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San Francisco: Charles Perry, 1904 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Real Photo Advertising Postcard. 3¼x5¼ inches. Undivided back. Original silver-print photograph measures 2x2¾ inches. Slight silvering to the photograph. A very fine example. A very scarce real-photo advertising postcard for "Velvet Velox: Single Weight, Double Weight Post Cards, Velox Liquid Developer and Velox Liquid Hardener." The entire card is a "Sample of Velvet Post Card." Addressed and sent (with Postal cancellation) to "Dr. Deal. 22nd and Valencia St., City." The card is sent by "Charles Perry, 20th & Mission St." and advertises a "Demonstration at our Store" from 2 to 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19/'04. We're pretty sure this particular silver-print photograph shows an early San Francisco Bay ferry boat..

Oakland, California: printed by M. E. Mathews San Francisco, 1877 Book. Fine. Hardcover. ALAMEDA GOLD AND SILVER MINING CO.]. Stock Certificate. No. 996. Unused. 3¾x9¼ inches plus borders. Slightly toned. Minor wrinkling to center. Small thin spot to upper right corner, but fine and crisp. Oakland, California: printed by M. E. Mathews San Francisco, c.1877. The works of The Alameda Gold and Silver Mining Company were located in the Cornucopia Mining District, Elko County, Nevada. The company's offices were in Oakland, California. The company was incorporated April 24, 1876. Quite scarce..

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1950 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprinted from the 1868 edition. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 12mo. liii, 354pp. Folding map, 2 portraits, 2 plans, text illustrations. Index. Maroon cloth, gilt. Spine very slightly faded. A fine, bright copy. Includes an excellent historical introduction by Quaife. "A tale of remarkable courage of an isolated detachment of soldiery, and of shocking blundering and inefficiency on the part of the higher command" (Quaife). A personal account of the experiences of an officer's wife on the plains of Wyoming, fortified by invaluable additional material from the author's husband, Colonel Henry B. Carrington. Much on the Fetterman massacre, the construction of Wyoming military forts, etc..

Boston: Printed and sold by D. Henchman, 1749 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition of this prime Americana classic, Brainerd had remarkable success with numerous Indian tribes, and left us a diary account that is unequalled. Pp. [2], xii, [18, list of subscribers], 316, [2, ads]. Somewhat later half morocco and marbled boards. Contemporary owner's signature (John Fullerton) to top border of Preface. Upper outer hinges starting, text browned, spotted and stained, upper corner of title leaf repaired with some loss. A very good copy. This work presents a biography of the famed Indian missionary adapted from his own diary, by the renowned New England divine, Jonathan Edwards. Expelled from Yale for sympathizing with the Whitefield revival and for remarking that a college tutor had "no more grace than this chair," Brainerd was nevertheless successful as a missionary to various Indian tribes in the Massachusetts/New York border region and in New Jersey. He died at the age of twenty-nine… Leer más

Ashland: The Oregon Book Society, 1976 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition by this publisher, limited to 350 copies. Numerous black & white illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Green cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. A very fine copy..

Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1823 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. 2 volumes. Pp. [4], 5, [3], 503 + [6], 442, xcviii. Lacking atlas volume (which is often the case). Later three-quarter leather, marbled boards, scattered light foxing, minor age-toning, contemporary owner's name. A very good, attractive set. This notable government expedition (commanded by Major Stephen H. Long) supplemented earlier discoveries of Pike and Lewis and Clark." (Howes). Long was appointed by the government to explore the Yellowstone, but attempts to ascend the Missouri in a steamboat built for that purpose were unsuccessful. The expedition continued overland and finally crossed the plains through present-day Kansas and Colorado to the foot of the Front Range. The expedition failed to attain either of its objectives, reaching the headwaters of the Yellowstone and determining the sources of the Red River, but did add greatly to the geographical knowledge. This set contains the appendix, entitled… Leer más

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1948 Book. Illus. by Dean, Mallette. Fine. Hardcover. One of 500 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Reprinted from Beadle's Half-Dime Library (Number 814), February 28, 1893. Quarto. Pp. [8], 56. Title, colophon and 8 text engravings in red and black by Mallette Dean. Red cloth-backed decorative boards, paper spine label. Some light offsetting to endpapers, else a very fine and bright copy. An amusing tale, one of the few Beadle's "Half-Dime Library" novels set in California. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. Also included in the Exhibition of Western Book (Rounce & Coffin Club). [Grabhorn: 470]..

