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76. Brady, Cyrus Townsend. Northwestern Fights and Fighters. xxv, 373 + [1] ad pp. Illus. with photo plates, maps, drawings, etc. Original pictorial cloth. First Edition.

New York: McClure, 1907.

Howes B713; Smith 1011 - Covers the Modoc, Nez Percé & other Indian wars of the Northwest. Spine sunned a touch; ink inscription to front free endpaper, ink check mark to top of title-page, inked date at its foot; else very good or better. (80/120).

(Cowan p.70) - Gripping first-hand account of the most harrowing of overland disasters. Slight rubbing to corners, else fine. (100/150).

Howes 754 - Inscribed and signed by Farquhar on front free endpaper, dated Nov. 25, 1930. Brewer was the field leader of the California Geological Survey during the years 1860 through 1864. Fine. (150/250).

Howes B773 - Light shelf wear, else near fine, scarce. (100/150).

80. (British Columbia) Gosnell. The Year Book of British Columbia and Manual of Provincial Information (Coronation Edition). 1911. * Graham. Fur and Gold in the Kootenays. (Tipped-in typed notes; names to front endpapers.) [1945]. * Brad. Homestead on the Kootenai. Cloth. Signed. 1960. * Jupp. Home Port: Victoria. [1967]. * Dalziell. The Queen Charlotte Islands, 1774-1966. [1968]. * Akrigg & Akrigg. 1001 British Columbia Place Names. 1969. * Pethik. S.S. Beaver: The Ship that Saved the West. [1970]. Together, 7 vols. Illus. Cloth, last 4 in jackets. First Editions.

Very good or better. (120/180).

81. (British Columbia) Herring. Among the People of British Columbia (Red, White, Yellow and Brown). Pict. cloth. (Ex-lib.) 1903. * Fawcett. Some Reminiscences of Old Victoria. Cloth. 1912. * Denton. The Far West Coast. Cloth. 1924. * McCleery. Diary [of] Fitzgerald McCleery, Earliest Settler, Vancouver, 1862-1866. Wraps. 1940. * Goodfellow. Memories of Pioneer Life in British Columbia. Wraps. 1 of 100 copies. Signed. 1945. * Johnson. Pioneer Days of Nakusp and the Arrow Lakes. Cloth. Signed. 1951. * Baker. The Forgotten Kutenai: A Study of the Kutenai Indians, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Creston, British Columbia, Canada, and other areas in British Columbia where the Kutenai are Located. Wraps. 1955. * Nanson. The Saga of Mining in British Columbia. Wraps. Signed. [1957]. * Matthews. Early Vancouver, Volume Two. Cloth. [1959]. * Johnson. Bears in the Rockies. 2 copies. Wraps. [1960]. * Graham. This was the Kootenay. Signed. [1963]. * Kay & MacDonald. Come with me to Yesterday: Tales Retold of Pioneer Days in East Kootenay. Wraps. 1965. * Blegen. The Voyageurs and their Songs. Wraps. [1966]. * Pethik. Victoria: The Fort. Dj. [1968]. Together, 15 vols. Illus. Most First Editions. Various places: various dates.

Very good or better. (200/300).

82. (British Columbia) Howay, F. W. The Early History of the Fraser River Mines. xvii, 126 pp. Illus. with 10 plates from photographs, drawings, etc. 1926. * Reid, R. L. The Assay Office and the Proposed Mint at New Westminster: A Chapter in the History of the Fraser River Mines. [6], 101 pp. Illus. with 13 plates from photographs. 1926. * Work, John. The Journal of John Work, January to October, 1835. 98 pp. Illus. with 4 plates. 1945. Together, 3 vols. Original printed wrappers. First Editions.

Issued as Memoirs No. VI, VII and X of the Archives of British Columbia. A little wear to wrapper edges, else near fine to fine. (200/300).

The scarce blue cloth issue, of which only about 200 copies were produced. Spine ends slightly crimped, else fine. (100/150).

Howes B822 - Scarce pamphlet printed on a small mission press. The account was first published in New York in 1853, formed a part of J. Ross Browne's report on the Indian war in Oregon in 1858, and was again issued in Portland, 1869, before the present edition. Howes calls it "Convincing refutation of the accusation that Catholics instigated this massacre." Wrappers sunned, creased, small stain to lower front wrapper; else very good.

