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![POPULAR STUDIES OF CALIFORNIA WILD FLOWERS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/002/576/1606576002.0.m.jpg)
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POPULAR STUDIES OF CALIFORNIA WILD FLOWERS
by RICE, Bertha M.; RICE, Roland
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- Custom Clear Mylar
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- Sepcial Hand-Colored Limited Edition
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- 1920
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- Cloth-backed Boards
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Nevada City, California, USA
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NZ$74.92
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San Francisco: Upton Bros. & Delzelle, 1920. Sepcial Hand-Colored Limited Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 127 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by the Authors on the front free endpaper: "Treasure Island G. G. I.E. (Golden Gate International Exposition) / To Fay Nerell with best wishes - Bertha M. Rice + Roland Rice Authors / Christmas 1940". Special Edition limited… Read more about this item Item Price
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![1920 HOTEL DEL MONTE / FOLDING BROCHURE / MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/588/263/1592263588.0.m.jpg)
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1920 HOTEL DEL MONTE / FOLDING BROCHURE / MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA
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- 4-mil clear mylar envelope
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- 1920
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Nevada City, California, USA
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Monterey: Del Monte Lodge, 1920. Near Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. One long folding leaf printed on recto and verso. Profusely illustrated including from photographs and a map. 3 1/2" x 5" (closed); 5" x 27" (open). A very attractive, small folding brochure advertising the HOTEL DEL MONTE in Monterey, California. The 1920 date is taken from the copyright… Read more about this item Item Price
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![NEVADA COUNTY MINING REVIEW](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/585/263/1592263585.0.m.jpg)
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NEVADA COUNTY MINING REVIEW
by PRISK, W.F. (Introduction)
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- First Edition
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- 1895
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Nevada City, California, USA
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NZ$790.88
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Grass Valley, California: Daily Morrning Union, 1895. First Edition. Cloth-backed wrappers. Very Good. 144; (10 adverts.) pp. Profusley illustrated from photographs of mines, residences, citizens of Nevada County. Cloth-backed wrappers with embossed gilded cover titling. 9" x 11 7/8" oblong. A nicely illustrated review of the Nevada County, California of 1895, with emphasis on the prosprous gold mining… Read more about this item Item Price
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![1895 THE WAVE (MAGAZIINE). A JOURNAL FOR THOSE IN THE SWIM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/318/739/1577739318.0.m.jpg)
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1895 THE WAVE (MAGAZIINE). A JOURNAL FOR THOSE IN THE SWIM
by Anonymous
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- May 4, 1895
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- 1895
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- Illustrated Wrappers
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Nevada City, California, USA
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San Francisco: The Wave, 1895. May 4, 1895. Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good Plus. 18, plus 4 printed covers. Illustrated with period advertisements, including a full page ad for the Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, with photographs. Stapled folded wrappers. 10" x 13 1/2" unfolded. Stamp: "DUP California Section State Library" upper right corner, front cover. A vintage San Francisco… Read more about this item Item Price
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![THE SHIRLEY LETTERS FROM THE CALIFORNIA MINES 1851-1852](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/395/651/1573651395.0.m.jpg)
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THE SHIRLEY LETTERS FROM THE CALIFORNIA MINES 1851-1852
by CLAPPE, Louise
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- Near Fine
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- First Borzoi Editon
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- 1949
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- Cloth
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Nevada City, California, USA
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NZ$41.62
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Borzoi Editon. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. (xxix) 216 (1) pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Introduction by Carl I. Wheat. Illustrated from contemporary lithographs and woodcuts. Endpaper map of Feather and Yuba River country. Cloth. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". A series of 23 letters from the California mines. A California classic.… Read more about this item Item Price
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![HERE IS THE GOLDEN GATE (SIGNED); Its History, Its Romance and its Derring-Do](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/394/651/1573651394.0.m.jpg)
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HERE IS THE GOLDEN GATE (SIGNED); Its History, Its Romance and its Derring-Do
by WILSON, Neill C.
