Search Results: Titles starting with C from Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA

CDV of French Novelist George Sand by French Photographer Nadar [Gaspard-Félix Tournachon] CDV with albumen print with strong contrast. Bottom edge trimmed. On printed Nadar mount with Sand's name written in ink on verso. Very Good Condition. Carte de visite of famous French novelist George Sand by pioneer French photographer Nadar, circa 1870. George Sand (1804-1876) was likely the best known and most popular French novelist of her time. Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil chose the masculine pseudonym George Sand at the age of 27 but was a strong advocate for women's rights. A prolific writer, Sand wrote some 70 novels, plus plays, political tracts and commentary. Photographer Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910) went by the name Nadar and was not only the 'photographer of the stars' but also a pioneer of aerial photography. Nadar, in 1863 commissioned prominent balloonist Eugène Godard to construct a huge balloon and sold balloon trips, complete with dinner, to paying guests.

Los Angeles, California: Automobile Club of Southern California, 1931. Very Good. [California] Auto Court Guide: Pacific Coast Highways and Improved Camp Grounds on the National Forests of California, Automobile Club of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1931, 4 x 9.25 inches, 40 pp. Staple-bound booklet; wrappers in very good condition, no edge wear, a few small spot stains; interior pages clean, unmarked; includes two black and white maps; very good condition overall. This very scarce 1931 Auto Court Guide of Pacific Coast Highways contains two coastal road maps from Vancouver, B.C. down to Tijuana, Mexico, as well as lists of towns, auto court lodgings, and National forest campgrounds all along the Pacific coast. In excellent condition with almost no wear, and scarce; no copies in OCLC or commerce as of January 2024.

New York: De Vinne Press, 1921. Very Good Condition/None. [California] Fort Sutter Papers--A Transcript Together with the Historical Commentaries by Seymour Dunbar, Edward Kern, De Vinne Press, New York, 1921. 13.5 x 8.75 inches. Unpaginated. Fort Sutter Papers, 1845-1862, printed in an edition of twenty copies under the direction of Edward Eberstadt. This, apparently complete collection, of the Fort Sutter Papers is loose and unbound. Collation shows all 39 parts present, with some likelihood of several facsimile pages. Up to 25 leaves printed on a whiter paper. Overall, collection is in very good condition. Each of the 39 sections are laid into a lightweight original printed folder. Folders have some edge wear, and several are detached. As is. Evident from accompanying documents, this set was previously owned by Dudley Thompson of Santa Barbara, California. Correspondence is included between Thompson and Gary Kurutz, when Kurutz served as Librarian of the Special Collections Branch of the… Read More

1908. Very Good. [California, Nevada, Mining] Senator John Percival Jones Collection of 6 Items including Manuscript ALS, Mining Stock Certificate, Cut Autograph, John Percival Jones, 1867-1908. Six items, including five signed by Nevada senator John P. Jones (1829-1912). Very good condition overall. Collection details below. John P. Jones was a politician who served as a Republican United States Senator from Nevada for 30 years. He made a fortune in silver mining, serving for a time as superintendent of the Crown Point silver mine in Gold Hill, Nevada, which was part of the Comstock Lode of silver ore. In 1874, Jones joined with fellow Nevada senator William M. Stewart, and bought controlling interest in the Panamint silver mines near Death Valley in Inyo County, California; that same year, he bought Colonel Robert S. Baker's ranch, and in 1875, Jones and Baker, along with Baker's Californio heiress wife Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, founded the city of Santa Monica. Jones built the first… Read More

1969. [California] Charles P. Jackson Family Archive, circa 1850-1969 1.5 feet of photographs, genealogical material, correspondence, newspaper clippings and printed material Generally Very Good condition with some light edgewear, spotting and dust-soiling. A biographical news clipping from 1894 is in fragments and susceptible to greater damage. The photo albums are near fine. A fascinating family archive of a California pioneer. Much of what we learned about Charles P. Jackson came from a newspaper clipping in this collection, written by Jackson himself for The Pioneer, assisting in the paper's quest to record the lives of members of the Western Association of California Pioneers. Charles Pringle Jackson was born on June 4, 1820 in Sheldon, Genesee County, New York. He ran a general merchandising business in New York and Indiana before succumbing to gold rush fever, relocating to California in 1849. The Pioneer feature details the long journey of Jackson's traveling party as well as their forays… Read More