Howes B846 - An exceedingly scarce work; Howes queries whether "Practically entire edition burned or lost at sea?" and Soliday I, 1349, states that "not more than twenty copies" remained. Slight stain to lower front cover & to the foot of the title-page, still in nearly fine condition. (400/700).

Inscribed and signed by Brown on title-page. Brown, who retired a brigadier general, was second in command to Lieutentant Edward Farrow, of Farrow's Scouts, during the 1879 campaign against the Sheepeater Indians of Idaho. Reprinted from the Tenth Biennial Report of the Idaho Historical Society, in an edition of only fifty copies. Some discoloration & rubbing to wrappers, else very good.

Scarce, privately printed work of revealing content. With rubberstamped signature of the author on title-page; laid in is a note by Louis Javete stating he was told by a friend of the author that he refused to sign any copies of because his hand was so shaky. A little rubbing to front joint, else near fine. (70/100).

Howes B878 - Also contains Bouillet's Protestantism in Oregon. Darkening to some of the pages, else very good. (200/300).

Howes R91; Kurutz 93a; Mintz 64; Wheat Gold Rush 25 - "Detailed journals and drawings of a trained draughtsman and engineer, who resigned his army commission and traveled from Washington, D.C., to the diggings..." - Wheat, who applauds the "scholarly editing" by Read and Gaines. Howes calls it the "most elaborate of overland narratives." Slipcase worn with heavy black tape repairs; vols. fine.

Cowan p.81; (Graff 457); Howes B903; Kurutz 95b; (Mintz 65); Wagner-Camp 146:2; Zamorano Eighty 12 - "Camp called the Bryant work `one of the most detailed and reliable of all the overland journals' and rated it with Clayton's and Schmolder's books as the three competent guides to be published in 1848. Moreover, Bryant's narrative is of further interest because of its description of the life and times of American Californians before the discovery of gold..." - Wagner-Camp. This second edition with the same imprint, date and collation as the first edition. Ink name on front free endpaper, "Wm. L. Adams, Sept. 7th, 1848." Expertly rebacked with original spine strip laid on. Corners just showing; a few instances of minor internal soiling, else near fine. (150/250).

Adams Six-guns 312 - "Contains some material on Murieta and other California outlaws." Also, much on the gold diggings. Several chips & some other wear to jacket, price clipped; vol. fine with former owner's name to front pastedown. (80/120).

Cowan p.83; (Graff 472); Howes B943; Kurutz 97b; Rocq 15727 - An officer in the New York Volunteers, Buffum headed for the hills following the discovery of gold, and observed the Gold Rush from its beginnings. Besides the details of mining, Buffum "recounted every facet of life including the tremendous non-mining potential of California and the formation of government" - Kurutz, who also quotes Bancroft as calling the book "one of the most important contributions to the history of California." This English edition published the same year as the Philadelphia edition. Some staining & discoloration to covers, a bit of extremity wear; else very good. (300/500).

Cowan p.86; Graff 496; Howes B1000; Kurutz 99a; Mintz 66; Rocq 8471; Wheat Gold Rush 66; Zamorano Eighty 13 - With the signature of Charles Warren Stoddard to top of title-page. "This volume is important since it is the reminiscences of the first governor of California, but even more since it is the record of an early Oregonian who forsook the territory to which he had emigrated from Missouri and joined the gold rush to California in 1848" - Zamorano. Burnett abandoned mining after little more than a month, on Dec. 19, 1849, taking a job at Sutter's Fort as John A. Sutter, Jr.'s agent. With bookplate of the Coe Collection, Yale University, to rear pastedown, stains or residue from removed matter to front pastedown & front free endpaper, slight trace from removed spine label; blindstamp of old San Francisco bookseller to front free endpaper. Rubbing to joints, spine ends & corners; hinges cracking at endpapers, else very good. (300/500).

Hill p.41 - Important account of the cartographic accomplishments of Eusebio Francisco Kino, the German-educated Italian Jesuit missionary who explored Pimeria Alta (northern Sonora & southern Arizona) & founded many missions there. Hill notes that his "map of Baja California, `Passage par terre à la Californie,' published in 1705 in Paris, is the earliest extant showing the Gila River, the Colorado River, and southern Arizona, on the basis of exploration. His letters, diaries, and map are indispensible sources for knowledge of the development of geographical ideas concerning California and for the early history of the region south of the Gila on both sides of the Gulf of California." Fine condition.

