September 2018 New Acquisitions

(Item 5)

Fairbanks in the Aftermath of the Klondike Gold Rush, Only Two Other Copies Located 1. [Alaska]: ALASKA SOUVENIR HARMONIE FAIRBANKS, FEBRUARY 13, 1909 [wrapper title]. [Fairbanks, Ak. 1909]. [32]pp., profusely illustrated. Oblong octavo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers lightly worn and soiled. One page with contemporary manuscript notes. Center bifolium loosening a bit from the sstaples. Very good.

A rare visual tour of Fairbanks, Alaska, issued by the Harmonie Society, which was founded in Fairbanks in 1907 "for the purpose of fostering German language, song and good fellowship." The volume contains nearly two dozen illustrations from photographs of Fairbanks and surroundings, including mining scenes, images of prospectors, gold bricks from the Tanana District, the mining town of Dome City, scenes in town and in the wild, and an image of the fire that tore through Fairbanks on May 22, 1906. There are also a number of advertisements for local Fairbanks businesses of all sorts. Reaching out to the five hundred-odd German residents of Fairbanks, the Harmonie Society not only put on singing performances, but also planned to add literary events and a turnverein festival. This is the only copy appearing in Rare Book Hub auction records (having previously appeared in 2012), and the only copy I have found in the market. Not in Tourville or Wickersham. OCLC locates only a single copy, at the Alaska State Library, and there is also a copy at Yale. Rare. OCLC 271244608. $900

Rare Wyoming Brand Book 2. [Brand Book]: CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS AND BRAND DIRECTORY OF THE ALBANY COUNTY CATTLE AND HORSE GROWERS ASSOCIATION. Laramie: The Laramie Republican Company, 1912. 90,[i.e. 91]pp., including illustrations. Followed by [114] blank pages. Narrow 24mo. Original printed grey wrappers. Front and rear wrappers torn at outer corners, front wrapper also with tears in lower edge and foredge. Very clean and neat internally. Overall, very good. In a folding cloth clamshell box, gilt leather spine label.

Apparently the only edition of this scarce brand book for Wyoming's Albany County Cattle and Horse Growers Association. The constitution and by-laws comprise the first seven pages of text, followed by scores of illustrations of cattle and horse brands for Wyoming ranchers. The ranch names are given, as is the location of their range - still a touchy subject among Wyoming cattlemen twenty years after the Johnson County War. More than one hundred blank pages follow the main text, presumably meant for notes or illustrations by a contemporary owner. OCLC locates three copies, at the Univ. of Wyoming, Princeton, and the Univ. of Arizona. The record for the copy at Wyoming notes ninety-four pages, the other three apparently containing "corrected and additional information" pasted into the book. The present copy is the only one that I have found in the market. OCLC 81365312, 9847001. $1,250

A Woman’s Narrative of Her Childhood in Western Kansas, With Two Letters from the Author Laid In 3. Bryson, Nettie Korb: PRAIRIE DAYS [with:] [TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, FROM NETTIE KORB BRYSON LAID IN]. Los Angeles: Times Mirror, [1939]. [10],171,[4]pp., plus portrait and ten plates. [3]pp. autograph letters, signed, laid in. Mid-twentieth century red morocco, ruled in gilt, spine gilt, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, t.e.g. Previous owner's signature and ink stamp on a front fly leaf. Fine.

Signed by Nettie Korb Bryson on the verso of the frontispiece. The two autograph letters, signed, from Nettie Bryson are dated in October, 1940, and were written to the collector Carl Melugin, the original owner of this copy, and the person who had it bound in red morocco. In the letter of October 4 she writes in response to Melugin's inquiry about the contents of the book (misspellings corrected): "It is a small out line of early days in Kansas, and my family & others pioneering there in 1870, and some experiences buffalo hunting etc. etc....Thank you for your interest. Most all libraries and colleges, as well as historic societies have ordered copies. Do hope you decide you too must own one." She also mentions that the book has "good large print on good paper, cloth bound, and easy to read if one likes history & adventure," and that it costs one dollar per copy, but cheaper by the dozen. In the second letter, dated October 13, she thanks Melugin for his order, wonders where he heard about the book, and informs him that she will send his copy along shortly. Clearly, evidence that Mrs. Bryson not only financed the publication of the book, but also provided fulfillment services and some measure of publicity as well.

The text tells the story of Nettie Korb Bryson's family, her German-immigrant father and Scotch-Irish mother who met and married in Iowa, the beginnings of their family there and eventual move to Bull City (now Alton), Kansas in 1870. Includes information on their involvement in the Seventh Day Adventist faith, encounters with local Indian tribes, buffalo hunts, the Grasshopper Plague of 1874, and life as homesteaders in small prairie settlements. An engaging memoir of nineteenth-century life on the Kansas plains, handsomely bound and with two letters from the author laid in. $275

Rare Guide to the Philippines by an American Woman 4. Burkholder, Seddie L.: A DAY IN MANILA. Manila: Times Press, [1924]. xiv,71,xv-xxviii pp. 12mo. Original pictorial stiff wrappers and green cloth backstrip. Contemporary ownership signature and address on front free endpaper. Binding slightly stressed at two interior points, else fine.

A rare guide to Manila in the 1920s, written and published by an enterprising American woman who knew the city and the Philippines well. Seddie Laura Burkholder also wrote and self-published A DAY IN CANTON in 1907, and later studies of the shells and flowers of the Philippines. Burkholder lived in Manila for more than two decades, and in the present work she provides a thorough guide to the city and the surrounding country. Directed toward tourists, she recounts the history of Manila and the old city, and

describes churches, the aquarium, marketplaces, museums, Chinatown, parks, and cockfights. She also gives information on venturing to the outskirts of Manila and to surrounding towns and villages. More than two dozen pages of advertisements give a very good glimpse into the commercial life of Manila some twenty-five years after the American conquest. No copies of this guide to Manila are recorded in OCLC. $250

Iconic Image of a Gold Hunter on His Way to California 5. [California Gold Rush]: THE INDEPENDENT GOLD HUNTER ON HIS WAY TO CALIFORNIA. I NEITHER BORROW NOR LEND. New York & Hartford: Kelloggs & Comstock, [ca. 1849-1852]. Hand-colored lithograph, 14 x 10 inches. Neat repairs on verso to the lower margin and upper corners of the sheet. Minor marginal soiling on the recto. Near fine. (See illustration on front page)

An iconic image of the California Gold Rush, showing a well-dressed and well-equipped argonaut, just setting off on the overland journey to the gold fields of California. The "independent gold hunter" is shown walking across the prairie, some 350 miles west of St. Louis and 1700 miles from California. His clothes are clean, and his hair and beard are neatly trimmed. He wears a frock coat, knee-high black leather boots, and a large kettle for a hat. In a lower coat pocket are several knives and a pistol, and in an upper pocket is a flask. He smokes a cigarette, carries a small suitcase in his left hand, and his right hand holds a long stick on top of his right shoulder. From the stick hang sausages, small fish, and a tea kettle. Also seen dangling from him are the tools of his future trade: a gold mining pan, a shovel, and scales. This copy is beautifully colored in muted tones of blue, green, grey, and tan.