Lundy, California, 1884. Very Good. [California, Newspaper, Mining] 87 Issues of The Homer Mining Index Newspaper, Lundy, Mono County, California, 1880-1884, 12 x 18 inches, 4 pp. bifolio each. Paper toned and very fragile; edges on most issues chipped; some issues are detached along bifolio fold. Newspapers are in sleeves. Very good overall. Collated; all pages present. Scarce mining newspaper that contains a wealth of information about the 1880s Tioga Mining District, which included gold camps near Lundy and Bodie, California and Aurora, Nevada. Lively accounts of mining life as well as other news items and advertisements. This paper was edited for some time by "Lying Jim" Townsend, as he was known to friend and foe; he led a wild life, by all accounts, variously running saloons, newspapers, cattle ranches, and working as a Methodist preacher. Through the Bishop Creek Times, he provided important accounts of the late 1800s gold camps at a time when few were recording history, most being more… Read More

Bakersfield, California, 1873. Good, Very Good. [California, Newspapers] Six 1873 Issues of the Southern Californian Newspaper, Bakersfield, California, June 26-December 4, 1873, 16 x 22.5 inches, 4 pp. bifolio each. Three issues have minor edge wear, and are in very good condition. The other three have mild to moderate chipping to edges and some separation along previous fold; these three are in good condition. Collated; all pages present. The issues included in this collection are June 26, September 25, October 9, October 30, November 27, and December 4, 1873. The Southern Californian was a weekly newspaper published in Bakersfield, Kern County, California, approximately from the 1850s to the mid-1870s. In 1876 it merged with the Kern County Weekly Courier to form the Kern County Californian, which would become the current Bakersfield Californian daily newspaper. Each issue contains seven columns of local news, opinions, jokes, announcements, and the like; the rest is devoted to… Read More

California Brothers" Copied in Manuscript by T.F. Rodenbaugh December 1857 Single leaf with manuscript content on both sides measures 12.5 x 7.75 inches. Chipping and slight content loss to left side and top of right side. 2 x 1.5-inch piece missing from bottom corner with partial loss of one word. Fair Condition. Manuscript lyrics for the song "The California Brothers" as copied by Theophilus Francis Rodenbaugh in 1857, for John G. Morgan, Mount Kirk Seminary. The song was put to music in 1855 as "The Dying California of the Brother's Request Ballad", published by Oliver Ditson of Boston. The lyrics by an unknown lyricist were probably first published in the early 1850's in a New England newspaper, the "New England Diadem and Rhode-Island Temperance Pledge." We find little about the Mount Kirk Seminary or John G. Morgan other than one reference that the seminary was in Pennsylvania. T.F. Rodenbough (1838-1912) was a Civil War Soldier and prisoner of war (Battle of Second Bull Run) who was awarded… Read More

Pasadena, California, 1933. Very Good. [Californiana] Manuscript Letter by Sarah "Ada" Hall-Bacon-Jackson re the Long Beach, California Earthquake, Pasadena, California, 1933, 8.5 x 11 inches, 5 pp. Five pages of onion skin paper; ink bright and legible; light to moderate toning; minor edge wear. Overall very good condition. One-of-a-kind manuscript letter written by Sarah "Ada" (or "Ida") Hall-Bacon-Jackson, the daughter of Captain William Henry Harrison Hall, from a collection of photographs, letters, and ephemera from the prominent Hall and Bacon families of Chelsea, Vermont. This manuscript is not signed; however, the handwriting matches that of S. Ada Hall-Bacon-Jackson's manuscript autograph found on the reverse of a photo of her, contained in the collection. A unique item for any California collector, this letter contains a wealth of information on the 133 Long Beach, California earthquake. S. Ada Hall-Bacon-Jackson was living in Pasadena at the time, and describes her own experience of… Read More

Capital Stock of the Washington Mining Company--Unused Certificate Unused certificate measures 4 x 9 1/4 inches. Light toning otherwise Fine Condition. Verso is blank. The Washington Mine was located near the town of Washington on the South Fork of the Yuba River in the Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County California.

