[ San Francisco. 1952]. 189,[2]pp. including illustrations. Original printed wrappers, plastic label. Near fine. A study of the building materials used by Indians, missionaries, and the Spanish in pre-statehood California.
San Francisco. 1854-1855. Four volumes bound in two. iv,384; iv,384; iv,384; 384pp. Modern three-quarter calf and cloth, spines ruled in gilt, gilt morocco labels. Bookplate on front pastedown of both volumes. Contemporary ownership signature on contents leaf of first volume, scattered light foxing and staining. Very good. A rare complete.....
Madison, Wi. 1931. xix,212pp. plus illus. Portrait. Cloth. Fine. Fairchild went to California in 1849 at the opening of the gold rush, and remained there for six years. A native of Wisconsin, he later became a notable figure in the Civil War.
Washington. 1835. 97pp. plus partially colored folding profile. Modern half morocco. Very good. A report made to the U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers on the geological character of the Ozarks. The very long folding profile stretches from the Atlantic Ocean and New Jersey westward to Texas.
Cleveland: The Williams Publishing Company, 1888. xviii,[9]-507pp., including illustrations. Frontispiece and two portraits. Original cloth, front board and spine gilt. Cloth worn at spine ends. Overall very good. The overland journey to the gold fields by the Ohio native Ferguson is recounted in the first ten chapters, followed by three.....
Paris: L. Maison, 1850. [4],386pp. plus eight engraved plates and maps, including large folding map. Half title. 12mo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Boards moderately rubbed and worn at edges, corners, and joints. Light foxing and tanning throughout. Folding map with expertly repaired closed tears. Very good.....
Socorro, N.M. Socorro Daily News Office, 1881. [9]pp. Original printed wrappers. Near fine. A scarce and early New Mexico imprint, singing the praises of the west-central New Mexico county and its resources, especially mineral. With brief descriptions of topography, population ("The native population and the immigrants from the States move.....
Caldwell, Id. 1968. xiii,466pp. Photographic illus. Half title. Large, thick quarto. Gilt decorated cloth. Very fine, in dust jacket. Second printing, signed by the authors on the half title. A vivid picture of life and mining practices in that period.
Ayer, Ma. 1894. 196pp. Portrait. Original cloth. Just about fine. The author sailed to California in 1852; his brothers, however, drove cattle to California in 1853, and an account of their trip is included. Fletcher was engaged in mining enterprises from 1852 to 1859. The second part of the account.....
New York: Dewitt & Davenport, 1849. 80,[6]pp. Fragment of rear wrapper extant. Minor edge wear, scattered foxing, faint dampstaining on titlepage. Overall very good. Lacks the folding map. The third edition, second issue, according to Kurutz. Foster's widely popular treatise on the gold regions went through three editions in 1848.....
New York & Philadelphia. 1849. 29; 83; 186pp. plus two maps (one folding) and 6pp. of advertisements. Text printed in double-column format. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine richly gilt. Two bookplates on front pastedown. A touch of foxing on map and offsetting on titlepage. Near fine. This volume.....
Washington. 1845. 693pp. plus twenty-two plates and five maps (three folding). Original blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Corners lightly worn. A few scattered spots of foxing, but generally quite clean internally. Very good. The Senate issue of the Fremont report, certainly one of the most important single pieces of Western Americana.....
London. 1861. 63,[1]pp. Gathered signatures. Bright and clean. Near fine. Without the map which sometimes accompanies this publication. The famous explorer, John C. Fremont, spent much of his time in the 1850s attempting to develop a giant land grant in California, the Mariposa Estate, an effort which involved him in.....
Chicago: H.M. Higgins, [ 1864]. 5pp. sheet music. Folio. Very minor soiling and wear. Vertical fold reinforced with tissue. Very good plus. Sheet music promoting immigration to Idaho. The cover has a woodcut of a Conestoga wagon drawn by four mules. "They say, there is a land, Where crystal waters.....
Cincinnati. 1865. 264pp. plus 24pp. of advertisements. Publisher's cloth, spine gilt, neatly rebacked, with original spine laid down, corners renewed. 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown, moderate foxing, as usual. Very good. A scarce account of an expedition to the Northwest beginning at Council Bluffs, via the North Platte to Fort.....
[Mexico. 1784]. [3]pp. Folded folio sheet. Negligible soiling. Discrete institutional ink stamp at bottom of final blank. Fine. Proclaims the new royal ordinances for mines in New Spain. These had just been published, in a handsome volume, in Mexico City.
Stoughton. 1970. lxv,390pp. Illus. Folding map. Large quarto. Gilt cloth. Very good. Edited by Dale Morgan, and printed by Lawton Kennedy. A major gold rush narrative, written by one of the Gardiners of Gardiner's Island off eastern Long Island, and certainly one of the most important accounts of the California.....
Stoughton: Western Hemisphere, Inc., 1970. lxv,390pp. Cloth, leather spine. Top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Fine. In slipcase. Limited edition, one of 100 copies signed by the editor, Dale L. Morgan. A major Gold Rush narrative, written by one of the Gardiners of Gardiners' Island.....
New Haven. 1945. 266pp. Folding map. Portrait. Cloth. Very good. In dust jacket with several small tears and chips. Edited by David M. Potter. Bryarly and Geiger were members of an organized emigrant group called the Charleston Company. They went overland to the California gold fields in 1849, and theirs.....
Washington: Administrations-Tryckeriets Offices, 1867. 38pp. plus handcolored folding map, 30 x 55 inches. Contemporary black cloth, gilt-lettered cover. Minute shelf wear. Small tear along left edge of map. Clean and bright. Very good. A Swedish language land office report, most valuable for containing the "Map of the United States and.....
Aberdeen. 1847. 312pp. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, leather labels. Some minor spotting on title-leaf and preliminary leaves. Overall very good. "A New and Complete Edition." This rarely seen Aberdeen edition was issued one year after the first, Philadelphia printing. Although Gilliam was appointed American consul to California, he.....
Washington. 1903. 546,[3]pp. 10 plates. Quarto. Later cloth, very good. Extensive report on Carboniferous rocks of Colorado. Plates depict fossil specimens.
Victoria. 1897 [i.e. 1901]. 406pp. Photos and charts. Decorated red cloth binding. Spine somewhat sunned. Corners slightly bumped. Very good. Tipped in is a letter from librarian of British Columbia's Legislative Library to Professor George Davidson of the University of California. A wealth of information on all manner of economic.....
Milwaukee: Starr's Book and Job Printing Office. Juneau Block, 1855. 329,[2]pp. 16mo. Original cloth. Head of spine bit frayed, binding trifle sunned, else very good. A rare early work on Wisconsin which, according to Howes, was originally to be issued in parts in Chicago; but, after three parts had appeared.....
[Wethersfield, Ct. 1898]. [12],252pp. including plates. Illus. Portrait. Original gilt cloth. Spine rubbed, some wear to extremities. Else very good. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author: "C. Irish, Presented by Rev. L.J. Hall, Waltham Mass Aug. 9th/99." Actually written by George Webster but printed by Hall, this journal was.....
