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[GROUP OF SIX AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, FROM CENTRAL GOLD RUSH FIGURE AND CALIFORNIA PIONEER, JOHANN (JOHN) AUGUSTUS SUTTER, TO FELLOW CALIFORNIA PIONEER, JEAN JACQUES VIOGET. ACCOMPANIED BY TWENTY-TWO OTHER MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED DOCUMENTS CHRONICLING V
Sutter, Johann Augustus:
New Helvetia, Ca. February 1842 - June 1843 (for the Sutter letters). Accompanying documents dated between 1828 and 1862.
Six manuscript letters, totaling sixteen pages, written on quarto-sized or larger sheets. Accompanied by twenty- two other manuscript documents or.. more
Price: $142,500.00
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EN EL PUERTO DE MONTERREY DE LA ALTA CALIFORNIA, A LOS SIETE DIAS DEL MES DE NOVIEMBRE DE MIL OCHOCIENTOS TREINTA Y SEIS...LA ALTA CALIFORNIA SE DECLARA INDEPENDIENTE DE MEJICO MIENTRAS TANTO NO RESTABLESCA EL SISTEMA FEDERAL QUE SE ADOPTO EL ANO DE 1824
[California]:
[Monterey: Santiago Aguilar, Nov. 7, 1836].
Broadside, 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Old fold lines. Small hole at one fold, touching two letters, very light.. more
Price: $125,000.00
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JOURNAL OF THE HARTFORD UNION MINING AND TRADING COMPANY. CONTAINING THE NAME, RESIDENCE AND OCCUPATION OF EACH MEMBER, WITH INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE, &c. &c.
[Hall, Linville J., and George G. Webster]:
Printed by J.L. Hall on board the Henry Lee, 1849.
88pp., with pp.9-20 provided in facsimile. The gathering containing pp.41-44 is included twice herein. Small octavo. Gathered signatures. Several text.. more
Price: $50,000.00
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A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO, AS ORGANIZED AND DEFINED BY THE SEVERAL ACTS OF THE CONGRESS OF THAT REPUBLIC [caption title].
[Tanner, Henry S.]:
New York: Henry S. Tanner, 1846.
Folding handcolored pocket map, 31 x 24 3/4 inches, Original 12mo. front board, stamped in blind and gilt, detached but.. more
Price: $40,000.00
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A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO, AS ORGANIZED AND DEFINED BY THE SEVERAL ACTS OF THE CONGRESS OF THAT REPUBLIC [caption title].
[Tanner, Henry S.]:
New York: Henry S. Tanner, 1846.
Folding handcolored pocket map, 31 x 24 3/4 inches, tipped into original 12mo. cloth folder. Spine sunned. Contemporary ownership signatures.. more
Price: $40,000.00
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PROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO: WHEREAS, PROOF HAS BEEN LAID BEFORE ME, THAT A BODY OF MEN, STYLING THEMSELVES "THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO" HAS USURPED POWERS...[caption title and introductory te
[San Francisco]: Riley, Bennett:
[Monterey or San Francisco. 1849].
Broadside, 13 x 8 3/4 inches, printed in two columns. Staining and wear at folds, split neatly in half across.. more
Price: $38,500.00
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EXTRACTO DE LA INSTRUCCION DEL EXMO. SEÑOR VIRREY, CONDE DE REVILLAGIGEDO [caption title] a.k.a. INSTRUCCION RESERVADA QUE EL CONDE DE REVILLA GIGEDO DIO A SU SUCESOR EN EL MANDO, MARQUES DE BRANCIFORTE SOBRE EL GOBIERNO DE ESTE CONTINENTE EN EL TIEMPO QU
Revillagigedo, Count of: Juan Vicente Guemes y Horcasitas:
Mexico. 1794.
[695]pp. of manuscript text in Spanish in a neat secretarial hand. Dated on final leaf: "Mexico 30 de Junio de.. more
Price: $35,000.00
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SAN FRANCISCO, 1862. FROM RUSSIAN HILL.
Gifford, Charles B.:
San Francisco: Printed by L. Nagel, published by A. Rosenfield, 1862.
Tinted lithograph, in five sections, 15 x 108 inches, printed on heavier paper. Expertly conserved and mounted on tissue. Staining.. more
Price: $35,000.00
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VISCHER'S PICTORIAL OF CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE, TREES AND FOREST SCENES. GRAND FEATURES OF CALIFORNIA SCENERY, LIFE, TRAFFIC AND CUSTOMS.
