travel & exploration cruise ship memorabilia – cartography ...sale 449 thursday, march 10, 2011...

Sale 449 Thursday, March 10, 2011

1:00 PM

Rare Americana – Travel & Exploration

Cruise Ship Memorabilia – Cartography

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Winter - Spring Auctions, 2011March 10, 2011 - Rare Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cruise Ship Memorabilia - Cartography

March 24, 2011 - Fine Literature from a Private East Coast Collection

April 7, 2011 - Illustrated & Children’s Books - Fine Books in All Fields

April 21, 2011 - Americana & Cartography with Cruise Ship Memorabilia

May 5, 2011 - Rare Books and Manuscripts with Science and Medicine

Schedule is subject to change. Please contact PBA or pbagalleries.com for further information. Consignments are being accepted for the 2010 Auction season. Please contact Bruce MacMakin at [email protected].

Front Cover: Lot 209Back Cover: Clockwise from upper left: Lots 1, 189, 43, 254

Bond # 14425383

Section I: Rare Americana, Lots 1-103

Section II: Travel & Exploration, Lots 104-154

Section III: Cruise Ship Memorabilia – The Collection of the late Theodore

Marcollo, Lots 155-220

Section IV: Cartography, Lots 221-291

Section I: Rare Americana

MARVELOUS LITHOGRAPH OF CUSTER’S LAST STAND 1. [AdAms, CAssilly]. Custer’s Last Fight. The Original Painting has been Presented to the Seventh Regiment U. S. Cavalry by Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association. [caption title]. Chromolithograph poster on stiff board, 81x105.6 cm. (approx. 32x41½”). Original gilt gesso frame with Anheuser-Busch plaque at top, overall 123x97 cm. (48½x38¼”).

Milwaukee Litho Co, 1896

An early printing of this famous beer hall advertising poster by Otto Becker, based on the painting by Cassilly Adams. This issue is without the descriptive legend, “Taken From the Artist’s Sketches. The Original Painting by Cassilly Adams”, or Becker’s printed signature. Though replete with historical inaccuracies this image remains one of the most iconic depictions of the American West and of Custer’s last battle. Some chipping to frame, tape residue on glass from prior shipping; just a touch of wear to edges of lithograph; colors vivid. Additional shipping charges will apply.

(5000/8000)

2. (Alaska) lottie. Two Autograph Letters signed, from Lottie bound by ship to Alaska, mailed to her parents. July 1, 6 leaves written on both sides, and July 10, 9 leaves written on both sides. In pencil. 8x5.

At sea & Seward: 1906

Two long and newsworthy letters written by a young woman, apparently from Sacramento, bound for Alaska in the company of several other women. The first letter, written over a period of four days, records the beginning of the voyage, and events aboard ship, including the meals, seasickness, celebrating the 4th of July, the discovery of a stowaway (“...he was set to feeding the cattle but has refused to work and is ugly and surly - the captain has had him hand-cuffed and tied to an upper deck near the bridge. He will be left there and fed on bread and water until he is willing to obey orders...), etc. The second letter sees them having made landfall, “The scenery around Valdez is grand - the mountains have never been measured. The little town, with about 500 population, is beautifully located - the immense glacier back of the town often threatens it with destruction...” She later notes “The further north one goes the more expensive it becomes to live. Lucile said that one time while they lived at Valdez a church social was postponed as there was not an egg in town for the ice cream - butter, meats & vegetables are high. A short time ago all the meat in town was sold and the people lived on canned goods until a steamer arrived. Everything is sent from Seattle...” A very interesting pair of letters, rich in detail of early Alaska. Very good.

(200/300)

3. Ambrose, stephen e. Six volumes by Stephen E. Ambrose. Includes: Americans at War. Cloth, dj. University Press of Mississippi, [1997]. * Published by Simon and Schuster, and in cloth-backed boards, dust jackets: The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II. [1998]. * The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who Flew the B-245 Over Germany. [2001]. * Undaunted Courage. [1996]. * The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869: Nothing Like it in the World. [2000]. * D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II. Wrappers. Together 6 volumes.

Various places: Various dates

Near fine.(200/300)

RARE ORIGINAL DIARY KEPT BY AMERICAN OFFICER IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR 4. (American Revolution) Manuscript Diary kept by an Officer in the Continental Army, recording events and action from late 1776 to the beginning of 1778. 74 pp., of which 41 pp. comprise the main diary, the others being used for accounts and other details. 14.5x9.5 cm. (5¾x3¾”), original pastepaper wrappers.

New York & Pennsylvania: 1777-1778

Rare original diary kept by an unknown junior officer during the midst of the American Revolu-tion, recording events in daily fashion. The diary was undoubtedly kept contemporaneously to the events, judging by the different pens and inks used, and at times unevenness of the writing, although it is likely that at times several days’ experiences were written at one time, as breaks in the action allowed. What is given is a vivid, if at times sparse account of action and events during 1777, with a few days in early 1778, and a recap of the end of 1776, from the officer’s enlistment until his departure from Valley Forge in January of 1778. His service began in New York, under Benedict Arnold’s command, and ends as Washington’s army was at winter quarters northwest of Philadelphia. The main diary takes up over half of the booklet, with the remain-der used for accounting from 1776 to 1778, and also some later entries from 1826 and 1827, as the unused portions were pressed into service once again. Though the officer keeping the diary is not recorded, the later entries are signed by one Caleb Smith. A few excerpts, beginning with a recapitulation of events from his enlistment in 1776 until the middle of Augusts 1777: “No-vember 21 1776 took my Commission and lay at Fishkill Barracks until the 20th of March 1777, then march to Peach Hill (?) Barracks and lay in them until the 28th of April then incamped by Cortlandt’s _____ lay there until 30th of May the Regt. then marched to White Plains & there lay until the 3rd of August then returnd to Peach Hill (?) & encamped on Gallowes Hill & there lay until Thursday the 14th of August…” * “Thursday, the 14th of August. Orders came for us to march to Fort Stanwicks [i.e. Stanwix] it rained hard all the knight. Friday the 15 at Revelee Beating we struck our tents wet as they were & marched as far as Fishkill Lodge in barracks that knight. Saturday the16. Drew provisions & marched to Fishkills Landing lodged our men in Barn that knight. Sunday 17th Imbarked with our small army on bord & set sail about 10 o’clock the wind being in our favour got as far as ____ and anchored at knight…” * “Wednes-day the 20th landed our men at 4 in the afternoon & marched – I then got lodgings at Dernichs Schylers and lay sick there until Sunday the 7th of September nothing material happened at that time…” * “A general order came out for all officers & soldiers to repair to their Regt. Imme-diately I set out of Albany Sunday the 7th Sept & arrived at Loudens Ferry that knight orders came out to march next morning at Revelee Beating. Monday the 8 Day. According to orders we struck our tents but for want of waggons we were detained until 10 o’clock forded the river & marched 8 miles & incamped. Tuesday the 9th march to Still Water pitched our tents as 12 o’clock lay in camp all that day with Genl. Gates divisions…” * “Wednesday the 10 Day lay in camp sent out a fatigue party of 500 men to make a ____ Battery the same day began to make a Bridge across the river against whear we lay. Thursday the 11 Day lay in camp sent out a fatigue party & finished the fort also the Bridge. Friday the 12th. Struck our tents & marched with the whole army which consisted of about Seven Thousand 500 men marched about 3 milles encamped at 11 o’clock under command of Gen. Gates we belonged to Gen. Poors Brigade Maj. Gen. Arnolds Division…” * “Thursday 18 Turned out & struck our tents & loaded them at four o’clock am marched up toward the Enemy about three mills distance had a scrimmage with a small party of them took 2 prisoners & killed two then returned to camp pitched tents. Friday 19 …Struck our tents with the rest of the Army Major Genl. Arnolds Division attacked the whole of the enemy the fire lasted about 5 hours steady & very warm we lost of Livings-ton’s Regt. 3 killed & 9 wounded & 1 officer. Our whole wounded killed & missing about 200

almost. Sum of the deserters cam in next morning says their loss was… near 1000 men…” * “Tuesday 23 the Indians brought in 7 Tories, 1 artillery prisoner & 2 horses the prisoner had letters to the Commd. at Ticonderoga from Genl. Borgine who we suppose were not knowing of our being in possession of the French line. Genl. Strahan came in 4 deserters cam at knight said that the enemy was to force our lines tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock Genl. Lincoln came in with 1700 men left with Cole Brown Eighteen hundred men at Ticonderoga…” * “Saturday 7th we engaged them took 8 piece cannon 4 amenition wagens… one Maj. Williams of artelery 250 prisoners the killed 200 with a great deal of Plunder from their camp. Our loss of ___ killed & missing and 50 wounded. Also. Genl. Arnold wound through the leg & his horse killed under him. We killed Gen. Fratier of the Enemy…” * “Tuesday 14 a cessation of arms an answer to which Gen. Burgaine offered to make his whole army prisoner if he could have the liberty to march to sum place with his arms & then goe to England & lay still during this contest until they won… Gen. Gates did not agree to it them about 11 o’clock at night the Indians and Tories left Borgaine Capt. Sacket joined the Regt…” IN DECEMBER THE ARMY HEADED SOUTH TOWARDS PHILADELPHIA: * “Friday, [Dec.] 19, Moved from Mount Doead(?) to Valee Fordge & encamped…” * “Tuesday, 23 was under arms but did not march. Lt. Morton joined us & then was sent out about 1300 men to attack the enemy whear ever they found them we took several light horse. Wednesday, 24th Lord Starling Division marched out to cover the other men that were out. This day began to build our Hutts…” On December 28th the diarist sets out north, and records his progress to New York State, traveling 164 miles by January 3rd, at which point the diary ends. Wear to the wrappers, paper over the spine missing; some fairly minor soiling and aging within, very good, on the whole quite legible, a rare example of a per-sonal diary kept by a Revolutionary War soldier.

