Kreuznach: R. Voigtlander, 1849. 32pp. Printed blue wrappers (rear wrapper original, front wrapper in facsimile). Small corner repairs to rear wrapper. Some foxing, two ink stamps on titlepage, else very good. In a half morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. The first edition of an exceedingly rare Gold Rush pamphlet, printed.....
![COLUMBIA MINING LAWS [caption title]. California Gold Rush](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM46036.jpg?v=1488345247)
[Columbia, Ca. Gazette Print, 1853]. Broadside, 10 3/4 x 8 inches, printed in three columns. A bit of light foxing, mostly in the margins. Near fine. In a folding cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. A rare broadside printing of the laws of the Columbia Mining District in California in 1853.....
New York & Hartford: Kelloggs & Comstock, [ca. 1849-1852]. Handcolored lithograph, 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (sight). Very clean. Handsomely framed and matted. An iconic image of the California Gold Rush, showing a well-dressed and well-equipped argonaut, just setting off on the overland journey to the gold fields of.....
New York. Jan. 29, 1849. [1]p. of a bifolium, docketed on verso of second bifolium leaf. Mailing folds, slight edge discoloration, else fine. An intriguing note regarding life insurance for a forty- niner traveling to California in 1849 with Henry Webb and John Woodhouse Audubon. The note reads, "Langdon H......
![STOCK CERTIFICATE No. 1767 FOR FIFTY SHARES IN THE PHILADELPHIA AND CALIFORNIA MINING COMPANY]....](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM51617.jpg?v=1488345382)
[Philadelphia. Sept. 16, 1852]. Broadsheet, 8 x 9 1/2 inches. Previously folded, with small chip at edge of a fold line. Printed form, completed in manuscript by several hands. With a woodcut mining vignette. Near fine. A certificate for stock in the Philadelphia and California Mining Company, completed on Sept.....
San Francisco. 1852. 20pp. Original plain green wrappers. Light soiling, minor foxing. Very good. In a chemise and half morocco slipcase. Southern California Judge Benjamin Ignatius Hayes' copy of a foundational legal text regarding Mexican land claims in the Golden State, signed by him on the titlepage. Hayes was a......
San Francisco: Monson, Whitton & Co., 1852. 43pp. Modern half calf and plain paper boards. Text lightly age- toned. Extensive early pencil notes (see below). Very good. The Thomas W. Streeter copy, with his bookplate on the front pastedown and his pencil notes on the front free endpaper. A very.....
Benicia [i.e. Boston]. 1853. xix,1071pp. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor dust-soiling, light wear to labels, library shelf label on spine. Ink library stamps on verso of titlepage. Very good. The first compilation of the laws of the state of California. Compiled by S. Garfielde and F.A. Snyder; additionally, Garfielde.....
Sacramento. 1855. x,354pp. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Mild toning to edges and spine. Ink library stamps on titlepage, occasional tanning. Very good. Spanish-language edition of the laws of the state of California, passed at the sixth legislative session. The text was translated from English by Agustin Ainsa, the state.....
Sacramento: O.M. Clayes, 1864. lxxxvii,[3],710,[2],16pp. Contemporary pigskin, rebacked in matching style, gilt morocco spine labels. New endpapers. Light stain in lower margin of last few pages, else quite clean internally. Very good. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Laws and statutes of the state.....
San Jose. 1901. 109pp. Original printed wrappers. Ex-lib, small tears in rear wrapper, else fine. Compiled by the authority of the Board of Supervisors, this pamphlet details laws of the county, including a requirement that anyone selling opium pay a license of fifty dollars per quarter.
Sacramento. 1860. xxx,447,35pp. plus three folding tables. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor soiling, library shelf label on spine. Ink library stamps on verso of titlepage, light toning. Very good. The session laws for the eleventh California legislature. The last section is the "Annual Report of the Treasurer of the.....
