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Cascade Lakes (?), Adirondacks. Gelatin silver print.
N.p., n.d. Circa 1900? (#166689)
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THE LAKE PLACID COUNTRY: A GUIDE TO 60 WALKS AND CLIMBS FROM LAKE PLACID INCLUDING THE MOST INTERESTING TRAILS OF THE MARCY AND AUSABLE LAKES REGIONS, WITH 20 MOTOR TRIPS POSSIBLE FROM LAKE PLACID. MAPS AND INDEX. By T. Morris Longstreth.
[Lake Placid, New York]: Published by The Adirondack Camp and Trail Club, Headquarters at Lake Placid Club, N. Y., 1922. 15.2x9 cm, pp. [1-3] 4-76 [77-88: ads], four inserted folded maps, original tan wrappers printed in black. First edition. (#166753)
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IN THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS. "AMERICA'S GREATEST RAILROAD." NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER R. R. PRICE, 10 CENTS. COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY GEORGE H. DANIELS, GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT [cover title].
[Buffalo, New York: The Matthews-Northrup Co., Complete Art-Printing Works], n.d. [1898]. 20.5x10.5 cm, pp. [1-2] 3-64, profusely illustrated, 3 maps, one in the text, the two others inserted, folded maps, original pictorial white wrappers printed in red, olive green and black, stapled. (#166681)
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THE LIGHTHOUSE-KEEPER'S DAUGHTER. A TRUE STORY.
Boston: Henry Hoyt, 9 Cornhill, 1862. 14.5x9.2 cm (16 mo), pp. [1-3] 4-36, inserted frontispiece, original decorated blue cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First American edition? (#166672)
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SANTA FE MAP FOLDER SHOWING PRINCIPAL RAILROAD LINES OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH PORTIONS OF CANADA AND MEXICO. ALSO CONTOUR AND ALTITUDE MAPS OF TERRITORY TRAVERSED BY SANTA FE SYSTEM LINES ... AND MAPS OF BUSINESS DISTRICTS OF CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY, LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. Issued by the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe Railway System [cover title].
Chicago: W. J. Black, Passenger Traffic Manager, Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe Railway System, n.d. circa 1920. Single sheet, 56x120 cm (22 x 49 1/2 inches), folded to make 48 panels, printed in color. 23 illustrations, 6 maps, 1 profile. (#166683)
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Beautiful Yosemite Tuolumne Big Trees Triangle Route via Merced -- Yosemite Valley R. R. Two trips in one -- saves time and money[.] Big Trees Auto Stage Line[.] The new "Triangle Route" -- Southern Pacific or Santa Fe to Merced, thence via Yosemite Valley Railroad to El Portal, is the direct route to the Tuolumne Grove of Big Trees and on into the Yosemite Valley, or from the Yosemite Valley to the Tuolumne Big Tree Grove, thence to El Portal and by Yosemite Valley Railroad to Merced. Five hours covers the entire trip from El Portal to the Tuolumne Big Tree Grove and into the Yosemite Valley, giving ample time to visit the wonderful Tuolumne Big Tree grove [cover title].
[San Francisco]: Big Trees Auto Stage Line, n.d. [circa 1915]. Single sheet, 23.5x 61 cm, folded to make 12 panels. 8 illustrations, 5 in color, 2 maps. (#166706)
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PEN PICTURES OF OUR REPRESENTATIVE MEN. By Hugh J. Mohan, E. H. Clough, and John P. Cosgrave.
Sacramento: H. A. Weaver's Valley Press Printing House, 1880. 22.5x14.5 cm (octavo), pp. [i-iii] iv-v [vi-vii] viii-xxxvi [1] 2-155 [156] 157 [158: blank], original salmon wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. (#166758)
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"DRIFTING ABOUT," OR WHAT "JEEMS PIPES OF PIPEVILLE" SAW-AND-DID. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY STEPHEN C. MASSETT. WITH MANY COMIC ILLUSTRATIONS BY MULLEN.
New York: Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway, MDCCCLXIII [1863]. 18.5x12.3 (12mo), pp. [1-4] [iii-v] vi-viii] [11] 12-371 [372: blank] [preliminaries erratically paged], flyleaves at front and rear, 38 wood engravings (including frontispiece) from drawings by E. F. Mullen, original decorated brown cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, light blue coated endpapers. First edition. (#166756)
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THE CALIFORNIA LITERARY PAMPHLETS: OVER AN ABSINTHE BOTTLE ... by W. C. Morrow, POEMS by Nora May French, SELECTIONS FROM PRATTLE by Ambrose Bierce, AN ITINERANT HOUSE by Emma Frances Dawson, AFOOT TO YOSEMITE ... by John Muir [and] A NIGHT AT WINGDAM by Bret Harte, together with a letter from the author to Dr. J. L. Ver Mehr.