(10000/15000)

Lot 4

ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING FOR OAKLAND AND EAST BAY BUILDINGS, 1910-1920

5. (Architecture) Arnold, sAmuel. Over 100 original pencil architectural drawings by Samuel French for buildings in Oakland, Berkeley and other East Bay communities. Various sizes, on thin paper. One with hand-coloring. Each titled, and with Arnold’s name and address.

San Francisco & Oakland: c.1910-20

Rare archive of original architectural drawings by an early 20th century architect in the San Francisco Bay Area. At various times he had offices in San Francisco (521 Sharon Building) and at thee different addresses on San Pablo Ave., in Oakland. Among the clients and buildings represented in the archive: For Z.P.Smith Shattuck Ave. & Walnut st., Berkeley (art gallery); For H.W.Haler, 5320 College Ave., Oakland; For Arthur Alexander, Trestle Glen & Sunnyhill, Oakland (villa); For J. Mass, 2114 Essex St., Berkeley; For McMahon, W. side of 13th Ave. & Bella Vista, Oakland (bungalow); For E. Luvisone, South side of Arlington Ave. & East of Los Angeles St., Oakland; For Dadone, 4481 Howe St., Oakland; etc. etc. There are also a half dozen or so blueprints in the collection. Some creasing and edge wear, some with pinholes in corners; very good.

(2000/3000)

6. (Arizona) Romola: Arizona’s Greatest Citrus Development. Folding brochure, when unfolded measures 45.6x60.6 cm. (18x24”). Map of the Phoenix area on one side, and shows the proposed location of the Romola Grapefruit project and its proximity to the Lake Pleasant Dam, Roosevelt Dam, and Phoenix, etc. On verso are many photographs of grapefruit growing and harvesting.

Pacific Development Co., [c. 1926]

This brochure from Pacific Development Company advertises their plans for the Romola Grapefruit Project in Arizona, a project to grow grapefruit on 20,000 acres southwest of the Lake Pleasant Dam (which is located on the map of the Romola Project and its surrounding area). Interesting item. No copies located by OCLC/Worldcat. Name in ink on one panel, some tiny yellow spots, a few very tiny holes; very good.

(150/250)

Lot 5

7. (Arizona) Two original sketches, of Prescott and Thumb Butte, Arizona Territory. One is pen and ink, the other pencil, each pasted on a page from a scrapbook from that area which is filled with newspaper clippings and pictures of the day, along with two additional pages containing two tipped on ALS dated 1888 from The Vedette (a monthly journal published for the veterans of the Mexican War of 1846-48), addressed to Miss Minnie Grove in Prescott. The drawings measure approx. 16x22.5 cm. (6¼x8¾”).

Arizona: c.1888

One of the drawings shows a more detailed picture of Prescott with the street blocks and houses illustrated, with the towering Thumb Butte in the background, while the other is a similar view but a bit less detailed. They were probably executed by a young artist, possibly Miss Grove, a resident of Prescott. The letters contain content concerning her father, a Mexican war veteran. Two wonderful early renderings of Prescott containing approximately 12 blocks, well before its development as a large city. The pages are in very good condition as removed from a scrapbook.

(400/700)

8. Ashley, WilliAm h. The West of William H. Ashley...the fur trade of the Missouri, the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia, with explorations beyond the Continental Divide... liv, [2], 341 pp. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. Illustrated with reproductions of sketches, paintings, engravings, lithographs, etc., by Bodmer, Catlin & other early sources, a few in color; folding map. 34.6x24 cm. (13½x9½”), half calf & cloth, morocco spine label, publisher’s cloth slipcase. No. 32 of 250 copies, designed & printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. First Edition.

Denver: Fred A. Rosenstock, 1964

Signed by Dale Morgan on the limitation page. faint rubbing and a few nicks to calf spine; near fine.

(300/500)

9. bArry, t.A. And b.A. pAtten. Men and Memories of San Francisco in the “Spring of ‘50”. 296 pp. Original gilt-lettered green cloth. First Edition.

San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft, 1873

One of the classic works on San Francisco during the Gold Rush, containing “informative and engaging gossip respecting old-time personalities and events” by two leading saloon-keepers of the 1850’s. Kurutz calls the book “a historical geography and biographical dictionary of early San Francisco, full of episodes, and valuable for the reconstruction of the city and location of buildings in ‘49, ‘50, and ‘51. The authors profiled many of the pioneer businesses in the city, ranging from restaurants to the Chinese laundry.” This copy without the double-frontispiece, but this book is often found without the frontispiece and many copies appear to have been so issued; Kurutz makes no mention of its existence. Cowan p.36; Graff 197; Howes B192; Kurutz 38a; Wheat Gold Rush 12. Joints and extremities rubbed, light soiling, spine ends and corners somewhat bumped; printed label on front pastedown, bookseller’s label on rear pastedown; else very good.

(100/150)

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EARLY HISTORY OF VIRGINIA WITH 14 ENGRAVED PLATES 10. [beverley, robert] A nAtive And inhAbitAnt of the plACe. The History of Virginia, In Four Parts. [viii], 284, [24], +[4] ad pp. Frontispiece and 14 engraved plates. (8vo) 19.5x12 cm. (7¾x4¾”), period full calf bordered in gilt and blind. Second Edition.

London: F. Fayram, J. Clarke & T. Bickerton, 1722

Second, enlarged and revised edition of Beverley’s work on Virginia. Comprises a history of the first settlement and its government, a description of natural resources and the “Native

Indians,” and an appraisal of “The Present State of the Country ... the Polity of the Government, and the Improvements of the Land.” With 14 “fine engravings” (Sabin) by Gribelin, copied from De Bry’s Latin edition of Hariot’s Admiranda Narratio. Church 885; Howes B-410; Sabin 5113. Armorial Bookplate of Edward Fitz-Randolph Vail. Extremities rubbed, joints cracking; light foxing; very good.

(2000/2500)

11. (Biobooks) Four volumes of Western Americana published by Biobooks. Includes: Barry, T.A. & B.A. Patten. San Francisco California, 1850. With dj. With The Barry and Patten Index by Guy J. Giffen, laid in. Published in 1949. 1 of 650. 1947. * Colton, Rev. Walter. The California Diary. 1 of 1000. 1948. * Taylor, Bayard. New Pictures from California. 1 of 600. 1951. * Brown, John Henry. Early Days of San Francisco, California. 1 of 500. 1949. Together 4 volumes.

Oakland, CA: Biobooks, Various dates

Light general wear to some; mostly near fine.(100/150)

FIRST WOMAN TO EARN MEDICAL DEGREE IN AMERICA 12. blACkWell, elizAbeth. The Laws of Life, With Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls. 180 pp. (8vo) original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

New York: George P. Putnam, 1852

The first edition of the first book by the first woman in America to earn a medical degree. Elizabeth Blackwell was rejected by all the leading medical schools to which she applied, and almost all the other schools as well. When her application arrived at Geneva Medical College at Geneva, New York, the administration asked the students to decide whether to admit her or not. The students, reportedly believing it to be only a practical joke, endorsed her admission. Blackwell graduated first in her class in January, 1849, becoming the first woman to graduate from medical school, and the first woman doctor of medicine in the modern era. While well represented in institutional collections this title rarely appears on the auction block, with this being only the fourth copy recorded at auction in at least 30 years. 1852 gift inscription on front free endpaper, later embossed ownership mark on half title. Spine faded, light wear to cloth; long closed tear across page 77/78, foxing; very good.

(5000/8000)

Lot 10

FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF HARRIET TUBMAN 13. brAdford, sArAh h. Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. [iv], 132 pp. Woodcut frontispiece. (8vo) original terracotta cloth, titles in gilt, all edges gilt. First Edition.

Auburn: W.J. Moses, 1869

The first biography of Harriet Tubman, sold by subscription to provide financial support to Tubman in her old age. List of subscribers at rear. Scarce. Spine ends lightly frayed, light edge wear; light foxing; very good.

(1000/1500)

14. (Brannan, Sam) Broadside, “California Sheep Shearing Festival, Held at Marysville, May 6, 1862...”. Printed broadside. 12x18 cm. (9x7”), matted & framed under plexiglass.

Marysville, CA: 1862

Broadside for the California Sheep Shearing Festival under the direction of the Northern District Agricultural Society, showing the weight of fleece taken from sixty two head of French Merino Sheep raised on the farm of Sam Brannan, Sutter County, being one and two year old lambs. An interesting piece of early California agricultural history concerning one of the important early residents of San Francisco and his ranching activities. Appears fine, not examined out of frame.

