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Amer. Sep. Partie de la Vieille Californie. No. 58. [and] No. 65

Vandermaelen, Philippe. Humboldt, Alexander von · 1827

$725.00 (€657.77 | £548.68 | ¥115,787)

[Bruxelles], [Ph. Vandermaelen], 1827. First edition. 2 sheets. Hand-colored lithographic maps. 46 x 51 cm and 46 x 54 cm. Large scale map of Baja. Map 58 includes parts of Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua. Map 65 includes the tip of Baja California and the "Iles...

[Maps] Amer. Sep. Haiti Ou St. Domingue. No. 68. [with] Curacao. No. 74

Vandermaelen, Philippe · 1827

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.56 | ¥71,868)

[Bruxelles], [Ph. Vandermaelen], 1827. First edition. 2 sheets. Hand-colored lithographic maps. 46 x 53 cm and 50 x 56 cm. Large scale map of Haiti on two (sheets usually sold separately). 1. Amer. Sep. Haiti ou St. Domingue. No. 68. Also includes parts of Cuba and the Bahamas...

Controversial James. An Essay on the Life and Work of George Wharton James

Larson, Roger Keith · 1991

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1991. First edition. Cloth with gilt decoration. xii, [2], 99 pp. Illus. with b/w plates and in-text drawings. Sm. 4to. Publication no. 195. One of 400 copies. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate. Small bo...

The History of Warner's Ranch and Its Environs

Hill, Joseph J. · 1927

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

Los Angeles, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Three quarter cloth over paper covered boards. x, 221 pp. Illus. with 9 b/w plates. 4to. Herbert E. Bolton, preface; Loren Barton, illus. Presentation edition. No. 95 of 300. Also printed as a trade edition of 1000. Provenan...

Japanische Infanterie Mütze [No. 1672]

[Japan. Military Costumes] · 1900

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Weissenburg im Elsas, Druck u. Verlag v. C. Burckardt's Nachf, 1900. 1 sheet. Chromolithograph. 33.5 x 43 cm (13 1/4 x 17 inches). Template for the construction of a Japanese infantry cap on thin cardboard. Many such military related items were printed during the German Imperi...

[Paper Model]. Bateau. 2 Feuilles. No. 1795

[Nautical] · 1910

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

[Wissembourg], [Ackermann], 1910. Two attached sheets of light cardboard. [2]. Four color images. 34 x 43 cm. A paper cut out a model of a French transatlantic ocean liner, "Amerique." A popular item for children. Ackermann was a later successor firm to F.C. Wentzel. A very go...

Dan de Quille of the Big Bonanza

Rawls, James J., ed · 1980

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1980. First edition. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards, gilt title. xii, 128 pp. Illus. with 6 b/w plates and 2 reproductions. Sm. 4to. Publication No. 165. Oscar Lewis, foreword. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, wi...

Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District [Volume 2]

Dutton, Clarence E. · 1977

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

Santa Barbara, Peregrine Smith, 1977. Limited edition. Quarter morocco over cloth boards with gilt title in illustrative slipcase. 264 pp. Illus. with 42 color & b/w plates and maps. 4to. No. 221 of 1500 copies. Includes publisher's announcement. Limited Edition reprint of Vol...

Report on the Geology of the High Plateaus of Utah [Text Volume Only]

Dutton, C.E. (Clarence Edward); Powell, John Wesley · 1880

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

Washington [D.C.], [U.S.] Government Printing Office, 1880. First edition. Original brown cloth ruled in blind, gilt titles. xxxii, 307 pp. Illus. with 11 b/w heliotype plates with tissue guards, 1 of which is folding, and 4 cross-section plates, all folding. 4to. At the head ...

Frederic Goudy, Joseph Foster, and the Press at Scripps College

Ritchie, Ward · 1978

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1978. First edition. Quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt title. 38 pp. 12mo. Publication No. 158. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate. One of 550 copies printed. Small bookplate on pastedown else a fin...

A-Saddle in the Wild West. A Glimpse of Travel Among the Mountains, Lava Beds, Sand Deserts, Adobe Towns, Indian Reservations, and Ancient Pueblos of Southern Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona

Rideing, William H. · 1879

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

New York, D. Appleton and Co. 1879. First edition. Orange cloth with gilt titles and black rules, edges beveled. 165 pp. 4, [6] adv. 16mo. Appletons' New Handy-Volume Series. A journal of two years' adventures while Rideing was attached to Lieut. George Wheelers's geological s...