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1962
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- Cloth
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Nevada City, California, USA
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 244 pp. SIGNED in ink by author Neill C. Wilson on the half-title. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from photographs, including a two page illustration and dust jacket photograph by Ansel Adams. Two maps. Cloth. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". From the flap: "For most of… Read more about this item Item Price
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![SPUDDING IN. RECOLLECTIONS OF PIONEER DAYS IN THE CALIFORNIA OIL FIELDS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/459/452/1572452459.0.m.jpg)
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SPUDDING IN. RECOLLECTIONS OF PIONEER DAYS IN THE CALIFORNIA OIL FIELDS
by RINTOUL, William
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- As New
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1976
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- Cloth-backed cloth
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San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1976. First Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. As New/Near Fine. (xii) 240 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated, including maps, diagrams and photographs. Index. Cloth-backed cloth. From the introductory notes by oilman Richard Sneddon: "The material recorded in the following pages is drawn from the voluntary contributions of men who were personally engaged in various… Read more about this item Item Price
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![DIGGING FOR GOLD WITHOUT A SHOVEL. THE LETTERS OF DANIEL WADSWORTH COIT FROM MEXICO TO SAN FRANCISCO 1848-1851](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/550/697/1566697550.0.m.jpg)
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DIGGING FOR GOLD WITHOUT A SHOVEL. THE LETTERS OF DANIEL WADSWORTH COIT FROM MEXICO TO SAN FRANCISCO 1848-1851
by HAMMOND, George P. (Editor)
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- Custom Clear Mylar
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- First Edition
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- 1967
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Nevada City, California, USA
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NZ$58.28
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Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1967. First Edition. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 116 pp. Illustrated from drawings by Daniel Wadsworth Coit, including frontispiece self-portrait. Historical introduction by Editor George P. Hammond. Edition limited to 1250 un-numbered copies, designed and printed by Lawton and Alred Kennedy of San Francisco. Gilt spine titling. Illustrated cloth. 9" x 13". Includes twenty-one letters… Read more about this item Item Price
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![CONQUER AND COLONIZE. STEVENSON'S REGIMENT AND CALIFORNNIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/003/609/1565609003.0.m.jpg)
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CONQUER AND COLONIZE. STEVENSON'S REGIMENT AND CALIFORNNIA
by BIGGS, Donald C.
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1977
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- Cloth-backed Boards
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San Rafael, California: Presidio Press, 1977. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Near Fine. (xx) `263 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated, including one map. Index. Bibliographical Essay. Cloth-backed boards. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". From the jacket flap: "Conquer and Colonize traces the officers and men of Stevenson's Regiment from New York to the Far West, through their period of… Read more about this item Item Price
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![BAGHDAD:1951 (SIGNED)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/000/609/1565609000.0.m.jpg)
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BAGHDAD:1951 (SIGNED)
by CAEN, Herb
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1950
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- Cloth
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Nevada City, California, USA
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NZ$99.90
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New York: Doubleday & Company, 1950. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 120 pp. SIGNED by Herb Caen in ink on the front free endpaper: "Greetings! Herb Caen". The dust jacket features a photograph of a young, dapper Herb Caen standing on a San Francisco rooftop. POS on front pastedown and free front endpaper. Cloth. Small octavo. From… Read more about this item Item Price
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![THE BIG CHANCE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/155/886/1564886155.0.m.jpg)
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THE BIG CHANCE" ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTER / LINEN BACKED
by 1933 MICKEY ROONEY
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- First Edition
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- 1933
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Nevada City, California, USA
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NZ$474.53
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Hollywood: The Eagle Pictures, 1933. First Edition. Near Fine. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet movie poster for the 1933 film "THE BIG CHANCE" starring Mickey Rooney, John Darrow, Merna Kennedy, Natalie Moorhead and J. Carrol Naish. Linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. 27" x 41". Artwork by "Hap" Hadley, an important illustrator and one of the few… Read more about this item Item Price
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![CALIFORNIA 1847-1852. DRAWINGS BY WILLIAM RICH HUTTON](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/889/680/1558680889.0.m.jpg)
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CALIFORNIA 1847-1852. DRAWINGS BY WILLIAM RICH HUTTON
by HUTTON, William Rich (Artist)
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- First Edition
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- 1942
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- Cloth-backed marbled boards
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Nevada City, California, USA
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NZ$91.58
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San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1942. First Edition. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. Unpaginated (71). One of 700 limited un-numbered copies printed by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. 56 plates from period pencil drawings by William Rich Hutton reproduced frrom the originals in The Huntington Library. Introduction by Willard O. Waters. Frontis portrait from photo'graph of Artist… Read more about this item Item Price
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![ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH: SOPHIA LOREN & GREGORY PECK WITH HER OSCAR AT 63rd ACADEMY AWARDS. 1991](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/303/863/1553863303.0.m.jpg)
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ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH: SOPHIA LOREN & GREGORY PECK WITH HER OSCAR AT 63rd ACADEMY AWARDS. 1991
by SOPHIA LOREN; GREGORY PECK
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- 4-mil clear mylar envelope
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- 1991
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Hollywood: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1991. Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. This is an ORIGINAL 8"x10" black and white glossy photograph of SOPHIA LOREN and GREOGORY PECK standing in front of an OSCAR stautue at the 63rd Annual Academy Awards Ceremony in 1991. Ms. Loren is holding the Honorary Oscar that she was awarded at… Read more about this item Item Price
