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1851320912San Francisco: Joseph W. Gregory 1851. 20 blank leaves. 24mo. Original dark purple wrappers printed in gilt. Minor ink stains on inner wrappers otherwise a near fine copy with the original unused plain paper envelope. 20 blank leaves. 24mo. A lovely example of an unused Gold Rush letter book intended to advertise Joseph Gregory's California and New York Express Line by means of a convenient way for gold seekers in California to communicate with friends and family back home. According to the wrapper "this book is made of the finest letter paper and of the size of a folded letter which with an envelope will not exceed the weight of a single letter and is more convenient than paper in sheets Joseph W. Gregory unknown
1875332660San Francisco: San Fransisco News Company 1875. Each approx. 10 x 4 inches. Condition varies one torn in lower margin affecting border and part of imprint. Each approx. 10 x 4 inches. Includes: California's Golden Shield As Good as Gold! As Sung by Vivian Seven Oud! Milburn's Motto! or While I Live I'll Crow. ` San Fransisco News Company unknown
1901ST20777Lodi Wisconsin: J. Steele 1901. FIRST EDITION. 232 x 155 mm. 9 1/8 x 6". 81 pp. <br/> Original green faded to brown printed paper wrappers. Housed in a fine modern caramel-colored morocco clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine. Inside front wrapper with ink signature of M. R. Skinner; occasional pencil underlining in the text. Howes S-924; Graff 3964; Streeter 3027; Wagner-Camp 244 note. Top inch of spine chipped away a little fraying to edges first three leaves with overall browning minor corner creases but QUITE AN EXCELLENT COPY of a very fragile item clean and fresh internally with the insubstantial binding entirely intact against all odds.<br/> <br/> Based on the author's diaries written between September 1850 and July 1853 this work as the introduction tells us lays out events "just as they happened" being "ludicrous solemn serious tragic inexpressibly sad but always interesting." Kurutz calls the book a "detailed and important account of mining life" and notes that Steele "provided important information on mining techniques and laws while laboring in the Coloma District and on the Yuba and Feather rivers." This account includes some fascinating stories about the many hardships and dangers experienced by the author and his associates including nearly constant fatigue and hunger dreadful weather conditions and dicey encounters with desperados dishonest miners and disgruntled frontier men of commerce. John Steele 1832-1905 was only 18 years old when he left his home in Wisconsin for the gold fields of California. After three and a half years of adventuring he returned to the Midwest where he pursued a career in teaching. Steele also volunteered for the Union army during the Civil War and spent the last 30 years of his life as a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The present work was privately printed by the author in a small number of copies and is as expected quite rare on the market now. Besides the present one RBH lists just two other copies sold since 1981 and as of this writing no other dealer seems to be offering one. Furthermore our copy is a remarkably well-preserved survival with its delicate wrappers and text in condition as attractive as one could hope to find. J. Steele unknown
1851248351San Francisco: Eugene Casserly State Printer 1851. 1865 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Modern half morocco and marbled boards spine gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. Titlepage a bit foxed occasional tanning very good. 1865 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. An absolutely massive record of the second session of the California state legislature held in the first half of 1851. A tremendous amount of legislative activity is recorded reflecting the task of creating a civic apparatus for the newly-admitted state. Thankfully there is an extensive index. Included is the annual message from California's first governor Peter Burnett who resigned just a few days later. "Of great historical value in understanding the difficulties in the formation of the state" - Norris catalogue. Norris catalogue 1907 Eugene Casserly, State Printer unknown
194771560Sacramento: The Nugget Press 1947. First edition of this little book produced by the students of the C.K. McClatchy Senior High School in Sacramento. Octavo. 36 4 pp. Tipped-in linocuts of Cabrillo and a map of his journeys by "Daisey". Publisher's light brown cloth with drak brown lettering. A very good copy. One of the participating students was Earl Warren Jr. The Nugget Press hardcover