This lithograph was issued by two different publishers: Kelloggs & Comstock of Hartford (with D. Needham of Buffalo listed as co-publisher), and by the famed firm of Currier & Ives of New York. The Currier & Ives issue is likely the first; either issue is quite scarce. Not in Vail's GOLD FEVER, though he does list several Gold Rush prints, nor was a copy featured in the 1999 Huntington Library exhibit, "Land of Golden Dreams." A copy of the present issue sold at auction earlier in 2018 for $3900, and before that Rare Book Hub lists no copies at auction since the sale of prints from the stock of Edward Eberstadt & Sons in 1967. OCLC locates only a single copy of this issue, at the American Antiquarian Society. There are also copies at the California State Library, the Beinecke Library, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. PETERS, CALIFORNIA ON STONE, p.140 & plate 69. FINLAY, PICTURING VICTORIAN AMERICA, 434. OCLC 191117340. $2,650

San Franciscans Celebrate the Fourth of July 6. [California Pictorial Letter Sheet]: VIEW OF THE PLAZA OF SAN-FRANCISCO, ON THE 4th OF JULY 1851. [San Francisco]: Publ. & Lith. by Justh Quirot & Co., [1851]. Pictorial letter sheet, 9 x 11¼ inches on green wove paper. Light edgewear, with a few small chips. Half-inch tear with no paper loss intruding into the upper part of the image, small chip out of upper left corner. Very good overall.

"A splendid, teeming scene of San Franciscans patriotically painting the town red during their first celebration of Independence Day after attaining statehood. Several firefighting companies are shown with their engines" - Clifford catalogue. Despite the terrible fires of May and June, 1851, several buildings are shown ringing the plaza. This lively, celebratory scene was issued by two different publishers - Quirot and Atwill (with Quirot using two differing imprints). Two issues of the image have been identified - in the present version the offices of lithographer F.C. Buttler are shown on the far left; in the variant issue Buttler's signage has been replaced by that of the post office (which is represented by a small sign on the side of the building in the present issue). No less than seven large American flags are shown flying above the various buildings, which show the premises of Atwill & Company ("music piano-forte stationary"

[sic]), the periodical store ("cheap publications") of Burgess, Gilbert & Still, a court house, and the "Monumental F. Co." (fire company). The signage for the F.C. Buttler lithographic firm is interesting - Peters confesses to knowing of no products of this company, and a search of OCLC finds no publications bearing the imprint of this lithographer.

A fine view of San Franciscans celebrating something other than the latest gold hauls. Uncommon in the market and institutionally - Baird located only five copies. BAIRD, CALIFORNIA'S PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS 313a. CLIFFORD LETTER SHEET COLLECTION 319 (on white wove paper). PETERS, CALIFORNIA ON STONE, p.137. $1,250

Inscribed by Norman Clyde and Very Rare Thus 7. Clyde, Norman: NORMAN CLYDE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. RAMBLES THROUGH THE RANGE OF LIGHT. 29 ESSAYS ON THE MOUNTAINS. [San Francisco]: Scrimshaw Press, 1971. 172,[3]pp., including portrait. Nineteen full-page plates and a map. Original printed wrappers. Faint vertical crease along center of spine, else fine.

This copy is inscribed by Norman Clyde on the front free endpaper to Dorothy Kinkade with Clyde's customary "Sierra Heil" salutation, and very rare thus. Norman Clyde (1885-1972) was in his mid- eighties when this collection of his essays on the Sierra Nevada was published. Dawson's Bookshop had scheduled a signing for him in southern California, but it was cancelled due to his ill-health. He died the year after this book was published, and this copy was likely inscribed at his home in the eastern Sierra. Dorothy Kinkade (1912-2003), a native Nebraskan, was a longtime California resident, lifelong member of the Sierra Club, and an avid climber herself.

Norman Clyde, one of the pioneering climbers of the Sierra Nevada, was lionized by his friends and contemporaries, and idolized by those who followed in his footsteps. He began climbing in the High Sierra while in his twenties and spent more than fifty years ascending peaks and setting climbing records. He climbed Mount Whitney at least fifty times, and in 1931 was part of a group of four climbers (including Jules Eichorn, Glen Dawson, and Robert Underhill) who first climbed Whitney's east face. Between the 1910s and 1940s Clyde made more than 120 first ascents. This volumes of Clyde's writings on the Sierra Nevada includes a prologue by Jules Eichorn, a foreword by Francis Farquhar, and a "long letter" from Smoke Blanchard, one of Clyde's climbing companions. From a total edition of three thousand copies, printed in Santa Barbara in November, 1971 by Noel Young Press, of which 500 copies were bound in boards. $325

For Travelers Who Want to Go From the Rockies to the Gulf Coast 8. [Colorado]: Nelson, Thomas F.: A SUMMER TRIP TO THE SNOW-CLAD PEAKS OF COLORADO. Denver: Texas Pan Handle Route, 1889. 30,[3]pp., including illustrations on the lower half of nineteen pages, plus folding map and illustration (on one sheet). Bound in original embossed thick paper wrappers, entitled "Summer of 1889. The Texas Pan Handle Route" on one side and "From the Summit to the Sea" on the other. Two contemporary ink stamps. Some neat tape repairs. Very good.

A very interesting promotional produced by the Denver, Texas, and Ft. Worth railroad, whose "Pan Handle Route" was advertised as the only direct railway between the Colorado Rockies and the Texas Gulf Coast. The various texts serve several purposes: touting the natural beauty and opportunities for sport and adventure in Colorado, the availability of land for homesteaders in the Texas panhandle, and the virtues of the Denver, Texas, and Ft. Worth railroad as the line that can get you just about anywhere you might want to go. The map is very detailed and shows the route of the railroad from Denver southeast into

the Texas panhandle and then on to Fort Worth, where one could choose a line either to Galveston or New Orleans. The numerous stops along the way are clearly marked, as are the number of additional lines where transfers could be made, taking the traveler to Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, or Arkansas. The main text describes the inducements of Colorado for the tourist, especially those interested in outdoor activities. The three unnumbered pages at the end contain advertisements for the Texas Panhandle Route of the Denver, Texas, and Ft. Worth Railroad, and special offers for tourists in the Rocky Mountain region. Aside from the titlepage and the titles on the wrappers, the folding leaf with the map on one side has an illustration of "Capulin from Alps Station" on two panels of the verso and a titlepage reading "Ye Gods. Mythological Musings in the Mountains of Colorado" on the third panel. These "musings" are printed on the upper half of ten pages of text, accompanied by mythologically-inspired illustrations. The wrapper features an embossed image of a mermaid. OCLC locates only two copies, at Yale and the DeGolyer Library. An unusual production, and a rare railroad promotional for Colorado and Texas. OCLC 82191951. $950

Firsthand Account of General Sheridan’s Buffalo Hunt of 1871 in Nebraska and Kansas 9. [Davies, Henry Eugene, General]: TEN DAYS ON THE PLAINS. New York: Printed by Crocker & Co., [1872]. 68pp., plus lithographed folding map (printed on thin paper). Original binding of plain red glazed boards with a black cloth backstrip. Boards rubbed and scraped but neatly conserved, and the corners and backstrip repaired. Map with some old marginal tape repairs. Titlepage lightly foxed, old faint dampstain in the lower gutter, else quite clean. Very good.

