London. 1872. x,[2],388pp. plus six plates and a folding map. Contemporary three-quarter maroon morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Light shelf wear. One plate detached, but present. Very good. First edition. Pages 355-86 contain Butler's report of his journey from Fort Garry to Rocky Mountain House and back during the winter.....
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874. x,[1],358pp., plus frontis, fifteen plates Original calf, boards black, spine brown, gilt tooled, edges sprinkled. Front hinge cracked, minor shelf wear. Bookplate and binder's label on front pastedown. Light tanning, but otherwise internally clean. Nearly very good. Second edition of Butler's engaging.....
MontreaL: Dawson Brothers, 1874. x,[2],358pp. plus fifteen plates and a folding map. Publisher's pictorial cloth, spine gilt. Minor wear. Contemporary inscription on front flyleaf. Very good. First edition of Butler's engaging narrative of his journey from the Red River Settlement to British Columbia in 1872. With details of the landscape.....
Philadelphia: McCalla & Stavely, 1870. 56pp. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper nearly detached, slight wear to extremities. Internally clean. Very good. A presentation copy, inscribed by Byington to the Massachusetts Historical Society on titlepage: "The Mass. Hist. Soc. from the author." An important Choctaw grammar. The introduction includes information on.....
Oklahoma City. 1924. 104pp. Portrait. Original printed wrappers. Very good. The author had been associated closely with Walton as an aide in the Governor's office; sickened by the corruption of the Administration and Walton's trafficking with the Ku Klux Klan, he left and decided to tell all. An interesting source.....
Madrid. 1906. Two volumes.xxx,388,[5]; xii,428,[4]pp. Original paper printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled. Volume one with repair tape on spine, small tear on front wrapper. Later ownership stamp on front flyleaves. Text block cracked in volume one. Small section loose but attached on volume two. Good. Later edition of the famous.....
Washington. 1892. 56pp. Dbd., retaining front wrapper, U.S. Supreme Court stamp on wrapper, else very good. Legal brief for the California & Oregon Land Co., concerning the suit brought against the firm by the U.S. government for alleged fraudulent business actions.
New York: Nesbitt and Co., [ 1861]. Illustrated handbill, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (sight), printed in red, blue, and black. In fine condition. Matted and framed. A rare and attractive handbill advertising the services of the Andrew Jackson, a clipper ship bound for San Francisco in late 1861.....
San Francisco: Printed by Monson, Valentine & Co., 1856. xxxix,[1],140pp., followed by [8]pp. of advertisements. Original half sheep and printed green boards, spine gilt. Boards rubbed, stained, and edgeworn. Bookplate on front free endpaper. A touch of occasional foxing or tanning, but generally quite clean and neat internally. A very.....
San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1867. xcvi,698,88pp. Later half sheep and printed boards, spine gilt. Spine leather worn and chipped, boards rubbed, cloth tape around edges. Initial and final leaves used as pastedowns. No map present. Bookplate on front pastedown. One leaf with extensive tape repairs, several other with minor.....
"Camp Nusseerabad, India." 1859-1860. [121]pp. of manuscript text, about 15,500 total words. Original three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Boards edgeworn and lightly rubbed. Internally quite clean, neat, and legible. Very good. An interesting unpublished manuscript, this is a novel in the form of an autobiography, purportedly written by an American-born.....
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.....
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[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......
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[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. Modern paper boards, gilt leather label. Three bookplates on front endpapers. A touch of light foxing and a faint vertical crease. Very good. One of the bookplates on the present copy is that of the noted Vermont collector, Hall Park McCullough. A seminal collection of documents.....
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.....
