Bidwell, General John

ECHOES Of The PAST ABOUT CALIFORNIA. An Account of the First Emigrant Train to California, Fremont in the Conquest of California, the Discovery of Gold and Early Reminiscences

Chico, CA: Chico Advertiser, (n. d.). Ca. 1914. Green printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 91, [1] pp. A couple b/w photographic reproductions within. 7" x 5-1/8". Moderate wear to wrappers (rubbing and some light closed tears). Age-toning to paper. An About VG example.

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Book number: 41299

Catalogue: Americana

Bidwell, General John [1819 - 1900]

MEMORIAL EXERCISES For GENERAL JOHN BIDWELL (Died April 4, 1900); Held Under the Direction of the County Officers of Butte County, in the Court - House at Oroville, California May 7, 1900

[Oroville]: Oroville Register Print, 1900. 1st Printing (Rocq 1308). Original publisher's printed purple paper covers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Unpaginated, though 32 pp. Half-tone b/w photographic image of Bidwell, p. 3. 8-1/4" x 5-3/8". Modest wear & age-toning, VG+ - Nr Fine. Bidwell was a California pioneer, politician, and soldier. In March 1848, he discovered gold in Butte County, and today is known as the founder of Chico, California.

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Book number: 50520

Catalogue: Americana

[Yosemite Stereoview Photograph]. Bierstadt, Charles [1819 - 1903]

EL CAPITAN, From Colfax Point

Niagara Falls, N. Y.: Chas. Bierstadt, Photographer, (n. d.). Ca early 1870s. Now housed in a clear mylar sleeve. Stereo image of El Captian, mounted to green stiff-stock paper. Lettering in black ink. Blank verso. Oblong format: 3-15/16" x 7". Rounded corners. Some modest wear & soiling to card. A VG+ example. Bierstadt a successful photographer of the era, who took his photographs of Yosemite during a visit to California in the early 1870s.

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Book number: 36117

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Keywords: Photography Photography

[Civil War]. Bill, Henry [1824 - 1891] - Copyright Holder

The FIRST BATTLE BETWEEN "IRON" SHIPS Of WAR.; The "Monitor" 2 Guns and "Merrimac" 10 Guns. The Merrimac was crippled and the whole Rebel Fleet driven off

(n. p.): , 1862. 1st printing presumed. Single sheet lithograph, printed recto only. Image size: 10-1/2" x 17-5/8". Entire: 14" x 19-5/8". Vertical & horizontal fold-lines, with short splits along one fold edge. Age-toning & dusting, with old repair to left edge. An About VG example. The lithograph shows the Monitor and the Merrimack firing at each other during their historically important battle of 9 March 1862, with other named ships [Cumberland -- Newport News -- Jamestown & Yorktown -- Congress -- Sewell's Point -- Minnesota] in the background, with the Cumberland sinking on the left [the first ship sunk by the Merrimack, i.e. CSS Virginia], the two having engaged the day prior. OCLC records 3 holding institutions: LoC, Boston Athenaeum & AAS. Rare in the trade.

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Book number: 41961

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Billington, Ray Allen & Albert Camarillo

The AMERICAN SOUTHWEST IMAGE And REALITY. Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, 16 April 1977

Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1979. 1st edition. Stiff orange printed paper wrappers with black and white lettering to spine and cover. 129, [1 (blank)] pp. 9" x 6". Light shelfwear to spine. A Near Fine copy.

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Book number: 37932

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Birney, James Gillespie [1792 - 1857] - Subject. Fladeland, Betty

JAMES GILLESPIE BIRNEY: Slaveholder to Abolitionist

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1955. 1st edition. ASSOCIATION copy, INSCRIBED to Majorie Birney Bamey, SIGNED by Elizabeth A. & Robert Birney Bamey. Blue cloth binding with silver stamping. Issued without jacket. ix, [3], 323, [1 (blank) pp (including Index). Frontispiece. 8vo. Average wear. A VG copy. Birney "was an American abolitionist, politician, and attorney born in Danville, Kentucky. He changed from being a planter and slave owner to abolitionism, publishing the abolitionist weekly The Philanthropist. He twice served as the presidential nominee for the anti-slavery Liberty Party." The inscription presumed to be from Birney descendants.

