67
(CALIFORNIA.) [Nevada Stage Company.]
Yo Semite Valley and the Big
Trees via the Big Oak Flat Direct Route.
Folding map with route traced in red, text
illustrations. [16] pages. 16mo, publisher’s illustrated wrappers, minor soiling; internally
clean.
San Francisco, 1881
[300/400]
A promotional pamphlet for a stagecoach route through the Calaveras sequoia grove. Currey &
Kruska 264; Rocq 5317. 2 copies in WorldCat, none known at auction.
68
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(CALIFORNIA.) Tyson, Philip T., et al.
Report . . . in Relation to the
Geology and Topography of California.
3 folding maps, 10 folding plans. 127, 37
pages. 8vo, modern cloth; minor foxing, one plate detached, maps bound partially shut;
small bookplate on front pastedown. 31st Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc. 47.
Washington, 1850
[600/900]
FIRST EDITION
, followed by 1000 copies Tyson issued the following year with his own title
page and introduction. Goes well beyond the strictly scientific scope suggested by the title to
discuss the living conditions of the miners; also includes the extract of a travel journal by
Lieutenant Theodore Talbot. “Probably the earliest work of true scientific research to emerge
from the Gold Rush. Its author was a gifted scientist whose pioneering effort was of consider-
able value”—Wheat, Gold Rush 212. Howes T455 (“aa”).
69
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(CALIFORNIA.)
Waybill of California and Oregon mail line for stage-
coach passengers.
Partly printed form with manuscript completions, 15
1
/
2
x 19 inches,
with docketing on verso; short separations at center folds.
Marysville, CA, 17 June 1867
[150/250]
List of 31 passengers travelling between Marysville and Sacramento, CA, with fees and
ultimate destination. One of the passengers headed for Marysville, “Mo China,” was
presumably a Chinese immigrant.
70
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(CALIFORNIA.)
Group of bibliographical reference books.
4 titles in 6 vol-
umes. Various sizes and conditions.
Vp, 1935-97
[400/600]
Currey & Kruska. Bibliography of Yosemite, the Central and the Southern High Sierra, and
the Big Trees. Palo Alto, CA, 1992 * Kurutz. The California Gold Rush. San Francisco,
1997 * Peters. California on Stone. New York, 1935 * California Printing. 3 volumes. San
Francisco, 1980-87.
71
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(CALIFORNIA.)
Group of 3 limited-edition Thomas C. Russell printings.
Maps and plates. 8vo, publisher’s cloth-backed boards and original paper spine labels,
minimal wear; uncut, each signed, dated and numbered by the publisher and printer James
Tufts on the limitation page; small bookplates on front pastedowns of the first two volumes.
San Francisco, CA: Thomas C. Russell, 1926-30
[300/400]
The Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806. #49 of 260, 1926 * Langsdorff’s
Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage. #79 of 260, 1927 * Simpson. Narrative of a Voyage to
California Ports in 1841-42. #47 of 250, 1930.
I...,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34 36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,...194