(200/300)

Lot 13

ACCOUNT BOOKS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK BREWERY IN MID-19TH CENTURY 15. (Brewery Accounts & Ledgers) AlexAnder, JAmes. Archive of 22 account ledgers, check registers, etc., plus related papers, pertaining to James Alexander’s breweries in Oswego and Geneva, New York. Includes: Ten account books and ledgers from James Alexander’s Oswego Brewery and related commercial operations, covering the period 1852-1864. * Two books of check stubs from the Oswego period. * Two indexes to ledger books from the Oswego period. * Five account books and ledgers from James Alexander’s Geneva Brewery and related commercial operations, covering the period 1866-1881. * One book of check stubs from the Geneva period. * Two indexes to ledger books from the Geneva period. * Approximately 300 loose receipts, business letters, revenue forms and related items, nearly all from the Geneva period. The ledger books are mostly leather-backed marbled boards, a few full leather.

Oswego & Geneva, NY: 1852-81

Fascinating and important commercial record of the breweries of James Alexander in upstate New York, covering a period of thirty years. The ledgers include both accounts payable and receivable, payments to employees, itemized listings of supplies purchased, and of course the beer, ale and porter sold. Also included are records of various batches of beer brewed, with the quantities of hops, yeast and malt used, the gravity, etc. One of the ledger books from the Geneva period gives Alexander’s accounting to the government, being records “of Materials used and Fermented Liquors made and sold or removed for consumption or sale at the Brewery carried on by James Alexander in the Village of Geneva County of Ontario in the State of New York.” Alexander’s brewing operations were quite extensive, and significant in the business and commerce of the region. An article in the May 8, 1858 issue of the Oswego Commercial Times gives a fairly detailed outline of the brewery, in part: “Mr. James Alexander’s Brewery, on West Fourth Street, is certainly one of the best arranged and most convenient establishments for the purpose we have seen. Everything in the concern is in perfect gradation from the loft, which receives the barley, to the cellar which stores the beer… Mr Alexander is a scientific and practical brewer and maltster, and can turn out a superior article when he gets an equivalent price. He showed us some samples in his cellar of Pale Ale, equal to the far famed Nottingham, as clear as amber and sparkling as champagne. His family is of different qualities to suit various tastes some dark and heavy, and others light and pale, but all with a body that has good weight to it. Mr. Alexander first started a small brewery here many years since, which he sold out and erected a large and extensive concern on his farm, three miles up the river, which, when just put into operation, was unfortunately burned down, and being uninsured, Mr. Alexander sustained a most serious loss, which threw him out of the business until he was able to commence his present building, which he did only two years since on a small scale, which, at the close of the past year he found necessary to enlarge very considerably, to meet his increasing business. His new concrete malting floor is a model for the purpose, and his stock cellar is constructed with the main view of equable temperature at all season…” Normal wear associated with such archives, several of the covers are detached, but overall very good.

(3000/5000)

16. buCkbee, ednA bryAn. The Saga of Old Tuolumne. x, [6], 526 pp. Photograph plates. 23x15.4 cm. (9x6”), red cloth lettered in gilt, dust jacket. First Edition.

New York: Press of the Pioneers, Inc., 1935

Jacket price clipped, chipped along top edge, some short closed tears, including one tiny tear on spine, repaired on verso with tape; moderately rubbed volume extremities, gilt rubbed away; ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper; else very good.

(100/150)

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17. (California) San Francisco historical lithograph, “Kealney Must Go”. Duotone lithograph. 24.5x32 cm. (9½x12½”) plus margins.

San Francisco: I.N. Choynski, c.1877

“The Tables Turned You Sabe Him Kealney (sic) Must Go” was published by I.N. Choynski, one of the first, if not the first antiquarian bookseller in San Francisco.The image shows Denis Kearney in prison stripes, with Chinese poking insults at him. He had been jailed for inciting a riot. The S.F. Board of Supervisors had passed an emergency ordinance banning incendiary speech following some of Kearney’s fiery speeches against San Francisco’s rich on Nob Hill. A parade of thousands marched through the city in support of Kearney. The Chinese in San Francisco, however, were less than appreciative of his nativist and racist views toward Chinese immigrants. An important early political print. Some marginal darkening, a few marginal tears; very good.

(200/300)

18. (California - Butte County) Notebook containing manuscript assessments of individually owned property and that of gold mining operations in Butte County. Approximately 70 leaves containing manuscript writing, the remaining leaves left blank. 18.5x12 cm. (7x4¾”), full sheep.

Butte County, CA: [c. 1870s-1880s]

A manuscript register containing the assessments of various assets, mostly land and equipment owned by individuals and gold mining operations in Butte County. It begins at the front free endpaper where there is a key of abbreviations for assets such as fire arms, fixtures, and poultry. Next is a page of assessments of the assets of William Adams of Kinshew, who has various livestock, equipment (sewing machine) and land. It continues with American Gravel Company who owns “½ mile mining ditch running from East Branch of West Branch of Butte Creek value $100...” The book continues to itemize individually owned land and equipment, as well as that owned by companies, such as the Black Gravel Mining Company with “Mining claims located on Mineral Slide Hill, formerly known as the Barish Claims...total assessed value $1000.” A unique look into the history of gold mining in Butte County, and a great resource for information on the value of various mining operations such as Golden Sun Quartz Mining Co., C.J. Holben & Bros., Indian Spring Drill Mining Company, Morris Ravine Mining Co. of Indianapolis (operating in Butte), Magalia Gold Mining Co., Mineral Slide Gravel Mining Co., and Oroville Lumber and Mining Co. Also contains a few leaves detailing the personal property values of land owners in Kimshew. Spine largely lacking, some soiling to sheep; some marginal dampstains (very small), and other scattered light finger soiling; very good.

(400/600)

19. (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.

(200/300)

20. (California Gold Rush Letter) mCkenzie, roderiCk. Autograph Letter signed by McKenzie. 40 lines including a postscript, written in ink on both sides of a lined sheet of light blue paper. 25.2x19.9 cm. (10x8”).

Downieville, California: 26 October 1851

McKenzie writes to a doctor, to whom he owes money he cannot pay. “...Inclosed you will fine account Current of our transaction - I am sorry that things did not turn out better but I can assure you that I have done my best for you... I lost 2000 in partnership with a _____ d____ rascal of an Englishman who kept a boarding house here... Will let you know all the news about this great place Downieville...but business is over don - great deal of Law and very little Justice...” Chips along one edge, a few short crease tears, else very good.

(250/350)

21. (California - Lake Arrowhead) Lake Arrowhead Real Estate Sales & Rentals - Regional Map of Lake Arrowhead and Subdivided Areas in Arrowhead Woods. 35.7x40.5 cm. (14x16”). Reads, “Improved and Unimproved Properties at the Lake for Less - Always! Travers H. Dreyfuss. Realtor Blue Jay, California (Adjoining Arrowhead) Phone Lake Arrowhead 5111.”

[c. 1930]

Regional real estate map showing subdivisions around Lake Arrowhead. Scarce piece with no records found in OCLC Worldcat. Fine.

(200/300)

22. (California - Nevada City) Trade card for Legg & Shaw, purveyors of hardware and general goods in Nevada City, California, with a manuscript receipt on the verso. 7x12 cm. (2¾x4¾”), printed on recto.

Nevada City, CA: c.1870

Trade card for a store in the bustling gold mining town of Nevada City, the most interesting feature of which is its use as a waybill for goods “Shipped by Legg & Shaw to St. Charles Hill Gold M. Co., c/o Hotel Goodyear Bar, 9 Kegs Nails, 5 bdls Iron..., 1 pkg axes..., 1 box Bolt Ends,” a total of 12 items, the weight given for each, with the total coming to 2630 lbs. Very good condition.

(300/500)

23. (California - Redlands) moore, WilliAm G. Illustrated Redlands: Census, History, Biography. Incorporation Edition issued by the Redlands Daily Facts. [2], 96, [2] pp. Illustrated throughout from photographs. 38x27.5 cm. (15x10¾”), original deluxe binding of gilt-lettered red leather over thin boards, with the original wrappers bound in.

Redlands, CA: 1897

Rare pictorial history and description of Redlands, with numerous portraits of the citizenry and pictures of their domiciles. Not in Cowan or Rocq. OCLC/WorldCat lists only 6 copies. Covers well worn, small pieces of the leather covering missing, spine taped; front hinge cracked, internally very good.

(400/600)

24. (California - Santa Cruz) polk, r.l., publishers. Polk’s Santa Cruz (California) City Directory, 1928. 563 pp plus ads. (8vo) red and green cloth.

San Francisco: R.L. Polk, 1928

Also includes Watsonville and Santa Cruz county. Some light wear; very good.(200/300)

25. (California Sheet Music) Two pieces of sheet music from early Benicia, California Bookseller Wm. D. Phillipson. Titles: My Bonnie Boy & Polly and I. 2 pieces, each 6 pp. Each with a chromolithographic illustrations on front. Approximately 13x10”.

Benicia, California: Wm. D. Phillipson, Late 19th century

Each piece with imprint on front and a large advertisement for Wm. D. Phillipson, Bookseller and Stationer, Benicia, Cal. Paper browned and a bit brittle, some light chipping at edges; very good.

