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CHINA: Propaganda against Western MissionariesABAA

The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley. A â€œComplete Picture Galleryâ€ by CHOU HAN.

1891BB009 CHINA: Propaganda against Western Missionaries The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley. A "Complete Picture Gallery" by CHOU HAN. Hankow China 1891. With 32 full=page woodblock plates printed in color. Oblong 4to original printed wrappers sewn spine soiling minor repairs.The author Chou Han is described by the translator Griffith John 1831-1912 as 'a gentleman of high official rank Taotai in Hunan' and was part of an orchestrated propaganda campaign aimed at discouraging Western Christian missionaries from working and traveling in China. This volume was perhaps his most significant and horrific attack on western culture managing a "reptile press" in Hunan creating unrest and distrust amongst the Chinese people see John's "A Voice from China" 1907 p. 220. Chou Han himself is probably represented in plates IX XIII XXVI and XXIX; the images are virulently anti-foreigner and specifically anti-Christian. John translated and circulated the present work to draw attention to the British authorities of the problems faced by missionaries in Asia. Very Rare. ONLY 3 COPIES CAN BE TRACED AT AUCTION IN THE PAST 40 YEARS ABPC & RBH. paperback books

BATTLEDORE LTD · États-Unis20 000,00 $US≈ 16 922,00 €

Connecticut Western LandsABAA

PETITION TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED

180220679Philadelphia: Poulson 1802. 8pp caption title as issued bound in modern marbled wrappers. Small blank forecorner chipping to first leaf lightly spotted else Very Good. This rare Petition-- from Pennsylvania settlers on lands in Luzerne Northumberland and Northampton Counties claimed by Connecticut-- reviews the history of the Western Land Dispute between Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Examined in detail are the 1782 judicial decree terminating the rights of the State of Connecticut but not rights of private claimants the litigation brought by Connecticut claimants and attempts of the Pennsylvania Legislature to adjust those claims. Disliking the adjustment the settlers here request federal intervention. The Committee Report and the Vote on the Question rejecting the settlers' request are printed here. Bristol and Shipton call this an 1800 imprint; this is impossible because the Petition refers to events in February 1801. NAIP which records only 18th century American imprints does not list it. American Imprints says it was printed in 1802. FIRST EDITION. AI 2874 1. Bristol 11109. Shipton & Mooney 49135. OCLC 55642207 7 as of September 2014. Poulson unknown books

David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 380,75 €

Grand Lodge of Western South AfricaABAA

Constitutions and Bye-Laws of the Grand Lodge and Subordinate Lodges of the Independent Order of Good Templars with Amendments to August 1890

189020303Capetown: Grand Lodge of Western South Africa 1890. Softcover. Good. 4-3/4 x 7-1/4" sewn printed peach-colored wraps pp. 38 plus an errata slip tipped in the recto of the rear wrap with the membership form filled out in ink see below. Covers moderately worn with chips out at the sewing points on the spine a few small chunks out of the rear wrap no loss to text and a horizontal tear across the rear wrap. As per the membership form this was the property of Norman Hill Nesbitt inducted into the "Forbearance" Lodge on June 8 1892 as witnessed by the Lodge's Acting Secretary one K.H.M Stuart. Grand Lodge of Western South Africa unknown books

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Great Western Railroad CompanyABAA

REPORT OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY CANADA WEST TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS. BY CHARLES B. STUART CHIEF ENGINEER

184727881Ontario 1847. 47 1 blank pp plus two folding maps as issued: 'Map and Profile of the Great Western Railway Canada West' 48 1/2 cm x 32 cm; 'Map of the Route of the Great Western Railway Shewing its Connection with other Public Works' 35 1/2 cm x 29 cm. Versos with expertly repaired closed tears short margin tear else Very Good. The railroad is "on the precise ground that will enable it to control the trade and travel of such a vast portion of the Canadas and the prosperous American States." TPL 2850. Sabin 28478n. unknown books

David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 380,75 €

Iowa. Western PhotographicaABAA

Vernacular Photograph Album of Scenes from Iowa Including a Substantial Journey by Boat on the Upper Iowa River and the Down the Mississippi

