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Spring - Summer Auctions, 2010

May 13, 2010 – Americana - Travel - Natural History - Cartography

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Front Cover: Lot 59 Back Cover: Clockwise from upper left: Lots 72, 113, 167, 4

Bond # 14425383

Section I: Maps & Atlases 1. (Atlas) Beers, F.W. Atlas of New York and Vicinity. 50 maps, including 6 folding and one (22a) on verso of another map. (Folio) 45x37 cm. (17½x14½), original calf backed cloth.

New York: F.W. Beers, A.D. Ellis, & G.G. Soule, 1867

Includes 9 pages of views at rear. Covers detached, spine worn; title page and contents leaf irregularly creased; large folding general map at front with long tears and irregular folding and wrinkling, other folding maps with tears and lesser irregular folding, a few small marginal tears to other maps; binding poor, maps generally very good; offered as a collection of maps, sold as is.

(700/1000)

2. (Atlas) Bradley’s Atlas of the Western Hemisphere for Commercial and Library Reference. With 48 (of 49) hand-colored lithographed maps, all but 6 of them double-page. 48x34 cm. (19x13½”), quarter morocco & cloth, all edges gilt.

Philadelphia: Wm. M. Bradley & Bro., 1889

Detailed maps of the various states (a few doubled-up), plus the whole of the U.S., the World, Mexico, South America, etc. Lacking the map of Arkansas, and with an unnumbered map of Massachusetts. Covers detached, leather missing from corners; maps clean and fine.

(500/800)

3. (Atlas) Butler, samuel. An Atlas of Antient Geography. [6], [3]-34 pp. (mostly index pages). With 21 double-page copper-engraved maps, 20 of them hand-colored in outline. 21.8x14.5 cm. (8½x5¾”), original leather-backed cloth, paper cover label.

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1836

Spine and corners well rubbed, head chipped, from joint cracked; dampstain to gutter of title-page & following leaf, internally very good.

(150/250)

Section I: Maps & Atlases, Lots 1-18

Section II: Natural History, Lots 19-87

Section III: Americana & Travel, Lots 88-189

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1859 EDITION OF COLTON’S ATLAS4. (Atlas) Colton, G. WentWorth. Colton’s General Atlas, Containing One Hundred and Seventy Steel Plate Maps and Plans, on One Hundred Imperial Folio Sheets...accompanied by Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical by Richard S. Fisher, M.D. With 102 pages of lithographed maps and plans, all but a few hand-colored, 6 are double-page (counting as two numbers), many with insets; hand-colored double-page plate of comparative mountains and rivers of the world; steel-engraved frontispiece. (folio) 44.5x37.5 cm. (17½x14¾”), quarter morocco and cloth, lettered in gilt.

New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1859

The scarce 1859 edition of Colton’s General Atlas, with maps of the various states and regions of the U.S. and the rest of the world. Among the more remarkable maps in this edition is “Colton’s Territories of New Mexico and Utah,” which has Utah, New Mexico and Arizona parallel to each other, in that order, with Arizona named but only in ghost-like letters, all three stretching westward to the California border. There is a large, double-page map of Texas, an interesting map of the northwest with Washington what was later Idaho and portions of Montana, and many other interesting configurations and features as the American West was gradually forming itself into its present familiar states. Phillips Atlases 827 (citing 1858 edition). Some staining and wear to covers; minor staining to prelims., some marginal staining at rear, moderate browning to contents, else very good.

(2000/3000)

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5. (Atlas) De VauGonDy, roBert. Nouvel Atlas Portatif. Destiné Principalement pour l’Instruction de la Jeunesse... Revu, corrigé et augumenté par C.F. Delamarche Géographe... 9 pp. plus 55 double-page copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline (including maps numbered 21-2, 42-2 & 47-2); large folding map of France (dated 1814) inserted between maps 14 & 15 but not called for in table of contents. (4to) 13x10, period boards.

Paris: Delamarche, After 1814

While the majority of the maps are of Europe, there are interesting depictions of Asia and the Americas as well. Backstrip detached, boards worn at edges, front board and first two text leaves detached; some foxing; very good.

(1000/1500)

6. (Atlas) Johnson, a[lVin] J. Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World, With Physical Geography, and with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical and Historical, Including the Latest Federal Census, a Geographical Index, and a Chronological History of the Civil War in America. Text by Richard Swainson Fisher, M.D. With 60 hand-colored maps (37 are double-page); 2 hand-colored plates, showing world time differences and flags of the world (double-page); 5 charts showing the heights of mountains and lengths of rivers of the world (double-page); engraved frontispiece illustration titled “American Atlas”; plus wood engravings within the text. Also, a Chronological History of the Great Rebellion. (Folio) 45.5x36.5 cm. (18x14½”), original quarter brown morocco and cloth, decoratively blind-stamped, lettered and stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers.

New York: Johnson and Ward, 1866

The comprehensive Johnson’s atlas of the United States and the world, with 34 maps focusing on the Americas, with 27 of those pertaining to the United States. Double-page maps include: The World; North America; portions of Canada; United States and several individual U.S. states; New York City and Brooklyn; Richmond and Peninsular Campaign; Texas; California and the Southwest; West Indies; South America; Europe; England and Wales; France, Spain and Portugal; Germany; Italy; Austria, Turkey in Europe and Greece; Africa; and the Roman Empire. Phillips 4346. Scuffing to extremities, some fading to covers; mild browning to contents, a few marginal chips or tears, several leaves at front detached but all are present; very good.

(1500/2500)

7. (Atlas - San Francisco Earthquake) laWson, anDreW C., et al. Atlas of Maps and Seismograms accompanying the Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission upon the California Earthquake of April 18, 1906. With title-page, contents-leaf, 25 lithographed maps (most in color or duotone, some double-page), and 15 seismograms on 16 sheets, many double-page. 23¾x19, original green cloth, lettered in gilt.

Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908

Fascinating and informative atlas 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. With bookplate of the Roderic Norton Memorial Library on front pastedown; rubberstamps of Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, on title-page and contents leaf. Some rubbing/soiling to covers, wear to spine and extremities; soiling to endpapers, else very good, contents fine or nearly so.

(500/800)

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RARE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE ATLAS 8. (Atlas) soCiety For the DiFFusion oF useFul KnoWleDGe. General Atlas published under the supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, compiled from the latest and most authentic sources, including all the recent geographical discoveries, with plans of the principal cities of the world. With 218 steel-engraved maps & plans, a few with hand-coloring. 43.2x46.5 cm. (17x14”), half leather & cloth.

London: George Cox, [1853]

The famed SDUK atlas, offering maps of great detail and accuracy, of all countries and regions of the world. Of note are the 52 city plans, some of which have hand-coloring; there are also six charts of the stars. Covers quite worn, spines deteriorating; contents loose as is generally the case due to the failure of the gutta percha, the maps generally clean and quite nice.

(3000/5000)

9. (Atlas) spurr, Josiah eDWarD. Atlas to Accompany Monograph XXXI on the Geology of the Aspen District, Colorado. Title sheet, contents sheet & legend sheet + 27 color lithographed plates (2 of them double-page), being topographical maps, elevations, plans, etc. 53.5x46 cm. (21x18”), green cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Washington, D.C.: United States Geological Survey, 1898

The bright lithographed plates depict the various geologic strata and topography of the district, along with plans of the mines. Lithographed by Julius Bien, N.Y. With printed slip at corner of title-page “Fifty-fifth Congress 3d Session, House Doc. No. 101. Atlas.” Some rubbing and extremity wear to covers; front free endpaper creased, soiling to title-page, light dampstain to lower margins, a few short marginal tears repaired, about very good.

(400/600)

10. (Atlas) tunison, h. C. Tunison’s Peerless Universal Atlas of the World. 207, [1] pp. With numerous hand-colored maps, some double-page. 35.5x29.5 cm. (14x11½”), cloth.

Jacksonville, IL, et al.: H. C. Tunison, [1889]

Over half of the maps pertain to the United States and the Americas. Fading to cloth, chip to front free endpaper, foxing to tissue guard before title, else very good, internally clean and fine.

(400/600)

11. (China - Hong Kong) Plan of Central District, Hongkong. 19x39.7 cm. (7½x15½”), backed with linen, folding into boards 5½x4”.

Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, c.1910

A little wear along spine, very good.(200/300)

12. Colton, G.W. & C.B. Colton’s California. Lithographed map on banknote paper, hand-colored. 34.5x28 cm. (13½x11”) plus decorative border, folding into original cloth covers, 12.5x8.5 cm. (5x3¼”).

New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1865

Pocket map of California with inset of San Francisco. A little wear to extremities of folder, insect damage to the edges of the label affixed to inside of front cover; map with a few short edge tears, else very good.

(500/800)

Lot 8

COLTON’S WALL MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA 13. Colton, J.h. Map of South America Carefully Compiled from the Latest Maps & Charts and other Geographical Publications. Engraved map, hand-colored. 109x79 cm. (43x31”), mounted on linen, folding.

New York: J.H. Colton, 1857

Wall map of South America with insets of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, statistical tables, and charts of mountain heights and river lengths. Light dampstaining, some other wear, very good.

(400/600)

NICOLAS DE FER’S MAPS OF THE WORLD 14. Fer, niColas De. Introduction a la Geographie avec une Description Historique sur touttes les parties de la Terre. [2], 197, [9] pp. With 6 folding copper-engraved plates of maps. (8vo) 18.7x12 cm. (7¾x4¾”), period calf, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering pieces, later endpapers. Second Edition.

Paris: Chez le Sr. Danet, 1717

Charming and uncommon little geography with De Fer maps of the world (double-hemisphere, with California an island); three globes (the heavens, an armillary sphere and the world); Europe; Asia; Africa; North and South America (with California an island). There is also a small double-hemisphere world map on the title-page with California as an island. Joints starting to crack; some soiling and aging to contents, maps with old paper repairs on verso, else very good.

(2500/3500)

15. [maCnamara, John] a ClerGyman. In Perils by mine own Countrymen: Three Years on the Kansas Border. 240 pp. 7¼x4½, original decoratively blind-stamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, custom slipcase. First Edition.

New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856

Wagner-Camp states: “Graff describes MacNamara’s career in Kansas as a stormy one, as could be expected during the years of ‘Bloody Kansas.’” Wagner-Camp 277; Dary Kanzana 30; Graff 2645; Howes M175. Small repairs to spine ends and joints, some edge wear; light foxing; very good.

(150/250)

ATLAS VOLUME TO MEARES’ VOYAGES 16. meares, John. Collection de cartes geographiques, vues, marines, plans et portraits, relatifs aux voyages du Capitaine J. Meares... With title-leaf and 27 (of 28) engraved plates and charts, many folding. 29.5x21.5 cm. (11½x8½”), original leather-backed boards.

Paris: F. Buisson, An 3 [1795]

Atlas volume to the French edition of Meares’ Voyages, with views and maps of the Pacific, the northwest part of America, Alaska, etc. Lacking plate XV, the portrait of Winee. Sabin 47262. Boards rubbed; one map torn 8”, else very good.

(1500/2000)

Lot 14

17. muller, Johann W. Von. Reisen in den Vereinigten Staaten, Canada und Mexico. 3 volumes. xiv, 394; 482; xii, 643 pp. Engraved additional title page, 3 steel engraved plates; 9 lithograph plates (3 colored); 2 folding maps. (8vo) 22.5x15 cm. (8¾x6”), later cloth backed boards, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1864-65

Volume 3 contains sections on Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia and Pisces. Ex-library , remnants of label on spine of Volume 3, institutional ink stamps to several pages and versos of maps and plates; else very good.

(600/900)

18. ranD, mCnally & Co. Map of Coronado Beach, California. Lithographed map. 67x103 cm. (26½x40½”), folding.

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., c.1886

Map of Coronado island produced for the Coronado Beach Company, showing the proposed development, the site of the Coronado Hotel, etc., with inset of Southern California. E.S. Babcock, Jr., and others bought the island in 1885 for $110,000, but just as development was underway the land bust occurred, and sugar magnate John D. Spreckels, had to bail out the company. A few short crease tears, else very good, rare.

(500/800)

Section II: Natural History 19. alDini, toBia. Exactissima Descriptio Rariorum Quarundam Plantarum, Que Continentur Rome in Horto Farnesiano. [xii], 101, [1 blank], [6] pp. 22 finely engraved plates (printed on versos of text leaves), several small woodcuts in text. (Folio) 13¾x9¼, later (19th century) boards. First Edition.

Rome: Jacobi Mascardi, 1625

Aldini describes and illustrates the exotics being grown in the Horti Farnesiani in Rome, a private botanic garden. “It is sometimes thought that this book is by Piero Castelli (c. 1575-1657), physician and botanist, founder and director of the Botanical Gardens at Messina, 1638-1640” - Hunt. Boards worn at edges and corners, splitting at joints, chipping to spine ends; marginal dampstain, some foxing, occasional soiling; still very good.

(2000/2500)

Lot 19

WITH 12 WONDERFUL HAND-COLORED FLORAL PLATES 20. anDreWs, James anD louisa anne tWamley. Flora’s Gems: or, the Treasures of the Parterre. 12 finely hand-colored plates including the additional title page, interleaved with letterpress text leaves. (Folio) 14¾x11, original gilt stamped brown cloth, modern rebacking. First Edition.

London: Charles Tilt, [c. 1830-37]

The plates represent one of the most successful collaborations between artist and lithographer in terms of interpreting brush stroke, lines and detail. A few faint stains to cloth, restoration to edges and corners; some light foxing; very good.

(2000/2500)

21. axtius, Johann ConraD. Tractatus de Arboribus Coniferis et Pice Conficienda. [2], 131 pp. Engraved additional title and 5 plates. (16mo) 12.5x7.5 (5x3”), period full calf. First Edition.

Jena: Samuel Krebs for Johann Bielcken, 1679

This book discusses coniferous trees, including fir, pine, cedar and cypress, and the products they yield: pitch, agaric, mushrooms, resin and charcoal. Rare. Provenance: Ownership signature of Jean Estienne Guettard, geologist and discoverer of the volcanic origin of the Auvergne massif. Some chips to spine leather, extremities worn; institutional stamp on front flyleaf; very good.

(2000/3000)

ONE OF 200 COPIES 22. Barillet, J. Les Pensees, Histoire, Culture, Multiplication, Emploi. xii, 52 pp. 25 chromolithographic plates, each with two-tone grey-printed borders. (Folio) 13½x10½, contemporary red half morocco and mottled boards, spine gilt, top edge gilt, original front wrapper bound in.

Paris: J. Rothschild, 1869

Limited edition of 200 copies. This monograph on the best available varieties of pansy was overseen and published by Joseph Rothschild for the Societe Botanique de France. Nissen BB1 76; Stafleu and Cowan 20212. A bit of wear to edges; some general light wear and spotting to plates; very good.

(2500/3000)

Lot 20 Lot 22

23. BerinG, Vitus. Florus Danicus. [42], 688 pp. Engraved head- and tail-piece, historiated initials. (Folio) 31.5x20.5 cm. (12½x8¼”) early full calf, spine gilt.

Otthiniae [Odense]: Christiano Schrodero, 1698

Edges worn, front joint cracked, large rectangle of front pastedown endpaper excised; inked name on title page obscured by later ink scribble, some foxing; very good.

(400/600)

24. [Bertholon, pierre aBBe, et al]. Memoire qui a Remporte, au Jugement de la Societe Royale des Sciences, en 1780, le Prix Propose par les Etats de Languedoc, sur cette Question: Determiner par un Moyen Fixe, Simple & a Portee de Tout Cultivateur, le Moment Auquel le Vin en Fermentation dans la Cuve, Aura Acquis Toute la Force & Toute la Qualite dont il est Susceptible. [Bound after]: Assemblee Publique de la Societe Royale des Sciences de... tenue... le 27 Decembre 1780. 83; (3)-288, [3] pp. Folding engraved plates. (4to) 24.7x17 cm. (9¾x6¾”), modern sheep-backed boards, spine gilt. First Edition.

Montpellier: Jean Martel Aine, 1781

Contains Bertholon’s prize-winning essay on determining the progress of grape fermentation and a complete treatise on fermentation by Le Gentil, preceded by an evaluation of both works by Mourgue. Not in Simon, Bibliotheca Vinaria; for Bertholon see DSBII, 82-83. Lacking the separate title page for the work by Bertholon; an occasional spot of foxing; two dampstains to plate; very good.

(500/800)

25. [Berti, G.a.]. Coltivazione Della Canape, Instruzioni di tre Pratici. 40 pp. 3 woodcut plates. (8vo) 20.7x14.5 cm. (8¼x5¾”) early decorated flexible boards.

No place: No date [c. 1741]

Rare early work on the cultivation of cannabis for hemp production. Light wear to covers, some worming to upper inner corner of a few leaves at front, 1” strip trimmed from head of title page; very good.

(800/1200)

26. Boissier, [pierre eDmonD]. Icones Euphorbiarum ou figures de cent vingt-deux especes du genre Euphorbia dessinees et gravees par Heyland avec des considerations sur la classification et la distribution geographique des plants de ce genre. 24 pp. 122 lithograph plates. (Folio) 41x34 cm. (16¼x13½”), modern green cloth. First, and only, edition.