A presentation copy, inscribed on the front pastedown to R.W. Cameron, dated January 1, 1874. Howes calls this the "best account" of Gen. Phil Sheridan's great buffalo hunt of 1871 in Nebraska and Kansas. Buffalo Bill Cody, who was just twenty-five years old but already a figure of some fame, was the guide. Written by Gen. Henry Davies, the text describes experiences of the hunting party of fifteen men in the region between Fort McPherson on the Platte River in Nebraska and Fort Hays, Kansas. Buffalo and elk were the main targets, and the hunt was evidently very successful, with several large trophies awarded. Davies gives some interesting details of life on the Plains during the hunt, including an elaborate "camp dinner" menu that included buffalo tail, "salmi" of prairie dog, antelope chops, stewed rabbit, filet of buffalo "aux Champignons" and more. The map is a finely detailed rendering of southern Nebraska and northern Kansas, showing the largely uninhabited space between forts McPherson and Hays. The route of the Union Pacific is shown, as well as other railroads and rivers, and nearly a dozen American forts are shown, their names printed in red with a red-printed flag nearby. Henry Davies had been a brigadier general during the Civil War, and became a prominent New York attorney afterwards.

"Printed in a few copies the circulation of which was restricted to members of the expedition, this work has long been regarded as one of the genuinely rare nuggets of frontier Americana" - Eberstadt. This is the only copy that I can find at auction in the past thirty-two years. A very few copies were issued with eighteen original photographs, bearing portraits of the participants and images of the trophies. HOWES D97, "aa." PHILLIPS, AMERICAN SPORTING BOOKS, p.96. GRAFF 1013. STREETER SALE 4097. EBERSTADT 107:116. $5,000

Important Account of the Early Days of the Pacific Northwest 10. Denny, Arthur A.: PIONEER DAYS ON PUGET SOUND. Seattle, W.T.: C.B. Bagley, Printer, 1888. 83pp., plus errata slip tipped in before the final page. Manuscript correction on page 69 in Denny's hand. 12mo. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind. Bookplate on front pastedown, and another loosely laid in. Near fine.

This copy has a slip of paper affixed to the front pastedown, with Arthur Denny's signature in pencil. An ink inscription on the front free endpaper shows that this copy was presented Frank N. White by the author's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rolland Denny, in 1940. This is one of two issues of the first edition, this one from the issue printed on thicker paper. This copy has a penciled manuscript correction in Arthur Denny's hand on page 69. Printed in a small number, for private distribution, most of the copies are believed to have been destroyed in the Seattle fire of 1889. Tweney speculates that the press run was no more than 300 copies, and that fire claimed the majority of the printing.

"One of the rarest of early Washington Territorial imprints" - Tweney. An important account of early days in the Pacific Northwest, by a noted pioneer. Arthur Denny and his family travelled from the Missouri River to Portland in 1851, eventually settling at Alki Point, now part of Seattle. The text describes the overland journey, and Denny's first ten years on Puget Sound, recounting the activities of other pioneer settlers, early town-building and industry, often dangerous interactions with Indians, etc. "Almost the entire book tells of the events of the first ten years, the first road opened up to Steilacoom, the first church service, relations with the Indians, and the like. It is an important little book" - Streeter. "Deservedly prized as an authoritative source upon the early history of Seattle and Puget Sound" - Washington Historical Quarterly (quoted in Graff). TWENEY 12. SMITH 2408. HOWES D253a, "aa." GRAFF 1053. MINTZ 123. MATTES 1056 (ref). SOLIDAY II:323. EBERSTADT, MODERN OVERLANDS 127. STREETER SALE 3285. DECKER 41:454. $1,000

More Variations on Solitaire Than I Thought Possible 11. Dick, Harris B. (editor): DICK'S GAMES OF PATIENCE OR SOLITAIRE WITH CARDS. SECOND SERIES. CONTAINING SEVENTY GAMES ILLUSTRATED WITH SIXTY-SIX EXPLANATORY TABLEAUX. New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation, [1898]. 117,[2]pp., illustrations throughout. 12mo. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed, spine paper about half perished. Very clean internally. Very good overall.

Harris B. Dick began issuing books on solitaire in 1883, and they proved immensely popular. The "first series" of Dick's GAMES OF PATIENCE offered sixty-four variations on the game of solitaire and was apparently received with great approval by the solitaire-playing community, who called for more. Hence this "second series," which describes and illustrates another seventy games of solitaire. Copyrighted 1898 by Dick & Fitzgerald, this edition was issued by Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation, identified on the titlepage as "successor to Dick & Fitzgerald." $50

An Important Firsthand Account of Union Naval Operations In the First Two Years of the Civil War, in the Deluxe Binding 12. Du Pont, Samuel Francis: OFFICIAL DISPATCHES AND LETTERS OF REAR ADMIRAL DU PONT, U.S. NAVY. 1846-48. 1861-63. Wilmington, De.: Press of Ferris Bros., 1883. [4],531 [i.e. 529]pp. Original three-quarter pebbled morocco and marbled boards, spine stamped in gilt and blind. Neat, expert repair to leather on the front board, else fine.

Privately printed by Admiral Du Pont's widow for distribution to family and friends. The bulk of the book contains Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont's dispatches and letters during the Union blockade of the Confederacy in the first two years of the Civil War. At the time, he was in command of the USS Wabash operating off the coast of South Carolina, and included are Du Pont's official blockading instructions and other orders, as well as voluminous correspondence with Navy Secretary Gideon Welles and other American naval commanders. Chief among these is Du Pont's eight-page report to Secretary Welles detailing his successful attack on Port Royal Harbor on November 8, 1861, which secured for the Union the finest natural harbor on the South Atlantic coast. Justifiably lauded for this achievement and for his enforcement of the blockade, Du Pont was blamed in 1863 for his failure to recapture Charleston, and was relieved of his command. Altogether, his dispatches and letters are an important first-person account of the development and execution of Union naval strategy in the Atlantic in the first two years of the Civil War. During the Mexican-American War, Du Pont commanded the Cyane, a ship in Commodore Stockton's Pacific fleet, and he was a leader in American efforts to capture California for the United States. The first thirty-eight pages of this volume contain dispatches and correspondence regarding operations off the Pacific during that war, including while was engaged in transporting Fremont's troops to San Diego.