Cowan p.132; Graff 769; Howes C81; Rader 849; Smith 1826 - First venturing toward the West in 1818 following service in the War of 1812, Clyman explored the frontier with Ashley, Fitzpatrick, Jedediah Smith and Fremont, served with Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War, guided emigrant trains and lived an eventful life before retiring to a Napa ranch in 1850. This Arthur H. Clark issue has the imprint pasted over the previous imprint, which was San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1928. Very slight rubbing to corners, bookplate, else near fine. (200/300).

Howes C81 - "One of the most trustworthy narratives of the far west, for the period 1842-6; the only Oregon overland journal of 1844." Considerably expanded from the 1928 first edition. Fine condition. (100/150).

Incribed & signed by Wilfred P. Schoenberg, author of Jesuit Mission Presses in the Pacific Northwest, to Louis Javete on front free endpaper, with autograph note laid in. The main body of the text is the orignal printed in 1894, with new title-page, frontis. & introduction. Fine. (150/250).

Blumann & Thomas 2195; Cowan p.104; Graff 572; Howes C111; Kurutz 114a; Wheat Gold Rush 34 - "The diary was kept by Alfred T. Jackson, a pioneer California miner, from May 18, 1850 to June 17, 1852. Blumann & Thomas attribute the original material to Lewis Hanchett. In a letter dated August 9, 1933, Cowan wrote to C.G. Littell that the authenticity of the diary had been questioned frequently. Cowan had asked Canfield about in in 1910, but received no conclusive answer" - Graff. Wheat calls the book "Fiction, but of notable quality as a depiction of Gold Rush life and times." Corners just showing, else near fine. (100/150).

Smith 1474; Tweney 7 - Featuring the story of Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, first American woman to cross the continent, and her dreadful massacre along with her husband and others. Tweney notes that "The author was fortunate to be able to interview three of the survivors of the massacre, and not relying entirely on their possibly innacurate oral recollections, did considerable additional research to make this account as accurate as possible." Some wear to wrapper edges, tape repair to spine head, else very good. (80/120).

Adams Herd 409; Adams Six-guns 371; Graff 576 Howes C118; Rader 588 - "...tells of his experiences during the Johnson County War and of his later experiences with the outlaws of Oklahoma. Canton was hired by the large cattle interest to fight the smaller ones in the Johnson County War, and naturally he tells their side of the story..." In 1874 "he killed a Negro soldier and wounded another in a saloon at Jacksboro, and at one time he was jailed for robbing a bank in Comanche, Texas, in 1877, but escaped and left Texas in 1878. It is understandable why he left a gap of seven years in his autobiography, omitting those years of questionable morals and criminal acts" - Six-guns. Graff notes that a contemporary declared "He only thought of guns and killings...they seemed to be on his mind all the time." Jacket price clipped on front & rear flaps, a few minor chips, tape repairs to spine foot; else fine in very good jacket. (200/300).

Presentation copy inscribed by Guie on back of frontis., dated October 1951. Some extremity rubbing to cloth; erasure to half-title, else very good. (60/90).

Cowan p.106; Graff 590; Howes C167; Kurutz 118a; Mintz 78; Rocq 2065; Streeter 310; Wheat Gold Rush 35 - Includes Carr's overland adventures from Peoria, IL, to Hangtown, CA, via Forts Leavenworth, Laramie, Bridger, and Salt Lake City, as well as his experiences in the northern mines, with good accounts of Weaverville and the Chinese War of 1854. He also provides valuable biographical sketches of a number of pioneers in Humboldt and Trinity Counties. A blacksmith by trade, Carr returned to his previous profession and set up shop in that capacity in Weaverville. Kurutz notes that several bibliographers "regard Carr's lengthy recollections as one of the most improtant accounts of mining in the Trinity County region." Ex-library The Wells-Fargo Library Association, with bookplates on front endpapers. Rubbing to covers, worn at extremities, spine dull; else good to very good.

(Howes C241; Wagner-Camp 84) - Catlin traveled through the West in the 1830's, painting portraits of Indians & recording their habitats, weapons, rituals, ceremonies, etc., creating during that decade an "Indian Gallery" of great renown. After taking the entire gallery to England, Catlin published his "Letters & Notes," using text from a series of articles he had written for the New York Commercial Advertiser from 1832 to 1837, & illustrating it with line-cut reductions of his original paintings. This superb edition with striking color plates; the first edition (1841) had uncolored plates, several editions over the next 30 years had hand-colored plates, but not until 1876 was an edition published with plates printed in color. Lower corners slightly bumped with a touch of rubbing to extremities, else in fine, bright condition.

