 1958. * The Gold Rush Song Book. Boards. Colt Press, 1940. * Hall, Carroll Douglas. The Terry-Broderick Duel. Cloth-backed boards. Colt Press, [19390. * The Adventures of a Young Swiss in California: The Gold Rush Account of Theophile de Rutte. Cloth-backed boards. Sacramento Book Collectors Club, 1992. * Plus a few others. Various places: Various dates Light to moderate shelf wear; mostly very good. (150/250)
232. (Western Americana) Ten volumes on California and the West published by the Book Club of California. Includes: Baker, Hozial H. Overland Journey to Carson Valley & California. 1973. * Brown, James Berry. Journal of a Journey across the Plains in 1859. 1970. * A Facsimile Edition of California’s First Book. 1954. * Gregory, Joseph W. Gregory’s Guide for California Travellers via the Isthmus of Panama. 1949. * Hall, Carroll D. Bierce and the Poe Hoax. 1934. * Kunzel, Heinrich. Upper California. 1967. * Lapp, Rudolph M. Archy Lee: A California Fugitive Slave Case. 1969. * M’Ilvaine, William. Sketches of Scenery and Notes of Personal Adventure in California & Mexico. 1951. * Simpkinson, Francis Guillemard & Captain Edward Belcher. H.M.S. Sulphur at California, 1837 and 1839. 1969. * Swan, John A. A Trip to the Gold Mines of California in 1848. 1960. Together 10 volumes, several with original plain jackets, a few with prospectus laid in. San Francisco: Book Club of California, Various dates A few with minor wear; near fine to fine. (150/250)
233. (Westerners Brand Book) The Westerners Brand Book, 1944 [&] 1945-46. 2 volumes. (8vo) tan and blue cloth stamped in gilt. First Editions. Chicago: [The Westerners], [1946 & 1947] The scarce first two annuals of the papers of The Westerners. A touch of wear; near fine. (100/150)
Page 61 234. (Westward Expansion, Erie Canal, etc.) Senate Documents, 19th Congress, 1st Session - 1825- 1826 - 3 volumes. 3 bound volumes, containing Documents 20-101. 22.5x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), original quarter sheep & marbled boards, leather spine labels. Washington: 1825-1826 Consecutive Bound volumes covering most of the activities of the Senate that year; includes Expansion, Surveys, Armies, Indians, Erie Canal, with many foldout tables. Some scuffing and wear to covers, ink numbers to spines, foxing/darkening to contents, bookplates of Western Reserve Historical Society, very good. (500/800)
235. 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, cloth and 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. GB 368: Howes W312. Spine faded, some light soiling to binding, endpapers a bit browned; very good. (400/700)
236. Whitney, J.D. The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada and of the Big Trees of California. 155 pp. Illustrated with 8 wood-engraved plates after photographs by Carleton Watkins, smaller woodcuts in text; 1 (of 2) folding maps loose in endpaper pocket. 23x16.5 cm. (9x6½”), original gilt-decorated green cloth. First Edition under this title. [Sacramento]: By Authority of the Legislature, 1869 First reprint edition, without original photographs but with a slightly expanded text, of Whitney’s ‘The Yosemite Book’ published in 1868 which included original albumen prints. The large folding map is of the area adjacent to Yosemite Valley; lacking the map of Yosemite Valley. See Cowan p.699; Currey & Kruska 61; Farquhar 7b; Howes W389. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Front joint split, spine head frayed; very good. (200/300)
WITH ORIGINAL INK SKETCH BY OLAF WIEGHORST 237. (Wieghorst, Olaf) Reed, William. Olaf Wieghorst. Foreword by Barry Goldwater. Illustrated with numerous color plates reproducing paintings by Wieghorst, plus a few photo plates. 11x8½, leather backed cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt brand on front cover, slipcase. No. 24 of 200 copies. First Edition. Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1969 With an original ink sketch by Wieghorst on limitation page (as issued); signed by Wieghorst and Reed on verso of front free endpaper. Fine. (400/700)
238. Wierzbicki, F[elix] P[aul]. California As It Is & As It May Be; or, A Guide to the Gold Region. Introduction by George D. Lyman. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. (8vo), black cloth backed green paper boards, paper spine label, jacket. One of 500 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1933 GB 186; Howes W405. A few chips and closed tears at jacket edges; volume near fine; very good jacket. (100/150)
Page 62 239. Wilkes, Charles. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. 5 volumes. lx, 434; xv, [1], 476; xv, [1], 438; xvi, 539; xv, [1], 558 pp. With 64 steel-engraved plates with tissue guards; 13 maps; text illustrations engraved in steel and wood. (Large 8vo) 26.8x18 cm. (10¾x7”), original cloth. Later Printing. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1856 Later printing of Wilkes’ important narrative, atlas volume not present. Howes W414; Wagner-Camp-Becker 175a; Cowan p.538; Hill 1867; Forbes 1575. Early bookplates of F.S. Boas of Reading, PA on pastedowns; bookplates of John M. McClelland, Jr. on free endpapers. Spines chipped, joints splitting; some light foxing; a few pages/plates loose; good and worthy of restoration. (400/700)
240. Winthrop, Theodore. The Canoe and the Saddle, or Kalam and Klickatat: To which are now first added His Western Letters and Journals. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by John H. Williams. xxvi, 332 pp. Illustrated with numerous plates from photographs, drawings, paintings, etc., 16 in color; sketches in the text; map. 24x16 cm. (9½x6½”), original vellum- backed cloth, spine lettered in gilt, armorial emblem on front cover, top edge gilt. Tacoma: John H. Williams, 1913 First published in 1863, but both Howes and Tweney note this as the “best edition,” and the first publication of the Western letters and journals. Tweney furthermore states that “Winthrop was probably better fitted to portray the West than any other Eastern man who attempted to describe it. As a story of travel among the forests and mountains of the Northwest, it was the first of a long line of books that turned the eyes of the country westward....” (Graff 4715); Howes W584; Smith 11136; Tweney 86. Lower corners of covers lightly dampstained, mild darkened streak to spine; front hinge cracking, very good or better. (80/120)
241. [Wirt, William]. The Letters of the British Spy. Originally published in the Virginia Argus, in August and September, 1803. 88 pp. (8vo) 21.5x12.7 cm. (8½x5”), period calf. Second Edition. Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, Junior, December, 1803 “It was in 1803 that Wirt began his literary career by publishing the first of ‘The Letters of the British Spy’ in the Richmond Argus. They came out anonymously and were supposed to be the contemporary observations of an English traveler upon Virginian society and other miscellaneous topics. The authorship was at once recognized, and the letters had an enormous popularity, going through numerous editions within a few years.” (DAB) Howes W585. Covers detached, backstrip lacking; browned and foxed throughout. (150/250)
242. Wolcott, Oliver, Jr. Two manuscript letters Signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr., written during his tenures as Auditor then Secretary of the Treasury for the United States. Includes: Short note written while auditor at the U.S. Treasury, “I... now inclose the Loan Office Certificate mentioned thereine, to be compared with the Checks in your office...” 16x18 cm. June 4th, 1790. * One- page letter written while Secretary of the Treasury, to Nathaniel Appleton, Commissioner of Loans for Massachusetts, “I have directed the Treasurer of the United States to remit to you the sum of Six Thousand Dollars in a draught on the Office of Discount & Deposit at Boston, for the purpose of enabling you to discharge the pensions which will become due the 5th of September next to the Invalids of the United States in Massachusetts...as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War...” On 1st page of 4-page lettersheet, addressed with Wolcott’s franking signature on 4th page. 25x21 cm. [Philadelphia]: 1790 & 1795 Letters on Treasury business by the second Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. First darkened, worn with small chips & tears at left and bottom edges (affecting the elaborate flourish in Wolcott’s signature), else first good, second very good or better. (300/500)
Page 63 243. (World War I) American Red Cross. Universal Membership Week. Red Cross Christmas Roll Call, Dec. 16-23rd - original poster. Color lithograph poster. 21.5x106.3 cm. (8½x41¾”). [1918] The left side features illustration of a nurse with an outstretched hand, with troops marching behind her. On the right hand side a seated nurse cradles a wounded soldier. Small chips and tears at edges, one faint dampstain to left edge, a bit of creasing, some tape repairs on edges of verso; very good. (100/150)
POSTERS FROM THE GREAT WAR 244. (World War I Poster) Blashfield, E.H. Red Cross Christmas Roll Call December 16th to 23rd. Color lithographed poster. 68.5x44.5 cm. (27x17½”) plus margins, framed under plexiglass. No place: 1918 Poster showing a figure of Columbia holding a pen, and a Red Cross nurse with a scroll, inscribed “Where Columbia sets her name, let every one of you follow her.” Very good or better, not examined out of frame. (300/500)
245. (World War I Poster) Mora, F. Luis. The health of the child is the power of the nation Children’s year, April 1918 - April 1919. Color lithographed poster. 46x72 cm. (18x28¼”); matted & framed under plexiglass. New York: The W. F. Powers Co., Litho., 1918 Poster showing a group of happy children on a hill, the promise of a post-war world. The artist was Jo Mora’s brother. Tiny edge tear, near fine. (700/1000)
246. (World War I Poster) Porteous, R.H. Women! Help America’s Sons Win the War. Buy U.S. Government Bonds 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917. Color lithographed poster. 73.5x48 cm. (28¾x18¾”) plus margins, framed under plexiglass. Chicago: Edwards & Deutsch, 1917 Finely detailed image of matron looking out to viewer in front of American banner and sinking ships in plea for Liberty Loans. A few creases and short repaired tears, 2x2” triangle replaced at upper left with redrawn border and a tiny piece of banner; very good. (200/300)
247. (World War I Poster) Roberts, Hazel. War Clouds Gather! “Manhood Willing but Unarmed” Help the Navy - Join the Navy League Local Headquarters. Color lithographed poster. 63x48 cm. (24¾x19”). No place: c.1917 A sailor in uniform blows on a bugle. This image was used for several navy and navy league posters. A touch of edge wear, near fine to fine. (250/350)
RARE POSTER BY HAZEL ROBERTS 248. (World War I Poster) Roberts, Hazel. Women awake! Your country needs you - Learn to be of National Service -Join the Navy League - Help the Navy - Local Headquarters. Color lithographed poster. 63.5x48 cm. (25x18¾”). Washington, D.C.: Andrew B. Graham Co. Lithographers, 1916 One of the rarer and more desirable World War I posters, featuring a young woman speaking into a megaphone wearing some sort of uniform and holding an indeterminate flag. OCLC/WorldCat lists only the copies at the Library of Congress and the University of South Carolina. Fine or nearly so. (1000/1500)
Page 64 249. (World War II - Japanese Americans) Three ephemeral items relating to Japanese-Americans and World War II. Includes: Draft card for Kisoii Hashimoto of San Francisco, filled out in ink, signed by him and the registrar. 6x10 cm. 25 April 1942. * “Jap Hunting License, Good for Duration of Hunting Season, Open Season, Now, No Limit, ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’ Issued by Hobo News.” With ink note on verso “Give this to Jill. Too bad I won’t be home for the deer season.” (some rubbing and wear). 5x8.5 cm. N.d. * Single-page calendar sheet for first four months of 1943 featuring illustration by Bennie Nobori. 35.5x31.5 cm. 1943. Together, 3 items. Various places: c.1942-45 The final item, the calendar from the Topaz Times, was issued by the camp newspaper at Central Utah Relocation Center – known as Topaz for most of the Second World War - where the U.S. War Relocation Authority (WRA) imprisoned roughly 9,000 Japanese- American residents from the San Francisco Bay Area. Generally very good condition. (200/300)
250. (World War II leaders) Two photographs, of Allied and Axis leaders during World War II. Includes: Photograph of the Big Three (Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill) seated together, with printed paper description affixed to verso captioned “Principals at Teheran Conference”; rubberstamps of World Wide Photos on verso (along with glue residue), cropping marks in margins. * Copy photograph of Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels and Magda Goebbels seated on a balcony (Some creasing, glue residue on verso). Together, 2 photographs. Each 16.5x21 cm. (6½x8½”). Teheran & [Berlin?]: c.1943 Good to very good condition. (200/300)
251. (World War II - U-Boat) German wartime chart taken off a U-Boat, of the English Channel and North Sea, with the English Coast, plus other U-Boat artifacts. 123x74 cm. (48½x29¼”) plus margins, folding. Berlin: Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, March 23, 1944 German naval chart of the English Channel from just south of Dover and Calais north to Flamborough. The title reads “Nordansteuering zum Kanal, West-Blatt.” There are a few official Wehrmacht rubberstamps. The map was acquired by an English Merchant officer towards the end of the war, who was placed in charge of the U-Boat following its capture. The envelope in which it is contained has the ink note “German Invasion Chart,” undoubtedly referring to the invasion of the European continent that was just months away when this map was published. Also included are two objects liberated from the U-Boat at the same time, a small box with two lids, each labeled “Targesin Stäbchen,” (silver nitrate and copper rod) and a small cup, possibly for applying the silver nitrate as an eye medicine. Some tearing along folds, very good. (400/600)
252. (Yosemite - Photograph) Taber, Isaiah. The Sentinel, 3,069 feet, Yosemite, Cal. Original albumen photograph. Captioned in the negative, with no. 33, and Taber’s imprint. 20½x15¾, mounted on modern backing board. San Francisco: Taber Photo, c.1880 Beautiful image of towering crags rising majestically above the mirror-like Merced River and its surrounding pines. Some fading and minor discoloration; good. (150/250)
Page 65 253. (Yosemite - Stereo Views) Yosemite Valley Through the Stereoscope. 23 (of 24) stereo views (lacking #23), in original two-part box. New York: Underwood & Underwood, [c. 1900] Pleasing series of stereo views of Yosemite Valley, with printed text on versos. Many showing figures in the foreground of grand vistas. Most of the backs with the caption in 6 languages, a few of the cards with long descriptive paragraphs. Ink stamp of the Council Bluffs Free Public Library on rear of cards. Light wear to box, lacking text booklet and one image; very good. (100/150)