Vischer, Edward:
San Francisco: Printed by Joseph Winterburn & Company, April, 1870.
[4],4,[129]-131,[i.e. six leaves],[10]pp. of text plus 163 albumen photographs on captioned mounts (a few with two photographs per mount). Large.. more
Price: $27,500.00
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[MANUSCRIPT MEMOIR OF M. LA VALLIER DES ROCHES, FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER, SPANNING THIRTY YEARS OF FRENCH INVOLVEMENT IN THE NEAR EAST, AFRICA, AND THE AMERICAS].
[Roches, M. La Vallier, Sieur des]:
[Np. ca. 1690].
127pp. numbered in contemporary manuscript, plus two pen- and-ink drawings, one of Carthagena and the other a map, "Plan de.. more
Price: $22,500.00
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THREE YEARS IN TEXAS. INCLUDING A VIEW OF THE TEXAN REVOLUTION, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL BATTLES....
Field, Joseph Emerson:
Boston: Abel Tompkins, 1836.
47pp. Modern three-quarter navy blue morocco and cloth, gilt title on spine. Very good. In a half morocco clamshell case... more
Price: $22,500.00
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[SKETCHBOOK OF ARTIST WILLIAM HAHN, CONTAINING PENCIL DRAWINGS OF CALIFORNIA AND UTAH DURING THE MID-1870s, AND INCLUDING SCENES OF THE AMERICAN EAST].
Hahn, William (Carl Wilhelm):
[ca. 1876].
Forty-nine pages of pencil sketches, plus sketches on front and rear pastedowns. Quarter leather and cloth oblong sketchbook, the pages.. more
Price: $20,000.00
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STATE, TERRITORIAL AND OCEAN GUIDE BOOK OF THE PACIFIC: CONTAINING THE TIME AND DISTANCE TABLES, RATES, FARES AND FREIGHT TARIFF, OF ALL STEAMSHIP, STEAMBOAT, RAILWAY, STAGE AND EXPRESS LINES, ON OR CONNECTING WITH THE PACIFIC COAST AND THE INTERIOR...TO
Holdredge, Sterling M.:
San Francisco: Sterling M. Holdredge, 1865.
xvi,182pp., plus 48pp. of advertisements printed on colored paper, and nine double-page maps. Chromolithographic and printed letterpress titlepages. Original half.. more
Price: $18,500.00
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THE GRIZZLY GIANT.
Simpson, William (Scottish, 1823-99):
[Mariposa, Northern California. 1874].
Watercolor on paper, laid down on board, 21 x 14 1/4 inches. Signed, inscribed, and dated across lower image: "The.. more
Price: $15,000.00
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ACCOMPANIMENT TO MITCHELL'S NEW MAP OF TEXAS, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA, WITH THE REGIONS ADJOINING.
[Mitchell, S. Augustus]:
Philadelphia. 1846.
46pp. text plus colored folding map, 22 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches. 18mo. Original gilt morocco binder, neatly rebacked in.. more
Price: $15,000.00
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ACCOMPANIMENT TO MITCHELL'S NEW MAP OF TEXAS, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA, WITH THE REGIONS ADJOINING.
[Mitchell, S. Augustus]:
Philadelphia. 1846.
46pp. text plus colored folding map, 22 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches. 18mo. Original gilt morocco binder. Gilt on binder.. more
Price: $15,000.00
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CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
[California]:
San Francisco: Printed at the Office of the Alta California, 1849.
19pp. Gathered signatures, with only a remnant of the stitching remaining. A few small holes in the titlepage, touching eight.. more
Price: $13,500.00
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CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
[California]:
San Francisco: Printed at the Office of the Alta California, 1849.
16pp. Gathered signatures, string-tied as issued, lacking original wrappers. Light foxing and tanning. Good, untrimmed. In a half morocco and.. more
Price: $12,500.00
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LA CALIFORNIE OU NOUVELLE CAROLINE TEATRO DE LOS TRABAJOS APOSTOLICOS DE LA COMPA. JESUS EN LA AMERICA SEPTE.
Fer, Nicholas de:
Paris: De Fer dans l'Isle du Palais à la Sphere Royale, 1720.