[San Jose, i.e. New York]: J. Winchester, State Printer, 1850. ix,[1],482pp. Half title. Quarto. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor shelf wear, one label lacking, one chipped. Library ink stamp and embossed blindstamp on titlepage, light foxing. Very good. The first published volume of the statutes of California. Herein are.....
Sacramento. 1858. xx,404,47pp. plus three folding tables. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor sunning and dust-soiling, library shelf label. Ink library stamps on titlepage, light toning and foxing. Very good. The session laws for the ninth California legislature. The three folding tables record receipts from the Treasury for the last.....
[San Jose] & San Francisco. 1851, 1852. 558; 314pp. with three-page errata bound into the first volume. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor shelf wear and soiling, slight chipping to labels. Faint ink library stamps and embossed blindstamps on titlepages, a few signatures tanned in first volume, occasional contemporary ink.....
Sacramento. 1855. xv,[1],326pp. plus folding table. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor soiling, library shelf label on spine. Faint library ink stamp and embossed blindstamp on titlepage, paper remnants on titlepage, minor foxing. Very good. An early volume of session laws, printed in Sacramento in 1855, and comprising the session.....
[New York], San Francisco & Sacramento. 1850-1866. Sixteen volumes. Contemporary legal sheep, leather labels. Some volumes with tender or almost detached hinges. Contemporary and later ownership inscriptions, including those of Walter Norris of Salinas, Lucas F. Smith of Santa Cruz, Victor L. Hicks, Wright & Wright of San Francisco, and.....
San Francisco. 1858. 302,[1]pp. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Minor rubbing to labels, library shelf label on spine. Faint ink library stamps on titlepage, titlepage and next two leaves detached, mild toning. Good. Second edition, revised and enlarged. An early California law regulating civil courts, with notes and index by.....
San Francisco. 1856. 167,[1],xxxvii [i.e. xli] pp. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Mild dust-soiling, light chipping to one label, library shelf label on spine. Faint ink library stamp on titlepage. Internally clean. Very good. An early California law regulating civil courts, with notes, appendix, and index by Henry J. Labatt.....
[Oakland, Ca.]. 1906. 16pp. including map and cross-section. 16mo. Original printed wrappers. A few pencil marks on rear wrapper, else fine. The mine was located at Maybert, twenty-six miles east of Nevada City, Ca., and nine miles north of Emigrant Gap. The map shows the location of the mines, and.....
[Various California locations, including Monterey, Long Beach, San Diego, and Santa Catalina Island. ca. 1920s]. Eighty-one panoramic photographs, each approximately 3 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, and eighty- eight smaller photographs, either 6 1/2 x 4 inches or 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Oblong folio. Patterned cloth over paper.....
San Francisco: Lith. & Publ. by Justh, Quirot & Co., [1851]. Pictorial letter sheet, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches, on blue wove paper. With blank conjugate leaf still attached. A bit of light toning, mostly around the edges of the sheet. Near fine. A striking and rare California pictorial.....
![LA PORTE, SIERRA COUNTY. (STREET VIEW.) [caption title]. California Pictorial Letter Sheet](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM44297.jpg?v=1488345226)
La Porte, Ca. Published by J.C. Lester, Bookseller, etc. [ca. 1858]. Pictorial letter sheet, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, on ruled white paper. Wood engraved illustration, 3 3/4 x 5 inches. A slight bit of edge wear, else fine. A scarce California pictorial letter sheet, giving a view of.....
San Francisco: Lith. & published by Quirot & Co., [n.d., 1850s]. Pictorial letter sheet, 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, on blue paper. With the blank conjugate leaf attached. Some edge wear, including small tears, as well as light wrinkling. A few old ink smudges on the conjugate leaf. Very.....
San Francisco: Lith. & Publ. by Justh, Quirot & Co., [1851]. Pictorial letter sheet, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches, on blue wove paper. With blank conjugate leaf still attached. Fine. A scarce California pictorial letter sheet depicting an act of violence by the first Vigilance Committee: the execution of.....