254. [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. (80/120)
255. Zayas Enriquez, Rafael de. Benito Juarez, Su Vida - Su Obra. 282 pp. (8vo) original publisher’s cloth binding stamped on back with binder’s half moon mark “Juventino Rojas, Encuadernador - Mexico”. First Edition. Mexico: Francisco Diaz de Leon, 1906 Scarce biography of Mexico’s famous president. Juarez, a Zapotec Indian from Oaxaca, is considered Mexico’s greatest leader and is often referred to with the sobriquet of El Benemérito de las Américas. He overthrew the French occupation of the Mexico and restored the Republic while initiating reforms to modernize the country. Light wear to binding; very good. (100/150) Section II: Travel & Natural History with Important Works on China
256. Atkinson, Thomas Witlam. Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years’ Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia. viii, [4], 611 pp. With 20 color lithographed plates from drawings by the author, tissue guards; wood engravings in the text; folding map. 24.5x15 cm. (9¾x6”), period full calf tooled in blind, gilt filet borders, spine elaborately tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers. First Edition. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858 Born in South Yorkshire, Thomas Witlam Atkinson became successively a quarryman, stonemason, and architect. Between 1848 and 1853 he travelled some 40,000 miles in Asiatic Russia with his wife Lucy, painting and keeping journals which formed the basis of a number on that part of the world. The lithographs in the present volume are striking examples of his work. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Rubbing to spine ends, corners showing, front joint starting to split at top, 3” crease tear to map; very good or better, internally quite clean, plates bright. (400/600)
Page 66 257. Brehm, Alfred Edmund. From North Pole to Equator: Studies of Wild Life and Scenes in May Lands. 592 pp. Translated from the German by Margaret R. Thomson. Edited by J. Arthur Thomson. Wood-engraved plates & illustrations from drawings by the author; frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. 24.5x16.5 cm. (9¾x6½”), red cloth pictorially stamped in gilt & black. First English Edition. London: Blackie & Son, 1896 Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Fading to spine, ends and corners rubbed; front hinge cracked, frontispiece detached; about very good. (150/250)
258. Brown, Robert. The Countries of the World; Being an Popular Description of the Carious Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe. 6 volumes in 3. Woodcut illustrations throughout. (4to) original black half morocco and cloth, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, all edges marbled. London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., No date [late 19th century] Popular history of the nations of the world and their people. Light wear and scuffing; very good. (100/150)
IMPORTANT WORKS ON CHINA, MOST FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF MARGARET GEE 259. (China) Allom, Thomas. Collection of 76 engraved plates - 1 colored. Loose collection of 76 plates, including 1 hand-colored plate. Sizes vary a bit, mostly 10¾x8¼” or the reverse including margins. London: 1843-1859 Depicting Chinese scenery, costume, trades, etc. as perceived by the West in the mid-19th century. Edges a bit brittle; some with foxing, a few short tears; good to very good. (600/900)
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Page 67 THE ATLAS SINENSIS OF MARTINUS MARTINI, PRODUCED BY BLAEU, WITH 17 DOUBLE-PAGEG MAPS 260. (China) Blaeu, Joannes. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Novus Atlas. Pars Sexta: Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martiniu... [4], 213, [19], xviii, 40 pp. Text in Dutch. With copper-engraved title-page hand-colored & heightened with gold, & 17 double-page copper-engraved maps hand- colored in outline, with colored pictorial cartouches. (folio) 50.5x33 cm. (19¾x13¼”), period full brown morocco with gilt-tooled paneling around central lozenge, rebacked with leather. [Amsterdam]: [1655, or later] The sixth volume of the Blaeus’ Novus Atlas, comprising the first European atlas of China, the work of Martinus Martini (1614-1661), a Jesuit who was sent to China in 1642, returned to Europe in 1654, when he prepared this atlas, then ventured back to China. Martini based his survey on the Ming revision of the Yü t’u, unlike d’Anville’s atlas, which used Jesuit surveys. D’Anville notes in his Mémoire: “Martini made use of the maps which the Chinese possessed at the time. They do great honour to that nation and make them superior in this connection to any other Asian people” (pp. 25-26; quoted in Lust). The hand-colored double-page maps consist of a general map of China, 15 maps of the provinces, and a map of Japan. The atlas also includes Golius’ “De Regno Catayo Additamentum” and Martini’s “De Bello Tartarico Historia.” Koeman I, Bl 53; Lust 160. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some scuffing to covers, worn around edges; title-page crease vertically at left margin, stained along right margin with a short repaired tear into image; foxing to text pages (more heavily to the first half), light foxing to maps with some offset; very good. (15000/25000)
Lot 260
261. (China) Dingle, Edwin John. The New Atlas and Commercial Gazetteer of China. A Work Devoted to Its Geography & Resources and Economic & Commercial Development. [12], xi, [1], 88, 187, xxxiii, [18] pp. 28 leaves of color plates; color graphs. 54x38.5 cm. (21¼x15¼”), black cloth lettered in gilt. Shanghai, China: North-China Daily News & Herald, [1918] Massive Chinese commercial atlas with bilingual maps. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. A bit of wear; near fine. (1000/!500)
Page 68 ENGLISH EDITION OF DU HALDE’S CHINA, WITH 64 MAPS, PLANS & PLATES 262. (China) Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste. A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese- Tartary, together with the kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet: containing the geography and history (natural as well as civil) of those countries. 2 volumes. [4], xi, [1], xii, [2], 678; [4], 388, [18] pp. With 64 copper-engraved maps, plans & plates, most folding. (folio) 40x25 cm. (15¾x9¾”), period calf boards, rebacked with modern calf ruled in gilt, new endpapers. London: Printed by T. Gardner...for Edward Cave, 1738-1741 Du Halde’s important description of China and the east, notable for the significant series of maps as well as the text and views. Many of the maps are signed by Emanuel Bowen, and the title-page notes “From the French of P. J.B. Du Halde, Jesuit: with Notes Geographical, Historical, and Critical; and Other Improvements, particularly in the Maps, by the Translator.” There was an earlier edition in English (The General History of China) published in 4 volumes, octavo, in 1736, which had only 15 plates and 4 maps. This impressive folio edition was first issued in parts to subscribers, in fortnightly or monthly installments. There are two general maps of China (1 hand-colored in outline), maps of the various provinces and plans of their cities, and, notably, a 13-sheet map of Tartary (a general map and 12 detail maps), and a 9-sheet map of Tibet (the general map of Tibet called for in the list of plates and maps at the end of Vol. II is not present, and was apparently never Lot 262 issued, or at any rate is not present in most copies). The plates include city views, portraits, etc. Armorial bookplates of Thomas Ansen. Spines with a bit of fading and scuffing; ccasional light foxing to the text; very good to fine. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. (8000/12000)
263. (China) Grosier, [Jean-Baptiste], Abbe. A General Description of China, containing the topography of the fifteen provinces which compose this vast empire, that of Tartary, the isles, and other tributary countries; the number and situation of its cities, the state of its population, the natural history of its animals, vegetables and minerals. Together with the latest accounts that have reached Europe of the government, religion, manners, customs, arts and sciences of the Chinese. Illustrated by a new and correct map of China, and other copper plates. 2 volumes. With 15 copper-engraved plates, 1 folding; folding copper-engraved map hand-colored in outline. 21x13 cm. (8¼x5”), period tree calf, rebacked with later tan calf tooled in gilt, earlier morocco spine labels. First Edition in English. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1788 Overview of Chinese history and culture, with a view towards correcting negative European impressions of the Chinese people. With engraved name of John Shewell mounted on front endpapers. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Spines a bit faded, fine or nearly so. (700/1000) Page 69 SET OF 24 COPPERPLATES PICTURING DEEDS OF CHINESE EMPERORS 264. (China) Helman, Isidore Stanislas Henri. [Faits memorabiles des empereurs de la Chine, tirés des annales chinoises...]. 24 copper-engraved plates. 37x54 cm. (14½x21¼”) including margins, bound in later half cloth & marbled boards. Paris: 1788 The full complement of 24 plates of this work, but without the title-page, dedication- leaf, or 24 leaves of engraved text. It is sometimes listed under Helman, who is credited with being the engraver, sometimes under Jesuit artist Jean Denis Attiret. The original paintings, from which the engravings are reduced, were commissioned from the Jesuit artist in Peking, Father Jean-Denis Attiret, by the orders of the Emperor Qianlong, to be drawn and engraved in the Western style and based on the Ming work “Dijian tushuo” [The Illustrated Discussion of the Emperor’s Mirror], 1573, telling of the heroic deeds of the Emperors of China in parables. The subjects are largely battle scenes and royal ceremonies. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Foxing to some of the plates; very good. (3000/5000)
Lot 264
265. (China) Macartney, [George]. Voyage dans L’Intérieur de la Chine, et en Tartarie, fait dans les Années 1792, 1793 et 1794. 5 volumes. [4], clxxxvi, 311; [4], 408; [4], 414, [2]; [4], 380; [4], 350 pp. All half-titles present. With several copper-engraved plates, including frontispiece and a folding map of China in Volume 1, two large folding maps at rear of Volume 5, plus many plates within. (8vo), period calf-backed boards, spines gilt. Second Edition. Paris: F. Buisson, An 7 [1798] The illustrations within show aspects of Chinese life and culture, such as dress, labor, household decoration, etc. Bindings rubbed; lacking world map from rear of Volume 3, folding maps with several tears, some with old paper repairs; some light worming, foxing; good. (500/800)
Page 70 266. (China) Mason, George Henry. The Costume of China, Illustrated by Sixty Engravings: With Explanations in English and French. [xiv] + 60 hand-colored aquatint plates by Dadley after Pu-Qua, each with one leaf of letterpress description in English and French. (Folio) 35.7x26 cm. (14¼x10¼”), period full green morocco with gilt & blind roll borders, spine gilt decorated, all edges gilt. London: W. Miller, 1831 The various trades and peoples of China are represented, including a beggar with his dog, female peasant, serpent-catcher, fisherman, a lantern-painter, a brick-layer, a frog- catcher, a bookseller, etc. etc. First published in 1800. (Abbey Travel 533; Tooley 320). Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some rubbing to covers, scuffing and wear to joints and edges, rear cover detached; internally very good, worthy of repair to binding. (1000/1500)
Lot 266
Page 71 JOHN OGILBY’S TRANSLATIONS OF NIEUHOFF & MONTANUS WITH NUMEROUS COPPER-ENGRAVED PLATES & ILLUSTRATIONS 267. (China) Ogilby, John, translator. An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China... [and] Atlas Chinensis: Being a Second Part... Comprises: Nieuhoff, Jan. An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China... wherein the Cities, Towns, Villages, Ports, Rivers, etc. in their Passages from Canton to Peking, are Ingeniously Descib’d... [4], 327, [1], 18, 106 pp. With 18 copper-engraved plates including frontispiece & added pictorial title-page; folding map of China; double-page plan of Kanton; 97 engravings in the text. Wing N1152. London: Printed by John Macock, for the Author, 1669. * Montanus, Arnoldus. Atlas Chinensis: Being a Second Part of a Relation of Remarkable Passages in Two Embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Vice-Roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East Tartary… [4], 723 pp. With added copper-engraved title; 38 copper-engraved plates, 32 of them double-page; 57 copper-engraved illustrations in the text; 2 double-page copper-engraved maps. Wing M2484. London: Printed by Tho. Johnson for the Author, 1671. Together, 2 volumes. (folio) 40.5x25.5 cm. (15¾x10”), uniform later calf, rebacked with most of original gilt-tooled spine strips laid on, raised bands, later morocco lettering pieces. First Editions in English. London: 1669 & 1671 Superb set of Ogilby’s two translations of important works on China, handsomely printed, noteworthy not only for text, bringing notice of the mysteries of the East to English readers, but for the magnificent engraved illustrations and plates. Though the second work says Montanus on the title page, it is actually a translation of Olfert Dapper’s Gedenkwaerdig bedryf der Nederlandsche Oost-Indische maetschappye, Amst., 1670. Each with the ink ownership signature of M. Cowper to the top margins of the title-pages, dated 1716, and the armorial bookplates of Panshangey. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. The first with darkening to a few text pages, 3” tear to one plate, short stub tear to map; second with mild darkening to some plates including the frontispiece, some foxing to title- page; a near fine set, complete with all plates and maps. (12000/18000)
Lot 267
Page 72 268. (China) Oliphant, Laurence. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin’s mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, ‘58, ‘59. 2 volumes. [4], xiii, [1], 492 + 14, [2] ad; xi, [1], 496 pp. With 20 color lithographed plates; 5 folding maps; woodcuts in the text. 22.5x13.5 cm. (9x5½”), original blue blindstamped cloth, gilt vignettes on front covers, spines lettered in gilt; recased. Second Edition. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1860 In 1857 Lord Elgin became High Commissioner to China and traveled to China and Japan in 1858-59, where he led the bombing of Canton and oversaw the end of the Second Opium War by signing the Treaties of Tianjin on 26 June 1858. Laurence Oliphant was a noted traveler, author and sometime diplomatist, serving as Elgin’s private secretary on this expedition. Armorial bookplates of Richard Mercer. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some sunning and minor wear to covers; light foxing within, large map of China with 6” stub tear, staining to front pastedowns; very good. (300/500)