Paris: Victor Masson et Fils, 1866

Scarce monograph on the Genus Euphorbia, one of the most diverse genera in the plant kingdom. Some light soiling to cloth; brown stains to several plates, heavy to a few, upper corner chipped on a few plates; very good.

(800/1200)

27. BruGuiere, [J.G.]. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique des trois Regnes de la Nature...Septieme Livraison. [2], viii, 83 pp. 95 engraved plates. (Folio) 31x22.5 cm (12¼x9”) modern black cloth, spine lettered in gilt.

Paris: Panckoucke, 1791

Illustrations of worms, mollusks, etc. Cloth worn; marginal staining to several plates at rear; good.

(500/800)

BUFFON’S BIRDS WITH 849 COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS 28. BuFFon, GeorGes louis marie leClerC. Naturgeschichte der Vogel. 22 volumes. With 849 copper-engraved plates. (8vo) 16.5x9.5 cm. (6½x4¾”), original patterned boards, leather spine labels.

Bruenn: Joseph Georg Trakler, et al., 1786-1796

Published over a number of years, with the volume count growing. The present set is the first 22 volumes. The plates are numbered 1-894 (in roman numerals), but there are no plate nos. 102-140, 441, 478, or 677-680. The first four volumes contain plate nos. 100-101, Vol. V has

no plates (with no signs of removal), and Vol. VI begins with plate 141. There are no signs of the other missing plates being removed as well. Some wear to corners, spine ends and joints, a few spines dampstained; several volumes with minor dampstains within, some faint foxing or darkening of paper, overall very good.

(2000/3000)

29. Castle, thomas. An Introduction to Systematical and Physiological Botany. xviii, [1], 285, [1], [16] pp. 9 hand-colored plates. (12mo) 17x11 cm. (6¾x4½”), original green cloth, paper spine label. First Edition.

London: E. Cox, 1829

Spine label chipped, some light wear to cloth, front hinge cracked; foxing; very good.(200/300)

30. CresCenzi, pietro De. Tradotto Novamente per M. Francesco Sansovino noe Wuale si Trattano le Cose Della Villa con le Figure Delle Herbe Poste nel Fine. [8] 481 [i.e. 479] ff. Vignette title, several woodcut headpieces, 22 woodcut plates. (8vo) 15x10 (6x4”) period full vellum. Second Sansovino Edition.

Venice: Francesco Rampazetto, 1564

This book, in twelve parts, covers general agriculture, fertility of soil field products, vines, arboriculture and horticulture, meadows, and woods, pleasure gardens, animal-husbandry, bee-keeping, hunting, fishing, etc. Vellum soiled and with some wear, hinges cracked; repair at foot of title page, a few ink notations in an early hand; very good.

(1000/1500)

31. Donati, Vitaliano. Essai sur l’Histoire Naturelle de la Mer Adriatique. [2], iv, 73, [5] pp. 11 engraved plates. [Bound with]: Franc van Berkhey, Jan le. Expositio Characteristica Structurae Florum Qui Dicuntur Compositi cum Figuris ad Naturam Expressis. [20], 151, [2] pp. 9 engraved plates. Leiden: Petrum van der Eyk, 1761. (4to) 25.5x20.2 cm. (10x8”), modern paper-backed boards.

The Hague: Pierre de Hondt, 1758

Natural history of the Adriatic Sea and another work. Some wear to backstrip, repairs to title page of first work; some foxing; very good.

(300/500)

32. estienne, Charles. Seminarium, et Plantarium fructiferarum praesertim arborum quae post hortosconseri solent, Denuo auctum & locupletatum. 193, [23] pp. Engraved vignette on title, 3 diagrams in text. [Bound with] Cosentini, Antonii Thylesii. de Coloribus Libellus. (1529). [48] pp. (8vo) 15.1x10.3 cm. (6¼x4”), period full vellum.

Paris: Roberti Stephani, 1540

“Charles’s fourth book for children..., dealing with the nomenclature and cultivation of fruit trees. This work first appeared in 1536; for this new edition Charles has written a new and lengthy section on the method of planting treesin the nursery (“Decenserendis arboribus in seminario”)...” - Schreiber Some worming to vellum, large chip to spine edges rubbed (gnawed?), hinges cracked; light foxing; very good.

(1000/1500)



BOTANY OF COOK’S SECOND VOYAGE 33. Forster, Johann reinholD & GeorGe. Characteres Generum Plantarum, Quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis. (2), x, (2), viii, 150, (3) pp. 78 engraved plates. (4to) 28.5x22.5 cm. (11¼x8¾”), calf backed marbled boards. First Edition.

London: B. White, T. Cadell, & P. Elmsly, 1776

“This is the first botanical work to be published from Captain Cook’s second voyage to the South Pacific (1772-1775) and it is important to the history and science of botany, as it contains a large number of new generic and specific names relating to the plants of Australasia and Polynesia” - Hill. The Forsters replaced Sir Joseph Banks who decided not to go on the second voyage. Hill 627; Sabin 25134. Title page with professional restorations to corners and edges, second leaf with reinforcement to edges; ink stamp on title page; foxing; very good.

(4000/6000)

34. FriDeriCi, Johannis arnolDi. Aloen Publica Florae Cultorum Censurae Exponit Gothofredus Beier. [28] pp. 7½x6, modern half vellum and marbled boards, new endpapers. First Edition.

Jena: Johannis Wertheri, 1670

Rare early work on the cultivation of the Aloe plant. Vellum browned; some toning to pages; near fine.

(800/1200)

35. FuJiKaWa sanKei. Suisan Zukai. 2 volumes. Unpaginated. A profusion of mostly hand-colored woodcuts. 26.3x18.2 cm. (10½x7¼”), original blue wrappers.

No place: Meiji Era (1868-1912)

This rare work covers fishes, sea plants, corals, mollusks, crustaceans, turtles and marine mammals of interest to the Japanese fishing industry. Text in Japanese. Wrappers worn; pages a bit browned and with some wrinkling; very good.

(1000/1500)

36. Gasparrini, GuGlielmo. Ricerche Sulla Embriogenia Della Canape. [Bound With]: Osservazioni Sopra Alcune Malattie Degli Organi Vegetativi Degli Agrumi. [&] Osservazioni Sopra Talune Modificazioni Organiche in Alcune Cellule Vegetali. [4], 44; [2], 25; [2], 163 pp. 12 lithograph plates. (4to) 31x23.5 cm (12¼x9½”), original printed wrappers.

Naples: Stamperia del Fibreno, 1862-63

The monograph on cannabis is quite rare, OCLC locates only 1 copy in U.S. institutional holdings. Wrappers chipped, heaviest on spine, and with some soiling; light foxing; very good.

(800/1200)

37. (Geology) Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France. Series 1. Vols. 1 & 2 (in 4 parts). 2 volumes in 4 parts. xii, 371; xvi, 316 pp. 46 plates including 15 folding hand-colored maps. (4to) 29.7x24 cm (11¾x9½”) original printed wrappers.

Paris: F.-G. Levrault, 1833-37

Spines and wrappers chipped; some foxing and browning; very good.(500/800)

Lot 33

WITH THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE ELEPHANT FROM NATURE 38. Gillius, petrus. Ex Aeliani Historia per Petrum Gyllium Latini Facti Itemque ex Porphyrio, Heliodoro, Oppiana, tum Eodem Gyllio Luclentis Accessionibus Aucti Libri XVI. 599, (11) pp. (8vo) 20x15 cm (8x6”) full calf. Early edition.

Lyons: Seb. Gryphium, 1535

“This rare work contains the first description of the elephant from nature” (Wood). This volume includes only an excerpt of Aelianus. Gillius, primarily responsible for this work, uses culled facts from other writers of the time. This work was first published in 1533. Spine head chipped, some edge wear, lacking front free endpaper; an occasional marginal notation and a few notes on title page, minor worming in gutter of a few leaves; very good.

(2000/2500)

39. GreW, nehemiah. An Idea of a Phytological History Propounded. Together With a Continuation of the Anatomy of Vegetables, Particularly Prosecuted Upon Roots. An an Account of the Vegetation of Roots Grounded Chiefly Thereupon. [xxii], 144, [32] pp. 7 engraved folding plates. (8vo) 18.4x11.5 cm. (7¼x4½”), contemporary full calf, red morocco title label. First Edition.

London: J.M. for Richard Chiswell, 1673

A precursor to Grew’s most famous work, The Anatomy of Plants (1682). Grew (1641-1712) is famously known as “The father of plant physiology.” Leather dry, joints cracked, hinges reinforced; some foxing; very good.

(1500/2000)

40. Grey, zane. Great Game Fishing at Catalina. 32 pp. Illustrated with photographs by Grey. 7½x5¼, pictorial stiff wrappers.

Santa Catalina: Santa Catalina Island Company, 1919

A scarce promotional booklet, text reprinted from ‘Tales of Fishes’. Light wear to wrappers, circular ink stamp on front, a few small spots of soiling on rear; very good.

(600/900)

41. haKuButsuKan. Illustrated View of Useful Lumber, Book 1. 100 plates containing wafer-thin samples of wood, most of which are in transverse, radial and tangential. 17.5x13 cm (7x5”), thin wood boards, slipcase.

Tokyo: 1876

The samples are of woody plants, most of which are indigenous to Japan. The text is in Japanese, with Latin nomenclature and an index in Latin. Slipcase in pieces, covers detached (one split), disbound; fair.

(400/600)

42. horWooD, a.r. British Wild Flowers in Their Natural Haunts. 6 volumes. 64 color plates, numerous black & white illustrations, many from photographs. (4to) original blue cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition.

London: Gresham, 1919

Some wear at edges; very good.(100/150)

Lot 38

WITH HUNDREDS OF WOOD SAMPLES 43. houGh, romeyn. The American Woods, Exhibited by Actual Specimens and with Copious Explanatory Text. Parts I-XII only (of eventually 14). Each volume comprised of text booklet in wrappers, plus wood samples on card mounts, loose as issued. 295 (of 304) mounts, numbered 1-300, with additional plates 7a, 7b, 26a & 62a. Each mount displays three specimens from a species of tree in transverse, radial and tangential sections. 9x6”. Card mounts housed in blind-stamped green cloth chemises with printed inside covers, original blindstamped slipcases, most with clasps still present. Second edition of Parts I-III, First Edition of parts IV-XII.

Lowville, NY: Published by the Author, 1893-1911

One of the greatest American works on trees and woods, it is: “illustrated by actual specimens, and being in this way an exhibition of nature itself. It possesses a peculiar and great interest never found in a press-printed book” (Hough). Romeyn B. Hough prepared the samples

himself and self-published the work. It provides a unique record of American wood types, arranged geographically. Several parts in this section cover California and the Pacific Slope. This is a tremendously important work for ecologists as well as connoisseurs of American furniture and antiques. Each specimen is about 2x4½” in size and cut thinly enough to be partially translucent. This set is only very rarely found complete, presumably because it was published over a span of 40 years. Ex-library from the Library of California Polytechnic School, San Luis Obispo, with bookplates, institutional ink stamps, and small hand-written “C.P.S.” in white on each card and at head of slipcase spines. Varying wear to slipcases, Part XII with some rippling to cloth, a few parts lacking all or part of the closing clasps; chemise of Part VII lacking cloth backstrip. Text booklet lacking from Part VII, front wrapper detached on text booklet of Part I. Lacking 9 card mounts (#s 13, 17, 130, 135, 160, 184, 200, 228, 232); 2 mounts lacking one specimen (#s 55, 282); approximately 15 specimens with large chips or substantial portions lacking; a number of other samples with cracking or small chips; overall very good.

(10000/15000)

44. hulme, F. eDWarD. Familiar Garden Flowers. 5 volumes. Each volume with forty color plates. (8vo) 7½x5, original decorated olive cloth. Reprint.

London: Cassell and Company, [no date, c. 1898]

A companion set to Hulme’s Familiar Wild Flowers. Some light wear to cloth; very good.(250/350)

45. hulme, F. eDWarD. Familiar Wild Flowers. 5 volumes. Each volume with 40 chromolithograph plates (200 plates total). (8vo) 7½x5, original green cloth stamped in gilt and black, color floral decoration at center of front covers (each different), all edges gilt. First Edition.

London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [no date, c. 1880]

Handsome set of Hulme’s often reprinted series. Eventually expanded to 9 volumes. Some light wear to cloth, especially to spine ends, front hinge cracked in Volume 3; very good.

(300/500)

Lot 43



46. Jaume saint-hilaire, J.h. Traite des Arbres Forestiers... [2], iv, 27 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece; 90 stipple engraved plates printed in color, some finishing by hand. (4to) 26x20 cm. (10¼x8”) period black half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. First Edition, Large Paper Copy.

Paris: Chez l’Auteur, 1824

Attractive color plates of tree foliage. Some wear to extremities, a few scuffs to leather; light foxing; very good.

(1200/1800)

47. Johnson, FranK m. Forest, Lake and River: The Fishes of New England & Eastern Canada. 2 vols. Introduction by William Harris. Profusely illustrated with plates from photogravures, lithographs, wood engravings, etc., including a chromolithograph frontispiece to Vol. I and a photogravure/sketch frontispiece portrait to Vol. II; printed tissue-guards. Facsimile autographs by the contributors. 26x20 cm. (10¼x8”), full olive suede calf, hand-painted salmon fly and an embossed design on the front cover of each volume, checkered gilt-inner dentelles, moiré silk endleaves with a green floral vignette and doublures, untrimmed, new gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, top edges gilt. No. 239 of a limited Subscribers edition of 350 copies on handmade paper. First Edition.

Boston: Printed for Subscribers, 1902

A substantial two volume set on the fishes of New England and Eastern Canada, sumptuously illustrated. Originally issued with a separate oblong folio Atlas suite containing 12 extra chromolithographs of fish, which is extremely scarce and which this set lacks. Bruns says of the Atlas suite: “Of extreme rarity with the plates, bringing any price.” Bruns J 33. Spines faded, dampstain to rear cover and last few leaves of Volume 1, remnants of labels on both spines; very good

(500/800)

Lot 46

48. KerChoVe De DenterGhem, osWalD De. Les Palmiers Histoire Iconographique. viii, 348 pp. 40 lithograph plates. (8vo) 26.6x17 (10½x6½”), modern green cloth, original wrappers bound in. First Edition.

Paris: J. Rothschild, 1878

Fabulous chromolithographs by the famous P. de Pannemaker. Scarce. Nissen 1032. A touch of wear to cloth; light foxing to text leaves; a few plates foxed; very good.

(1500/2500)

49. KinG, GeorGe. The Species of Ficus of the Indo-Malayan and Chinese Countries. Part I. Palaeomorphe and Urostigma. Part II. Synoecia, Sycidium, Covellia, Eusyce and Neomorphe. Two volumes. 231 plain lithographic plates. (Folio) 14x10¾, modern green and black cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Calcutta: Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press, 1887-88

With the appendix in Volume 2 containing 12 additional plates. Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta, Volume 1. Some worming to text pages of Part I, heavier to front pages, not affecting readability, light worming to a several plates; minor worming to margins of a few pages in Pt. II; some foxing to a few pages; marginal tear to one leaf; else very good in fine modern cloth bindings.

(400/700)

50. [la roque, Jean De]. Voyage de l’Arabie Heureuse, par l’Ocean Oriental & le Detroit de la Mer Rouge. Fait par les Francois pour la Premiere Fois, dans les Annees 1708, 1709, & 1710. [16], 343, [10] pp. Engraved frontispiece; 3 engraved folding plates; folding map. (12mo) 15.8x9.7 (6¼x4”) period full calf, spine gilt. Second Edition.

Amsterdam: Steenhouwer et Uytwerf, 1716

First published the year before in Paris; includes a long section on coffee cultivation, trade, and consumption. Joints splitting, wear to edges; a few institutional handstamps, some foxing and browning; good.

(800/1200)

Lot 48

51. laWrenCe, John. The Clergy-Man’s Recreation [with] The Gentleman’s Recreation [with] The Lady’s Recreation [with] The Fruit-Garden Kalendar. 4 volumes in 1. [10], 84; [16], 115, [1]; [2], iv, [6], 200; [2], vi, v, [1], 149, [3 ad] pp. 7 (of 8) plates, lacking the Meridian Line plate as typical. (8vo) 19.5x12 cm. (7½x4¾”) early full calf, spine gilt. Fifth Edition of first title; Second Edition of second title; First Editions of third and fourth titles.

London: 1717-1718

Third title by Charles Evelyn, completing Lawrence’s ‘Art of Gardening’. Binding worn, joints split; foxing; good.

(600/900)

49 FINE COLOR PLATES OF BIRDS 52. leVaillant, FranCois. Histoire Naturelle d’une Partie D’Oiseaux Nouveaux et Rares de L’Amerique etdes Indes, Ouvrage Destine par l’Auteur a Faire Partie de son Ornithologie d’Afrique. Volume 1 (all published). Volume 1 only [all published]. [4], iv, 152 pp. 49 finely engraved plates, printed in color and finished by hand. (Folio) 13x10, modern brown half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, red and black morocco labels lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. First Edition.

Paris: Gabriel Dufour, 1801

“One volume, only, was published which consists of monographs of the Bucerotidae and the Cotingidae, with 49 of the proposed 240 plates” - Zimmer. “These plates were printed by Langlois, who did almost all the colour-printing for Levaillant... French colour-printing of this period... has never been surpassed” (Fine Bird Books). Provenance: Sondley Reference Library, Asheville, N.C. Some foxing, mostly marginal, a short tear to the final plate, some light staining to a margin or background of final 4 plates, an unobtrusive embossed stamp on plates; light soiling to preliminary pages, some dampstaining to a few text leaves at rear; very good in a fine modern binding.