18951422Various locations in Iowa 1895. Very good. 149 albumen photographs on twenty cardstock leaves images measuring 4 x 5 inches. Oblong quarto. Original black cloth cover gilt; leaves laid in formerly string-tied. Light wear and soiling to cloth evidence of slight dampstaining to lower edge of binding and later leaves. Internal numbering sequence indicates first sixteen images lacking. Images generally clean some minor fading; one photograph partially removed and effaced. Wonderful photo album of images documenting late-19th century Iowa assembled by an unidentified young man with a clear passion for both amateur photography and the area's rivers. Internal evidence suggests he was a student at the University of Iowa possibly pursuing a course of study in the geological sciences. Each image is numbered captioned and dated in a tidy hand usually identifying location and any interesting features. The images span a full year from April 1894 to July 1895 ending with a self portrait. There are two series of eighty-three images the first sixteen of which are not present. The first of these focuses on the area around Iowa City documenting explorations along the Iowa River. Captioned images include: "21 -- Looking across Iowa River - University buildings in the distance. May 3 '94"; "25 -- Looking up Iowa River from Iowa Ave. Bridge. - Water Works in the distance. May 26 '94"; "46 -- Children at play - Iowa River. May 12 '94". There are images of a baseball game between the University and Luther College views of lime kilns and images of natural specimens. Several photographs chart the "Great Hail Storm at Iowa City" on May 5 1894 with images of golfball-size hail and the damage done to the windows of buildings around town. There are also photos of the author's roommate and some of the activities they got up to including catching snakes and hunting. The roommate Bartsch appears to have been studying natural sciences and one photograph shows him seated at his desk "Blowing Bird Eggs." The second series has a manuscript title of "Oneota Expedition" and documents a trip by boat from Decorah Iowa on the Upper Iowa River and down the Mississippi as far as Muscatine several miles below Davenport. The trip began on June 18 1895 and lasted through July 26th. Scenes along the river include "6. Women wading the river - w. of Decorah June 19 '95"; "14 -- Dragging our boat in the Oneota. June 24 '95" which shows a flat-bottomed boat laden with supplies being both pushed and pulled by a man at either end; a series of views taken from Oneota Bluff near New Albin on the Minnesota border; "37 -- Winnebago Indian Camp - Iowa Slough July 6 '95"; numerous lovely images of camping along the river and river towns as seen from the water; "77 -- Beds of Montpeliar Sandstone at water's edge - Below Montpeliar Ia. - Bartsch & 'Fitz' hunting fossils. July 23 '95." An interesting album full of wonderful and meticulously documented views of the Iowa River as seen through the eyes of a 19th-century university student. unknown books

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis1 750,00 $US≈ 1 480,68 €

Lancelot; Joseph Stevenson.ABAA

The Scottish metrical romance of Lancelot du Lak.

18394904Edinburgh: Printed for the Maitland Club 1839. First edition. Leather. Very Good/First printing of a fifteenth-century Scottish version of the Arthurian romance that was composed for the court of James III. It survived in a unique and incomplete manuscript in the Cambridge library. The text was edited by the librarian of Durham Cathedral Joseph Stevenson and published by the Maitland Club an association dedicated to the promotion of Scottish literature and culture. 28 cm; xxiv 185 pages. Bound in contemporary red half morocco over pebbled boards edged with gilt rules . Spine decorated and titled in gilt. Marbled endleaves. Moderate wear especially at extremities with spine chipped a bit at heel. Two labels removed from pastedowns. A little foxing at front blank and the pages are not bright but text is effectively unblemished. Reference: Graesse 4 92; Printed for the Maitland Club hardcover books

Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

M. A. Miller United States Circuit Court Virginia Western DistrictABAA

VIRGINIA MAPS ATLASES & GEOGRAPHY MAP OF THE DOUTHAT SURVEY: CONTAINING 102000 ACRES SITUATED IN THE COUNTIES OF BATH AND ALLEGHANY VA