388TLS. He served as a Mississippi state legislator and assistant attorney general under President Grover Cleveland. Later he was a judge on the United States Court of Claims. TLS. 2pp. 8" x 10". July 27 1894. Washington D.C. A typed letter signed "Charles B. Howry" on "Department of Justice" letterhead. It is addressed to "John A. Robinson" of San Francisco concerning Indian depredation cases: "Your communication of the 19th instant relating to the taking of testimony in the Indian depredation case of Spring & Hendry is at hand. There are requests on file in this office for the taking of testimony in several thousand cases and I have heretofore explained to you that the force of the office is too limited to meet these requests promptly. I beg to again state that I cannot name a time when proof can be taken in any case from California outside the preferred cases. The Spring & Hendy case is not a preferred case. The pending deficiency bill carries an item providing an appropriation for the investigation of judgments in the Indian depredation cases amounting to over four hundred and fifty thousand dollars which judgments were rendered before I took charge of this department. The necessary attention to investigate these judgments and dispose of the preferred cases will not admit of any proof being taken in either cases for some time. To your inquiry if I could not have U.S. Assistance Attorney Dodge take the testimony on behalf of the United States in Indian depredation cases I have to say that I can not. ". The letter has a flamboyant autograph and is in fine condition overall. An unusual California letter showing that not all the Native Americans had been subdued by the 1890s unknown
192072016Long Beach: N.P. ca. 1920. Single sheet of pink stationery 8 1/2 x 11 inches blank. WIth large decorative letterhead reading "W.A. Sheldon Psychic Clairvoyant Author Palmist Inventor on The Pike Long Beach California." Some old foldlines a few marginal chis to lower part of sheet but printed vignette is in very nice condition. N.P. unknown
193171065Washington DC: Forest Service 1931. First edition. Large folding map 28 x 29 inches. One side comprised of 21 panels of text and including 14 photographic illustrations by Frasher Valentine and Willard. The map on the other side is not a topographic map but rather an administrative one showing roads camps trails ranger offices etc. Some small splits at interstices but overall very good.An intriguing map for a no longer extant national forest: On July 1 1945 the entire forest was divided between Inyo and Toiyabe and the name was discontinued. Forest Service unknown
1889251925Salinas Ca: E.S. Harrison 1889. Profusely illustrated. Double-page map. 88 pp. printed in double columns. 4to. Original pigskin gilt with pictorial onlay on front board a.e.g. Chipped at head of spine binding a bit shelfworn. Small closed tear in upper margin of final leaf not affecting text. Contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf. Very good. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase spine gilt. Profusely illustrated. Double-page map. 88 pp. printed in double columns. 4to. Designated "souvenir edition" on the front board and without a titlepage apparently as issued. A scarce and early guide to Monterey County featuring a general profile of the region its history resources industries and agriculture as well as biographical sketches of prominent men. Several of the biographies are illustrated with portraits and there are dozens of illustrations of the sights in the county as well. The double-page map shows the entirety of Monterey County. This text was also issued in pamphlet format around the same time for the Salinas City Board of Trade. Rocq 5514 E.S. Harrison unknown
195371202Washington: Senate 1953. First edition. Octavo. 405 3 pp. Disbound. First signature coming loose but still attached. Mainly reports by United States Indian Agents. Very good. Senate] unknown
1960207824Vacaville California: The Nut Tree 1960. Some adhesive residue on rear where it appears that the menu was once part of a scrapbook otherwise fine. 8vo 7-1/2 x 7 in. pamphlet in self wrappers; with the separately printed bifolium "Nut Tree History" loosely inserted. Founded in 1921 the late and lamented Nut Tree in Vacaville became a destination stop for travelers through northern California and an important progentior of what they termed "Western Food" and what came to be known as California Cuisine. This menu dates from the early 1960s as evidenced by both the pricing and the reference on the inside rear wrapper to the "Nut Tree Airstrip" which was later known as the Nut Tree Airport. The Nut Tree unknown
191974907Chicago: Automobile Blue Book Publishing 1919 & 1921. Vol. 8; Tall octavo. 776 pp. including numerous inserts maps photographic illustrations. Complete. Publisher's flexible blue cloth with gilt cover lettering. Expertly rebacked retaining the original spine. Ver good.Vol. 9; Tall octavo. 848 pp. including numerous inserts maps photographic illustrations. Complete but for the folding map at the rear often missing as they were used. The map is reproduced in smaller segments on pp. 2-21. Publisher's flexible blue cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Some creases and general rubbing but a good complete copy.Between these two books the entire West Coast is covered. Between them they detail 1783 driving routes across the arid west. These are exhaustive and comprehensive guides to early car touring in California and the West. With such instructions as 'turn left after the wooden bridge" we can infer that car travel in 1920 was a difficult proposition at best. There is an illustrated chapter on Yosemite with a full page map and five pages of texts with illustrations. While "Official Automobile Blue Books" are not rare one usually finds the guides for New York or the Midwest with Vol. 8 California and Vol. 9 Oregon and Washington rarely appearing on the market. Chances are that these particular volumes were just generally used to oblivion as California has always been the most car-friendly state in the Union and the Pacific Northwest was by and large empty of people. Automobile Blue Book Publishing hardcover