(200/300)

26. ChristmAn, enos. One Man’s Gold: The Letters & Journal of a Forty-Niner. 278 pp. Compiled and Edited by Florence Morrow Christman. Illustrated with plates from facsimile letters, newspapers, woodcuts; including frontispiece portrait from a daguerreotype made in California in 1851. (8vo), buckram-backed boards, dust jacket, custom slipcase. First Edition.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1930

With bookplate of Arthur R. Andersen on front pastedown. Cowan p.124; Wheat 38. Lightly chipped jacket edges, spine a bit yellowed; fine volume in a very good jacket.

(100/150)

CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE CIVIL WAR 27. (Civil War) Carte-de-visite photograph of Col. Robert G. Shaw, Mass. 54th Vols. 10x6 cm. (4x2½”), on original mount, photographer’s imprint on verso.

Boston: Black & Case, 1863

Inscribed by Shaw in ink on the verso with his name, rank and unit; “Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863” written beneath image. Curiously, a small oak leaf is neatly stitched to the upper left of the image. Slight mottled fading, near fine.

(300/500)

28. (Civil War) Carte-de-visite photograph of Lt. D.C. Terry of the 116th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops. 10x6 cm. (4x2½”), on original mount, photographer’s imprint on verso.

New Orleans: B. & G. Moses, c.1864

Inscribed on the verso, in ink, “Lt. D.C. Terry, 116th U.S.C.I., Corry, Erie Co., Tenn.” (evidently a bit unsure of his geography). The bearded officer in greatcoat stands by a pillar; the soldiers of the 116th were African American, but the officers were white. Slight mottled fading; near fine.

(300/500)

29. (Civil War) Carte-de-visite photograph of a soldier, 5 civilians (possibly Pinkerton Agents?), and an African American, standing or seated before a white camp tent. 6x10 cm. (2½x4”), on original mount.

No place: c.1864

Interesting scene from the Civil War, the civilians are obviously at ease, and have that Pinkerton look. Near fine.

(400/600)

30. (Civil War) Two carte-de-visite photographs, of a surgeon with the U.S. Colored Infantry, and of his surgical hut. 10x6 cm. (4x2½”) or reverse, on original mounts, first with photographer’s imprint on verso.

Harrisburg, PA & Richmond, VA: c.1864-65

The first is a head and shoulders portrait of the bearded surgeon in uniform, inscribed by him in ink on the image, “Yours truly, William H. Egle, Surgeon 116th U.S.C.I.,” with imprint of D.C. Burnite & Co., Harrisburg, PA, on the reverse along with revenue stamp. The second image shows two white men seated, and two black men standing, in front of a log surgical hut with canvas roof and a stone chimney, beneath which Egle has written “Servt. Surgeon, Asst. Surgeon, Servt.” and on the verso he has written, also in ink, “Compliments of William H. Egle, Surgeon, 116 U.S.C.I. In the field before Richmond, Va., Winter of 1864-65.” An unusual and exceptional pair of images of a surgeon in the colored infantry during the Civil War. Fine or nearly so.

(600/900)

Lot 30

31. [ClAppe, louise AmeliA knApp smith]. California in 1851-[1852]: The Letters of Dame Shirley. 2 volumes. xviii, 142, [6]; xviii, 143, [6] pp. Illustrated with chapter headings from pictorial lettersheets. 8¾x5¾, original quarter cloth and boards, paper spine labels. One of 500 copies.

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1933

Introduction and notes by Carl I. Wheat. No. 5 in the Grabhorn Press Rare Americana Series. GB 178, 179. A bit of browning to boards; very good.

(100/150)

32. (Colorado) Among the Rockies: Location of the Scenic Attractions on the Line of the Denver & Rio Grand R.R. Scenic Line of the World. As Seen from the Train. 16, [4] pp. including wrappers. 15x8.5 cm. (6x3¼”), illustrated wrappers. Sixth Edition.

Passenger Department, 1895

Nice little promotional booklet, which outlines sights to see aboard the various train routes. Only 6 copies of this edition located by OCLC Worldcat. Near fine.

(150/250)

33. (Colorado) Estes Park Colorado [Reached via the Burlington Route]. 16 pp. With 8 full-page halftone illustrations from photographs; map on rear wrapper. 15.2x10.5 cm. (6x4¼”), original wrappers.

Omaha, Neb.: 1896

Rare little booklet extolling the virtues of the summer vacation destination of Estes Park, Colorado, along the Big Thompson River in the Rocky Mountains. Issued by the Passenger Department of the Burlington Route. No copies are listed by OCLC/WorldCat, though it does list single copies of two works with the same title, but different pagination and dimensions from this one, both published by Poole Brothers, Chicago, 1910 and 1911. A little soiling to the wrappers; very good.

(400/600)

34. (Doheny Collection) mArez oyens, felix de & pAul needhAm. The Estelle Doheny Collection from the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John’s Seminary, Camarillo, California. 6 volumes (lacks Vol. VI). Includes the Index/Price Lists volume. Profusely illustrated with plates, including a few color fold-outs, from various leaves, manuscripts, books, title-pages, covers, paintings, photos and other artwork, etc. 29.7x20.8 cm. (11¾x8”), red cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. First Edition Set.

New York, et al.: Christie’s, 1987-1989

The 1987-89 Doheny sales, a series of six unparalleled auctions mounted on behalf of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, realized a grand total of $37.4 million. It remains the most valuable library ever dispersed at auction - according to Stephen C. Massey, Christie’s senior consultant for books and manuscripts. Themes include: Fifteenth-Century Books (including the Gutenberg Bible, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, Western Americana, Early Literature, Fine Printed Books (including William Morris and his circle), etc. An indispensable and invaluable source of reference with extremely accurate and lengthy descriptions. Volume VI not present. Near fine.

(200/300)

35. eberstAdt, edWArd. The Annotated Eberstadt Catalogs of Americana. 4 volumes including the index volume. Introduction by Archibald Hanna, Jr. Index by Karl Brown. 8vo. Uniform red cloth, spines lettered in gilt over black background. 1 of 750 sets.

New York: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd., 1965

Eberstadt’s Catalogs Nos. 103-138, issued 1935-1956. One of the key Americana references, containing useful and interesting annotations. A few scuffs to covers or small marks on edges of page block; else fine.

(200/300)

36. eldredGe, zoeth skinner. The Beginnings of San Francisco from the Expedition of Anza, 1774 to the City Charter of April 15, 1850. 2 volumes. Illustrated with folding maps and plates from various sources. (8vo), original green cloth, gilt lettered spines, top edges gilt. First Edition.

San Francisco: By the author, 1912

Each with a gift inscription in ink to a Berkeley, California resident, dating 1912. “Of great historical value.” Cowan p.193. Fading and light soiling to cloth, spine ends a touch frayed; newspaper clippings related to author tipped in at early and late leaves of Vol. 1 with associated offsetting; very good.

(100/150)

37. (Express Companies) American Express Company, Great Northern Express Company, Wells Fargo & Company Express: Joint directory of express stations showing rate scale numbers also schedule of first and second-class express rates from San Francisco, Cal. and other points in Block 1203 (wrapper title). 284 pp. Tables throughout. 17.3x14 cm. (6¾x5½”), printed wrappers, cloth spine.

No place: Jan. 1, 1916

Scarce express company directory. OCLC lists four copies of the directories, but not this San Francisco one. Some creasing and soiling to wrappers, faint rubberstamps; very good.

(400/600)

38. (Forest Park, Massachusetts) Illustrated Forest Park: Its Beautiful Scenery, Principle Points of Interest, History and Development. 80 pp. Many photographs and advertisements. 18.4x25.5 cm. (7½x10”), cloth-backed wrappers with yellow string tie.

Springfield, MA: American Book Exchange, 1898

Provided compliments of J.W. Hersey & Son of Springfield. Great photographs including monuments and buildings, the ice skating lake, and the summer trolley car. Some writing [c.1898] on page 3 above the photograph of the Connecticut River about taking the street car to Holyoke. Although the publication is listed by OCLC/Worldcat, there are no institutional holdings for the book. Some light extremity wear and faint marks to wrappers; very good.

(150/250)

39. Genthe, Arnold And Will irWin. Pictures of Old Chinatown; and Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures. Two editions including: Pictures of Old Chinatown. Cloth, cover label from photograph. Bookplate of Katherine Delmar Burke. First Edition, second printing. Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909. * Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures. Halftone photographs by Arnold Genthe throughout. Second Edition. Mitchell Kennerley, 1913.

New York: 1909; 1913

Two editions of a volume which provides unforgettable photographs of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Edge wear to each, cloth rubbed; dirt-soiled rear cover of the first edition; else very good.

(200/300)

40. (Golden Gate Bridge) strAuss, Joseph b. Original pencil sketch of the Golden Gate Bridge, signed by Strauss, along with signed brochure detailing the construction. Sketch is 14x21.5 cm. (5½x8½”), brochure is 22x10.5 cm. (8½x4”), unfolding to 43.5x50.5 cm. (17¼x19¾”).

San Francisco: 1936 & 1937

The sketch of the bridge under construction (the towers are up, cables strung, but road bed not yet there) is signed by Strauss and dated March 10, 1936; the brochure, with numerous photographs of the bridge under construction, is signed Compliments of Jos. B. Strauss. Strauss was the Chief Engineer of the bridge construction. One panel of the brochure (the back cover) with some staining and adhesion damage; both very good.