1877293407Staunton Va: Julius Bien & Co. M. A. Miller 1877. Very Good binding. Dissected linen-backed map in color; 118 x 48 cm 43-1/4" x 18-3/4". Some marginal tears but very little loss.~~The Douthat Survey was produced in 1877 under order of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Western District of Va. by M. A. Miller C.E of Staunton. ~~The survey was made for Hon. Peter McLaren preparatory to purchasing valuable mineral lands for mining ore in that region. The extensive tract of land near Covington Virginia was bought by McLaren a Canadian; he acquired with that purchase leases to mines operated by the Alleghany Mining Company that shipped ore to the Low Moor Iron plants at Covington. Because McLaren was a non-resident the Commonwealth derived no tax revenues from the mining operation. Consternation ensued: "The great value of these properties is beyond question yet neither the owners or the lessees pay any income tax to the state" see Journal of the House of Delegates State of Virginia Session 1893-'94; House Doc. No. 3 p. 5.~~. Very Good binding. Julius Bien & Co. | M. A. Miller unknown books

Black Swan Books, Inc. · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €

Missionaries of the AECFM. Gaboon Mission Western Africa A. E. C. F.ABAA

A Grammar of the Mpongwe Language with Vocabularies: by the Missionaries of the A.B.C.F.M. Gaboon Mission Western Africa

184790883New York: Snowden & Prall Printers 1847. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fair. 93p. Original marbled boards. 23cm. Lacks backstrip. Covers detached. Substantial foxing in large portions of book. DEFECTIVE -- one signature pages 57-64 present in duplicate while the next signature pages 65-72 is missing. Ex lib. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Library. Snowden & Prall, Printers hardcover books

McBlain Books · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyABAA

Industrial Shippers' and Buyers' Official Guide for the Use of the Company's Patrons and Others Seeking Information Relative to Its Territorial Resources: Mining Agriculture Manufacturing Commercial and Educational Advantages

190069540n.p. 1900. Hardcover. Good. photos map on front pastedown xx 164p. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver on front cover. 28cm. Numerous small brown cover spots. About 20& of silver gone from cover lettering & decoration. Contents sound with moderate soil wear and occasional brown spots. No Jacket. A somewhat more common edition with 308 pages was published in 1905. hardcover books

McBlain Books · États-Unis110,00 $US≈ 93,07 €

North Western Sugar GrowersABAA

NORTH-WESTERN SUGAR GROWERS' CONVENTION--- THE NEW SUGAR CANE

185831868Springfield IL 1858. Broadside 10-1/2" x 13-1/2". Printed in four columns. Lightly foxed old folds Very Good. This evidently unrecorded broadside recounts the proceedings of a Convention. held at the State Capitol in Springfield to determine the feasibility of a regional program to advance the cultivation of sorghum or Chinese sugar cane. Notice of the Convention was reported in the Sangamo Journal / Illinois State Journal for 30 December 1857: "It is confidently believed that the Chinese Sugar Cane is well 'adapted to our soil and climate' and that it can be successfully and profitably cultivated and manufactured into molasses and sugar." The Agricultural Committee submitted information from growers and processors in Kentucky Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana. The Mechanical Committee could not produce an acceptable proposal for a processing machine and the Convention adjourned with a recommendation that Illinois delegates gather more information for a future convention. Efforts to stimulate the growth of northern sugar cane continued through the succeeding decades. As of October 2019 not located on OCLC or the online sites of AAS NYPL Newberry Harvard Yale U MI. Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker Graff. unknown books

David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC · États-Unis850,00 $US≈ 719,19 €

North Western Territory Madison JamesABAA

Letter from the Secretary of State Accompanying certain Laws of the North-Western and Indiana Territories of the United States in Pursuance of a Resulution of the House of the 24th utimo

1802216710Washington D.C. 1802. First edition. 53 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sewn uncut. Fine. First edition. 53 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Shaw and Shoemaker 3298 2 copies unknown books

