Search Results: Authors starting with C from William Reese Company

Santiago, 1926. 440pp. Printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled and chipped at overlap edges. Internally tanned but very good, largely unopened. History of Chile, covering the economical, social, and political aspects, etc.

[Paris: Felix Malteste, 1849].. 15,[1]pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light, intermittent soiling. Very good. The first issue of Étienne Cabet's periodical ICARIE, dated March 15, 1849, a compendium of letters and journal entries providing news of the Icarian utopian settlements in America to French and European audiences. This is an important and exceptionally scarce resource for a firsthand view of the difficulties settling in America that were faced by followers of the French politician, journalist and author, Étienne Cabet, whose theories for creating a communist utopia they sought to put into practice. The Icarian communal society "was the quixotic hope of Frenchman Étienne Cabet, who visualized a community with a controlled economy based on democratic decision rather than dictatorship. Cabet, a utopian socialist, contended that men suffered misfortune in society only because society was poorly organized, that inequality could be abolished only through common ownership of… Read More

[Paris, 1842. 32pp. Dbd. Scattered foxing, else very good. Early Cabet item, issued shortly before his American utopian adventures. Here he offers his advice to those interrogated or detained by the police, the captive's rights, etc., with citations from the articles of the 1791 constitution.

Madrid, 1906. Two volumes.xxx,388,[5]; xii,428,[4]pp. Original paper printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled. Volume one with repair tape on spine, small tear on front wrapper. Later ownership stamp on front flyleaves. Text block cracked in volume one. Small section loose but attached on volume two. Good. Later edition of the famous narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, first published in 1542. Cabeza de Vaca gives an account of his expedition to Florida in 1527, his capture by and escape from Indians on the Mississippi coast, and his later overland journey across Texas before finally making his way back to Spanish controlled lands in Mexico. The original work was the first on Texas, and the first American travel account. A foundation work on Texas and the Southwest. The second part describes his career as governor of La Plata in South America

Three Rivers [Trois-Rivières], Québec: G. Stobbs, 1838.. 24pp. 12mo. Original blue paper wrappers. Spine perished, wrappers nearly detached. Moderate tanning, occasional foxing. Good plus. A rare account of a grisly incident in the fur trade in Northwestern Canada, in which Baptiste Cadien, a half Indian serving as an interpreter for the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Norman, murdered half a dozen Hare Indians, and wounded several others in 1835. The crime took place in what is now Alberta province, somewhere north of modern-day Edmonton, not far from the Lesser Slave Lake. Cadien was accompanied by two other men, Creole Lagrisse, who participated in the murders once they began, and Baptiste Jourdain, upon whose testimony Cadien was convicted. Several sensationalized contemporary account of the killings asserted a romantic motivation for the killings, by which Cadien sought revenge for losing a paramour back to her husband of another tribe. Jourdain's testimony printed here suggests animosity between… Read More

Chicag: The Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1947. xxx,181,[4]pp., plus one plate. Frontispiece map. 12mo. Original dark red cloth, spine gilt, front board gilt-ruled with gilt-stamped publisher's logo, t.e.g. Spine lightly faded. Interior clean and bright; text block warped along bottom edge. Very good. Lakeside Press edition of two 17th century memoirs, both dedicated to describing the indigenous peoples of North America. This is number forty-five in the Lakeside Classics series. Cadillac, the key figure in the founding of Detroit in 1701, attempts to draw a comprehensive picture of the tribes living in the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi Valley regions. Liette's memoirs focus specifically on the Illinois Indians, and were first published in English in Volume XXIII of the Illinois Historical Collections as "Memoir of De Gannes Concerning the Illinois Country," due to the copyist (De Gannes)'s signature at the end of the original manuscript. This is the first publication of Liette's… Read More

Reading, P, 1816. [42]pp. Old plain wrappers (front detached), dbd. from larger volume. Rather tanned, couple of fox marks. Good. Not in Kress, and Goldsmith lists only a German language edition published in Reading the same year, with the same collation. The NUC lists both editions and no others, the present edition with six locations. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 37149.

New-York: Printed by Hopkins and Seymour, 1805. xxxi,128pp. Dbd. Last few leaves loose. Good. Caines was the first official reporter in the United States. These reports inaugurated a new era in the reporting of cases. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9012.