This book was issued in two different bindings - in full cloth and in three-quarter pebbled morocco and boards (as here). Of the two options, the latter binding is more attractive. Admiral Du Pont's family issued a second volume, focusing exclusively on Du Pont's journals from the Mexican-American War, in 1885. It has become a part of bookseller lore that these volumes were each published in an edition of only fifty volumes (see entries 173 and 174 in the Eberstadt catalogue noted below), though availability in institutional collections would argue for a larger edition limitation. TUTOROW 4098. GARRETT, p.207. COWAN (1964 ADDITIONS), 144. HOWES D589, "b." NEVINS I, p.223. KURUTZ & MATHES, THE FORGOTTEN WAR, p.133. HILL 520. BARRETT 745. EBERSTADT 132:174. $2,000

Among the Earliest Printings of the Emancipation Proclamation in the West 13. [Emancipation Proclamation]: SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION. VOL. XXIV.---WHOLE NUMBER 3585. SACRAMENTO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1862. Sacramento. September 24, 1862. [4]pp., printed in seven columns. Folio newspaper. One vertical and three horizontal folds. Minor separation at cross-folds and along folds. Light edgewear and soiling. About very good.

A highly significant issue of one of the oldest Sacramento newspapers, containing a very early printing of the preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was not formally issued until January 1, 1863, but on September 22, 1862 President Lincoln announced a preliminary version of the proclamation which, as Charles Eberstadt notes was, "the next day...carried in full by almost every leading paper in the country." Indeed, the completion of the transcontinental telegraph less than a year before enabled the news of the preliminary Proclamation to travel to California in time to appear in the morning edition of the SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION less than forty-eight hours after Lincoln issued it. The text of the Proclamation appears in the center of the middle column on page two of this issue, along with a brief editorial lauding the announcement as "evidence that the President is convinced that such an important step is necessary to enable him to preserve the Union. It is a momentous step in the progress of events, and mortal man cannot predict the effects which are to follow." The issue also contains other war news and Supreme Court decisions, as well as much local news, including a murder in San Joaquin County, reports on education and agriculture, and a variety of advertisements for local businesses. EBERSTADT, LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, p.10. $300

Firsthand Memoir of Kansas Life During Crucial Decades 14. Goodlander, C.W.: MEMOIRS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF C.W. GOODLANDER OF THE EARLY DAYS OF FORT SCOTT, FROM APRIL 29, 1858 TO JANUARY 1, 1870, COVERING THE TIME PRIOR TO THE ADVENT OF THE RAILROAD AND DURING THE DAYS OF THE OX- TEAM AND STAGE TRANSPORTATION. Fort Scott, Ks.: Monitor Book & Printing Co., 1899. 79pp., plus five full-page plates from photographs (including frontispiece). 16mo. Original red flexible cloth, gilt. Leather lightly soiled and edgeworn. Contemporary pencil ownership inscription on rear fly leaf. Very clean internally. Very good.

This is the first edition, supposedly issued in a few copies for friends, "compliments of Citizens National Bank, Fort Scott, Kansas" at Christmas, 1899. "A well-written, entertaining, and informative local history" - Dary. "This is a work of real homespun flavor. Goodlander came to Fort Scott in '58 when the town consisted of a mere handful of settlers. His descriptions of those days, of the pioneers, and of the settlers who followed, as also of events - the border war, the sanguinary raids and the upbuilding of this typical sunflower settlement - are intimate and first-hand" - Eberstadt. Goodlander includes biographies of founders of Fort Scott, his experiences in building his business - he built homes, businesses, and other buildings, including City Hall, and eventually became president of Citizens National Bank - the activities of border ruffians before and during the Civil War, social life, and many more events through the 1860s. OCLC locates nine copies. DARY, KANZANA 273. HOWES G240, "aa." RADER 1623. GRAFF 1584 (1900 edition). EBERSTADT 168:263. OCLC 987689993. $750

The Gospel According to St. Matthew Translated for the Aleuts of Alaska by Russian Missionaries 15. [Gospel According to St. Matthew in Aleut]: Tyzhnov, Il'ia: O MATFEA SVATOE BLAGOVIESTVOVANIE.... [GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW TRANSLATED INTO THE ALEUT-KODIAK LANGUAGE]. St. Petersburg: Synod Press, 1848. [2],270,[1]pp., text printed in double columns. Contemporary three-quarter diced russia and marbled paper boards, spine ruled in gilt, and with five gilt stamps of the Russian imperial orb. Expertly recased, with some repair of spine ends. A bit of light shelfwear. Ownership label of Very Reverend Makary A. Baranoff on front free endpaper and margin of first text page, pencil shelf-mark on front free endpaper. Near fine.

A translation of the Gospel according to St. Matthew into the language of the Aleuts of Alaska, and excellent evidence of the Russian missionary presence and the roots of Eastern Orthodoxy in Alaska two decades before its purchase by the United States. "This is one of the religious works translated by Father Tyzhnov for the use of the Aleuts and the inhabitants of Kadiak Island. Father Tyzhnov was stationed in Alaska and translated into the Aleutian language several other religious books. He also compiled an Aleutian-Kadiak primer" - Lada-Mocarski. The title is printed twice - in the Aleut-Kodiak language, and in Church Slavonic, and the text of the Gospel is printed in double columns, in Aleut-Kodiak on the left and in Church Slavonic on the right. Both languages, however, are printed in Church Slavonic characters, and Lada-Mocarski notes that the page numbers are in Church Slavonic numerals.

