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(CALIFORNIA: MAP)Biblio.com

Rand McNally Indexed Pocket Map; Tourists' and Shippers' Guide of California.

(California) Farwell, W BBiblio.com

Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco on the Condition of the Chinese Quarter and the Chinese in San Francisco. July 1885

1885333147San Francisco: P. J. Thomas Printer and Publisher 1885. First edition first issue with the first issue large-format version of the map by Bosqui laid in as issued. Illustrated. 95pp. With: Official Map of "Chinatown" in San Francisco. 23-1/4 x 33 inches. Laid in. 8vo. Original tan lettered wrappers minor wear and light soiling. Minor separations at folds of map as usual. First edition first issue with the first issue large-format version of the map by Bosqui laid in as issued. Illustrated. 95pp. With: Official Map of "Chinatown" in San Francisco. 23-1/4 x 33 inches. Laid in. 8vo. An inflammatory report submitted by W.B. Farwell and John E. Kunkler of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors depicting Chinatown as overpopulated with opium dens and prostitution. The report was issued in three versions: 1 as a separate report dated July 20 1885 with the large-format map laid in as here; 2 as part of a bound collection of Municipal Reports for the fiscal year 1884-1885 with a small-format issue of the map; and 3 sometime after September 1885 within a work titled The Chinese At Home and Abroad with a smaller format version of the map and without the Appendix found in the previous two issues. The map depicting the area bordered by California Stockton Broadway and Kearny Streets and color coded to show the locations of gambling houses opium "resorts" and both Chinese and White houses of ill repute was issued in a variety of formats. The first "official" issue as here is printed by Bosqui in a larger format approx. 23-1/4 x 33 inches with the text and key below the image. A separately-issued variant was published by Bosqui with the text and key located to the left of the map see Rumsey 6714.001. Subsequent issues of the map are in a much smaller format approx. 8-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches. The separately-printed first issue of the Report complete with the large-format map is very scarce in commerce with the last copy recorded by RBH as being the Thomas Wayne Norris copy sold by Oakland dealer Harold C. Holmes in 1948. Cowan Bibliography of the Chinese Question 398; Hansen The Chinese in California: A Brief Bibliographic History p. 54 P. J. Thomas, Printer and Publisher unknown

James Cummins Bookseller · États-Unis15 000,00 $US≈ 12 691,50 €

(California) Hoffman, Ogden, Jr (1822-1891)Biblio.com

Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. June Term 1853 to June Term 1858 Inclusive

1862370658San Francisco: Numa Hubert 1862. First edition. vii 1 9-458; 146 pp. 8vo. Bound in original sheep with black and red morocco labels loss at head of spine lower label chipped with loss worn at edges. Text toned dampstaining. First edition. vii 1 9-458; 146 pp. 8vo. A crucially important and quite uncommon report on land cases in the fifteen year period after the United States took control of California. One of the most contentious issues in California legal political and economic history in the period was over titles to lands granted by the Spanish and Mexican governments to the "Californios" those of Spanish or Mexican heritage who were born in or lived in California and American residents of California. Ogden Hoffman became the first Judge of the U.S. District Court for the northern district of California in 1851 at the young age of twenty-nine. His was the most significant judicial voice in the period on land title issues and he presided over many important cases including Jose Limantour's claim to the lands that made up San Francisco. In this volume Hoffman presents the reports of 110 important land cases and lists more than 800 other land claims in the appendix. "The consummate early source of information on land ownership in California from the Spanish and Mexican era" Kurutz in Volkmann catalogue. The text also includes biographical sketches of Spanish and Mexican governors from Portola to Pico. Thomas Streeter noted that he had searched for a copy of Hoffman's reports for quite some time but that it remained an elusive volume for him. It was only in 1957 that he acquired a copy from Dawson's Book Shop allowing him to complete his Zamorano 80 collection. "Though one would not suspect that this rather thick volume of reports of law cases was at all rare it is in fact a very rare book as well as quite an important one" Streeter. Warren Howell in his landmark catalogue 50 was only able to feature a modern reprint of Hoffman's Reports calling the original work "a classic of California history." Cowan II p 287; Graff 1919; Greenwood 1654; Howes H569 "b"; Streeter sale 2874. Zamorano 80:44; Norris Catalogue 1652 Numa Hubert unknown

James Cummins Bookseller · États-Unis6 500,00 $US≈ 5 499,65 €

(CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH)Biblio.com

Scientific American Vol. 4; 1848.