Signed by Truettner on the title page. This deluxe edition was issued by Volair Limited of Kent, Ohio. Fine condition. (100/150).

Howes C270; Mintz 85; Smith 1610 - Chambers crossed the plains in 1845, wintered at the Dalles, later moved to Oregon City, and finally settled at Tualatin Plains. He took part in the Indian Wars of 1855-56. Mintz calls this a "very scarce little book...written in 1904, but not printed until 1947, when only a few copies were done." Fine. (100/150).

Graff 640; Howes C272; Mintz 86; Smith 1616 - Margaret Chambers crossed the plains in 1851, joining her husband Andrew Jackson Chambers who had gone to Oregon in 1845. Graff notes that "the work is important both for the author's description of her overland trip and for her reminiscences of the Indian Wars of 1855-66." Fine. (400/700).

107. (Champlain Society - Ontario Series) The Town of York, 1815-1834: A Further Collection of Documents of Early Toronto. Ed. by Edith G. Firth. 1966. * Thunder Bay District, 1821-1892: A Collection of Documents. Ed. by Elizabeth Arthur. 1973. * Ontario and the First World War, 1914-1918. Ed. by Barbara M. Wilson. 1977. * The Bank of Upper Canada: A Collection of Documents. Ed. by Peter Baskerville. 1987. * The Upper Ottawa Valley to 1855: A Collection of Documents. Ed. by Richard Reid. 1990. Together, 5 vols. Red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Limited editions.

All in fine condition. (150/250).

108. (Champlain Society - Ontario Series) John Prince: A Collection of Documents. Ed. by R. Alan Douglas. 1980. * The Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada: A Collection of Documents. Ed. by Colin Read & Ronald J. Stagg. 1985. * The Upper Ottawa Valley to 1855: A Collection of Documents. Ed. by Richard Reid. 1990. * The Eldon House Diaries: Five Women's Views of the 19th Century. Ed. by Robin S. & Terry G. Harris. 1994. * The French Regime of the Upper Country of Canada During the Seventeenth Century. Ed. by Cornelius J. Jaenen. 1996. Together, 5 vols. Red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Limited editions.

All in fine condition. (150/250).

109. (Champlain Society) Lord Minto's Canadian Papers: A Selection of the Public and Private Papers of the Fourth Earl of Minto, 1898-1904. 2 vols. Ed. & intro. by Paul Stevens & John T. Saywell. 1981-83. * The Journal of Alexander Henry the Younger, 1799-1814. 2 vols. Ed. & intro. by Barry M. Gough. 1988-92. * Sir John Franklin's Journals and Correspondence: The First Arctic Land Expedition, 1819-1822. 1995. Together, 3 works in 5 vols. Red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Each No. 681 of a limited edition.

All in fine condition. (200/300).

110. (Champlain Society) The Diary and Selected Papers of Chief Justice William Smith, 1984-1793. Vol. I (of 2) only. Ed. by L.F.S. Upton. 1963. * The Papers of the Pallaser Expedition, 1857-1860. Ed., intro. & notes by Irene M. Spry. 1968. * The Journal of Major John Norton, 1816. Ed., intro. & notes by Carl F. Klinck & James J. Talman. 1970. * Documents Relating to the Great Awakening in Nova Scotia, 1760-1791. 1982. * Bayfield, Henry Wolsey. The St. Lawrence Survey Journals of Captain Henry Wolsey Bayfield, 1829-1853. Vol. II (of 2) only. Ed. & intro. by Ruth McKenzie. * Selected Correspondence of the Glasgow Colonial Society, 1825-1840. Ed. & intro. by Elizabeth McDougall & John S. Moir. 1994. Together, 6 vols. Red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Limited editions.

All in fine condition. (150/250).

Howes C303 - Spine head bumped, repairs to hinges at endpapers, else very good. (100/150).