This copy bears the ownership label of the Very Reverend Markary A. Baranoff on the front free endpaper and the margin of the first page of text. Rev. Baranoff (1883-1969) was a Russian Orthodox priest on Saint Paul Island, Alaska, who assisted in the translation of Russian texts into the Aleut language. OCLC locates seven copies of the present work, at the Smithsonian, the Newberry Library (the Pilling-Ayer copy), Cleveland Public Library, Harvard, Yale, the Presbyterian Historical Society Library, and Cambridge University. Quite uncommon in the market - I note two copies at auction in the past fifty- two years. LADA-MOCARSKI 132. WICKERSHAM 5863. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 3867. PILLING (ESKIMO), p.91. AYER (ALEUT) 2. DARLOW & MOULE 3528. OCLC 8784624, 79617016, 19658488, 84724493. $3,850

A Landmark of Western Americana and the Santa Fe Trails, With an Important Map 16. Gregg, Josiah: COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES: OR THE JOURNAL OF A SANTA FE TRADER, DURING EIGHT EXPEDITIONS ACROSS THE GREAT WESTERN PRAIRIES, AND A RESIDENCE OF NEARLY NINE YEARS IN NORTHERN MEXICO. New York: Henry G. Langley, 1844. Two volumes: 320,318pp., including in-text illustrations, plus six plates and two maps (one folding and tinted). 12mo. Original gilt pictorial brown cloth, spines gilt. Cloth lightly rubbed and corners a bit worn, spine ends of first volume chipped, spine ends of second volume worn. Early bookplate of David Morgan Hildreth on both front pastedowns, ownership signature of J.C. Reynolds on front free endpaper of both volumes. A bit of light foxing, heaviest on titlepage and frontispiece of second volume, some of the plates slightly darkened. Very good, the map near fine.

First edition, first issue of a classic of Western Americana and an authoritative, firsthand description of the Santa Fe Trail, New Mexico before the American conquest, and the Native tribes of the southern Plains. "Gregg wrote as a man of experience and not as a professional writer. He wrote not only the classic of the Santa Fe trade and trail but one of the classics of bedrock Americana" - Dobie.

"Gregg made his first trip over the Santa Fe Trail in 1831; his last trip to Santa Fe was in 1839. The work stands as a cornerstone of all studies on the Santa Fe Trail in the early period, describing the origin and development of the trade, Gregg's own experiences, and useful statistics for 1822-1843" - Rittenhouse. A native of Tennessee, Josiah Gregg initially went to Santa Fe in 1831 to improve his health, and became an active trader on the Santa Fe Trail for the next decade. Largely self-taught, though with an early interest in mathematics, he was an excellent observer of his surroundings and recorder of his experiences, and he tells his story in a forthright narrative that, if it lacks literary flourishes, abounds in facts and details. Gregg describes the daily activities of a Santa Fe trader, life on the prairie and the trail, camping, dealing with Mexican customs officials, the history and natural history of the region, native tribes, and much more. His mathematic ability led him to master surveying, a talent that aided him in producing the best map of the Santa Fe Trail and the surrounding country, what Carl Wheat has called "a cartographic landmark." Printed in black and green, the "Map of the Indian Territory of Northern Texas and New Mexico showing the Great Western Prairies" shows various routes through the southwest to Santa Fe, towns and villages, forts and trading posts, Indian villages and hunting grounds, rivers, and the Llano Estacado (staked plain) of Texas. The single-page map is of the interior of northern Mexico.

"An important Texas book as well as one of the great books on the West" - Streeter. "Chief authority on the Santa Fe trade-route and traffic" - Howes. WAGNER-CAMP 108:1. HOWES J401, "b." SABIN 28712. DOBIE, p.76. RADER 1684. RAINES, p.99. RITTENHOUSE 255. STREETER, TEXAS 1502. WHEAT, TRANSMISSISSIPPI WEST II, pp.186-188 and item 482. POWELL, SOUTHWEST CLASSICS. FLAKE 3716. FIELD 625. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST, 83. GRAFF 1659. $4,250

With Manuscript Corrections in Harrison’s Hand 17. Harrison, William Henry: A DISCOURSE ON THE ABORIGINES OF THE VALLEY OF THE OHIO....TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED SOME REMARKS ON THE STUDY OF HISTORY. Cincinnati: [Printed at the Office of the Cincinnati Express], 1838. 51pp., plus folding map. Manuscript notes and corrections on three pages in Harrison's hand. Full modern morocco, spine gilt. A bit of light foxing, but generally quite clean internally. Very good.

A significant study by William Henry Harrison of the native tribes of the Ohio Valley, published two years before he was elected ninth President of the United States, and three years before his death. This copy bears manuscript notes in Harrison's hand on three text pages, making five corrections to the printed text, as are found in a few other copies of this first edition. These corrections were incorporated into later printings of Harrison's text. Further, Harrison has modified the first "i" in "aborigines" in the title to resemble a Native American symbol.

William Henry Harrison's firsthand experience with the native tribes of the Ohio Valley dated back to the 1790s, when as a teenager he was commissioned an ensign in the United States Army and assigned to a fort near present-day Cincinnati. He served as Anthony Wayne's aide-de-camp and participated in the important victory against the tribes of the Western Confederacy at Fallen Timbers in 1794. Harrison went on to win fame in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, and in other actions in the Old Northwest during the War of 1812, accomplishments that helped carry him to victory in his 1840 bid for the presidency.

Harrison's published writings consist mostly of political speeches, and this DISCOURSE on the Native American tribes of the Ohio Valley is his only published non-political work. Presented at the request of the Historical Society of Ohio, it demonstrates his abiding interest in the native tribes of the region. Harrison describes the origins and development of the tribes, their histories in the Ohio Valley, the activities of the "mound builders," the state of their civilization - especially as compared to that of New England tribes - and more. As Thomson states, Harrison's arguments "are presented in a clear, forcible, and interesting manner." The map depicts the location of a Native American mound in southwestern Ohio, not far from his home and that of his son, John Scott Harrison. THOMSON 514. FIELD 660 (1840 edition). HOWES H245, "aa." CRONIN & WISE (HARRISON), 4 (1839 periodical reprint). SABIN 30571. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 50738. DAB VIII, pp.348-352. $3,500

Farewell Sermon for New Yorkers Sailing to the California Gold Fields, With an Added Leaf Giving Further Details on the Event 18. Johnson, Samuel Roosevelt, Rev.: CALIFORNIA: A SERMON PREACHED IN ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, BROOKLYN, N.Y. ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1849. New York: Stanford and Swords, 1849. 19,[1]pp. Plus [1]p. printed on coated paper of a different stock and size, relating to the voyage (see below) affixed to the final page of the main text. Dbd., removed from a sammelband. Early pencil inscription in upper margin of titlepage. Light foxing and offsetting. Very good.

One of the earliest published California Gold Rush-related sermons. Johnson, rector of St. John's Church, dedicated this sermon to the "goodly company" of the barque St. Mary, with "earnest prayers for their welfare and success." Among the members of the company going to California was his own son, as well as the sons and relatives of other parishioners and local ministers. Johnson does not call into question the motives of the men about to sail to California, does not imply that they are motivated by greed. Rather, he preaches, "God has made it a part of our human constitution to desire the property by which we and our families may be well sustained and provided for. It is a legitimate motive." The Reverend advises the gold-seekers that they might also find treasure in California as instruments for civilizing that wilderness, and urges the congregation to send "Bibles, Prayer Books, Tracts, useful publications, and all needed things" to help spread Christianity westward. This sermon was printed so as to be ready on February 17th, when the St. Mary was to have sailed.

