Zamarano 80

An extensive collection of minor works from, and later editions of significant works, from the bibliography The Zamarano 80, together with related works on California and the West.  Approximately 155 volumes; various sizes, bindings, and conditions.



 

Approximatelly 155 volumes; various sizes, bindings, and conditions.
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Including: Chappe d'Auteroche, Jean.  Voyage en Californie pour l'observation du passage de Vénus sur le disque du soleil, le 3 juin 1769; contenant les observations de ce phénomene, & la description historique de la route de l'Auteur à travers le Mexique.  Paris: Jombert, 1772 — Tyrwhitt Brooks, J.  Four Months among the Gold-finders in Alta California: being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts.  London: David Bogue, 1849 — Frost, John.  History of the State of California from the Period of the Conquest by Spain, to Her Occupation by the United States of America.  Auburn, NY: Derby and Miller, 1850 — Ryan, William Redmond.  Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9 with the Author's Experience at the Mines.  London: William Shobel, 1850.  2 vols. — Woods, Daniel B.  Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings.  New York: Harper, 1851 — Taylor, Alexander S.  The First Voyage to the Coasts of California; Made in the Years 1542 and 1543, by Juna Rodriguez Cabrillo and His Pilot Bartolome Ferrelo.  San Francisco: Le Count & Strong, 1853 — Möllhausen, Baldwin.  Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific with a United States Government Expedition.  London: Longman, 1858 — Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California.  San Francisco: Hutchings and Rosenfeld, 1861.  Inscribed by publisher A. Rosenfeld to Samuel L. Clemens, 3 July 1868 — Field, Stephen B.  Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches.  N.p.: Privately printed, 1869.

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