112. (Chinook) Chinook and Shorthand Rudiments, With Which the Chinook Jargon and the Wawa Shorthand Can be Mastered without a Teacher in a Few Hours. 16 pp., unbound & uncut signature. Kamloops, BC: 1898. * Long, Frederick J., comp. Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon: English-Chinook. 41, [3] pp. Wrappers. [1909]. * Thomas, Edward Harper. Chinook: A History and Dictionary of the Northwest Coast Trade Jargon. Dj (chipped at extremities, verso tape repairs). 1st Ed. 1935. * Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Indian Trade Language. Facsimile reprint of 1899 edition. Wrappers. N.d. Together, 4 items.

Very good or better condition. (100/150).

With ink name at top of front wrapper, "F.E. Elkenhead(?), 1st Lieut, 21st Infty." Lower corners of wrappers chipped, top corner of pp. 55-56 torn off affecting number but no text, else very good. (80/120).

114. (Chinook) Shaw, George C. The Chinook Jargon and How to Use It: A Complete and Exhaustive Lexicon if the Oldest Trade Language of the American Continent. xvi, 65, [3] pp. Wrappers with pictorial cover label. (Some soiling to wrappers, tear to label; latter pages stained at top margin; very good.) 1909. * El Comancho (W.S. Phillips). The Chinook Book: A Descriptive Analysis of the Chinook Jargon in Plain Words, Giving Instructions for Pronunciation, Construction, Expression and Proper Speaking of Chinook with all the Various Shaded Meanings of the Words. 118 pp. Wrappers. (Fine condition.) 1913. Together, 2 vols. First Editions.

(80/120).

Graff 696; Howes C390; Rader 770 - "Sixty years after publication, this is still the great work on the subject" - Graff. Vol. III with bookplate of the Catholic University Library. Slight bumps to corners & spine ends, else in nearly fine condition. (700/1000).

(Graff 696); Howes C390; (Rader 770) - This is a reprint, with some omissions, of the 1902 three-volume first edition. Light wear to slipcase; vols. fine with a touch of sunning to spines. (150/250).

Graff 697; Howes C391 - La Barge opened the Blackfoot country to commerce & (what passed for) civilization. Just a bit of rubbing or slight bumps to extremities, bookplates of the Essex Institute with their blindstamp to title-pages, otherwise a fine set. (300/500).

Formerly the property of the U.S. Department of State, with their bookplate, rubberstamps to endpapers and title-page verso; Library of Congress duplicate rubberstamp to title-page verso. Rubbing to extremities, trace from removed spine label, else very good. (100/150).

119. (Chittenden, Hiram Martin) Le Roy, Bruce, ed. H.M. Chittenden: A Western Epic. Being a Selection from His Unpublished Journals, Diaries and Reports. Two-tone cloth with map on front cover. 1961. * Dodds, Gordon B. Hiram Martin Chittenden: His Public Career. Dj. [1973]. Together, 2 vols. First Editions.

Both in fine condition. (70/100).

Mintz 90 - "An important addition to any collection concerning the overland experience." Fine. (80/120).

Mintz 91 - The first translation into English of the only known overland diary kept by an Italian in the wake of the Gold Rush. Mintz calls the diaries "an enigma..., well known sites seem non-existant, while mileage estimates are strikingly erroneous...." Spine slightly sunned, else near fine. (60/90).

Adams Six-guns 424; Smith 1771 - Overview of western history and events by "an officer of the Federal Government in the far West, in the territory embracing the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean," with chapters on vigilantism in California and Montana, Yosemite, the Pony Express, railroads, etc. First published the preceding year with the same imprint and collation. Signature of Olga W. Johnson, Libby, Mont., in bold blue pencil, to front pastedown; rubberstamp of Samuel H. Oakley to front free endpaper. Spine dull, rubbing to ends & corners, else very good. (100/150).

Howes C427; Kurutz 133a; Zamorano 80 #69 - "These valuable letters, first published in the old Pioneer magazine of San Francisco under the name of `Dame Shirley,' were written from the California mines by Mrs....Clappe to her sister in Massachusetts in 1851 & 1852. They were not published until 1854.... The letters were written from Rich Bar on the Feather River, where the author accompanied her husband, Dr. Fayette Clappe. They give an entirely different picture of the conditions at the mines from that ordinarily found in books written by miners and travelers of that day. Being a cultured woman's contemporary report of experiences in the gold rush, they are unique...." - Zamorano 80. Russell edited, amended, annotated, printed and published the work, and signed it on the limitation page with notations on the hand-colored plates and gilt ornaments. Spine glazed, wear to ends & corners; bookplate of Jean Hersholt, else very good. (200/300).

