Report of Lieut. J. W. Abert, of His Examination of New Mexico, in the Years 1846-'47; Report of Lieu. Col. P. St. George Cooke of His March from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to San Diego, Upper California; Journal of Captain A. R. Johnson, First Dragoons by Abert, Lt. J. W.; Cooke, Lt. Col. P. St.; Johnson, Captain A. R - 1848

Omaha: Douglas Printing Company, 1902. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in black and gilt. Printed end papers. A bright and flawless copy! SixGuns 581.

Tours: A. Mame et Cie, 1853. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. 188pp; 8 full-color, chromolithographed plates. Text in the original French. This is the tale of a Frenchman and two boys who journey from Le Havre to California in search of gold. We are told of their hard work at the gold mines, the joys and travails of mining life, and their sundry adventures. Bound in elaborate, pictorial black cloth, stamped in gilt and colors on both covers and on spine; inner rear hinge repaired, otherwise near fine condition. 7.75" x 4.75" This is Dan Volkmann's copy with his Golden Bear bookplate. Volkmann spent 39 years collecting a complete first-edition set of Californiana books called the Zamorano 80--a feat accomplished by only three other collectors. [Gumuchian 1159. Sabin 12350. Decker 35:683.].

Washington, D. C,: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1886-96. First Edition. Soft Covers. Eleven Booklets with covers in various colors. Reports from the Governor of the Territory of Utah from 1866 to 1896 when statehood was in progress. A great resource for Utah History. Schools. Prisons, Agriculture, Industry, Mining, Election, Indians, Railroads, and a section on Polygamy in each annual publication. "I am most firmly convinced that there is an Irreconcilable political difference, fundamental In character between the Mormon system and the Government established by the United States." Ten of the booklets are in VG-VG+ condition. The 1886 issue has the front top corner missing. Western Americana, Utah ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: John Murray, 1868. First Edition. Very Good. [8.75x6in]; xix, [1], 331 pp., frontispiece of Auroral light, title page vignette of loading a sledge, 34 illustrations on plates or in text, appendices, fold out map of the Yukon or Kwich-Pak river with insert of North Pacific Ocean [11.25x18.in, 22x15cm], lacking advertisements; Contemporary 3/4 calf with marble paper on covers, five embossed ruled lines on spine with gilt lettering on black leather label, light blue end papers, all edges trimmed with red ink speckling; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, surfaces rubbed, edges worn and corners bumped and worn through, top edge darken, general light age toning of text, light half circle stain on frontispiece, light stain spots in margins pp. 241-245, prior owner pencil corrections p. 165 and 311, small Solicitor's Supreme Court Library [Scotland] black ink stamps on verso of frontispiece, title page, xix, pp. 72 and 96. [Wickersham 6030, Ricks p. 255, Smith 10978,Tooley 4851, AB… Read More

San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1922. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. M. Buehler, Illustrator. #134 of 200 Exeter book-paper copies limited to 450 total copies, SIGNED by Russell, 8vo [9.25X6.25in]; xxlix [forward by Russell, article by Mary Lawrence about Clappe, extended table of contents, and illustrations], [2], 350 pp., [1, colophon], frontispiece and 7 line illustrations with tissue guards, 23 Letters richly detailed dark blue illustrated devices at each Letter synopsis and beginning and end of letter; Forest green paper boards, tan linen spine back strip with black lettering on buff paper label, forest green end papers, Exeter book-paper, all edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear and rubbing to edges, front lower corner has small rubbed through, faint water stain to back strip front and part of spine, distinctive large art deco bookplate of Carlo Sutro Morbio on front free end paper; Forest green dust jacket with gilt lettering and design on front, buff paper label on… Read More

Omaha: Douglas Printing Company, 1902. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in black and gilt. Printed end papers. A bright and flawless copy! SixGuns 581.

Tours: A. Mame et Cie, 1853. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. 188pp; 8 full-color, chromolithographed plates. Text in the original French. This is the tale of a Frenchman and two boys who journey from Le Havre to California in search of gold. We are told of their hard work at the gold mines, the joys and travails of mining life, and their sundry adventures. Bound in elaborate, pictorial black cloth, stamped in gilt and colors on both covers and on spine; inner rear hinge repaired, otherwise near fine condition. 7.75" x 4.75" This is Dan Volkmann's copy with his Golden Bear bookplate. Volkmann spent 39 years collecting a complete first-edition set of Californiana books called the Zamorano 80--a feat accomplished by only three other collectors. [Gumuchian 1159. Sabin 12350. Decker 35:683.].

Washington, D. C,: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1886-96. First Edition. Soft Covers. Eleven Booklets with covers in various colors. Reports from the Governor of the Territory of Utah from 1866 to 1896 when statehood was in progress. A great resource for Utah History. Schools. Prisons, Agriculture, Industry, Mining, Election, Indians, Railroads, and a section on Polygamy in each annual publication. "I am most firmly convinced that there is an Irreconcilable political difference, fundamental In character between the Mormon system and the Government established by the United States." Ten of the booklets are in VG-VG+ condition. The 1886 issue has the front top corner missing. Western Americana, Utah ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: John Murray, 1868. First Edition. Very Good. [8.75x6in]; xix, [1], 331 pp., frontispiece of Auroral light, title page vignette of loading a sledge, 34 illustrations on plates or in text, appendices, fold out map of the Yukon or Kwich-Pak river with insert of North Pacific Ocean [11.25x18.in, 22x15cm], lacking advertisements; Contemporary 3/4 calf with marble paper on covers, five embossed ruled lines on spine with gilt lettering on black leather label, light blue end papers, all edges trimmed with red ink speckling; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, surfaces rubbed, edges worn and corners bumped and worn through, top edge darken, general light age toning of text, light half circle stain on frontispiece, light stain spots in margins pp. 241-245, prior owner pencil corrections p. 165 and 311, small Solicitor's Supreme Court Library [Scotland] black ink stamps on verso of frontispiece, title page, xix, pp. 72 and 96. [Wickersham 6030, Ricks p. 255, Smith 10978,Tooley 4851, AB… Read More

San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1922. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. M. Buehler, Illustrator. #134 of 200 Exeter book-paper copies limited to 450 total copies, SIGNED by Russell, 8vo [9.25X6.25in]; xxlix [forward by Russell, article by Mary Lawrence about Clappe, extended table of contents, and illustrations], [2], 350 pp., [1, colophon], frontispiece and 7 line illustrations with tissue guards, 23 Letters richly detailed dark blue illustrated devices at each Letter synopsis and beginning and end of letter; Forest green paper boards, tan linen spine back strip with black lettering on buff paper label, forest green end papers, Exeter book-paper, all edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear and rubbing to edges, front lower corner has small rubbed through, faint water stain to back strip front and part of spine, distinctive large art deco bookplate of Carlo Sutro Morbio on front free end paper; Forest green dust jacket with gilt lettering and design on front, buff paper label on… Read More