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Map of Public Surveys in California to Accompany Report of Surveyor General, 1860 by Mandeville, James W.; Julius Bien; United States, Surveyor General - 1860

by Mandeville, James W.; Julius Bien; United States, Surveyor General

Map of Public Surveys in California to Accompany Report of Surveyor General, 1860 by Mandeville, James W.; Julius Bien; United States, Surveyor General - 1860

Map of Public Surveys in California to Accompany Report of Surveyor General, 1860

by Mandeville, James W.; Julius Bien; United States, Surveyor General

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San Francisco: Surveyor General's Office, 1860. J. Bien. Large original map of California measuring 91 x 77 cm (35 3/4" x 30 1/4"). This was the first map to survey the state with exact scale using 18 miles to an inch. The key that lists 433 surveyed properties shows that virtually all were still identified by the older great rancheros, church property and very little by the early settlers. It uses hachures to indicate relief (This was the older method used from 1799 to long after the Civil War to indicate the direction of steepest slopes). Typical coloration where the folds were when folded but in very good condition with each name being able to be identified. Both San Francisco and San Diego were, of course, at this time had large populations and Los Angeles is mostly undeveloped territory. James W. Mandeveille was a leader also in preventing sufferage for African Americans even after the 15th Amendment passed, he also had served in both the California State Assembly and Senate being famous for being the only California official to twice resign from the State Senate. The first resignation was because he felt being appointed the U.S. Surveyor General for California was far more important than serving in the State Senate.
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  • Date Published 1860
  • Keywords California Maps, 19th Century; Surveys of California, 1960; Negro sufferage in California, 19th Century
The Frozen Deep
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The Frozen Deep

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THE FROZEN DEEP BY WILKIE COLLINS, AUTHOR OF "THE WOMAN IN WHITE" AND "THE MOONSTONE". PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM F. GILL AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1874, 1ST AMERICAN EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED FREDERICKS. USED. GOOD- CONDITION Green cloth boards with Black and gold gilt titling and ornamentation that remains fairly bright. Tight binding, bright pages. There is a liquid spill on a couple of pages as shown in our photos.
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Examen Maritimo
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Examen Maritimo

by D. Jorge Juan y SantaCilia

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Quarter blue morocco; gilt particulars to spine, raised bands. 2 volumes. Facsimile copy of 1771 edition. Limited Edition. 1 of 500 copies. with fold-out diagrams.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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The Adventure of Wrangel Island

The Adventure of Wrangel Island

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The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.
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Illustrated Index of British Shells
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Illustrated Index of British Shells: Containing Figures of all the Recent Species, with Names and Other Information

by George Brettingham Sowerby

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Bright copy of this attractive overview of British conchology.Second edition with 26 finely engraved hand-coloured plates by George Brettingham Sowerby II.Includes attractive plates of mussels, scallops, razor shells, cockles, chitons, limpets, whelks, freshwater snails, ear-shells, etc., arranged as if in a case in a cabinet of wonders.Total of 711 species of British shells on 26 plates: 642 figures on the 24 plates from the first edition of 1859, and 69 figures on two extra lithographs by Sowerby.George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812-1884), was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist. Grandson of James Sowerby, the famous English naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist.Original red, blind-stamped cloth with gilt title to front board, a.e.g, sunning and stains to spine, bumping to corners, bookplate of Charles H. Shaw on front endpaper, delicately hand-coloured plates with some scattered spotting.
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Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog
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Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog

by Flack, Marjorie

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Flack, Marjorie. Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog. Copyright 1934, Doubleday & Company, Inc., First Edition. For Young Readers. Used. Good Condition/ Good- condition rare, unclipped $2.50 original dust jacket. . Garden City Park, New York, U.S.A. Beautifully illustrated. Please see our photos. The Story: "Tim Tadpole lived in a small pond at the edge of the wood. All around him the Peeper frogs sang, while the Great Bullfrog croaked and jumped. But Tim couldn't sing and he couldn't jump either. All he could do was to wriggle through the water until the day he made an exciting discovery!" RARE! We consider offers.
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Examen Maritimo Teorico Practico, o, Tratado de mecanica aplicado a la  construccion,...
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Full spanish calf; six raised bands; ruled panels with cartouched spray; red painted edges; marbled endpapers. Wear to corners, otherwise a supple and attractive copy. Volume 1 of only one published (volume 2 never appeared). Second edition. 14 pull out plates of diagrams at end of book. ; 4to; 626; 14 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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The Frozen Deep
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The Frozen Deep

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THE FROZEN DEEP BY WILKIE COLLINS, AUTHOR OF "THE WOMAN IN WHITE" AND "THE MOONSTONE". PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM F. GILL AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1874, 1ST AMERICAN EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED FREDERICKS. USED. GOOD- CONDITION Green cloth boards with Black and gold gilt titling and ornamentation that remains fairly bright. Tight binding, bright pages. There is a liquid spill on a couple of pages as shown in our photos.
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Examen Maritimo
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Examen Maritimo

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Quarter blue morocco; gilt particulars to spine, raised bands. 2 volumes. Facsimile copy of 1771 edition. Limited Edition. 1 of 500 copies. with fold-out diagrams.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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The Adventure of Wrangel Island