Los Angeles, California: All-Year Club of Southern California, 1947. Very good. [California] Official Sight-Seeing Map of Southern California, All-Year Club of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1947, 35 x 22 inches. Folding pamphlet with two maps, one on each side; colors bright; pamphlet clean, unmarked; corners very slightly worn, else fine; very good condition. One map is titled "Los Angeles County Index to Cities and Points of Interest", and includes a thorough guide to "a three or four-day circular tour of the chief points of interest in Los Angeles County." The second map is titled "Official Sight-Seeing Map of Southern California", and shows nine counties in full color, as well as paragraphs detailing the attractions of each. A lovely vintage travel guide to Southern California. In addition to all of the sightseeing information, this pamphlet also includes "Driving Hints", one of which reminds readers that hand signals were required by law - in lieu of blinkers, which did not… Read More

San Francisco: Houseworth & Co. Capt. Jack Crawford Signed Cabinet Card with Captain Jack Crawford and Gertie Granville Cabinet Card, Houseworth & Co., San Francisco, California. Circa 1880. 2 cabinet cards both from the studios of Thomas Houseworth with blind embossed Houseworth stamps in lower right and printed mounts with Houseworth backstamps. Likely taken at the same session as Crawford's outfit appears to be the same. The Crawford card is toned and mildly soiled, Apparent writing erased at top of photo mostly in margin. Possibly attempt of Crawford to sign the card. He does sign the card at bottom of photo and on mount, "JW Crawford "Capt. Jack" and then again on verso, "Yours Truly J.W. Crawford Capt Jack". Card is creased two inches from bottom--more noticeable on verso. Card with Crawford and Granville is very clean with very light soiling on front and slightly heavier soiling on verso. Backstamp upside-down. Captain Jack Crawford (1847-1917) known as "The Poet Scout" or just "Captain… Read More

Cass County, Minnesota Map, Hudson Map Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota. No Date. 22.75 x 26 inches. Map mounted on linen and likely excised from a much larger map; no neat line along bottom edge. Has been stored rolled. Light fraying to edges. Light soiling. Title and company name laid down. Very Good Condition. Large township and range map for Cass County, Minnesota. Some highways and roads in red. No legend. The Hudson Map Company, founded in 1892 remains in business today. Will ship rolled.

Grand Junction, Colorado: Grand Junction Seed Co, 1912. Very Good/None, as issued.. [Trade Catalog] Catalogue of "Seeds That Grow". Grand Junction Seed Co., Grand Junction, Colorado, 1912. 32pp. 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches. Staple-bound booklet. Red and green inked wrappers; black ink in interior. Small tear to back wrapper and very small chip to corner of front wrapper. Very Good Condition. Very pleasing seed catalogue from the Grand Valley of Colorado full of testimonials of the high-quality seed produced in the fertile soils of the Colorado River Valley near Grand Junction, CO. "Our watermelon and cantaloupe seeds are the best. Our yellow Danver and Prize Taker Onion Seeds are home-grown and can't be beat." Complete with numerous steel cut engravings. We've never handled this seed catalogue despite living so close to Grand Junction. Evidentially rare.

Mechelen, Belgium, 1872. Very Good. [Catholic Church] 1872 Document Concerning the Holy Relics of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri, Archbishop Victor Auguste Isidore Dechamps, Mechelen, Belgium, 1872, 10.75 x 14 inches, 1 pp. Single page document with the coat of arms of Belgian Archbishop Victor Auguste Isididore Dechamps; text bright and legible; some edge wear, overall, very good condition. Roughly translated document concerning the approval and storage of holy relics, likely those of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, bishop of Sant'Agata dei Goti, a Roman Catholic diocese in the Province of Benevento, Campania, southern Italy. From what I can discern, this document is a record of the examination of St. Alphonsus Ligouri's relics and their return to proper storage; it is unclear if Archbishop Dechamps examined them himself or if it was merely done by his mandate. Victor Auguste Isidore Dechamps (1810-1883) was a Belgian Catholic Archbishop of Mechelen, and Cardinal and Primate of Belgium. St.… Read More