Graff 727; Howes C427; Zamorano Eighty 69 - Fascinating letters tell of the early California mining camps from a woman's point of view. It is said that Bret Harte got much of his writing inspiration from Dame Shirley. Light soiling & shelf wear to boards, offset to endpapers, else very good. (100/150).

Cowan p. 126 - "One of the best available sources relating to the life and legends of these fast disappearing aboriginal inhabitants." Small nick to front cvoer fore-edge; inscription to front free endpaper, else near fine. (70/100).

Besides the fascinating history of this important publishing house, which published not only significant original historical contributions to the exploration and development of the American frontier, but also reprinted scarce original narratives, this work contains a very useful critical bibliography of Clark publications. Fine condition. (100/150).

These historically valuable notes were lost for nearly 140 years before their discovery in a St. Paul attic; following a legal battle between the owners, the Minnesota Historical Society, and the U.S. goverment, they were sold to Frederick Beinecke who donated them to Yale University. Corners of jacket front flap clipped; else fine. (150/250).

Adams Herd 475; Six-Guns 434, Graff 748; Howes 470; Rader 841 - "This well-written book about the author's ranch experiences has become very scarce and is one of the most sought after cattle books. It is said that the author kept copies on his desk and his many friends helped themselves until the supply became exhausted. He was one of the better-known ranch owners of the Northwest and a well-educated Scotsman. His picture of ranch life is interesting and authentic" - Herd. Spot to of adhesion damage to frontis. affecting Clay's left eye, slight bump to spine head, else near fine. (200/300).

Adams Herd 497; Six-guns 457; Howes C533 - Coe comes to the defence of Tom Horn. Spine lettering rubbed off; else very good.

No. XXVI in the publications of the Champlain Society. Colnett opened the South Pacific sperm whale fields, made two visits to the Galapagos Islands, and visited the coast of Chile, Peru, and California. He was the principal character in the "Nootka Sound Controversy," when he and his men were arrested and his ship seized by the Spanish following the Englishman's attempt to take possession of Nootka and build a fort there. A little soiling to covers; very good condition.

Cowan p.138; Graff 844; Howes C635; Rader 878 - The author was a lieutenant with the United States Exploring Expedition under Charles Wilkes. Graff notes that "his journal is an important source for the overland journey from California to Oregon." Minor rubbing to extremities, ¾" gouge to front cover; occasional light, mostly marginal foxing, else very good. (200/300).

Smith 1946 - Important work on Oregon geology. Slight rubbing to spine ends & corners, else fine. (80/120).

Cowan p.141; Howes C718; Rocq 1490 - Extensive history including early settlement and land grants, & numerous biographical sketches; many of the portraits with facsimile signatures of the subjects. Repairs to joints & spine heads, else very good or better. (400/700).

Adams Herd 569; Six-guns 484; Graff 693; Rader 907; Smith 2008 - "An outstanding western book with much on outlawry..." - Six-guns. Upper corners bumped, marginal foxing to frontis. & title, else very good.

Hill, Pacific Voyages, p.65 - "English firms fitted out the schooner Columbia for the fur trade between the northwest coast of America and China. Peter Corney sailed as first lieutenant on this voyage which lasted more than four years. The ship was finally purchased by King Kamehameha of Hawaii. The voyage provides much interesting information concerning Hawaii and the abortive Russian settlement on Kauai." Reprinted from the appearance in the London Literary Gazette of 1821. Front wrapper foxed, spine worn with repairs, lacking paper from ends, a few repairs to wrappers; foxing to front flyleaves & page edges, else very good.

Adams Six-guns 499; Cowan p.144 - The life of William James Howard, one of the California Rangers organized to suppress Joaquin Murieta and other "California Banditti." Spine a bit sunned, sight rubbing to ends; bookplate; near fine. (70/100).

Smith 2062 - Some copies were bound in wrappers. Light stain to front cover, a bit of extremity wear; creasing to prelims., else very good. (150/250).

As noted in the colophon of the keepsake, the previously unpublished letter is from the collection of Louis F. Javete; the keepsake is signed by Koss in the colophon. Both keepsake and original letter are in fine condition.

Graff 2404; Howes C800 - Slight rubbing to extemities, else a fine, bright, unopened set.

