Dick Campodonico Collection Part 2, Day 1
Saturday, November 10, 2012 | 1:00 PM Pacific
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Dick Campodonico Collection Part 2, Day 1
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Early California material including pictorial letter sheets; books; photos; bonds & stock certificates; lithos; bills of exchange; and ephemera related to mining, transportation, NV & OR.
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Dick Campodonico Collection Part 2, Day 1
Lot # 0 (Sale Order: 1 of 381)
Day 1 auction features a variety of early California material including pictorial letter sheets; books; photographs; maps; early bonds and stock certificates; lithographs; bills of exchange; and paper ephemera related to early mining, transportation, Nevada and Oregon.
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Lot of 3 Books on Printing in CA & OR
Lot # 1 (Sale Order: 2 of 381)
Including The California Star. Yerba Buena and San Francisco / Vol 1, 1847-1848 / A Reproduction in Facsimile published by Howell-North Books, 1965; George Belknaps Oregon Imprints 1845-1870 (Univ. of Oregon, 1968); and the nicely printed auction catalog for the Volkmann, Jr. Collection of Fine California Press Books (PBA, 2008). The information in The California Star newspaper for early San Francisco is invaluable for researchers, and Belknaps work on Oregon imprints is still the main reference on early printing for that region, including the southern Oregon mining area around Jacksonville. The Volkmann, Jr. Collection consisted of many examples of 20th century fine press work. VG+ to Fine condition. [BK-6, BK-23, BK-37]
Lot of 5 Books re CA, OR & Western Mining History
Lot # 2 (Sale Order: 3 of 381)
Lot of five books relating to California, Nevada and western gold mining history, including Hollidays Rush for Riches: Gold Fever and the Making of California (Oakland Museum, 1999, soft cover); Gold Giants of Grass Valley: History of the Empire and North Star Mines (Grass Valley, 1995); volumes 1 and 3 of The Journals of Alfred Doten 1849-1903 (Reno: Univ of Nevada Press, 1973); and the Holabird catalog The Rush for Gold! Americas Gold Rushes (Reno: Holabird-Kagin Americana, 2008). Nice assortment of history, first-hand accounts, and an illustrated catalog. All are in VG to Fine condition. [BK-14, BK-25A & 25B, BK-30, BK-36]
Three Volume Set of Doten Journals
Lot # 3 (Sale Order: 4 of 381)
The Journals of Alfred Doten 1849-1903 (3 vols). Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1973. Edited by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. Hard cover in original publisher's slipcase; 808/1575/2381 pages in three volumes; illustrated. Doten was an early California and Nevada pioneer involved in later life as a newspaperman. Spine lettering on Vol 1 has been partially rubbed off; slipcase shows some splitting at front corners; some age toning to paper label on slip case; but overall in VG+ condition. [BK-24]
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San Francisco City Directory, 1850 [1898 Facsimile]
Lot # 4 (Sale Order: 5 of 381)
The San Francisco City Directory September 1, 1850 By Charles P. Kimball (San Francisco: Journal of Commerce Press, 1850 [1898]. Purple pebbled cloth w/gilt front cover title; 139pp [plus 5 blank pp]; 16mo. This is the 1898 facsimile edition of the rare 1850 directory with the addition of three pages (137-139) of names omitted in the first edition, plus a page of 1850 ads pasted down on both the front and back endpapers. Light stain marks on fore edge not affecting the text pages. VG+ to Fine condition. [LA-102]
Annals of San Francisco, 1855 with Map & Illustrations
Lot # 5 (Sale Order: 6 of 381)
The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of California, to which are added, Biographical Memoirs of Some Prominent Citizens by Soule, et al. NY: D. Appleton & Co., 1855. Leather binding; 824 pages; frontis; illustrated; map of San Francisco, plus 5 other litho plates. Contains fold-out General Map / Showing the Countries Explored & Surveyed / by the / United States & Mexican / Boundary Commission / in the Years 1850, 51, 52, & 53. / Under the director of / John R. Bartlett. / U.S. Commissioner. Closed tear in leather at bottom of spine; some foxing; o/w in VG condition. [BK-16]