269. (China) Shoberl, Frederic, editor. The World in Miniature; Edited by Frederic Shoberl. China, containing Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, Character, and Costumes of the People of that Empire. 2 volumes. xiv, 208; [2], 257 pp. With 30 hand-colored stipple-engraved plates. 13.5x9 cm. (5¼x3½”), later half red calf & marbled boards, spines tooled in gilt, raise bands, morocco lettering pieces. London: R. Ackermann, [1823 The China portion of Shoberl’s captivating display of the known world, which came to number 43 volumes in all, notable for the number and variety of hand-colored plates depicting the denizens in characteristic dress. Abbey Travel 6; Tooley Color Plates 515. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some scuffing to leather, covers of Vol. II neatly detached; internally fine or nearly so. (300/500)
270. (China) Sirén, Osvald. Gardens of China. xiv, 141 pp. + numerous plates from photographs, old prints, etc. 30.8x23.5 cm. (12¼x9¼”), green cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition. New York: Ronald Press, [1949] An important scholarly history of gardening in China. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Light rubbing to spine ends, corners and joints; very good. (200/300)
271. (China) Sirén, Osvald. The Imperial Palaces of Peking. Vol. I (of 3) only. vi, 67, [5] pp. text + 14 plates of plans and measured drawings, all but 1 folding, & 72 collotype plates from photographs by the author. 32.5x25 cm. (12¾x10”), blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition. Paris & Brussels: G. Van Oest, 1926 This first volume contains the complete text and plans, and the first 72 collotype plates; Vols. II & III, not present here, contained plates 73-274. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Slight bumps to extremities; near fine. (200/300)
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Page 73 272. (China) Sirén, Osvald. The Walls and Gates of Peking: Researches and Impressions by Osvald Sirén. Illustrated with 109 Photogravures after Photographs by the Author and Fifty Architectural Drawings Made by Chinese Artists. xvii, [3], 239 pp. + 109 photogravure plates. 32.5x25 cm. (11¾x9¾”), half cloth & marbled boards, leather spine label. One of 800 copies (this copy not numbered). First Edition. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, [1924] Striking work capturing the architectural essence of old Peking. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Board edges rubbed, corners showing; very good. (1000/1500)
STAUNTON’S ACCOUNT OF THE MACARTNEY EMBASSY TO CHINA, COMPLETE WITH ATLAS 273. (China) Staunton, Sir George [Leonard]. An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China... 2 volumes plus Atlas. Text vols.: [2], xxxiv, 518; xx, 626 pp. Illustrated with two engraved frontispiece portraits, one engraved plate, and 25 engravings in the text after drawings by W. Alexander. (4to) 22x28.5 cm. (11¼x8¾”), period gilt-ruled calf, rebacked with modern gilt-tooled calf. Atlas: 44 engraved maps, plans and views, some double-page, several folding, including the large (57x93cm.) general chart. (lg. folio) 55.5x42 cm. (21¾x16½”), period half calf & boards. Together, 3 volumes. Second Edition, corrected. London: Printed by W. Bulmer for G. Nicol, 1798 Staunton (1737-1801) was a life-long diplomatist who joined Lord Macartney on his mission to China in 1792. The Chinese would rebuff this mission’s attempt at establishing trade and diplomatic relations with Britain. However, “[Macartney’s] visit was not in vain...for it gave us a most interesting account of Chinese manners and customs at the close of the eighteenth century. The account of this famous embassy was prepared at government expense. Apart from its Chinese importance, it is of considerable interest, owing to the descriptions of the various places en route which were visited. The atlas volume is quite important.” (Hill). Hill, p. 280-281. Armorial bookplates of Nich. Pearse. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Text volumes with a bit of offset to title-pages from the frontispieces; atlas with some staining and wear to binding, front cover detached; occasional fairly minor foxing and offset; very good or better overall. (5000/8000)
Lot 273
Page 74 274. (China) Staunton, George Leonard. An Abridged Account of the Embassy to the Emperor of China, Undertaken by Order of the King of Great Britain; Including the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; and preceded by an account of the causes of the Embassy and Voyage to China... xii, 288 + [4] pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece; folding copper-engraved map. (12mo) 19x12 cm. (7½x4½”), original boards. London: John Stockdale, 1797 Scarce little abridged edition of Staunton’s famous account of the embassy of Earl Macartney to the imperial court in Peking, first official British embassy to China. Macartney traveled via Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope and Indonesia. He was accompanied by Staunton and a retinue which included Staunton’s 11-year-old son, nominally the ambassador’s page. The 11-year-old turned out to be only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to converse with the Emperor. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. About half of the spine strip lacking, the remains worn and lifting; internally very good or better, untrimmed and in the original boards. (200/300)
275. (China) Worcester, G[eorge] R[aleigh] G[ray]. The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze. A study in Chinese nautical research. 2 volumes. xxviii, 245, [1]; xvi, [247]-506 pp. With numerous plates from photographs, diagrams, plans, drawings, etc., many folding. 27.7x22 cm. (11x8½”), green cloth lettered in gilt. Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1947-1948 A scarce and important work, greatly expanded from the 1940 one volume edition. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. A little extremity rubbing; very good to fine. (700/1000)
276. (China - Shanghai) Hand-colored woven silk view of Shanghai. Approximately 7¼x32” (visible), framed, under glass. Overall 8¾x33½”. No place: [c. 1920?] Woven silk view, heightened with hand coloring, of the modern harbor at Shanghai, China, the skyline of the city with numerous multi-story buildings of a western architectural influence along the banks, many boats of all sizes at sail on the bay. Some light spotting, not examined out of frame; very good. (700/1000)
277. (China - Shanghai) Photo Album of the 1937 Shanghai Bombing. Album containing approximately 114 photographs, most snapshots approximately 2½x3½” or the reverse, a few larger. Mounted to the leaves of a period photo album, overall 9¼x12½” Shanghai: 1937 Scenes of the 1937 bombing of Shanghai and of everyday scenes in the life of Sergeant Walter Peterman of the Sixth Marines. Approximately 25 of the photographs are commercially produced images including a number of rather grotesque scenes of human casualties. Also included are several of the Sergeant’s Marine Corp patches. A newspaper clipping inserted at the front states that the album was exhibited in his native city on his return from the war. Very good or better. (1000/1500)
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Page 75 WITH THE RARE NUDE BATHING PLATE 278. (China & Japan) Perry, M[atthew] C[albraith]. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by Order of the Government of the United States. Compiled by Francis L. Hawks. 3 volumes. xvii, [1], 537; [6], [2], 414, [4], 14, xi, [2]; xliii, 705 pp. Vol. I illus. with 90 lithograph plates, most color, including 3 “facsimiles” of Japanese woodblock prints, 2 folding; 6 maps & charts, 2 folding; numerous woodcuts in the text. Vol. II with 3 color lithographs of Chinese scenes & 1 uncolored lithograph of Chinese implements; 2 uncolored natural history engraved plates; 6 hand-colored lithographs of birds; 10 hand-colored steel-engravings of fish; 5 lithographs of shells, 2 hand-colored; 16 diagram plates of winds & currents; 14-page facsimile of Japanese language version of the U.S.-Japan treaty; 17 folding charts on 16 sheets; numerous woodcuts in the text. Vol. III with woodcut star charts throughout. (4to) 29.5x22 cm. (11½x9”), original blindstamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition, Senate Issue. Washington: Beverly Tucker, 1856 Detailed and profusely illustrated account of Perry’s expedition to open Japan to the West, complete with the scarce nude bathing plate. “In January 1852 [Perry] was selected to undertake the most important diplomatic mission ever intrusted to an American naval officer, the negotiation of a treaty with Japan, a country at this time sealed against intercourse with the Occidental powers” (DAB). By March 31, 1854, the treaty granting the U.S. trading rights had been signed by the Japanese. Upon his return to the U.S., his chief duty for the following year was to compile his reports of the expedition, aided by Francis Hawks. The first volume has the account of the voyage and lithographs of the travel; the second volume has the natural history reports by D.S. Green and others and includes hand-colored plates of Japanese fishes and shells. In addition to the artist W. Heine, from whose drawings a great number of the lithographs were made, the daguerreotypist E. Brown, Jr., went on the expedition, taking what were undoubtedly the earliest photographic images of Japan, many of them reproduced lithographically in this work, and one of the plates shows him at his camera. This copy contains the rare bath house plate, which was not included on the list of plates and not issued in all copies. Hill 1332; Sabin 30968. Bookplates of Lee Lawrence Stopple. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Spines and cover margins, spine foot of Vol. I torn and frayed, some extremity wear; nude bathing plate detached along with the two following plates; a few tears to folding charts; overall very good, nicer than generally seen. (1500/2500)
Lot 278
Page 76 279. (China & Vietnam) Baron, S[amuel]. A Description of the Kingdom of Tonqueen. [2], 40 pp. With 13 copper-engraved plates (including frontispiece map) on 7 sheets, 2 of them double- page. (folio) 34.2x22.5 cm. (13½x9”), modern quarter leather & marbled boards. [London]: [J. Walthoe], [1732] Account of northern Vietnam and adjacent regions of China, published as part of Vol. 6 of Churchill’s A Collection of Voyages and Travels, here removed. This copy is notable for the extensive contemporary ink notes in English, covering the backs of the frontispiece and a few other plates, much of the map itself, on some of the plates and occasional margins, plus underlining to the text - although difficult to read, they seem to have been written by someone familiar with the region. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some soiling and mostly marginal staining, overall very good. (1000/1500)
Lot 279
280. Colquhoun, P[atrick]. A Treatise on the Police of London; Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors...and Suggesting Remedies for Their Prevention. [16], xvi, 655, [32] pp. (8vo) period tree calf, spine gilt, black leather labels. Sixth Edition. London: Joseph Mawman, 1800 Colquhoun was a prolific writer on the sociology of crime, poverty and urban life in London. First published in London in 1796, the treatise made innovative proposals in several areas of the administration of justice. Spine dry and brittle, joints cracked; good. (200/300)
Page 77 DAPPER’S HOLY LAND WITH SUPERB MAPS AND PLATES 281. Dapper, O[lfert]. Naukeurige beschryving van gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant... 2 parts in 1. [10], 262, [8], 581, [7] pp. Title-page printed in red & black. With copper-engraved added pictorial-page; 8 double-page maps (4 of them folding out as well); 31 copper-engraved plates (23 double-page, 3 folding out as well); 33 engraved illustrations in the text. (folio) 31x20 cm. (12¼x8”), period mottled calf, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering piece. First Edition. Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1677 Marvelous work on Palestine and Syria by Dr. Olfert Dapper (1638-89), physician, geographical and historical scholar, the author of a series of works dealing with Africa, Asia and America. The notable plates and maps have crisp, dark impressions, including fine views of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Damascus, Tripoli, Aleppo, Rama, the Temple of Solomon, and others. Complete with all plates and maps, the titld-page to the second part, and the lists of plates. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Minor extremity wear to coves; some plates trimmed close and in a few instances to the neat lines, affecting captions in a case or two, overall fine or nearly so. (4000/6000)
Lot 281
282. Grote, George. History of Greece. 12 volumes. (8vo) tan half-calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, red and black labels, all edges marbled. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858 A handsomely presented set. Some light wear and scuffing to leather; foxing; very good. (200/300)
283. Juan, George and Antonio de Ulloa. A Voyage to South-America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Town, Provinces, &c. on that extensive Continent... 2 volumes. xxiv, 479; [iv], 419, [15], [1] ad pp. 7 folding engraved maps and plates. (8vo), early half calf and marbled boards. Third Edition. London: Lockyer Davis, 1772 Important scientific and historical researches on South America, first published in 1758. This edition is the first to include an Appendix on Brazil by John Adams. Sabin 36813; Hill 1741 (for 1758 edition). Bindings worn, front cover of Volume 1 detached; map at front of Volume 1 with splits along folds; light foxing; internally very good. (500/800)
Page 78 KNOX’ IMPORTANT ACCOUNT OF CEYLON, 1681 284. Knox, Robert. An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author’s Miraculous Escape. [24], 189 + [2] ad pp. 15 copper-engraved plates and a folding copper-engraved map. (Folio) 32.5x19.8 cm. (12¾x7¾”), period full calf with later, but still old, rebacking, endpapers replaced. First Edition. London: Richard Chiswell, 1681 Robert Knox, c.1641-1720, was traveling with his father in 1659 on the latter’s journey homeward from his post with the British East India Company at Fort St. George when a storm obliged their ship to put into Cottier Bay, Ceylon. The two were detained as prisoners along with 14 others, and carried into the interior of the island. Knox’s father died in 1661, but Knox himself remained a prisoner at large for over 19 years, supporting himself by knitting caps, lending out corn and rice, and hawking goods about the country. Though the rajah pressed him to enter his service, Knox resisted, and finally escaped to the Dutch settlement at Arippu on the north-west coast of the island. Reaching England in 1680, he entrusted the manuscript of this account to Robert Hooke, and enlisted in the East India Company, for further adventures in an already adventuresome life. This important account of the mysterious island-kingdom of Ceylon is illustrated with a marvelous series of copper-engravings, which include depictions of the various inhabitants, their customs and costumes, punishments (execution by being stepped on by an “Eliphant”), agricultural techniques, etc. Complete with the preliminary list of “approbations” and the advertisement leaf at end. Wing K742. Binding well worn, hinges cracked; two of the plates have old repairs on the versos, folding map with several tears along folds; Lot 284 some foxing; still very good. (2000/3000)