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Book number: 50790

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Bishop, D. M. - Compiler

ANNUAL DIRECTORY Of The CITY And COUNTY Of SAN FRANCISCO For 1877.; Compiled by D. M. Bishop & Co

San Francisco: B. C. Vandall, Publisher, 1877. 1st edition thus. Cf. Rocq 7993. Black cloth spine, gilt stamped, over advert paper-wrapped boards. 1431, [1] pp. Advert eps, as well as throughout. Some adverts with cuts. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Much wear, with front board held by mull. One proud gathering. Rear board shows evidence of prior damping. A Good copy only.

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Book number: 49849

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Bishop, Rev. Artemas

HAWAIIAN PHRASE BOOK. Na Huaolelo a Me Na Olelo Kikeke Ma Ka Olelo Beritania, a Me Ka Olelo Hawaii.; Copyrighted According to Law

Honolulu: Published By J. M. Oat, Jr. & Co. Stationers and News Dealers, Honolulu, H.I. Printed by R. Grieve & Co, 1884. Fifth Edition, Revised (Forbes 3638). First published in 1854, a revised version of the 1881 edition. Original publisher's green cloth spine over printed greyish-green paper covered boards. Rear cover with advert for "J. M. Oat Jr & Co." Now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. 124 pp. English - Hawaiian text presented side-by-side, in both phrases & words. NB. The printed leaf with pp [iii] - iv ["To the Reader"] bound in after p. 8, vice the title leaf. Contains forms for various business letters and legal documents (pp. 114 - 121). Contents page begins p. 122. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-1/4". General wear. Age-toning, and some offset to eps. Prior owner name stamp of Geo. R. Brush to t.p. First few gutters with darkened spots from the old stapling, the final two leaves at back have pulled away at the stapling. Rear board with vertical crack near rear joint. Withal, a VG copy. "To the Reader" prefatory material notes that the "..primary object of this Manual is to teach natives to converse in English. It is designed to help carry out the plan of the Government, to extend English schools among the indigenous race of these Islands. At the same time, the work is designed to assist strangers, speaking the English, to acquire the correct colloquial speech of the Hawaiians." Somewhat uncommon.. OCLC records 8 holding institutions of this edition, of which 5 are in the US.

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Book number: 48952

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Bishop, D. M.

SAN FRANCISCO SEMI-ANNUAL TRADES GUIDE And PACIFIC COAST DIRECTORY. Containing a Complete Classified and Alphabetically Arranged Business Directory of 163 Cities and Towns of California, Oregon and Nevada. Vol. IV. No. VII. July, 1874

San Francisco: D. M. Bishop & Co, 1874. 1st edition thus, and the [presumed] 7th edition of the series. Cf. Norris 3495. Black cloth spine over buff paper boards, printed in black, green & red. Pale yellow advert eps. 420 pp. Text double column. Adverts interspersed. Advert insert, printed on blue paper, tipped in prior to p. 401, noting the expansion of the next volume, adding additional towns from many other western states, as well as British Columbia. Some adverts with cuts. 7-3/8" x 5-1/8". Slight lean. Modest wear & soiling to boards & spine cloth. Rear hinge with old repair. Smattering of foxing. A solid VG copy. The first volume of the series was [apparently] issued in 1871. Not in Rocq, though see 11987 & 16753 for similar such publications by Bishop. Not in Quebedeaux. OCLC records 6 holding institutions [with divers editions]. ABPC & AmEx show no copies at auction these past 30+ years. Rare in the trade.