Lot of 2 Books on Early California
Lot # 6 (Sale Order: 7 of 381)
Lot of two books on early California, including The Gold Rush Letters of J.D.B. Stillman (Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1967), one of 2350 copies, and New Helvetia Diary: A Record of Events Kept by John A. Sutter and his Clerks at New Helvetia, California, from September 9, 1845, to May 25, 1848 (San Francisco: Grabhorn Press in arrangement with The Society of California Pioneers, 1939), one of 950 copies. The Stillman book has Gold Rush Letters written in red on the spine of its plain dust jacket, and the New Helvetia Diary has some light bumping at top of spine; otherwise, both are in Near Fine condition. [BK-26, BK-27]
The Adventures of a Forty-Niner, 1894
Lot # 7 (Sale Order: 8 of 381)
The Adventures of a Forty-Niner (Albany, 1894) by Knower. Green cloth w/ illustration on front cover; 200 pages; illustrations. Covers are soiled and pages 127-130 have damage to upper corners, affecting text. Still, a good account of an early arrival in Gold Rush California. [BK-33]
California Gold Rush History... S.S. Central America, 2002
Lot # 8 (Sale Order: 9 of 381)
A California Gold Rush History, featuring the Treasure from the S.S. Central America: A source book for the Gold Rush Historian and Numismatist by Bowers. Newport Beach, CA: The California Gold Marketing Group, 2002. Black covers w/mounted color image of a California miner on the front cover; 1055 pages; lavishly illustrated. Contains a history of the gold rush, plus images of some of the recovered coins and gold from the wreck of the S.S. Central America. As New in original, cellophane wrapping. [BK-40]
Conquest of California... 1846 (Santa Rosa, CA, 1896)
Lot # 9 (Sale Order: 10 of 381)
Conquest of California / Capture of Sonoma by Bear Flag Men / June 14, 1846 / Raising the American Flag in Monterey / / Historical Address Delivered in Sonoma, January 14, 1896 / by R.A. Thompson (Santa Rosa: Sonoma Democrat Publishing Company, 1896). Red paper wraps; 33 pages; frontis; illustrated. Spine and cover edges chipped; some water damage on lower edge of back cover which has led to watermarks and some reddish stain to some pages (not affecting text). [BK-61]
Lot of 4 Government Documents regarding CA Land Claims, 1852-1870
Lot # 10 (Sale Order: 11 of 381)
Lot of 4 congressional reports relating to land claims in California, 1852-1870. All four have been removed from bound volumes, but are complete, including: 1) Regarding the Commission for Settling Land Claims in California (13pp), 1852; 2) Reports of Surveyors General of California and Oregon (30pp), 1852; 3) Expenditures on Account of Private Land Claims in California (56pp), 1860; and 4) Memorial of Settlers on Agricultural Lands in California (11pp), 1870. These printed documents contain interesting and important information about property ownership in early California. Great source material. VG+ to Fine condition. [BK-65]
California Claims Contracted Under Fremont, 1846-1847
Lot # 11 (Sale Order: 12 of 381)
California claims contracted under Colonel Fremont, 1846-1847. 8-page piece removed from a bound volume, being Ex. Doc. No. 13 of the House of Representatives, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session. This 1854 document lists claims by those who had contracts issued by Lt. Col. John Fremont in California during the period 1846-1847. It gives the name of each claimant, the nature of the claim, the amount owed, and other information about the status of the claim. Prices were standardized (eg a first quality horse $30; revolvers $50; Bowie knives $5; and spurs $5) and the last four pages consist of an alphabetical list of claimants. Great source for pre-gold rush names in California, as well as information regarding the cost of supporting the military in Upper California at the time of the War with Mexico. Light toning; o/w in VG+ to Fine condition. [BK-67]