(5000/8000)

Lot 52


53. lieBmann, F[reDeriK] m[iChael]. Chenes de L’Amerique Tropicale, Iconographie des Especes Nouvelles ouPeu Connues. x, 29, [1] pp. 10 plates of skeleton’s of leaves; 47 engraved plates. (Folio) 45.5x34.5 (18x13¾”), original cloth-backed printed wrappers. First Edition.

Leipzig: Leopold Voss, 1869

Rare. Covers tropical American oaks. Provenance: Kenneth K. MacKenzie, the Horticultural Society of New York and Robert de Belder. Some splitting to spine cloth, wrappers soiled and chipped; some foxing to title, plates and text clean; very good.

(2500/3500)

54. linDley, John anD thomas moore. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom. 2 volumes. Steel engraved plates, woodcut illustrations in text. (12mo) original brown cloth, modern rebacking. New and revised edition.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1876

A popular dictionary of botanical terms. Edges rubbed, some staining to edges of page blocks; good.

(150/250)

55. (Linnean Society) Transaction of the Linnean Society. Volume VI. viii, 396 pp. 31 engraved plates, including 6 hand-colored. (4to) 28x22½ (11x9”), modern brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

London: Printed by Wilks and Taylor, 1802

Includes writings and illustrations on insects, plants, birds, etc. Occasional light foxing; internally near fine.

(500/800)

Lot 53

56. mann, Johann GottlieB. Deutschlands Gefahrlichste Giftpflanzen,... [iv], 30 pp. 24 lithograph plates, all but 2 of which are hand-colored. (Folio) 14x9¼, later boards with original paper label laid down on front boards. First Edition.

Stuttgart: M.A. Kornicker, 1829

Rare, early work on poisonous plants. A few plates a bit browned; very good.(1000/1500)

57. marCanDier, m. Traite du Chanvre. [4], 8, 138, [2] pp. (12mo) 16.5x9.5 cm. (6½x3¾”) modern half leather and white cloth. First Edition.

Paris: Chez Nyon, 1758

This work deals with the history and cultivation of hemp, as practised in the eighteenth century. A seminal work, quoted by just about every hemp writer since. Provenance: Philippe de Vilmorin (bookplate). Faint dampstain to title page, a few old ink notations; very good.

(400/600)

58. meyers, ernesti h.F. Commentariorum de Platis Africae Australioris... Vol. 1, Fascic. 1 & 2 (all published). 2 volumes. lvi, 172; (lvii)-lxx, (173)-326 pp. (8vo) 22x13.5 cm. (8¾x5¼”), original printed wrappers. First Edition.

Lipsiae: Leopoldum Voss, 1835-1837

This work deals with South African Plants. Macowan and Bolus state that “the Preface to this work is a very valuable contribution to Cape phytogeography.” Ex-library from Stockholm University Library with ink stamps on wrappers. Some chipping and wear to wrappers; light foxing; very good.

(400/600)

59. millais, John Guille. British Diving Ducks. 2 volumes. xvi, 141; xii, 164 pp. 74 plates (39 in color) by Archibald Thorburn, O. Murray Dixon, H. Gronvold and the author. (Folio) 40.4x30.6 cm. (16x12”), period three-quarter green morocco, spines gilt, raised bands, top edge gilt. One of 450 copies. First Edition.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1913

“A detailed monograph of the birds, the eggs, the young in down, and the eclipse plumages” (Casey Wood). A beautifully illustrated work. Spines faded, a few small scuffs; some marginal foxing and staining, repaired tears to two leaves; very good.

(1000/1500)

Lot 59

60. miller, philip. The Gardener’s and Botanist’s Dictionary the Best and Newest Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Garden, and Nursery;...by the Late Philip Miller...To Which are Now First Added, a Complete Enumeration and Description of All Plants Hitherto Known...by Thomas Martyn. 2 volumes in 4. 20 engraved plates. (Folio) 17x10½, period full calf, rebacked with remnants of original spine laid down. First Edition with additions by Martyn.

London: F.C. and J. Rivington, et al, 1807

An essentially new work by Martyn, founded on Miller’s Gardener’s Dictionary which was first published in 1731 went through a further seven folio editions, each expanding with the addition of newly recorded plants. The present edition entirely re-written and much expanded. Edges rubbed; dampstain to lower half of plates; light foxing; very good.

(1200/1800)

61. miquel, F.a.W. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie. 3 volumes in 4. Frontispiece and 41 lithograph plates; 2 folding maps. (8vo) 23.5x14.5 cm. (9¼x5¾”) period morocco-backed marbled cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Amsterdam & Utrecht: C. Van der Post, 1855

Among the most important works on the flora of Indonesia. Ex-library from the Horticultural Society of New York, with their bookplates and ink stamps. Some wear to extremities, hinges cracked; one plate at rear of Volume 3 with dampstain; very good.

(300/500)

62. moriarty, henrietta maria. Viridarium: Coloured Plates of Greenhouse Plants, with the Linnean Names, and with Concise Rules for Their Culture. Fifty hand-colored plates, each with a leaf of descriptive letterpress. (8vo) 19.3x11.5 cm. (7¾x4¾”) period boards, rebacked (crudely) with old green paper, gilt floral device on spine. First Edition.

London: For the author, 1806

An attractive collection of hand-colored floral illustrations. Nissen 1407. Boards chipped and with some staining; light foxing; internally very good.

(400/700)

63. morris, BeVerley r. British Game Birds and Wildfowl. 2 volumes. Revised and corrected by W.B. Tegetmeier. 60 large hand-colored plates. 10½x7, green gilt-lettered and decorated cloth. Fourth Edition.

London: John C. Nimmo, 1895

Attractive color plates, most after drawings by B. Fawcett. Some rubbing to edges; occasional light foxing; very good.

(800/1200)

64. naKayama, tsunesaBuro, taneiChi ChiBa & eizaBuro naGasaKi. Kiku no Kaori [The Fragrance of the Chrysanthemum]. [28], [6], 76, 8, 70, [3] pp. Approximately 90 black & white photographs of flowers with names and descriptions in English, and a catalog of Japanese names of species. (Folio) 37.8x26.7 cm (15x10½”), flexible boards laced in the Japanese style, original silk-covered chemise.

[Japan]: 1910

Text in Japanese with an English introduction and outline. The volume is divided into three parts: I. The flower. II. The leaf. III. The variety. “The present volume is intended to supply a want much felt by the authors during the course of their studies in cultivating chrysanthemums...” - Introduction. Walker, “A Bibliography of Eastern Asiatic Botany,” Page 252. Rare. Chemise worn; volume fine.

(400/600)

NIGHTINGALE’S OCEANIC SKETCHES 1835 65. niGhtinGale, thomas. Oceanic Sketches. With a botanical appendix by Dr. Hooker, of Glasgow. xii, 132, +8 ad pp. Engraved portrait and 5 aquatint plates (1 colored). (8vo) 19.8x12.5 cm. (7¾x5”), original green cloth. First Edition.

London: James Cochrance and Co., 1835

The author spent time in Peru and Chili, before going on to the Galapagos Archipelago. There he found tortoises in abundance on the coast. Some of the Pacific islands visited were the Marquesan Islands, the Society Islands, Rarotonga, and Samoan Islands. He describes the habits of natives, including cannibals, of the various places he visited. Throughout this work makes observations about the flora and fauna he saw. Provenance: G.H. Hammersley, Sydney (bookplate). Some soiling to cloth, wear to edges and corners, front hinge cracking, chip to head of front free endpaper; paper browned; very good.

(2000/3000)

66. pappe, Karl Wilhelm luDWiG. Silva Capensis, Or A Description of South African Forest-Trees, and Arborescent Shrubs, Used for Technical and Oeconomical Purposes by the Colonists of the Cape of Good Hope. [iv], 53 pp. (8vo) 8½x5¼, original blue wrappers. First Edition.

Cape Town: Van de Sandt de Villiers & Co., 1854

Some chipping to wrappers, especially the spine, wrapper corners chipped; very good.

(300/500)

67. pasteur, louis. Observations sur la Maladie des Vers a Soie. [In]: Compte des Seances de L’Academie des Sciences, Seance du Lundi 25 Septembre 1865. Pages (493)-535. (4to) 28x22 cm. (11x8¾”), modern boards, leather spine label.

[Paris]: De L’Academie des Sciences, [1865]

Paper on the diseases of silk worms. Pages unopened, near fine.(400/600)

68. paxton, Joseph, sir. The Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants - Volume 1 only. Volume 1 only. (iii)-xii, 278 pp. 42 hand-colored plates including 6 double page. (8vo) 23x16 cm. (9x6½), half morocco and green cloth, spine lettered in gilt.

London: Orr and Smith, 1834

The author of this popular horticultural journal, Joseph Paxton, was head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire, for whom he developed and cultivated one of the most famous gardens in Europe at the Duke’s country seat of Chatsworth. Some light wear to binding, hinges cracked; light dampstaining to plates, not effecting images in most cases; very good.

(200/300)

Lot 65

EARLY WORK ON THE FAUNA OF NORTH AMERICA 69. pennant, thomas. Arctic Zoology. 2 volumes + supplement. [10], cc, (6), 185, [1 blank]; [2], (187)-586, [12], 1 errata; viii, 163 pp. 24 engraved plates including frontispiece; 2 folding maps. (4to) 23x18.5 cm. (9x7½”), early marbled boards, newer endpapers. First Edition.

London: Henry Hughes, 1784-87

“This famous treatise... was at first intended to bear a title indicating a study of the fauna of King George’s dominions in North America. However, about this time the American colonies separated from the mother country, and the author adopted the above rather misleading caption.” -- Wood. “Pennant also had a talent for observation and organization. He was able to combine his own observations with information from Thomas Hutchins, Ashton Blackburn, Alexander Garden, Benjamin Smith Barton, and Peter Simon Pallas, and thus to produce his classic work, ‘Arctic Zoology.’” DSB X, page 509. Edges worn, bookplates; repaired tears to maps, some offsetting and foxing; very good.

(2000/2500)

70. planChon, J[ules] e[mile] anD l. Van houtte. La Victoria Regia, au Point de vue Horticole et Botanique... 52 pp. 7 lithographed plates (2 tinted and 5 hand-colored). (Folio) 34.5x25.5 (13½x10”) original printed wrappers, housed in a modern box.

Ghent: [C. Annoot-Braeckman], 1850-51

A very rare large-paper offprint with the plates unfolded, recording the flowering of the Victoria regia in Belgium in a specially constructed heated glass-house in the extensive gardens

of van Houtte. The plant was grown from seed at Chatsworth in February 1850, and arrived in Ghent on 26 May 1850, growing vigorously until the late autumn, with the first flower blooming on 5th September 1850: probably the first time the plant flowered on the mainland of Europe. The plates include three hand-colored studies of stages of the opening of the flowers, a hand-colored plate showing details of various parts of the plant and flower, a hand-colored view of the interior of the

glass-house with the public viewing the plant in full-bloom and two tinted lithographic views of the various glass-houses at the “Etablissement van Houtte.” Some wear to box; wrappers with some chipping at edges; occasional light marginal soiling to plates; very good.

(2000/2500)

Lot 69

Lot 70

71. plesCh, arpaD. Mille et un Livres Botaniques, repertoire bibliographique de la bibliotheque Arpad Plesch. 517, [1] pp. Tipped in color plates and additional illustrations in text. (4to) 11½x10¼, green cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. First Edition.

Brussels: Arcade, 1973

Bibliographical catalogue of the Arpad Plesch Collection, among the finest private libraries of botanical books ever assembled. The collection was sold at Sotheby’s in 1975-1976. Fine.

(300/500)

72. ranD, eDWarD spraGue. The Rhododendron and “American Plants.” A Treatise on the Culture, Propagation, and Species of the Rhododendron... xx, 188 pp. 10 hand-colored lithographed plates (one folding & loose). (8vo) 10x7¼, contemporary red half morocco in modern half morocco clamshell box.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1871

One of twenty presentation copies on large paper. Provenance: Sondley Reference Library. Some light wear to leather, hinges cracked; light foxing to preliminary leaves; embossed library stamp on the title and plates; light marginal dampstaining to 3 leaves; very good.

(1500/2000)

PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 1846 73. raoul, eDouarD FiaCre louis. Choix de Plantes de la Nouvelle-Zelande recueillies et decrites... [iv], 53, [1] pp. 30 engraved plates by Eugennie Taillant after Alfred Riocreux. (Folio) 14¾x11, original cloth backed wrappers. Custom clamshell box.

Paris: Fortin, Masson, et Cie., 1846

Raoul describes 60 plants - mostly new species collected at the Bay of Islands and Banks Peninsula - and gives a full listing of all New Zealand plants know to date, amounting to 920 species. Some wear, chipping and soiling to wrappers; light marginal dampstaining throughout, just touching images in a few cases; else very good.

(2500/3000)

Lot 72

74. reDi, FranCesCo. Osservazioni Intorno Alle Vipere. 91, [4] pp. (4to) 9½x7, early full vellum, recased with new endpapers. First Edition.

Firenze: All’ Insegna della Stella, 1664

Large paper copy. “Redi’s first work, the first methodical study of snake venom, marks the beginning of experimental toxicology” - Norman. Garrison-Morton 2102; Norman 1811. With Haskell F. Norman’s bookplate. Some worming to vellum at spine, covers slightly bowed; some occasional light foxing; very good.

(1000/1500)

75. reneaulme, paul De. Specimen Historiae Plantarum. [vi], 154 pp. [Bound With, as issued]: [Thou, Jacques Auguste De] Crambe. Viola. Lilium. Phlogis. Terpsinoe. 47 pp. 24 full page etchings. (4to) 9¼x6¾, period full vellum. First Edition.

Paris: Hadrianum Beys, 1611

“Its etchings... are of the highest quality - exquisitely sensitive and extremely personal in treatment. They are assuredly the work, not only of a great lover of nature, but of a great master of the etcher’s craft.” - Blunt. This volume, also contains five poems on flowers by Thou, frequently absent. Blunt pp. 92-93; Hunt 192; Nissen 1621. Rare. Provenance: The Arpad Plesch library, with leather label on front pastedown. Vellum soiled, splitting in gutter of front joint; a few leaves with light staining, front flyleaf roughly trimmed at head and with some ink notations in an early hand; very good.

(2000/3000)

76. rennie, James. The Magazine of Botany & Gardening, British & Foreign. Volume 1 and part of Volume 2 bound together. ii, 144; 80 pp. (2nd volume incomplete and lacking separate title page). 30 (of 55) lithograph plates (all but one hand colored) 6 of which are full page illustrations, others are 4 images to a page. (4to) 10x7¾, half calf and marbled boards, black morocco spine label.

London: G. Henderson, 1833

Scarce short-lived botanical magazine. Lovely color plates of flowers and fruits. Some light wear to corners; plates clean and bright; very good.

(700/1000)

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77. roChet D’heriCourt, [Charles FranCois xaVier]. Second Voyage sur les Deux de la Mer Rouge dans le Pays des Adels et le Royaume de Choa. xlviii, 406, [2] pp. 15 tinted lithograph plates; large folding map. (8vo) 23x15 cm. (9x6”), period half calf and boards, morocco spine label. First Edition.

Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1846

Rochet d’Hericourt traveled in the Red Sea Basin between 1839 and 1840, and visited Abyssinia for a second time in 1843. The author was able during his travels to collect much information on the Red Sea and the surrounding countries. Spine ends chipped, extremities worn; institutional stamps on title and verso, light foxing; very good.

(1200/1800)

78. sChKuhr, Chretien. Histoire de Carex ou Laiches Contenant la Description et les Figures Coloriees de Toutes les Especes Connues et d’un Grand Nombre d’Especes Nouvelles. xvi, 197, [1] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 54 hand-colored plates. (4to) 8¾x6¼, period calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt. First French Edition.

Leipzig: Chez Voss et Compagnie, 1802

Translated from the German by G.F. de la Vigne. Attractive colored plates of sedges and Carex. Names of plants in pencil in lower margin of plates. Extremities rubbed, minor foxing; very good.

(600/900)

79. sim, thomas r. The Forests and Forest Flora of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. x, 361 pp. 160 plates; folding map. (Folio) 31.5x25 (12¼x9¾”), original cloth. First Edition.

Aberdeen: Taylor & Henderson, 1907

Spine ends frayed, extremities worn, hinges shaken, small inkstamps on endpapers; very good.(400/700)

Lot 77



NEARLY 3000 COLORED BOTANICAL PLATES 80. soWerBy, James, & James eDWarD smith. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth. To which will be added, Occasional Remarks. 40 volumes in 30, including the four supplements. The first 36 volumes are bound from the original parts into 26 volumes, not in order of issue, but according to type of plant, with 11-page manuscript “order of arrangement” list bound in at the front of Vol. I. With 2,960 hand-colored engraved plates, including 2,592 plates in the main work (issued 1790-1814) and 368 plates in the four supplemental volumes (issued 1831-1849); accompanying letterpress descriptions. 9¼x5½, 19th century uniform ful polished green calf ruled in gilt, spines elaborately tooled in gilt, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.