285. Macaulay, Thomas Babington. The History of England from the Accession of James II. 5 volumes. (8vo) tan half calf and marbled boards, gilt lettered black leather spine labels. New York: Harper & Brothers, No date [late 19th century] Some light wear to leather; some pencil markings; very good. (100/150)
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Page 79 QUARTO EDITION OF ROBERTS’ HOLY LAND, WITH 248 LITHOGRAPHED PLATES 286. Roberts, David. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia. After Lithographs by Louis Haghe from Drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. With Historical Descriptions by the Revd. George Croly, L.L.D. 6 volumes in 3. Illustrated with 248 color or duotone lithographed plates (including 6 pictorial title-pages & portrait of Roberts); 2 engraved maps; tissue guards. (4to) 29x20 cm. (11½x8), period half calf & cloth, front covers stamped in gilt, spines tooled in gilt, morocco lettering pieces. London: Day & Son, [1855-1856] Quarto edition of David Roberts’ superb pictorial record of the people, scenery and antiquities of the Middle East, complete with all the plates and maps. The imprint in Vol. I of this set is D. Appleton, New York, but the others are Day & Son, London. Abbey, Travel, 272 & 385 & 388. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Scuffing and fading to spines, corners showing; dampstaining to lower corners of Vols. II and III and occasionally elsewhere, affecting image of Vol. V title-page only, some darkening to tissue guards, a very good set. (2000/3000)
Lot 286
287. Russell, W[illiam] H[oward]. The Atlantic Telegraph. 117, [4] ad pp. 25 tinted lithograph plates including illustrated title page; chart. (4to) original green cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. London: Day & Son Limited, [1866] Beautifully produced record of the laying of the trans-Atlantic telegraph, fabulous lithograph illustrations. Binding worn and soiled, contents disbound; some staining to plates, mostly marginal but extending into images in some cased; offered as a collection of plates, sold as is. (500/800)
Page 80 288. (Waterloo) Waterloo Commemorative Printed Textile. Duotone printed linen. 25x26½ affixed to non-archival stiff board, framed. No Place: [c.1865] Printed linen in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. Image at center of a column adorned with portraits of Britain’s Duke of Wellington, The Netherlands’ Willem van Oranje III, and Prussia’s Gebhard von Blücher. Column flanked by two figures of robed ladies, one of which is holding a horn with a banner reading ‘Victoria’. Foot of column flanked by cannon and flags. Inscription on the base of the column reading (in Dutch) ‘Waterloos Helden. Het Dankbaar Nageslacht.’ Battle scenes on a white background surrounding column base. At each corner of the textile are images of winged cherubs. Laurel branch and ribbon motif surround with dates of ‘18 Junij, 1815’ and ‘18 Junij 1865’ at sides and ‘Voor Vorst en Vaderland.’ at bottom. Linen folded over edges of board and affixed on reverse with clear tape, some staining and age toning, small tear to linen in column at center, a few other small holes; overall very good. (700/1000) Section III: Maps, Atlases & Views
289. (Atlas) Desnos, Louis Char. L’Indicateur fidèle ou guide des voyageurs, qui enseigne toutes les routes royales et particulières de la France, routes levées topographiquemt. dès le commencement de ce siècle, et assujetties à une graduation géométrique ... & accompagn d’un itinéraire instructif et raisonné sur chaque route, qui donne le jour et l’heure du départ, de la dinée et de la couchée tant des coches par eau, que des carosses, diligences, et messageries du royaume, avec le nombre des lieuës que ces différentes voitures font chaque jour. Double-page engraved title-page; double-page pictorial engraved dedication leaf; 8, 10 pp. printed text; 19 double-page copper-engraved maps hand- colored in outline, 8 of them folding out as well. (4to) 28.5x21 cm. (11¼x8¼”), original calf- backed pastepaper boards, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands. Fourth Edition. Paris: 1772 Route maps for travelers in France. With ornate inscription on front free endpaper: “The Gift of John Conyers to Lady Charlotte Finch, at Lisbon, Aprill 1781.” Bookplate of George Finch. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Rubbing to covers, corners showing, joints cracking, top panel of spine strip missing; maps in fine condition (600/900)
290. (Atlas) Hague, Arnold. Atlas to Accompany Monograph XXXII on the Geology of the Yellowstone National Park. With title-page, contents-leaf, leaf of text, and 24 color or duotone lithographed plates, some double-page. 21¾x18¼, original half sheep and marbled boards, leather label lettered in gilt on front. First Edition. Washington: 1904 Detailed atlas of the wondrous Yellowstone Valley and Park, with topographical contour maps, striking color geological maps, maps of the hot springs and geyser basins, etc. Lithographed by Julius Bien & Co., New York. Phillips 5115. Binding worn, heavier on spine, a bends to boards, library stamp in endpapers; corners of pages a bit bumped; good. (300/500)
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Page 81 291. (Atlas - California) Nirenstein, Nathan. Nirenstein’s Real Estate Atlas of the Far Western States: complete and accurate information on business locations, such as the percentage of locations, history of the city, industries, chain stores, aerial views. 34 leaves (with double-page maps counting as 2 leaves). With maps and illustrations from photographs throughout, including many bird’s- eye views, and a large folding two-sided map of California. 58.3x46.5 (23x18¼”), red cloth lettered in gilt. Springfield, MA: [1954] Marvelous detailed real estate atlas, combining portions of Vols. XII and XIII of Nirenstein’s series of atlases - you could apparently order custom versions, depending on which particular cities you wished to cover. Among the locales in this atlas are Alameda, Berkeley, Fresno, San Francisco, portions of Los Angeles, San Jose, Stockton, San Mateo, etc. The cover title reads “Nathan Nirenstein’s national occupancy maps; preferred real estate locations, downtown shopping districts, decentralized areas. Atlas of the Central Pacific States. Vol. XII.” Occasional rubberstamps of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, UC Berkeley. Very good or better. (300/500)
292. (Atlas - Dakotas) Walcott, Charles D., et. al. Geologic Atlas of the United States - seventeen volumes of North and South Dakota regions. Including: Edgemont, South Dakota-Nebraska. 10 pp. of text followed by 4 color map sheets + 1 chart + 1 photograph plate. Rear cover torn in 2. Folio No. 108. 1904. * Oelrichs, South Dakota-Nebraska. 5 pp. of text followed by 3 color maps sheets + 1 chart + 1 photograph plate. Folio No. 85. 1902. * Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. 5 pp. of text followed by 2 color map sheets + 1 chart. Folio No. 88. 1903. * Camp Clarke, Nebraska. 4 pp. of text followed by 2 color map plates + 1 chart + 1 photograph plate. Folio No. 87. 1903. * Elk Point, South Dakota-Nebraska-Iowa. 8 pp. of text followed by 3 color map sheets. Folio No. 156. 1908. * Bismark, North Dakota. 8 pp. of text followed by 2 color map sheets. Folio No. 181. 1912. * Newell, South Dakota. 7 pp. of text followed by 3 color map sheets + 1 photograph plate. Folio No. 209. 1919. * De Smet, South Dakota. 6 pp. of text followed by 3 color map sheets. Folio No. 114. 1904. * Huron, South Dakota. 6 pp. of text followed by 3 color map sheets. Folio No. 113. 1904. * Jamestown-Tower, North Dakota. 10 pp. of text followed by 9 color map sheets. Folio No. 168. 1909. * Casselton-Fargo, North Dakota- Minnesota. 7 pp. of text followed by 5 color map sheets. Folio No. 117. 1905. * Mitchell, South Dakota. 7 pp. of text followed by 3 color map sheets. Folio No. 99. 1903. * Alexandria, South Dakota. 6 pp. followed by 3 color map sheets. Folio No. 100. 1903. * Parker, South Dakota. 6 pp. of text followed by 3 color map sheets. Folio No. 97. 1903. * Olivet, South Dakota. 6 pp. of text followed by 3 color map sheets. Folio No. 96. 1903. * Aberdeen-Redfield, South Dakota. 13 pp. of text followed by 12 color map sheets. Folio No. 165. 1909. * Belle Fourche, South Dakota. 10 pp. of text followed by 3 color map sheets. Heavy water damage. Folio No. 164. 1909. Together 17 volumes in original wrappers, cloth spines. Washington DC: U.S. Geological Survey, 1902-1919 Moderate to heavy edge wear to each, each with small library rubber stamp on front bottom cover, chipping and tearing with some soiling or dampstaining to wrapper and page edges; mostly good to very good. (300/500)
293. (Atlas Fascimile) Braun & Hogenberg. Civitates Orbis Terrarum ‘The Towns of the World’. 6 parts in 3 volumes. Facsimile edition, with reproductions of bird’s-eye views of cities and towns throughout, most double-page, some folding. Introduction by R.A. Skelton. 43.5x29 cm. (17¼x11½”), cloth, jackets. Cleveland & New York: World Publishing Co., 1966 Facsimile of the marvelous atlas of city views published from 1572 to 1618. Volumes I-III in Mirror of the World: A Series of Early Books on the History of Urbanization. A little shelf wear to jackets with spines faded a touch; near fine to fine. (600/900)
Page 82 294. (Atlas Fascimile) Ptolemaeus, Claudius. Cosmographia. Roma 1478. Facsimile edition, with numerous maps. 44x30 cm. (17¼x11½”), cloth, jacket. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., 1966 Second Series, Volume VI in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum series of atlases in facsimile. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Fine in near fine jacket that has a little edge wear. (250/350)
295. (Atlas Fascimile) Ptolemaeus, Claudius. Geographia. Strassburg 1513. Facsimile edition, with numerous maps. 44x30 cm. (17¼x11½”), cloth, jacket. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., 1966 Second Series, Volume IV in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum series of atlases in facsimile. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Fine in near fine jacket that has a little edge wear. (250/350)
296. Andriveau-Goujon. Etats-Unis (Etats l’Ouest). Engraved map, hand-colored. 62.2x45.7 cm. (24½x18”). [Paris]: [c.1870] Attractive and brightly colored map of the American West and Mexico, with inset of Central America. The map came from either Atlas Usuel or Atlas Universel. Additional creasing along centerfold, verso repair; very good. (100/150)
297. Anonymous. Map of the United States. Engraved map. 28x37 cm. (11x14½”). No place: c.1825 The United States west to the Rocky Mountains, with various Indian tribes located. With note “The red lines in the original are here represented thus ----”. Faint offset, fine or nearly so. (80/120)
298. Anson, George. A Chart Shewing the Track of the Centurion round the World. Copper- engraved map. 23x41 cm. (9x16”). London: 1748 Illustrates George Anson’s circumnavigation. Insular California. A little wear at folds, lower portion of right margin trimmed as issued for folding into book, very good. (100/150)
299. Barraband, Jacques. Le Grand Toucan du Bresil No. 7. Hand-finished color engraved plate. 53.5x36 cm. (21¼x14”) plus margins. Paris: c.1801-06 Splendid print of a toucan, engraved by Perée after French zoological and botanical illustrator Jacques Barraband. From Francois Levaillant’s Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celles des toucans et des barbus. A bit of marginal dampstaining and 1 small chip; very good. (300/500)
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Page 83 BLAEU’S MAP OF CHINA, C.1640 300. Blaeu, Willem & Joannes. China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame Dicta. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline, with colored pictorial cartouche. 42x50 cm. (16½x19½”). Amsterdam: c.1640 Well-engraved and nicely colored map of China, with Japan, Korea, Formosa, etc. German text on verso. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Margins with some creasing and a few small holds, light foxing; very good or better. (1000/1500)
301. Bonne, Rigobert. Carte de la Partie Sud des Etats Unis de l’Amerique Septentrionale. Copper-engraved map, later hand-coloring. 21x32 cm. (8½x12½”). Paris: c.1780 The southern states just as independence from Britain was achieved, including Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. Near fine. (150/250)
302. Bonne, Rigobert. L’Ancien et le Nouveau Mexique, avec la Floride et la Basse Louisiane. Partie Occidentale. Copper-engraved map. Engraved by André. 34.5x23.5 cm. (14x9¼”). Paris: c.1780 Baja California and northward along the coast beyond S. Diego and C. de la Conception to Sa. Carlos; plus New Mexico and most of Old Mexico, Texas (which is named), etc. Some offsetting, a few fox marks, about very good (100/150)
303. Bonne, Rigobert. Le Nouveau Mexique, avec la Partie Septentrionale de l’ Ancien, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne. Copper-engraved map. 21x32 cm. (8½x12½”). Paris: c.1780 Detailed map covering the region from west Florida through California and Northern Mexico. Texas is named Texas and there is a notation concerning the death of the explorer La Salle. Shows the Jesuit missions in Mexico and the Southwest. In present day Arizona, the Gila River is named Rio de los Apostolos. There are many place names and Indian villages. Fine, a crisp impression. (100/150)
304. Bowen, Thomas. A New & Accurate Map of North America Including Nootka Sound: with the New Discovered Islands on the North East Coast of Asia. Copper-engraved map. 26x43 cm. (10x17”). London: c.1790 Notable for the discoveries in the northwest of American, including Nootka Sound. Some marginal darkening, near fine. (150/250)
305. Bradford, Thomas Gamaliel. North America. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. Engraved by G.W. Boynton. 36x28 cm. (14x11”), matted. Boston: 1838 North America, with Texas independent but without its panhandle, the U.S. in possession of British Columbia up to the desired latitude of 54o40’. Faint foxing, very light offset from text visible in ocean portions, very good. (150/250)
Page 84 BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF JERUSALEM BY BRAUN & HOGENBERG 306. Braun & Hogenberg. Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totiusque Orientis Longe Clarissima... Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 35x52 cm. (14x20½”). Cologne: 1575 Bird’s-eye view of Jerusalem with 48-item key. Solomon’s temple topped with a crescent. From Civitates Orbis Terrarum. German text on verso. Laor 1040. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some rubbing to image, split along centerfold with partial repairs, paper reinforcements/repairs on verso along margins and centerfold; good. (500/800)
