Search Results: Americana from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

House of Represedntatives, HED 65, 36-1. Fair. 1860. 1st edition. 8vo, 269 pp. Lacking original wrappers -- but complete. A clean, tight copy with some light toning to the first twenty pages. Pra ctically no foxing. A collection of data and correspondence conc erning San Juan Island; details the claims of British subjects an d developments in "the war against the Indians of Washington and Oregon territories." Important contemporary material on the terri tory Washington at the outbreak of the Civil War. .

NY: AMERICAN CITY MAGAZINE . Good. Black cloth. 1913. 1st edition. 1st ed.,8vo, black cloth. 684 pp. Articles, photographs, diagrams , and advertisements for city planners and municipal managers and buyers. Hundreds of b/w photos depiciting architecture, roads, a nd vehicles. . with its paper seal affixed inside front panel; also ex libris Al fred F. Rosenheim, with his bookplate, -- one of the leading arch itects in Los Angeles in the early part of the 20th century. His major works include the Hellman Building and Second Church of Chr ist Scientist. Condition: Good; moderate wear to covers, two larg e chips at top of spine. Text block is tight, clean and bright. .

NY: AMERICAN CITY MAGAZINE CORP. Good. Black cloth. 1930. 1st edition. Six issues of approx. 200 pages each. . h. Approx. 1200 pp. Articles, photographs, diagrams, and advertis ements for city planners and municipal managers and buyers. Hundr eds of b/w photos depiciting architecture, roads, and vehicles. . Condition: Good; text block is very good, clean and tight. Covers with moderate surface wear and soiling but no significant damage . Ex-libris Los Angelis Public Library with its bookplate affixed inside; penciled price of $8, apparently when withdrawn and sold . .

The Book Club of California, San Francisco. New. 1989. 1st edition. First edition; one of 450 copies. Edited with an Introduction by Norman Neuerberg. xl, 100 [1] pp. Oblong folio, cloth-backed deco rated paper-covered boards with printed paper label on spine, in publisher's plain white wrapper. Illustrations & plates from sket ches & paintings by Ford, a few in color including tipped-in fron tispiece.. Most of Ford's drawings and paintings were executed in the early 1880's. The patterned cloth used in the binding was ty pical of the wallpapers and decorations found in the California M issions. Prospectus laid in. . pristine but with a couple of small nicks to the publisher’s wr apper. .

NY: The New York Tribune . Very good. 1848. 1st ed. California Gold. Important Official Report. In The New York Tribune for December 8, 1848, published by Horace Greeley and Thomas McElrath.Original elephant folio newspaper, 4pp. complete, the report on p. 3. Colonel Richard B. Masonâs famous report of his trip to newly discovered placers. It ranks as one of the most important eyewitness accounts of the Gold Rush. (Kurutz 10 5) "One day Mr. Marshall, as he was walking own the race to this deposit of mud, observed some glittering particles at its upper edges..." [from the Report). This issue was printed just three days after the Message from the president to the Two House of Congress.., December 5, 1848. While there were earlier published reports of the discovery, the publication of Mason's report here was most significant. Mason was Military governor of California from 1847-1849. His letter, dated August 17, traveled by sea to Washington and did not arrive until December. By this tim e most… Read More

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. 1973. 1st ed.. 1st ed., limited to 300 copies. 8vo, illustrated boards, 48 pp. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and graphics - LA cemet eries up to the year 1885. Fine, without d/w -- as issued. .

Glendale CA: Arthur H. Clark Company. 1981. 1st ed. "The Fremont Cannon" is Volumn 11 in the Frontier Militar y Series. This book covers J.J. Fremont's attempt to bring a bras s cannon from the Mississippi River to California. The effort fai led and the cannon has been lost to history. The prevalent theori es at that the cannon was buried somewhere on the east slope of t he Sierra Nevadas and never found or that the cannon was dug-up b y Native Americans and dumped into one of the deep remote canyons found on the eastern slopes of the Sierras. New copy; book is pr istine but it has been in storage and the d/w has some light soil ing, light shelf-wear along edges, and a few age spots. .

Washington: Government Printing Office. 1877. 1st ed., 485 pp., plus 13 fold-out plates, one photographic plate , and a fold-out frontispiece. Rebound in maroon cloth. Text bloc k is clean and tight with no foxing. One of the plates is split i n half but intact. some of the other plates have small tears or s tains, but not affecting image. Frontispiece is detached. .