London: 1790-1849

Striking, unusual and rather ingenious presentation of Sowerby’s English Botany, beautifully bound. The various categories of plants, issued at random over some 25 years, have been categorized and bound according to type, with each plate numbered on the facing letterpress description. Thus the normal complement of 36 volumes (40, including the later supplements) has been reduced to 26, plus the added supplements, but the set is complete with all the plates. There are occasional scholarly ink notes in the margins. The volume numbers on the title-pages have been “tweaked” with paper onlays. With the bookplates of Henry Collins. A few minor scuffs to spines, several ends nicked with one chipped, front joint of one of the supplements cracked, a little shelf rubbing to some covers; some fairly minor foxing within, near fine to fine condition, a beautiful set.

(15000/25000)

81. storCK, anthony. An Essay on the Medicinal Nature of Hemlock. [2], 279, [1 ad] pp. Engraved folding frontispiece. (12mo) 16.8x9.7 cm. (6¾x4”) period full calf, modern rebacking, endpapers replaced. First Complete Edition in English.

Edinburgh: Alex. Donaldson, 1762

Previously published as two separate works in 1760 & 1761. Board edges chipped; light foxing, edges browned on a few leaves at front and rear; very good.

(400/600)

Lot 80

SWEET’S FLORA OF AUSTRALIA 1827-28 82. sWeet, roBert. Flora Australasica; or, a Selection of Handsome, or Curious Plants, Natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands; Containing Coloured Figures and Descriptions of Some of the Choicest Species. Text unpaginated. 56 engraved hand-colored plates after drawings by E.D. Smith, each with descriptive letterpress. Plate 25 with watermark dated 1855.(8vo) 10x6¼, original green cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down.

London: James Ridgway, 1827-1828 [but later]

Rare monograph on the flora of Australia, handsomely illustrated with color plates. “[Robert Sweet] worked under his half-brother James Sweet at Ham Green near Bristol c. 1798 and then in the nursery founded by James Sweet until c. 1807. Nurseryman with William Malcolm, Stockwell, 1810-15; foreman at Colvill’s, Chelsea, 1819-26.” - Desmond. He was the author of “Hortus Suburbanus Londinensis,” “Hortus Britannicus,” “Botanical Cultivator,” “The British Flower Garden,” “Geraniaceae,” “Cistineae,” “The Florist’s Guide,” “The British Warblers,” etc. Sweet grew all of the plants illustrated in this work, so they were drawn from living plants. Some small losses to original spine cloth, covers a bit worn, offsetting from a removed bookplate on front free endpaper; else very good, plates overall clean and bright.

(3000/5000)

83. WalCott, mary Vaux. North American Wild Flowers. 400 colored plates of American wild flowers with 5 descriptive text volumes. 31.5x23.5 cm. (12½x9¼”), Text and plates complete in 5 volumes but with only 4 (of 5) of the original green cloth folders lettered in gilt with ribbon ties and only 4 (of 5) original two-part boxes.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1925

A comprehensive and attractive guide to American wild flowers. First part lacking cloth folder; one box lacking; a few plates foxed; very good.

(500/800)

84. WitherinG, William. A Botanical Arrangement of all the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain, With Descriptions of the Genera and Species, According to the System of the Celebrated Linnaeus. 2 volumes. [2], xcvi, 383; [4], (385)-838 pp. 12 engraved plates including 2 folding. (8vo) 8x5, modern full calf, red leather title labels. First Edition.

Birmingham: M. Swinney, 1776

Withering was the first to use the Linnean system in describing the flora of Great Britain. Along with natural places of growth, the uses as medicines, poisons, and food are included. Some offsetting and light foxing; very good in a fine modern binding.

(1200/1800)

85. WooD, W[illiam]. Index Entomologicus; Or, A Complete Illustrated Catalogue Consisting of 1944 Figures of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain. Four volumes, paginated continuously. vi, [2], 266, xii pp. 54 hand-colored plates. (8vo) 21x13.5 cm (8¼x5¼”) full brown calf red morocco labels. First Edition in book form.

London: William Wood, 1839

Originally issued in parts, 1833-38. Wear and scuffing to leather; penciled corrections throughout; foxing and soiling to plates; good.

(500/800)

Lot 82

86. WulFen, Franz xaVer Von. Descriptiones Quorumdam Capensium Insectorum. xl pp. 2 hand-colored engraved plates. (4to) 25.4x20 cm. (9¾x8”) later sheep-backed boards. First Edition.

Erlangae: Wolfgangi Waltheri, 1786

Early work on the entomology of the Cape of Good Hope. The plates are largely of beetles but also include the scorpion and a butterfly. Head of spine chipped, some light wear to extremities; near fine.

(1000/1500)

87. Wyatt, ClauDe W. British Birds: With Some Notes in Reference to Their Plumage. Volume 2 [only, of 2]. [4], 42 pp. 42 hand-colored lithograph plates. (Folio) 32.5x25.5 cm (12¾x10”) period half calf and cloth. First Edition.

London: William Wesley & Son, 1899

“Except in ornithological circles, this very good artist and author is unknown... He was an amateur among the world of professional draughtsmen with big names and reputations at the close of the 19th century” - Jackson. Wyatt’s fine plates were enhanced by the work of Dr. R.B. Sharpe’s daughters, whom Wyatt praised “for the perfect way in which they have carried out the painting for me” - Jackson. Provenance: Mackenzie of Gairloch (bookplate). Binding worn, contents largely disbound; one plate with short marginal tear, another with light foxing; overall plates clean and bright. Offered as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

(800/1200)

Section III: Americana & Travel 88. (Alaska) Archive of approximately 170 photographs, once belonging to geologist Alfred Huise Brooks. Various sizes. Some with pencil captions on verso, a few with Brooks’ name, some with his rubberstamp.

Alaska: c.1905-1925

Significant archive of vintage photographs once belonging to Alfred H. Brooks (1871-1924), who served as chief geologist for Alaska for the United States Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924. 21 of the photographs bear the verso rubberstamp of Merl La Voy, pioneer American documentary filmmaker, and record the 1910 Parker-Brown Expedition that attempted to conquer Mt. McKinley, in which he took part. Each of these photographs with an ink caption on the reverse. The other photographs include scenic views (some panoramic), mountains, geologic formations, glaciers, frozen tundra, and more. Generally very good condition.

(1500/2500)

89. (American Star) The American Star: Being a Choice Collection of the Most Approved Patriotic and Other Songs. Together with Many Original Ones Never Before Published. 178 (of 180) pp. Folding frontispiece (lacking left half). (16mo) 13.6x8.5 cm. (5½x3¼”), period calf backed boards. First Edition.

Richmond: Peter Cottom, 1814

Scarce collection of early American patriotic songs. According to ABPC and other sources, no copy of this edition has appeared at auction in at least 30 years. Sabin 1224 (citing the second edition of 1817). Rare. Binding worn; lacking the left half of the frontispiece and the final leaf of the index at the rear; foxing throughout, a few leaves chipped at corners (2 leaves with resulting loss of a few letters to line ends); good.

(500/800)

90. (Anderson, Marian) Photograph of Marian Anderson - signed. 8x10 black and white photograph of Marian Anderson performing (or practicing?) with the director to the right, the orchestra behind.

1956

Inscribed by Marian Anderson on the bottom margin of the photograph, “To George Kast most kind regards. From Marian Anderson.” Dated 8/56 and signed from another whose name is illegible. Marian Anderson was a famous contralto and a major figure in the American civil rights movement. In 1939 the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow her to perform at Constitution Hall because she was black. Later, she performed at the Lincoln Memo-rial, and became the first African-American to sing at the White House. Touch of wear to edges; near fine.

(200/300)

91. anson, GeorGe anD riCharD Walter. A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. [xx], 417 pp. With 43 copper-engraved maps, charts, views, coastal profiles, etc., most folding. (4to) 26.6x21.7 cm. (10½x8½) later full calf, spine gilt, lettering piece lacking, all edges marbled. Ninth Edition.

London: D. Browe, J. Osborne, et al, 1756

Anson’s famous account chronicling adventure and discovery as he roamed the Pacific in pursuit of Spanish treasure. Hill comments that “This compilation has long occupied a distinguished position as a masterpiece of descriptive travel. Anson’s voyage appears to have been the most popular book of maritime adventure of the eighteenth century.” Cox notes that four editions came out the first year of publication (1748), with 16 by 1781. Cox Vol. I, p.49 (1st Ed.); Hill Pacific Voyages (2nd ed) 1818. Covers scuffed, hinges cracked; 3” tear to map facing page 94; some foxing; internally very good.

(500/800)

92. (Automotive) The Westinghouse Air Spring. Folder with printed cover label containing a 16-page booklet & 8 loose screened halftone plates from photographs of automobiles. 22x18 cm. (8¾x7”).

No place: c.1916

Promotional material for the air spring that George Westinghouse invented in 1910. The photographs are of automobiles equipped with the springs, and are unidentified, for “all of the motor cars [are] of established reputation have individual features which make them instantly recognizable by those who have any interest in the subject.” OCLC/WorldCat lists no copies of this item in libraries. Folder soiled, booklet and pictures very good or better.

(250/350)

BARTRAM’S TRAVELS IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN EDITIONS 93. Bartram, William. Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. xxiv, 520, [6] pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece; engraved folding map; seven copper-engraved plates. (8vo) 8½x5¼, black half morocco and marbled boards. Second London Edition.

London: J. Johnson, 1794

The frontispiece is a portrait of Mico Chlucco the Long Warrior, King of the Siminoles, and the other plates include plants and two of a great soft-shelled tortoise. The map shows the coast of Florida from above St. Augustine to Cape Canaveral.” A work of high character well meriting

its wide esteem”-Howes. “This book of travels is famous both for its intrinsic worth and for its associations with Wordsworth and Coleridge. While Bartram loved to parade his knowledge of botanical nomenclature, he leaves plenty of room for a fascinating narrative of his journeys and a valuable description of Indian life. He embarked for Charleston, South Carolina, in April, 1773, and returned to Philadelphia in January, 1778, but he makes no mention of the Revolutionary war then under way.” - Cox II. Howes B223; Sabin 3870. Front joint cracking, some scuffing to leather; light foxing; very good.

(1500/2500)Lot 93

94. Bartram, William. Reisen Durch Nord- und Sud-Karolina, Georgien, Ost- und West-Florida, das Gebiet der Tscherokesen, Krihks und Tschaktahs, Nebst Umstandlichen Nachrichten von den Einwohnern, dem Boden und den Naturprodukten Dieser Wenig Bekannten Grossen Lander. [2], xxvi, 469 pp. 8 engraved plates. (8vo) 20x12.5 cm. (8x5”), period boards. First German Edition.

Berlin: Vossische Buchlandlung, 1793

Wear to boards, joints splitting; light foxing; very good.(1000/1500)

95. [BaynarD, samuel J.]. A Sketch of the Life of Com. Robert F. Stockton; with an Appendix, Comprising His Correspondence with the Navy Department Respecting His Conquest of California; and Extracts from the Defence of Col. J.C. Fremont, in Relation to the Same Subject; Together with His Speeches in the Senate of the United States, and His Political Letters. 210, 131 + [2] ad pp. Steel engraved portrait frontispiece. (8vo) 9x5½, original cloth. First Edition.

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856

Contains significant source material on both the conquest of California by the Americans and the Fremont fiasco. Howes B259. Spine faded, some edge wear, early gift inscription on front free endpaper; foxing; very good.

(150/250)

96. BieBer, ralph p. & leroy r. haFen, eDitors. The Southwest Historical Series. 12 volumes. Illustrated with plates from engravings, lithographs, photographs and other early sources; folding maps. Red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edge gilt.

Glendale: Arthur H. Clark, 1931-1943

Important set reprinting (and in some cases the first printings of) original accounts of the Southwest, including Adventures in the Santa Fe Trade, 1844-1847 by James Josiah Webb; Eugene Blandel’s Frontier Life in the Army, 1854-1861; George R. Gibson’s Journal of a Soldier Under Kearny and Doniphian, 1846-1847; Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail by Lewis H. Garrard; plus letters and diaries of the overland trail to California in 1849, journals of army exploration in New Mexico & Arizona, accounts of the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush, etc. An ex-library set with the typical markings on spines, endpapers, etc. Some fading and wear to cloth; good.

(300/500)

97. Bille, steen. Beretning om Corvetten Galathea’s Reise omkring Jorden 1845, 46 og 47. 3 volumes. [4], xii, 495, [1]; [4], viii, 465, [3]; [4], 513, lxvii, [3] pp. 20 tinted lithograph plates; facsimile, 5 folding maps. (8vo) 23.2x14.5 cm (9¼x5¾”), period cloth backed boards, paper spine labels. First Editions.

Copenhagen: Reitzel, 1849-51

“The expedition left Denmark in June of 1845 on the corvette Galathea, for the purpose of exploring the Nicobar Islands for potential colonization. The Galathea was also sent out to facilitate trade agreements and to collect scientific data. The attractive tinted lithograph plates, after drawings by Paul Plum, depict scenes and people in Calcutta, Hawaii, Java, the Nicobars, and other places. There are also portraits of Kamehameha III and H. Kalama.”-- Hill. The voyage included two zoologists, one botanist and a geologist. Bindings worn, binding of Volume 3 detached, ink stamps on endpapers, foxing; good.

(700/1000)

98. (Bohemian Grove) Map “A” of portion of the Bohemian Grove, Sonoma County, California showing principal roads, trails and club structures. 59x47.5 cm. (23½x18½”), folding to 20.2x12 cm. (8x4¾”).

[San Francisco]: Bohemian Club, 1937

Scarce map of the Bohemian Grove, with listings of the members and the various camps to which they were assigned. Among the distinguished members are A.P. Giannini, Templeton Crocker, Joseph Henry Jackson, Herbert Hoover, Daniel G. Volkmann and many others. Only the University of California is listed in OCLC as having a run of these maps. Very good or better.

(300/500)


A CRUISE AMONG THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS 99. BrenChley, Julius l. Jottings During the Cruise of H.M.S. Curacoa Among the South Sea Islands in 1865. xxviii, 487 pp. Folding chromolithographed frontispiece; 50 plates including 21 hand-colored lithographs of birds, 10 plates of fishes, 4 plates of reptiles, 7 hand-colored lithographs of shells, and 8 hand-colored lithographs of insects; 44 woodcuts (8 full-page); tinted folding map; chromolithograph plate of a village hall from the Solomon Islands; and a vignette of a canoe on title. (Large 8vo) 25.5x18 cm. (10x7”) original green cloth, gilt canoe on front cover. First Edition.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1873

“This voyage was especially significant for the natural history data collected...The ship sailed from Sydney...to display the British flag in the different archipelagoes of the western Pacific. Visits were made to Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and Niue or Savage Island; Samoa, Tona, and Fiji; the New Hebrides, Santa Cruz, and Solomon Islands; New Caledonia, and the Loyalty Islands.” - Hill 191. Nissen, ZBI, 572. Tear at head of spine, light wear and soiling, extremities worn, hinges reinforced; some light foxing, faint staining to a few plates; short tear to map at a fold, small ink stamp on front endpaper and title page; very good.

(800/1200)

100. Burrus, ernest J. Kino and the Cartography of Northwestern New Spain. [7], 104 pp. Frontispiece portrait; maps and plates throughout. 13¾x9¾, original red cloth, gilt stamped on cover and spine. One of 750 copies printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. First Edition.

[Tucson]: Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society, 1965

A handsomely printed history of Spanish exploration and cartography in Lower California and Arizona. Hill, p.41. Fine.

(200/300)

BURTON’S BOOK OF THE SWORD 101. Burton, riCharD F. The Book of the Sword. [iii]-xxxix, [1], 299 pp. Illustrations in the text. 10¼x7, original gray cloth stamped in brown with design of crossed swords, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1884

Burton examines the sword and its development through history. This was the first volume of a planned three-volumes work, but it “fell still-born on the public,” in Penzer’s words, and the final two volumes were never published. Penzer calls the book very scarce. Penzer p.107. Cloth worn and with some soiling, some rippling on rear cover, small tear to spine cloth, hinges cracked, remnants of bookplate on front pastedown; else good.

(800/1200)

102. (California - Carquinez Bridge) Dedication Souvenir, Carquinez Bridge Celebration, May Twenty-First, Nineteen Twenty-Seven. [8] pp. Two page of photographs showing construction; portraits on inside front wrapper; view of bridge on rear wrapper. 23x15.4 cm. (9x6”), wrappers, stapled.

Oakland: Horwinski Printing Co., 1927

The bridge, of course, is no longer present, having been recently torn down with a modern replacement. No copies listed in OCLC/WorldCat. Wrappers with light soiling and wear, very good.

(300/500)

103. (California) On the Bay of San Francisco: Vallejo, U.S. Navy Yard, Mare Island, Napa Valley Route. Monticello Steamship Co. 4 pp., folding to make 8 columns. 3 illustrations from photographs; double-page bird’s-eye view/map. 23.5x10.5 cm (9¼x4”) (folded size), pictorial wrappers, stapled.

Vallejo: Vallejo Chronicle Print, 1907

Scarce little schedule/map of the Monticello Steamship Co. route on San Francisco Bay, connecting to the Napa Valley Electric R.R. OCLC/WorldCat lists only copy at U.C. Berekeley and the University of Michigan, and both of those seem to be later issues. Wrappers a bit soiled, two rubberstamps of Bay Area firms within, very good.