307. Buchon, Jean Alexandre. Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique du Vermont. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored; surrounded by columns of printed text. 46x61 cm. (18x24”) including the text. Paris: 1825 Slight offset; very good. (80/120)
308. Buy de Mornas, Claude. Pour les Vents. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline. 29.5x45.5 cm. (11¾x18”) including columns of text on either side. Paris: 1756 World map charting the trade winds, centered on Asia, with the American continents split on either side. Australia is incompletely mapped, only the north and east delineated, and a bit of T. de Diemen. Light mildew staining and minor chips/tears to lower margin, faintly intruding to map; very good. (100/150)
309. (California - Berkeley) Green, Charles. Map of Berkeley and vicinity. Lithographed map, printed in black, red, orange and green. 57x57 cm. (22½x22½”). Berkeley: Lederer, Street & Zeus Co., 1914 Shows tracts and block and street numbers, schools, fire houses and street railroads. Covers also Albany and parts of El Cerrito, Emeryville, Kensington and Oakland. Includes street index and list of fire alarm boxes. Overprinted in red below title “E.A. Stanford, Real Estate, 2300 Shattuck Ave...” OCLC/WorldCat lists only one copy, at the University of California, Berkeley. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. A few splits at folds, the longest being 3”, 2½” tear into blank portion of map at bottom; very good. (300/500)
SCARCE MAP OF BERKELEY’S LEONARD TRACT, 1876 310. (California - Berkeley) Map of the Leonard Tract, Berkeley. The Future Great Suburb of San Francisco. Lithographed real estate map. On sheet 47x61 cm. (18½x24”). San Francisco: Bacon & Company, Printers, 1876 Map for an auction of lots in Berkeley, bounded by Dwight Way, Ellsworth St., Russell St., and Humboldt Avenue (i.e. Telegraph Avenue). On verso is a map showing the location of the tract within Berkeley, connections to Oakland, the ferry to San Francisco, etc., with statement “300 Lots will be sold At Auction by Maurice Dore & Co.... Wednesday, October 18th, 1876...” OCLC/WorldCat lists two copies of a similar map, dated 1875 and printed by G.T. Brown, and locates one of those, at U.C. Berkeley; it does not list any copies of this version, however. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some browning to paper, a few marginal tears one just crossing neat line at bottom; very good. (700/1000)
Page 85 311. (California - Kern County) Map of Greeley and Ten Section Oil Fields, Kern County, Calif. Lithographed map, in blue. 91.5x72.5 (36x28½”) rolled (but with creases from earlier folding). [Sacramento]: Department of Natural Resources, 1937 Rare map of the oil-fields surrounding the town of Rosedale. OCLC/WorldCat locate no copies in institutional collections. A few penciled notes; very good or better. (400/600)
312. (California - Oakland) Oakland: One of the Great Seaports of the World. Lithographed bird’s-eye view. 30x54 cm. (11¾x21¼”), framed under glass. Oakland: c.1915 View of Oakland and its recently improved harbor, dominated by the Key Route Mole; issued compliments of Wickham Havens Incorporated real estate. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Very good, not examined out of frame. (200/300)
313. (California - Sacramento) Sacramento in Californien. Des Auswanderers Hoffnung. Lithographed bird’s-eye view, hand colored. 23.4x2 cm. (9¼x14¼”) plus margins. Berlin: J. Hesse, printer, c.1855 View of the small city of Sacramento, gateway to the Northern Mines, from the river, with sailing ships and steamboats nuzzled up along the bank, along with row boats and sailboats. A marvelous scene capturing the bustling quality of Gold Rush California. Reps 218. Two slight “bubbles” in the paper, near fine. (250/350)
314. (California - San Francisco) View of San Francisco, California, from the Heights of Sacramento (See page 508). Wood-engraved panorama, modern hand-coloring. 15x49 cm. (6x19½”), matted and framed under glass. New York?: c.1851 Probably from Harper’s Weekly. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Very good, not examined out of frame. (100/150)
315. Cary, John. A New Map of China, from the Latest Authorities. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 46.5x61 cm. (18¼x24”). London: 1801 China including Korea and Formosa. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Left and right margins with vertical creases, small tape remnants; very good or better. (200/300)
316. Chamouin, Jean Baptiste Marie. Mappe-Monde sur la Projection Reduite de Mercator. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline; uncolored pictorial cartouche. 29x45 cm. (11½x17½”). Paris: 1806 Attractive and pleasantly colored map of the world at the beginning of the 19th century. Some light marginal staining; near fine. (150/250)
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Page 86 317. (China) Vue de Tour Porcellaine a Nancking en Chine. Copper-engraved vue d’optique, hand-colored. 28.5x41.5 cm. (11¼x16¼”); affixed into mat with paper tape around the edges on verso. France: c.1780 Perspective view of the Porcelain Tower, or Porcelain Pagoda, in Nanking (Nanjing), China, located on the south bank of the Yangtze, constructed in the 15th century during the Ming Dynasty, but was mostly destroyed in the 19th century during the course of the Taiping Rebellion. Foxing to image, some rubbing; adhesion remnants on verso; good. (300/500)
318. Cluver, Phillipp. America. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 20.5x25.3 cm. (8x10”). [London]: c.1711 he western hemisphere with California an island, and only a vague hint of the Great Lakes. California has a flat northern coast, with place names C. de Fortunas, Nova Albion, I. S. Franc Draco, C. de S. Martin, etc. There are partial outlines of Zelandia Nova and Iapan. First issued issued in Amsterdam in 1661, this is a re-issue with minor differences, the most notable being the cartouche which now has a cherub - however, it does not have John Senex credited as the engraver, as described by McLaughlin. McLaughlin 177 (See also McLaughlin 25). Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Several remnants of mounting tape in margins, short cut in top margin; very good. (300/500)
RARE FOLDING MAP OF NICARAGUA’S MOSQUITO COAST 319. Colton, G.W. & C.B. Map of the Mosquito Coast, Nicaragua, Central America. Compiled by H.G. Higley C.E. assisted by Sam D. Spellman. Butterfields, Nica. 1894. Color lithographed folding map. 100x39.5 cm. (39½x15½”) plus advertisement in left and right margins, overall 106x70 cm. (41¾x27½”); folding into original cloth covers 19.5x10.5 cm. (7¼x4½”). New York: 1894 Rare folding map of the eastern coast of Nicaragua, named after the local Miskito Indians and long dominated by British interests. The Mosquito Coast was incorporated into Nicaragua in 1894. With inset plan of Bluefields. The advertisements along the sides are for various businesses along the coast and in the Mosquito Reserve. With old ink inscription on the back of the map, “Compliments of Nicolay Petersen.” Covers stained and worn; map with some faint darkening in places, still clean and crisp, fine except for normal discoloration to the panel that is glued to the covers. (500/800)
320. Colton, J.H. Colton’s California. Engraved map, hand-colored. 35.5x28 cm. (14x11”) plus decorative border. New York: Johnson & Browning, 1855-[1860] With large inset of San Francisco. From Johnson & Browning, New Illustrated...Atlas. A few mild creases; near fine. (100/150)
321. Colton, J.H. Territories of New Mexico and Utah. Hand-colored lithographed map. 28x36 cm. (11x14”), plus decorative borders. New York: 1855 Utah extends all the way from the Rocky Mountains to the California border. New Mexico stretches from Texas to California with no Arizona. The proposed route for the Pacific R.R. is shown along the Mexican border, which is in post-Gadsden configuration. Fine or nearly so. (150/250)
Page 87 322. Colton, J.H. The United States of America. Lithographed map, hand-colored. 35.5x60 cm. (13¾x23¾”) plus decorative border. New York: 1855 Excellent map showing the odd configurations of the evolving American West in the years following the annexation of Texas, California and the Southwest. Washington and Oregon Territories extend to the huge Nebraska Territory at the continental divide; Nebraska extends to the Missouri River where it borders Minnesota Territory. Utah Territory stretches from California east Nebraska and Kanzas. The very large New Mexico Territory comprises all of today’s Arizona, the southern tip of Nevada, and part of Colorado. The map shows the exploration routes of Marcy, Kearny, Fremont, etc., and locates the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail. Printed on bank-note paper with decorative border. A few small nicks at folds and tiny brown spots, several neat archival tape repairs on verso; near fine. (250/350)
323. Cook, James. Carte de l’Isle de Taiti, par Lieutenant J. Cook 1769. Copper-engraved chart/ map. 23.4x40 cm. (9¼x15¾”), hinged to mat. [Paris]: c.1780 Well-engraved map of Tahiti as charted by James Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific, issued in Prevost d’Exiles’ Histoire Generale des Voyages. “Bougainville” inked off the east coast of the island. Light offset, marginal darkening, near fine. (150/250)
EASTERN HEMISPHERE WITH SPECULATIVE VIEW OF AUSTRALIA 324. Covens & Mortier. Hemisphere Oriental Dresse en 1720 pour l’usage particulier du Roy sur les Observations Astronomiques et Geographiques raportees la meme annee dans l’Histoire et dans les memoires de l’Academie Rle. des Sciences par Guillaume De l’Isle... Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline. 48x48 cm. (18½x18½”). Amsterdam: c.1740 Well-engraved map of the eastern hemisphere, perhaps most notable for the speculative geography of Australia. Marginal darkening from previous mat, mild dust soiling, very good. (500/800)
325. Cruchley, George Frederick. Africa. Engraved map, hand-colored. 35x44 cm. (13¾x17½”). London: c.1840 Africa as its mysteries were just being revealed, but before the explorations of Livingstone, Stanley, Burton and Speke. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some faint spotting and soiling, very good. (100/150)
326. De Fer, Nicolas. Mappe-Monde ou Carte Universelle par N. de Fer. Copper-engraved map. Engraved by C. Inselin. 22.5x33.5 cm. (9x13¼”). Paris: 1714 World map with California an island. There is an odd, 2 mm. break in the impression down the center of the map. Crease at upper left corner; very good. (250/350)
Page 88 327. De Laporte, Joseph. Carte de la Virginie et du Mariland. Copper-engraved map. 18x22.3 cm. (7x8¾”). Paris: c.1783 Unusual map of the Mid-Atlantic region exhibits some very odd boundaries. Maryland is an ill-defined wedge between Virginia and Pennsylvania and does not extend beyond the Allagany Montagnes. Among interesting features are the Tabaco Mtns in Virginia, and Jamestown and Annapolis are located. This is a variant of the Laporte map, with the addition of Etats Unis in the Atlantic, rather than Possesions Anglois. Faint ink writing on verso has bled through to Atlantic, washed, very good. (100/150)
328. De Vaugondy, Robert. Carte Generale des Découvertes de l’Amiral de Fonte et autres Navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud. Par M. De l’Isle de l’Acedemie royale des Sciences &c. Publiee a Paris en Septembre 1752. Copper-engraved map with inset, modern hand-coloring. 31.5x40 cm. (12½x16”). [Paris]: c.1772 With the curious configurations which various cartographers gave to the northwest coast of America in an effort to give credence to a Northwest Passage. Issued in the supplement to Diderot’s Encyclopedie as part of the series of ten maps by De Vaugondy illustrating the then-current views of the geography of the northwest of America, with folds. Wagner, N.W. Coast, 637. A little offset, near fine. (100/150)
329. Depot de la Marine. Carte Generale de l’Ocean Atlantique ou Occidental. Copper-engraved chart. 61.5x91 cm. (24¼x35¾”) Paris: 1786 Chart of the Atlantic from the mouth of the Amazon in the south to Labrador in the north, with corresponding latitudes in the east. There is much coastal detail and many place names. Etats Unis is named. Two ¾x2” piece replaced in lower margin with neat line redrawn; very good or better. (200/300)
330. Derby, George Horatio. Sketch of General Riley’s Route through the Mining Districts July and Aug. 1849. Lithographed map. 53.7x49.5 cm. (21x19½”). [Washington]: [1850] Central California including San Francisco, Monterey, east to the Sierra foothills and the Diggings, with the various mining camps named and shown. Wheat notes that “This map accompanies the Report of Brev. Brig. Gen. Bennet Riley to Lieut. Col. W.G. Freeman, Asst. Adjutant General U.S. Army, dated at Monterey, Sept. 20, 1849, and entitled `Report of a Reconnoissance of a Portion of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys.’ George Horatio Derby, born at Dedham, Massachusetts, April 2, 1823, graduated from West Point in 1846, and after a tour of duty in the East and Middle West, came to California in 1849. He accompanied Brig Genl. Bennet Riley on a tour of the gold districts during the summer of that year, and his `Sketch of General Riley’s Route’ was the result of that journey....” Wheat illustrates the map with a fold-out plate. Wheat, Maps of the Gold Region, 79. Right margin trimmed close to neat line, inch long crease tear; near fine to fine, with folds as issued. (300/500)
Page 89 331. Du Bosc, Claude. Plan of Belgrade. Besieg’d by the Imperial Army under the Command of his Highness Prince Eugene of Savoy... Copper-engraved battle plan, later hand-coloring. 34x43 cm. (13½x17”). London: c.1735 Siege of Belgrade along the Danube by Prince Eugene of Savoy in 1717 during the Austro- Turkish War, a follow-up to the War of the Spanish Succession. From Rapin de Thoyras’ History of England. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some light foxing, very good. (200/300)
TWO SCARCE CHARTS OF PACIFIC ISLANDS BY ROBERT DUDLEY 332. Dudley, Robert. Isole nel Mare di Sur Scoperte nel 1617. La longitudine comincia da l’Isola di Pico d’Asores d’Asia. Carta XXII. Copper-engraved chart. Engraved by Antonio Lucini. 49x74 cm. (19¼x29”). Florence, Italy: c.1646 Rare chart of the Pacific showing some of the islands discovered by Le Maire. From Arcano del Mare. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Toning; near fine. (700/1000)
333. Dudley, Robert. Isole Scoperte da Iacomo Le Maier Olandese nel 1617. La longitudine comincia da l’Isola di Pico d’Asores d’Asia. Carta XXI. Copper-engraved chart. Engraved by Antonio Lucini. 46x34 cm. (17½x13½”). Florence, Italy: c.1646 Rare chart of the Pacific showing Horne Island, Cocos & Verianders group. From Arcano del Mare. Accompanied by a text sheet from that volume. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Fine. (400/600)