NY: Fishkill Standard. Good. 1874. 1st ed.. 8vo, dark brown cloth, gilt titles on spine. Photographic frontis piece portrait of Bailey tipped in, 431 pages. Slavery, Freedom, and Ghosts in the Hudson River Valley - a mixture of fact and fab le. Good. Rubbed at top bottom of spine, corners; bits of newspap er residue on back cover. Newspaper obituaries of Bailey glued to front end papers. Some damp-staining to flyleaf page with tipp ed portrait but not affecting the photo. Front hinge weak but int act. Text block otherwise clean and tight with no foxing. .

First edition, 18 pp. 8vo, stitched wrappers; disbound from a larger volume of serial publications; lacking any wrappers if issued.
Special Session, March 5, 1877. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 1.
A detailed account of the fighting between the Modoc Indians and US troops in Northern California during the first half of 1873, following the alleged murder of unarmed peace commissioners sent by President Grant. This includes accounts of battles with Modoc leader Captain Jack and his band near what is now Lava Beds National Monument. Gillem offers both a detailed report on the battles of Sand Butte and Dry Lake. as well as a defense of his actions at the "Lava Beds" for which he was later criticized. Howes G175: "Earliest Account of this disastrous campaign…"
A good+ copy with several nicks on the binding edge, toning and substantial chipping to last tpage, creasing to last four leaves.

Chicago: The Black Cat Press. 1936. 1st ed., in d/w, limited to 1000 copies. A critical study of Abra ham Lincoln's political relationships, with previously unpublishe d election materials. Some light soiling along top edge and penc il erasures on ffep where a price was apparently removed, otherwi se a fine copy. Dustjacket is fair only with several large open t ears and darkened spine. .

Salt Lake Cit: James H. Crockwell. Good. 1900. 1st edition. 12mo, violet wraps tied with red ribbon. 40pp + photographs + 4p ads, Undated but circa 1900. "A true and correct statement of the birth, life and death of President Brigham Young, second Preside nt of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. And brief biographies of his twenty six wives and names and number of child ren born to them". Silver titles. B/W photographs. Interior of te xt Is clean and tight. Covers faded at extremities, more so on t he back; 1.5” closed tear at front binding edge. .

Burbank: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Very good. 1939. Title Page: “Preliminary Detail Specification for the Lockheed ‘49’ [Model 49-47] Submitted Under Information for Approval o f Design - [Copy No] 14” ##### . in custom two-hole binder. 30 pp., consisting of 23 mimeographed pages of specifications, printed one side only and 7 photostatic plan sheets including 2 foldout plans of the cabin layout -- plu s From the foreword: “This detailed specification overs the gen eral requirements and design of the Lockheed ‘49’, a long ran ge, substratosphere, day or night transport airplane. …Upon th e negotiation of a contract for this airplane, a revised detail s pecification will be prepared describing as nearly as possible th e proposed airplane.” Specs prepared by Peter A. Beck and appr oved by Hall L. Hibbard, one of the… Read More

1st ed., second printing with the original 5c price at the bottom of the cover. Covers age-toned with a couple of light stains. Pa per cover pulling from one of the staples, but still intact. Penc il erasures on back cover and one interior page. .

The Book Club of California. New. 2987. 1st edition. 1st ed., oblong 4to, 10 x 13 inches. 199 pp. Limited to 450 copie s. With color illustrations by Charles Shaw, appendix, footnotes, bibliography, index and endpaper maps. Original prospectus laid in. . uarter natural linen, illustrated paper over boards, printed pape r spine label, maps in end-leaves, plain white paper dust-jacket. Isaac Duval (1824-1902) was an American adventurer and businessm an prior to becoming a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As a young man, he traveled to Fort Smit h, Arkansas, where he joined an elder brother who was running a t rading post. Afterward, he became a western and mountain scout, v enturing to the California Gold Rush in 1849. This book records D uval's reminiscences of the Gila Trail journey from Texas to the Mother Lode Mines. Kurutz: The California Gold Rush, No 212. A n ew copy, but with some toning, light creases, and edge-nicks to t he jacket; light creasing to… Read More

Sacramento CA: Press of Arden Park. 1976. Handset and printed in black and peacock blue ink with Indian mot if illustrations. 16mo, beige cloth, 16 pp. Limited to 120 copi es signed by the printer, Bud Westreich. Fine .