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Des Millions Pour un Sou! Mines d'Or de la Californie -- Nouveaux Détails by [California Gold Rush]. [France]

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$4,750.00

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Seller: McBride Rare Books

Title: Des Millions Pour un Sou! Mines d'Or de la Californie -- Nouveaux Détails
Author: [California Gold Rush]. [France]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: [Paris]: Typ. Schneider, Rue d'Erfurth, 1, 1849. Very good.. Broadside, approximately 18 x 13 inches. Matted and framed. A pair of short closed tears, repaired, at lower edge. Even toning and light creasing. Contemporary manuscript annotation under caption title. A wonderful, illustrated faux news broadside published in Paris as gold fever coursed through Europe in 1849. The headline promises "nouveaux détails" of the gold mines in California, but the text is in fact a humorous description and light-hearted admonishment of the multitudes thoughtlessly giving up their livelihoods for the hardscrabble life of a gold digger in the California wilderness. The first section runs through a litany of types who are abandoning their lives for adventure and advises them not to consider the difficulties of the journey: "En route pour les mines d'or de la Californie! Partez! Il n'est pas néccessaire que vous preniez de lourds baggages : une cassette et une bonne pioche vous suffriont. Ne vous laissez pas décourager par la peur d'une navigation de cinq mois... elle sera peut-être périlleuse... mais le résultat est si consolant : de l'or!... toujours de l'or!... Qu'importent la colique et les fièvres doublées d'un mal de mer brutal... de l'or!... toujours de l'or!... Qu'importe d'être noir ou jaune en mourant, du moment qu'on se repose dans un linceul d'or pour l'éternité! Partez!" The remainder of the text somewhat sardonically describes life in California, and warns prospective travelers not long for the comforts of home, but rather to concentrate on their sought-after riches: "Par example, ne vous attendez pas à jouir de toutes les douceurs de la vie... Vous n'y trouverez ni biftecks au beurre d'anchois, ni dinde truffées; car les aliments y sont rares... Mais les racines y sont en grande abondance... Vous vivrez un peu à la manière des anachorètes pour un temps... seulement, vous déterrerez de l'or... ce qu'ils ne faisaient pas, que l'on sache..." The illustration, which occupies approximately the top third of the broadside, depicts men and women from all walks of life carrying pickaxes on their shoulders and racing for a ship about to depart. The image carries the printed signature of "B. Netter;" a contemporary manuscript note under the caption identifies the publication date as February 17, 1849. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France estimates that as many as 40,000 French men and women made their way to California between 1848 and 1856. The present broadside is an excellent document of California gold fever in France and the pervasive interest in gold rush news in Europe during the mid-19th century. Rare, we locate just four copies, at Berkeley, UCSD, California Historical Society, and the BNF.

Narrative of a Visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru, and the Sandwich Islands by Mathison, Gilbert Farquhar

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Seller: Thorn Books

Title: Narrative of a Visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru, and the Sandwich Islands
Author: Mathison, Gilbert Farquhar
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Charles Knight, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. xii,(2),478pp. Four colored aquatint plates and a folding map of the Sandwich Islands. Magnificent binding by J. R. Mitchell in full crimson morocco. The spine in six compartments, gilt, separated by raised bands, gilt. Gilt rolls and rules on the boards, floral gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. The textblock untrimmed. Occasional trance of age toning, some foxing on the map, else a fine, bright copy. Publisher's ads in rear dated 1825. Mathison provides detailed descriptions of Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, and Honolulu. The book offers valuable insights into the political and social climate of South America and the Pacific Islands during the early years of their independence. He also takes a keen interest in culture, documenting customs, traditions, and everyday life. .

Memoria Technica: or, A New Method of Artificial Memory, etc. etc by [Thomson, Charles] Grey, Richard

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$600.00

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Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper

Title: Memoria Technica: or, A New Method of Artificial Memory, etc. etc
Author: [Thomson, Charles] Grey, Richard
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition: Fair
Description: London: John Stagg, 1737. Hardcover. Fair. Full contemporary calf binding with five raised bands on spine, gilt border to boards, title page printed in red & blank ink. Third edition. With the ownership signature of Charles Thomson, who was Secretary of the Continental Congress. Previous owner has written in pencil that it was from his library, and there is an old newspaper clipping about collectible signatures laid in. Old ink price of 8/6 to front endpaper. Spine ends chipped, front hinge tender, ffep detached. Thompson's signature is clear & sharp. Thomson was the only signer other than Hancock for the first printing of the Declaration of Independence. This book was published when he was 8 years old, and the autograph looks fairly adult; it's possible the 8/6 is the price he paid for the book. No markings to text; soil from use.

Souvenir Program Dedicatorial Service. Refuge Church of God of the Apostolic Faith [cover title] by [African Americana]: [California]

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Seller: The Joe Fay Company LLC

Title: Souvenir Program Dedicatorial Service. Refuge Church of God of the Apostolic Faith [cover title]
Author: [African Americana]: [California]
Seller: The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Condition: Good.
Description: San Diego, 1966. Good.. 16pp. Oblong quarto. Original pictorial self wrappers, stapled. Printed entirely in blue ink. Some staining and wrinkling to covers, waterstain and minor chipping at bottom of gutter throughout, occasionally affecting a few words. A seemingly unrecorded and ephemeral souvenir program published to coincide with the dedication ceremonies for the Refuge Church of God of the Apostolic Faith in San Diego, California. The work contains a biography of the pastor, Bishop John Harry Cannon, along with portraits of him and his large family, as well as a couple dozen photographs of fellow parishioners and the church itself. The final six pages of the work are comprised of advertisements for local businesses, including gas stations, auto shops, a record store, laundry services, markets, and more. The proposed date for the program comes from an ad for Ed Taylor Chevrolet who offers a 1966 Impala for the low, low price of $2566. We could locate no copies of this informative program from an African-American church in San Diego in OCLC or elsewhere.

ELOISE IN MOSCOW by Thompson, Kay; Knight, Hilary

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$175.00

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Seller: Type Punch Matrix

Title: ELOISE IN MOSCOW
Author: Thompson, Kay; Knight, Hilary
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine in very good jacket.
Description: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First edition. Near fine in very good jacket.. First printing, in which Eloise tours Moscow, visiting famous monuments and eating Russian food, if not exactly doing as the Russians do. 11'' x 7.75''. Original orange paper boards stamped in black. In original unclipped ($3.75) pictorial printed dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in black and white with yellow highlights and one double-page foldout spread in multiple colors. [68] pages. A bit of rubbing to boards. Jacket with a couple spots of foxing and a few tape repairs to verso.

DECORATIVE ARTS OF JAPAN by Yamada, Chisaburoh F. and Eric Sackheim (editors)

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$34.00

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Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

Title: DECORATIVE ARTS OF JAPAN
Author: Yamada, Chisaburoh F. and Eric Sackheim (editors)
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: London, England: Kodansha International in conjunction with Ward Lock & Company, 1964. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, slipcase. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, slipcase. 262 pages. A historical survey of decorative arts in Japan, including ceramics, metal work, laquer ware, and textiles, Table of contents, preface, introduction, chronology, list of plates. Tipped in color plates. Slipcase rubbed at corners and sunned. Dust jacket torn near edges.

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