MILITARY POSTS – COUNCIL BLUFFS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN by Nathaniel Green Pendleton - 1842

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.].

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1864. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo [8x5.5in]; viii, 264 pp.; Forest green pebble cloth covers with gilt lettering and design on spine, blind stamped borders and designs on front and back, all edges untrimmed, brick colored coated end papers; A bright book with only minor shelf wear to edges and corners, prior owner pencil writing on front end paper, French bookseller stamp on lower rear end paper; Acquisition bookplate of Maggs Bros. Ltd (London) on verso of front end paper from the Library of Comte De Chambord (Henri V of France, Duke of Bordeaux). [Wagner-Camp 404, Graff 2890]. From Wagner-Camp, "Morris's entertaining journal takes the reader from Saint Louis to the Colorado Rockies in the summer of 1863." He intended to go to the Montana gold fields, but changed to Denver and the Colorado gold fields due to a breakdown in the steamer at Saint Louis. Gold had been discovered in Montana in 1862 and was the "new gold rush" during the 1860's and 70's. The Colorado gold… Read More

8vo. Original printed wrappers. Salt Lake City: Printed at the Deseret News Printing Establishment, 1877. First Edition. The pamphlet contains an article on the Death of Brigham Young and an obituary from the Deseret Evening News, August 29th and 30th, 1877. Plus "Last Moments of President Brigham Young," "Lying in State – Preparations for the Funeral," "Funeral," and "Respect and Condolences." The pamphlet prints the remarks of the Elders at the funeral service, the hymns sung, the procession, etc. Front cover slightly soiled, small ink stain on back cover, interior clean. Fine. Rare.

[Mexican American War] [Mexico] Ruano. R.; P Velez; José María Lara. Esposición del Secretario del Despacho de Hacienda, Leida en Consejo de Ministros con Asistencia de los Gobernadores de los Estados, en 17 de Agosto de 1851. México: Impr. de J.M. Lara. 1851. Brown leather with gilt tooling. 24 cm. 14, 34 pp. [7 folding tables] [4] pp. Covers show some wear, a few spots and stains; overall very good.
OCLC shows five holdings (Harvard; Yale; Univ. Ill.; Biblio. Natl. Mexico; & Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) Speech and documents relating to the meeting in this capital of the governors of the states, summoned to provide for the demands of the federal treasury in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War. Signed on p. 14: Piña y Cuevas. Second section has title: Documentos. "The invasion of the Republic in 1847 did not produce only the misfortune that is the dismemberment of its territory, but the loss of its income, and great embarrassments to repair it. Maritime customs suffered because of the… 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.].

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1864. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo [8x5.5in]; viii, 264 pp.; Forest green pebble cloth covers with gilt lettering and design on spine, blind stamped borders and designs on front and back, all edges untrimmed, brick colored coated end papers; A bright book with only minor shelf wear to edges and corners, prior owner pencil writing on front end paper, French bookseller stamp on lower rear end paper; Acquisition bookplate of Maggs Bros. Ltd (London) on verso of front end paper from the Library of Comte De Chambord (Henri V of France, Duke of Bordeaux). [Wagner-Camp 404, Graff 2890]. From Wagner-Camp, "Morris's entertaining journal takes the reader from Saint Louis to the Colorado Rockies in the summer of 1863." He intended to go to the Montana gold fields, but changed to Denver and the Colorado gold fields due to a breakdown in the steamer at Saint Louis. Gold had been discovered in Montana in 1862 and was the "new gold rush" during the 1860's and 70's. The Colorado gold… Read More

8vo. Original printed wrappers. Salt Lake City: Printed at the Deseret News Printing Establishment, 1877. First Edition. The pamphlet contains an article on the Death of Brigham Young and an obituary from the Deseret Evening News, August 29th and 30th, 1877. Plus "Last Moments of President Brigham Young," "Lying in State – Preparations for the Funeral," "Funeral," and "Respect and Condolences." The pamphlet prints the remarks of the Elders at the funeral service, the hymns sung, the procession, etc. Front cover slightly soiled, small ink stain on back cover, interior clean. Fine. Rare.

[Mexican American War] [Mexico] Ruano. R.; P Velez; José María Lara. Esposición del Secretario del Despacho de Hacienda, Leida en Consejo de Ministros con Asistencia de los Gobernadores de los Estados, en 17 de Agosto de 1851. México: Impr. de J.M. Lara. 1851. Brown leather with gilt tooling. 24 cm. 14, 34 pp. [7 folding tables] [4] pp. Covers show some wear, a few spots and stains; overall very good.
OCLC shows five holdings (Harvard; Yale; Univ. Ill.; Biblio. Natl. Mexico; & Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) Speech and documents relating to the meeting in this capital of the governors of the states, summoned to provide for the demands of the federal treasury in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War. Signed on p. 14: Piña y Cuevas. Second section has title: Documentos. "The invasion of the Republic in 1847 did not produce only the misfortune that is the dismemberment of its territory, but the loss of its income, and great embarrassments to repair it. Maritime customs suffered because of the… Read More