[San Francisco]: The Book Club of California, February-December 1936. Octavo, six volumes, original printed wrappers, edges untrimmed, sewn. First or first separate editions. (#166757)
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EARLY CALIFORNIA; A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS ... PERIOD, 1855.
San Francisco, 1872. 17.7x11.5 cm (octavo), pp. [1-3] 4-6 [7-9] 10-42 [43] [44: blank], original green wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. (#166762)
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THE PROTÉGÉ, A POEM, BY WILLIAM BAUSMAN. DELIVERED AT THE METROPOLITAN THEATER ON THE 6th OF APRIL 1859, BEING THE OCCASION OF OF FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTRODUCTION OF ODD FELLOWSHIP INTO THE UNITED STATES, COMMEMORATED BY THE UNITED LODGES AND ENCAMPMENT OF THE SACRAMENTO DIVISION.
Sacramento: Published by John J. Murphy, Bookseller, Corner of J and Fourth Streets, 1859. 17.3x11.5 cm (12mo), pp. [1-9] 10-72, original tan boards printed in black. First edition. (#166763)
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A POPULAR HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF ITS DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME. By Lucia Norman [pseudonym]. Second edition, revised and enlarged by T. E.
San Francisco: A. Roman, Agt.,Publisher, 1883. 17x12 cm, pp. [i-ix] x-xv [xvi] [17] 18-216 [217-219: ads] [220: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, inserted frontispiece, original red cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind, floral patterned endpapers. Second edition, enlarged. (#166754)
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California redwood for the engineer.
San Francisco: California Redwood Association, [1917]. 23x15.2 cm, pp. [1-2] 3-19 [20: blank], 19 illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. (#166660)
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![CALIFORNIA REGISTER AND STATISTICAL REPORTER ... [caption title]. California Register,...](/pictures/thumb/166759.jpg?v=1609715079)
CALIFORNIA REGISTER AND STATISTICAL REPORTER ... [caption title].
[San Francisco: Printed at the Eureka Office, 1856.]. 19.3x13 cm, pp. 1-48, folded map, no wrappers, sewn. First (only) edition. (#166759)
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PUBLIC LAND LAWS PROVIDING FOR THE SALE AND MANAGEMENT OF LANDS BELONGING TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PASSED AT THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Sacramento: D. W. Gelwicks, State Printer, 1870. 23.2x15 cm, pp. [1-3] 4-36, original blue wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. (#166781)
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![ALAMEDA COUNTY CALIFORNIA ... [cover and caption title]. California, Alameda County, Kelley-Davis...](/pictures/thumb/166661.jpg?v=1606689129)
ALAMEDA COUNTY CALIFORNIA ... [cover and caption title].
Oakland, Cal. Printed by Kelley-Davis Co., n.d. [1914]. (#166661)
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![CALIFORNIA MT. DIABLO MOTOR TOURS ... [cover title]. California, Contra Costa County, Mount Diablo](/pictures/thumb/166677.jpg?v=1607091727)
CALIFORNIA MT. DIABLO MOTOR TOURS ... [cover title].
San Francisco and Oakland and Los Angeles: R. N. Burgess Company and Robert Marsh Company, n.d. [1916]. Single sheet, 46x72 cm, folded to 23x10.3 cm, 16 illustrations, 1 map. (#166677)
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CALIFORNIA WATER AND MINING CO., NO. 115 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, ROOMS 51 TO 57 BOREEL BUILDING. CAPITAL, $10,000,000. SHARES, 500,000. PAR VALUE, $20. BANKERS AND REGISTRARS -- AMERICAN EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK.
New York: David H. Gildersleeve, Printer, 101 Chambers Street, 1880. 23.5x15 cm, pp. [1-3] 4-6 [7-8: blank] 1-4a 1-26b 1-4c 1-6d 1-7e [8e: blank], 1 double page plate with photographic illustration lithographed by J. Bien, 1 folded map, original blue wrappers printed in black. First edition. (#166767)
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![THE OLD CERRO GORDO[.] ISSUED BY FOUR METALS MINING COMPANY OF INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA....](/pictures/thumb/166766.jpg?v=1610319607)
THE OLD CERRO GORDO[.] ISSUED BY FOUR METALS MINING COMPANY OF INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ARIZONA.