James Cummins Bookseller · États-Unis700,00 $US≈ 592,27 €

Office of Western Emigrating Aid AssociationABAA

Partly printed document with certificates

1857005328Cincinnati OH: B. W. Grinnell & Co 1857. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. Quarto 4to. Partly printed document with six certificates printed in color. Document reads "Office of Western Emigrating Aid Association. Cincinnati Ohio 'June 16' 185'7'. 'Savesing Bank' Dear Sir: This Association has been formed for purposes set forth in a Circular which we enclose to you. We ask your attention to the benevolent objects therein contemplated and your aid in favor of the enterprise by disposing of Certificates of the Association at One Dollar each which well entitle the holder of each Certificate to a gift varying in value from fifty cents to FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. This Association will allow you TWELVE certificates for TEN DOLLARS sent to them at Cincinnati and in that proportion. We enclose herin '6' Cerificates. Address all Letters and Orders to B. W. Grinnell & Co. Cincinnati Ohio. P.S. Please write out in full the name of each person holding Certificates with the name of the Post Office County and State." Words enclosed in single parenthesis are handwritten. Referenced in the document and included is a full uncut sheet of five 5 "Certificates" and another single 1 Certificate totalling six Certificates. These are printed in red and black and are hand-numbered '830 831 832 833 834 827' and read 'Western Emigrating Aid Association This Certificate entitles the Holder to a Gift varying in value from Fifty cents to Five thousand Dollars. Cincinnati Ohio.' Signed in facsimile "B. W. Grinnell Co." and decorated with the amount '100000' superimposed in large outline numerals. Document has minor soiling and both documents were folded to fit in a mailing envelope but remain in excellent condition. B. W. Grinnell & Co Paperback books

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Pacific and Western PhotographicaABAA

FIFTEEN MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDING VIEWS OF HONOLULU SAN FRANCISCO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD SALT LAKE CITY AND NEW ZEALAND

1872WRCAM29311Various places 1872. Twelve cards each 17 x 13 inches a.e.g. with manuscript captions in lower margins. Images are 9 x 6 1/2 inches except the two oval images of San Francisco. Some minor soiling on cards some images slightly faded. Very good. Archivally matted protected with a mylar sheet. An excellent collection of views quite early for Hawaii and New Zealand. The four views of Honolulu include one wide view of the town a view of a side street with a church steeple in the background the Pali mountain pass and the harbor with several large vessels at anchor. In New Zealand the Supreme Court building in Christchurch and the city of Littleton are displayed. The San Francisco images include the Palace Hotel and the famous Cliff House. Of particular interest are the three views of the Central Pacific Railway. The sections of the track include Capestown the Palisade and Summit Station each with fresh evidence of the line's recent completion. Also in the collection is one image of a railroad along the banks of Salt Lake and three wide views of Salt Lake City one with the Mormon tabernacle completed in 1871 prominently featured. An attractive collection of views each quite displayable. unknown books

William Reese Company · États-Unis5 000,00 $US≈ 4 230,50 €

Sharon Thomas. 'By A Western Man'ABAA

VIOLA: or Life in the Northwest. This Book Illustrates the Peculiar Habits and Customs of the People Political Life Government Transactions Monopolies and nearly every form of Fraud Deception and Intrigue with Incidents of the Minnesota Massacre; by Historical Sketches Anecdotes and Burlesques all written in an original and interesting style

187429097Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co 1874. 1st edition Soliday IV 671 incorrectly listing the title as "Life in the Southwest"; Wright II 2193. Original publisher's orange cloth with gilt spine lettering & decorations. Violet colored eps. VG spine a bit faded/board showing at lower tips/po name stamp to ffep & poi to preliminary blank. 422 pp. Illustrated with 2 facing full-page wood engravings prior to t.p. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 5" Per Soliday "Gives characteristics of western and Indian life from the author's observations and experiences on the Kansas Plains Texas Ranges and in California mines." which in turn relies on the preface verbiage which adds "in the hunter's camp and in the soldier's tent." R. R. McCabe & Co hardcover books

Tavistock Books, ABAA · États-Unis375,00 $US≈ 317,29 €

Stanley's Western Detective AgencyABAA

POINTS ON DETECTIVE WORK AND SECRET INVESTIGATION FOR MERCHANTS BANKERS LAWYERS RAILWAY COMPANIES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS

1887WRCAM55700Chicago: Chicago Legal News Company 1887. 27pp. Original printed gray-green wrappers. Minor chipping to wrappers light soiling and toning small circular library stamp for the Lowell Historical Society on front wrapper and titlepage. Text a bit toned but otherwise clean. Very good. A rare promotional pamphlet touting the services of Stanley's Western Detective Agency in Chicago. The company was formed in the year of this pamphlet's publication by Charles E. Stanley a well-respected thirteen- year veteran of Pinkerton's. The text contains information on the services the agency could provide; brief vignettes of several famous cases involving Stanley himself including murder confidence scams western train robbery and a child abduction case among others; and a list of legal and law enforcement personnel associated with the agency in Chicago Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia Connecticut Indiana Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin Kansas Iowa and Colorado. The front wrapper reads "CALL IN A DETECTIVE" and the rear wrapper bears an ad for Stanley's Detective Agency with contact information. Rare with no copies in auction records and only one copy recorded in OCLC at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan. OCLC 56278798. Chicago Legal News Company unknown books

William Reese Company · États-Unis500,00 $US≈ 423,05 €

Western AmericanaABAA

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR. DECEMBER 5 1857. IN MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. VOL. II. SED11

185728827Washington 1857. 572pp disbound. Contents clean. Very Good. Material on the Utah expedition with Stewart Van Vliet's report of his interview with Brigham Young who said "that the Mormons had been persecuted murdered and robbed in Missouri and Illinois both by the mob and State authorities and that now the United States were about to pursue the same course; and that therefore he and the people of Utah had determined to resist all persecution at the commencement and that the troops now on the March for Utah should not enter the Great Salt Lake Valley." Reports on turmoil in Kansas include Governor Walker's Message on election day September 1857. Appendix H is Francis Bryan's Report concerning operations of a party assigned to explore the route from Fort Riley to Bridger's Pass. "Being the report of the Secretary of War the volume contains sizable quantities of material about the West." Graff. Wagner-Camp 286. Graff 4416. unknown books

David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

Western AustraliaABAA

The Statutes Of Western Australia. By Authority. 2 volumes

1883513221883. Western Australian Statutes 1883 Australia. The Statutes Of Western Australia. By Authority. Melbourne: M'Carron Bird & Co. 1883. 2 volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Contemporary calf rebacked lettering pieces to spine. Moderate rubbing with some wear to extremities internally clean. Ex-library with shelf location labels to spines small property stamps to title pages. $500. Contents digested alphabetically. Topics include Aborigines administration of justice admiralty lands aliens hawking immigrants industrial schools intestates' estates jetties and bridges juries joint stock companies justices of the peace wild horses and wrecks. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:91. unknown books

The Lawbook Exchange Ltd · États-Unis500,00 $US≈ 423,05 €

Western EmigrationABAA

To Western Emigrants. Having Been Appointed Ticket Agent of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway.I Am Fully Prepared to Make Contracts for Families and Household Goods or Stock to Any Point in Missouri Kansas Nebraska Colorado California Arkansas and Texas at the Lowest Rates! caption title and first lines of text

1875457Cincinnati 1875. Very good. Broadside 11 x 8 inches. Slight worming at edges minor wear. Contemporary ink stamp on lower corner. Broadside advertising the services of George A. Knight ticket agent for the Ohio & Mississippi Railway. "Bear in mind the fact the Ohio & Mississippi is the only line that runs its entire trains through from Cincinnati to St. Louis with NO MIDNIGHT CHANGES!" The broadside bears the ink stamp advertisement of Henry H. Hannan Land and Emigration Agent based in Swan Creek Ohio. A nice ephemeral piece. OCLC records three institutional copies at the University of Missouri the Hagley Library and Southern Methodist University. unknown books

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €

WESTERN FEMALE SEMINARYABAA

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE .; together with circulars to friends and pupils

18718351Oxford OH: Powell 1871. Printed wraps. 8vo Pp. 18. Includes individual reports as well as history of the school founded in 1853. Powell unknown books

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Western Female SeminaryABAA

SIXTEENTH ANNUAL CATALOGUE of the .; for the Collegiate year 1870-71. Oxford Ohio

18718352Oxford: Powell 1871. Printed wraps front cover loose 8vo Pp. 29. Powell unknown books

Second Life Books Inc · États-Unis39,00 $US≈ 33,00 €

Western magazine and ReviewABAA

WESTERN MAGAZINE AND REVIEW VOLUME 2 1828-1829

182867917Cincinnati: Western Magazine and Review. Very Good. 1828-1829. Hardcover. Western Magazine and Review Volume 2 June 1828- May 1829 lacks October and April. rebound in black buckram last page of text is torn. The contents are soiled and foxed but solid. . Western Magazine and Review hardcover books