(250/350)

104. (California - San Diego) Guide to San Diego Bay region, California, containing reliable and valuable information concerning the products and prospects of the country. 27, [1] pp. With 3 full-page wood-engravings; double-page map. 18x10 cm. (7x4”), original wrappers with engraved vignette of the Wharf at National City on front, view on the National City & Otay Railway on back.

San Diego: San Diego Land & Town Co, c.1888

Promotional guide for the San Diego region and its fine weather, and the agricultural prospects. Two ms. changes to p.26, lowering land prices and interest rates, and another to p.27 crossing out an agent. Fine condition.

(200/300)

105. (California - Swiss Americans) riGhetti, Fratelli, eDitor. Souvenir della patria: Album fotografico... la nuova Elvezia, Giornale Svizzaro Bisettimanale... 1911 Dicembre-Gennaio 1912. [148] pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs. 15.5x22 cm. (6x8½”), original paper wrappers with alligator skin texture, lettering & decorations in gilt, stapled.

San Francisco: La Nuova Elvezia, 1912

Scarce booklet commemorating the Swiss (and Italians) in California, with numerous photographs of both Swiss scenes and those in California, such as “Una Festa Svizzera a Soledad, Cal.”, similar festivities in San Luis Obispo, Petaluma, San Francisco, Ferndale, etc., John Swett’s winery in Martinez, etc. Of equal interest are the numerous advertisements for California businesses, most owned by Swiss Americans, including Dr. D.A. Alberti, Dentista; De Maria & Mattei Orologeria Svizzera; San Gottardo Hotel in San Francisco; Occidental Hotel in Stockton; Ciocca-Lombardi Wine Co.; and more. OCLC/WorldCat lists only one copy, in the Sonoma County Library. Neat repair to spine, very good or better.

(400/600)

106. (California) The Travelers’ blue book. A handbook on Southern California, for the traveler, giving reliable information about its various sections, points of interest, etc., with time cards of the local railroads. Vol. I, No 5. 64 pp. Illustrated from photographs. 19.5x13.5 cm. (7¾x5¼”), blue decorated wrappers.

Los Angeles: Blue Book Publishing Co., July, 1904

Scarce little guidebook; OCLC/WorldCat lists only a run of the monthly at the Huntington Library. On the cover are logos of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads Fading along spine; near fine.

(250/350)

107. CarVer, Jonathan. Three Years Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America, for more thanfive thousand miles, containing an account of the great lakes, and all the lakes, islands, and rivers, cataracts, mountains,... with a description of the birds, beasts, reptiles, insects, and fishes peculiar to the country. xvi, 282 pp. (12mo) 16.2x9.7 cm. (6½x3¾”), modern brown cloth, leather spine label. Early American Edition (first published in 1778).

Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1792

“Carver penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolution. Like his French predecessor Verendrye, he was seeking a transcontinental waterway...” Howes C-215. Sabin 383. Provenance: Jasper Moreducke (bookplate). Some light wear to paper, foxing throughout; very good.

(400/600)

108. ChamBerlen, paul. The Military History of His Serene Highness Prince Eugene of Savoy, Now Generalissimo of the Imperial Army. As also of His Grace the late Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire . . . etc. Written in French by M. Dumont . . . and by Mr. Rousset and now faithfully translated into English by Paul Chamberlen. [4], 134, 620, [20] pp. 10 folding copperplate engravings. Title page printed in red and black. 13½x8¾, period full calf. First Edition.

London: W. Rayner, 1736

Rare history of the War of the Spanish Succession with nicely executed copperplates. First published in French 1729. ESTC N34908. Ex-library with embossed stamp on title page, several plates and several pages. Binding well worn, front cover detached, lacking free endpapers, some chipping in margins; plates with repairs to folds, trimmed at head with some loss of upper ruled border, one plate with small piece lacking from lower corner; some browning and foxing; fair.

(500/800)

109. (Collette, Buddy) Photograph of Los Angeles Musician’s Union Jam Session - signed on verso by Buddy Collette. 8x10 black and white photograph of an audience assembled around a small band stand where a man (possibly George Kast) introduced a singer. On verso inscribed in ink with a message.

Los Angeles: c.1950-1951

Inscribed from Buddy Collette to George Kast, a violinist and recording artist in Los Angeles. Buddy Collette was a jazz musician and also an important figure in African American music history. This photograph captures a moment in his grassroots campaign to desegregate the Musician’s Unions which in 1950-51 still operated separate unions for Blacks and Whites. On verso he writes, “Humanist Hall 23rd & Union L.A. Calif. Circa 1950 or 1951. Sunday Afternoon Jazz Session to help amalgamate musicians unions Local #767 (Black) & Local #47 (White).” Below that is an inscription to his friend, “To George Kast, who played a great part in making it happen. From Buddy Collette, Jan 1, 1985.” Kast was also a proponent of the amalgamation of Local #47 and #767 and was involved in the process and eventual success of the effort. Near fine.

(200/300)

THE STATE OF RUSSIA IN 1671 110. [Collins, samuel]. The Present State of Russia, In a Letter to a Friend at London; Written by an Eminent Person Residing at the Great Tzars Court at Mosco for the Space of Nine Years. [22], 141, [1 blank], [8 ad] pp. Engraved portrait and 5 (of 6) engraved plates. (8vo) 6½x4¼, early full calf with modern rebacking, First Edition.

London: John Winter, 1671

Collins went to Russia as royal physician to Tsar Alexis, where he treated not only the Tsar (for his obesity) but other nobles and courtiers. Includes chapters on caviar and Russian mushrooms. Some light wear to edges; light foxing, some faint dampstaining; very good.

(800/1200)




111. CooK, James anD James KinG. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerk, and Gore, in his Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Discovery, In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. 3 volumes. [10], xcvi, 421; [10], 548; [14], 564 ad pp. Illustrated with 22 (of 24) copper-engraved maps, charts and profile views (many folding) and a folding letterpress table. 28.5x22 cm. (11¼x8¾), period calf, rebacked with library buckram, gilt leather labels. First Edition.

London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1784

Official account of James Cook’s third and final voyage, relating the expedition in which the Sandwich Islands [now Hawaiian Islands] were discovered. Cook would be killed by the initially friendly natives of Hawaii. Also, in Cook’s search for the Northwest Passage, he surveyed the straits between Asia and America and ascertained the proximity between them, and there is much information on the northwest coast of North America, Alaska, Kamchatka, and other northern climes. The first two volumes were the work of Cook himself, the third was completed by Captain James King. The publication of this official account was much delayed, and, according to Holmes, “it was so eagerly awaited by the public that it was sold out on the third day after publication”. Forbes declares the work to be “arguably the single most important book on the Hawaiian Islands” which “documents all aspects of Hawaiian culture at the point of discovery by Europeans.” Covers rubbed, edges worn; internal offset from the plates, lacking two plates (views of Hawaii and a chart of Hawaii), some internal aging and foxing, good, sold as is.

(800/1200)

112. (Cook, James) Wharton, Captain W.J.l., eDitor. Captain Cook’s Journal During His First Voyage Round the World Made in H.M. Bark “Endeavour” 1768-71. A Literal Transcription of the Original Mss. lvi, 400 pp. Portrait frontispiece; 2 plates; 2 facsimile letters & 7 folding maps. (4to) 26.5x18.5 (10½x7¼”) original green cloth. First Edition.

London: Elliot Stock, 1893

Cloth worn at edges, hinges cracked, a few short tears to maps in pocket at rear; fair.(500/800)

DELAVAN’S NOTES ON CALIFORNIA 113. [DelaVan, James]. Notes on California and the Placers: How to Get There, and What to Do Afterwards. By One Who Has Been There. 128 pp. Double frontispiece of 2 lithographed plates (likely by P. Emmert, Scene on the Isthmus and View of Culloma). 22.5x13.5 cm. (9x5½”), modern half morocco & marbled boards, bound without the original wrappers. First Edition.

New York: H. Long & Brother, 1850

One of the earliest diaries kept by an actual gold hunter to be published, of which Eberstadt notes, “an unusually frank and detailed account of daily life at the diggings. Delavan was one of the original Feather River Party of ‘49 and struck it rich at Rocky Bar, where in less than three weeks he took out over 100 pounds of the yellow metal. His book describes the trip to California—the San Francisco of 1849; extravagant prices; the Gaming Halls; the fortunes won and lost; life and observations in Benicia; Embarcadero (Sacramento); Sutter’s Fort; Culloma [sic]; Mormon Island; Volcano Bar; Spanish Bar; Kelsey’s Bar; Feather River; North Fork; Rector’s Bar; San Joaquin; Stockton; Monterey, etc. Other sections of the book deal with the ‘Code Lynch,’ the Oregon immigration; the Indian Tribes; their depredations, etc.; methods of mining; traders and trading posts; kaleidoscopic conditions; manners and customs; routes; and advice to emigrants.” Kurutz calls it “One of the most spirited accounts of the journey to California and life in the mines.” Cowan II, p. 164; Eberstadt 104:38; Graff 1044; Hill 464; Howes D237; Kurutz 183a; Rocq 15773; Sabin 10036; Streeter Sale 2628; Wheat, Books, 58. A few fox marks to the back of the lithograph of the Isthmus; creases to pp. 15-16, near fine.

(5000/8000)

114. DomeneCh, em[manuel]. Seven Years’ Residence in the Great Deserts of North America. 2 volumes. xxiv, 445, [1]; xii, 465, [1] pp. Illustrated with one folding map and 58 plates, many in colors, others duotone. (8vo) polished blue calf with modern blue morocco rebacking, spines gilt, all edges marbled. First Edition.

London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1860

“Mostly a compilation from the ‘Reports of the Survey for the Pacific Railroad’, some of the plates in that work being here reproduced.” Sabin 20554; Wheat 1008; Howes D410. Light scuffing to boards; short tear and some wrinkling to map; very good.

(300/500)

Lot 113

115. DuyCKiniCK, e. a. National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors... 2 volumes. With 119 full page steel engraved plates from paintings by Alonzo Chappel, two extra illustrated title pages. (4to) 27.5x21 cm. (10¾x8¼”) original full morocco stamped in blind and gilt, all edges gilt.

New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, [1861]

Memorials in text and fine steel engravings of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Boone, Washington Irving, John James Audubon, James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Wilkes, Elisha Kent Kane, John C. Fremont, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and many other notable Americans. Some wear and rubbing to leather; light foxing, plates overall very good.

(200/300)

116. emory, William h. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior. 3 volumes. Illustrations throughout after the originals. (4to) Blue and orange cloth, spines lettered in gilt, slipcase.

Austin: Texas Historical Association, [1987]

Prospectus laid in. Facsimile printing of the original 1857-59 edition. Howes E146; Wagner-Camp 291. Slipcase splitting along one corner; a touch of soiling to spines; very good.

(250/350)

117. Frémont, John Charles. Memoirs of My Life, by John Charles Frémont. Including in the Narrative Five Journeys of Western Exploration, During the Years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4. Together with a Sketch of the Life of Senator Benton, in Connection with Western Expansion by Jessie Benton Frémont. A Retrospect of Fifty Years, Covering the Most Eventful Periods of Modern American History... Volume I (all published). xix, 655 pp. Extensively illustrated with engravings in wood and steel, 7 maps (some folding) including one large folding map at rear, a chromolithograph of Frémont’s Rocky Mountain flag, etc. Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard. 10½x7½, decorative brown cloth in gilt, silver, black and red, lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1887

Memoirs of the great Pathfinder (or Pathmarker), based on his original accounts of his adventures in the west. The illustrations and maps are quite noteworthy. “Embraces his first three exploring expeditions and the part played by him in the conquest of California” - Howes F367. Some light wear to cloth, front hinge cracked and open, rear hinge cracked; front free endpaper, flyleaf, frontispiece and title page detached; else good.

(300/500)

FRÉMONTS EXPLORING EXPEDITION WITH THE RARE MAP 118. 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. 583pp. Illus. with 22 lithograph plates; 5 maps, 3 of them folding, including the very large one at rear. (8vo) 8¾x5½, period half calf and marbled boards, rebacked with original spine laid down. First Edition, House Issue.

Washington: Blair and Rives, 1845

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 somewhat darkened, small tears at the folds, as usual, stain in the Pacific Ocean portion. Cowan p. 223-4; Graff 1436; Howes F370; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Wheat Transmississippi Vol. II, pp. 194-200, Map 497; Zamorano 39. Original spine leather worn; light foxing to contents, ink name of James Merrill, dated Portland, March 1847, to title page; numerous tape repairs to large map; else very good.

(1000/1500)

119. GaBriel sionita. Arabia, seu Arabum vicinarumquae gentium orientalium leges, ritus sacri et profani mores, instituta et historia. 247 pp. Engraved pictorial title-page. (16mo) 10.5x5 cm. (4¼x2”), modern morocco, spine ruled & lettered in gilt, tooled in blind, raised bands, marbled endpapers

Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1635

Old ink writing on rear flyleaf, near fine to fine, in handsome modern binding.(600/100)

120. [Gazetteer] The North-American and the West-Indian Gazetteer. Containing an Authentic Description of the Colonies and Islands in That Part of the Globe... [6], xxiv pp, [109] leaves. Two engraved folding maps. (12mo) 18x10.2 cm. (7x4”) period calf, spine gilt. Second Edition.

London: G. Robinson, 1778

First published in 1776. Includes a map of the North American colonies as well as a map of the West Indies by T. Bowen. “This compact little book was a second time printed for the use of officers going over during the American War” - Sabin 55537. Leather dry and brittle, front cover detached, rear joint and hinge cracked; 2” stub tear to map of colonies; some browning; internally very good.

(500/800)

121. GolDsmiD, FreDeriC John. Eastern Persia, an Account of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary Commission, 1870-71-72. 2 volumes. lviii, [2], 443; viii, 516 pp. 30 lithographed plates, many hand-colored; 4 maps. (8vo) 8¾x6, modern green cloth. First Edition.

London: Macmillan, 1876

“The zoological section of Vol. II gives an outline of the vertebrate fauna of Persia. The material for this account is mainly derived from two collections, mostly made by Major O.B.C. St. John and by Blanford himself. The collection of birds in its entirety consisted of 1236 specimens representing 248 species. In addition to these other species collected or observed by previous travellers in Persia, thus providing a complete survey of the whole Persian avifauna, which therefore so far as is known consists of 384 species.” - Anker 45. Nissen ZBI 405. Some light staining and foxing to a few plates; signatures C & D in Volume 1 are bound in the wrong order; very good.

(1000/1500)

122. Gray William et Feu DoCharD. Voyage dans l’Afrique Occidentale, Pendant les Annees 1818, 1819, 1820, et 1821, de Puis la Riviere Gambie Jusqu’au Niger, en Traversant les etats de Woulli Bondoo, Galam, Kasson, Kaarta et Foulidou. 2 volumes. xxvii, 391, errata; [2], xvii pp. 14 lithograph plates and engraved folding map. (8vo) 22x14 cm. (8½x5½”), period wrappers. First Edition in French.

Paris: Avril de Gastel, 1826

Contains some information on the botany of West Africa. Wrappers worn and soiled; some foxing and light staining to text and plates; very good.

(400/600)

123. Grey, GeorGe. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39. 2 volumes. xiv, 412; viii, 482 pp. 22 lithographed plates (6 colored); 2 folding maps in pocket at front of Volume 1. (8vo) 8¼x5¼, later half calf and marbled boards, green morocco title labels. First Edition.

London: T. and W. Boone, 1841

“Important natural history volumes for which John Gould wrote an account of the Birds of the western coast; J.E. Gray contributed notes on the Mammalia and a catalogue of Reptiles and Amphibia.” - Wood; Ferguson 3228. Spines faded, some light wear to edges and corners; light foxing; very good.

(1000/1500)

GUIDE BOOK TO EASTERN ASIA 124. (Guide Books - Asia) An Official Guide to Eastern Asia: Trans-Continental Connections Between Europe and Asia. 5 volumes. With 108 color maps, all but a few folding, 3 loose in endpaper pockets; illustrations from photographs & other sources. 6¼x4, red cloth lettered in gilt, top edges gilt.

Tokyo: The Imperial Japanese Government Railways, 1913-1917

Complete set in first edition of this important early 20th century guide to East Asia. The five volumes comprise: Manchuria & Chosen; South-Western Japan; North-Eastern Japan; China; East Indies including Philippine Islands, French Indo-China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, and Dutch East Indies. This official guide to Japan and East Asia was planned by Shimpei Goto (a leading statesman in the early twentieth century) when he was the first director of South Manchuria Railway Company in 1906 after he had discovered the incompleteness and inaccuracy of the information in the Japanese and Asian guides produced by Western publishers like John Murray and Baedeker. The final volume with rubberstamp on title-page of Geographic Branch, M.I.D., G.S.; this would be MI9, the British Military Intelligence Section 9, during World War II charged with aiding resistance fighters in enemy occupied territory and recovering Allied troops who found themselves behind enemy lines. Minor shelf wear, 2 maps and 1 text leaf detached, else very good, complete with all the maps.

(1000/1500)

125. (Guide Books - Asia) An Official Guide to Eastern Asia: Trans-Continental Connections Between Europe and Asia - Vols. II, III & IV. 3 of 5 volumes. With 63 color maps, all but a few folding, 1 loose in endpaper pocket; illustrations from photographs & other sources. 6¼x4, red cloth lettered in gilt, top edges gilt.

