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The Illustrated Douro by * Villa Maior, Julio Maximo de Oliveira Pimentel, visconde de (1809-1884) - 1876: An Album of the River Douro and Adjacent Wine Country

by * Villa Maior, Julio Maximo de Oliveira Pimentel, visconde de (1809-1884)

The Illustrated Douro by * Villa Maior, Julio Maximo de Oliveira Pimentel, visconde de (1809-1884) - 1876

The Illustrated Douro: An Album of the River Douro and Adjacent Wine Country

by * Villa Maior, Julio Maximo de Oliveira Pimentel, visconde de (1809-1884)

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Oporto: Universal Book-Shop of Magalhaes and Moniz, Editors, 1876. First Edition. Rebound during the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. Leather spine; and corners of boards also in leather. Original cover bound in.. Very good - some pages show some age toning - all of the illustrations are crisp and clear. n. Quarto - oblong (10 3/4 by 13 3/4 inches) 227 pages. Parallel text in three languages: French, Portuguese, and English. Three separate title pages. Illustrated with 25 beautiful engravings showing the river, the quintas and other scenery of the region. The original very large (17 1/2 by 44 inch) fold out map is present at the back and there is another full page map in the text. "Historical and descriptive introduction to the wine Districts. Description of the principal vineyards or wine-growing farms (quintas), and of the wine making process in the Douro, remarks on the trade. Storing and wine-lodge operations of Port-wine." OCLC locates only two libraries that have this book: The British Library and The Biblioteque National de France. Not in Simon and no recent auction record. Gabler42360
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  • Place of Publication Oporto
  • Date Published 1876
MEMOIR'S (sic) FOR A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS. Containing The Anatomical Descriptions of...
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MEMOIR'S (sic) FOR A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS. Containing The Anatomical Descriptions of Several Creatures Dissected By The Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Englished by Alexander Pitfeild, Fellow of the Royal Society.: To Which is added an ACCOUNT of the Measure of a Degree of a great Circle of the Earth, Published by the Same Academy, and Englished By Richard Waller, S.R.S."

by Perrault, Claude

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Quarto (12 by 8 1/4 inches) London: "Printed by Joseph Streater, and are to be Sold by T. Basset, at the George in Fleet-Street. J Robinson, at the Golden Lyon in St. Paul's Church-Yard. B. Ayimer, at the Three Pigeons over against the Royal-Exchange. Job. Southby at the Harrow in Cornhil. And by W. Canning, in the Temple." 1688. (16) 267 (12) & (3) 40 pages.

TWO works bound together, as published, in original full mottled calf, with raised bands and gilt ornaments on spine.
Good condition, with some chipping along outside hinges, but holding; and normal wear to corners. Title page of first part printed in red and black. Lower right corner of title page to second part torn and missing, but not affecting text; and minor old insect damage to lower portion of same; date and other particulars still very readable. Engraved bookplate of Henry Maister (of an early English mercantile family).

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The Whipple Report
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The Whipple Report: Journal of an expedition from San Diego, California to the Rio Colorado, from Sept. 11 to Dec. 11, 1849

by Whipple, A. W., Lieutenant United States Topographical Engineers

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Small octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches) Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1961. An Edition of 900 copies only of which 800 copies are for sale. Brick red cloth boards with embossed device of a covered wagon on the front cover. 100 pages illustrated with black and white historic photographs, index, Indian vocabulary, bibliography. Very good condition (previous owner's neat inscription and date on first fly leaf).

At the time of the California Gold Rush, shortly after the end of the Mexican War, in September 1849, Whipple and the man assigned to guard him, Cave Couts, were assigned to survey the new international boundary line in the vicinity of the Gila and Colorado rivers; as required by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

According to E. I. Edwards, who wrote the introduction, notes, and bibliography: "Of all the early accounts written by the emigrants of the gold trail who crossed our Southern California desert, none can claim quite the same degree of distinction that attaches to the Whipple Report .... "
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Official Program Elks 65th National Convention
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Official Program Elks 65th National Convention: July 1929 Los Angeles

by {LOS ANGELES}

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12 mo. (8 x 4 3/4 inches) 1929. Stapled program of 31 pages, black and white halftone aerial panoramic photo on covers showing the Downtown skyline, with City Hall featured prominently. Double page map prepared by the Automobile Club of Southern California shows location of the Elk's Temple in the center and adjacent streets leading to Exposition Park, Hollywood, Elysian Park, Downtown, and the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Depots. Original, wrappers, very good condition.