Palo Alto, California: Lewis Osborne Book. Fine. Hardcover. First book edition. c.1966. Limited to 1,400 copies. First published in The Century Magazine, 1891. Foreword by George R. Stewart. 56pp. Frontis portrait, illustrations. Bibliography. Blue cloth, gilt. A fine copy in plain gray dust jacket. Virginia Murphy wrote these plaintive recollections some forty-five years following the Donner tragedy. Her father was James Reed, an important figure in the event. This copy includes the laid-in folding map showing the overland route of the Donner Party, as well as the folder of four enlarged Remington prints that were issued separately with this book. The map and extra prints are most-often lacking. This title was the first book to bear the Lewis Osborne imprint. It reproduces all the original illustrations as published in the first edition, including those by Remington, Charles Nahl, et al. [Mintz: 340]..

London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness, 1657 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition, first printing (by Hills and Field). Printed Parliamentary Act for exportation of goods. Rare! Small quarto. 10¼ x 6¾ inches. Title leaf (verso blank) plus 10pp. Printed in black letter. Woodcut illustration of coat-of-arms on title page, decorative initial. Disbound. Remains of stitching at spine. Text area (specifically) toned, but a fine, clean, and crisp copy. "Forasmuch as it is found by long experience, that the prosperous of all Islands is very much (under God) maintained and supported by a quick and flourishing Trade, and in a just endeavor and care, that the Exportation of the Native Commodities overbalance the Importation of Forein [sic] Commodities...". The remaining 9 pages go on to state that as of January 1, from anywhere within the Commonwealth, it shall be lawful to export at the customs specified which, of course, were lower for natives. The work… Leer más

New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc., 1965 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo. 94pp. plus illustrations. Index. Illustrated with 96 black & white photographic illustrations. Red cloth with black and silver on spine. General light shelfwear, very minor fading to top edge. Internally clean and fine. Overall, a near fine copy..

San Francisco: Adams & Co., 1854 Book. Fine. Hardcover. [ADAMS & CO. EXPRESS]. Adams & Co. Express and Banking Office Certificate of Deposit. Fifty Dollars by Peter Petersen. 4x8 inches plus borders. Vignette of banking office at top center, gold miner at left. Signed by the local agent. Fine example. San Francisco: Adams & Co., February 9, 1854..

Philadelphia: Adams Express Company, 1869 Book. Fine. Hardcover. [ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY]. Adams Express Company, Great Eastern, Western, and Southern Express Forwarders. Domestic Bill of Lading. 5¼x8½ inches. Signed by the local agent. A very fine example. Philadelphia: Adams Express Company, Oct. 20, 1869. W. Loughlin paid $9.00 to ship to Dr. J. Enew Loughlin in Columbia, California, via Omaha..

Norwich: Adams Express Company, 1868 Book. Fine. Hardcover. [ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY]. Adams Express Company, Great Eastern, Western, and Southern Express Forwarders. Domestic Bill of Lading. 4¼x8¾ inches. Signed by the local agent. A very fine example. Norwich: Adams Express Company, March 12, 1868. Mrs. G. F. Hall sends a package from Norwich, Connecticut worth $391.50 to Mrs. M. A. Lewis in Columbia, California. Countersigned on verso by "Málinda Lewis" (Mrs. M. A. Lewis) authorizing her husband M. A. Lewis (signed by him) to pick up the package, dated April 29, 1868..

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1998 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. xxi, [3], 382pp. Illustrated throughout from photographs and early prints. Extensive notes, bibliography, index. Purple cloth, gilt, over beige boards. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. The first new biography in fifty years. The author traces Farragut's rise to Admiral, his relationship with Capt. David Peter, his foster father, and Adm. David Dixon Porter, his foster brother, his operations in the War of 1812, and especially during the Civil War, including Mobile Bay, the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, capture of New Orleans and Port Hudson, and more..