334. Dufour, Adolphe Hippolyte. Mexique Antilles et Californie. Engraved map, hand-colored. 55x74 cm. (21½x29”). Paris: Paulin & Le Chevalier, 1858 Includes the West Indies & most of the United States, with pre-Gadsden boundary. Fine or nearly so. (100/150)
335. Dumont d’Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar. Carte Générale de l’Océan Pacifique Dressée par M.M. d’Urville et Lottin d’apres les reconnaissances de la Corvette Astrolabe et les découvertes les plus récentes. 1833, revue en 1834. Copper-engraved map/chart, hand-colored. 60x90 cm. (23½x35½”) plus margins. [Paris]: 1834 Very large well-engraved and detailed map of the Pacific as it was known following the important scientific expedition of the Astrolabe under Dumont d’Urville. Though there were several atlases issued with the voluminous work that resulted from the expedition, the present map possibly came separately, with printed label affixed in lower right margin, “A Bordeaux, au Dépot des Cartes, Plans et Instructions pour la Marine, Chez Fillastre Frères...” In upper right margin is engraved “Hyd. Fr. No. 738 No. 1.” verso repairs at central crease; near fine. (250/350)
Page 90 336. Ellicott, Andrew. Territoire de Columbia. Copper-engraved map. Engraved by P.A.F. Tardieu. 27.5x27.5 cm. (10¾x10¾”). Paris: 1815 The District of Columbia, with Washington at the center, the Capitol and President’s House shown, with Georgetown abutting, and farther south, Alexandria. Tome 5, Page 1re. at upper right. Very good, with folds. (150/250)
337. (England) Lewis, W. Post Office Directory Map of Bath [cover title] New Map of Bath Drawn & Engraved for the Post Office Bath Directory. Folding map, tipped along one panel into red pebbled cloth covers, lettered in gilt. 40x49.5 cm. (15¾x19½”), plus margins. Bath: William Lewis at the Herald Office, No date [c.1900] With a list of churches and other public buildings on the left. The scale of the map is in furlongs. Cloth a bit worn; map with a tiny nick at bottom edge, and a few tiny closed tears; very good. (100/150)
338. (Franco-Prussian War) Karte des Kriegsschauplatzes in Deutschland u. Frankreich 1870 Jm Zusammenhange mit den benachbarten Staatem von Mittel Europa... Color lithographed folding map. 72x60 cm. (28¼x23½”), folding into original wallet-style wrappers with paper label. Munich: Piloty & Loehle, 1870 The seat of war of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Minor foxing, very good. (100/150)
339. Galiano, Dionisio Alcalá & Cayetano Valdés. Plano del Puerto de Mulgrave Trabajado a bordo de las Corvetas Descubierta y Atravida de la Marina Real Año 1791. Copper-engraved map/chart. 17.5x25 cm. (7x9¾”). Madrid: 1802 Chart of Port Mulgrave Alaska, across an inlet from Yakutat at the northern end of the panhandle. from the Atlas del Viage de las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana al reconocimiento del Estracho de Juan de Fuca in 1792, which accompanied the Relacion del viage..., the record of an important voyage up the Pacific coast, and the last to be undertaken by Spain. Often attributed to José de Espinosa y Tello, but more probably by Galiano, the commander of the expedition, the work itself is an important relation of the voyage that brought the Spaniards to Nootka Sound at the same time as the English explorer George Vancouver. The nine maps in the atlas, however, are perhaps even more significant, presenting a rare record of Spanish cartography in the New World. This is map no. 8 in the atlas. Faint dust soiling, near fine. (150/250)
SEVERAL MAPS FROM GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE 340. Gentleman’s Magazine. A Map Shewing the Communication of the Lakes and the Rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America. Copper-engraved map. 20x23 cm. (8x9”). London: 1790 Modeled on Peter Pond’s map of 1787, showing northern Canada from Hudson’s Bay and Lake Superior to Cook’s River and the North Sea. Jolly, GENT-283; Wheat Transmississippi 222. Clean and near fine. (150/250)
Page 91 341. Gentleman’s Magazine. A Map of Connecticut and Rhode Island, with Long Island Sound, &c. Copper-engraved map. 17x22.5 cm. (6¾x9”). London: 1776 Rhode Island and Connecticut at the beginning of the American Revolution, with the roads, towns and waterways shown. Jolly (Brit Per) GENT-249; Phillips (Maps) p.246. Near fine. (100/150)
342. Gentleman’s Magazine. A Map of Falklands Islands in the Latitude of 51°, 22’ South, Longitude 64°, 30’ West; from the Latest Observations. Copper-engraved map. 17x24 cm. (6½x9½”). London: 1770 Map of the Falkland Islands some five years after its first settlement, at the time of the short conflict between Spain and Britain over control of the island group. Jolly GENT- 203. Light offset, very good or better. (80/120)
343. Gentleman’s Magazine. A Particular Map, to Illustrate Gen. Amherst’s Expedition, to Montreal; with a Plan of the Town & Draught of ye Island. Copper-engraved map. Engraved by J. Gibson. 18x23 cm. (7x9”). London: 1760 With two insets: Plan of Montreal; environs of Montreal Island. Light offset from text; very good. (100/150)
344. Gentleman’s Magazine. An Accurate Map of the British Empire in Nth. America as Settled by the Preliminaries in 1762. Copper-engraved map. Engraved by John Gibson. 20x24 cm. (8x9½”). London: 1762 North America east of the Mississippi; The portions ceded by the French to the British are shaded, quite a sizable portion. With inset of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Jolly GENT-165; McCorkle 762.1; Sellers & Van Ee #92. Light offset, neat paper repair on verso; near fine, a dark impression. (150/250)
345. Gentleman’s Magazine. Chart of the Track of the Dolphin, Tamar, Swallow & Endeavor, through the South Seas; & the Track of M. Bougainville, round the World. Copper-engraved map printed on 3 sheets, published in contiguous months in the Gentleman’s Magazine. Engraved by Thomas Bowen. Overall 25x62 cm. (10x24½”). London: 1773-1774 Three-sheet chart detailing Cook’s first voyage. The tracks of notable Pacific Ocean explorers Capt. Wallis, Commodore Anson, Capt. Cateret, Mr. Bougainville and Lt. Cook are illustrated. With numerous coastal place names around New Zealand and along the east coast of New Holland. Each sheet with a portion of one margin trimmed close, as issued for folding in book. Jolly GENT-227. Light offsetting to right-hand sheet; very good. (200/300)
POCKET MAP OF OREGON & WASHINGTON 346. Gill, J.K., & Co. New Sectional, Township & County Map of Oregon & Washington. Lithographed pocket map, some hand-coloring in outline. 88x66 cm. (34½x26”), folding to 16.5x10.5 cm. (6½x4”), original gilt-lettered cloth covers. Portland, OR: 1884 Fine condition. (500/800) Page 92 347. Handtke, Friedrich H. Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika. Lithographed map, hand- colored in outline, on 4 sheets joined together. 51x69 cm. (20x27”). [Glogau]: c.1846 Detailed German map of the U.S. as political boundaries were in flux. Although . “Tejas” is listed as state (with its area and population given), the coloring separates it, along with “Neu Californie,” from both the U.S. and Mexico (with pre-Gadsden southern border). The U.S. border in the northwest has retreated to its present location. Short tear to lower margin, else very good to fine. (150/250)
348. Harper’s Weekly. The Centennial - Balloon View of the Grounds. Wood engraving. 50x77 cm. (19½x30½”). New York: 1876 Wonderful aerial view of the extensive grounds of the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the independence of the United States. Based on photographs by R. Newell & Son and sketches by Theodore R. Davis. Issued as a supplement to Harper’s Weekly, September 30, 1876. Fine condition. (200/300)
349. (Hawaii) Dixon, George. Sketch of a Bay South Side of Woahoo [on sheet with] Yam Bay Oneeheow. Two copper-engraved charts on one sheet. Overall 39.5x27.5 cm. (15½x10¾”), matted. London: 1788 Charts of Hawaiian bays in what seems to be the earliest surveying of he Sandwich Islands after the voyage of Cook, published in George Dixon’s A Voyage Round the World in 1789. Darkened streak along central fold; very good. (100/150)
350. Hinton, John Howard. Map of the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Copper-engraved map. 25x39 cm. (10x15½”). London: Hinton, Simpkin & Marshall, 1831 With inset plan of Philadelphia. From the atlas to accompany The History and Topography of the United States. Fine or nearly so. (100/150)
351. Hinton, John Howard. Map of the States of Virginia and Maryland. Copper-engraved map. 27x41 cm. (10½x16”). London: Hinton, Simpkin & Marshall, 1831 With inset plan of Washington and Georgetown. From the atlas to accompany The History and Topography of the United States. Near fine. (100/150)
352. Hondius, Henricus. Hassia Landgraviatus. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 44x56.7 cm. (17x22¼”), matted. Amsterdam: c.1636 Detailed map of the region in central Germany. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Very good. (300/500)
Page 93 353. Johnson & Browning. Johnson’s Nebraska and Kansas. Lithographed map, hand-colored. 29x36.5 cm. (11½x14¼”). [New York]: [1861] Interesting map with Nebraska bordering Canada and the Rockies at the northwest, and Missouri River on the east. A few small brown spots to map image, very good. (150/250)
354. Johnson, A.J. Johnson’s California, Also Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. Hand-colored lithographed map. 42.3x59.1 cm. (16¾x23¼”), including border. New York: A.J. Johnson, 1864 Nevada has its lower corner truncated, leaving Las Vegas in Arizona. Utah extends approximately 1 degree too far to the west. However, counties no longer extend through both Arizona and New Mexico. Slight darkening and soiling, else near fine. (100/150)
355. La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup de. Atlas du Voyage de La Pérouse - engraved pictorial title-page only. Copper-engraving, engraved by Ph. Triere after S.M. Morean le Jeune. OImage 40.5x26 cm. (15¾x10”) on sheet 49.5x32 cm. (19½x12½”). Paris: 1797 Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. A few neat repairs in margins, a smattering of light foxing, very good. (150/250)
356. Malte-Brun, Conrad. Carte de l’Oceanie. Engraved map, hand-colored in outline. 30x43 cm. (12x17”), matted. Paris: c.1837 Island groups of the Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Philippines, etc. Engraved by Thierry, “Geographe moderne” in upper left margin, “Pl. 83 et 84” in upper right. Fine. (100/150)
357. Marmocchi, Francesco Costantino. Stati E Territorii Occidentali Della Unione Americana. Engraved map, hand-colored. 33x27.5 cm. (13x10¾”). Genoa, Italy: 1858 Rare and very interesting map from Marmocchi’s Il Globo--Atlante di carte geografiche. The map is engraved by Bonatti in Turin. Despite the date, the map show a pre-Gadsden Purchase border with Mexico, following the Gila River. Oregonia occupies the entire region between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific, bounded to the north by Nuova Bretagnam, to the south by California and Yutah. Perhaps most interesting of all is the inclusion of Arrissonia, south of the Gila River. This is one of the earliest references to Arizona we have seen on a map and the only example of Arizona located south of the Mexican border. Foxing and some minor staining to margins, a short marginal stain, very good overall. (150/250)
358. Meares, John. Carte de la Partie Interieur de l’Amerique Septentrionale... Navigation Interieur depuis la Baye d’Hudson jusqua la Cote Nord-Ouest. Copper-engraved map25x46 cm. (10x18”). Paris: c.1790 Map of the coast of the northwest part of America, with imaginative construction of the interior allowing for the possibility of an inland passageway. Mild soiling and offset, a few marginal stains, very good. (100/150)
Page 94 MERCATOR MAP OF STRAIT OF MAGELLAN 359. Mercator, Gerard. Exquisita & Magno Aliquot Mensium Periculo Lustrata et Iam Retecta Freti Magellanici Facies. Copper-engraved map. Antwerp: c.1610 Well-engraved map of the Strait of Magellan with south at the top, predating the discovery of the Straits of Le Maire. The geographic details for this map were drawn from Bernardus Joannis Monasteriensis, who accompanied the first Dutch expedition to sail through the Strait in 1599-1600. That expedition is portrayed on the map by the fleet of six sailing ships in the Mar del Zur. Penguins flank the title cartouche, a navigational compass is incorporated into the distance scale, and an inset with coastal view of the entrance to the strait fills the bottom cartouche. Whimsical sea lions, a whale and ships complete the composition. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. A few tape repairs on verso including along centerfold, a little toning, very good. (400/600)
360. (Mexican-American War) Sketch of the Battle of Sacramento. Feb. 28th, 1847. Lithographed map. 32.5x24 cm. (12¾x9¾). No place: 1847 Depicts the battlefield at Sacramento, south of El Paso, TX, showing the positions of troops and a legend detailing the action. American forces numbered 924, Mexican troops 4223. Recorded here is 1 American casualty and 300 Mexicans killed. From Sen. Exec. Doc. 1, 30th Cong., 1st sess., 1847. A little marginal soiling, folds as issued; near fine. (100/150)
361. (Mining - Beaver County, Utah) Two maps of mining operations in Beaver County Utah in the early 20th century. Two mining maps, including: Map of Star and North Star Mining Districts Beaver County - Utah. Lithograph on linen, with hand-coloring. 90x76.5 cm. (35½x30¼”). Shows the relative locations of various mining operations, including groups belonging to the Horn Silver Mining Company, Cullen Investment Co., and Moscow Silver Mines Co. [c.1910?]. * Plan of the Underground Workings of the Rebel Mine Beaver County, Utah. Hand-drawn on architectural linen. Survey made Aug. 1912 by Boyce Rawlins. 62.3x89.3 cm. (24½x35¼”) plus margins. 1912. [c. 1910?] and 1912 Beaver County Utah became a booming mining area beginning in 1858 with the opening of the first mine. The famous Horn Silver Mine was discovered in 1875, and the nearby town of Frisco became a boomtown as a result. The Horn Silver Mine attracted famous investor J. Pierpont Morgan. The first map shows the location of a cluster of Horn Silver Mining Company operations in the northwest corner of the map. No copies of the map located by OCLC Worldcat. The second map is a unique manuscript map of two color-coded underground shafts which are located very close to each other and intersect at various places. Details include the elevations and the location of veins nearby. Some dust soiling on verso of manuscript map; some yellowing and fingers smudges mostly at margins of lithograph map; very good. (300/500)
362. Mitchell, Samuel Augustus. Map of Persia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan. Lithographed map, hand-colored. 27x33.5 cm. (10½x13¼”) including decorative border. Philadelphia: 1860 Brightly colored map of the lands between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indus River, with inset of Palestine or the Holy Land. Tipped to backing board with archival tape at corners, matted; fine condition. (80/120)