The Adventure of Wrangel Island

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The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.
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Illustrated Index of British Shells
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Illustrated Index of British Shells: Containing Figures of all the Recent Species, with Names and Other Information

by George Brettingham Sowerby

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Bright copy of this attractive overview of British conchology.Second edition with 26 finely engraved hand-coloured plates by George Brettingham Sowerby II.Includes attractive plates of mussels, scallops, razor shells, cockles, chitons, limpets, whelks, freshwater snails, ear-shells, etc., arranged as if in a case in a cabinet of wonders.Total of 711 species of British shells on 26 plates: 642 figures on the 24 plates from the first edition of 1859, and 69 figures on two extra lithographs by Sowerby.George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812-1884), was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist. Grandson of James Sowerby, the famous English naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist.Original red, blind-stamped cloth with gilt title to front board, a.e.g, sunning and stains to spine, bumping to corners, bookplate of Charles H. Shaw on front endpaper, delicately hand-coloured plates with some scattered spotting.
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THE PERFECT STORM: A TRUE STORY OF MEN AGAINST THE SEA

THE PERFECT STORM: A TRUE STORY OF MEN AGAINST THE SEA

by Sebastian Junger

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Living Downstream
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Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks At Cancer and the Environment

by Sandra Steingraber

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Hardcover First edition, first printing. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, interior bright and tight. Source notes and index among 357 pages. When published in 1997, the information in this non fiction book was newly available under Right-to-Know laws.
In a gripping personal narrative, she brings to life stories of communities in her hometown and around the country as they confront decades of industrial and agricultural recklessness.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Half Mile Down
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Half Mile Down

by William Beebe

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1934 Harcourt Brace stated first edition.
Condition of the book is Very Good Minus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issue is a bit of cloth loss at the bottom edge of the book's spine.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows moderate wear to the edges and folds. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.
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The Sea Hunters: The New England Whalemen During Two Centuries 1635-1835
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The Sea Hunters: The New England Whalemen During Two Centuries 1635-1835

by Stackpole, Edouard A

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Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co.,1953, hardcover, 510 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, top edge dusted, fading to board edges, small spot of soiling to rear board. Dustjacket price-clipped, rubs, small edge chips, short closed edge tears, fade to spine, displays nicely in new Brodart sleeve. The first detailed history of American whaling for the period 1635-1835 including, a full account of the whaling industry from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812, the first detailed study of the migrations of the whalemen after the Revolution to ports not closed to them by the British, the story of the beginnings of Cape Horn whaling, and the first recognition-with authentication-of the actual discoverer of Antarctica, Christopher Burdick. Illustrated with 8 black-&-white plates. Appended: Notes, Index.
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North-west European Shelf Seas; both volumes
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North-west European Shelf Seas; both volumes

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North-West European Shelf Seas: the Sea Bed and the Sea in Motion Both Volumes 24a and 24b
by Banner, F. T., And Collins, M. B., And Massie, K. S. Hard cover. Elsevier Scientific, Amsterdam (1980) No dust jacket as issued. Both volumes are almost like new except for the external bumps and rubs you can see on the scans. Bright blue boards with bright white titling Errata slip. Bright and clean throughout. Maps/chasrts galore. Elsevier oceanography series; 24.. Volume 1 (24A) ISBN 0444417346 is entitled " Geology and Sedimentology". Volume II (24B) ISBN 0444416234 is entitled "Physical and Chemical Oceanography, and Physical Resources". They are offered together as a set. ISBN 04444177400. I can offer them separately if requested. The book seems to be almost impossible to find in this great condition. Shipping to USA or Canada $17. Much more if going outside N. America
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Reports on an Exploration off the West Coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and Off the...
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Reports on an Exploration off the West Coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and Off the Galapagos Islands, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" During 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. The Panamic Deep Sea Echini

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Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1904. First edition. 2 FOLIO VOLUMES ON THE ANATOMY OF SEA URCHINS WITH OVER 100 LITHOGRAPHIC AND HELIOTYPE PLATES BY ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, CURATOR OF THE HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY.Two volumes 12 inches tall, printed paper covers, Vol. I Text, 243 pp, 319 figures; Vol. II Atlas, 111 lithographic and heliotype plates (2 color), 1 color folding map; paper covers soiled, edges chipped, lacking back paper cover and lower corner of front cover and first 2 leaves of Vol. I, text pages and plates intact and clean, no library or ownership marks, very good minus in custom archival mylar covers. HEAVY SET WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE.ALEXANDER AGASSIZ (1835 – 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer. Agassiz was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and immigrated to the United States with his father, Louis, in 1849. He graduated from Harvard University in 1855, subsequently studying… Read More
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GLEANINGS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY, THROUGH ITS FIRST CENTURY, 1742 TO 1842

GLEANINGS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY, THROUGH ITS FIRST CENTURY, 1742 TO 1842

by Spooner, Nathaniel, compiler

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Boston: Reissued by the Society, 1999. First edition thus. Decorative Cloth. Fine. First published by the Society in 1879, with indexes added for this new edition. Two volumes. pp: ix, 200, index; ix, 272, index. 7.25" x 5" The publisher's printed notice regarding this edition is laid into each of the two volumes.
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Freddy And Mr. Camphor
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Freddy And Mr. Camphor

by Brooks, Walter R

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Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.
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Pearls and Pearling (First Edition) 1913 Illinois River
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Pearls and Pearling (First Edition) 1913 Illinois River

by Herbert Harvey Vertrees

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A. R. Harding (Fur News Publishing Co.), 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition of Herbert Harvey Vertrees' Pearls and Pearling. Bound in green cloth with dark green illustration and lettering to front panel and dark-green lettering to spine panel. Emphasis on fresh water pearls, specifically on the Illinois River. Includes pearling history, geographical distribution of pearls, methods of collecting and much more. 56 photographs. Scarce. 203 pp. plus 5 pp. of illustrated publisher ads. 6 3/4" x 5 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. One corner slightly bumped. Exceptionally clean, presentable copy of a hard-to-find pearling collectible. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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