Midland, Texas: Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library, 1979 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Designed by Carl Hertzog. Introduction by J. Evetts Haley. Edited by B. Byron Price. xv, 184pp. Illustrations by H. D. Bugbee; some photographs. Chapter bibliographies, index. Two-tone illustrated cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Eleven chapters of interviews with "old-timers" who came to the western frontier as young men; their stories are of and from early Texas and Arizona. Includes an especially interesting commentary on the legendary lawman, Jeff Milton. This copy with a presentation, signed by J. Evetts Haley, as well as an autographed letter, signed by San Francisco Westerner, J. Dudley Cramer... "Evetts Haley told me recently that they still had a few extra copies of Hervey Chesley's Adventuring with the Old-Timers at the Haley Library. I ordered several for friends who are Haley collectors and asked him to sign them. Regards, Dud.".

Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1937 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 250 copies printed and published by the Black Cat Press. 61pp. Chapter notes. Original silver-stamped blue cloth, printed paper label on front cover. A very fine copy. Collier (1789-1873) was appointed by President Taylor as Collector of the port of San Francisco just after the Mexican War. He and his party were among the 1849 westward-bound emigrants who came into the gold fields via the southern route - across the Colorado River westward over the Colorado Desert. H.M.T. Powell, in his diary, indicates that Collier followed the mountain route out from the Carrizo Corridor, his trail leading up through a canyon, over the mountains, finally bringing him to San Diego. Well researched with extensive chapter notes. Quite scarce. [Edwards: p. 87; Rader: 1430; Rocq: 9400]..

Spokane: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1995 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limitation not noted. 278pp. Illustrations, portraits. Red cloth, gilt. A very fine copy. The author worked from the autobiographical writings of influential and legendary pioneers to California including Kit Carson, Richard Henry Dana, William Heath Davis, James Ohio Pattie, William Dane Phelps, Alfred Robinson, Henry Augustus Wise, William Henry Thomes, Benjamin Davis Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson Farnham. [Clark and Brunet II: 48]..

Sacramento: Sacramento Book Collectors Club, 1992 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition in English. One of 400 copies designed by Susan Acker and Mary McDermott at the Feathered Serpent Press. This copy includes a Presentation, signed by the translator and editor, Mary Paquette, and is also signed by both Susan Acker and Mary McDermott, dated 11/12/92. Translated and Edited by Mary Grace Paquette. Foreword by A.P. Nasatir. x, 109pp. Frontis portrait, drawings, facsimiles; index. Cloth spine, blue boards, gilt lettering. A very fine copy. Scarce. "Théophile de Rutté, aged twenty-three, was employed by a Swiss firm in Brazil when he received news of the California gold discovery. He formed a partnership with a friend to supply goods to the miners. They arrived in San Francisco on October 27, 1849. De Rutté's narrative, written many years later, recalls his business activities in San Francisco and Sacramento, a tour of the northern mines in the spring of 1850, and visits with… Leer más

Denver: Old West Publishing Co., 1976 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. viii, 246pp. 5 color plates, numerous illustrations, 3 large folding maps in rear pocket; appendices, index. Brown cloth lettered in gilt. Upper corners slightly jammed, but a fine copy (lacking jacket). Barclay was a pioneer farmer in Canada, a bookkeeper in St. Louis, Superintendent of Bent's Fort, a fur trader and mountain man in Colorado & New Mexico, and the builder of Barclay's Fort on the Santa Fe trail. An important and handsome book, printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy..

Berkeley: Wilder and Ellen Bentley, 1939 Book. Illus. by Hans. Fine. Hardcover. One of 450 copies. Printed by Wilder and Ellen Bentley. Hand-tinted illustrations by Hans. Pictorial cloth. Minor soiling on spine and previous owners signature on inner cover, otherwise a fine copy. Signed by the illustrator and by Wilder and Ellen..