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Book number: 37231

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[California Politics.] Bittner, W[illia]m E. - Candidate. Kuchel, Thomas Henry - Incumbent

"TEAR THIS MASK OFF The CONTROLLER'S OFFICE And GIVE The OFFICE BACK To The PEOPLE!" Bittner Means Business. Vote for Wm. E. Bitter. June 6th. Controller

: [William E. Bittner Election Campaign], 1950. Stiff cardstock. Black recto with white lettering, white verso with black lettering. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Die-cut campaign advertisement in the shape of a robber's mask, printing on both recto and verso. ~3" x 6-1/4". Adhesive with opaque paper remnants to verso, only faintly obscuring the text near the mask's string holes. Else only minor wear, clean and crisp. VG. Feisty political flyer from William E. Bittner's campaign for the Controller's office in the 1950 California elections, implicitly accusing the incumbent, Thomas Kuchel, of figuratively robbing the people while in office. Kuchel beat Bittner for the Controller seat, and later was appointed to fill Richard Nixon's Senate seat when, in 1952, the latter was elected Vice President.

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Book number: 42570

Catalogue: Americana

[Department of the Interior]. Bixby, Tams, E. A. Hitchcock - Contributors

REGULATIONS GOVERNING The UNRESTRICTED ALIENATION Of LANDS For TOWN SITE PURPOSES In INDIAN TERRITORY, PRESCRIBED By The SECRETARY Of The INTERIOR; For the Purpose of Carrying Into Effect a Provision of the Indian Appropriation Act, Approved March 3, 1903

Washington: Department of the Interior, 1904. 1st printing. Printed beige paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 6 pp. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". Light chipping to edges, light soiling and tanning to outer wrappers. Otherwise, a VG copy.

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Book number: 38356

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Blaine, James G. - Former Owner

SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL REPORTS For the Fiscal Year 1876 - 77, Ending June 30, 1877. Published by Order of the Board of Supervisors

San Francisco: Spaulding & Barto, Printers, 1877. 1st edition thus (cf Cowan II, p. 559). Original brown publisher's burgundy full leather presentation binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine, & Blaine's name to front board. AEG. xvi, 1057, [1] pp. Dual frontis depicting supervisor portraits. Plan of the Chamber. Numerous other folding plans & maps. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-7/8". Binding professionally refurbished. A pleasing VG+ copy.

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Book number: 37478

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Blake, Rev. Mortimer [1813 - 1884]

A CENTURIAL HISTORY Of The MENDON ASSOCIATION of Congregational Ministers, with The Centennial Address, Delivered at Franklin, Mass., Nov. 19, 1851, and Biographical Sketches of the Members and Licentiates

Boston: Pblished for the Association by Sewall Harding, 1853. 1st edition (Sabin 5787). Original publisher's deep purple cloth binding with boards stamped in blind & gitl stamped spine lettering. Pale yellow eps. vi, [7] - 348 pp. 12mo. Spine sunned. Usual smattering of foxing & age-toning. Prior owner signatures to ffep. Very Good.

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Book number: 47858

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[California History]. Blake, Evarts I. - Editor

GREATER OAKLAND. 1911. A Volume Dealing with the Big Metropolis on the Shores of San Francisco Bay

Oakland, Cal: Pacific Publishing Co, 1911. 1st edition (Rocq 718). Publisher's deluxe full black cloth in a faux-morocco finish, with gilt lettering (professionally recased). '1912' stamped to base of spine. Patterned paper eps. [6], 455, [1] pp. Profusely illustrated, primarily from photographs. Fold out map at front. Royal 8vo. 10" x 6-3/4". Cloth dull. Slightly shaken. First couple leaves with some slight edge rash. Overall, an About VG - VG copy.

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Book number: 28645.1

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[California Song Slip]. Blampin, Charles - Composer

MEET ME In The LANE

San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 11 holdings recorded on OCLC. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet, printed recto only. 3 verses, each of various lines. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 8-7/8" x 3-5/8". Light age toning to paper, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 38214

Catalogue: Americana