Tokyo: The Imperial Japanese Government Railways, 1914-1915

Three volumes of this important early 20th century guide to East Asia, comprising South-Western Japan; North-Eastern Japan; China. This official guide to Japan and East Asia was planned by Shimpei Goto (a leading statesman in the early twentieth century) when he was the first director of South Manchuria Railway Company in 1906 after he had discovered the incompleteness and inaccuracy of the information in the Japanese and Asian guides produced by Western publishers like John Murray and Baedeker. Shelf wear, larger maps at rear of Vol. III detached, else very good.

(500/800)

126. (Guide Books) BaeDeKer, Karl. The Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska - 3 copies. Each with numerous color maps, some folding or double-page. Red cloth lettered in gilt.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1900 & 1922

Includes two copies of the 1900 edition and one copy of the 1922 edition. Prelims. of 1900 editions darkened, one with free endpaper detached; all very good.

(200/300)

127. (Guide Books) Five guide books to Japan and China. Includes: Guide to China. With Land and Sea Routes Between the American and European Continents. (Spine foot chipped.) Second (Revised) Edition. 1924. * Pocket Guide to Japan. Color pictorial wrappers. 1926. * Terry’s Guide to the Japanese Empire including Korea and Formosa. Jacket. 1930. * Japan: The Official Guide. (Contents dampstained.) [1957]. * Japan: The Official Guide. [1961]. Together, 5 volumes. Folding color maps & other illustrations. Cloth except as noted.

Various places: Various dates

Generally very good.(250/350)



128. (Guide Books) Four guide books to Egypt. Includes: Baedecker, Karl. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers. 3 editions. Liepzig: Karl Baedecker, 1898; 1902; 1908. * Hall, H.R. Handbook for Egypt and the Sudan. London: Edward Stanford, 1910. Together, 4 volumes. Numerous maps, most in color and folding. Red cloth lettered in gilt.

Leipzig & London: Various dates

The last with cover title “Murray’s Handbook Egypt & the Sudan”; booklet “Notes on the Arabic Language” in rear endpaper pocket. Two of the Baedeckers with spines faded, worn, one lacking front free endpaper, one is ex-library with markings and spine number; all good.

(300/500)

129. (Guide Books) Four guide books to Europe. Includes: Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, France Belguim, Holland, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal &c. Souvenir of the Hamburg-American Line. Berlin: J. Hermann Herz, 1907. * Venice and the Lagoon. Milan: Lampugnani, 1909. * The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes. Leipzig: Karl Baedecker, 1911. * Ford, Richard. The Handbook for Travellers in Spain. Part II. London: John Murray, 1912. Together, 4 volumes. With numerous maps, many folding. Cloth.


Very good condition.(300/500)

130. (Guide Books) Seven guide books to the United States. Includes: Appleton’s General Guide to the United States and Canada. With Railway Maps, Plans of Cities, and Illustrations. Part I, New England and Middle States and Canada. (Staining to covers, especially rear.) [1879]. * Appleton’s General Guide to the United States and Canada. With Railway Maps, Plans of Cities, and Table of Railway and Steamboat Fares. Part II. Western and Southern States. (Rubberstamps of Boston College High School to title and a few other places, spine number.) 1886. * Baedeker, Karl. The United States with Excursions to Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Alaska. 5 copies. 4th Revised Edition. 1909. Together, 7 volumes. Many maps, most folding, those in the Baedekers are in color. Cloth.

New York & Leipzig: Various dates

Normal wear, one of the Baedeker volumes is ex-library, good to very good condition overall.(400/700)

131. hale, eDWarD eVerett. Kanzas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of Those Territories; an Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to Emigrants. 256 + [4] ad pp. Folding frontispiece map. 7½x4½, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1854

One of the earliest (if not the earliest) books on Kansas, considered the best book on the emigration occasioned by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Hale provides an historical survey of Kansas, an account of the Indian tribes, and a detailed description of the soil, rivers, settlements, railroads, and projected cities in Kansas and Nebraska. The “Map of Kanzas & Nebraska from the Original Surveys” has Nebraska including present-day Wyoming, Montana and adjacent areas, and shows Stevens’ and Fremont’s routes for the Pacific Railroad survey. It has a bit of wear at the top edge. Graff 1709; Sabin 2964; Wagner-Camp 239a; Wheat Transmississippi 807. Light wear at spine ends; owner’s inscription dated 1856; near fine, bright.

(300/500)



AUTOGRAPH OF JOHN HANCOCK WITH STATE SEAL 132. hanCoCK, John. Autograph of John Hancock with Massachusetts State Seal. Autograph and Massachusetts state seal clipped from an official document. Overall approximately 16.5x12.5 cm. (6½x5”).

Massachusetts: c. 1790

A nice example of perhaps the most recognizable early American signature. Some wear at edges, small bits of tape over the descender of the ‘J’ and the ‘k’; good.

(2000/3000)

133. (Hawaii) moore, Dr. W.l. Typed Letter Signed by Dr. W.L. Moore in Honolulu, referring to visit of Great White Fleet and death of Prince David Kawananakoa. 30 lines, on printed letterhead with his office in the Boston Building, Honolulu. Signed in pencil. 27x21 cm. (10½x8¼”).

Honolulu: July 10th, 1908

Dr. Moore begins by bemoaning the coming of the Great White Fleet, due in less than a week, “The town is blossoming out in flags, bunting, card-sharps and buncoes generally from the U.S. I had nearly forgotten that there were such a lot of d-d rascalls loose. They mostly came down in the steerage, I hope they will go back that way or in a box...” Later he writes of the death of Prince David Kawananakoa, heir to the line of Queen Lili’uokalani, who had died in San Francisco in the beginning of June, “I am sending you a photo of the lying-in-state of one of the Princes who died at the Coast... He was a decent chap, rather thin as to grey matter, and that inclined to soften. They didn’t do a thing to him when he came here, I stood guard fourteen hours, in four hour spells of thirty minutes relief, from four the eight. The wailing and evidences of old royalty days was really impressive...” Fine condition.

(250/350)

Lot 132

134. (Hawaii) steVens, John l. Autograph Letter signed by John L. Stevens, former American Minister to Hawaii, predicting the Hawaiian Islands would soon be part of the United States. 28 lines, in ink, on 1st 2 pp. of 4-page lettersheet of lined paper. 20.5x12.5 cm. (8x5”).

Augusta, ME: March 12, 1894

Significant letter by the leader of the 1893 coup that temporarily deposed the Hawaiian government. John L. Stevens, U.S. Minister to the Hawaiian Islands, supported a group of American businessmen in Hawaii who seized control of the Islands with the backing of American troops sent ashore by Stevens from a warship in Honolulu Harbor. But when Grover Cleveland assumed the U.S. presidency shortly thereafter, he reinstated the Queen, and recalled Minister Stevens from Hawaii and forced him into retirement. Stevens writes to noted autograph collector Harry E. Burbank. “I am confidant that at no distant day Hawaii will become a part of the United States. It is American in its sympathies and interests, its best brain and education are American, and best future interests of the United States demand that it shall become an American possession under the flag and laws of the country and people that have taken such a deep interest in the welfare and destiny of the Hawaiian Islands for more than seventy years.” The former minister viewed President Cleveland’s opposition as a transient, if not irrelevant, phenomenon. The Queen was soon force to abdicate by American businessmen, and in 1898 the islands were annexed by the U.S. Some damage to blank page 4 from earlier mounting, else fine.

(1500/2500)

ONE OF ONLY 125 COPIES 135. haWley, FranK. Whales & Whaling in Japan, Volume 1, Part 1 [all published]. [viii], 354. x pp. 18 plates including folding colored woodblock frontispiece. (4to) 30x23 cm. (12x9”) grey boards backed with undyed Indian goatskin, original slipcase. One of 125 copies.

Kyoto: [for the author], 1958-60

Printed on Japanese hand-made paper. The frontispiece is from chromoxylography and was three solid blocks of sakura, or cherry and twelve solid blocks of Magnolia obovata; there were thirty printing stages. The eighteen illustrations are (apart from the frontispiece and Plate II A) printed on a hand-made kyokushi fabricated of mitsumata (Edgeworthia papyrifera). A study of the Japanese tradition of whaling and the uses of whale products in Japan. Slight wear to edges; fine.

(2000/3000)

Lot 135

136. heBarD, GraCe raymonD anD e. a. Brininstool. The Bozeman Trail: Historical Accounts of the Blazing of the Overland Routes into the Northwest, and the Fights with Red Cloud’s Warriors. 2 volumes. Illustrated from drawings, plans, 2 color folding maps, and photographs including frontispieces. Red cloth with gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt. First Edition.

Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark, 1922

Howes H382. Faint evidence of labels removed from spine, ink stamp of the National Biscuit Company obscured on rear endpapers; very good.

(300/500)

137. houtum-sChinDler, General a. Eastern Persian Irak. viii, 132 pp. Folding map. (8vo) 21.7x14.2 cm. (8½x5½), original roan-backed cloth, top edge gilt. First Edition.

London: John Murray, 1897

Rare account of the topography, people and natural history of the region. The author, a Fellow of the R.G.S., writes ‘’Eastern Persian Irak... is practically a blank on all existing maps. The rich and fertile districts of Jasp, Ardahal, Kohistan of Kom, Sarsdir of Kashan, are perfect terrae incognitae, and no published map that I have seen shows them’’. Includes chapters on geology, flora and fauna of the region. Spine faded, some scuffing, repaired tear to map, corner chipped; small ink number on half title; very good.

(1000/1500)

138. hunter, J. marVin, Compiler. The Trail Drivers of Texas: Interesting Sketches of Early Cowboys and Their Experiences on the Range and on the Trail During the Days that Tried Men’s Souls - True Narratives Related by Real Cow-Punchers and Men who Fathered the Cattle Industry in Texas. 2 volumes in one. xvi, 1044 pp. Illustrated from photographs throughout. 23x15 cm. (9x6”), blue cloth lettered in gilt. Second Edition, Revised.

Nashville, TN: Cokesbury Press, 1925

Adams calls this “the most important single contribution to the history of cattle driving on the western trails.” Adams Herd 1103; Adams Six-guns 1084; Howes H816; Jenkins 99C. Rubbing to joints and edges, wear to spine ends and corners; shaken, some foxing, ink inscription to front pastedown, good to very good.

(100/150)

139. iVes, Joseph C[hristmas]. Report upon the Colorado River of the West. 131, 14, 154, 30, 6, 31, [1] pp. Illustrated with 2 folding maps; 1 engraved profile; 15 lithographed or engraved views; 7 color lithograph plates of Indians; 8 folding panoramas; 3 engraved paleontology plates. 11x8½, modern half calf and marbled boards. First Edition, Senate Issue.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861

Superb survey of the Colorado River, with exceptional illustrations after Möllhausen and others and including reports on the geology, botany and zoology by John Strong Newberry, Asa Grey, Spencer Fullerton Baird and others. Wagner-Camp notes that “William Goetzmann calls Lieutenant Ives’ complete report, `The best by far of these individual reports... It is a long, carefully written journal, consciously literary but with a maximum amount of attention to scientific observation....’” This unnumbered Senate issue should contain two additional copies of the maps with added geological information, but these are not present and seem not to have been issued with all copies. Howes I92; Sabin 35308; Wagner-Camp 375; Wheat Transmississippi 4, pp. 98-101. Light wear to binding; maps detached and with repairs, dampstains to a few plates; very good.

(700/1000)


140. (James, Jesse) Jesse James: The Life and Daring Adventures of This Bold Highwayman and Bank Robber and His No Less Celebrated Brother, Frank James. Together With the Thrilling Exploits of the Younger Boys. Written by * (One Who Dare Not Now Disclose His Identity.) The Only Book Containing The Romantic Life of Jesse James and his Pretty Wife Who Clung to Him to the Last!. [2], (19)-96 pp. Woodcut illustrations. (8vo), original pictorial wrappers. First Edition.

Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., [1882]

Woodcut portrait of Jesse James on front wrapper and of Jesse’s father on rear wrapper (neither correct). Adams, Six-Guns 1148; Howes J47. Some fading and light chipping to wrappers; pages entirely unopened; very good.

(500/800)

THOMAS JEFFERSON ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA 141. JeFFerson, thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. [iv], 382 pp. Folding chart. Lacking map. (8vo) 21x13 cm. (8¼x5¼”), period calf. First English Edition.

London: John Stockdale, 1787

The first edition was published privately by Jefferson when he was the American minister in Paris (1785); it was followed by another French edition (1786) and this London (1787) edition before it was first printed in America. The advertisement to this work on [A]2r states that the Notes are “now offered to the public in their original form and language” for the first time, considering the alterations that were necessary for publication in France. This worked established Jefferson’s reputation as a competent scientist. Jefferson patriotically negated the theories of certain French naturalists that animal and intellectual life in America is somehow degenerate. Howes J78; Sabin 35897. Binding heavily worn, covers detached, evidence of old crude repairs, text block split in two pieces, some foxing, a few ink notes; worthy of restoration.

(1500/2000)

142. JuKes, J. Beete. Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, During the Years 1842-1846: Together with an Excursion into the Interior of the Eastern Part of Java. 2 volumes. [2 ad], xiii, 423, [8 ad]; [4 ad], vii, 362, [10 ad] pp.19 plates (15 engraved); 2 folding engraved maps; woodcuts in text. (8vo) original blindstamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition.

London: T. & W. Boone, 1847

“The narrative of an important voyage undertaken for the purpose of surveying the lesser-known parts of the coast of northeastern Australia and the islands of Torres Strait and the Great Barrier Reef. New Guinea was also visited, and the Fly River was discovered. Accounts of Timor and its aborigines, Dutch Java, Sandalwood Island, Singapore, and Malacca are included. Jukes was the naturalist on the expedition.” -- Hill II, page 319. The appendix includes: Owen,

R. “Notes on the Characters of the Skeleton of a Dugong, (Halicore Australis,) from the North Coast of Australia...”. Provenance: Thomas Gill, with his bookplates; Royal Geographical Society of Australasia; The Aquatic Research Institute. Spines a bit faded, spine heads frayed, some light extremity wear, ink stamps on front free endpapers, title pages and first text leaf in each volume; very good.

(2000/3000)

Lot 142

143. (Kast, George and Eudice Shapiro) Archive of George Kast and Eudice Shapiro - including five signed photographs of music directors and musicians. Five inscribed photographs, including: One 8x10 photograph of George Pehlivanian. Inscribed in silver ink “To Ms. Shapiro, Many thanks to the years of great input and training with all my admiration and affection.” Signed and dated 4-9-92. * Plus four photographs of music directors or musicians that worked with or studied under George Kast, each inscribed to Kast, and signed. Three photographs dated, including 1959 and 1966. Each measures approximately 10x8. * Also includes unsigned photographs: 7x5 portrait of Eudice Shapiro and George Kast. * 4¾x4 portrait of Kast playing violin, on card stock. * Five 8x9¾ (or reverse) photographs of Kast posing with his violin. Four are photographed by Joseph Deiss, as per ink inscription on verso. * An advertisement flyer for a violin performance by Eudice Shapiro accompanied by piano by Brooks Smith at the USC Bing Theater on March 27, 1977. * A 1-page TLs from Karney Hodge, the Chairman of the California Arts Council, to Kast. Dated September 2, 1981. * Also includes a framed $1 bill inscribed to George from four individuals. * One framed reproduction of a drawing by Bronson. Nice little collection of photographs and other items.

Various dates

George Kast was a violinist and recording artist in Los Angeles, and the second husband of Eudice Shapiro. Shapiro is distinguished as the first female concertmaster in any studio orchestra, working for Los Angeles movie studios. Kast and Shapiro were also music instructors, and no doubt the majority of the inscribed photographs are of their students or colleagues. The lot contains five inscribed and signed photographs, all but one to George Kast. Nice archive from George Kast. A few marks of light soiling to paper ephemeral items; photographs near fine or better.

(500/800)

144. (Kennedy, John F., et al.) Five original photographs of John & Jackie Kennedy, and a T.L.s. from Robert F. Kennedy. Includes: Photo of John & Jackie Kennedy standing in front of a church, holding the hands of young Caroline and John Jr. World Wide Photo credit rubberstamp on verso. 7x9. * Photo of Johh Kennedy seated next to a gentleman in university robes, caption on verso, “”At a Catholic College for receiving honorary degree 1962.” 8x12. * Photo of Jackie Kennedy in a crowd of men, several wearly catholic skull caps, or zuchettos. (Creased, with marginal chips.) 8x10. * Photo of John Kennedy standing on a platform, with microphones, surrounded by men, evidently during the 1960 campaign. 5x7. * Photograph of John Kennedy used as a poster to raise funds for his presidential library. 5x7. * T.L.s. form Robert F. Kennedy expressing appreciation for efforts of Associated Students of University of Portland for helping with an event. (1” crease tear.) Jan. 4, 1967. Together, 6 items.