192876388San Francisco: Schmidt Litho Co. 1928. This 1928 version of the Official Map of Colusa County is an updated edition of the original 1891 map also done by Felknor. 58 1/2 x 40 inches. linen-backed. Very good condition. OCLC only locates 4 copies.A useful reference as it give the names of the property owners. Coulsa Counthy then as now is chiefly known for its rice and almond production. The county was named after the 1844 Rancho Colus Mexican land grant to John Bidwell. With a total population of only about 22000 it is sparsely populated. It is quite familiar to those who drive the I-5 and through the towns of Arbunkle Grimes Maxwell and Williams. Schmidt Litho Co. unknown
193075392Coalinga: n.p. ca. 1930. This small gathering belonged to Stanley Siegfus a mining consultant geologist and engineer whose papers are held at the Huntington Library. It includes:Four panoramic silver gelatin photographs 10 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches of Big Tar Canyon an oil producing region in the San Joaquin Valley near Coalinga. In the original envelope from R. W. Richards of the USGSSixteen 3 duplicates original photographs of the oil business in the Tupman oil field.A typed letter signed from R.W. Richards to Stanley Siegfus. It discusses the Big Tar Canyon as well as other oil fields Garza Creek McAdam's well. Written on USGS letterhead and dated June 7 1933. Oil field photographs from the Tupman lease in Kern County CA—acquired in 1920 by the Standard Oil Company. Images include oil derricks rigs company buildings views of the fields etc. n.p. unknown
191074262San Francisco : N.p. ca. 1910. Original photograph measure 8 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches. Housed in what appears to be the original 2 inch wide black wood frame. No caption or credit. Frame with some aging but the image is bright and clear. Likely hung in a C & H office. Very good.The photograph shows the company's very long pier its seven story refinery and the Hotel Crockett with an arm of the San Francisco Bay in the background. The California and Hawaiian Sugar Company was founded in 1906 and operated from 1921 to 1993 as an agricultural cooperative marketing association owned by the member sugar companies in Hawaii. Its headquarters are and were in Crockett under the Carquinez Bridge in unincorporated Contra Costa County California. In 2017 its Crockett refinery processed its last shipment of Hawaiian sugar but continues to produce pure cane sugar sourced from other locations. American Sugar Refining bought C & H in 2006. The surrounding hillsides are absolutely devoid of any homes or other structures. The jpeg shows reflections not on the actual image. N.p. unknown
193873489Balboa CA 1938. An original photograph album belonging to Tommy Mary Louis Cuthill of Orange County California. Oblong quarto bearing 37 original photographs of Margie and Tommy and their adventures in California. Original string tied cloth boards. The album starts of with a number of photos of them shore fishing from Balboa Island and from there to Sequoia National Park up to Marysville to see grandma a time in Squaw Valley. Finally to Lake Almanor Big Pines and Lake Arrowhead. A number of pictures show their automobile and they were an attractive couple. hardcover
1877253071San Francisco: P.J. Thomas 1877. Plates some folding. 192pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later black buckram spine gilt. Light soiling to front endpapers. Frontispiece with some repaired closed tears other paper breaks not repaired. Internally clean. About very good. Plates some folding. 192pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An illustrated account of the Catholic missions in California. The frontispiece shows St. Mary's College. Cowan notes that some copies were issued with a large map of San Francisco which is not present in this volume. Cowan p.166 P.J. Thomas unknown
189373835San Francisco: Ira G. Hoitt 1893. First edition. Twelvemo. 230 pp. Map not present. Publisher's green cloth with gilt cover lettering along with a gilt Knight Templar on front and a gilt scroll on rear ads as endpapers. Mild extremity wear. A very good copy.Of interest mainly for the full page ads; Taber Arpad Harazsthy The Glenwood with Frank A. Miller as proprietor Will & Finck knives Palace Hotel Bradley & Rulofson's photography Graham Paper etc. On p 110 is a "Map Showing route of South Pacific Coast Railroad San Jose Big Trees and Santa Cruz." Ira G. Hoitt hardcover