1913. Chadwick Carrier Photographs (3) For Transporting Patients. No place, no photographer, circa 1913. Three mounted silver gel photos 8 x 6 inches, on boards roughly 10 x 7 inches. Photos themselves are rich and clear but at angles we see small scratches and silvering. Boards are soiled and chipped. Inked manuscript on recto, "Cont. Photo 2264-2266" plus image 2264 has penciled "Chadwick Carrier". Verso is blank save for one with faint pencil markings. Cornelia J. Chadwick of Newport, Rhode Island received patent number 1,096,489 on May 12, 1914, which is an improvement on her earlier 1899 patent. We enclose a copy of the 1914 patent. "The objects of my present invention comprise impartation of greater security and comfort to the patient during transportation during transportation...being essentially flexible carriers adapted to the transportation of wounder or otherwise disabled...." Chadwick's husband was commander of the battleship New York during the Spanish American War. Cornelia Chadwick… Read More

Pierre. South Dakota: South Dakota Department of History, 1932. First. Hardback. Very Good/None. Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark 1834-1839, Annie Heloise Abel-Henderson, Department of History, State of South Dakota, Pierre, South Dakota. 1932. xlvi, 458pp. Index and appendices. 3 plates. Red boards with gilt title on spine. Light bumping to corners and slight wrinkle on cloth on spine. Top edge trimmed; fore and bottom edge deckle. Front board has very light crack at spine. Tight binding and clean interior. Very good condition. Cardon's journal documents the early fur trading in the upper Missouri and a view of the Mandan settlements in North Dakota prior to the devastating smallpox epidemic of 1837. Howes C-303.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. First. Hardcover. Good/None. Harold Bugbee. Charles Goodnight Cowman and Plainsman, J. Evetts Haley, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1936, xiii, 485 pp., 8⅝ x 6 inches. Cream colored boards with brown titling to cover and spine, cover and top text edge soiled, spine has sunning and soiled, top corner turned inward, head and foot of spine show shelf wear, pages toned, light foxing to inside front and back covers. First edition. Good condition. Howes H36. "Charles Goodnight was a rancher in the American West. By age 20, he was working as a cowboy and served with the local militia in the many fights against Comanche raiders. In 1857, he joined the Texas Rangers, where he continued to fight in the Indian Wars and served as an Indian scout. Later, when the Civil War began, he served as a scout again.

[Checkers] English Draughts, or American Checkers: A Collection of Guides, Tournament Records, and Periodicals (1859-1966) Overall condition is good to very good. As you can imagine for a collection of nearly 1,000 items ranging over 100 years, you'll find some variation in condition but overall, the material has held up well. This is a collection of 245 monographs and 637 periodicals, mostly 9" x 6" or smaller, along with 12 binders (9 ½" x 14" x 1") containing typed gameplay records, and a few miscellaneous items including 2 card sets, a yearbook, a players' directory, a poster, some handwritten game records, and a letter. English draughts, American Checkers, or, more simply, checkers, is a popular strategy board game played on an 8 x 8 checkered board with 12 pieces per side. It is one of a family of related games with ancient origins. The World Championship of English Draughts was first held in the 1840s in England, and English Draughts tournaments into the present have mainly pitted English,… Read More

Chicago: Social Action Conference Movement, 1932. First. Softcover. Fair. Christian Social Action Movement, Leaders' Handbook, Social Action Conference Movement, Chicago, 1932, 80 pp., 8 x 5½ inches. Blue booklet, very soiled particularly around edges, cover corners curled outward, foxing throughout, pages toned. First edition. Fair condition. "For the use of church leaders, pastors, social workers, and others who appreciate the seriousness of the present emergency and the necessity of Christian social action.