Deck and Port; or, Incidents of a Cruise in the United States Frigate Congress to California. With Sketches of Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco

Colton, Walter · 1850

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

New York, A.S. Barnes, 1850. First edition. Cloth stamped in blind, with gilt titles and decoration. 408 pp. Illus. with 4 color plates, 1 b/w map, + in-text drawings. Sm. 8vo. Mixed issued. Has map (2nd issue) with printed endpapers (1st issue). Provenance: From the library o...

Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Report of Captain H.D. Wallen of His Expedition, in 1859, from Dalles City to Great Salt Lake, and Back. April 12, 1860 - Referred to the Committee... April 13, 1860 - Report in Favor of Printing... 36th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 34

Wallen, Henry Davies · 1860

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

[Washington, D.C.], n.p. 1860. First edition. Modern cloth with morocco label with gilt title. 51 pp. Illus. with 1 folding lithographed map (42 x 55 cm). 8vo. 36th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 34. "The road was surveyed through new country for the benefit of emigrants ...

Gregory's Guide for California Travellers

Gregory, Joseph W. · 1949

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1949. Reprint. Cloth. 14 pp. Illus. with 4 duotone reproductions and 1 b/w facsimile. 8vo. Edith M. Coulter, intro. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate. Small bookplate, else fine copy in original plain pa...

The Rhemes New Testament. Being a Full and Particular Account of the Origins, Printing, and Subsequent Influences of the First Roman Catholic New Testament in English, with the Divers Controversies Occasioned by Its Publication Diligently Expounded for the Edification of the Reader

Turner, Decherd · 1990

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Austin, Printed for the Book Club of California by W. Thomas Taylor, 1990. First edition. Quarter goatskin over paper covered boards. 37 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. No. 193. One of 395 copies. A leaf taken from an imperfect copy of the first edition of the Rhemes Ne...

Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians: Illustrated in Sixty-Four Coloured Engravings, with Descriptions

[Alexander, William] · 1814

$1,200.00 (€1,088.72 | £908.15 | ¥191,647)

London, Printed for John Murray by W. Bulmer & Co. 1814. First edition. Three quarter later navy blue pebbled morocco over blue cloth boards, four raised bands with gilt links, four medallions, and titles in gilt, recent endpapers. v, [132] p. 64 lvs of plates. Illus. with 64 ...

Report to the General Assembly on the Condition of the Railroads in Tennessee

Payne, R. G. [Robert Garnett] · 1857

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

Nashville, G.C. Torbett and Co. Printers, 1857. First edition. Disbound. 36 pp.+ large folding table as frontispiece. 8vo. The first report on Tennesse railroads then under construction, operating, and / or proposed, with details of their ownership, investments, contracts, mil...

Alegato Del Doct. D. Joseph Antonio Ceballos Y Calderón, Cura Y de San Pedro de Carabayllo Suburio de Esta Ciudad

Ceballos y Calderón, José Antonio · 1820

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

[Lima], Impreso en la Imprenta de la Real Casa de Niños Expósitos, 1820. First edition. Disbound. 4 lvs. Illus. with wood engraving on title and first text page. 4to. First page with a quote from Seneca; text begins with "Señor: que conflicto más grande para el espíritu que ha...

Oregon. Report of Lieut. Neil M. Howison, United States Navy, to the Commander of the Pacific Squadron; Being the Result of an Examination in the Year 1846 of the Coast, Harbors, Rivers, Soil, Productions, Climate, and Population of the Territory of Oregon. February 29, 1848. Ordered to Be Printed. Ho. Of Reps. 30th Congress, 1st Session. Miscellaneous, No. 29

Howison, Neil M. · 1848

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

[Washington, D.C.], Tippin & Streeper, printers, 1848. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers, in folding cloth case. 36 pp. Sm. 4to. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate. Howison's account of his travels to the Northwest territories, with his po...

Voyage Historique de L'Amerique Meridionale Fait Par Ordre Du Roi D'Espagne Par Don George Juan... Et Par Don Antoine de Ulloa... Ouvrage Orne' Des Figures, Plans Et Cartes Necessaires Et Qui Contient Une Histoire Des Yncas Du Perou, Et Les Observations Astronomiques & Physiques, Faites Pour Déterminer la Figure & la Grandeur de la Terre [Two Volumes]

Ulloa, Antonio de.; Juan y Santacilia, Jorge · 1752

$2,250.00 (€2,041.36 | £1,702.79 | ¥359,339)

Paris, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1752. First edition in French. Black calf, rebacked with black morocco, over marbled boards, five raised bands, two compartment lettered in gilt. [xxii], 554; [ii], 316, [vi], [viii], [3]-309, [iii] pp. p. 238 misnumbered 338. Illus. with t...