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#154541) REMARKABLE TRIALS AND INTERESTING MEMOIRS, OF THE MOST NOTED CRIMINALS, WHO HAVE BEEN...

REMARKABLE TRIALS AND INTERESTING MEMOIRS, OF THE MOST NOTED CRIMINALS, WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED AT THE ASSIZES, THE KING'S-BENCH BAR, GUILDHALL, &c. FOR HIGH-TREASON, MURDER, CONSPIRACY, RAPE, HIGHWAY [ROBBERY], FELONY, BURGLARY, IMPOSITION, AND OTHER ATROCIOUS CRIMES, VILLAINIES, AND MISDEMEANOURS. FROM THE YEAR 1740, TO 1764. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR MOST MEMORABLE EXPLOITS, ADVENTURES, CONFESSIONS, AND DYING-BEHAVIOUR. In Two Volumes.

London: Printed for W. Nicoll, at the Paper-Mill, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1765. 12mo, two volumes, pp. [1-2] [i-iii] iv-x [xi-xiv] [1] 2-336; [i-viii] [1] 2-358, full calf, all panels ruled in gold, edges speckled red. First edition. (#154541)
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#167375) ALL ABOUT CALIFORNIA AND THE INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLE HERE. [FOR GRATUITOUS DISTRIBUTION.]...

ALL ABOUT CALIFORNIA AND THE INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLE HERE. [FOR GRATUITOUS DISTRIBUTION.] SIXTH EDITION --- 10,000 COPIES.

San Francisco: Published by the California Immigrant Union, 534 California Street. Printed by Francis & Valentine, 517 Clay Street, 1873. 22.5x15 cm, pp. [1-3] 4-50, 1 map (folded), original orange wrappers printed in black, sewn. Sixth edition. (#167375)
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#166996) THE CALIFORNIA GOLD DISCOVERY[:] SOURCES, DOCUMENTS, ACCOUNTS AND MEMOIRS RELATING TO...

THE CALIFORNIA GOLD DISCOVERY[:] SOURCES, DOCUMENTS, ACCOUNTS AND MEMOIRS RELATING TO THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT SUTTER'S MILL. By Rodman W. Paul.

Georgetown, California: The Talisman Press, 1966. 27.5x19.5 cm (large octavo), pp. [1-13] 14-237 [238: blank] [239: colophon] [240: blank], illustrations, facsimiles, maps, original boards with cloth shelf back, pictorial endpapers. First edition, first printing. (#166996)
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#167000) CALIFORNIA GOLD REGIONS, WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF THEIR MINERAL RESOURCES; HOW TO GET...

CALIFORNIA GOLD REGIONS, WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF THEIR MINERAL RESOURCES; HOW TO GET THERE, AND WHAT TO TAKE; THE EXPENSES, THE TIME, AND THE VARIOUS ROUTES. WITH SKETCHES OF CALIFORNIA; AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS, ITS HISTORY, CLIMATE, SOIL, PRODUCTIONS, &C. A CHEAP EDITION FOR THE PEOPLE. PRICE TWELVE-AND-A-HALF CENTS. TEN COPIES FOR ONE DOLLAR.

New York: F. M. Pratt, Publisher. W. H. Graham, Agent for Supplying the Trade, n.d. [1849]. 23x14 cm, pp. [1-3] 4-48, self wrappers, untrimmed, sewn. First edition. (#167000)
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#168950) GOLD MINES AND MINING IN CALIFORNIA[:] A NEW GOLD ERA DAWNING ON THE STATE[.] PROGRESS...

GOLD MINES AND MINING IN CALIFORNIA[:] A NEW GOLD ERA DAWNING ON THE STATE[.] PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN THE BUSINESS[.] PERFECTED METHODS, PROCESSES AND MACHINERY[.] VAST EXTENT OF AURIFEROUS TERRITORY; RICH AND VARIED CHARACTER OF DEPOSITS; A COUNTRY ABOUNDING WITH THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS; GRAND FIELD FOR THE PROFITABLE INVESTMENT OF THE WORLD'S SURPLUS CAPITAL.

San Francisco: Published by George Spaulding & Co., General Book and Job Printers, 414 Clay Street, below Sansome, 1885. 22.2x14.5 cm (octavo), pp. [1-3] 4-5 [6] 7-349 [350-352: blank], illustrations, original black cloth, lettered in gold and ruled in blind. First edition. (#168950)
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#172623) THE CITY OF STOCKTON; ITS POSITION, CLIMATE, COMMERCE, RESOURCES, ETC. TOGETHER WITH A...

THE CITY OF STOCKTON; ITS POSITION, CLIMATE, COMMERCE, RESOURCES, ETC. TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE GREAT SAN JOAQUIN BASIN OF CALIFORNIA, OF WHICH STOCKTON IS THE NATURAL BUSINESS CENTER. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STOCKTON BOARD OF TRADE, AND COMPILED BY N. M. ORR, SECRETARY.

Stockton, Cal. "Independent" Print, February 1874. Octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-58; 59-64: ads, publisher's tan wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. (#172623)
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#167653) SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. A FAITHFUL REPRODUCTION IN PRINT AND PHOTOGRAPHY OF ITS CLIMATE,...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. A FAITHFUL REPRODUCTION IN PRINT AND PHOTOGRAPHY OF ITS CLIMATE, CAPABILITIES AND BEAUTIES.

[San Francisco: Press of H. S. Crocker Company, 1896.]. 23.2x30.5 cm (oblong octavo), pp. [1-2] [1-3] 4-200, color map (frontispiece), many illustrations, original pink wrappers printed in black, blue cloth tape spine. First edition. (#167653)
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SELECTED RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES.