New York: D. Appleton and Compan, 1859. 130,[2]pp. Original printed wrappers. Nearly half of spine perished, splitting at front joint, wrappers soiled. Contemporary ownership signature on front wrapper and titlepage. Internally clean. Good. James Caird (1816-92) was an agriculturalist and member of the British Parliament. This volume was the result of a tour he undertook in 1859 through Canada and the American Midwest. Much of the volume is devoted to Illinois, though Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio receive a fairly thorough treatment. The portion on Canada provoked some resentment. HOWES C19. SABIN 9854

Lima: Plazuela de San Christoval, por Juan Joseph Gonzalez de Cossio, 1752. [46],279,[1]pp. Numerous errors in pagination. Small quarto. Contemporary vellum, lettered on spine; recased, with new endpapers. Lower corner of rear cover repaired. Minor toning to a few leaves. Near fine. First American edition of this work by the Spanish Jesuit, Calatayud, containing theological advice for priests. The work was first published in separate editions in Pamplona and Valencia in 1736. This Lima edition includes a preface by Pedro Antonio, Archbishop of Lima, outlining the reasons for reprinting the text, and reprints the original dedication and various approvals from the earlier editions. The work consists of six discourses intended to guide priests in their ministerial works. More a philosophical work than a practical guide, Calatayud explores the moral and religious obligations which priests have to those they serve and to themselves. The sixth discourse is addressed to bishops and prelates, and the final… Read More

[N.p., but likely Madrid, N.d., but ca. 1601].. [2],24pp. Folio. Dbd. Dampstained and soiled, top and bottom edges worn. Worm holes throughout, affecting a few words on each page. Contemporary underlining and marginal lines throughout, contemporary handwritten folio numbers on each recto. Still a good copy. In a half morocco and cloth box. An extremely rare treatise which considers the question of whether rebellious Indians in Chile should become slaves. Addressed to the Viceroy and Audiencia of Peru, the work discusses whether slavery of conquered Indians is just or not, reviewing arguments on both sides of the question. Calderón approaches the problem in an intriguing manner by providing separate justifications, each in its own individual section of the text, for enslaving the Indians from the various points of view of the King, the Kingdom, and the Church. In turn, the author then provides responses to these various assertions, promoting the view that such slavery would be unjust. The last pages… Read More

Philadelphia, 1819. xxiii,[1],452pp. plus two folding facsimiles. Portrait. Contemporary calf, maroon gilt morocco label. Minor nick at head of spine, small old label on spine. Lightly tanned. Later bookplate on front and rear pastedowns. Very good. Lacks the errata. An engaging biography of Gen. Nathanael Greene, with descriptions of many of the major battles of the Revolution, in which Greene played a significant role. Most notably, Greene was instrumental in wearing down Cornwallis's superior forces in the southern theater through a series of guerilla encounters. The folding facsimiles here reproduce two letters dated in 1779: the first, a letter from Greene to John Jay regarding positive Congressional acknowledgement of Greene's activities as quartermaster general of the Continental Army, and the second, a letter from George Washington to Greene pleading for a penknife during Greene's stint in the same position. The Appendix includes the text of Gen. Greene's letter to Congress resigning as… Read More

[Sacramento]: B.B. Redding, 1855. 8pp. Dbd. Light tanning. Very good. An intriguing document, submitting a proposal entitled, "An Act to Create Three States Out of the Territory of California." The states are to be named California, Colorado, and Shasta. The state of California is to occupy the territory between the forty-second and thirty-fifth parallels; Colorado is to exist roughly between the mouth of the Pajaro River and the Sierra Nevadas, extending south to Mexico; Shasta is to be comprised of the remaining territory. The purpose of the proposed division was twofold: it would be far easier to collect revenue from California's booming population if the territory had three separate administrative governments; and secondly, California's tremendous coastline was represented in Congress by only two senators, in contrast to the ten senators representing the eastern coastal states. The authors do raise the serious issue of whether or not slavery will be permitted in the new states. It is their… Read More

[California: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1870-1894].. Six stereoviews, mounted on beige or orange cardstock, 3 1/2 x 7 inches. Some minor wear and fading, but the Underwood & Underwood cards in quite crisp condition. Very good plus. A group of six early stereoscopic views of California, depicting Yosemite, an early drive-through sequoia in Mariposa Grove, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and Ellwood Ranch. These early stereoviews (or stereocards) each consist of two nearly identical photographs which, when viewed through a stereoscope, produce the illusion of depth. Stereocards enjoyed a meteoric rise to popularity after being featured in London's Great Exhibition of 1851, and many photographers rushed to capture new scenes for the medium. The first two stereo cards in this grouping were published by Underwood & Underwood, a company from Kansas that became the largest publisher of stereoviews in the world. The company's widespread success is evident from the titles of the cards, printed in English as… Read More

