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Landmarks of Mapmaking. An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmakers

Bricker, Charles · 1976

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976. First American edition. Cloth with gilt titles and decoration. 276 pp. Illus. with 350 color and b/w illustrations including 14 folding maps. Folio. R.V. Tooley, illus. ed. Gerald Roe Crone, preface. A good solid introduction produced by Else...

California Books Illustrated with Original Photographs. 1856-1890

Kurutz, Gary F. · 1996

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Los Angeles, Dawson's Book Shop, 1996. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 36 pp. Illus. with duotone plates. 8vo. Robert Bothamely, checklist. Faint bump to upper cover else a fine copy.

From Kapuvár to California 1893. Travel Letters of Baron Gustav Van Berg

Berg, Gustav von; Madden, Henry Miller, trans · 1979

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1979. First edition. Quarter cloth over decorated paper covered boards, gilt title, map endpapers. 73 pp. Illus. with 9 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. One of 500 copies. A fine copy. In original somewhat worn plain dust jacket.

A Voyage to the North Pacific and a Journey Through Siberia More Than Half a Century Ago

D'Wolf, John · 1983

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Bristol, RI, Rulon-Miller Books, 1983. First edition thus. Quarter blue cloth over pale blue paper-covered boards, map end papers. 127 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and reproductions, and duotone drawings. 4to. Harold M. Turner, commentary; Anne Hughes, illus. Signed by contribut...

Reports Upon the Mineral Resources of the United States

Browne, J. Ross and Taylor, James W. · 1867

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Washington [D.C.], U.S. Government Printing Office, 1867. First edition. Original brown pebbled cloth, ruled in blind, gilt titles. 360 pp. 8vo. An authoritative account of the mineral resources of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains; later expanded. Most of the volu...

An Account of the Massacre at Lexington Green and the Fight at Concord Bridge

Hudson, Frederic · 1976

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Ashland, OR, Oregon Book Society, 1976. First edition. Cloth with gilt title and decoration, illustrative endpapers. 63 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions. 8vo. Publication No. Four. No. 145 out of 350 copies. A fine copy in original plain gray-green dust jacket with large tear...

The Story of a Story & Three Stories

West, Jessamyn · 1982

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Berkeley, Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1982. First edition. Paper wrappers. 67 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w photo and 1 folding facsimile. 8vo. No. 30 in the series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members. A fine copy. As new.

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1901

Smithsonian Institution · 1902

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Washington [D.C.], U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles. lxvii, 782 pp. Illus. with b/w plates, photos, and drawings. 8vo. A wealth of scientific discoveries at the turn of the century. Neat repair to head of spine else a very good copy,...

A Sailor's Sketch of the Sacramento Valley in 1842

Yates, John · 1971

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Berkeley, Friends of the Bancroft Library, Univ. of California, 1971. First edition. Paper wrappers. Illus. with 1 color folding map. Sm. 4to. No. 19 in the series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members. Ferol Egan, intro. and notes. Shelfwe...

Centennial Poem for Washington and Lee University. Lexington, Virginia. 1775-1885

Preston, Margaret J. [Junkin] · 1885

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1885. First edition. Paper wrappers. 24 pp. printed rectos only. Sm. 8vo. Title in red and black, upper and lower margins ruled in red, running title in red. Margaret Junkin Preston (1820-1897) was a southern writer. This work, a contemporary not...

California Indian Characteristics & Centennial Mission to the Indians of Western Nevada and California

Powers, Stephen · 1975

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Berkeley, Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1975. First edition. Paper wrappers. v, 57 pp. Illus. with color fronts and b/w plates. 8vo. No. 23 in the series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members. N. Scott Momaday, preface; Robert F. Heizer,...

The Show of Science

Rider, Robin E. · 1983

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Berkeley, Friends of the Bancroft Library, Univ. of California, 1983. First edition. Paper wrappers. 79 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions. 8vo. No. 31 in the series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library. Darkened spine and wrapper edges else a near fine copy.

Off at Sunrise. The Overland Journal of Charles Glass Gray

Gray, Charles Glass; Clark, Thomas D., ed · 1976

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

San Marino, CA, Huntington Library, 1976. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles, map front endpapers. xxx, 182, [3] pp. Illus. with 6 duotone reproductions. An 1849 gold rush journey. Foxing to top edge only, else a near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket with a darkened sp...

A Western Journey with Mr. Emerson. 1871

Thayer, James Bradley · 1980

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

[San Francisco], Book Club of California, 1980. First edition. Quarter cloth over decorated paper covered boards, gilt title. 110 pp. Illus. with 8 duotone plates and 1 map. 8vo. Publication No. 163. One of 600 copies. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his ...

Fortunes Are for the Few. Letters of a Forty-Niner

Churchill, Charles William · 1977

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

San Diego, San Diego Historical Society, 1977. First edition. Decorated cloth, gilt title. xiv, 136 pp. Illus. with 15 b/w plates, photos, and reproductions. 8vo. Duane A. Smith and David J. Weber, eds. Includes L.A. Times Book Review, and personal note from author's great nie...

Filings from an Old Saw. Reminiscences of San Francisco and California's Conquest

Downey, Joseph T. · 1956

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

San Francisco, John Howell, 1956. First edition. Illustrated cloth, gilt title. frontis, vi, 170 pp. 8vo. Fred Blackburn Rogers, One of 700 copies. A near fine mostly unopened (uncut) copy.

Mineral Resources of Southern India, No. 4 - No. 8" [from] the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Vol. VII, 1843

Newbold, (Thomas John) · 1843

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

London, Royal Asiatic Society, 1843. First edition. Removed. [203-240] pp. Illus. with 9 b/w in-text drawings. 8vo. 4. Gold, 5. Manganese, 6. Lead, 7. Corundum, Ruby, and Garnet, and 8. Diamonds. Removed from a larger volume else a very good- copy, leaves just browning, last s...

Themes in Aquatint

Franklin, Colin · 1978

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1978. First edition. Quarter cloth over marbled boards. viii, 104 pp. Illus. with 16 color plates. Folio. Publication No. 160. One of 500 copies. A handsomely illustrated study of the aquatint medium. Provenance: From the library of Kenn...

Mexico on Stone. Lithography in Mexico, 1826-1900

Mathes, W. Michael · 1984

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1984. First edition. Quarter cloth over illustrated paper covered boards. x, 68 pp. Illus. with 8 color and 24 b/w and duotone plates, 3 of which are folding. 4to. Publication No. 178. One of 550 copies. Provenance: From the library of K...

Amer. Sep. Partie de la Vieille Californie. No. 47

Vandermaelen, Philippe · 1827

$575.00 (€521.68 | £435.16 | ¥91,831)

[Bruxelles], [Ph. Vandermaelen], 1827. First edition. 1 sheet. Hand-colored lithographic map. 47 x 57 cm. Shows the ranges of eight Indian tribes. Covers parts of Utah, Colorado and northern Arizona and New Mexico. Includes text: Note sur le Mexique. At a time when American ma...