San Jose, California: Four Metals Mining Company, n.d. [1908]. 23x10.5 cm, pp. [1-4] 5-4, 13 illustrations from photographs, 1 diagram, original brown wrappers printed in black, stapled. First edition. (#166766)
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LAKE COUNTY THE SANITARIUM OF CALIFORNIA THE SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA ABOUNDS IN MINERAL SPRINGS OF GREAT VARIETY AND HIGH MEDICINAL WORTH[,] PURE ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTHFUL CLIMATE[,] PICTURESQUE SCENERY[,], COMMODIOUS, HOMELIKE, HOSPITABLE RESORTS[.] CHARMING LAKES AND MOUNTAIN STREAMS[,] ROMANTIC DRIVES[,] HUNTING[,] FISHING[,] BOATING[,] CAMPING[,] AND A THOUSAND OTHER ATTRACTIONS[.] ITS POPULAR RESORTS[,] HARBIN, ANDERSON, ADAMS, HOWARD, SIEGLER AND HIGHLAND SPRINGS, GLENBROOK, SODA BAY AND LAKEPORT ARE REACHED BY THE LINES OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY VIA CALISTOGA. ALSO THE GEYSERS[,] SONOMA COUNTY, 100 MILES BY RAIL AND STAGE. A POPULAR RESORT WITH A NEVER-ENDING SERIES OF QUEER AND ATTRACTIVE SIGHTS. DRY ATMOSPHERE. COSY COTTAGES. GOOD HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS. H [sic] DELIGHTFUL PLACE TO SPEND A FEW WEEKS ... FOR RATES FROM OTHER POINTS, OR INFORMATION ABOUT THE MANY RESORTS OF LAKE COUNTY, ROUTES, STAGE CONNECTIONS, INQUIRE S. P. CO. AGENT. T. H. GOODMAN, GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT. R. A. DONALDSON, ASST. GEN. PASS. AGT. Ad. 48 5-9-98. 10.10.
N.p. Southern Pacific Company, 1898. Broadside, 68x17 cm (26 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches), printed in red and black on tan paper stock. (#166778)
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![GLEN ALPINE LAKE TAHOE ... [cover title]. California, Lake Tahoe, Springs](/pictures/thumb/166671.jpg?v=1607091486)
GLEN ALPINE LAKE TAHOE ... [cover title].
[Glen Alpine, Lake Tahoe, Cal. Glen Alpine (Springs) Hotel], n.d. [1912]. 15x15.2 cm, pp. [1-12] (not paginated), double columns, 11 illustrations (one duplicated on front panel), self wrappers, stapled. First edition. (#166671)
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LAKE TAHOE ... CALIFORNIA-NEVADA.
Tahoe City, California: Lake Tahoe-Sierra Association, n.d. [1950s]. Single sheet, 46x61 cm, folded to make 24 panels, 15 illustrations (including cover illustration), 3 maps, one a 12-panel birdseye view. (#166669)
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LAKE TAHOE CALIFORNIA-NEVADA.
Tahoe City, California: Lake Tahoe-Sierra Association, n.d. [1930]. Single sheet, 23x60 cm, folded to make 12 panels, 4 illustrations (including cover illustration), 2 maps, one a 4-panel birdseye view. (#166668)
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![Lake Tahoe, Cal. [cover title]. California, Lake Tahoe, PUTNAM, PHOTOS VALENTINE](/pictures/thumb/166775.jpg?v=1610319613)
Lake Tahoe, Cal. [cover title].
Los Angeles: Putnam & Valentine, Photo, n.d. [circa 1915]. 19x33.5 cm (oblong octavo), six folded leaves, twelve illustrations, plus one smaller illustration affixed to the front cover, plain brown wrappers with photographic print measuring 7.5x13.5 cm affixed to front panel. (#166775)
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![DATES OF LOCATION AND RECORD OF EACH CLAIM REPRESENTED ON THE MAP OF BODIE MINING DISTRICT[,]...](/pictures/thumb/166773.jpg?v=1610319613)
DATES OF LOCATION AND RECORD OF EACH CLAIM REPRESENTED ON THE MAP OF BODIE MINING DISTRICT[,] MONO COUNTY, CAL. SURVEYED AND COMPILED BY C. L. ANDERSON, C. E. ILLUSTRATED AND PUBLISHED BY EDWARD EYSEN. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SEPTEMBER, 1880 [cover title].