(200/300)

41. GrAbhorn, JAne bissell. A California Gold Rush Miscellany, Comprising: The Original Journal of Alexander Barrington, Nine Unpublished Letters from the Gold Mines, Reproductions of Early Maps...Etc. Explanatory text by Jane Bissell Grabhorn. Illustrated with reproductions of maps, broadsides, letter sheets and lithographs; decorative initials by Arvilla Parker. 28x19.3 cm. (11x7½”), cloth-backed glossy boards, paper spine label. One of 550 copies.

[San Francisco]: Grabhorn Press, 1934

GB 207; Kurutz 283; Rocq 15837; Wheat Gold Rush 84. Spine label rubbed, some fading and rubbing along edges; very good.

(100/150)

42. (Grabhorn Press) Four western Americana titles from the Grabhorn Press. Includes: Austin, Leonard. Around the World in San Francisco. 1 of 500. Stanford University, 1940. * Traits of American Indian Life & Character. By a Fur Trader. Prospectus laid in. 1933. * Saddlebags, Jeremiah. Journey to the Gold Diggins. With blue paper dust jacket (split at folds). 1 of 390. William P. Wreden, 1950. * 2 copies of: Lewis, Oscar. The Wonderful City of Carrie van Wie: Paintings of San Francisco at the Turn of the Century. One with 2 prospectuses (one with mailing envelope and order form) plus an invitation laid in, also in a dj. 1 of 525. 1963. Together 5 volumes, including 1 duplicate title.

San Francisco: Various dates

Light general wear to each; very good.(100/150)

CONVENTION BADGES FROM GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 43. (Grand Army of the Republic) Collection of San Francisco Convention Badges of the Grand Army of the Republic, plus a few others. The collection includes 18 badges, with pendants, from the 20th Convention held in San Francisco in 1886; 17 badges and pins and 1 sterling silver souvenir spoon from the 37th Convention held in San Francisco in 1903; 4 badges from the Native Sons of the Golden West, 1890, 1912, and 1925 (2); and 2 1956 Republican National Convention pins, and 1 California Delegation pin from 1964.

San Francisco, etc.: 1886-1964

The 1886 collection includes badges of state delegates from Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Dept. of the Gulf, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Oakland Day and 3 other GAR San Francisco souvenir medals with ribbons. Most of these state badges are quite large, some to 10” in length with gold pins at the top with elaborate patriotic designs on the ribbons. The 1903 collection has a combination of

ribbons, badges and full medals including 2 Ladies of the GAR, 2 California Ladies, Pennsylvania Ladies, West Virginia Ladies, Solano County, Dept of Potomac, 2 Philadelphia, Sacramento Valley, Woman’s Relief Corps and 4 San Francisco souvenir medals, most with California Bear symbols on tops. Most of the NSGW medals also have Bears. The collection, which certainly would be very difficult to assemble today, containing 43 items, was put together many years ago and stored, with each medal individually mounted on cardstock and attractively identified by a fine hand in ink ready for display. The condition is uniformly very good to fine, except some of the medals are tarnished and could use some cleaning.

(2000/3000)

Lot 43

44. GrAnt, ulysses s. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. 2 volumes. 584; 647, [1] pp. Steel-engraved frontispiece portrait in each volume; with tissue-guards. Illustrated with several maps and wood engravings throughout; folding facsimile letter in Vol. I; tipped-in folding facsimile document in Vol. II. (8vo) original gilt stamped green cloth. First Edition.

New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885-86

Some light wear and soiling to cloth; very good.(300/500)

45. (Grizzly Adams) Playbill for theatrical production of “Grizzly Adams” starring Mr. E.T. Goodrich. 4 pp. Large woodcut on rear. 9x6”.

No place: No date (c. 1870s)

Scarce playbill for theatrical performance of a play based on the life of mountain man J. Capen “Grizzly” Adams. OCLC locates only 2 copies of this playbill (Univ. of California at Berkeley, Yale). Split entirely at center fold, edges chipped, paper browned.

(100/150)

46. (Harper’s Weekly) Harper’s Weekly: A Journal of Civilization. Volume XX, January - December, 1876. 1068 pp. Includes Vol. XX, No. 992 (January 1, 1876)-Vol. XX, No. 1044 (December 30, 1876). Profusely illustrated with wood engravings, many full page, some double page, as well as one large folding illustration. 40x28.5 cm. (15¾x11”), period half morocco and cloth, gilt-lettered spine.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876

A full year of the leading American illustrated weekly, with numerous wood engravings and plates from drawings by the leading artists and illustrators of the day. Rubbed at volume extremities; one closed tear to large folding illustration; very good.

(200/300)

47. heCkrotte, WArren With Julie sWeetkind, editors. California 49: Forty-nine Maps of California from the sixteenth century to the present. xvi, 108 pp. Illustrated with reproduction of maps of California and the region, mostly in color; original large fold-out in pocket at rear. (4to), black cloth-backed color pictorial golden boards, paper spine label. First Edition.

San Francisco: California Map Society, Occasional Paper No. 6, with The Book Club of California, 1999

Also included in the lot: McLaughlin, Glen with Nancy H. Mayo. The Mapping of California as an Island: An Illustrated Checklist. Wrappers. California Map Society Occasional Paper No. 5, [1995]. Touch of shelf wear; near fine.

(150/250)


FUR TRADERS IN THE NORTHWEST 48. henry, AlexAnder And dAvid thompson. New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest. The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry and David Thompson. 1799-1814. Edited by Elliott Coues. 3 volumes. xxviii, [1]-446 pp; vi, 447-916 pp; [vi], [917]-1027 pp. Frontispiece in Vol. 1, 4 folding maps in pocket at rear of Vol. 3. (Large 8vo), white cloth and gray boards, paper labels on spines, edges untrimmed. Custom slipcase. Copy number 28 of 100 large paper copies printed on handmade paper from a total edition of 1100 copies.

New York: Francis P. Harper, 1897

Henry was a Fur Trader of the Northwest Company and Thomspon was the Official Geographer and Explorer for the same company. These journals document their explorations and adventures among the inhabitants on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri and Columbia rivers. Howes H419 Spines sunned, labels chipped, some wear to boards, a few hinges cracked or cracking; very good.

(1500/2500)

49. hoWell, John. California: Catalogue 50: The library of Jennie Crocker Henderson with Additions - 5 vols. (Parts 1-5). 5 volumes. Illustrations of book covers and title pages. Original wrappers. First printings.

San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1979-1980

Also included are 5 California Book Auction Co. catalogues. Includes Sales No. 91, 94, 101, 105, and 109. Each in original wrappers. With prices realized inked at margins of each, plus price lists printed out and laid in. Mostly near fine.

(100/150)

50. hutChinGs, J[Ames] m[Ason]. In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. [4], xii, 13-496 pp. Illustrated with 28 inserted plates, including: frontispiece photo-type by Gutekunst, portrait of Hutchings from a photograph by Houseworth, 20 phototypos by Britton & Rey from photographs by Isaiah Taber, George Fiske and others, 1 artotype by E. Bierstadt, 1 heliotype by Heliotype Ptg. Co., 1 red plate of a snow plant; and 3 wood-engraved plates; 2 maps (1 folding lithograph and 1 full-page); plus numerous wood engravings and photos within the text. 21.5x15 cm. (8½x6”), original half morocco and cloth, lettered in gilt on front and in blind on rear, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, hinges reinforced with brown cloth, all edges gilt. First Edition, First Printing.

Yo Semite Valley & Oakland, CA: The Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing House, 1886

First printing, with the readings in the table of contents corresponding with those listed by Cur-rey & Kruska. Accepted first issue, matching all the required points, including: frontispiece pho-totype by Gutekunst depicting no one seated behind the horse and a cabin without a lean-to; portrait of Hutchings is a “photo-typo” by Britton & Rey; the plate of Hutchings’ Old Cabin is reproduced by the Heliotype Ptg. Co. of Boston; this copy contains only one artotype printed by E. Bierstadt (some copies of the First Edition include a second plate by Bierstadt at p. [470], no priority established). The folding lithograph map is printed by Britton & Rey. The author, J.M. Hutchings (1820-1902), a pioneer of the tourist industry in Yosemite and one of the first to visit there in winter, was Guardian to the Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove between 1880 and 1884. According to Farquhar, In the Heart of the Sierras was Hutchings’ crown publishing achievement and “...contains a great deal more...than an account of Hutchings’ personal experi-ences; it covers more fully than any other work of its day every aspect of Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees that could by considered of general interest to visitors.” Cowan (I), p. 117; (II), pp. 299-300; Currey & Kruska 175; Farquhar 18a; Rocq 5206. Joints and edges rubbed, dampstain to front cover, crack in gutter between preface and table of contents; else very good.

(250/350)

51. hutChinGs, J[Ames] m[Ason]. Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California. Illustrated with Over One Hundred Engravings. A Tourist’s Guide to the Yo-semite Valley, The Big Tree Groves...The Quicksilver Mines of New Almaden and Henriquita-Mount Shasta-The Farallone Islands...Lake Tahoe, and Other Places of Interest... 292 + [4] ad pp. Illustrated with approximately 100 wood engravings throughout the text. 21x15 cm. (8¼x6”), original brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Third Edition.