184874990New York: Munn & Co. 1848-49. The entire fourth volume Nos. 1-52. Folio 11 x 15 inches. 419 pp with an index at the rear. Illustrated throughout. Each number is 8 pp. Full contemporary sheepskin with green morocco gilt lettering label. Leather a bit dry some scattered foxing and toning as to be expected. Overall a very good copy.Chiefly of interest for the many references to the Gold Rush in California. The first printed announcement of the famous discovery at Sutter's Mill was published in March of 1848 in Sam Brannan's San Francisco newspaper The Californian. The news was first announced in an East Coast newspaper the New York Herald on August 19th 1848. Issue No. 1 of Vol. 4 is dated September 23 1848 and we find an article about the Gold Rush on the second page. The header is Gold Gold and it gives an early report of about six months after the event â€œof the discovery of an immense bed of gold one hundred miles in extent on the American Fork and Feather riversâ€."The Golden Land" found in No. 13 states - "A short time ago the most flattering accounts were received in this city from California about the mountains of gold and the valleys flowing with silver. Some believed it was a joke while others believed it to be a â€˜hue and cryâ€™ for some speculative purpose and to the latter implication we must plead guilty. We believed that the accounts received here a short time ago about vessels being deserted by their crews and houses by their inhabitants who had proceeded to the El Dorado valley were all a hoax or something worse. But it seems after all that Madam Rumor sometimes tells true tales. The golden hills of California it seems are not imaginary elevations but bona fide treasure houses.â€In "Gold and Gold Washings" in No. 15 we read that the Gold Rush extends to both side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and as far south as the headwaters of the San Joaquin River; an area 100 miles wide and 400 miles long. There are numerous other articles about the gold rush gold mining equipment and many other aspects of the 49er Gold Rush. Munn & Co. hardcover

Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA · États-Unis275,00 $US≈ 232,68 €

(CALIFORNIA)Biblio.com

The Great Seal of the State of California.

188872410Sacramento: Department of State 1888. Broadside. Embossed gold paper Great Seal affixed at center printed ribbon woven through. 11 3/4 x 18 inches. Brief history and description of the origin of the Great Seal of California designed by Maj. R.S. Garnett. The ribbon has printed: "Compliments of L.H. Brown Secretary of State." Brown served as Secretary of state from 1895 to 1899. Old remnants of tape at corner and some general toning but a very good copy.This document gives both a history of the Great Seal of California and an example of the Seal itself. As near as can be determined broadsides concerning the Great Seal were issued when there was a change in the Seal. This does not appear to be the case here as the text is merely a history of the designing of the Seal. There are only three copies located by OCLC Fresno County Bancroft and the Boston Athenaeum.The need for a Great Seal was discussed at the Constitutional Convention for the new state meeting in Monterey in 1849. In town was United States Army Major Robert Selden Garnett who was skilled at drawing and who prepared a sketch. Members of the Convention liked it but Garnett didnâ€™t want to get the credit because of hostility between the military and civilian leaders of the state. A clerk of the convention Caleb Lyon presented the design to the members as his own work the Garnettâ€™s permission. Various amendments were voted on but a design was finally adopted. A description was â€œAround the bend of the ring are represented thirty-one stars being the number of States of which the Union will consist after the admission of Californiaâ€¦The foreground figure represents the Goddess Minerva having sprung full grown from the brain of Jupiter.â€ That symbolized California becoming a state without having been a territory. The bay and ships may have been Sacramento or San Francisco. The grizzly bear eating grapes the miner getting gold the Sierra all characteristics of the state. The Greek motto â€œEurekaâ€ means â€œI have found it.â€ Delegate Vallejo wanted the bear removed or shown lassoed by a vaquero. He was voted down. There were arguments later about who held the original die and press and the legislature had more made of slightly different size. The original designer of the Great Seal Major Robert Garnett was a West Point graduate had distinguished himself in battle. When the Civil War broke out he joined the Confederates was advanced to brigadier-general and was killed in the battle of Carrickâ€™s Ford by Union General McClellanâ€™s forces. Department of State unknown

Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

(California) [Breen, Patrick]; and George McKinstry, Jr; editorBiblio.com

Thrilling and Tragic Journal written by George McKinstry Jr. while on a Journey Overland to California in 1846-47. Including an account of the death of many of the party the last three who died. being eaten by the survivors . Originally printed in St. Louis Reveille and The Dollar Newspaper in 1847

1915366779West Hoboken NJ: Privately published by Albert A. Bieber . C. Reining Printer 1915. First separate edition. One of 65 signed copies. Printed on pink paper folding into publisher's pink wrappers the rear wrapper signed by Bieber. Unfolds to 13-1/4x8-1/4 inches. Stitched into publisher's green cloth with printed label on the upper cover. First separate edition. One of 65 signed copies. Printed on pink paper folding into publisher's pink wrappers the rear wrapper signed by Bieber. Unfolds to 13-1/4x8-1/4 inches. Among the treasures at the Bancroft Library is the original diary of Patrick Breen one of few survivors of the infamous Donner Party the group of California pioneers trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846-47 who resorted to cannibalism to survive. Of the 87 people who entered the Wasatch Mountains only 48 survived. Much of the present day knowledge of the Donner Party is known from the Breen diary which was originally recovered by rescuer George McKinstry Jr. The news of the Party was an instant sensation and evidently seeking to capitalize on the notoriety McKinstry published extracts from the diary in several newspapers. In 1871 the McKinstry gave the diary to Hubert H. Bancroft. The present item rarely found in its original wrappers and binding was published by bookseller Albert A. Bieber and stated as the first separate edition of any party of the diary. It comprises chilling extracts from Nov. 20 1846 to March 1 1847. Privately published by Albert A. Bieber ... C. Reining, Printer unknown

James Cummins Bookseller · États-Unis4 500,00 $US≈ 3 807,45 €

(CALIFORNIA ALPINE CLUB)Biblio.com

Trails; Devoted to Mountaineering. Two Issues.

192175236San Francisco: California Alpine Club 1921-1922. Two of only four issues published of this annual journal issued by the California Alpine Club. Trails Vol. 1 No. 2 sic Year of 1921â€”on on title page it states â€œPublished annually" Trails vol. II no. 1 Year of 1922â€”published annually. Two octavo volumes. 79 2 22 ads; 93 31 ads pp. Each issue liberally illustrated from photographs. Original printed wrappers. Some light edgewear as the text block is not flush with the wrappers but a very good and clean set.The California Alpine Club was formed in 1914 with "The object of the club: "To make excursions into trailed and un-trailed portions of California for the purpose of bringing the people of the cities out in the open and the full enjoyment of the natural wonders of the State; to aid in every way possible the preservation of woods streams game and natural features of the country". In the early years the members were largely devoted to local hikes to Mt. Tamalpais and such they soon branched out to incorporate the Sierra Nevada mountains. The first "High Tripâ€ was to climb Mount Whitney in 1916 and the group placed the hikerâ€™s register on top. At least 18 more peaks had been climbed and registers placed by CAC members by 1923. Bill Halliday organized many of the trips to the Sierra Nevada mountains. Each of the issues here offered includes a detailed article on the 'Sierra Outing' of that year and is illustrated with numerous photographs. By the 1920s their membership was about 300 thus making this a very impressive journal. Each issue contains numerous articles of interest concerning the mountains of California: e.g. The San Benito Pinnacles by Nanna C. Lininger 1920; California as a Field for the Mountaineer by M. F. Murphy 1920; The Ascent of Kettle Dome by Herman Ulrich 1921; Trouting in the Sierra by M. F. Murphy 1921; Save the Redwoods Movement in California by J. D. Grant 1922; The Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges in Southern California by Chester Versteeg 1922; Some Battles of the Sierra by Francis P. Farquahar 1923; A Three-Day Outing to Mount Shasta by James Wright 1923. The Club is till active today and maintains lodges at Lake Tahoe and Mt. Tamalpais. California Alpine Club unknown

Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA · États-Unis150,00 $US≈ 126,92 €