Hoffman Books · États-Unis45,50 $US≈ 38,50 €

Western Pacific RailwayABAA

From Salt Lake City to San Francisco Bay via the Western Pacific Railway Feather River Canon Route

190051798Chicago: Curt Teich & Co. for the Van Noy Inter-State Co 1900. Oblong 4to unpaginated; 25 full-pg illustrations in color and mounted two pages of text containing illustration descriptions; tan pictorial wrappers lettered in black & gilt color illustration mounted on upper cover ribbon-bound; covers a bit toned at edges corners creased illustrations clean & bright overall very good. A picturesque view-book of "the most interesting views seen along the route" of Utah Nevada and California. Curt Teich & Co. for the Van Noy Inter-State Co unknown books

Rulon-Miller Books · États-Unis40,25 $US≈ 34,06 €

Western PhotographicaABAA

COLLECTION OF SEVENTY-NINE FINE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS DOCUMENTING A WESTERN AMERICAN RAILROAD "TRAVELING PARTY" THROUGH OREGON CALIFORNIA AND COLORADO IN THE LATE-19th CENTURY

1897WRCAM56506Various locations in Oregon California and Colorado 1897. Seventy-nine printing out paper photographic prints each image 6 x 8 inches on 9 1/2 x 11 1/4 inch medium weight sheets all but two captioned in the negative. Minor surface wear to a handful of prints several with minor emulsion chipping to edges some curling to prints. Overall very good or better condition. An extraordinary collection of large handsomely-produced photographic prints documenting the exploits of a group of travelers who set out by train through Oregon California and Colorado in 1897. The photographs which are skillfully composed and indicative of an experienced photographer picture a wide variety of both urban and rural settings along the Pacific Coast and in Colorado showing a mixture of horse-drawn and cable and street cars but nary an automobile and constitute a unique and evocative time capsule for numerous locations in the American West in the final few years of the 19th century. The first image features a large group of women and children posed outside a railroad car with the image captioned "The R&W 97 Transcontinental Party." In fact two of the images reference the party as "R&W" which likely refers to the company or family who participated in the railway excursion. The travelers were apparently well-to-do by their dress and by the variety of notable high-end hotels they visited. The selection of photographs here was likely hand-picked by one of the members of the excursion after the journey was completed. The preponderance of the images document locations in California. These include two different views of Mount Shasta scenes in Yosemite Park sites in Santa Cruz and several images each in and around San Francisco Santa Cruz and Los Angeles. The Yosemite Park pictures show members of the group taking a horse-drawn carriage through a redwood tree and other Yosemite landmarks are captioned "Yosemite from Inspiration Point" "Bridal Veil Falls" "Two Brothers of the Yosemite" "Trail to Glacier Pt." "A fallen Monarch of the Yosemite" the famous downed redwood tree and "Wawona Point." The San Francisco images include Stanford University two images a view of Stanford's Tomb in Menlo Park the driveway to the Crocker residence a striking image of downtown focused on the Spreckels Building the San Francisco City Hall building the "Courtyard of the Palace Hotel" Golden Gate Park a spectacular view across the ocean from Golden Gate Park the entrance to Sutro Park and the esplanade in Sutro Park. Images in Santa Cruz depict the residence of Major Frank McLaughlin known as the Golden Gate Villa an elevated view of the beach at Santa Cruz a scene of several travelers in a horse-drawn carriage captioned "Our four in hand on the cliff drive Santa Cruz Cal." and three striking views of the cliffs including two featuring the "Natural Bridge" Cliff at Santa Cruz. The Los Angeles area is well represented in the photographs which picture the downtown courthouse a downtown street scene showing the Van Nuys Hotel the year it opened a view down Spring Street West Lake Park East Side Park four images including the entrance an orange grove in Riverside picturing one of the travelers Magnolia Avenue in Riverside an "Orange grower's home" in Riverside a pair of horses pulling a streetcar labeled "Riverside & Arlington Ry." before the line was electrified in 1899 and an interesting street scene in downtown Riverside. Other sites in California comprise the Hotel Coronado four pictures including an unusual view of the "Drive to the Entrance" of the hotel Coronado Beach two views the "Ruins of Capistrano" the remnants of the mission church the train depot at Fresno a residence in San Jose the "View from