[San Francisco: Crowe & Cooke, Engravers and Printers, 22 Montgomery Street], 1880. 21.8x14.7 cm, pp. [1-11] [12: blank] (not paginated), self wrappers, sewn. First edition. (#166773)
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BODIE AND ESMERALDA BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE REVIVAL OF AFFAIRS IN TWO SINGULARLY INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS, INCLUDING SOMETHING OF THEIR PAST HISTORY, AND THE GIST OF THE REPORTS OF PROFS. BENJ. SILLIMAN AND WM. P. BLAKE, THE LATE J. ROSS BROWNE, AND THE STATE MINERALOGISTS R. H. STRETCH AND H. R. WHITEHILL -- ALSO, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MINES MOST DEVELOPED, TUNNELS, MILL, ETC. -- ALSO, GENERAL RESOURCES OF MONO AND ESMERALDA COUNTIES -- WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. By Jos. Wasson. San Francisco, May, 1878.
S[an] F[rancisco]: Spaulding, Barto & Co., Steam and Job Printers, "Mining and Scientific Press" office, 414 Clay St., S F., 1878. 18 x 11.5 cm (small octavo), pp. [1] 2-60, two inserted folded maps, four wood-engraved illustrations in the text, original gray wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. (#166765)
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GOLD MINES OF NEVADA COUNTY. RECORD FOR FIFTY YEARS TOTAL OUTPUT $212,000,000 PRODUCED ONE-SIXTH OF ALL GOLD MINED IN CALIFORNIA [cover title].
N.p. [Golden Jubilee and Mining Fair, Executive Committee], n.d. [1898]. 14x17.4 cm, pp. [1-2] 3-19 [20: blank], 5 illustrations from photographs, pictorial white wrappers printed in black and gold, stapled. First edition. (#166676)
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EXAMINATION OF THE GRAND CHANNEL OF AURIFEROUS GRAVEL IN THE MINING DISTRICT OF NORTH BLOOMFIELD, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. {By] P. Huerne, Civil Engineer.
San Francisco: Edward Bosqui & Co., Printers, Cor. Leidesdorff & Clay Streets, 1877. 22.8x14.5 cm, pp. [1-3] 4-15 [16: blank], 1 diagram in the text, original tan wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. (#166771)
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Nevada County N. G. R. R. Trains will leave and arrive at Nevada City on and after Sunday, Nov. 17, 1889, as follows ... George Fletcher, Gen'l. Pass. & Ticket Agent. Edw'd. H. Brown, Superintendent.
[Grass Valley, California]: Grass Valley Daily Union Print, [1889]. Broadside, 30x14 cm (11 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches), printed in black on blue gray paper stock. (#166776)
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![THE PELTON WATER WHEEL, PATENTED OCTOBER 26th, 1880. CHALLENGES COMPETITION[.] ADDRESS L. A....](/pictures/thumb/166770.jpg?v=1610319609)
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL, PATENTED OCTOBER 26th, 1880. CHALLENGES COMPETITION[.] ADDRESS L. A. PELTON, NEVADA CITY, CAL. 1887.
San Francisco: Francis, Valentine & Co., Printers, 1887. 23.4x14.7 cm, pp. [1-5] 6-36 frontispiece (also reproduced on the rear cover), 23 figures in the text, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#166770)
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![DEAR FRIEND: / SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS HAVE ASKED ME FOR MY PERSENAL [sic] EXPERIENCES DURING THE...](/pictures/thumb/166777.jpg?v=1610319615)
DEAR FRIEND: / SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS HAVE ASKED ME FOR MY PERSENAL [sic] EXPERIENCES DURING THE DREADFUL CALAMITY THAT / BEFELL OUR CITY. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WRITE EACH ONE A PERSONAL LETTER, SO I CONCLUDED TO WRITE IT OUT, AS A FRIEND / HAD GENEROUSLY OFFERED TO HAVE IT PRINTED FOR ME, AND THEN I COULD SEND YOU ALL ONE.
