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A historically interesting early deed from the pioneer days of San Joaquin County (incorporated in 1850), California.Quarto (ca. 25 x 20 cm). 2 pp. on bifolium. Brown ink on bluish wove paper. Fold marks, but overall a very good document, written in a legible hand.This document regards the sale of the Langford and Beatty Ranch, situated along the north bank of the Mokelumne River in the now-ghosted town of Elliot (first settled in 1846). Between the 1850s and 1880s, Elliott was one of the most active pioneer towns of San Joaquin County, mainly for the abovementioned ranch. The town started to lose prominence in the late 19th century due to the 1890s depression and possibly the outbreaks of tuberculosis and diphtheria. The town of Elliot's demise seemed complete by the 1910s, when its last agricultural enterprises, including Langford and Beatty Ranch, were…
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Langford, Benjamin (Ca. 1827-1904); Beatty, Addison (Ca. 1822-1903). Original Handwritten, Signed, and Notary Certified Deed of the Sale of Langford and Beatty Ranch Along the North Bank of the Mokelumne River (Now Ghosted Town of Elliot) from Benjamin Langford to Addison Beatty on 9 November 1853]. Moquellemne (Mokelumne) River: 9 November 1853.
by Langford, Benjamin (Ca. 1827-1904); Beatty, Addison (Ca. 1822-1903)
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Lascy, Albert (ca. 1827-1917). Collection of Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed by Gold Miner and Surveyor Albert Lascy, Giving a Detailed Account of His Gold Exploration near Karluk, Uyak and Uganik Bays on the Northern Kodiak Island. 1893.
by Lascy, Albert (ca. 1827-1917)
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1) Kodiak, Kodiak Island, 25 August 1893. Quarto (ca. 25x19 cm or 9 ¾ x 7 ½ in). 6 pp. Brown ink on lined paper. 2) Karluk, 28 September 1893. Octavo (ca. 20,5x12,5 cm or 8x5 in). 3 pp. Black ink on lined paper. Fold marks, minor holes from a pin fastening the leaves in the left upper corners, otherwise very good letters.Collection of two historically significant original letters with a detailed first-hand account of the experiences of an early gold miner on Kodiak Island. The author, Albert Lascy, was a native of Berlin, Prussia, who arrived in the United States in 1850. Various official records list him as a miner (US Federal Census 1880) or government surveyor (US Federal Census 1910). These letters addressed to a California politician Colonel Burns, who apparently either owned the mines or was interested in them, reveal Lascy’s profound…
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Lewisohn, Walter Pickett (ca. 1910-1991). Historically Significant Archive of a Member of Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s Second Antarctic Expedition, Walter P. Lewisohn, Including His Original, Richly Illustrated Diary, Kept during the Expedition and Containing the Complete Set of a Very Rare Mimeographed Periodical “The Snowshovel,” Issued on Board the Expedition Ship S.S. “Jacob Ruppert” in Jan. 1934; the Diary’s Typescript; a Complete Set of an Extemely Rare First American Publication in Antarctica - Mimeographed Periodical “The Barrier Bull,” Issued in “Little America” (the Expedition’s Base in Antarctica) in May-July 1934; Lewisohn’s Original Snow Glasses from the Expedition; Original Medals Presented to Lewisohn and to Another Expedition Member, Kennett Rawson; Official Expedition Stationery Leaf with the Postal Stamps, Cancelled in “Little America”; Printed Ac
by LEWISOHN, Walter Pickett (ca. 1910-1991)
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A historically significant collection of unique original materials, created and collected by a member of Admiral Richard Byrd’s Second Antarctic Expedition (1933-1935) and providing a personal, sometimes emotional account of people and events.“Party of 56 men wintered at ‘Little America II,’ Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf; the most elaborate expedition base established in the Antarctic to this time; 10 new buildings added to the 1928-30 base; eastern margin of the Ross Ice Shelf roughly charted during dog sledge journeys to Ford Ranges, Rockefeller Plateau and the eastern part of Queen Maud Mountains; geological party ascended Robert Scott Glacier to Polar Plateau; proved continental character of Marie Byrd Land and that, almost certainly, no direct sea connection existed between the Ross Sea and Weddell Sea; flights showed that the newly discovered…
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Frantiŝek Lexa (1876-1960)? Album with 178 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Real Photo Postcards, Taken during a Trip to Egypt Possibly by Frantiŝek Lexa (1876-1960) and his Wife in the Spring of 1930 and Showing Temples in Luxor, Karnak Medinet Habu, Colossi of Memnon, Ramesseum, Theban Necropolis, Edfu, Pyramid of Djoser, Great Pyramids of Giza, Philae Temple, Aswan, Fayum Oasis, Cairo, Winter Palace Hotel in Luxor, Czechoslovak Legation in Cairo, Czechoslovak Ambassador in Egypt Vladimir Hurban, Czech Egyptologist Jaroslav Černý, &c. Ca. 1930.
by Frantiŝek Lexa (1876-1960)?
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Folio album (ca. 33,5x35 cm or 13 ¼ x 14 in). 35 card stock leaves. With over 160 mounted original gelatin silver photos, including seven large images from ca. 18x23,5 cm (7 x 9 ¼ in) to ca. 12x17 cm (4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in); the rest of the photos are from ca. 8,5x12 cm (3 ½ x 4 ¾ in) to ca. 8,5x10 cm (3 ¼ x 4 in); four small images are ca. 6x8,5 cm (2 ¼ x 3 ¼ in). With ca. eighteen mounted real photo postcards, all ca. 8,5x13,5 cm (3 ¼ x 5 ¼ in). All but six leaves with period manuscript ink captions in Czech, mostly related to groups of images (sometimes to individual images). Period brown soft cardboard album, fastened with a string. Covers with creases, minor wear to extremities, one image apparently previously removed, otherwise a very good album of strong interesting…
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Proekt Lomonosova i ekspeditsiya Chichagova; [and:] Kratkoe opisanie raznikh puteshestvii po severnim moryam… [i.e. Lomonosov’s Project and Chichagov’s Expedition; with: A Brief Description of Various Voyages in the Northern Seas and Indication of a Possible Passage via the Siberian Ocean to the East Indies/ Published by the Hydrographical Department of the Naval Ministry. St. Petersburg: Morskaya Typ. 1854.
by Lomonosov, M.V.
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Second enlarged edition. [4], c, 150 pp. 17,5x11 cm. Contemporary brown half leather with marbled papered boards, new endpapers. Papers lightly age toned, barely visible water stain on several leaves at end of text, but overall a very good copy of this rare book.Very rare imprint with only five copies found in Worldcat. Special enlarged edition of Mikhail Lomonosov’s (1711-1765) project on the exploration of the Northeast Passage, supplemented with the description of two Russian expeditions to the Arctic and Pacific Oceans which were organized on the basis of this project in 1765-66 under command of Vasily Chichagov (1726-1809). The expeditions aimed to find the sea route to the Pacific along the Arctic coast of Siberia and departed from Spitsbergen, but in both cases couldn’t proceed far due to the impenetrable ice.The book includes the text of…
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