Page 95 363. Mitchell, Samuel Augustus. Mitchell’s Map of Illinois Exhibiting its Internal Improvements, Counties, Towns, Roads, &c. Engraved map, printed in blue, hand-colored in outline. 38x32 cm. (15x12½”). Philadelphia: 1838 Detailed map of Illinois, from “Illinois in 1837 & 8: ...Emigrants Guide to the West.” Right margin ragged where removed from book; very good or better. (150/250)
364. Moll, Herman. A View of ye General & Coasting Trade-Winds, Monsoons or ye Shifting Trade Winds through ye World, Variations, &c. According to the Newest and most exact Observations. Copper-engraved map. 18.5x52.5 cm. (7¼x20¾”), matted. London: c.1750 World chart with The Great South Sea at the center, the trade winds shown. California is almost an island, but the top portion, where it would either connect or not connect to the mainland, is covered with the title, making this a transitional map as far as California’s insularity is concerned. Fine. (200/300)
365. Morse, Jedediah. Map of the District of Maine, Part of Massachusetts, from the Latest Surveys, by Osgood Carleton. Copper-engraved map. 30x20 cm. (12x8”). Boston: 1802 Maine before statehood, from the 4th edition of Morse’s Geography. Engraved by Gridley. Near fine. (100/150)
366. Morse, Jedediah. Map of the States of Maryland and Delaware by J. Denison. Copper- engraved map. 19x24 cm. (7½x9½”). Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1796 From The American Universal Geography. Wheat & Brun 514. A little foxing, very good. (80/120)
367. Morse, Jedediah. Rhode-Island and Connecticut. Copper-engraved map. Drawn by Harding Harris. 19x32 cm. (7½x12½”). Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1802 From the fourth edition of American Universal Geography. County boundaries are shown by double lines, towns by single lines. Some ill-creasing at a fold, repair along right margin; very good. (80/120)
368. (Nevada) Connell, H.E. New Street Guide and Map of Reno. 48 pp. Folding map. 14.7x7.3 cm. (5¾x2¾”) original blue paper wrappers. 53.3x40 [Reno]: H.E. Connell, 1921 The large folding map at the rear, 53.3x40 cm. (21x15¾”), is printed by the Nevada Newsletter Publishing Co. Numerous advertisements for Reno establishments within the guide book pages. Scarce, no OCLC/WorldCat locates no copies. Light wear to wrappers; near fine. (400/600)
369. (New York) Map of the Wellsville Oil Field. Folding lithograph map, 20¾x33½. Buffalo: Cosack & Clark, [c. 1880s] Scarce map showing the Wellsville Oil Field spanning the New York and Pennsylvania borders and including the townships of Genesee, Boliver(sic), Alma and Wirt, New York and Eldred, Sharon, Ceres and Annin, Pennsylvania. Splits along several folds; very good. (200/300) Page 96 370. (Oregon & Washington) Five maps of Oregon and Washington, with some adjacent areas. Includes: Colton, J.H. Colton’s Washington and Oregon. 28.5x35.5 cm. (Lower margin chipped with short tears.) 1859. * Mitchell, S.A. Map of Oregon, Washington and Part of Idaho. 23.5x31 cm. 1860. * Colton, G.W. & C.B. Colton’s Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia & Montana. 38x63 cm. 1855 [but c.1865]. * Johnson, A.J. Johnson’s Oregon and Washington. 40x28 cm. (Some marginal chipping.) 1865. * Warner & Beers. County Map of Oregon, Washington/ Territory of Alaska. 32x40 cm. c.1875. Together, 5 lithographed maps, hand-colored. The dimensions to not include the decorative borders. Various places: Various dates Interesting series of maps showing the evolution of state, territorial and county boundaries. Generally very good. (150/250)
IMPORTANT MAP OF ASIA BY ABRAHAM ORTELIUS IN COLORED & UNCOLORED VERSIONS 371. Ortelius, Abraham. Asiae Nova Descriptio. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 37.2x48.5 cm. (14½x19”). Antwerp: [1574] Ortelius’ important map of Asia as it was known in the latter part of the 16th century. The map includes parts of Africa, Natolia, and the land of Moscovia eastwards to the Pacific Ocean. Japan is oddly shaped, and placed far to the north. An overly large Nova Guinea is at the bottom right with “Terra Incognita Australis Pars” (present-day Australia) below that. Latin text on verso. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some soiling and light staining in the margins, with a bit of dust-soiling to map itself, a few tape remnants to margins from earlier mounting; very good. (1000/1500)
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Page 97 372. Ortelius, Abraham. Asiae Nova Descriptio. Copper-engraved map. 37.2x48.5 cm. (14½x19”). Antwerp: [1574] Ortelius’ important map of Asia as it was known in the latter part of the 16th century. The map includes parts of Africa, Natolia, and the land of Moscovia eastwards to the Pacific Ocean. Japan is oddly shaped, and placed far to the north. An overly large Nova Guinea is at the bottom right with “Terra Incognita Australis Pars” (present-day Australia) below that. Latin text on verso. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Some light, mostly marginal foxing, darkening along centerfold, very good. (500/800)
ORTELIUS’ STRIKING MAP OF CHINA 373. Ortelius, Abraham. Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, Nova Descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 37x47 cm. (14½x18½”). Antwerp: 1584-[c.1598] Striking map of China, with west at the top. Latin text on verso. Second state, with “Las Philippinas” inserted. Van den Broecke #164; Karrow 1/152. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Slight toning, a few ink notations in margins; near fine. (4000/6000)
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Page 98 374. Ortelius, Abraham. Terra Sancta, a Petro Laicstain Perlustrata, et ab eius Ore et Schedis a Christiano Schrot in Tabulam Redacta. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored (period or original). 37x51 cm. (14½x20”). Antwerp: 1584-c.1588 The Holy Land, oriented to the east, with large vignette of Jonah and the whale at lower left, three miniatures of biblical scenes in the cartouche at upper right. Spanish text on verso, with a large hand-colored initial. Van den Broecke 173; Laor 543; Nebenzahl (Holy Land) pl. 31; Karrow 47/1.2. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Moderate dust soiling, toning, foxing and mild darkening in margins, a few remains of mounting tape in margins; very good. (800/1200)
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VERY LARGE LINEN-BACKED FOLDING MAP OF THE HOLY LAND 375. Palmer, Richard. A Map of Arabia Petræa, the Holy Land, and Part of Egypt, Ancient and Modern, exhibiting their Physical Features, accompanied with Geological Notes, Designed chiefly to Illustrate those parts of the Old Testament at which relate to the Exodus and Journeyings of the Israelites, and their settlement in the Land of Promise... Engraved map, hand-colored. 129x95 cm. (50x¾x37½”), backed with linen and sectioned for folding, in original cloth slipcase with paper cover label. London: Edward Stanford, 1858 Large, detailed map of the Holy Land and adjacent regions - shows the wanderings of the Israelites in the desert. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Slipcase stained, worn, old in writing on label (“Bought by Dr. Weis...to take to Palestine...”); map fine or nearly so. (1000/1500)
Page 99 376. (Paris) Grant, E. Paris Monumental et ses Environs. Engraved map, on linen backing, one panel tipped onto red board covers. 36.3x43.5 cm. (14¼x17¼”), plus margins. Paris: Boscher, No date [c.1860] Map showing small illustrations of Paris monuments. With the Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile to the south, Le Louvre at the center, various bridges across the Seine, and many more sights such as cemeteries, chateaus, churches, prison, etc. Front cover detached, much wear to edges; one large stain affecting right edge of map, three other smaller stains affecting only the margin on the left side, several closed tears including some long tears, repaired by its adhesion to the linen backing; good. (100/150)
377. Payne, John. A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government from the Latest Surveys 1799. Copper- engraved map. 18x38 cm. (7x15”). New York: 1799 Early map of Tennessee from Payne’s New and Complete Universal Geography. Wheat & Brun #657. Two expert repairs to neat lines, right margin extended; very good. (200/300)
378. Pinkerton, John. Polynesia. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 50x69 cm. (19½x27”). Philadelphia: Dobson, [1818] American publication of Pinkerton’s map of the islands of the Pacific, from Hawaii in the northeast to Australia in the southwest. Darkening along centerfold, several marginal chips, very good. (100/150)
379. Rand, McNally & Co. Central Pacific R.R. and Lease Lines Southern Pacific R.R. and Connections September 1882. Color lithographed map. 68x79 cm. (26¾x31¼”), neatly tipped to linen backing, framed under glass. Chicago: 1882 Detailed map showing the railroad routes crossing the developing western half of the United States a little more than ten years after the completion of the transcontinental railroad. A few short marginal tears, near fine. (250/350)
380. Rand, McNally & Co. Rand, McNally & Co.’s California (caption title). Color lithographed map. 66x48 cm. (26x19”). Chicago: 1895 California with its numerous railroads shown with key printed in red, designating such lines as Bodie & Benton; Carson & Colorado Wells Fargo & Co.’s Express; Mount Lowe; Pajaro Valley; Visalia & Tulare; and of course Southern Pacific. 29 lines in all. There is a large inset of an extended San Francisco Bay Area, including Sacramento, Monterey, etc., and a smaller one with Los Angeles, San Bernadino, San Diego and points contiguous. Formerly folding, now backed with linen. Old rubberstamp in top margin; very good. (100/150)
381. Ringgold, Cadwalader. Chart of the Sacramento River from Suisin City to the American River California. Lithographed chart. 77x53 cm. (30½x21”). Washington: c.1851 With inset plans of Sacramento and Suisun City, and inset of “Confluence of the Sacramento River and its Middle and West Forks.” Also, three vignette views. On thick paper. Folds, a short split, very good or better. (200/300)
Page 100 382. Ringgold, Cadwalader. General Chart Embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco and San Pablo Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Lithograph chart. 50.5x76.2 cm. (19¾x30”). [Washington]: 1851 Ringgold’s impressive chart with great detail of the Bay and Bay Area. On thick paper. Folds, a few marginal tears, very good or better. (150/250)
MATTHEW SEUTTER’S CHINA C.1740 383. Seutter, Matthew. Opulentissimum Sinarum Imperium Juxta Recentissiman Delineationem in Suas Provincias Disterminatum... Copper-engraved map, hand-colored, with large colored pictorial cartouche. 49x58 cm. (19½x23”). Augsburg: c.1740 Large, detailed map of China, with Korea and part of Japan. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Neatly (but not archivally) taped to mat, the tape all around the edges but only touching the verso of the map; two paper tape repairs on verso along centerfold; very good, bright, fairly early coloring. (800/1200)
384. Smith, A.L. County Map of the State of Texas, Showing also Portions of the Adjoining States and Territories. Lithographed map, hand-colored. 36x52 cm. (14x20½”), matted & shrink- wrapped. No place: 1894 A variant of the Mitchell/Bradley Texas but “Copyright 1894 A.L. Smith”. With large inset Plan of Galveston and Vicinity. Near fine. (100/150)
385. Smith, John Calvin. Neueste Eisenbahn-Kanal-u. Post-Karte für Reisende in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nord Amerika, Canada, Texas u. Californinien, Nach J. Calvin Smith, H.S. Tanner u. andern neuesten Quellen bearbeitet. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline. In original boards folder with 32, 10 pp. of text in German. 54.2x71 cm. (21¼x28”), folding down to 18.5x10 cm. (7¼x4¼”), cloth-backed boards, large printed cover label, ribbon ties. Hamberg, Germany: Verlag der Buchner’schen Buchhandlung, 1854 German edition of Smith’s Travelers Map of the United States. The main map shows the eastern half, with large inset of California Oregon, Utah, New Mexico, etc. There are also insets of New York City, Philadelphia, the Erie Canal, the rail route between Washington and Philadelphia, and the rail route between Philadelphia and New York Map with some light staining and foxing, a few short splits along one of the folds; folder spine worn, splitting, wear to corners; overall very good, quite rare. (200/300)
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Page 101 SPEED’S RUSSIA WITH INSET PLAN OF MOSCOW 386. Speed, John. A Map of Russia. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 40x51 cm. (15½x20”). London: Basset & Chiswell, 1676 Map of Russia east of the Volga, including the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. With inset plan of Moscow, and five small views including Archangel and The Emperours House. From Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World. English text on verso. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. Tape stains around margins from earlier mounting, some small marginal chips; very good. (1000/1500)
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387. (Switzerland) Keller, Henri. Keller’s Zweyte Reisekarte der Schweiz. Deuxième Carte Routière de la Suisse par Henri Keller. Keller’s Second Road Map of Switzerland. Hand-colored engraved map, mounted in 15 separate panels on linen. Folded and tipped on two panels to boards, with slipcase. 53.5x65 cm. (21x25¾”) all together, each panel measures 10.4x21.7 cm. (4x8½”). Zurich: Henri Keller, 1849 With a small profile at bottom right panel with the author’s embossed stamp (stamp also on slipcase), and with a key at the top left panel. On verso are several more panels with hand-colored engraved maps (insets?) of various river-bends. Also printed text in German. Moderate wear to slipcase, chipping, soiling; some mild soiling to canvas; map near fine. (100/150)
388. (Switzerland) Stierlin, Robert. Alpen-Ansicht vom Gurten bei Bern. Lithographed panorama. 14x104 cm. (5½x41”) plus margins, with key in top margin; folding into original pictorial boards measuring 20x13 cm. (8x5¼”). Bern: Huber & Cie., 1868 Panorama of the mountain ranges near Bern, Switzerland. On the front board is a rendering of the Gurten-Restaurant. Boards dusty; panorama fine. (100/150)
Page 102 389. Tanner, H[enry] S[chenk]. A New Map of Illinois with its Proposed Canals, Roads & Distances from Place to Place along the Stage and Steam Boat Routes. Copper-engraved map, hand- colored. 34x27 cm. (13½x10½”). Philadelphia: 1833-[1836] With inset of the Lead District north of Illinois; tables at sides give steam boat routes. From Tanner’s Universal Atlas. Some minor marginal staining; very good or better. (80/120)
390. Tanner, H[enry] S[chenk]. North America. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 26x19.8 cm. (10¼x7¾”). Philadelphia: 1830 Attractive little map of North America. The northwest border of the United States goes to the desired 54°40’. Drawn & Engraved under the direction of H.S. Tanner, for the Atlas, to accompany Thos. T. Smiley’s Easy Introduction the the Study of Geography. Top margin trimmed to and just over outer neat line; very good or better. (100/150)