194876589Boise: Parcher Guides 1948. First edition. Small octavo 4 1/2 x 6 inches. 16 pp. including one full page photograph of a twenty-mule team Publisher's wrappers with a photographic illustration of the charcoal kilns at Wildrose on front. Upper front corner with slight crease else no issues. OCLC only locates one copy.The Panamint Valley is just west of Death Valley and runs parallel to it. Covers 'Mines Losst and Found'; 'Old Mining Camps'; 'Wildrose" and more. There is even a reading list at the rear Austin Putnam Chalfant etc. In 1948 there was no paved road through Panamint Valley. Parcher Guides unknown
1887205898San Francisco. : California Historical Society. 1887. First edition. . Soft cover. . Fine copy light sunning to edges. 4to. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. California Historical Society. paperback
1927316594Oakland 1927. 28 gelatin silver photographs backed with canvas with a detailed typed caption on verso. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Ring-bound flexible leather boards. Some wear and crude repairs toning and minor wear to photographs. Very good. In a folding cloth box gilt leather spine label. 28 gelatin silver photographs backed with canvas with a detailed typed caption on verso. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. An unusual album featuring boats and canoes manufactured by the King Boat Company of California. Many of the photographs are dated 1927 and the album serves not only as a visual catalogue of various boats available from the King Boat Company but also as a document of water travel in Alaska California and the Pacific Northwest in the 1920s.<br /> The canvas backing on the first and last images bears the inkstamped name of F.R. Frederick a distributor based in Boston. Whether this album was prepared by Frederick or by the King Boat Company is unclear. What is clear is that these are very interesting images of various King Boat Company boats and canoes in use.<br /> Nine are identified as having been photographed by "Lewis R. Freeman Noted Explorer and Writer for National Geographic Magazine on Thousand Mile Canadian Trip. Summer of 1927" a tenth is an image of Freeman with an Arrow Boat.<br /> Freeman a noted traveler explorer and writer published over twenty books on his travels. Other images reveal "Arrow Model on Heart Lakes in the High Sierra - 11500 Feet Elevation. Colonel H.G. Thompson at the Oars"; "Boat owned by T. Wherry Taxidermist Victoria B.C. was built in 1893 and in service for over 34 years up to November 1927 on display in King Boat Company Factory Oakland California"; a couple images of canoes loaded on pack horses; several of Henry W. Partridge "Noted Packer" navigating the Salmon River in Idaho; images of boats in Alaska and the Yukon; and several others of boats on shore in use as shelters or otherwise employed. unknown
1891794691891. CALIFORNIA. CARR John. Pioneer Days in California; Historical and Personal Sketches. Embracing many facts never before given to the Public. Eureka: Times Publishing 1891. Portrait. 452pp. Orig. cloth. Wear to corners front inner hinge starting else very good. Howes C-167. "Narrative of the trip from Illinois across the plains to California in 1850; with reminiscences of life at the mines pioneer politics manners and customs. In addition to the interesting narrative the work contains valuable material concerning the biographies of many of the early Californians"-Eberstadt 138:130. unknown
4504JOHN Q.A. BALLOU. Ballou was a noted Californian arborist. Born in New England Ballou eventually settled in San Jose where he became known for cultivating fruit trees in particular. unknown
1835377678Mexico 1835. 1. plus integral blank. Signed in print by Estrada. Folio. Unbound. 1. plus integral blank. Signed in print by Estrada. Folio. A broadside decree issued by Migual Barragan giving city status to Pueblo de Nuestra Se ora la Reina de Los Angeles and naming it the provisional capital rather than Monterey. The Mexican congress declares: "The town of Los Angeles of Alta California is elevated to the rank of city and it will be from now on the capital of this territory." However representatives from Monterey would block moving the capital. <br /> <br /> "This decree was largely due to the efforts of Carlos Antonio Carrillo the deputy from California to the Mexican Congress and the author of the Exposicion of 1831" Streeter. Streeter's copy sold for $200 to Dawson's in 1968. Eberstadt 133-187; Streeter sale 2476; Rocq 4223 unknown
190297198San Francisco: Press of the Hicks-Judd Company 1902. 1902. Good. - Octavo 9-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. The covers are rubbed & soiled with wear to the bottom edges and head of the spine. Pages i-xvi 1-170 2 portraits and xvii-xlii. Illustrated with portraits textual diagrams & illustrations pictorial ads and a folding cost sheet. The bottom edges of several pages are bumped resulting in a tear and chips. There is a tiny ink mark on the title page. Good. <p>First edition. RARE.<p>From the library of geologist and mining engineer James Douglas after whom Douglas Arizona was named with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Douglas who was born in Quebec spent much of his early life in Scotland. For many years as a metallurgist and mining engineer he was involved in several important Western American enterprises. San Francisco: Press of the Hicks-Judd Company, 1902. hardcover