Copper-engraved map, with original outline color. Sheet size: 19 3/4 x 28 3/8 inches. In excellent condition. One of the.. more
Price: $12,000.00
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SCENES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, AND IN OREGON, CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS, AND THE GRAND PRAIRIES; OR NOTES BY THE WAY, DURING AN EXCURSION OF THREE YEARS...By a New Englander.
[Sage, Rufus B.]:
Philadelphia. 1846.
303pp. plus folding map. Contemporary blindstamped black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, expertly rebacked. Minor wear to extremities, neatly repaired. Slightly cocked... more
Price: $10,000.00
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HORN'S OVERLAND GUIDE, FROM THE U.S. INDIAN SUB-AGENCY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, ON THE MISSOURI RIVER, TO THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO, IN CALIFORNIA....
Horn, Hosea B.:
New York. 1852.
83,[1],18pp. plus large folding map. 16mo. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Cloth very lightly sunned. A few slight.. more
Price: $10,000.00
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[THE GOLD RUSHERS OF BRET HARTE'S POEM, "DICKENS IN CAMP"].
[American Folk Artist]:
[Np. ca. 1871-1885].
Watercolor and gouache on paper, 21 x 28 inches, in arts and crafts style gilt frame, with a penciled verse.. more
Price: $10,000.00
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SCENES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, AND IN OREGON, CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS, AND THE GRAND PRAIRIES; OR NOTES BY THE WAY, DURING AN EXCURSION OF THREE YEARS...By a New Englander.
[Sage, Rufus B.]:
Philadelphia. 1846.
303pp. plus folding map. Antique style three quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Lower forecorner of titlepage.. more
Price: $9,500.00
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TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE ROAD FROM MISSOURI TO OREGON COMMENCING AT THE MOUTH OF THE KANSAS IN THE MISSOURI RIVER AND ENDING AT THE MOUTH OF THE WALLAH-WALLAH IN THE COLUMBIA.
Preuss, Charles:
Baltimore: Lithogr. by E. Weber & Co., 1846.
Seven sections, each 16 x 26 inches. Bound together at the right edge at an early date with green paper... more
Price: $9,000.00
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NEUER PRAKTISCHER WEGWEISER FUR AUSWANDERER NACH NORD- AMERIKA IN DREI ABTHEILUNGEN....
Schmolder, Bruno:
Mainz. 1849.
Three volumes bound in one. [8],120pp. plus five plates (including frontispiece); [4],153,[1]pp. plus frontispiece and colored folding map; [4],106pp. plus.. more
Price: $8,500.00
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NEW VARIETIES OF GOLD AND SILVER COINS, COUNTERFEIT COINS, AND BULLION; WITH MINT VALUES.
Eckfeldt, Jacob R., and William E. Du Bois:
Philadelphia. 1850.
60,[1]pp. plus plate of gold coinage. Frontis. Original printed boards, gilt-lettered cover with illustrations of gold coins, expertly rebacked in.. more
Price: $8,500.00
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MAP OF THE MINING REGION, OF CALIFORNIA. 1855.
Baker, George H.:
Sacramento: Barber & Baker, 1855.
Map, 10 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches, printed on blue paper on a folio sheet, folded in half to make.. more
Price: $8,500.00
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A CRUISING VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD: FIRST TO THE SOUTH- SEAS, THENCE TO THE EAST-INDIES, AND HOMEWARDS BY THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. BEGUN IN 1708, AND FINISH'D IN 1711...CONTAINING A JOURNAL OF ALL THE REMARKABLE TRANSACTIONS...AN ACCOUNT OF ALEXANDER SELKIRK
Rogers, Woodes:
London: Printed for A. Bell and B. Lintot, 1712.
xxi,[1],428,56,[14]pp. plus five folding maps. Early 20th-century speckled gilt calf, rebacked in period style, spine gilt extra, gilt inner dentelles,.. more
Price: $7,500.00
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CALIFORNIA AND ITS GOLD REGIONS; WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF THE COUNTRY, ITS MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES...WITH A MAP OF THE U. STATES AND CALIFORNIA....
Robinson, Fayette:
New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1849.
