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[CALIFORNIA & PACIFIC NORTHWEST] HOYT, Mrs. Francis andHINES, H. K. MANUSCRIPT LETTER with a copy of MISSIONARY HISTORYOF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, CONTAINING THE WONDERFUL STORY OFJASON LEE, WITH SKETCHES OF MANY OF HIS CO-LABORERS ALLILLUSTRATING LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS IN PIONEERDAYS. Portland, OR and San Francisco: H. K. Hines and J. D. Hammond, 185011.and (1899). First Edition. A closely-written 4-page letter on one sheet ofpaper (15-1/2" x 9-7/8") folded in half and written on all 4 pages of neatscript in black ink with another 2 pages of content overwritten verticallyin red ink. Written by the wife of the Rev. Francis S. Hoyt, a Methodistminister, previously of the New Jersey Conference, and first president ofWillamette University in Salem, Oregon, to her parents in Cincinnati,Ohio. Writing from Salem on 10 December 1850, Mrs. Hoyt describes theirsteamer trip from the Isthmus of Panama, north along the Pacific Coast(with stops at Acapulco, Mexico, and San Diego, Monterey, and SanFrancisco, California) and on to their new home. She notes that thesteamer she was on was the first to "bear the news of the admission ofCalifornia as a State" to the people of San Francisco. A sign was drapedfrom the side of the ship announcing the news as it sailed along the bayfront, firing a 100-gun salute from its cannon, the noise upsetting Mrs.Hoyt. She vividly describes the city, with its summer dust and winter mud,its rich gambling houses and houses of ill repute, and the many minersdown from the hills to "lose all they have earned, and are obliged to goback to the mines again." She describes the gambling houses: "the roomsare fitted up beautifully with large mirrors and paintings, and everything to look pretty and then an orchestra of fine music that plays allthe time. Frank looked into one for a little time, and said he neversaw such piles of money as was there." She did not note if the goodreverend checked out the brothels. On one page of the letter, she hasdrawn a small map showing their route from the Pacific to Portland and onto Salem. Her husband's life as an educator in Salem is reported in thebook that comes with the letter, beginning on page 431, which mentionsthat the steamer reached Oregon in late October, 1850, "landing atPortland, then a rustic hamlet of some twenty or thirty habitations, and afew places of business." The book is INSCRIBED by the author on the frontendpaper "To Rowland Abram Waltz/Very Truly Yours/H. K. Hines/PortlandOR/June 21st 1901." In addition it is inscribed "Dr. F. S. Hoyt/withcompliments of/Mr. & Mrs. Sam Gill/Portland Oregon/June 26-/1911." Afascinating letter with first-hand glimpses of life in early San Franciscoand Oregon. The letter in Near Fine condition with normal folds frommailing; the writing in red ink a little difficult to read but legible.The book is Very Good with some edgewear. (#020857) 3,500

12.CARTER, Jimmy. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) as President.Washington DC, 3 February 1978. On White House stationery (7" x 10-1/2")SIGNED by the president as "Jimmy" to Congressman Neal Smith of Iowaasking him to vote to create "a small Office of Consumer Representation."This bill, which would have created a consumer advocacy agency at thefederal level, was defeated by the House of Representatives in a 227-189vote on 8 February 1978, a victory for big business interests. Originaltransmittal envelope "By Special Messenger" stapled to the rear of theletter. With an Inauguration Day Official Cover postmarked 20 January 1977in Plains, GA. Short tear along one fold. Fine. (#020842) 850

13.CASTELLON, Hilda. NUDE WITH FLOWERED HAT. Original lithograph(13" x 20", image size 10-1/8" x 16") printed on B F K Rives paper. Copy#32 of only 35 SIGNED, titled, and numbered in pencil below the image bythe artist. Hilda Castellon, wife of the famous Spanish Americanprintmaker, Federico Castellon, was a talented artist whose work, based onpersonal observation and often realistic, was overshadowed by herhusband's more popular surrealistic efforts. Fine. (#020858) 250

CLARKE, Milton and Lewis. NARRATIVES OF THE SUFFERINGS OFLEWIS AND MILTON CLARKE, SONS OF A SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION,DURING A CAPTIVITY OF MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS AMONG THESLAVEHOLDERS OF KENTUCKY, ONE OF THE SO CALLED CHRISTIAN STATESOF NORTH AMERICA. Dictated by Themselves. Boston: Bela Marsh, 1846.14.Second Edition. Publisher's green blind-stamped cloth lettered in gilt;144 pages. First published in 1845, this edition is enlarged withadditional material and two portraits: an engraved portrait frontispieceof Lewis Clarke with an engraved portrait of Milton Clarke inserted in thetext at the beginning of his section. The Clarke brothers dictated theirnarrative to J. C. Lovejoy, who notes in his preface that "it gave me anew and more vivid impression of the wrongs of Slavery than I had everbefore felt" (page 3). Their mother was a slave impregnated by her whiteowner. The final section of the book includes questions asked of LewisClark with his answers, such as: "Have you ever known a slave mother tokill her own children?", "What do they do with old slaves, who are pastlabor?", and " Do not slaves often say that they love their masters verymuch?" BLOCKSON 9751; HOWES C-457. Ink names of authors on rear endpaperand pastedown, likely in an owner's hand. Minor spotting or soiling; lightwear, primarily to corners and spine ends. Very Good. (#020846) 500