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![THE SOUTHERN MINES OF CALIFORNIA. EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SONORA MINING REGION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/171/976/1552976171.0.m.jpg)
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THE SOUTHERN MINES OF CALIFORNIA. EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SONORA MINING REGION
by HOLMES. Roberta Evelyn
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- Custom Clear Mylar
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- First Edition
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- 1930
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- Cloth-backed marbled boards
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Nevada City, California, USA
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NZ$566.10
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San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1930. First Edition. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Very Good Plus/Custom Clear Mylar. (x) 60 pp. SIGNED in ink on the limitation page by Ed Grabhorn. An un-numbered copy of 250 limited copies. Folding frontis map of Southern Mines, 1852. 2 folded reproductions of contemporary lithographs. Facsimile map. Illustrations from photographs. Quoted statements of pioneer… Read more about this item Item Price
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![1855 ORIGINAL MAP:](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/393/693/1546693393.0.m.jpg)
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1855 ORIGINAL MAP: "FROM SAN FRANCISCO BAY TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF CALIFORNIA" / MAP NO, 1 / LINEN-BACKED
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- First Edition
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- 1855
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Nevada City, California, USA
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NZ$582.75
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Washington D.C.: United States War Department, 1855. First Edition. Near Fine. This is an ORIGINAL map: "FROM SAN FRANCISCO BAY TO THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF CALIFORNIA / MAP NO. 1". 1855. Image: 27 1/4" x 23"plus 1 1/2" border. Linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. Map created from exploration and surveys for a railroad route from the… Read more about this item Item Price
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![NARRATIVE OF MY EXPERIENCES IN THE EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE AT SAN FRANCISCO](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/468/166/1545166468.0.m.jpg)
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NARRATIVE OF MY EXPERIENCES IN THE EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE AT SAN FRANCISCO
by JAMES B. STETSON
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- Custom Clear Mylar
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- First Thus
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- 1969
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- Illustrated Cloth
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Nevada City, California, USA
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NZ$66.60
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Palo Alto: Lewis Orborne, 1969. First Thus. Illustrated Cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 51pp. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. #1085 of a limited edition of 1400 copies. Illustrated, including several from fine pencil drawings of pre-earthquake San Francisco by Vernon Howe Bailey. Map of period San Francisco as front endpapers. Brown illustrated cloth.7" x 10 1/2". Businessman James Stetson lived… Read more about this item Item Price
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![1928 ORIGINAL MAP: SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA / LINEN-BACKED](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/424/163/1544163424.0.m.jpg)
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1928 ORIGINAL MAP: SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA / LINEN-BACKED
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- 1928
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NZ$416.25
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Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1928. This is an ORIGINAL map of the SAN FRANCISCO BAY DISTRICT. 1928. Expertly linen-backed for restoration and ease of handling. 32 1/4" x 26 1/4" plus white border. Color. Note: There is no Golden Gate Bridge. There are two drawn lines representing purposed Bay Bridge routes; one approaching what was to become Treasure… Read more about this item Item Price
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![1860 / DRAKE'S BAY CALIFORNIA: ORIGINAL MAP / LINEN-BACKED](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/961/852/1539852961.0.m.jpg)
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1860 / DRAKE'S BAY CALIFORNIA: ORIGINAL MAP / LINEN-BACKED
by A. D. Bachelor
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- 1860
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NZ$382.95
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Washington DC: U.S. Coast Survey, 1860. Fine. This is an ORIGINAL map entitled "PRELIMINARY CHART OF DRAKE'S BAY CALIFORNIA". 1860. "From a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of A. D. Bache, Superintenent of the SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES." Triangulation (1854-59) by A. F. Rogers and G. Davidson. Topography (1852-3; 1859-60) by J. S. Lawson… Read more about this item Item Price
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![1859](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/286/582/1539582286.0.m.jpg)
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1859 "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS VICINITY" ORIGINAL MAP. LINEN-BACKED
by A. D. BACHE Superintendent
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- First Edition
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- 1859
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Washington DC: U. S. Coast Survey, 1859. First Edition. Fine. This is an ORIGINAL MAP, by the U. S. Survey, entitled "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS VICINITY CALIFORNIA", published 1859. A. D. Bache, Superintendent. Expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. 25 1/2" x 36", plus white border. Scale: 1/10,000. A Fine map, very suitable for… Read more about this item Item Price
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![JOHN DOBLE'S JOURNAL AND LETTERS FROM THE MINES. MOKELUMNE HILL, JACKSON, VOLCANO AND SAN FRANCISCO 1851-1865](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/228/910/1538910228.0.m.jpg)
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JOHN DOBLE'S JOURNAL AND LETTERS FROM THE MINES. MOKELUMNE HILL, JACKSON, VOLCANO AND SAN FRANCISCO 1851-1865
by JOHN DOBLE; CHARLES L. CAMP (Editor)
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- Used - Fine
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- Custom Clear Mylar
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- First Edition
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- 1962
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- Illustrated Cloth
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NZ$99.90
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Denver: The Old West Publishing Company, 1962. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xv) 304 (3) pp. Illustrated, including three folding maps. Edition limited to 1000 un-numbered copies designed and priinted by Lawton Kennedy, San Francisco. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown (The Cottage Bookshop. San Rafael, California). Notes. Index. Illustrated cloth. 7" x 10 1/2". Remarkably… Read more about this item Item Price
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