An agenda for day to day activities beginning July 5th, and ending July 13; including "Parade Day," "Coliseum Events," with sections on auto tours to Redondo Beach, Venice, Ocean Park, and Santa Monica. Names listed on the "Executive Committee" include Hellman, Janss, Doheny, Haggarty, and Warner.
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Official Program of the Second Annual Ball Given by the Beer Drivers, Helpers and Stablemen's...
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Official Program of the Second Annual Ball Given by the Beer Drivers, Helpers and Stablemen's Local Union No. 242 Saturday Evening, Dec. 4 1909 at New Turner Hall 321 South Main St.

by {LOS ANGELES}

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16 mo. (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches) Los Angeles, "OFFICIAL PROGRAM for Saturday Evening, Dec. 4 1909 at New Turner Hall 321 South Main St." staple bound paper program of 14 unnumbered pages, one halftone captioned photo illustration of men standing at a bar: "Grand Annex, 106 So. Main St.;" good condition (old horizontal fold on front cover indicating it was previously folded in half, age toning and old liquid stains along margins, one tiny chip to lower corner of back wrapper, not affecting contents).

Many local advertisements for bars, cafes, groceries, billiard and pool halls, clothiers ("suits to order, $20 to $50"), wineries, horse shoeing stables, and political ads (one on last page: "A Village or a City? Vote For . . . " with a list of candidates for Mayor, City Clerk, City Attorney, Treasurer, Auditor, Tax Collector, Assessor, and Councilmen at Large: "The Prosperity and Progress of Los Angeles Concerns You Think It Over!")

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THE YOSEMITE GUIDE-BOOK:
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THE YOSEMITE GUIDE-BOOK: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California,

by Whitney, J. D.

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Octavo (9 1/4 x 7 inches) Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, & Co.: Published by Authority of the Legislature, 1870. First Trade Edition, Second Printing. 155 pages, illustrated with engraved cuts of scenery throughout the text, and eight full page engraved plates with protective tissue guards; maps in pockets missing.

Original green cloth trade binding, decorated with a map of the Sierra and surrounding country stamped in gilt on the front cover; and similarly, a logo of the Geological Survey team with their equipment stamped in gilt on the back cover; title in gilt on spine.

Good condition, showing the results of being carried in a pocket or ruck sack (the covers and corners of the fragile binding show some wear; lower right corner of front cover appears to have been bent). Inscription of previous owner dated "July 4, 1889, (In camp under the Royal Arches, Yosemite)" on front fly leaf, light pencil notation on a few pages not affecting text or illustrations, contents clean and intact; ticket of the… Read More
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MEMOIR'S (sic) FOR A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS. Containing The Anatomical Descriptions of...
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MEMOIR'S (sic) FOR A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS. Containing The Anatomical Descriptions of Several Creatures Dissected By The Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Englished by Alexander Pitfeild, Fellow of the Royal Society.: To Which is added an ACCOUNT of the Measure of a Degree of a great Circle of the Earth, Published by the Same Academy, and Englished By Richard Waller, S.R.S."

by Perrault, Claude

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Quarto (12 by 8 1/4 inches) London: "Printed by Joseph Streater, and are to be Sold by T. Basset, at the George in Fleet-Street. J Robinson, at the Golden Lyon in St. Paul's Church-Yard. B. Ayimer, at the Three Pigeons over against the Royal-Exchange. Job. Southby at the Harrow in Cornhil. And by W. Canning, in the Temple." 1688. (16) 267 (12) & (3) 40 pages.

TWO works bound together, as published, in original full mottled calf, with raised bands and gilt ornaments on spine.
Good condition, with some chipping along outside hinges, but holding; and normal wear to corners. Title page of first part printed in red and black. Lower right corner of title page to second part torn and missing, but not affecting text; and minor old insect damage to lower portion of same; date and other particulars still very readable. Engraved bookplate of Henry Maister (of an early English mercantile family).

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California
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California: Issued by the Chicago & Northwestern Ry. Union Pacific System

by {UNION PACIFIC}

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Octavo (10 X 7 inches) Chicago: Chicago & North Western Railway Co., 1927. 48 page booklet, illustrated with captioned photos (several in color), descriptive text, five maps in color, cover is an embossed vignette of Yosemite Valley. Original, staple bound wrappers. Very good condition.

Historical and natural beauty of California are featured with colorful images and glowing adjectives.
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Hotel Metropole

Hotel Metropole

by {OAKLAND EPHEMERA}

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Octavo (8 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches) Oakland, California, early 20th century paper advertisement printed on coated stock folded once to form four panels printed on both sides, illustrated with halftone sepia photos of the interior rooms and a bird's-eye map on the back cover. Original, good condition (rubber stamp of Peck-Judah on one panel, not affecting contents).

Promoting Oakland and the Hotel Metropole, that burned down in 1918.
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The Guest at The Ambassador
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"The Guest at The Ambassador": A Distinctive Hotel in the Most Beautiful Residence Section of Los Angeles

by {LOS ANGELES EPHEMERA}

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Octavo (9 x 4 inches) Original, promotional staplebound brochure printed on stiff paper, with embossed gilt monogram "A" on upper left corner of front cover, folded once to form 12 unnumbered pages, illustrated with drawings and black and white halftone photos, map of Southern California and vicinity with local attractions in relation to the hotel's location.