London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, [1925]. Small octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-xiv 1-344 [345-346: blank] [1-3] 4-8 [note: final eight pages are publisher ads dated "6/25"], original olive-green cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. (#134462)
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#158437) TALES OF HUMOUR AND ROMANCE, SELECTED FROM POPULAR GERMAN WRITERS. Translated by Richard...

TALES OF HUMOUR AND ROMANCE, SELECTED FROM POPULAR GERMAN WRITERS. Translated by Richard Holcraft, B. A.

New York: Sold by C. S. Francis [and Others], 1829. 12mo, pp. [i-v] vi-xi [xii] [13-15] 16-215 [216: blank], original paper over boards with cloth shelf back, printed paper spine label, all edges untrimmed. First U.S. edition. (#158437)
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#172961) MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATING, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE...

MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATING, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF THE 28TH OF FEBRUARY, 1857, ALL CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN W. GEARY, LATE GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS, NOT HERETOFORE COMMUNICATED TO CONGRESS ... [caption title].

[Washington, D. C., 1858.]. 25.4x15.7 cm, pp. [1] 2-208, untrimmed, sewn. First edition. (#172961)
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#170066) WITCH STORIES. Linton, Lynn, compiler

WITCH STORIES.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1861. Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv [1] 2-428, original decorated red pebbled cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed, yellow coated endpapers. First edition. (#170066)
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#95344) [THE MOON HOAX] THE CELEBRATED "MOON STORY," ITS ORIGIN AND INCIDENTS; WITH A MEMOIR OF...

[THE MOON HOAX] THE CELEBRATED "MOON STORY," ITS ORIGIN AND INCIDENTS; WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, AND AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING, I. AN AUTHENTIC DESCRIPTION OF THE MOON; II. A NEW THEORY OF THE LUNAR SURFACE, IN RELATION TO THAT OF THE EARTH.

New York: Bunnell and Price, 1852. 12mo, pp. [1-3] 4-143 [144: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, original decorated black cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold and blind. First hardcover edition, and first printing of this text. (#95344)
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SANCOCHO: STORIES AND SKETCHES OF PANAMA. Translated by Evelyn Moore.

N.p. [Balboa, Canal Zone?]: Printed by The Panama American Publishing Co., Inc., 1938. Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1-2] 3-194 [195-198: blank] [note: first and last two leaves are blanks], illustrations by Jan Koerber, original pictorial yellow wrappers printed in green and black, side stapled. First edition. (#119370)
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#157108) TALES OF TERROR, OR THE MYSTERIES OF MAGIC: A SELECTION OF WONDERFUL AND SUPERNATURAL...

TALES OF TERROR, OR THE MYSTERIES OF MAGIC: A SELECTION OF WONDERFUL AND SUPERNATURAL STORIES. TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE, TURKISH, AND GERMAN. Compiled by Henry St. Clair. Two Volumes in One.

Boston: Printed and Published by Charles Gaylord, 1833. 12mo, two volumes in one: pp. [i-iii] iv [v-vi] [7] 8-178 [179-180: blank]; [1-3] 4-119 [120: blank], inserted frontispiece with uncredited woodcut illustration, uncredited woodcut illustration on each title page, all attributed to David Claypoole Johnston, original pictorial paper covered boards with pinkish-brown linen shelf back. First edition, first printing with both title pages dated 1833. (#157108)
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#170820) TALES OF TERROR, OR THE MYSTERIES OF MAGIC: A SELECTION OF WONDERFUL AND SUPERNATURAL...

TALES OF TERROR, OR THE MYSTERIES OF MAGIC: A SELECTION OF WONDERFUL AND SUPERNATURAL STORIES. TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE, TURKISH, AND GERMAN. Compiled by Henry St. Clair. Two Volumes in One.

Boston: Printed and Published by Charles Gaylord, 1833. 12mo, two volumes in one: pp. [i-iii] iv [v-vi] [7] 8-178 [179-180: blank]; [1-3] 4-119 [120: blank], inserted frontispiece with uncredited woodcut illustration, uncredited woodcut illustration on each title page, all attributed to David Claypoole Johnston, original pictorial paper covered boards with brown linen shelf back, printed paper spine label. First edition, first printing with both title pages dated 1833. (#170820)
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#170643) WONDERFUL AND THRILLING TALES FOR WINTER EVENINGS. Henry . St. Clair, compiler

WONDERFUL AND THRILLING TALES FOR WINTER EVENINGS.

Boston: Shepard, Clark and Brown, Publishers, n.d. [circa 1850s]. Octavo, two volumes in one: pp. [i-iii] iv [v-vi] [7] 8-178; [1-3] 4-119 [120: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, original decorated brown cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, yellow endpapers. Later edition, expanded. (#170643)
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#172218) THE SYMMES'S THEORY OF CONCENTRIC SPHERES, DEMONSTRATING THAT THE EARTH IS HOLLOW,...

THE SYMMES'S THEORY OF CONCENTRIC SPHERES, DEMONSTRATING THAT THE EARTH IS HOLLOW, HABITABLE WITHIN, AND WIDELY OPEN ABOUT THE POLES. Compiled by Americus Symmes, from the Writings of His Father, Capt. John Cleves Symmes.

Louisville, Ky. Printed by Bradley & Gilbert, 1878. Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv-xii [13] 14-66; [i-v] vi-vii [viii] [9] 10-157 [158: blank], inserted frontispiece (portrait of John Cleves Symmes), publisher's black pebbled cloth, front and rear panels ruled in blind, spine panel titled and ruled in gold and blind, all edges speckled red, floral patterned endpapers. First edition. (#172218)
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