Edwards Enduring Desert p.57; Howes C801 - "In 1775-1776...Garces started with Anza's celebrated expedition for the establishment of a mission and colony at San Francisco in California...but separated from the main party at Yuma, at the junction of the Gila and Colorado..." - Edwards. Discoloration to endpapers, near fine. (250/350).

Zamorano Eighty 23 - The first edition of Cowan's landmark bibliography, and the first publication of the Book Club of California. The Zamorano Eighty notes Cowan as "for many years the greatest authority on the bibliography of California." A little foxing to spine & covers, with a smattering inside, else near fine, with the bookplate of William M. Fitzhugh, Jr. (300/500).

Spines a bit darkened, light rubbing to ends, else very good. (200/300).

Signed by Nash on front pastedown; inscribed & signed by Holmes on title-page. Reprint of the rare 1858 edition. With the bookplates of Catherine and Strohm Newell and Roger K. Larson. Fine in lightly worn slipcase. (100/150).

Hill p.71; Howes C834; Lada-Mocarski 29; Streeter Sale 3472 - Largely a compilation and translations of accounts of Russian discoveries after those of Bering and Tchirikoff in 1741, supplementing the work of Müller, with whom, along with P.S. Pallas, Coxe consulted extensively. Pages [17]-174, "Account of the new discoveries made by the Russians..." is a translation from the German of Johann Ludwig Schultz's Neue Nachrichten von dened neuentdekten Insuln in der See zwischen Asien und America, 1776. There was a supplement issued in 1787, "A Comparative View of the Russian Discoveries...," which is sometimes bound with the present work, and was including in the body of the third edition. Though a compilation, Lada-Mocarski observes that "Coxe's work...is a result of contemporary and authoritative sources translated into English, not to be overlooked by scholars and collectors alike...." Hill, discussing this work and its significance, notes that "Coxe made suggestions which led the Russians to promote expeditions of discovery to the northern parts of Siberia. His list of works on the subject, and his observations on the fur trade between the Russians and the Chinese, are very valuable..." Boards rubbed; Some offset from, & light foxing to, the maps & the plate, a few short stub tears, old ink name to title, else very good. (1000/1500).

Cowan p.149; Graff 911; Howes C870; Smith 2098; Mintz 109; Soliday I, 652; Streeter 3203 - A member of the Hadley party, Crawford started across the plains in April, reaching Oregon in August, 1851. Streeter notes that in addition to the overland narrative, the work "includes an important description of life among the mines during the wild times in the Powder River mines." The book, as noted by Mintz, is "somewhat crudely printed" and similarly bound. Just light rubbing to cover edges; slight ink stain to top page fore-edges, offset to endpapers, else near fine, very scarce.

Cowan p.150-151 - "The best and most reliable work of the time." Old newsclipping on the values of Comstock Lode companies affixed to front pastedown. Fine with just a bit of rubbing to extremities. (100/150).

Graff 4415; Howes C923; Sabin 17660; Wagner-Camp 181:3 - Detailed description of the emigrant trail to Oregon, amply illustrated with scenes along the way; the troops were moving west to the new military posts on the Pacific Coast. This official edition was preceded by a Philadelphia issue the same year, that comprised only a few copies made up for the author; there was also a 12-page abstract issued earlier. Spine scuffed; occasional foxing else very good. (300/500).

Cowan p. 152; Zamorano Eightly #24 - Valuable compilation of early California literature. The Zamorano Eighty notes that "Nowhere else can be found the wealth of material on the early writers and their literature that is given in The Story of the Files. There are more that a hundred portraits of California authors of note, and sketches from many of their writings. Also found in this book are histories of the famous early magazines and newspapers of San Francisco." Light rubbing to cover edges & joints, old rubberstamp of Teachers' Library, Marin County, Cal., to front free endpaper, else very good. (100/150).

Graff 949; Howes C952; Mintz 114; Smith 2151 - Cummins crossed the plains in 1845. Mintz calls this "a somewhat impetuous but enthralling account of a the near-demise of Sarah when she was a teenage bride crossing the plains. She speaks of Fremont traveling with them for a short time, being saved from hostile Indians in Sioux country, and adds a bit about the Yellowstone area. Apparently she was in the same train as William Goulder, Samuel Hancock, and Solomon Tethrow. She wrote this when she was nearing ninety." A few slight indentations to front wrapper, a touch of wear to wrapper edges; else in fine condition, especially rare thus. (200/300).

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