Orris S. FerryABAA
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187630161Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1876. Hardcover. Very good. 68pp. Gilt a bit dulled frontis loose else very good in publisher's brown cloth. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
1858181167Paris.: Hachette. 1858. Quarter brown leather over patterned boards marbled endpapers. Good plus spine insect damaged top 5 cm at front hinge contents near fine. 12mo. 17.5x11.2 cm. . French text. weight: 0.8 lb. Hachette. hardcover books
1886007848Rouen: Imprimeri De Esperance Cagniard 1886. Orginal Wraps. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to. 71pp. INSCRIBED by the author on endpaper. Text. Charts. Map. Interior clean and tight. The green printed wraps are lightly soiled the spine is chipped 1" on head and tail with many closed tears on the edge because the wraps overhang the text block. Imprimeri De Esperance Cagniard unknown books
1856144519New York: Harper 1856. hardcover. near fine. 344pp. ads. 8vo original blind stamped red cloth. New York: Harper 1856. First American Edition. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Historical novel on Mexico. Author who was French spent seven years in Mexico. Previous owners name on inside front cover.<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
18565436New York: Harper & Bros. 1856. First English language edition. 8vo 344 pp publisher's ads. Published in Paris the preceding year as Scenes de la Vie Mexicaine. Ferry was inexhaustible traveller in Spain Russia and over 4000 miles by horseback through Mexico. He was very popular in France his volume the Mexican revolution even meriting a preface by George Sand. The endpapers are yellow clay-coated paper and are uniformly discolored. Binding is pebbled cloth with incised patter. Gilt on spine is bright. Near fine copy. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros. hardcover books
1851001898Venezia: Tipografia Fontana 1851. Half Calf. Marbled boards. Very Good. 8vo. 23.5 by 15.5 cm. 340 pp. With 3 of the 12 steel engraved plates. Condition: leather rubbed worn yet gilt lettering still clear intact. Title page with light foxing and scattered light foxing besides. Light dampstain on last few leaves. Generally text pages are mostly clean and one might say remarkably given the paper stock that was used. The only significant shortcoming in our view is the missing plates but still a scarce work. Only five copies come up on OCLC First Search -- Bologna UCLA Berkeley LOC New York Hist. Soc. <br /> Tipografia Fontana hardcover books
185124008Jefferson County Virginia 1851. Single sheet 7" x 5-3/4" printed on blue paper completed in manuscript. Docketed on verso Light wear. Side margins trimmed closely but not affecting text. Very Good. <br/><br/> Benjamin Hobbs a resident of Harper's Ferry worked as an armorer. He was among the first to warn that John Brown had captured the Harper's Ferry Armory. At Brown's trial Armstead Ball testified that Hobbs aroused him early in the morning to announce the takeover and that persons were carrying off government property. <br/> This summons is signed by Fontaine Beckham Mayor of Harper's Ferry and agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at the time of the insurrection. He was shot through the chest during the siege and died almost instantly. unknown books
1850008906Paris: L. Maison. Fair. 1850. First Edition 2nd Issue. Printed Wrapper. Early gold-era history of California. Printed wrappers are soiled and chipped on edges. Back wrapper and spine are missing replaced with newer material. Pages are lightly browned within text with light foxing. Deckle edges are soiled and chipped with a few dog-eared pages. The four engraved views are present and clean with views of Pyramid Lake Sutter's Fort giant sequoias and San Francisco. 3 single leaf maps include Carte particuliere des Baies de Monterey et de San Francisco" "Carte topographique d'une partie de l'Isthme de Panama comprenant le Bassin de la Riviere de Chagres et la Route de Chagres a Panama" "Carte d'une partie de L'Amerique Meridionale comprenant le Cap Horn et le Detroit de Magellan" plus the large folding map titled de la Nouvlle Californie are present. The large folding map has several tears at folds but is quite detailed showing missions Indian tribes ranchos the Great Salt Lake Colorado River and the gold region of California and includes the area covering present day California New Mexico Arizona Colorado and Nevada and Utah. The folding map indicates Deuxieme Edition but no indication on book title of second edition. Text includes chapters on climate mountains rivers mining natural history California Missions and San Francisco. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 386 pp . L. Maison unknown books
1850WRCAM56025Paris: L. Maison 1850. 4386pp. 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. Second edition published the same year as the first and identical except for the "Deuxieme Edition" statement at the head of the folding map. It is illustrative of the worldwide interest in the Gold Rush that brought so many gold-seekers to California including from France. Cowan calls it "the most complete and extensive work descriptive of California published in France at this time." "Ferry based his text on many sources and quoted extensively from Jacques Antoine Moerenhout. He included chapters on New Helvetia the gold region and methods of mining" - Kurutz. Also included are chapters on travel to California different routes to take etc. The large detailed map shows "Nouvelle Californie" i.e. the entire region comprising present-day California New Mexico Arizona Colorado and Nevada. The map is quite detailed showing missions Indian tribes ranchos etc. and is based on Duflot de Mofras. The plates include a view of San Francisco Sutter's Fort and other maps including one of the San Francisco Bay area. A handsome and detailed French book on California. KURUTZ 236. COWAN p.207. MONAGHAN 689. WHEAT GOLD REGION 155-156. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 75 ref. SABIN 24198. HOWES F101 "aa." L. Maison hardcover books