144p. plus frontispiece engraving and large folding frontispiece map. Modern three-quarter polished calf and marbled boards, raised bands, gilt morocco.. more
Price: $7,500.00
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CALIFORNIA AND ITS GOLD REGIONS; WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF THE COUNTRY, ITS MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES...WITH A MAP OF THE U. STATES AND CALIFORNIA....
Robinson, Fayette:
New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1849.
137pp., plus [6]pp. of ads. Large folding frontispiece map. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco label. Boards a.. more
Price: $7,500.00
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WESTERN AMERICA, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA AND OREGON, WITH MAPS OF THOSE REGIONS, AND OF "THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY."
Wilkes, Charles:
Philadelphia. 1849.
130pp. plus three folding maps, and advertisements. Original printed stiff wrappers. Wrappers worn, soiled, and stained. "Oregon Territory" map and.. more
Price: $7,500.00
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EXTRAITS RAISONNÉS DES VOYAGES FAITS DANS LES PARTIES SEPTENTRIONALES DE L'ASIE ET DE L'AMERIQUE, OU NOUVELLES PREUVES DE LA POSSIBILITÉ D'UN PASSAGE AUX INDES PAR LE NORD...AVEC DEUX GRANDES CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES.
Engel, Samuel:
Lausanne: Jules Henri Pott et Comp., 1779.
[2],xxiv,268pp. plus two large engraved folding maps (20 x 29 inches and 19 x 27 inches). Half title. Quarto. Contemporary.. more
Price: $6,750.00
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JOHNSON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED & EMBELLISHED COUNTY MAP OF THE REPUBLICS OF NORTH AMERICA.
Johnson, D. Griffing:
New York & Washington: A.J. Johnson, 1857.
Wall map, 70 x 65 inches, with contemporary color. Large map inset plus numerous engraved vignettes. Expertly restored, backed with.. more
Price: $6,500.00
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THIRTY YEARS AGO. 1849 - 1879.
Dornin, George D.:
[Berkeley. 1879].
[4],62pp. plus two leaves with mounted photographs, each 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Small quarto. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered.. more
Price: $6,500.00
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CONSTITUCION FEDERAL DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS, SANCIONADA POR EL CONGRESO GENERAL CONSTITUYENTE, EL 4 DE OCTUBRE DE 1824.
[Constitutions]:
Mexico. [1824].
[4],xviii,62,[3],iii,[2],12pp., plus plate. 16mo. Contemporary Mexican calf, spine gilt. Small wormhole in several leaves (including titlepage and plate) repaired by.. more
Price: $6,500.00
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THE GOLD REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA: BEING A SUCCINCT DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY, AND GENERAL FEATURES OF CALIFORNIA: INCLUDING A CAREFULLY PREPARED ACCOUNT OF THE GOLD REGIONS OF THAT FORTUNATE COUNTRY. PREPARED FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
Foster, George G.:
New York: Dewitt & Davenport, Tribune Buildings, 1848.
80pp. plus [12]pp. of ads. Frontispiece map. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished (but still sturdily bound), wrappers a bit soiled.. more
Price: $6,250.00
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EARLY WESTERN TRAVELS, 1748 - 1846.
Thwaites, Reuben G., ed:
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1904-1907.
Thirty-two volumes, including two volumes of index and folio atlas. Text volumes: Original burgundy cloth, t.e.g. Spines faded, cloth torn.. more
Price: $6,000.00
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THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF JAMES O. PATTIE, OF KENTUCKY, DURING AN EXPEDITION FROM ST. LOUIS, THROUGH THE VAST REGIONS BETWEEN THAT PLACE AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AND THENCE BACK THROUGH THE CITY OF MEXICO TO VERA CRUZ....
Pattie, James O.:
Cincinnati. 1833.
300pp. plus five plates. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. A few small ink splotches on.. more
Price: $6,000.00
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[TWO SKETCHBOOKS CONTAINING PENCIL DRAWINGS OF CALIFORNIA SCENES, SEVERAL OF THEM IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN SACRAMENTO, STOCKTON, SAN DIEGO, AND MARYSVILLE. OTHER SKETCHES INCLUDE RENDERINGS OF INDIANS, ANIMALS, MINING SCENES, LANDSCAPES, etc.].
[California]: [Browere, Alburtus del Orient]:
[Various places in California. ca. 1852-1862].