San Francisco, Calif., May 18, 1906. Single sheet, 35.5x21.5 cm (14 x 8 1/2 inches), printed on recto only. First edition. (#166777)
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RESOURCES OF THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. FRESNO, TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES. TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL, CLIMATE, PRODUCTIONS, RAILROADS AND GENERAL ADVANTAGES. 1,000,000 ACRES OF GOVERNMENT LAND SUBJECT TO HOMESTEAD AND PRE-EMPTION. LARGE TRACTS OF CHEAP PRIVATE AND RAILROAD LAND.
San Francisco: Published by the Immigration Association of California, No. 10 California Street, n.d. [1885]. 22.8x15 cm, pp. [1-2] [1-3] 4-78, four folded maps, original terra cotta wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. (#166782)
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![THE RUBY DRIFT GRAVEL MINE[.] SIERRA COUNTY, CAL. REPORT OF HENRY C. PERKINS, DECEMBER 1, 1879....](/pictures/thumb/166772.jpg?v=1610319611)
THE RUBY DRIFT GRAVEL MINE[.] SIERRA COUNTY, CAL. REPORT OF HENRY C. PERKINS, DECEMBER 1, 1879.
[San Francisco: J. Leary Printer and Stationer, 404 Sansome St.], 1879. 25.2x17.7 cm, pp. [1-5] 6-24, original gray wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. (#166772)
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VIEWS ALONG THE LINE OF THE PACIFIC RAIL ROAD: No. 7111. DONNER LAKE FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE SIERRAS. HUMBOLDT RANGE 30 MILES IN THE DISTANCE. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL ROAD; No. 7679. HOTEL AT TRUCKEE STATION; No. 7101. TRUCKEE CITY. SPECIMEN OF THE CALIFORNIA RAIL ROAD TOWNS. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL ROAD; and No. 7123',4. BRIDGE OVER THE WEBER RIVER, OGDEN IN THE DISTANCE. UTAH CENTRAL RAIL ROAD. Stereo albumen prints.
New York: Published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., n.d. circa 1870s. (#166685)
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PHANTASMION.
London: William Pickering, 1837. Small octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-387 [388: blank], two flyleaves at front, one at rear, original green cloth, new printed paper label affixed to spine panel, all edges untrimmed, white endpapers. First edition. (#166680)
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TALES OF THREE HEMISPHERES.
Philadelphia: Owlswick Press, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First printing of this edition. (#166700)
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L'ASTRONAUTIQUE.
Paris: Imprimerie A. Lahure, 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1] 2 [3] 4 [5-6] 6a-6b: blank/errata] [7] 8 [9] 10-248 [249-250: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], 9 large folded plates, original orange wrappers printed in black, edges untrimmed. First edition, second ("thin paper") issue. (#166666)
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The life and travels of General Grant. This work is designed to furnish a complete account of the life and remarkable public career of General Grant, and to take the reader with him in his celebrated tour around the world. -- To look in upon the splendors of royal courts to which he was everywhere so cordially welcomed -- to view at leisure the greatest wonders and richest beauties of foreign lands -- to witness the high honors paid to this representative of the United States of America, etc., etc., etc., etc. By Hon. J. T. Headley ... Profusely illustrated.
Philadelphia, Pa. Published by Hubbard Bros., Philadelphia, Pa.; Springfield, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.; Cincinnati, Ohio: Thomas Prothero, Emporia, Kansas: A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco, Cal.: W. H. Thompson & Co., Boston, Mass., 1879. 22x14.6 cm, two volumes in one: pp. [i-ii] vii-xxii 23-251 [252: blank]; [1-2] 3-620, flyleaves at front and rear, inserted frontispiece (steel engraved portrait of Grant), many illustrations, some full page, in the text, original bevel-edged green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in blind, all edges stained red, brown coated endpapers. First edition. (#166659)
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FACE OF MUIR GLACIER, FROM STEAMER. No. 5034. Albumen print.
St. Paul, Minn. F. Jay Haynes & Bro., Official Photographers N. P. R. R., 392 Jackson St., Cor. 6th., n.d. circa 1891. (#166686)
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FACE OF MUIR GLACIER, FROM THE TOP. No. 5038. Albumen print.
St. Paul, Minn. F. Jay Haynes & Bro., Official Photographers N. P. R. R., 392 Jackson St., Cor. 6th., n.d. circa 1891. (#166687)
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NIGHT ... With forty-four full-page drawings and nineteen decorations by Elliott Dold. Second edition.