New York and San Francisco: A. Roman and Co., 1872

With a note on the edition, printed on lavender paper tipped in at pp. 3. Originally published in 1860. Cowan p.300; Currey & Kruska 164. Spine ends chipped, spine leaning, some light soiling; a name in ink on verso of front free endpaper; very good.

(100/150)

IVES EXPLORES THE COLORADO RIVER 52. 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; 14 lithographed or engraved views; 7 color lithograph plates of Indians; 8 folding panoramas; 3 engraved paleontology plates. 29x21.8 cm. (11x8½”), original cloth covers, rebacked with later calf, lettered in gilt. First Edition, Senate Issue.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861

With loose book label of Irving W. Robbins, Jr. laid in. 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. Moderately rubbed edges of original covers; closed stub tears to some folding plates, some light wear to few edges, also scattered light foxing; very good.

(600/900)

53. (Kennedy, Lawton and Alfred) Sixteen volumes of Americana printed by Lawton Kennedy. Includes: Camp, ed. Phil White’s Narrative of a Cruise in the Pacific. 1 of 1000. Old West, [1965]. * Jostes, Barbara Donohoe. John Parrott 1811-1884... 1972. * Galvin, ed. Western America in 1846-1847: The Original Travel Diary of Lieutenant J.W. Abert... 1 of 3000. John Howell, 1966. * 2 copies of: Galvin, ed. The First Spanish Entry into San Francisco Bay 1775. Dj. 1 of 5000. John Howell, 1971. * Wagner, Henry R. Juan Rodriguez: Cabrillo. With slipcase. 1 of 750. California Historical Society, 1941. * 2 copies of: Fink, Colin G. Drake’s Plate of Brass Authenticated: The Report on the Plate of Brass. California Historical Society, 1938. * Camp, ed. John Doble’s Journal and Letters from the Mines. 1 of 1000. Old West Publishing, [1962]. * Winther, Oscar O. The Story of San Jose. California Historical Society, 1935. * Goss, Helen Rocca. The California White Cap Murders: An Episode in Vigilantism. 1969. * Morgan, ed. The Overland Diary of James A. Pritchard from Kentucky to California in 1849. With dj. Old West Publishing, 1959. *Davis, William H. Seventy-five Years in California. With slipcase. 1 of 2500. John Howell, 1967. * Morgan, Dale L. In Pursuit of the Golden Dream. Western Hemisphere, 1970. * Camp, ed. 1792-1881: James Clyman: Frontiersman. Definitive Edition. 1 of 1450. Champoeg Press, [1960]. * Camp, ed. George C. Young and his Chronicles of the West. 1 of 1250. Old West Publishing, 1966. Together 16 volumes.


Light general wear, a few with gift inscriptions to endpapers, etc.; most are very good or better.(400/600)



54. kimbAll, ChArles p. The San Francisco City Directory...September 1, 1850. 139 pp. 14.5x9.7 cm. (5¾x4”), brown cloth lettered in gilt.

San Francisco: Journal of Commerce Press, 1850, [but c. 1870]

Later issue, circa 1870, with 3 additional pages of “omitted names” at rear. An alphabetical listing of residents in San Francisco from 1850, contains over 2500 names and an appendix of general information. Howes states: “First real directory of this city, preceded only by two business directories.” Only five copies are known to exist of the first printing. Cowan 132; Graff 2321-2; Howes K134. Spine ends and corners frayed, front joint starting, some fading and faint soiling to covers; hinges cracked, inked name on front free endpaper; light, scattered foxing; good.

(150/250)

55. (Korean War) Poster instructing North Korean and Chinese Armed forces how to surrender, as well as illustrating the Safe Conduct Pass. Poster 56x42.5 cm. (22x16¾”) illustrating with photographs and drawings in panels, with explanatory text in Korean, the 19 steps to surrender. Produced by the United Nations to instruct North Korean Army and the Communist Chinese Military how to surrender, and to illustrate what a Safe Conduct Certificate looks like (an example illustrated at bottom right corner). In a frame.

[1952]

The United Nations produced numerous designs of Safe Conduct Certificates and dropped them from airplanes into North Korea during the Korean War. Designed to look like Korean currency with one side providing instructions on how to surrender and to ensure the holder of the certificate that they would be treated humanely upon doing so. This poster illustrates an example of the General Mark W. Clark Safe Conduct Certificate, issued after General Clark became the commander in chief of the United Nations Command. Unsure if this poster was ever displayed to its intended audience, as it was punishable by death to have on your person one of the Safe Conduct Certificates. A near fine example of psychological warfare propaganda. A bit of wear along edges from handling; appears near fine; not inspected outside of frame.

(300/500)

56. kurutz, GAry f. The California Gold Rush: A Descriptive Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets Covering the Years 1848-1853. xxvii, 771 pp. Illustrated with plates. (8vo), blue cloth, stamped in gilt, plain paper jacket. 1 of 1000 copies, produced by W. Thomas Taylor.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1997

The key reference on the subject. A few very faint spots of finger soiling to jacket; else fine volume in fine jacket.

(200/300)

57. leeper, dAvid rohrer. The Argonauts of ‘Forty-Nine: Some Recollections of the Plains and the Diggings. 146, xvi pp. Illustrated with drawings by O. Marion Elbel. 22.2x14.5 cm. (8¾x5¾”), original gilt-lettered dark green cloth, decoratively bordered in black. First Edition.

South Bend, Indiana: J. B. Stoll, 1894

Setting out from South Bend, Indiana, on January 22, 1849, Leeper and his party of six crossed the plains and entered California via the Lassen Cutoff. Kurutz notes that “Leeper provides an excellent description of Sutter’s Fort and mining activities at Hangtown Creek, Kelsey’s Canyon and the Trinity Diggings.” He returned east via Nicaragua in April and May of 1854. Some copies have a tipped-in errata slip, while others, as described by Kurutz, the errata is printed on the copyright page, as is this copy. Cowan p. 388; Graff 2447; Howes L226; Jones 1671; Kurutz 296; Mintz 289; Rocq 15912; Streeter 3199; Wheat Books 124. Moderately rubbed at spine ends and corners, some dust soiling; partial rubber stamp to front free endpaper, dampstain to rear endpapers; else very good.

(100/150)

58. leslie, frAnk. Frank Leslie’s Historical Register of the United States Centennial Exposition, 1876. [4], 324 pp. With chromolithographed illustrated title page, and profusely illustrated with wood engravings, some full or double-page (including the large folding bird’s-eye view plate of the Exposition in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park); 3 chromolithograph plates of flags from different nations; facsimile of the Declaration of Independence. 40.5x29 cm. (16x11¼”), cloth, decorated in gilt and black on spine and cover, lettered in gilt. First Edition.

New York: Frank Leslie’s Publishing House, 1877

Moderate wear at spine ends, scuff marks and some faint soiling mostly to rear cover, rubbed at extremities; some short tears at fore edge of folding bird’s-eye view; closed stub tears to folding plates; very good.

(200/300)

MACKENZIE CROSSES NORTH AMERICA 59. mACkenzie, AlexAnder. Voyages From Montreal, On the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of That Country. [2], viii, cxxxii, 412, [2] pp. Half-title not present. With 3 folding copper-engraved maps, 1 hand-colored; stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait. (4to) 26.5x21 cm. (10¾x8½”), period full tree calf, rebacked with original spine laid down. First Edition.

London: Cadell, Davies, et al., 1801

Mackenzie’s classic account of his voyages, the first of which led him to the Arctic Ocean, and on the second he became the first white man to cross the North American continent north of Mexico “Mackenzie’s narrative is of consummate importance in the literature of transcontinental travel. It is the first account of an ocean to ocean crossing of the North American continent. Mackenzie’s account of the fur trade is of almost equal interest” - Graff.

Streeter remarks that “this journey marked the first crossing of the continent by white men,” and Wagner-Camp calls to mind the “sympathetic descriptions of the Knisteneaux (Cree), the Algonquin, and the Chipewyan Indians, with vocabularies of their languages.” A.S.W. Rosenbach notes that “no writer upon the subject of Indian customs and peculiarities has given us a more minute, careful and interesting relation of them.” Hill calls this “the first and finest edition of one of the most important of Canadian books.” Mackenzie’s voyage was undertaken on behalf of the North West Fur Company, which was attempting to break the monopoly of the Hudson’s Bay Company. One of the most important books in the annals of North American exploration, rivaling the accounts of Lewis and Clark, and Pike. Field 967; Graff 2630; Hill pp. 187-8; Howes M113; Peel 25; Streeter Sale 3653; Wagner-Camp 1. Some wear to corners and edges; diagonal stub tears to maps; foxing; very good.

(3000/5000)

60. mAthes, W. miChAel. Mexico on Stone. Lithography in Mexico, 1826-1900. Illustrated, including some color and folding plates. 12x8¼, cloth-backed decorated boards, printed paper spine label. One of 550 copies, printed by Jonathan Clark at the Artichoke Press.


An important reference on the subject, includes a checklist of major works. Fine.(100/150)

Lot 59

61. [miller, henry]. 13 California Towns from the Original Drawings. Introduction by Edith M. Coulter and Eleanor A. Bancroft. Illustrated with 13 plates. (Oblong folio), cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered paper spine label. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press.