Mt. Hamilton" near San Jose and the road to the hedge maze at the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey. The Colorado pictures include a breathtaking elevated view of a snowy Denver taken from the top of the capitol building. Other Colorado scenes include a view of New Castle from the train Glenwood Springs an image of horse-drawn carriages crossing a bridge over the river in Glenwood Springs and two images capturing the incline tram up the Royal Gorge near Canon City. The collection also includes a handful of images in Portland Oregon. These feature the Portland wharf three separate shots of the Portland Hotel the "Residence of Dr. McKenzie" and a horse- drawn carriage ride on City Park Drive. Eight of the more intriguing images in the collection were taken while aboard the traveling party's moving railroad car and picture the vast landscape of the American West in California Colorado and Nevada. The captions for these read "From Top of Mountain near Scisco" "We pass through Eagle CaÃƒÂ±on" "Leaving Leadvill sic behind us" "Some Colorado Scenery" "On the Rio Grande Western" and "Princeton Harvard & Yale" a distant view of the three mountains named for those Ivy League schools in the "Collegiate Peaks" region of the Rocky Mountains. One image likely in Colorado but with location unidentified is captioned "Mountains rising thousands of feet all around." There are even a couple of images taken from the train while passing briefly through Nevada including one of the "Humboldt Desert." In addition to the aforementioned image picturing the women and children of the "R&W 97 Transcontinental Party" there are a handful of images focused on other various members. One is captioned "The R&W 97 Philharmonic Symposium" and features six men standing on a railroad handcar with musical instruments. The words and music to "Sweet Rosy O'Grady" have been written into the photographic negative at center along with a humorous musical quatrain at right referencing one of the traveling party. This latter bit reads "The Director General Russ Couldn't play with us with us He was not allowed to toot So he kept time with His Boot." Additional pictures of the group feature them dining inside an unnamed restaurant posed in front of a giant redwood near Santa Cruz and sitting on chairs in a semi-circle in Sutro Park. The latter photograph is captioned "The Russo Hershian Family will now perform." The collection is rounded out with a striking photograph of a woman in a white dress posing for the camera against a white wall which is captioned "Miss Lethbridge." Though the subjects of the traveling party in these pictures are ultimately unknown to us their journey is emblematic of an entire generation's fascination with the railroad and the American West. In addition these large and impressive prints which capture both the urban development of California Oregon and Colorado along with the majesty of the rural settings in these states document their travels in an unusually rich and deluxe format. A unique and rich collection of western photographs produced in the last few years of the 19th century. unknown books

William Reese Company · États-Unis9 500,00 $US≈ 8 037,95 €

Western PhotographicaABAA

Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting a Journey from Florida to California and then Colorado

19001880Various locations including the Southwest California Mexico and Colorado 1900. Very good plus. Forty silver gelatin photographs on thirty-eight leaves. Images 3 x 4 inches all but three one per page and captioned. Oblong 12mo album. Original black cloth with black paper leaves. Internally clean most images with good definition and contrast. A charming little photograph album documenting a holiday vacation across the country. The trip begins on a steamer off the Florida Coast with stops at New Orleans Arizona Texas Mexico and on to California. Images in the Southwest include Native American street vendors in Yuma adobe houses in El Paso and the prison and post office in Juarez. In California where the bulk of the images were taken the group visits Los Angeles Ocean Beach the ostrich farm at Pasadena Long Beach Catalina Island Santa Barbara San Francisco and Berkeley. From San Francisco they board a train snapping photos from the railway car. In Colorado they visit Pueblo Cripple Creek Colorado Springs Denver the Cave of Winds and Garden of the Gods -- all the usual tourist stops. The images have good contrast and the compiler has carefully labeled each image in a neat hand elevating this above standard tourist albums. An excellent example of cross-country tourist travel at the turn of the century. unknown books

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis500,00 $US≈ 423,05 €