391. Tanner, H[enry] S[chenk]. Three maps, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. Includes: A New Map of Indiana with its Roads & Distances. 34.5x28 cm. (13¾x11”). (Some marginal staining and a marginal tear.) 1841. * A New Map of Kentucky with its Roads & Distances from Place to Place along the Stage & Steam Boat Routes. 28.5x34.5 cm. (11¼x13½”). (Some irregular darkening most apparent in the margins.) 1839. * A New Map of Tennessee with its Roads and Distances from Place to Place along the Stage and Steamboat Routes. 28x38.5 cm. (11x15”). (Portion of top margin torn off just affecting to top right corner of the map border.) 1841. Together, 3 copper-engraved maps, hand-colored. Philadelphia: 1839-1841, Good to very good. (150/250)
392. Tardieu, Ambrose. Carte du Mexique Dresse pour l’Intelligence de l’Histoire Generale des Voyages de La Harpe. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline. 39x35 cm. (15½x10”). Paris: 1821 Mexico including present Texas (which is names) and the Southwest to Lake Tinpanogos, with the eastern half of Great Salt Lake, Santa Fe and surrounding communities, etc. A little dusty, very good or better. (100/150)
393. Thomson, John. Map of the Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Copper-engraved map, hand- colored. 50x61 cm. (10½x24”). Edinburgh: 1817 Islands of the Pacific from the Sandwich Islands to the east coast of Australia, with two insets of Hawaii and two of Tahiti. Some faint foxing and offset, very good. (100/150)
394. Thomson, John. Map of the Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Copper-engraved map, hand- colored in outline. 50x60 cm. (19½x23½”). Edinburgh: [c.1815] The major island groups of the Pacific from the Sandwich Islands to the coast of New Holland, with insets of the islands of Hawaii and Tahiti as well as of their principal harbors. Engraved by Samuel Neele. Faint offset, very good. (80/120)
Page 103 395. Tourist’s Sketch Map Penrith to Eskbank Blue Mountains New South Wales Australia. Lithographed map. 34x55 cm. (13x22½”), folding. Sydney: 1915 Map of the vacation destination in the interior of New South Wales, with descriptive text on verso. Paper a little brittle, a few short crease tears, a chip; very good (100/150)
CHARMING FOLDING PAPER GLOBE 396. Townsend, David. Townsend’s Patent Folding Globe. Thin cardboard folding globe, lithographed with hand coloring, with small metal rings at the poles to aid in its expansion. 23 cm. (9”) in diameter. Set in cloth-backed printed boards folder with key on inside front board, sliding metal clasps, 30x25 cm. (11¾x9¾”). Boston, MA/Felchville, Windsor County, VT: George M. Smith Co./Dennis Townsend, c.1870 Ingenious little piece of global wizardry. This is the second version of Townsend’s globe, with an internal mechanism (somewhat defective) for holding it open (the first globe, patented in 1869, used an external stand). Townsend’s aim was to produce “a cheap, convenient, portable article, which can be made an excellent substitute for the expensive globe now occasionally used in the school room...” (from the accompanying pamphlet, a photocopy of which present). The front board carries printed testimonials from educators of the time, including the Presidents of Middlebury College and the University of Vermont. Folder stained, rubbed, edges worn; globe with mild darkening and rubbing, very good overall, fragile and quite uncommon. (1200/1800)
397. U.S. War Department. Two maps of Seat of War in Florida in 1836. Includes: A Map of the Seat of War in Florida 1836. 37x28 cm. * Copy of a Map of the Seat of War in Florida Forwarded to the War Department by Maj. Genl. W. Scott, U.S.A. Prepared by Lieut. J.E. Johnson 4th U.S. Arty. March 20, 1836. 36x28 cm. Together, 2 lithographed maps, lithographed by Bowen & Co., Phil. Washington: 1836-[1861] From American State Papers. A few minor creases, near fine. (150/250)
398. Universal Magazine. A New and Accurate Map of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, in North America from a Late Survey. Copper-engraved map. 26.4x32.6 cm. (10½x12¾”). London: [1780] New England on the eve of achieving independence from the British, as published in the Universal Magazine. Jolly (Brit Per) UNIV-190; Sellers & Van Ee 881. Old folds, light offset, tape residue on verso visible at margins, else very good. (150/250)
LARGE SCALE MAPS OF AMERICAN REGIONS BY VANDERMAELEN 399. Vandermaelen, Philippe Marie Guillaume. Amer. Sep. Partie du Mexique. No. 60. Lithographed map, hand-colored in outline. 46x50 cm. (18x19½”). [Brussels]: [1827] The coast of northeastern Mexico and all of present-day Texas (with Texas named), curving round nearly to New Orleans. From Vandermaelen’s Atlas Universel; the extraordinarily large scale allows great detail. Fine condition. (200/300)
Page 104 400. Vandermaelen, Philippe Marie Guillaume. Amer. Sep. Partie du Mexique. No. 47. Lithographed map. 46x56 cm. (18x22”). [Brussels]: [1827] Much of present-day Utah and Nevada, on a very large scale. There is a column of text at left. From Vandermaelen’s Atlas Universel; the extraordinarily large scale allows great detail. Fine condition. (200/300)
401. Vandermaelen, Philippe Marie Guillaume. Amér. Sep. Partie des États Unis. No. 55. Lithographed map, hand-colored in outline. 46x51 cm. (18x20”). [Brussels]: [1827] Very large scale map of the northern part of Texas and southern Oklahoma (called Territoire d’Arkansas. From Vandermaelen’s Atlas Universel; the extraordinarily large scale allows great detail. Fine condition. (200/300)
402. Visscher, Nicolas. De Gelegentheyt van t’Paradys ende t’Landt Canaan, Mitsgaders de Eerst Bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen... Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 32x47 cm. (12½x18½”). Amsterdam: c.1660 Map of the Holy Land from a Dutch Bible, engraved by Broeck. With two pictorial vignettes, Adam and Eve blissful in the Garden of Eden, and their expulsion therefrom. Laor 794. Provenance: Collection of Margaret Gee. A few short marginal tears, paper reinforcement along verso of right margin; very good. (300/500)
403. Wilkes, Charles. Map of Upper California by the U.S. Ex. Ex. and Best Authorities 1844. Engraved map. 21.3x28.7 cm. (8¼x11¼”). Philadelphia: c.1845 Embraces the territory between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific, and between the northern and southern boundaries of California. Wheat notes that “the eastern portion of the map is reminiscent of the Gallatin and Bonneville maps of 1836 and 1837. The coast of California is well delineated, but the showing of the interior of California cannot be compared to that of Fremont’s work of 1845.” The routes of Jedediah Smith are shown. Although the map was not published until 1844 in Wilkes’ report of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, Wheat lists it under 1841, as that was when it was drawn. Wheat Transmississippi 458. Near fine with slight offset. (150/250)
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Page 105 404. Williams, W. A New Map of the United States upon which are Delineated the Vast Works of Internal Communications, Routes across the Continent &c. Showing also Canada and the Island of Cuba. Lithographed map, hand-colored in outline. 61.6x74 cm. (24¼x29¼”). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1854 Spectacular map of the United States, the main map covering the eastern states to beyond the Mississippi, with large portions of Texas, Nebraska, “part of the North-West Territory,” etc. There is a large inset at lower right, “Map of California, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah, &c.,” covering those portions not on the main map, and smaller insets of Havana, of Cuba, and of Niagara Falls. The map in its present form was first issued in 1852, and Wheat records that issue and this one of 1854; there were several others. It was apparently separately, bound in a folder, and also came with Wellington Williams’ The Traveller’s and Tourist’s Guide. The present example shows no signs of having been affixed in a book. Wheat, in describing the map, concentrates on the inset of the West, “which is largely based on Fremont but which carries much up-to-date information...” In California, the Gold Region is named; Utah covers Nevada and part of Colorado, the remainder of which is consumed by Nebraska; Washington and Oregon both extend eastward to the Rockies, beyond which is the aforementioned North-West Territory; New Mexico includes present Arizona, with pre-Gadsden southern border. Wheat Transmississippi 769 & 818. A few very short splits at folds, right margin trimmed to neat line; ink notation on verso; near fine. (700/1000)
THREE REGIONAL MAPS OF NORTH AMERICA BY ANTONIO ZATTA 405. Zatta, Antonio. Il Paese de Cherachesi, con la Parte Occidentale della Carolina Settentrionale e della Virginia. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline. 32x42 cm. (12½x16½”). Venice: 1778 Middle portion of Mississippi River, with its junction with the Ohio and Missouri Rivers, portions of Virginia, Carolinas, etc. From Atlante Novissimo, based on John Mitchell’s 1755 map. Portinaro & Knirsch #150. Fine. (250/350)
406. Zatta, Antonio. Luigiana Inglese, colla Parte Occidentale della Florida, della Giorgia, e Carolina Meridionale. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline. 32x42 cm. (12½x16½”). Venice: 1778 The Gulf Coast from Florida to the Mississippi Delta. From Atlante Novissimo, based on John Mitchell’s 1755 map, with updated legends referencing the settlement of 1763 and other details. Portinaro & Knirsch #152. Fine. (250/350)
407. Zatta, Antonio. Parte Orientale del Canada, Nuova Scozia Settentrionale, e Parte di Labrador. Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline. 30x40 cm. (12x15½”). Venice: 1778 Attractive map of the mouth of the St. Lawrence River in Canada. “Fogl. III” of Zatta’s 12-sheet map. Near fine. (100/150)
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Page 110 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 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 TO RETURN FOR ANY REASON.
4.Photographs, prints and other fine art multiples are sold in compliance with California law, and the Galleries’ catalogue descriptions of such multiples conform to the applicable provisions of that law.
5. Any right of the purchaser under this agreement or under the law shall not be assignable and shall be enforceable only by the original purchaser and not by any subsequent owner or any person who shall subsequently acquire any interest. No purchaser shall be entitled to any
Page 111 6. If we are prevented by fire, theft or any other reason whatsoever from delivering any property to the purchaser, our liability shall be limited to the sum actually paid by the purchaser.
7. Books and other property purchased are to be removed at the close of each Sale unless shipping instructions are received by the Galleries before such sale.If not removed, property will be held at the sole risk of the purchaser and no responsibility is assumed if such goods are lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed.The Galleries will facilitate shipment of property to out-of-town purchasers at an additional packing charge plus carriage and insurance, but will not be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from the shipping thereof in excess of the amount of the insurance.
8. Payment terms:All items are to be paid for by (a) cash, (b) cashier’s check, (c)credit card, or (d) personal check with approved credit, and all accounts are due when bills are rendered. MERCHANDISE WILL BE SHIPPED AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
9. We reserve the right to reject a bid from any bidder.The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the purchaser.In the event of any dispute between bidders, or in the event the auctioneer doubts the validity of any bid, the auctioneer shall have the sole and final discretion either to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and resell the article in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale, our sales records shall be conclusive in every respect.
10. Unless the Sale is advertised as a sale without reserve, each lot is offered subject to a reserve. MOST LOTS OFFERED BY THE GALLERIES HAVE A MINIMUM RESERVE OF ONE-HALF THE PRESALE LOW ESTIMATE .The Galleries do not accept reserves of more than the low estimate nor allow consignors to bid on their own items.
11. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery or inconvenience in the settlement of a purchase, no lot can be transferred.Each buyer must pay for the whole of his purchases before any lot can be removed.
12. As a service to clients unable to attend the Sale, we will accept absentee bids without charge in advance of the sale by telephone, mail, fax, email or in person.All bids must state the highest bid price the bidder is willing to pay.“Buy” bids are not accepted.Please check bid sheets carefully to make sure you have the correct lot numbers and that the sheet is legible. The Galleries reserve the right to refuse to undertake absentee bids, and shall in no event be responsible for failure to execute such bids or for any error that may occur when executing them.Unsuccessful absentee bids will not be acknowledged.
ALL SALES HELD BY PBA GALLERIES ARE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2328 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODE AND SECTION 535 OF THE PENAL CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CONSIGNING BOOKS TO PBA GALLERIES The first step in consigning to PBA is to contact the Galleries, either by phone, fax, email or letter. It can then be determined whether the item or items under consideration would do well at auction. Following this, arrangements can be made for the delivery of the material to PBA. In the case of large consignments or libraries, a member of the staff may be able to view the books on location, and make arrangements for its transportation to PBA Galleries. Because of the costs involved, PBA discourages consignments with a total value of less than $1500. The frequency of auctions, and variety of subject matter, allows PBA Galleries to ensure quick turn-around time for items consigned. Books can appear at auction as quickly as 30 days and generally not more than 90 days following consignment. Commissions vary between 10% and 15%, depending on the selling price of an item.These commissions encompass all related costs including insurance, storage, cataloguing, illustrations, etc., except shipping. Payment is
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Bid Increments $00 to $200...... $10 $2000 to $5000...... $250 $200 to $500...... $25 $5000 to $10,000. . . . . $500 $500 to $1000...... $50 $10,000 to $20,000. . . $1000 $1000 to $2000. . . . $100 $20,000 to $50,000. . . $2500 Note: Bids not matching the above increments will be rounded down to the nearest increment.
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