It was not until after publication that the artist of these drawings done in the 1850’s was identified. BCC 68; GB 446. Some light rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners; else near fine.

(200/300)

62. (Mining - Arizona) Extracts from Engineers’ Reports on The Calumet and Copper Creek Mining Company. Mines and Property, Graham and Pinal Counties, Arizona. 32 pp. 22.9x18.5 cm. (9x7¼”), original gray printed wrappers.

Copper Creek, AZ: Mine, Mille and Smelter Office, [1910]

A booklet encouraging investors to purchase stock with “the strong endorsement by Walter Harvey Weed, one of the leading copper mine experts of the world.” The contents include the history and geology of the region, as well as the mining facilities and projected output and earnings. Not in OCLC. Vertical crease at middle where once folded, wrappers a touch faded and worn; else very good.

(200/300)

63. (Mining - Beaver County, Utah) Two maps of mining operations in Beaver County Utah in the early 20th century. Two mining maps, including: Map of Star and North Star Mining Districts Beaver County - Utah. Lithograph on linen, with hand-coloring. 90x76.5 cm. (35½x30¼”). Shows the relative locations of various mining operations, including groups belonging to the Horn Silver Mining Company, Cullen Investment Co., and Moscow Silver Mines Co. [c.1910?]. * Plan of the Underground Workings of the Rebel Mine Beaver County, Utah. Hand-drawn on architectural linen. Survey made Aug. 1912 by Boyce Rawlins. 62.3x89.3 cm. (24½x35¼”) plus margins. 1912.

[c. 1910?] and 1912

Beaver County Utah became a booming mining area beginning in 1858 with the opening of the first mine. The famous Horn Silver Mine was discovered in 1875, and the nearby town of Frisco became a boomtown as a result. The Horn Silver Mine attracted famous investor J. Pierpont Morgan. The first map shows the location of a cluster of Horn Silver Mining Company operations in the northwest corner of the map. No copies of the map located by OCLC Worldcat. The second map is a unique manuscript map of two color-coded underground shafts which are located very close to each other and intersect at various places. Details include the elevations and the location of veins nearby. Some dust soiling on verso of manuscript map; some yellowing and fingers smudges mostly at margins of lithograph map; very good.

(500/800)

64. (Montana) stone-mAnninG, trACy & emily miller, editors. The River We Carry With Us: Two Centuries of Writing From the Clark Fork Basin. x, 246 pp. Illustrations from photographs. (8vo) tan leather stamped in gilt. First Edition.

Livingston, Montana: Clark City Press, 2002

Signed by 20 of the contributors and with a few additional contributor signatures laid in. Presumably one of a small number of copies issued thus. Fine

(100/150)

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65. mooney, tom. Signed photograph of labor activist Tom Mooney marching on Market Street following his release from San Quentin, 1939. Black and white photograph, approximately 8x10”.

San Francisco: 1939

Inscribed in green ink: “Sunday January 8, 1939. Market Street Victory Parade. San Francisco, Calif. Tom Mooney”. Lettering on union banner highlighted in silver ink. Times Wide World syndicate press photograph of Mooney leading his Molders’ Union in a “Victory Parade” on San Francisco’s Market Street following his release from San Quentin where he had served 22 years in prison for his involvement in the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing in which 10 were killed and forty injured. Many believe that Mooney was wrongly accused and convicted of these crimes. He was pardoned in 1938 by Governor Cuthbert Olson. Provenance: From the M. Wesley Marans Collection, shown on p. 112 of his book “Sincerely Yours: The Famous & Infamous As They Wanted to Be Seen, in Autographed Photographs from the Collection of M. Wesley Marans”. Clipping from 1/9/39 New York Times using this image included. A bit of wear at edges; very good.

(200/300)

66. (Nevada - Reno) moore, boyd, editor. Nevada Newsletter: Reno 1922 Nevada, It’s Resources. A Special Number. Volume 16, Number 25. 96 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs within, including two folding photographs: A view of the Truckee River, and a view of Virginia Street. 34.5x26 cm. (13½x10”), original wrappers.

Reno, NV: February 18, 1922

No copies of this issue located by OCLC Worldcat, although it appears this Special Number was published a few times during the 1920s to highlight Reno, Nevada. There was a similar Special Issue published in 1924 and 1927 located by OCLC. This issue of the Nevada Newsletter includes an editorial (with cartoons), a report on the state of mining in Reno, a report on roadway construction, reports on the University of Nevada and public schools, plus many photographs of homes, schools, and churches, livestock operations, aerial photographs of farm land, etc. Spine lacking, moderately soiled covers with moderate edge wear including small chips and tears, rear wrapper lacking top corner; some faint soiling scattered within, a few leaves with lightly chipped edges; good.

(200/300)

67. (New Jersey) New Jersey and Its Builders: A Work for Newspaper and Library Reference. 334 pp. Many photograph portraits within. 28.5x20.7 cm. (11¼x8¼”), brown cloth embossed decoration in gilt, string tie through spine. First Edition.

New Jersey Biographical Association, [c. 1925]

Compiled under the direction of The Jas. O. Jones Co. Explicitly for the use of libraries or newspapers should one need biographical information or a photograph of “...men who have made New Jersey history...” -Foreword. Light rubbing at corners and a few other tiny spots; Jan 1926 written in ink on blank front fly leaf; tiny nick at bottom of a small group of pages at middle of text; else fine.

(150/250)

68. (New York) Broadside for Leggett’s Hotel and Restaurant in New York. 23.5x15 cm. (9¼x6”). Printed in black on tan paper.

New York: 1879

It reads, “Nearest Dining, Oyster and Bar Room to the City Hall and Elevated Railroad Station. Leggett’s Hotel. New York, 1879...” And continues to describe the “Old Established Dining Rooms,” in a paragraph furnished by A. Storms. The hotel and dining rooms are located at 44, 46 & 48 Chatham St., next door to Staats-Zeitung Building and 10 Centre St. Open until midnight and with rooms starting at 50 cents per day. One tiny chip out of top edge, one tiny closed tear on bottom edge, faintly creased where once folded; very good.

(200/300)

69. (Northern Pacific Railroad) Ticket with a guest pass to the opening celebration for the Northern Pacific Railroad’s reaching the Pacific. Ticket is 8x14.4 cm. (3¼x5¾”), guest pass is 5.5x10 cm. (2¼x4”).

Portland, OR: 1883

Attractively printed ticket with a guest pass, for a Contributor to the opening celebration for the Northern Pacific Railroad’s reaching the Pacific, held at the Pavilion in Portland, OR on Sept. 11, 1883. The ticket and the accompanying Guest Pass were lithographed by A. Anderson & Co. in Portland, and the ticket shows an image of a steam engine with a small vignette of Mt. Hood. Light stain evidence on reverse from being removed from an album with a short closed tear on ticket edge, else very good.

(200/300)

70. peters, hArry t. California on Stone. Numerous plates reproducing lithographs of California, some in color. 30.5x22.5 cm. (12x9”), glazed buckram, beveled edges, jacket, later custom slipcase. No. 3 of 501 copies. First Edition.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1935

By a leading authority on the subject. Howes P258. Darkening to jacket, some staining to spine, tearing along front flap fold; volume spine a bit faded with moderately rubbed spine ends, lacking the original cardboard slipcase with a modern cloth replacement, else near fine in very good jacket.

(300/500)

LARGE PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPH OF RAWHIDE, NEVADA 71. (Photograph - Rawhide, Nevada) Panorama photograph of Rawhide, Nevada. Gelatin silver print. 22x167 cm. (8¾x65¾”), with wooden frame, glass.

Rawhide, Nevada: c.1908

Rare and quite large panoramic photographic of the mining town some 55 miles southeast of Fallon, and 35 miles northeast of Hawthorne, Nevada. A few places are identified in ink on the map, and there are over forty neatly inked numbers, apparently relating to a key that is sadly not present. Rawhide was founded in 1907 following a gold and silver strike by Jim Swanson. The town soon boomed, investors began selling stocks at a frenetic pace, and the town soon had a population of about 5000, with three banks, four churches, a school, twelve hotels, twenty-eight restaurants, a theater, and thirty-seven saloons. In the short span of two years the town went from its peak population of 7000 people (Mar. to June, 1908), to fewer than 500 people by the latter part of 1910. The site of Rawhide has been obliterated by recent mining activity, with little or nothing remaining to be seen. Stain at lower center measuring 2x6”, another approx. 5x4” at right side; very good overall.

(500/800)

RARE VIEW OF CLIFF HOUSE AND SUTRO HEIGHTS 72. (Photograph - San Francisco Cliff House) sturis, C.f.o. Panoramic silver photograph of the Cliff House and Sutro Heights, San Francisco. Gelatin silver print. 12x63 cm. (4¾x24¾”), on original board mount; photographer’s imprint stamped in blind on mount at lower right.

San Francisco: c.1900

Very unusual panoramic view of San Francisco’s famed Cliff House Restaurant, in its grand Victorian incarnation (1896-1907). The Cliff House and Seal Rocks area at the left, with Ocean Beach, then eastward to include what is now the Great Highway, the Heights, and the large windmill. Edge wear to mount, image very good or better.