Report on Effects of Hydraulic Mining in CA on Navigable Waters, 1882
Lot # 12 (Sale Order: 13 of 381)
Report Upon A Project to Protect the Navigable Waters of California from the Effects of Hydraulic Mining, by Lt. Co. G.H. Mendell, Corps of Engineers [Washington: GPO, 1882]. Missing covers (?), as it starts with the report title on page 3; pp 3 110; three fold-out maps (mining area of the lower portions of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and their tributaries; map of lower Yuba River; and a map of lower Bear River). By this time, the extensive hydraulic mining along the main rivers of the gold country was beginning to have major impacts on the navigability of those rivers for purposes of commerce. This report addresses those concerns. The document is in a removable, protective plastic cover and, except for some minor toning, is in VG+ to Fine condition. [BK-66]
Lot of 2 Vols on CA Supreme Court Cases for 1854 & 1855 (SF, 1875/1870)
Lot # 13 (Sale Order: 14 of 381)
(CA Supreme Court Cases 1854/1855) Lot of two volumes, being Vol. IV and Vol. V (2nd editions) of Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in The Supreme Court, of the State of California, in the Year[s] 1854 / 1855 (San Francisco: Sumner Whitney & Co / A.L. Bancroft & Co., 1875; and San Francisco: Sumner Whitney & H.H. Bancroft & Co., 1870). Both are bound in full leather w/spine labels and titles under nicely applied clear tape; 487, 574pp. Wear to top and bottom of spines and corners; covers of Vol IV are beginning to separate from the text block. [BK-77]
Statutes of California, 1855
Lot # 14 (Sale Order: 15 of 381)
(Statutes of CA, 1855) The Statutes of California, Passed at The Sixth Session of the Legislature [ 1855], at the City of Sacramento (Sacramento: B.B. Redding, State Printer, 1855). Full leather binding; 326pp; fold-out Tabular Statement of Receipts into the State Treasury from January 1 to June 30, 1854. The name Col. E.J. Lewis, Esq is written on the top of the front cover; an early California State Library bookplate, printed by Redding, is laid down on inside front cover. Full of important information about early California history as it relates to legislative action. Front cover partially split away from spine; usual scuffing at corners and spine; overall in VG condition. [BK-78]
Message from the President (1847) re War with Mexico & Indian Affairs
Lot # 15 (Sale Order: 16 of 381)
Message from the President of the United States, to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirtieth Congress, December 7, 1847 (Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848). Rebound in 1/2 green leather with marbled paper boards; spine title in gilt; 1369, 249pp. Much on the War with Mexico, including maps and charts and the 249-page Secretary of Wars report bound with the Message as an appendix. It reads as a detailed history of the War with Mexico. Also includes reports from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. President Polk set forth the argument that it was in Upper Californias best interest to be governed by the US as it was too far removed from the government in Mexico, and that Mexico was too feeble to maintain control of it much longer. The many fold-out maps and charts have not been collated, but it appears as if most, if not all, are present as issued. Considerable foxing and toning throughout the volume with some moisture stains, but still very readable. The binding is in VG+ to Fine condition. [BK-79]
Message from the President (1849) regarding California, Mexico and Indian Hostilities, with Maps
Lot # 16 (Sale Order: 17 of 381)
Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Information December, 1849, on the Subject of California and New Mexico. House Ex. Doc. No. 17, 31st Congress, 1st Session. Rebound in half green morocco leather w/marbled boards; 976pp; fold-out maps. President Taylor expresses his desire that each Territory should, if prepared to comply with the requisitions of the constitution of the United States, for a plan of a State constitution and submit the same to Congress, with a prayer for admission in the Union as a State. The volume is full of information on California, the gold fields, Indians and Indian-Anglo hostilities, and relations with Mexico. Within a year, California would become a state. Contains six maps, including Map of Fort Hill, Monterey, CA (some taping along fold lines); map of Lower California; sketch of Port Escondido, Lower California; Sketch [map] of General Rileys Route through the Mining Districts, July and Aug 1849; and the Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Fremont, 1848. Several of the maps are repaired or reinforced by tape at the fold lines, mostly on the reverse side. A very important resource for pre-statehood history of California written shortly after the discovery of gold. Some toning; o/w in VG+ condition. [BK-90]
Message from the President (2 Vols, 1851) re Oregon Boundary and Indian Affairs in CA, OR etc
Lot # 17 (Sale Order: 18 of 381)
Message from the President of the United States, to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Second Congress, December 2, 1851 (2 volumes: the Senate Ex. Doc No.1 and the House Ex. Doc. No. 2, Part III). Washington: A. Boyd Hamilton, 1851. President Millard Fillmore's message, with accompanying reports from various departments and commissioners, including the Department of State, Secretary of War, and General Land Office. Blind stamped cloth bindings w/gilt title on spines; 469pp / 582pp; two maps in the Senate document. The volumes include a report on the ill-fated Cuba Expedition; census figures; a report on the Oregon Boundary (with a map); and much information about military and Indian affairs in California, Oregon, Texas and New Mexico. Lot of two volumes in VG to VG+ condition, with usual foxing and toning to many pages. [BK-80]
Message from the President (1851) re Oregon Boundary and Military and Indian Affairs in the West
Lot # 18 (Sale Order: 19 of 381)
Message from the President of the United States, to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Second Congress, December 2, 1851 (Washington: A. Boyd Hamilton, Printer, 1851). Senate Ex. Doc. No. 1, 32nd Congress, 1st Session. Blind stamped cloth binding; 469pp; map of boundaries of Oregon, plus a fold-out map of the United States showing numerous frontier stations and travel routes. Besides the Presidents address, it includes a report on the Oregon Boundary and much information about military and Indian affairs in California and Oregon and throughout the West. Cloth binding discolored, with some loss of cloth along edges of covers; toning and foxing throughout; still, in VG, very readable, condition. [BK-81]
Report (1853) re Proposed Survey for RR Route to the Pacific and Indian Hostilities in OR
Lot # 19 (Sale Order: 20 of 381)
Report of the Secretary of War, 1853, being Part II of the Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Third Congress, 1853 (Washington: Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1853). House Ex. Doc. No. 1, 33 Congress, 1 Session. Blind stamped cloth binding; 591pp; 5 illus plates. Secretary of War Jefferson David's 34-page report is an important document regarding the proposed survey to determine the best route for a railroad from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. It gives a brief history of the explorations of this route up to that time, from Lewis & Clark to Major Emory in 1846. This volume also includes information regarding Indian hostilities in Oregon (including the Rogue River skirmishes), river and harbor improvements, and a report of the Chief Engineer regarding fortifications and defenses, such as Fort Alcatraz and Fort Point in the San Francisco Bay. Ex-library with a white faded number on the spine. Horizontal tear to the cloth spine has resulted in a portion of the spine cloth coming unglued from the back strap; o/w in VG to VG+ condition with only a moderate amount of foxing or toning.[BK-82]
Message from the President (1855) re Opening Up Lands & a Report on Indian Tribes.
