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Sacramento, California: Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, ca. mid 1920s. Original. Wrappers. Good. n. Octavo (9 X 4 inches) stapled paper brochure of 23 pages printed on coated stock, illustrated with historical black and white halftone captioned photographs and drawings from the California State Library, descriptive text, picturesque covers depict a miner panning in front of a cabin in the forest, minor age wear and chipping along edges, not affecting contents Promotion and historical perspective with a common theme: "Romance of Transportation," "Romance of Industry," "Romance of Commerce," Romance of Agriculture," "Romance of Outdoor Life," "Romance of Civic Growth," and "Points of Interest," with emphasis on the California Gold Rush.

Small octavo (7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches) San Bernardino, California: Times-Index Press, 1902. Original First Edition. 130 pages, frontis portrait of author, black and white pen and ink illustrations by Constance Farris, contents good, wrappers fragile (stiff and brittle charcoal wrappers repaired on front cover where split, repair to chip at upper right corner of front cover, contents not affected by both repairs), privately issued in a small edition, Rocq 7052, Cowan.

Topics include: Mexican pioneers, Indians, missions, San Bernardino branch mission, secularization, San Bernardino land grants, Isaac Williams of Rancho del Chino (first American to settle that part of the State of California); Mexican customs, Mormons, etc.

Quarto (12 by 9 1/2 inches) San Francisco: John H. Carmany and Company, 1874. Original First Edition. 319 + v pages, hardcover, bound in original green pebble cloth, with title in gilt on spine, and gilt vignette of a seal on upper front cover; 27 lithographic plates drawn by the author, and printed by Britton and Rey, plus many other fine lithographs (a few drawn by another hand) of whaling equipment, seals, dolphins and porpoises. Neat nineteenth century inked gift inscription on front fly leaf; minor normal shelf wear (not affecting the overall content, or binding that are both in very good condition); index.

"This book is the classic work on whales and seals along the Pacific coast. Captain Scammon began his whaling career soon after his arrival in California in 1852. His carefully prepared work is the most comprehensive book on the subject, and he investigated all the then known species of Cetacea as well as the Pinnipedia. His text on the whale fishery takes up the last hundred plus pages of… Read More

Octavo (9 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches) Baltimore: Bacchus Press Ltd., 1992. Facsimile of the 1864 second edition. 540 pages and 24 pages of period publisher's ads., fold out charts, numerous illustrations. Wine colored leatherette, decorative cover (the title is surrounded by grape vines which frame a charicature of a happy vintner sitting on a barrel; all done in gold). very good condition.

A faithful reproduction of a scarce work. Shaw was originally from Scotland and had much to do with lowering the duty on wine imported to England. His writing is informative and humorous. He mentions American wines and in a prophetic remark states, "California seems better adapted for producing wine."

Quarto (11 1/4 by 8 1/2 inches) Denver, Colorado: Sundance Publications Limited, 1992. Original First Edition. 352 pages printed on coated stock, illustrated with color, and black and white historic photographs of mines, trains, and people of the town, facsimile newspaper pages from the 1887 Crystal River Current, and the 1912 Marble City Times, maps, appendix with roster of school teachers from 1893 to 1950, and their salaries, and Federal census of Gunnison County for 1900, bibliography, and index; hardcover, protected by the original clear plastic jacket, very good condition.

A very thorough history of the Crystal River Valley, known as Rock Creek Mining District, and the town of Marble, in the county seat of Gunnison, Colorado; known for its marble quarries, and scenery. (Situated North of Durango, Southwest of Denver, near Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction.) Number 299 of a limited edition.

Quarto (11 1/4 by 8 3/4 inches) Privately Published, circa 1960s. Signed by the author. Original. Hardcover. 130 pages illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of lumber mills, locomotives, railroad shops, stations, bridges, water towers, and train wrecks; there are also maps, a roster of locomotives, diagrams, examples of tickets, schedules, and railroad passes. Hardbound, and in very good condition.

The history of this short line was a favorite subject of the author's "for many years." He was able to call upon many individuals with first hand information, and many interesting stories.

Small octavo (8 X 5 5/8 inches) Pasadena, California: Val Trefz Press, 1942. First Edition. 88 pages, drawings by James Hawkins, inscribed by the author "To my friend Harry Lichtig a thorough going Angelino." Lichtig was a Hollywood agent. Hardcover, cloth, very good condition.

An irreverent collection of published observations about the city from 1769 to the publication of this book. The author quotes newspapers, magazines, diaries, books, and literature in order to gather this interesting material.

Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 inches) Hanford Stationery and Printing Company, 1886. Original First Edition. 72 pages, large foldout map (18 1/2 by 24 inches) attached to back wrapper, bound in original sewn wrappers, very good condition.

Written before Washington became a State, the author describes "Some of the reasons qualifying this Territory for early admission into the Union . . . . " using population figures, and a summary of information relating to 34 counties.

He covers Railroads, Mineral Resources, Indians, "Fishes and Other Marine Food Products of Puget Sound," as part of his report.

Squire was an American Civil War veteran, twelfth governor of Washington Territory, and eventually a United States Senator from the State of Washington.

Small octavo (7 5/8 by 5 1/2 inches) London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1607. sixth edition. 85 leaves (leaf 46 is misnumbered), text printed in black letter; nineteenth century marbled boards, half leather, raised bands, leather corners, title in gilt on red label on spine, author and date in gilt on brown label on spine, good condition (mild shelf wear not affecting contents) a few leaves with marginalia in a neat hand; ESTC S117811 (manuscript references in pencil on front fly leaf: "S.T.C. 23218; COPIES REPORTED ONLY AT Oxford, Huntington, and HARVARD.") Dedicated to "... his singular friend Nicholas Bacon, the Kings Attorney of his Court of Wards , and Keeper of the Great Seale of England." Bacon was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon.

(This book is) "Concerned with the property rights of the crown rather than with constitutional principles. Fulbeck justly said of Stanford's books in 1600 that they were of: 'force and weight, and no common kind of stile; in… Read More