New York: Personal Books, Inc., 1943. Octavo, 44 full-page drawings and 19 decorations by Elliott Dold, cloth. Second edition. (#166698)
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![RAMONA A STORY ... With an introduction by A. C. Vroman[.] With illustrations from original...](/pictures/thumb/166692.jpg?v=1607727789)
RAMONA A STORY ... With an introduction by A. C. Vroman[.] With illustrations from original photographs by A. C. Vroman and decorative headings from drawings by Henry Sandham.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1913. 19.8x12.8 cm, pp. [i-v] vi-xviii [xix-xxii] [1-3] 4-308, 13 inserted tissue-guarded plates with photographic illustrations by A. C. Vroman, 14 chapter headings drawn by Henry Sandham, original pictorial terra cotta cloth, front panel stamped in white, black and blue, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. First printing of this illustrated edition. (#166692)
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![APPENDIX TO JACKSON'S MAP OF THE MINING DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ... [cover title]: JACKSON'S MAP...](/pictures/thumb/166755.jpg?v=1609538288)
APPENDIX TO JACKSON'S MAP OF THE MINING DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ... [cover title]: JACKSON'S MAP OF CALIFORNIA WITH APPENDIX.
Livermore, Calif. Thos. W. Norris, December 25, 1936. 15x9 cm, pp. [1-2] [1-3] 4-12 [13-14: blank], original pictorial brown cloth. Facsimile edition. (#166755)
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ALVIN STEADFAST ON VERNACULAR ISLAND ... Drawings by Edward Gorey.
New York: The Dial Press, [1965]. Octavo, drawings by Edward Gorey, cloth. First edition, first printing. (#166699)
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER UPON THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY, REVENUE, AND COST OF CONSTRUCTION, OF THE SAN FRANCISCO AND SACRAMENTO RAILROAD.
San Francisco: Printed by Whitton, Towne & Co., Excelsior Job Office, 151 Clay Street, near Montgomery, 1856. 21.8x13.5 cm, pp. [1-3] 4-32 [1] 2-8, folded map, original pink wrappers printed in black. First edition. (#166760)
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REPORT OF HON. T. BUTLER KING ON CALIFORNIA.
Washington: Printed by Gideon & Co., 1850. 23.x14.5 cm (octavo), pp. [1-3] 4-72, errata slip tipped onto the title leaf, original tan wrappers printed in black, sewn. Second (and best) edition. (#166761)
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Early history of Yosemite Valley California by Ralph S. Kuykendall ... Reprint of an article published in The Grizzly Bear (official organ Native Sons and Native Daughters Golden West) July, 1919 [cover title].
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919. 23 cm, pp. [1-2], 3-12, original self wrappers, stapled. First edition. (#166743)
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FIVE PATENTS RELATING TO AVIATION.
Boston, Mass. James Means, n.d. [1909]. 21.5x15 cm, pp. [1-7] [8: blank] (not paginated), original light green wrappers printed in black, stapled. First edition. (#166674)
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MANFLIGHT.
Boston: James Means, 1891. 23.2x14.9 cm (octavo), pp. [1-2: blank] [1-3] 4-29 [30: blank], 2 figures in the text, original blue wrappers printed in black. First edition. (#166673)
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MINING STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES OF 1866 AND 1872. THE OPINION OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA, IN THE CASE OF THE EUREKA CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY. VS. THE RICHMOND MINING COMPANY, OF NEVADA, DELIVERED AT SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST 22, 1877, BY MR. JUSTICE FIELD.
N.p. [San Francisco], n.d. [1877]. 24x15.8 cm, pp. [1-5] 6-29 [30: blank], original gray wrappers printed in black. First edition. (#166779)
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![NEW YORK & HARLEM RAILROAD[.] SPRING ARRANGEMENT FOR ALBANY AND TROY ... COMMUTATION TICKETS ARE...](/pictures/thumb/166675.jpg?v=1607091490)
NEW YORK & HARLEM RAILROAD[.] SPRING ARRANGEMENT FOR ALBANY AND TROY ... COMMUTATION TICKETS ARE GOOD FOR ALL TRAINS STOPPING ... JOHN BURCHILL, ASS'T SUP'T. NEW YORK, MARCH 26, 1860.
New York: New York & Harlem Railroad, 1860. Broadside, approximately 28x18 cm (11 x 7 14 inches). (#166675)
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THE NEW CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK ... ISSUED BY C. C. CONROY, REAL ESTATE, OFFICE 39 MAIN STREET, NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. OPPOSITE CATARACT HOTEL [cover title].