Lot # 20 (Sale Order: 21 of 381)
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Fourth Congress (Part I), 1855 (Washington: Beverley Tucker, Printer, 1855). Senate Ex. Doc. No. 1, 34th Congress, 1st Session, Part I. Blind stamped cloth binding; 638pp. Following President Buchanan's address is the Report of the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The former relates to opening up of lands in the West, including California and Oregon Territory; and the latter is a comprehensive report on Indian tribes, including a list of all the recognized tribes residing within the United States boundaries as of 1855, giving the number of members and the place of residence of each tribe. [BK-83]
Message from the President (1856) re Slavery, Kansas Affairs, and Rogue River Indian War in OR
Lot # 21 (Sale Order: 22 of 381)
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-Fourth Congress, 1856 (Washington: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856). House Ex. Doc. No. 1. 34 Congress, 3 Session. Blind stamped cloth binding with a spine title, Message and Documents 1856-7 Part 1; 895pp. President Franklin Pierce's address warns the northern states against taking up the cause of the slavery abolitionists, saying that the only path to its accomplishment is through burning cities and ravaged fields and slaughtered populations. Includes a large section on Kansas Affairs, with accounts of strife between the pro and anti-slavery factions; the report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1856 that includes much material about the Rogue River Indian War in southern Oregon; and reports from the Surveyors General. Another important volum of early Western American history. White 1856 written on spine; o/w in VG+ condition with only a moderate amount of toning and foxing. [BK-84]
Message from the President (1856) re Slavery, Kansas, Surveyors General Report, and Rogue Indian War
Lot # 22 (Sale Order: 23 of 381)
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-Fourth Congress, 1856 (Washington: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856). Senate Ex. Doc. No. 1. 34th Congress, 3rd Session. Blind stamped cloth binding with a spine title, Message and Documents 1856-7 Part 1; 895pp. Same pagination and information as in the House version. President Franklin Pierces address warns the northern states against taking up the cause of the slavery abolitionists, saying that the only path to its accomplishment is through burning cities and ravaged fields and slaughtered populations. Includes a large section on Kansas Affairs, with accounts of strife between the pro and anti-slavery factions; the report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1856 that includes much material about the Rogue River Indian War in southern Oregon; and reports from the Surveyors General. Another important volume of early Western American history. VG+ condition with only a moderate amount of toning and foxing. [BK-85]
Message from the President (2 Vols, 1857/1858) re Mormons, Walker's Expedition
Lot # 23 (Sale Order: 24 of 381)
Lot of two volumes, 1857-8, comprised of Vol I and Vol II of the Message from the President of the United States, to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Thirty-Fifth Congress, 1857/1858 (Washington: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1857; and Washington: William A. Harris, Printer, 1858). Vol I is House Ex. Doc No. 2, 35th Congress, 1st Session and Vol II is Senate Ex. Doc. No. 11, 35th Congress, 1st Session. Blind stamped cloth bindings; 773pp, 572pp. In his address, President Buchanan mentions Utah and the fanatical spirit of the Mormons, who, he stated, threaten open rebellion against the national government, and Walker's filibustering expedition in Central America. The volume also contains the reports of the General Land Office regarding surveys in California, Oregon and Washington territories, Utah, and several other states and territories; reports from Indian agencies (including a short one from Kit Carson, Agent for the Mohuache Utah Indians on Carson's Agency); and much on the Indians of the Pacific Northwest. Vol II contains the report of the Secretary of War, including reports on the Utah Expedition and progress on the improvement of military roads throughout the West. VG to VG+ condition w/some wear to headbands and corners of covers and moderate toning and foxing. [BK-86]
Message from the President (1858) re Kansas, Mormon Rebellion, General Land Office & Indian Affairs
Lot # 24 (Sale Order: 25 of 381)
Message from the President of the United States, to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-Fifth Congress (Vol I), 1858 (Washington: James B. Steedman, Printer, 1858). House Ex. Doc. No. 2, 35th Congress, 2nd Session. Blind stamped cloth binding; 750pp. President Buchanan addresses the Kansas statehood controversy, the Mormon Rebellion, and the capture of a slave ship. The majority of the volume contains the reports of the General Land Office and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The latter includes correspondence and reports from the field concerning Indian troubles in Washington Territory (both eastern and western Washington) and Oregon. Kit Carson's report from the Utah Agency at Taos is part of this compilation of Indian Affairs activities in 1858. Some chipping of cloth at top of headband; o/w in VG to VG+ condition. [BK-87]
