Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

62 61 c   (CALIFORNIA.) Emory,William H. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri to San Diego, in California. 2 (of 4) maps, 40 plates, text illustrations. 416 pages. 8vo, modern 1 / 4 calf; small repair to corner of title page, lacking battle plans #1 and 3, plate 13 detached, large folding map (with minor repairs) in custom pocket on rear pastedown. 30th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Exec. Doc. 7. Washington, 1848 [120/180] first edition . Graff 1249; Howes E145; Wagner-Camp 148:1; Zamorano Eighty 33. 62 c   (CALIFORNIA.) Hill, Andrew P.; photographer. Group of photographs of the redwoods and their early protectors. 8 silver prints, each about 8 x 10 inches, on original mounts with photographer’s stamp on mount recto, each numbered and signed in negative; minimal wear, mount remnants on verso. San Jose, CA, circa 1900-02 [1,000/1,500] Andrew Putnam Hill (1853-1922) was a photographer who led the movement to preserve California’s redwoods.He helped form the Sempervirens Club (an early land trust), and was instrumental in creating what is now Big Basin Redwoods State Park.These photographs depict the redwoods and logging scenes, some with the founders of the Sempervirens Club posing among massive trees.