Affixed to the final page of this copy is a bifolium on coated paper, each leaf measuring 7¼ x 4¾ inches, with scalloped edges. One page only is printed, with details of why and when Johnson's sermon was printed, and on changes the Reverend made when giving the sermon again on February 18, 1849. Kurutz notes the presence of this same tipped-in note in the copy of Johnson's sermon at the Huntington Library, but it is not noted in the Streeter copy, or by Sabin or Cowan, and is not in another copy that I have examined, which is in original wrappers. KURUTZ 362. COWAN, p.315. SABIN 36320. STREETER SALE 2574. $425

Significant Map of Louisiana and New Orleans at the End of the French & Indian War 19. Lopez de Vargas Machuca, Tomas: LA LUISIANA CEDIDA AL REI N.S. POR S.M. CHRISTIANISIMA, CON LA NUEVA ORLEANS, E ISLA EN QUE SE HALLA ESTA CIUDAD. Madrid. 1762. Engraved map, 16 x 16 inches, on a 20 x 19¼ inch sheet. Upper and lower margins expertly replaced with matching paper, the upper black ink border in fine facsimile. Small hole in left-center portion of the map, not affecting any printed text. Overall, in very good condition.

A very interesting, informative, and attractive map of Louisiana, issued at a crucial time in North American history - the conclusion of the French and Indian War, when much territory changed hands. The map was produced in conjunction with the secret cession of Louisiana from France to Spain at the end of the French and Indian War.

Produced by the Spanish royal cartographer, the map is actually comprised of three maps in one. The largest of the maps shows Louisiana, the northern part of Florida, and much of Texas from the Gulf all the way north to Lake Michigan, with the gulf coast and the Mississippi River highlighted in brown wash. The map is very detailed, showing rivers (large and small) throughout the territory, as well as other topographic features, settlements, and the locations of a number of Indian tribes. Above this are two smaller maps, one being a detailed plan of New Orleans, "Plaza de la Nueva Orleans," keyed to a list of sixteen significant locations, including churches, a hospital, the governor's residence, fortifications, and plazas. The other smaller map is "Suplemento del Rio Misissipi [sic] hasta donde se conoce su curso,"

purportedly showing the source of the Mississippi. Lopez credits the earlier work of French cartographers Jean Baptiste d'Anville and Jacques Nicolas Bellin, the latter the chief hydrographer to the French crown, who both produced important maps of Louisiana. "Tomas Lopez de Vargas Machaca served as the cartographer to the king of Spain throughout the second half of the eighteenth century. This work reflects the point at which Louisiana became a Spanish colony through a royal family compact between the sovereigns of France and Spain....These three maps reflect either the common availability of French printed maps in Europe, coupled with a Spanish curiosity about its newly acquired territory, or a genuine sharing of data by the two monarchies during the middle of the eighteenth century, especially during the reformist regime of Spain's Carlos III" - Charting Louisiana.

Not in Phillips's 1901 catalogue of maps of America in the Library of Congress, though the Library did receive a copy in 1906 as part of the Woodbury Lowery collection of maps of the Spanish possessions within the limits of the United States. Sellers and Van Ee note two copies at the Library of Congress in their catalogue of MAPS AND CHARTS OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES 1750- 1789. The Streeter copy was bought by Nebenzahl for $260, and I can find three other copies at auction since, including a copy that sold in June, 2018 for $6000.

An attractive map of Louisiana and New Orleans at a critical moment in the region's history, illustrating the Spanish government's interest in its newly-acquired territory. CHARTING LOUISIANA, p.52 & item 34. WHEAT, TRANSMISSISSIPPI WEST I, item 142. LOWERY 467. SELLERS & VAN EE 1674. STREETER SALE 3913. $3,250

Illustrated Songster Celebrating American Military Triumphs in Mexico and Beyond 20. [Mexican-American War]: [Taylor, Zachary]: THE ROUGH AND READY SONGSTER: EMBELLISHED WITH TWENTY-FIVE SPLENDID ENGRAVINGS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF AMERICAN VICTORIES IN MEXICO. By an American Officer. New York: Nafis & Cornish, and St. Louis: Nafis, Cornish & Co., [1848]. 250, vi pp., including twenty-five engravings (ten of them full-page, including frontispiece portrait), titlepage vignette, and tail pieces. 24mo. Original sheep, gilt pictorial spine. Boards rubbed and lightly scuffed, corners bumped, small nick in head of spine. Scattered light foxing, old tideline in final forty pages. Good.

An attractive little volume of songs produced to celebrate American victories in the Mexican-American War, and to bolster Gen. Zachary Taylor's (ultimately successful) bid for the Presidency in 1848. Included are the lyrics, without music, to scores of songs, including celebrations of American victories at Veracruz, Monterey, Puebla, Buena Vista, and the capture of Mexico City. The engravings show several of these crucial battles and the frontispiece is a portrait of Taylor himself. There are songs in memory of other famous American military heroes, such as Washington, Jackson, and John Paul Jones, as well as lyrics celebrating ordinary soldiers from Ohio, Connecticut, Kentucky, and elsewhere. Other songs commemorate victories during the Revolution and the War of 1812, and several songs laud Texas, including the Battle of the Alamo, the death of Crockett, "song of the Texian Ranger," "Texas War Cry," and more. Though well-represented institutionally, this little songbook is rather scarce in the market. GARRETT, p.278. SABIN 73463. $950

Written and Published by the Students of Mills College 21. [Mills College]: THE MILLS QUARTERLY. VOL. 1. NO. 2. JANUARY, 1873 [wrapper title]. Brooklyn, Alamada Co., Ca. January, 1873. pp.[39]-79, plus [10]pp. of ads numbered in roman numerals. Original printed wrappers, with advertisements on the verso of the front wrapper and both sides of the

rear wrapper. Perforated stamp on front wrapper, paper splitting along rear hinge. A bit of faint staining in the lower margin of the front wrapper and first eight leaves. Very good.

