San Francisco: Printed for William Randolph Hearst by John Henry Nash, 1928. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. (4), 155, (6)pp. Frontispiece etching of Hearst by William Wilke, who also designed the elaborate borders on the frontispiece and title page carrying the Great Seals of Missouri and California. Printed on Van Gelder..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. x,(2),354pp. Blue cloth blocked in black and gilt. Illustrated with photographs; the double-page map is present in the rear. Hinges and edges rubbed, neat ownership name on the front free endpaper, spine darkened a bit, else this is a very good..... More
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 3 volumes. Blue cloth, gilt spine title. Frontispiece in volume one. Volume three contains an index, three folding maps and a tracing of the map legend. Pictorial bookplates in each volume. else a fine set. Coues used and edited the..... More
New York: Nafis and Cornish, 1849. Hardcover. Pictorial Edition. 8vo. iv, 5-468p. Brown sloth decorated in gilt on the boards and spine. Marbled edges. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Cloth is worn at spine tips, hinges, edges and corners, textblock shaken, but still a good copy. Some copies of this edition..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1964. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. One of 425 copies. Decorated cloth binding reproducing the map. GIft inscription on the front free endpaper else a fine copy with the facsimile map in the read pocket, as issued. More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1949. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin octavo. 16, [1]pp. Tinted frontis map and one full page illustration, facsimile of original title page, 2 other facsimiles tipped in. Decorative yellow-orange cloth, a very good copy. One of 300 copies printed by Harold Seeger and Albert..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1967. First edition in English. Hardcover. 8vo, pp. [2], 61, [1]. Illustrated by Mallette Dean, facsimiles, endpaper maps; fine in original rust cloth, pictorial paper cover label, printed paper spine label. The plain dustwrapper is present. worn at the spine tips and fold..... More
Washington, DC: Academt of American Franciscan History, 1655. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. 4to. xlix, (3), 413;xiii, (1), 464pp. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper boards. Illustrated. Index. A fine set. After the death of Junípero Serra in 1784, Lasuén was appointed president of the California..... More
Topeka: Published by the Author, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvii,(1), 630pp Brown cloth blocked in dark brown and gilt on the spine and upper board. Illustrated. Large folding map present in rear. A very good copy; the foldout map is in fine conditon. Inscribed on the front free endpaper..... More
London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 1757. First edition in English. Hardcover. Two volumes. 8vo. (20),455 (8),387pp. Folding map of California in volume I; 4 copperplates (including frontispieces) each with two images, for a total of 8 images. Full speckled calf, nicely rebacked at an early date, retaining the original..... More
Madrid: Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, 1757. First edition. Fine. Three volumes. Small 4tos. (24),240; (8),564; (8),436. First issue with p. II, 479 misnumbered 476. Contemporary vellum, yap edges, manuscript titles on the spines. Four folding copperplate maps: Vol. 1 contains the Mapa de la California, y su Costa Oriental Nuevamente..... More
1942 (but 1995). Hardcover. Facsimile edition by Maurizio Martino of the definitive scholarly study of the maps of the gold rush. Folio. xlii, 152pp. Tan cloth, spine blocked in cream, red, and black. A fine copy. This edition includes the 1852 Gibbs Map of the Southern Mines, not found in..... More