Evocative of the early 1920s Hollywood: Art Nouveau style sepia drawings on the cover, and at lower margin on every page, projecting the elegance of the hotel; of guests enjoying fine dining, dancing, and golf, while socializing in furs and formal wear.

Very good condition (discreet Peck Judah rubber stamp on front cover, not affecting contents).

The hotel was on Wilshire Boulevard, and the location of the famous Coconut Grove nightclub. Both hotel and nightclub are gone, replaced by a high school.
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An Enquiry (sic) into The Causes of the Miscarriage of the Scots Colony at DARIEN, or an Answer...
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An Enquiry (sic) into The Causes of the Miscarriage of the Scots Colony at DARIEN, or an Answer to a Libel Entituled (sic) A Defence (sic) of the Scots Abdicating DARIEN: Submitted to the Consideration of Good People of England.

by [Darien] (Ridpath, George)

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12 mo. (7 x 4 1/2 inches) Glasgow, 1700. First Edition. (viii) 112 pages. Good condition: early nineteenth century half calf, marbled boards, considerable wear to hinges (front hinge split, but holding), title in gilt on spine.

Walter Herries (or Harris) was a pamphleteer who participated in the first Darien "adventure." Upon his return to England, he was offered inducements by English politicians to write a book that would ruin the reputation of the members of the Darien Company. His book was "Declared by a royal proclamation to be a 'false, scandalous, and traitorous libel'."

This book, attributed to Ridpath, is an answer to Herries's book, and an attack on English politicians. Ridpath was a Scottish journalist who wrote and supported Whig interests against the Tories.
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MEMORIA SOBRE OS PROCESSOS DE VINIFICAÇÃO EMPREGADOS NOS PRINCIPAES CENTROS VINHATEIROS DO...
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MEMORIA SOBRE OS PROCESSOS DE VINIFICAÇÃO EMPREGADOS NOS PRINCIPAES CENTROS VINHATEIROS DO CONTINENTE DO REINO. [2 VOLUMES]

by VILLA MAIOR. (Júlio Máximo de Oliveira Pimentel, Visconde de), João Inácio Ferreira Lapa e António Augusto de Aguiar

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Empregados nos principaes centros vinhateiros do continente do reino. Apresentada Ao illustrissimo e excellentissimo senhor Ministro das Obras Publicas, Commercio e Industria pela Commissão nomeada em portaria de 10 de Agosto de 1866. Imprensa Nacional. Lisboa. 1867. Junto com: SEGUNDA MEMORIA SOBRE OS PROCESSOS DE VINIFICAÇÃO EMPREGADOS NOS PRINCIPAES CENTROS VINHATEIROS DO CONTINENTE DO REINO. Apresentada ao illustrissimo e excellentissimo senhor Ministro das Obras Publicas, Commercio e Industria em resultado da excursão mandada fazer pela portaria de 24 de Agosto de 1867. Imprensa Nacional. Lisboa. 1868. 2 volumes de 25x17 cm. Com [iv], 70, 140, 79; [ii], 25, 128, 84 págs. Brochados. Ilustrados no texto com figuras, tabelas e mapas, um dos quais desdobrável, no primeiro volume, com o título: «Paiz Vinhateiro da Bairrada». Exemplar com ligeira perda de papel nas capas e leves manchas de humidade em algumas folhas. O primeiro volume apresenta restauro amador na capa posterior, danos na… Read More
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Tratado de vinificação para vinhos genuinos.

by VILLA-MAIOR, Júlio Máximo de Oliveira Pimentel, 2.º Visconde de

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Lisbon, Typographia da Academia [Real das Sciências], 1868-1869.. First Edition. 8°, contemporary quarter dark blue morocco over decorated boards (slight wear), romantic spine, gilt with gilt letter, decorated endleaves, edges sprinkled. A few wood-engraved illustrations in text of equipment for making wine. Overall in very good to fine condition. [3]–160 pp., (1 l. indice, 1 blank l., 1 leaf half-title, 1 leaf divisional title-page for part II, dated 1869), [161]–291 pp., (1 leaf indice). The half-title appears to be misbound before the divisional title instead of at the beginning of the volume. *** FIRST EDITION of this important and scarce treatise, which begins, "São muitos os que fazem vinho, e poucos os que o fazem bem." Includes chapters on all the basics of wine-making, including the harvest, preparation of the grapes, pressing the grapes, putting in casks, clarification, sulfidation, adding aguardente, and bottling. The second part includes discussions of diseases of vines,… Read More
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