This is the second issue of this uncommon and short-lived periodical, "published quarterly by the pupils of Mills Seminary." The first issue appeared in November, 1872. This copy bears the ownership signature in the upper margin of the first text page of Anna L. Sawyer, a Mills College student who went on to become a librarian at the school's Margaret Carnegie Library. Mills, a women's college, was founded in Benicia, California, in 1852 as the Young Ladies Seminary, and in 1871 it moved some thirty miles south to its current location in Oakland. The contents include ruminations on philosophical and social questions, poetry, news of students and college graduates, a visit by a group of students to a gold mine, local and school news, and more. The advertisements are for a number of Bay Area businesses. OCLC lists only one institution holding any issues of THE MILLS QUARTERLY, at the Bancroft Library, which has a run that begins with the first issue and continues through volume three, number three (October, 1875), quite possibly the terminus of the publication. OCLC 213709676. $125

Court Martialed for Improprieties in the Construction of Fort Riley, Kansas 22. [Montgomery, William R.]: Wood, George, and John C. Bullitt: PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF COURT MARTIAL, IN THE CASE OF BREVET LIEUT. COL. WM. R. MONTGOMERY. Philadelphia: C. Sherman & Son, 1858. 104pp., plus folding plate. Formerly bound in boards, which are now lacking, but retaining the original front wrapper (rear wrapper lacking). Ex-library, with inkstamp on front wrapper and blindstamp on front wrapper and titlepage. 1½ inch tear in front wrapper, with no loss. Plate splitting along one fold. Very clean internally. Very good overall.

Scarce printing (likely privately commissioned) of the defense put forth by Lt. Col. William R. Montgomery, the court martialed commander of Fort Riley, Kansas Territory, who was charged with misappropriating lands on the fort's reserve for himself and his associates. Fort Riley, in eastern Kansas, was established in 1853 and construction began two years later. According to Frazer, it was hoped by some that Fort Riley would permit the abandonment of other forts in the region, including Leavenworth, Scott, Atkinson, Kearny, and Laramie. William Montgomery was an 1825 graduate of West Point and had a long and distinguished service career, including along the Canadian border, during the Second Seminole War, garrison duty in Texas in 1846, and service with Zachary Taylor during the Mexican-American War. Montgomery took command at Fort Riley in 1854 and was quickly charged with malfeasances with regard to the lands of the Fort Riley Reserve. Court martialed in 1855, he was dismissed from the army. The Handbook of Texas suggests that Montgomery may have been targeted due to his Free Soil sympathies. These PAPERS give Montgomery's defense of his actions, affidavits in support from associates, the opinion of George Wood of New York, and an argument in Montgomery's defense by the prominent Philadelphia lawyer, John C. Bullitt. The map is a “Plat of the Military Reserve for Fort Riley, K. T.”, submitted by Montgomery and showing the location of the fort and the surrounding reserve, as well as the boundary lines of Col. Montgomery, and the "President's Line."

This report is quite scarce institutionally and in the market. The only copy listed in Rare Book Hub was offered by Goodspeed's in 1966. The present copy was in the collection of the library of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (deaccessioned in 2017), with their inkstamp and blindstamp on the front wrapper and their blindstamp on the titlepage. OCLC locates only three copies of this title, at the Library of Congress, the Navy Department Library, and the Social Law Library. OCLC also has a record for an electronic version of this title, which is a "reproduction of the original from the New York City Bar," i.e., this very copy. OCLC 65967015, 41021922, 123485773. FRAZER, FORTS OF THE WEST, p.57. HANDBOOK OF TEXAS (online). $750

Photographically-Illustrated History of a Pioneering San Francisco Church, In a Stunning Binding 23. [San Francisco]: "SILVER WEDDING." THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF SAN FRANCISCO, CELEBRATED WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th, 1874. [San Francisco]: Spaulding & Barto, 1874. 131pp. Four original photographic prints (including frontispiece) and five lithographs (two colored) included in the pagination. Half title. 12mo. Original full green morocco, richly gilt, a.e.g. A touch of light wear to extremities, hinges reinforced internally. Contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper. Old tideline affecting the lithographs and the sectional titles and half title, almost certainly before the volume was bound, as the text is unaffected. Very good overall, in a beautiful original binding.

A truly remarkable copy of this rather scarce photographically-illustrated history of the First Congregational Church of San Francisco, bound in a spectacular and amazingly well-preserved original green morocco and gilt binding, the work of an able San Francisco bookbinder. This title was issued in two bindings - a cloth binding with less extensive gilt stamping than the present copy, and in a deluxe binding of green morocco, as here, which was likely produced in smaller numbers for presentation to those with a special connection to the church. This copy bears the ownership signature on the front fly leaf, "Flint 1874," quite possibly E.P. Flint, who was a deacon of the First Congregational Church in the 1860s.

Laid into this copy are two printed tickets for events held to benefit the First Congregational Church in the 1860s. One, printed in black ink on white stock, is a ticket to "J. Ross Browne's Lecture on Iceland, at the Congregational Church, Thursday Evening, August 27, 1863. Admit a Gentleman and a Lady, -- $1.00." J. Ross Browne, a well-known figure of Gold Rush-era politics, had moved his family to Europe in the 1860s, where he travelled extensively. This 1863 lecture describes his travels in Iceland, which at the time was little-explored and would have been of great interest to San Franciscans. The other ticket, on orange stock with an attractive printed border, is for "Six Lectures. Benefit of Congregational Church Organ Fund. Admit a Gentleman and a Lady. Season Tickets, $5." Both are signed on the verso by the well-known San Francisco merchant and entrepreneur, Charles Holbrook - in the first instance with his initials, and in the latter with his first initial and last name. Such ephemeral survivals from San Francisco public lectures of the early 1860s are uncommon indeed.

The First Congregational Church, founded in January, 1849 by the Rev. Timothy Dwight Hunt, newly- arrived from Hawaii, was the bedrock of the Protestant faith in San Francisco during the Gold Rush years and beyond. This volume was issued to celebrate the church's twenty-fifth anniversary, and provides a history of the congregation, its ministers and leaders; congratulatory letters from clergy around the country; and a description of the events held to celebrate the silver jubilee. The four original photographic

prints are portraits of current and past clergy (including Deacon F.S. Hawley, who was lost in the sinking of the steamer "Central America" on September 12, 1857), and blank pages are bound in at the end for the placement of additional photographs by the owner of this copy (no additional pictures are included). The plates show the past buildings used by the congregation, as well as exterior and interior views of its grand church building at the corner of Post and Mason streets, dedicated in 1872.

A remarkable copy of this photographically-illustrated history of the First Congregational Church of San Francisco, in a gorgeous contemporary binding and with significant ephemera laid in. KURUTZ & BOTHAMLEY, CALIFORNIA BOOKS ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS, 1856- 1890, p. 18 & item18. DRURY, CALIFORNIA IMPRINTS 828. COWAN, p.211. NORRIS CATALOGUE 3494. $1,000

Memoir of Crossing the Plains to California in 1859, And of Agricultural Development in the Central Valley 24. Stockton, William Jasper, and Ralph Leroy Milliken (editor): THE PLAINS OVER. THE REMINISCENCES OF WILLIAM JASPER STOCKTON. Los Banos, Ca.: Los Banos Enterprise, 1939. [6],55pp. Portait. Half title. Mid-twentieth century red morocco, boards ruled and tooled in gilt, spine gilt, raised bands, t.e.g. Previous owner's inscription and ink stamp on front fly leaf. Fine.