[Oakland, 1927. Twenty-eight silver gelatin photographs, each approximately 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Each photograph backed with canvas and with a detailed typed caption on verso. Oblong octavo. Ring-bound flexible leather boards. Upper 1 1/2-inch portion of spine and front cover chipped away. Covers rubbed, crude repairs to spine, toning and minor wear to photographs. Very good. In a cloth box. An unusual album featuring boats and canoes manufactured by the King Boat Company of California. Many of the photographs are dated 1927, and the album serves not only as a visual catalogue of various boats available from the King Boat Company, but also as a document of water travel in Alaska, California, and the Pacific Northwest in the 1920s. The canvas backing on the first and last images bears the inkstamped name of F.R. Frederick, a distributor based in Boston. Whether this album was prepared by Frederick or by the King Boat Company is unclear. What is clear is that these are very interesting images of various… Read More

[Elsinore, C, 1890. Eighty numbered sections of six pages each, comprised of leaves with folding flaps interleaved with narrower leaves, totaling [480]pp. Folio ledger. Half tan morocco and calf boards, spine gilt with raised bands. Somewhat rubbed and worn, corners bumped, some staining to boards. Inner hinges reinforced. Occasional ink spills throughout, fingerprints and occasional toning to lower corners of most pages (no loss of text). Very good. Ink blotter with the name of "S.A. Stewart / Agent/Elsinore / Cal." laid in. This is an early ledger from the first bank established in Elsinore, California and one of the first banks in southern California. The Exchange Bank of Elsinore was founded in 1887 by Franklin H. Heald, one of the three investors who established the town of Elsinore. The city was officially incorporated the following year as the seventy-third city in California (originally Elsinore was in San Diego County, but the city became part of Riverside County upon its creation in 1893).… Read More

San Francisc, 1859. [4],432pp. Original calf backed cloth. Calf scuffed and rubbed, a couple signatures starting slightly. Contemporary presentation inscription, light scattered foxing. Good. One of only two state registers published, the other in 1857. Prints the state constitution and political statistics, and describes the resources, industries, and individual counties. Decorative sections of advertisements are in the front and rear. COWAN, p.610. CALIFORNIA IMPRINTS 1173.

Los Angele, 1901. 10pp. on a single folded sheet. Brochure, folded into five compartments. Minor soiling and wear. Very good. Attractive promotional brochure for Santa Catalina Island, advertising activities, accommodations, and round trip fares by the Wilmington Transportation Co. The brochure describes the island's pleasant climate and fishing opportunities, illustrating views and impressive fish caught by the game fisherman of the area. A nice ephemeral piece

Mexigo [sic]: Impenta [sic] de Pedro Murguia, 1864.. [3]-238pp. plus five leaves of appendix and index. Lacks half title. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands. Small chips to upper margin of titlepage and first few leaves (not affecting text), light soiling to titlepage, occasional light tidelines to upper gutter textblock. Light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Good plus. First Spanish edition of this history of early missionary activities of the Spanish in Arizona and California, mainly dealing with the period from Kino and Salviaterra through the establishment of the missions. This is the second edition overall, translated by German Madrid y Ormaechea from the French, HISTOIRE CHRÉTIENNE DE LA CALIFORNIE (Plancy, 1851). The identity of the author, Madame la Comtesse de***, remains unknown. Howes collates this incorrectly, calling for 238 pages and five plates. This is evidently a mistranscription of five leaves, which are found at the end of this copy and… Read More

[Oakland, 1912].. Handbill, 9 x 6 inches. Tanned, small chips to top edge, glue and paper residue to blank verso. Good plus. A vitriolic political attack from the midst of Oakland, California's first ever recall election. The recall was initiated by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the Socialist party, who charged incumbent mayor Frank K. Mott ("the Mayor Who Built Oakland") and his administration with misuse of the waterfront, misappropriation of city funds, and "that the police have forcibly prevented the right of free speech and public assembly," this shortly after Oakland police had dispersed a Socialist meeting, which some suspected to be the inciting event of the recall (THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE, March 11, 1912). This broadside, likely circulated by the III, quotes an almost certainly falsified speech by W.J. Petersen, Chief of Police of Oakland and one of the targets of the recall, in which he espouses a belief that "The human male is a polygamous animal," and that it is his… Read More