Niagara Falls, N. Y. The Daily Cataract, Printers, 159 Falls Street, 1892. Single sheet, 39.6x42 cm, folded to make 16 panels, 4 illustrations, 1 map. (#166678)
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CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. PUBLISHED BY GLEN HARRIS[,] NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.
Niagara Falls, N. Y. Published by Glen Harris, n.d. circa 1920s. Single sheet, 45.4x42.4 cm, printed in red and black, folded to make 16 panels, 5 illustrations from photographs, 1 drawing, 2 maps. (#166679)
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HUNTER'S PANORAMIC GUIDE FROM NIAGARA FALLS TO QUEBEC. By Wm. S. Hunter, Jr.
Boston: Published by John P. Jewett & Company. Cleveland, Ohio: Henry P. B. Jewett, 1857. 18.7x11.8 cm, pp. [i-vii] viii [9] 10-66 [67] [68: blank] [1]-4: ads, engraved title, profusely illustrated, eleven-foot long folded panorama, original pictorial purple cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine and rear panels stamped in blind. First U.S. edition. (#166751)
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Sequoia and General Grant National Parks[.] California's big tree national parks[.] Most easily reached of all High Sierra resorts[.] 1929 [cover title].
[Sequoia National Park, Calif. General Grant National Park, Calif. Sequoia and General Grant National Parks Co.], 1929. Single sheet, 23x60 cm, folded to make 12 panels. 14 illustrations. (#166730)
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Adventuring through the national parks of the west. Presented by Standard Oil Company of California in the interest of enjoyable motoring. Drive all the way [cover title].
N.p. Standard Oil Company of California, 1935. 20.4 cm, pp. [1-16] (not paginated), 30 illustrations (including one on the front cover), 1 map, printed in green and black throughout, pictorial self wrappers, stapled. First edition. (#166742)
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![Central California: pleasure land for the tourist[.] Facts for travelers[.] Bulletin no. 19[.]...](/pictures/thumb/166696.jpg?v=1607727474)
Central California: pleasure land for the tourist[.] Facts for travelers[.] Bulletin no. 19[.] "For the Stranger Within Our Gates" [cover title].
San Francisco: Published by Tourist Association of Central California, n.d. Circa 1915. Single sheet, 22.5x46 cm, folded to make 8 panels. (#166696)
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER ON THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY, COST OF CONSTRUCTION, AND ESTIMATED REVENUE, OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD OF CALIFORNIA, ACROSS THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS, FROM SACRAMENTO TO THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF CALIFORNIA. OCTOBER 22, 1862.
Sacramento: H. S. Crocker & Co.'s Print, 107 J Street, 1862. 21x13.8 cm (octavo), pp. [1-5] 6-56, new plain paper wrappers. First edition. (#166764)
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![GENERAL MAP SHOWING THE WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. IN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA AND UTAH[.] Scale...](/pictures/thumb/166684.jpg?v=1607727310)
GENERAL MAP SHOWING THE WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. IN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA AND UTAH[.] Scale 1" = 21 miles. Chief Engineer's Office, San Francisco, Cal., April 27, 1918. Revised -- June 1916, -- Aug. 1917, -- Sept. 1, 1917, -- April 8, 1918, -- April 27, 1918, -- July 9, 1918. Nov. 3 1919. Oct. 30-1922.
San Francisco, Cal. Chief Engineer's Office, October 30, 1922. (#166684)
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A SKETCH OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WILLEY FAMILY, BY THE WHITE MOUNTAIN SLIDE OF THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 28, 1826. RELATED BY EDWARD MELCHER, THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE PARTY WHO DISCOVERED AND REMOVED THE BODIES OF THE UNFORTUNATE FAMILY FROM THE RUINS, ON THE 31st DAY OF AUGUST, 1826 [cover title].
Lancaster, N. H. Republican Book and Job Printing Office, 1883. 17x12 cm, pp. [1] 2-29 [30: blank], original gray wrappers printed in black, sewn. Fourth edition. (#166682)
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Pine Flat camp fire tales by Edward Huntington Williams, M.D. With illustrations by the author.
New York: The Goodhue Co., [1924]. 19x12.8 cm, pp. [1-4: blank] [i-vi] vii-ix [x-xii] 1-169 [170-176: blank], 8 illustrations from photographs on inserted plates, 8 full-page drawings by Williams on text paper, original gray boards with tan cloth shelf back, printed paper labels on front and spine panels, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. (#166798)
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