A rather scarce "modern-day overland" narrative of crossing the Plains to California in 1859. William Jasper Stockton was ninety-one when he published his memoirs, and only eleven years old when he, his father, and his uncle herded cattle from Kansas to California. Along the way they lost three-quarters of their herd and just barely missed the attack on the Shepard immigrant train by Snake Indians in Bear River country, which Stockton implies was at the behest of the Mormons. They travelled along the Platte River Road and then used Sublette's Cut-off. Stockton was also among the pioneer settlers of Los Banos, in California's Central Valley, and his memoir is a valuable account of the beginnings of that community, and of irrigating crops in California by means of canals and organized canal companies. Almost certainly printed in a small number for private distribution among the nonagenarian's family and friends. The only copy at auction noted by Rare Book Hub was sold at Bonhams in 2015 for $1625. MATTES 1730. MINTZ 447. ROCQ 5404. EBERSTADT 134:148. $1,250

British Call to Use Steamships to Improve Mail Transportation to the West Coast of South America 25. [Trans-Isthmian Communication]: [Pacific Steamships]: MEMORANDUM LIMA JUNE 18th 1836. THE ATTENTION OF THE BRITISH MERCHANTS AND RESIDENTS IN PERU IS HEREBY REQUESTED TO THE ANNEXED COPIES OF DESPATCHES UPON THE SUBJECT OF OPENING THROUGH PANAMA A DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAN AND THE WESTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA [caption title and beginning of text]. Lima, Peru. 1836. [6]pp. plus [9]pp. of schedules and statements (one folding, one in duplicate). Folio, 12½ x 8¾ inches. Unbound. Light soiling and wear around the edges. Very good.

A strong call for improved British communication with merchants on the west coast of South America, and for the increased use of Pacific steamships to advance such communication. Issued by Belford Hinton Wilson, the British Consul General in Lima, this memorandum urges the British merchants of Peru to consider methods for improving communications and commerce between British interests in the Caribbean and the home islands, across the Isthmus of Panama, and to the west coast of South America, particularly Peru, Chile, and Bolivia. The main thrust of the argument is the necessity for improving mail transportation. The solution proposed is an increase in the number of British steamships operating among ports on the west coast of South America. The attached schedules detail the costs of operating steamers,

distances between a number of South American ports, the amount of receipts to be raised by the steamship activity, and the number of letters that could be expected to be forwarded annually from Britain and Europe to South America. I can find no copies in OCLC or Copac. $375

American Philosophical Society Librarian Seeks to Acquire Manuscripts 26. Vaughan, John: [AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIAN, JOHN VAUGHAN, TO JULIUS TIMOLEON DUCATEL, IN BALTIMORE, ASKING HIM FOR HELP IN SECURING FOR THE SOCIETY MANUSCRIPTS USED BY JOHN BURK AND LOUIS HUE GIRARDIN IN THEIR HISTORY OF VIRGINIA]. Philadelphia. January 8, 1833. [1]p. autograph letter, signed, on a folio sheet. Addressed on the verso for mailing. Old folds, tear in lower edge (repaired with tissue), from wax seal upon opening. A couple of small, closed tears, one with an early repair. Near fine.

An interesting letter, demonstrating the efforts of John Vaughan, the long-serving librarian of the American Philosophical Society, in securing manuscripts for the institution. Vaughan (1756-1841) served as librarian of the APS from 1803 until his death, and for the final twenty years of his life he actually lived in Philosophical Hall, in the rooms formerly used as the studio and gallery of Thomas Sully. According to a biographical sketch on the APS website, Vaughan "diligently worked to expand the society's collections through requests for private donations, exchanges of material, and appeals to European and American learned societies to donate their publications."

This letter was written by Vaughan to Julius Timoleon Ducatel (1796-1849), professor of chemistry and geology at the University of Maryland. Ducatel, residing in Baltimore, had just a year earlier, in 1832, been elected a member of the American Philosophical Society. Vaughan asks Ducatel for his help in securing the material used by John Burk and Louis Hue Girardin in their four-volume HISTORY OF VIRGINIA, published between 1804 and 1816. He notes that this material would be a good supplement to the Lee family papers and material donated by Thomas Jefferson on the Revolutionary era. Vaughan writes (in part), "My friend Mr. Myers of Richmond informs me that the manuscripts of Burke [sic] and Girardin were given to some person to deliver or send to the Am. Philosophical Society, who possess a large collection of original documents relative to the history of the country generally & of particular states. The Lee family have put us in possession of the original letters of the great men of the Revolution which have been used & [?] in their[?] historical publications. We would be much pleased to add to them those of Burke & Girardin who must have had a vast mass of valuable materials - most of which they may have used, but the possession of the originals is important to us. Mr. Jefferson furnished us much in our collection & we have an historical branch established [?] for the purpose of attending to this department."

The American Philosophical Society archive has Ducatel's reply to Vaughan, dated January 15, 1833, relating to the Burk and Girardin manuscripts. $175

Detailed Report on the Savannah Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1876 27. Waring, James J.: SUPPLEMENT TO THE MAYOR'S REPORT, JANUARY 1st, 1879. THE EPIDEMIC AT SAVANNAH, 1876. ITS CAUSES, THE MEASURES OF PREVENTION, ADOPTED BY THE MUNICIPALITY DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF HON. J.F. WHEATON, MAYOR. Savannah, Ga.: Morning News Steam Printing House, 1879. [2],188pp., plus folding colored map and five plates (one on a smaller sheet). Three errata slips. Original cloth, stamped in gilt and black. Light rubbing and shelfwear. Light, even tanning to text. Near fine.

The Yellow Fever epidemic that struck Savannah in 1876 was the worst yet, claiming more lives than similar outbreaks in 1820 and 1854 (though a smaller percentage of the overall population). Approximately 1000 casualties from yellow fever were recorded in Savannah in 1876, most of them occurring in the months of September and October. The present report, compiled by Dr. James J. Waring, chairman of the city's "Dry Culture Committee," investigates the causes of the epidemic and proposes reforms to prevent a recurrence of the pestilence. The direct cause is attributed to bacteria that thrived and spread in "two hundred acres of surface putrefactions within the corporate limits of Savannah." This was a result of inadequate drainage of waste canals (especially the Bilbo Canal), exceptional meteorological conditions, and "the usual but objectionable condition of 3,360 privy vaults." The report places a heavy emphasis on bacteria as causing the disease, reflecting current medical thinking on the subject, and also considers the question of the effectiveness of quarantine. The plates show various bacteria, as well as the latest styles of privies, waste wagons, and tubs. The colored map shows the conditions that fostered the spread of the disease in Savannah in 1876. Not in Cordasco. DE RENNE II, pp.784-785. $750