Smaller sketchbook: 12mo, 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Original limp sheep. [23]pp. of pencil sketches. Three leaves (apparently of.. more
Price: $6,000.00
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[FIFTEEN MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS, INCLUDING VIEWS OF HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD, SALT LAKE CITY, AND NEW ZEALAND].
[Pacific and Western Photographica]:
[Various places. ca. 1872].
Twelve cards, each 17 x 13 inches, a.e.g., with manuscript captions in lower margins. Most images are 9 x 6.5.. more
Price: $5,000.00
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[AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM CENTRAL GOLD RUSH FIGURE AND CALIFORNIA PIONEER, JOHANN (JOHN) AUGUSTUS SUTTER, TO JUDGE ORVILLE C. PRATT, SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN SUTTER'S ATTEMPTS TO RETAIN HIS CALIFORNIA LANDS].
Sutter, Johann Augustus:
Sacramento. Feb. 14, 1856.
[1]p. manuscript letter on a ruled quarto sheet. Sheet very lightly and expertly backed. A bit of light wear around.. more
Price: $5,000.00
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THE INDIAN CAPTIVE. A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF MATTHEW BRAYTON, IN HIS THIRTY-FOUR YEARS OF CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA.
Brayton, Matthew:
Cleveland. 1860.
68pp. 16mo. Original half muslin and printed paper boards. Boards a bit soiled, worn at spine ends. Contemporary ownership inscription.. more
Price: $4,750.00
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A NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA: CONTAINING AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THAT COUNTRY...THE CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS...Translated from the original Spanish....
Venegas, Miguel:
London. 1759.
Two volumes. [20],455pp. plus folding map and two plates including frontispiece; [8],387pp. plus two plates including frontispiece. Modern three-quarter morocco.. more
Price: $4,500.00
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CABIN AT LITTLE GARROTE - TUOLUMNE CO. CAL. [manuscript caption title].
[Gold Rush Drawing]:
[Tuolumne County, Ca. ca. 1850s].
Pencil drawing on paper, a 6 3/4 x 8 1/4-inch oval on a larger piece of paper. A few very.. more
Price: $4,500.00
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[JOURNALS OF THE FIRST, SECOND AND FOURTH THROUGH FIFTEENTH SESSIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE].
[California]:
San Jose [i.e. New York] (session 1), [New York] (session 2), San Francisco (session 4) & Sacramento (sessions 5-15). 1850-1864.
Thirty-nine volumes. Various bindings of contemporary sheep and later cloth, red and black leather spine labels. Condition ranges from rather.. more
Price: $4,500.00
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BANCROFT'S MAP OF CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH AND ARIZONA.
Bancroft, A.L.:
San Francisco: Bancroft & Company "Booksellers & Stationers," 1876.
28 x 32 1/4 inches, with full period color, folding into original gilt-stamped brown cloth covers. Spine and several folds.. more
Price: $4,500.00
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A SERIES OF CHARTS, WITH SAILING DIRECTIONS, EMBRACING SURVEYS OF THE FARALLONES, ENTRANCE TO THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO...STATE OF CALIFORNIA....
Ringgold, Cadwallader:
Washington: Printed by Jno. T. Towers, 1852.
48pp. plus eight lithographic plates including frontispiece, and six folding maps. Quarto. Original green cloth, elaborately decorated in gilt on.. more
Price: $4,000.00
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CALIFORNIA.
Colton, J.H.:
New York: J.H. Colton, 1854.
Folding color map, 13 x 17 inches. Tipped into original brown cloth folder, gilt-stamped cover. Bright and clean. With an.. more
Price: $4,000.00
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HISTORY OF NEVADA COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DESCRIPTIVE OF ITS SCENERY, RESIDENCES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, FINE BLOCKS, AND MANUFACTORIES. FROM ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY ARTISTS OF THE HIGHEST ABILITY.
[California]:
Oakland: Thompson & West, 1880.
234pp., including colored "Map of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona" plus eighty-three full-page or double- page lithographs (the first included.. more
Price: $4,000.00
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CALIFORNIA IN 1851 [and 1852] THE LETTERS OF DAME SHIRLEY.
[Clappe, Louise A.]:
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933.
Two volumes. xviii,[2],142,[6]; xviii,[2],143,[7]pp. In- text illustrations. Plus a 2pp. manuscript on a folio sheet, and another 38pp. manuscript on.. more
Price: $3,750.00
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