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(CALIFORNIA.) Marryat, Francis S.
Mountains and Molehills.
Numerous
illustrations. 12mo, publisher’s cloth, moderate wear, spine head chipped; original owner’s
signature on front pastedown.
New York, 1855
[150/250]
First American edition. Cowan 1933, page 416 (“an interesting description of sights and an
account of experiences during the early gold period”); Howes M299.
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(CALIFORNIA.) Revere, Joseph Warren.
A Tour of Duty in California.
Folding map (worn and laid down on tissue), 6 plates. 12mo, publisher’s cloth, moderate
wear, recased. [6] pages of undated publisher’s ads at end.
New York, 1849
[300/400]
FIRST EDITION
.
The author was the grandson of Paul Revere. “Description of the gold fields
and authoritative particulars on the California conquest”—Howes R222. Cowan 1933, page
530; Graff 3474; Hill 1439; Zamorano Eighty 63.
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(CALIFORNIA.) [Robinson, Alfred.]
Life in California during a Residence
of Several Years.
7 (of 9) plates. 12mo, publisher’s cloth, moderate wear, rebacked with
portion of original backstrip laid down; foxing, lacking first flyleaf; early gift inscription on
title page.
New York, 1846
[150/250]
FIRST EDITION
.
Bound with (as issued) Robinson’s translation of Geronimo Boscana’s
Chinigchinich. Cowan 1933, page 537; Field 155; Howes R363 (“aa”); Sabin 72048;
Zamorano Eighty 65.
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(CALIFORNIA.) Sutton & Co.
Advertising card for the clipper ship
Helvetia bound for San Francisco.
Printed in 4 colors on coated stock, 3
1
/
4
x 6 inches;
minor foxing and wear; name inscribed on verso.
New York: Nesbitt & Co., circa 1857
[300/400]
This clipper ship card was used to draw customers for a journey from New York around the horn
to San Francisco. Sutton & Co. operated at this address from at least 1853 through 1861.
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(CALIFORNIA LETTER SHEETS.)
Mariposa City.
Lithographed letter sheet,
8
3
/
4
x 10
3
/
4
inches plus attached blank leaf;
minimal foxing, minor edge wear, ink stains
in bottom margin, inked number in upper
right corner.
San Francisco: Quirot & Co., [1851-52]
[800/1,200]
John C. Frémont owned much of the land around
Mariposa at this time, and grew wealthy from its
productive gold fields. The present town is just
south of Yosemite National Park. Peters,
California on Stone, page 138.
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