Washington, etc.: 1960’s

Generally very good.(300/500)



145. laBat, Jean Baptiste. Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l’Amerique, Contenant l’Histoire Naturelle de ces pays, l’Origine, les Moeurs, la Religion & le Gouvernement des Habitans Anciens & Modernes: Les Guerres & les Evenemens Singuliers qui y Sont Arrivez Pendant le Long Sejour que l’Auteur y a Fait; le Commerce et les Manufactures qui y sont Etablies & les Moyens de les Augmenter. 6 parts in 2 volumes. [12], viii, 168; 184; (185)-360; [8], 180; (181)-348;(349)-520, [18] pp. Half titles present. 56 engraved plates (several folding); 8 engraved maps (6 folding). (4to) 24.7x20 cm. (9¾x7¾”), modern red morocco-backed cloth. First Quarto Edition.

The Hague: P. Husson, et al, 1724

First published in 1722 and again in 1724 in duodecimo editions. “Labat went to the West Indies as a Dominican Missionary, and gives in this, his most famous work, details of all the islands he visited, and notably of Martinique and Guadeloupe... He gives accounts of the cultivation of tobacco, sugar, indigo, etc. ...” - Cox. Much attention, along with numerous plates, is given to the flora and fauna of the island. Sabin 38411. A few small nicks to binding; some foxing, browning and offsetting, bump to top edge of a few pages in Volume 2 resulting in a few short tears; very good.

(2500/3500)

Lot 145



ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY TOM LEA 146. lea, tom (ameriCan, 1907-2001). Rancho San Sebastian, (Casa Lea Window), 1934. Brush and India Ink, Lead Pencil and watercolor. Watercolor image of window view to exterior in Winter, with Navaho pot resting on windowsill in the foreground. Image size 13.5x33 cm. (5½x13”), plus margins, matted and framed, overall dimensions 40.5x60 cm. (16x23¾”). Signed, titled and dated 1934 at lower right in pencil.

Santa Fe: 1934

Thomas Calloway “Tom” Lea, III was a noted American muralist, artist, novelist and historian, and life long Texan, born in El Paso, attended the Art Institute of Chicago, and after marrying toured Europe to study the masters. After Europe, he and his wife returned to Santa Fe where he found work with the WPA project. In 1937 Lea started doing illustration work and partnered with author J. Frank Dobie and working with Carl Herzog. After serving in WWII, Lea returned to El Paso where he lived and painted for the balance of his life. This painting was exhibited, and included in the catalog checklist of the “Tom Lea, Master Draftsman” exhibition at the Adair Margo Gallery in El Paso, in 1994, where it was purchased by our consignor. The exhibition was held in conjunction with “Portraits by Tom Lea” at the Centennial Museum at the University of Texas, and “Dignity Beyond Borders: The Art of Tom Lea” held at the El Paso Museum of Art. Not examined out of frame, but archivally framed as prepared for the gallery exhibition in a gilt frame with plexiglass; fine.

(4000/6000)

147. lea, tom. Map of Coastal Area between the Rio Grande and the Nueces showing Early Spanish and Mexican Land Grants as of 1852 the year Captain Richard King first rode from Brownsville toe Corpus Christie. Map on board, with some color (by hand?). 57.5x35.5 cm. (22¾z13¾”) plus margins, framed, overall 28¼x19¼”.

No place: No date

Inscribed on the map, just off the coast, “For John Knight, from his friend the cartographer, Tom Lea.” Very good.

(300/500)

148. (Lewis and Clark Expedition) moulton, Gary e., eDitor. Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Plates of facsimile maps throughout. (Folio) 19½x13½, blue cloth lettered in gilt.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska, [1983]

Scarce atlas volume of Moulton’s significant new edition of the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, presenting in facsimile the many manuscript maps which were produced during the journey, and the finished later derivations from them. This atlas comprised Volume I of the Moulton edition. Small bump to foot of spine; near fine.

(300/500)

Lot 146

149. luDloW, William. Report of a Reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota, Made in the Summer of1874 [With] Report of a Reconnaissance from Carroll, Montana Territory, on the Upper Missouri, to the Yellowstone National Park, and Return, Made in the Summer of 1875. Two reports bound in one volume. 124; [6], 141 pp. 1874 report contains 1 plain lithographed plate of fossil shells, 3 large folding lithographed maps (1 colored) and 7 text-figures. 1875 report contains: 2 plain lithographed plates of fossil shells, 3 folding maps and 14 text-figures. (8vo) modern black cloth with map pocket insider rear cover. First Edition.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875

Also bound in: Ward, Freeman. “The Geology of a Portion of the Badlands” and Toepelman, W.C. “The Paleontology of the Area The Badlands as a National Park”. Several b&w plates and text-figures plus a colored folding map. 8vo, pp. 80. South Dakota Geological and Natural History Survey. Bull. 11. 1922. Several short tears to maps, a few with tape repairs on versos; very good.

(400/600)

150. marshall, GeorGe C. Photograph signed by George C. Marshall, plus Autograph Letter Signed and two other autographed items. Includes: Photograph of Marshall in uniform, signed in lower margin. 17x12 cm., matted and framed under conservation glass. Overall 29x23 cm. * A.L.s. from Marshall to General Andrew Walker Brewster, written while Marshall was stationed in Tientsin, China, on the occasion of Brewster’s retirement. He writes about the general’s experiences in France and fighting the Boxer’s in China. on letterhead of the Commanding Officer, Fifteenth U.S. Infantry. 2/9/26. * First Day Cover signed by Marshall, Sept. 28, 1945. * Card of the Secretary of State signed by Marshall. Together, 4 items.


Autograph material from one of the great leaders in American military history, acclaimed as the “organizer of victory” in World War II by none other than Winston S. Churchill, and the driving force behind the “Marshall Plan” to rebuild a Europe devastated by war. Fine condition.

(500/800)

151. martial, l.-F. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn. 1882-1883. Tome 1er. Histoire du Voyage. Volume 1 only (of 7). x, 487 pp. 3 maps and 9 plates. (4to) 28x22.5 cm (11x9”), later plain wrappers with part of original front label laid down. First Edition.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1888

Light wear to wrappers, volume a bit bowed, some browning from tissue guards; very good.(500/800)

COLOR PLATES OF TURKISH COSTUME 152. [mClean, thom.]. The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot. Unpaginated. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece and 30 hand-colored engraved plates (including vignette title page). (Folio) 14¼x10¼, period black full morocco stamped in gilt and blind, all edge gilt.

London: William Miller, [c. 1833]

Vignette title page dated 1818 but at least one plate watermarked with the date 1833. Marvelous plates of Turkish nobility, soldiers, merchants, etc. Abbey Travel 373. Extremities rubbed; moderate foxing, plates overall very good or better with excellent color.

(1500/2000)

153. (Michigan) A Souvenir of Gogebic County, Mich. [8] pp. + [46] leaves of plates from photographs, 1 a fold-out bird’s-eye panorama. 17x26 cm. (6¾x10”), green cloth stamped in gilt.

Iron Mountain, MI: C.O. Stiles, c.1903

The many mines, miners, housed, businesses, etc. of Gogebic County in northern Michigan, above Wisconsin, are pictured. OCLC/WorldCat lists only four copies. Folding panorama split into two pieces, neat repair to another plate, very good or better.

(200/300)

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154. (Mining) Prospectus of the Hudson Properties, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, on the West End of the Sun and Moon Vein... [16] pp. incl. self-wrappers. Illustrated from photographs & maps. 30.5x23 cm. (12x9”).

Denver: 1905

Detailed and informative prospectus of this gold mining company. No copies are listed by OCLC/WorldCat. Horizontal crease, a little edge wear, very good.

(400/600)

155. (Mining) Two prospectuses, an illustrated supplement, and an open letter to shareholders of the Twentieth Century Mining Company, Limited. Illustrated from photographs, maps, etc. Wrappers.

Boston: 1902

Interesting prospectuses and reports of this mining company whose primary holding were in Ontario, Canada, “269 acres of rich mining land containing huge deposits of free-milling gold ore, a complete and modern mining and milling plant, buildings for accommodation of employees, etc.” It also owned copper mines in Cochise County, Arizona. OCLC/WorldCat lists no copies of these reports. Very good or better condition.

(250/350)

156. (Mining) Wallace Gold Camp - carbon typescript prospectus with map. [2], 29 leaves, carbon typescript on rectos only. Folding blue-print map with ms. notes. 28x22 cm. (11x8½”), brad-bound wrappers.

No place: c.1915

Detailed report on the mine about 50 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Pp. 22-29 contain a report on the geology of the area by mining engineer J.L. Holland from 1896. The name of mine proprietor William C. Wallace is rubberstamped on the front wrapper and a few other places - perhaps this was his copy. Dampstain to lower margins, else very good.

(400/600)

157. morGan, Dale & Carl i. Wheat. Jedediah Smith and His Maps of the American West. [6], 86 pp. Intro. by Wheat. Illus. with reproductions of 7 maps (6 folding, 3 inserted loose in rear pocket). 17x11, red cloth. 1 of 530 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy. First Edition.

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1954

Scholarly study of the influence of “the early West’s greatest single explorer” on the mapping of the West. Smith was the first man to cross the Sierra Nevada and open the southwestern trail to California. He also pioneered the route from California to the Hudson’s Bay Co. territory, established posts on the Columbia and mapped watersheds of the Missouri, Yellowstone, Platte, Rio Grande, Colorado, Snake and Columbia rivers. A touch of wear to cloth; near fine.

(400/600)

158. muir, John, eD. Picturesque California and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico. 2 volumes. [4], vii-xii, [2], 240; [241]-478 pp. Profusely illustrated with etchings, engravings and photogravures; printed tissue guards. 39.2x29 cm. (15½x11½”, half morocco and cloth, spines lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers.

New York & San Francisco: J. Dewing Publishing Company, [1888]

Superb array of etchings, engravings and photogravures from works by important Western artists, including Thomas Moran, Julian Rix, Frederic Remington, Thomas Hill, and many others. Besides editing the work, Muir provided seven articles. In this copy, the title-page for Vol. II is bound following the title-page in Vol. I. It is undated, with copyright date of 1888 on its verso (Vol. I copyright dated 1887). Cowan p.486; Kimes 176. Scuffing to joints, spine ribs and extremities; internally clean and fine.

(1000/1500)



NEW ORLEANS BLUE BOOK OF “FAST WOMEN” 159. (New Orleans) Blue Book. [96] pp. Numerous advertisements. 6x4¼, original wrappers.

[New Orleans]: [c. 1910-1915]

Rare guide to the New Orleans “Sporting District” and its “Fast Women”. Contains listing of ladies names and address, divided by skin color (white, octoroon, colored). Numerous advertisements for spirits, tobacco, etc. Seemingly few of these guides have survived with only a handful having appeared at auction in the last 30 years. Wrappers reattached, small repair to spine, some wear at edges; very good.

(2000/3000)

160. niCholson, h. Whalley. From Sword to Share; or, A fortune in five years at Hawaii. xviii, [2], 348 pp. With 9 mounted original albumen photographs; 6 engraved plates; folding map. 18.6x12 cm. (7½x4¾”), original gilt-pictorial cream, red & white cloth. First Edition.

London: W.H. Allen & Co, 1881

Scarce account of Hawaii notable for the original photographs, most of which are portraits of members of the royal family. Binding with some soiling and wear, spine ends chipped and frayed, leaning, hinges tender; good to very good.

(500/800)

161. nuttall, thomas. Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory during the year 1819. With Occasional Observations on the Manners of the Aborigines. xii, (9)-296 pp. 4 (of 5) plates (5th plate supplied in facsimile); folding map. (8vo) 21.2x13.5 cm. (8¼x5½”) later full calf. First Edition.

Philadelphia: Thomas H. Palmer, 1821

A botanist who emigrated from England in 1808, Nuttall traveled with John Bradbury up the Missouri in 1810, and spent the next eight years studying plants east of the Mississippi (producing his two-volume Genera of North American Plants in 1818). In October of 1818 he began the journey described in the present work, in the company of Major Bradford, traveling up the Arkansas River to Fort Smith, crossing to the Red River, and, after much hardship, returning to New Orleans in 1821. In 1834 he accompanied Nathaniel Wyeth to Oregon, voyaged to Hawaii, and spent time on the California coast before returning via the Horn. His Journal of Travels is valuable for his detailed observations on the Chickasaw, Cherokee and Osage Indians as well as descriptions of the flora, fauna and geography of the Southwest. Field 1145; Graff 3055; Howes N229; Sabin 56348; Streeter 1597; Wagner-Camp 19a. Spine faded, some light wear to edges; map split completely at fold, several repairs on verso, lacking one plate; some browning and foxing; very good.

(1000/1500)

WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEXANDER GARDNER 162. palmer, W[illia]m J. Report of Surveys Across the Continent, in 1867-’68, on the Thirty-Fifth and Thirty-Second Parallels, for a Route Extending the Kansas Pacific Railway to the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco and San Diego. 6, [2], 7-250 pp. With 20 photographic plates by Alexander Gardner; folding “General Profile of the Union Pacific Railway, E.D. or Kansas Pacific Rail Road from St. Louis to San Francisco.” 23.5x14.5 cm (9¼x5¾”), modern cloth. First Edition.

Philadelphia: W.B. Selheimer, 1869

This is one of the rare special copies with the twenty photographic images. It is an important and early railroad item, and also contains the first narrative of a white man to cross the Grand Canyon. James White was the sole survivor of his party, and his account first appears here. Photographically, the book is important for being (if not the first) a very early use of artotypes. The photographs, which are all credited to Gardner, actually include pictures by Bell and probably one or two stock shots. (See Mangan, Colorado on Glass). The photographs in this copy are quite light, either the way there were printed, or because of fading. Some copies contained 3 maps in addition to the profile, others only one; this has only the profile. Graff 3177; Howes P54; Sabin 58383. Top corner of title-page chipped; folding profile split in two, a few tape repairs and partial crease tears; very good.

(3000/5000)

163. (Panama-Pacific International Exposition) Official souvenir portfolio of the Panama-Pacific international exposition, San Francisco. February to December, 1915, celebrating the building and opening of a ship’s highway across the Isthmus of Panama, constructed by the United States of America for the benefit of the world. 5 issues - Prospectus & Nos. 1-4 (of 6) of the Golden Gate Series. Illustrated from photographs & drawings. 28x35.5 cm. (11x14”), pictorial wrappers.

San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Company, 1914

Fascinating pre-Exposition souvenir, with views of the ground-breaking, construction, proposed artwork, and projected buildings at the wondrous world’s fair. Nine libraries are listed in OCLC/WorldCat as having the full six-issue run, but none of them is shown to have the prospectus. A little wear, very good or better

(500/800)

Lot 162



164. perry, mattheW CalBraith. 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... Volume 2 only (of 3). Volume 2 only (of 3). [6], 414, [18], xi, [1] pp. 43 plates (18 hand-colored; 4 tinted); 17 folding engraved charts; 2 maps. (4to) 29x23 cm. (11½x9”), original blindstamped cloth. First Edition.

Washington: Beverley Tucker, 1856

Included in the Natural History Papers are: “Birds,” by J. Cassin, 6 hand-colored plates; “Notes on Some Figures of Japanese Fish...,” by J.C. Brevoort, 10 hand-colored plates; “Report on the Shells Collected by the Japan Expedition... Together with a List of Japan Shells,” by J.C. Jay, 5 plates; “Account of the Botanical Specimens,” by A. Gray assisted by Mr. Sullivant, Dr. Harvey, etc. “Observations in Relation to Cyclones of the Western Pacific...,” by W.C. Redfield; etc. Spine faded, some wear at extremities; some foxing and browning to plates, one chart detached and with several tears, some with tape repairs; very good.

(500/800)

165. philippi, ruDolph amanDus. Reise Durch Die Wueste Atacama auf Befehl der Chilenischen Regierung im Sommer 1853-54 Unternommen und Beschrieben. x, 192, 62 pp. Large folding lithograph map; 27 lithograph plates (2 folding) including 7 hand-colored plates and several tinted plates. (4to) 33x26½ (13x10½”), original printed boards. First Edition.

Halle: Eduard Anton, 1860

Scarce account of travels in the Atacma Desert of Chile. Philippi, a German botanist and geologist, settled in Chile in 1851, where he held the post of Professor of Botany at the University of Santiago. Included in this work is “Florula Atacamensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum in Itinere per Desertum Atacamense Observatarum”. Paper of spine partly perished, wear to joints and edges, corners bumped, foxing to plates; very good.

(800/1200)

166. (Roosevelt, Franklin D.) Broadsheet of the Illustrated Current News signed in ink by Franklin D. Roosevelt. 31.5x48 cm. (12½x19”) broadsheet with reproductions of 4 photographs, signed in ink by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

New Haven, CT: Illustrated Current News, Inc., 1933

Roosevelt’s signature is beneath a picture of he and Eleanor riding in a car; the other pictures are of his swearing in, riding in a car with Herbert Hoover, and giving his inaugural speech. Folded vertically and horizontally, with a little wear at creases, slight stains at left and right margins, else very good or better.