(800/1200)

73. (Photographs) Cross & dimmitt. Five original photographs of the Pacific Northwest from the studio of Cross & Dimmitt. Includes: 5 panoramic photographs, all but one captioned in white. Includes images of Inspiration Point, Columbia River, Oregon, Wah Kee ha Falls, and Multomah Falls. Each measures 9.5x26.5 cm. (3¾x10½”) or the reverse.

c.1918

Beautiful series of photographs. Once mounted to black paper, paper remnants on verso of each photograph; else near fine.

(150/250)

74. (Photographs - San Francisco) Photograph album of the 1918 San Francisco Examiner Christmas Tree. Photo album containing 9 gelatin silver print photographs, approximately 9½x7¾” or the reverse; 3 printed sheets of text.

San Francisco: 1918

Interesting group of images from the display of the 1918 San Francisco Examiner Christmas Tree at Civic Center Plaza. After several failed attempts to bring a tall tree to the city a tree was constructed at Civic Center using a number of smaller trees carefully placed around the flagpole, the tree was decorated with 10,000 Novagem Jewels from the Tower of Jewels exhibit at the 1915 Exposition. Includes day and night views, photos of the committee in charge of the tree and a photo of Mayor James Rolph and family viewing the tree from his offices. Some wear to album; photographs with some silvering at edges; very good.

(200/300)

75. (Photographs) Photo album of a tour in the American West, 1901. Album containing approximately 116 photographs of various sizes, mostly snapshots but also a few commercial images and clipped images. Also included is a group of 27 postcards with scenes of the American West, many from photographs by F.J. Haynes.

1901

Includes photographs of Pike’s Peak, Salt Lake, San Francisco (including the Cliff House), big trees, Del Monte Hotel, Catalina Island, etc. Some wear to album covers; very good.

(400/600)

TWO PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS 76. (Pictorial Letter Sheets) The Mining Business in Four Pictures. Lithographed pictorial letter sheet on gray wove paper. 21x27 cm. (8¼x10½”).

San Francisco: Britton & Ray, [c.1852]

Consists of four scenes: “Going To It” (two miners seated with gear, pointing toward likely river); “Making Something” (leaping for joy at a small amount of color in a gold pan); “Making Nothing” (staring at an empty hole, empty gold pan alongside); and “Going Out of It” (headed towards a small town in the distance, carrying their gear). This lettersheet was also issued with the imprint of Quirot & Co. of San Francisco. Baird 171; Clifford 194; Peters p.76, Plate 34. Lightly foxed, tiny nicks to corners, two of which repaired with tiny pieces of paper; very good.

(500/800)

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77. (Pictorial Letter Sheets) Sonora from the North. Lithograph view, approximately. 18x25 cm. (7x10”), on a single sheet measuring approximately 23x28.5 cm. (9x11¼”) overall, blue or gray wove paper. Engraved by G.H. Goddard, lithograph by Britton & Rey, San Francisco.

Sonora: G.S. Wells, 1853

View of Main St., Sonora with church at far end. Not in Reps’ Views and Viewmakers of Urban America. Sonora, headquarters for the Southern Mines, was established by Mexicans from Sonora in 1848. Watson, California of the Fifties (text opposite Plate 32: “By July [1849] 5,000 people had swarmed into Sonora camp, Mexican, Chileans, Americans, and men from every nation under the sun. The narrow main street thronged with excited gold seekers. One had to fight a way through the babel. Here were diggings richer than dreamed of. Authorities say that within a four-mile circle, over $400,000,000 has been the amount of gold produced to date.” Baird 257; Clifford 267. Very lightly worn right edge; a touch of discoloration in a very thin strip on verso of top edge; else near fine.

(700/1000)

78. (Pictorial Letter Sheets) sloAn, dorothy. The Henry H. Clifford Collection Part Three: California Pictorial Letter Sheets. Illustrated including color plates, some folding. (Folio), tan cloth, paper spine and cover labels. First Edition.

Austin: Dorothy Sloan, 1994

Deluxe auction catalogue for Clifford’s extensive collection of California pictorial letter sheets. Near fine.

(200/300)

79. (Postcards) Sixteen postcards of Native Americans - including 15 real photograph postcards. Includes 1 postcard with an illustration of a basket dancer, painted on yucca veneer. On verso is a description of the “Basket Dancer of the Rio Grande pueblos.” A used postcard. Also, 15 real photograph postcards of Native Americans including many of Sioux. Most are captioned in white. Of these, only 2 are used.

[c.1890s-1920s]

A beautiful collection of images of Native Americans. Images include: “President Coolidge adopted Chief of the Sioux Indians Deadwood, S.D. Aug 4.27” * “Indian War Dance” * Five ladies posing for a portrait in front of automobiles. * “Chief Crazy Horse and Squaw”. And many more, including 1 duplicate image. Some small marks to versos of photographs, a few are slightly faded or yellowed; mostly very good.

(400/600)

Lot 77

80. (Postcards - Vermont) Collection of 232 Vermont postcards. Collection of 232 Vermont postcards in sleeves contained in one three ring binder.


About half are color cards with some linens and earlier. No moderns. The balance are real photos, some printed, with nice early village and street scenes, agricultural, rural etc. including the Westminster P.O., Main St Weston, Brandon, West Rutland, Stowe, Main St at Gaysville with flood scenes. A nice collection . All in very good condition.

(400/600)

81. reminGton, frederiC. Pony Tracks. viii, [2], 269 + [1] ad pp. Illustrated throughout after Frederic Remington, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. (8vo), pictorial brown-orange cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895

Remington’s first book. Howes R201; BAL 16489; Adams Herd 1878; Graff 3458. Joints, spine ends and corners rubbed, spine ends and corners bumped with a touch of fraying, some faint (mostly finger) soiling; front hinge cracked; gift inscription on title page; very good.

(400/600)

82. reminGton, frederiC. Two first editions of works by Frederic Remington. Includes: Sundown Leflare. Original decorative cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. 1899. * Men with the Bark on. Original decorative orange cloth stamped in red and green, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition, First Issue. First issue on thinner paper, measuring less than 1-1/8” across the top covers. 1900. Together 2 volumes.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Various dates

Clean and bright copies of both, with very light rubbing at extremities; very good.(150/250)

83. rezAnov, nikolAi petroviCh. The Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806. The Report of Count Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov of His Voyage to that Provincia of Nueva España from New Archangel. Translated to English and Edited by Thomas C. Russell. xii, 104, [1] pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 5 plates from engravings, with tissue-guards. 25.1x16.5 cm. (10x6½”), linen-backed boards, paper spine label, dust jacket (also with paper spine label). One of 260 copies.

San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1926

Signed by Russell on the limitation page. “A translation of a part of the second volume of P. Tikhemenev, Rossisko-Amerikanskoi Kompanii, St. Petersburg, 1863, giving Rezanov’s report.” Howes R244. Bit of wear to jacket spine label, one short closed tear at bottom edge, yellowed jacket spine and in thin strip at flap folds, tiny dampstain on heel; a few tiny marks to volume; name in ink on front pastedown; a near fine volume in a very good jacket.

(250/350)


WITH 38 FOLIO LITHOGRAPHS DEPICTING MEXICAN MARTYRS, 1870 84. rivA pAlACio, viCente & mAnuel pAyno. El Libro Rojo, 1520-1867. [2], 153 pp. With lithographed title-page & 38 lithographed plates, at lease 1 with hand-tinting. 43.2x31.5 cm. (17x11½”), original leather-backed red boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Mexico City: Díaz de León y White, 1870

Striking series of lithographs depicting martyrs of the Mexican nation, both religious and political, the title Libro Rojo (or Red Book), signifying the bloodshed throughout Mexican history. Depicted here are Moctezuma II, Cuauhtemoc, Martin Cortez, Pedro de Alvarado, la familia Carabajal, la familia Dongo, Hidalgo, Allende, Morelos, Guerrero, Los Marires de Tacubaya and Maximilian. The large lithographs are after drawings by Primitivo Miranda lithographed are by Hernadez and Iriarte, the whole printed by Diaz de Leon y White. The plate titled “La Peste (1577)” is partially colored and depicts a country village in Mexico affected by the plague. Riva Palacio and Payno sought to immortalize those who had sacrificed their lives for the Mexican nation. Quite scarce, especially complete, as this copy is. The last copy to sell at auction, as recorded in American Book Prices Current, was in 1988. Spine scuffed, corners worn, board edges showing; front hinge cracked, light foxing, very good.

(3000/5000)

85. roosevelt, eleAnor. This I Remember. (8vo) cloth. First Edition.New York: Harper & Brothers, [1949]

Typed note, signed by Eleanor Roosevelt, pasted inside front cover. Some wear and soiling to cloth; very good.

(250/350)

86. (San Francisco) Two titles about early San Francisco and California settlers. Includes: Rasmussen, Louis J. San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists. 4 volumes. San Francisco Historic Record & Genealogy Bulletin, [1965-1970]. * Bancroft, Hubert Howe. California Pioneer Register and Index, 1542-1848. Including Inhabitants of California, 1769-1800 and List of Pioneers. Regional Publishing Co., 1964. Together 2 titles in 5 volumes. All in black cloth with gilt-lettered spines, with yellow dust jackets printed in black.


One jacket with chipping to spine foot, some sunning to jackets; volumes with very light wear from handling; near fine volumes in very good or better jackets.

(200/300)

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