(500/800)

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167. russell, alex[anDer]. The Natural History of Aleppo, and Parts Adjacent. Containing a description of the city, and the principal natural productions in its neighbourhood; together with an account of the climate, inhabitants, and diseases; particularly of the plague, with the methods used by the Europeans for their preservation. viii, 266, [10] pp. 17 engraved plates (5 folding). (4to) 28x22 cm. (11x8¾”), period tree calf, modern rebacking, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

London: A. Millar, 1856 [i.e. 1756]

“In 1734 Russell was one of the first members of the Medical Society of Edinburgh University. In 1740 he came to London, and in the same year went to Aleppo as physician to the English factory. He learnt to speak Arabic fluently, and acquired great influence with the pasha and people of all creeds. In 1750 he was joined by his younger brother, Patrick, and in 1753 he resigned, returning to England by way of Naples and Leghorn, in order to supplement his study of the plague at Aleppo by visiting the lazarettos at those places. This work, which has been described as ‘one of the most complete pictures of Eastern manners extant’ (Pinkerton Voyages and Travels), was reviewed by Dr. Johnson in the ‘Literary Magazine ‘ and was translated into German by Gronovius “ - DNB Some scuffing to leather; light foxing, some offsetting from plates, ink stamp on front free endpaper; very good.

(2000/2500)

168. (Saddlery) Three catalogues for saddlery and related equine equipment. Includes: Illustrated Catalog of the Famous Running W Brand Saddles, Manufactured and Guaranteed by the Running W. Saddle Shop Branch of the Kingsville Lumber Company, Kingsville, Texas. Number 29. c.1930. * Fred Mueller, Inc., Stockman’s Supplies. 1413 Larimer St., Colorado - 1939 Catalog 79. (Wrappers with some corner creases & chips.) * Porter’s Cowboy Catalog No. 30. N. Porter Company, Phoenix, Arizona. 1939. Together, 3 catalogs. 26.5x20 cm. (10½x7¾”), wrappers.


OCLC/WorldCat lists one copy of the first, no copies of the second, and two copies of the third. Very good or better.

(400/600)

Lot 167

169. (San Francisco - Cable Cars) Prospectus for New Zealand Wire-Cable Tramway sent to Andrew Hallidie in San Francisco. Booklet entitled “Corporation of the City of Dunedin. Conditions and Stipulations of Tender for Wire-Cable Tramway, High Street.” [2], 5 pp., with amendments affixed to back of title-page. Addressed to A.S. Hallidie on the back wrapper, with postage stamps. 21x14 cm. (8¼x5½”).

Denedin, NZ: “Daily Times” Office, 1881

Andrew S. Hallidie, driving force behind San Francisco’s famed cable cars, undoubtedly kept himself informed of similar projects on other countries, and had this prospectus for the Dunedin cable railway, which opened in 1881, sent to him. When the Dunedin line closed in 1957, San Francisco once again was the only major city with cable car lines. Some minor edge wear, very good.

(200/300)

170. (San Francisco) 1176-1910. Grand Celebration of 134th Anniversary of American Independence at San Francisco, California, July 4th, 1910. [8] pp. incl. self-wrappers. 22x15.3 cm. (8¾x6”), stapled.

San Francisco: Phillips & Van Orden Co., 1910

Program for festivities at various venues in San Francisco, including Golden Gate Park Stadium, Aquatic Park, North Beach Playground, Mission Park, etc. No copies are listed by OCLC/WorldCat. Mild creasing, lower corner chipped, very good.

(200/300)

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE 171. (San Francisco Earthquake) Thirty-three silver photographs of the devastation following the San Francisco earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906. Most approx. 8x14 cm. (3¼x5½”) or reverse, a few smaller. Most with pencil captions on reverse.

San Francisco: 1906

Very nice selection of sharp, clear photographs of the aftermath of one of the great natural disasters in U.S. history. Included are views of the Palace Hotel, City Hall, tents in Jefferson Square, the same in Hamilton Square, the 1st Congregational Church at Post and Mason, looking south from Mission & 4th St., the Temple Beth Israel, Kearny south from Sutter St., and more. A few with nicks to edges, one creased, else very good or better.

(1000/1500)

172. sChWeinFurth, GeorG. The Heart of Africa. Three Years’ Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored Regions of Central Africa. From 1868 to 1871. 2 volumes. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer. xvi, 559; x, 521 pp. 26 plates from woodcuts, including frontispieces; 2 maps (1 folding). (8vo) 21.7x13.6 cm (8¾x5½”) red half calf and marbled boards, modern rebacking with original gilt spines laid down, all edges marbled. Volume 1 is First English Edition; Volume 2 is Second English Edition.

London: Sampson Low, et al, 1873

Important explorations of Ethiopia and the wilds of central Africa by the noted German botanist. Some light extremity wear, hinges reinforced; repaired tear on one map; early owner’s name on flyleaves, an occasional spot of soiling internally; very good.

(300/500)

173. sCott, r[oBert] F[alCon]. Scott’s Last Expedition in Two Volumes: Vol. I. Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O.; Vol. II. Being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition. 2 volumes. Arranged by Leonard Huxley. With a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. xxvi, 633, [1 blank], [2] ad; xvi, [2], 534 pp. With numerous plates from photographs by H.G. Ponting; plates from sketches and watercolors by Edward A. Wilson, some color; photogravure frontispiece portraits of Scott & Wilson; 2 folding maps. 9¼x6¼, original blue cloth lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. First Edition.

London: Smith, Elder, 1913

Scott’s final, fateful and fatal journey in quest of the South Pole. Spence 1064. Some wear at edges, previous owner’s name on front endpapers; very good.

(400/700)

174. shaCKleton, e[rnest] h. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909. 2 volumes. liv, 366; xvi, 451 pp. Illustrated with numerous photo plates including gravure frontispieces; 12 color plates from drawings; 2 folding panoramas on 1 sheet & 3 folding color maps loose in rear endpaper pocket. (8vo) 25x17 cm (9¾x6¾”), original dark blue cloth with lettering and pictorials in silver, top edges gilt. First American Edition.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1909

Shackleton’s second expedition to the Antarctic, and the first of which he was in command, profusely illustrated from original photographs, with much on the natural history & science of the area as well as the activities of the expedition. “This first U.S. edition is completely reset and was printed in America. This is the first, primary binding, elaborately decorated in silver (more so than the English edition) and is a most handsome production.” -- Renard 1447. Some light wear to cloth, hinges cracked and a bit shaken, one map with short marginal tear, bookplates; very good.

(500/800)

175. shaCKleton, e[rnest] h. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909. 2 volumes. (4to) 24.5x18 cm (9¾x7”) original blue cloth stamped in silver, rebacked with original spine cloth laid down, endpapers renewed. First English Edition.

London: Heinemann, 1909

Cloth worn at ends and edges, ink number on front endpaper, tear to one plate; good.(300/500)

176. sitGreaVes, l[orenzo]. Report of an Expedition Down the Zuñi and Colorado Rivers. 198 pp. Illustrated with 79 lithographed plates, most are duo-tone; large folding map in the back titled “Reconnaissance of the Zuñi, Little Colorado and Colorado Rivers made in 1851 under the direction of Col. J.J. Abert.” (8vo) 22x14 cm (8¾x5½), original blindstamped cloth. Senate Executive No. 59, 32nd Congress, 2nd Session. First Edition.

Washington: Robert Armstrong, 1853

The expedition, consisting of Sitgreaves, Lt. J.G. Parke, Dr. S.W. Woodhouse, R.H. Kern, with Major H.L. Kendrick in command of the escort and Antoine Lerouz as guide, “left Santo Domingo, New Mexico, on August 1, 1851, stopped at Zuni in September, and arrived in San Diego on November 30. Most of the lithographed plates are from drawings and paintings by Richard Kern, a few by Edward Kern, some uncredited. They consist of 23 duotone lithographs of views, (numbered 1-24, with no plate 14, as issued); 6 mammal plates; 5 bird plates (no plate 2, as issued); 21 reptile plates (numbered 1-20, with a plate 10a); 3 fish plates; and 21 botanical plates. Some light wear to cloth, spine head frayed, ink stamps on endpapers and title page; map detached and with an approximately 6” tear, several other short tears at folds; several plates with ink stamps on verso, one plate with crude hand coloring; foxing; very good.

(400/600)

SONNINI’S VOYAGE TO EGYPT WITH ATLAS VOLUME 177. sonnini [De manonCourt], C[harles niColas] s[iGisBert]. Voyage dans la Haute et Basse Egypte... 4 volumes, including atlas. [4], vii, [1], 425, [3]; [4], 417; [4], 424 pp. Engraved portrait; 39 engraved plates (13 hand-colored) including a large folding map. Text volumes: (8vo) 20x12.5 cm. (7¾x5”). Atlas volume: (4to) 28.5x21.5 cm. (11¼x8½). Period calf backed boards. First Edition.

Paris: F. Buisson, [1799]

First edition. An important source of early information on the fauna and flora of Egypt. Of the 39 plates, 5 are colored and of fish, 2 are colored and botanical, 8 (5 colored) are of local views and several are of artifacts (1 colored) and plans. Cox I, 395; Nissen ZBI 3900; BM(NH) 1970; Stafleu TL2 12.453. Provenance: Hermann Frankl with his bookplates; The George Vanderbilt Foundation, with handstamp on a front blank. A few chips to leather, some wear to extremities; some browning and light foxing, a few leaves with short tears; very good.

(2000/3000)

178. sparrman, anDre. Voyage au Cap de Bonne-Esperance, et Autour du Monde avec le Capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le Pays des Hottentots et des Caffres. 2 volumes. [4], xxi, [3], 478; [4], 462 pp. 16 engraved plates (4 folding); large folding engraved map. (4to) 25x19 cm. (9¾x7½”) period full sheep, red and black spine labels. First Edition in French.

Paris: Buisson, 1787

“Sparrman was a Swedish naturalist who accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage. This work is mainly concerned with his travels and natural history expeditions in South Africa, then under Dutch rule. Sparrman joined and left Cook at Cape Town” - Hill. This was the most profusely illustrated of the Sparrman editions. Leather scuffed and worn; some foxing, small worm holes to several plates; very good.

(1000/1500)

179. stanley, F., Compiler. One Half Mile From Heaven or The Cimarron Story. [x], 155 pp. (8vo) original illustrated wrappers. First Edition.

[Denver]: [World Press Publishing], [1949]

Signed by Stanley on half title. “Contains much material on Clay Allison and other gunmen of Cimarron” - Adams, Six-Guns, 2114. Wrappers creased, some edge wear, previous owner’s name in ink on cover and front blank; very good.

(300/500)

180. thunBerG, Carl peter. Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia, Forrattad Aren 1770-1779. 4 volumes. [26], 390; [32], 384; [14], 414; [36], 341 pp. 11 engraved plates (10 folding). (8vo) 16x10.3 cm. (6¼x4¼”) period calf-backed boards. First Edition.

Upsala: Joh. Edman, 1788-93

First edition of the account of an important scientific voyage, during which Thunberg did pioneering botanical research in Cape Province in South Africa, and in Japan. DSB XIII, 391-92 (“contains material of great ethnographic interest”); Mendelssohn IV, 504. Spines sunned, joints splitting; some light foxing; very good.

(1500/2000)

181. tomBleson, [William] & FearnsiDe, William Gray, eD. Tombleson’s Views of the Rhine. 190, [2] pp. Illustrated with engraved title, dozens of engraved plates after Tombleson’s drawings, and a long folding panoramic map of the Rhine from Cologne to Mayence. (8vo) 22.5x14.5 cm. (8¾x5¾”), period black half morocco and marbled boards, all edges gilt.

London: W. Tombleson, 1832

Binding well worn, hinges cracked; foxing, pencil underlining throughout; good.(300/500)

182. toWnsenD, John K. Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to The Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c. with A Scientific Appendix. 352 pp. 23.2x14 cm. (9¼x5½), original blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1839

Townsend traveled with naturalist Thomas Nutall and Jason Lee in Nathaniel Wyeth’s second expedition to Oregon in 1834; leaving Independence at the end of April, 1834, the party stopped en route at the unfinished Fort Hall, and reached Fort Vancouver in the middle of September. Streeter calls his narrative “one of the best early ones.” Hill remarks that “Townsend also gives in-depth observations of the manners and customs of the Indians and of the lives of the fur traders in the Columbia region.” Forbes 1183; Graff 4173; Hill 1211; Howes T139; Sabin 96381; Streeter 2094; Smith 10282; Tweney 77; Wagner-Camp 79:1. Front cover detached, glue repair to rear joint, spine ends chipped, wear and soiling to cloth; embossed stamp from the Explorer’s Club, New York on title page; internally very good.

(300/500)

183. VanDerBilt, William K. To Galapagos on the Ara, 1926. xv, 161, [1] pp. 30 full-page color plates of fish and other aquatic life; numerous illustrations from photographs; 2 maps (1 folding). (Folio) 13x10, quarter blue levant morocco and boards, lettered in gilt on spine and cover, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. No. 289 of 500 copies thus bound from a total edition of 900.

[Mount Vernon, NY]: Privately Printed, [1927]

“The events of a pleasure-cruise to the Galapagos Islands and a classification of a few rare aquatic findings, including two specimens of a new species of shark never caught before and here described for the first time.” Spine ends chipped, light wear to boards, small ink stamp on front flyleaf; very good.

(500/800)

184. (W.E.B. Dubois Clubs) Founding Convention Resolutions, June 21, 1964, W.E.B. Dubois Clubs of America. [26] mimeographed pp. 8½x11, yellow wrappers, stapled.

San Francisco: 1964

Scarce ephemeral item from this radical civil rights organization founded in San Francisco in 1964. In 1966 the San Francisco headquarters of the club was destroyed by bombing. A touch of wear at edges; near fine.

(200/300)

185. WeBster, Daniel. Autograph Letter, signed and franked envelope. 1 page ALs, 17x10.5 cm., with original franked envelope, 7x13 cm.

Washington: January 2, 1850

Letter, dated Jan 2, 1850, addressed to Hiram Ketchum, Esq., reads in full: “My Dear Sir, Darcey [D’Arcy] vs Ketchum, Rogers & Bement stands on the Calendar as No. 168. [?] cannot be reached for many weeks. I reciprocate all your good wishes, my dear sir, I pray you to be assured of my fervent regard. Daniel Webster.” Envelope franked with Webster’s signature and “U.S. Senate” at upper right, post marked stamped “Free”. The case of D’Arcy v. Ketchum was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in December, 1850. Envelope a bit browned, lacking flap; letter creased from mailing; very good.

(300/500)

186. Weems, m[ason] l. The Life of George Washington; with Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to his Young Countrymen. 228 pp. Engraved folding map; stipple portrait; 6 engraved plates. (12mo) 7x4, period full calf, red morocco label. “Tenth Edition....Greatly Improved”.

Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1813

Scarce early printing of Weems’ classic biography, best known as the source of the Cherry Tree anecdote and of the story of Washington being discovered in prayer in the snows at Valley Forge. First Published in 1800. Howes W218. Repair to foot of spine, some wear at extremities; dampstaining to a few leaves at front and rear including map, frontispiece and portrait, foxing; very good.

(500/800)

A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC 1791 187. Wilson, William. A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries. With a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands; and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite. [12], c, 420, [12 list of subscribers] pp. 6 engraved plates and 7 engraved maps (5 folding). (4to) 30x23.5 cm. (12x9¼”), 20th century blue half calf and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition, Large Paper Copy.

London: By S. Gosnell for T. Chapman, 1799

“The London Missionary Society was founded in 1795, mainly to send missions to Polynesia. The voyage of the Duff was undertaken for the purpose of establishing a mission in Tahiti, and a settlement of twenty-five persons was formed. Apart from the missionary interest of this account, the voyagers made many important discoveries of islands, including Timoe, Manga-reva, and Pakarua in the Tuamoto Archipelago; Ongea and Fulanga Islands; Vanua Mbalavu,

and Satawal, Lamotrek, Elato, Ifalik, and Woleai atolls in the Western Carolines, before putting in at Macao. A new group of islands, named the Duff Group, was discovered among the Santa Cruz Islands. On the outward voyage, the expedition visited Rio de Janeiro. The narrative is fresh, although sometimes naive, and provides a glimpse of everyday life on the islands that the mariner or naturalist didn’t consider worth reporting.” -- Hill, 1894. Some scuffing to leather, corners bumped; plates and maps with some light foxing and dampstaining, long tear to one map, another map reinforced along fold; a few light marginal stains; very good.

(800/1200)

188. (World War II) Album with approx. 300 snapshot photographs of American servicemen in Germany and Austria just following the occupation. Most photographs are 7x6 cm. or 9x7 cm., a few larger, in corner mounts in an album of black paper, 28x38 cm. (11x15”), thin boards.

Germany: 1945

The normal activities of occupying soldiers are recorded, enjoying the sights, entertaining the frauleins, etc., with a few somber exceptions: six of the photographs show scenes at Dachau - bodies piled high, a mutilated guard - and a dozen or so are of Hitler’s Eagle Nest retreat at Berchtesgarden in the mountains of southern Germany. Very good or better condition.

(500/800)

189. WullerstorF-urBair, B. Von. Reise der Oesterreichische Frigatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. 3 volumes. x, 368, 37; vi, 454, 20; vi, 436, 3, 8, 8, [1] pp. 33 plates (many tinted); 38 maps; facsimile letter; 4 folding leaves of music. (8vo) 24.5x16.5 cm. (9¾x6½”) original blindstamped green cloth, gilt emblem on front covers, rebacked, original spine cloth laid down, endpapers replaced. First Edition.

Viena: Kaiserlich-Konigliche, 1861-62

Volume I contains: Humboldt, Alexander v. “Physikalische und Geognostische Erinnerungen”. Bindings worn; some institutional stamping, some foxing and staining; good.

(300/500)

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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.

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