15.[COOKERY]. MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK. Reading [UK], 1839. Calfbacked boards, 6-1/2" x 7-3/4". English Manuscript Recipe book signed onfront pastedown "Mrs Garrard/Friar St./Reading/Berks 39" consisting of 100pages, mostly not numbered and nearly all are filled in with manuscriptrecipes, the first two pages being a numbered index, as well as a dozen orso loose pages of recipes in various hands laid in. Included are wines,pies, cakes, etc. Some examples are Pickled Mushroom Sauce, Baked ApplePudding, Spunge Cake, Walnut Catsup Soy, Oyster Sausages, Siberian Crabs,Ginger Beer, Ginger Wine, etc. About 150 recipes in all. Fairly clean andreadable; spine lacking, boards loose but holding. Good. (#020853) 950

16.[COOPER, James Fenimore]. [ALMANACH DES DAMES POUR L'AN1832]. (Paris): (Jules Didot Aine), [1830]. First Edition. Small octavo(3-1/4" x 4-3/4") bound in full tooled polished calf with a gilt-letteredmorocco spine label on a gilt-decorated spine, marbled endpapers, alledges gilt; (xxxii), 224 pages. Illustrated with one (of 6?) engravings.Apparently lacks a title page as the first printed page is the half-titlepage which is what makes this particular copy interesting as it bears awarm SIGNED INSCRIPTION from James Fenimore Cooper to his daughter:"Frances Maria/donné par son père/ J. Fenimore Cooper." Below that isanother inscription, which is likely a presentation to the best known ofCooper's daughters rather than to his wife with the same name: "SusieCooper/from her Mother." An important example of re-gifting! Light foxingthroughout. Very Good in attractive period binding. (#020813)SOLD17.DARROW, Clarence. THE STORY OF MY LIFE. New York & London:Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Large octavo (6-1/4" x 95/8") in cloth-backed boards. Illustrated with a color frontispieceportrait and numerous photographs. Copy #175 of 294 SIGNED by the author.Bookplate on front pastedown; scattered marginal pencil marks in margins.Small tear at top front corner of the spine, minor chipping to spine labelwith some light soiling to the spine. Very Good. (#020809) 1,600

18.DIGGS, Annie. THE STORY OF JERRY SIMPSON. Wichita, Kansas:Jane Simpson, (1908). First Edition. Gilt-lettered dark green cloth. Thestory of flamboyant "Sockless" Jerry Simpson, three-term member ofCongress from Kansas, and his political career in Kansas and in Congress,the Farmers Alliance and the Peoples Party, and more. Laid in is a smallpiece of campaign ephemera from 1896 depicting "Our Jerry." A 1912 ownerinscription on the front blank. Fine, bright copy. (#020840) 5019.EARHART, Amelia. SIGNATURE. Bold SIGNATURE of Earhartattractively matted and framed to an overall size of 11-3/4" x 16-1/2".But for a small nick or two to the frame, Fine. (#020814) 1,500

EELLS, Rev. M[yron]. MARCUS WHITMAN M.D. PROOFS OF HIS WORKIN SAVING OREGON FOR THE UNITED STATES AND IN PROMOTING THEIMMIGRATION OF 1843. Portland, OR: Geo. H. Himes' Book and Job Printing20.House, 1883. First Edition. Original printed stitched salmon wraps (5-1/2"x 9"), 34 pages, housed in a cloth chemise and slipcase. INSCRIBED on thefront wrap "Gift of Reverend Myron Eels--/Union City/Washington." Adiscussion on the role of Marcus Whitman as a leader of the first largeparty of wagon trains along the Oregon Trail in 1843. Quite scarce, thelast comparable copy selling at auction in 1948. Dampstains on front wrapextending in greatly diminished size through much of the text. Very Good.(#020850)SOLD

21.EVERETT, Edward. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. Washington, 2 Feb.1854. One-page letter to Lewis Shearer SIGNED by Everett. In full: "I haveYour favor of the 30th; when the abstract of the Census to which you referis published, I shall be happy to send you a copy." (#020833)SOLDEverett is best known for his oratory powers. He gave the "other" addressat Gettysburg on 19 November 1863. The next day he wrote Lincoln saying,"I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near thecentral idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes."22.FORD, Gerald R. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS). Washington, 12September 1972. SIGNED "Jerry" on Minority Leader stationery thankingrecipient, Leon Nobes, for his letter. Ford mentions sending "the ChinaReport" to him and says, "You may be certain that I am working night andday to bring about a Republican Congress." Nobes unsuccessfully ran to bea Republican candidate for the Michigan state House of Representatives in1974, 1976, & 1978. Light creases from mailing. Fine. (#020843) 200

23.FORD, Richard. WILDLIFE. New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press,(1990). First Edition. Ford's fourth novel, this is a Second Printing butis INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page to a closeassociate, likely an editor: "For Betty [Beth?],/with love [?] [?]/adieu.We'll see each/other again, God knows/when. From your/admirer, ofcourse/Richard." Made into a film more than 25 years after publication.Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. (#020816) 100

GASS, Patrick [LEWIS & CLARK]. A JOURNAL OF THE VOYAGES ANDTRAVELS OF A CORPS OF DISCOVERY, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPT.LEWIS AND CAPT. CLARKE [sic] OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,FROM THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER MISSOURI THROUGH THE INTERIOR PARTSOF NORTH AMERICA TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, DURING THE YEARS 1804,1805 & 1806. Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer, for David M'Keehan,24.Publisher and Proprietor, 1807. First Edition. Duodecimo (4-1/4" x 7-1/2")bound in recent brown morocco-backed marbled boards with a gilt-letteredblack morocco spine label; viii, [9]-262 pages. THE EARLIEST FULL FIRSTHAND NARRATIVE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION. The official account ofthe expedition was not published until 1814. The origins of Gass's journalis explained in a 7 April 1805 letter from Meriwether Lewis to PresidentThomas Jefferson: "We have encouraged our men to keep journals, and sevenof them do so, to whom in this respect we give every assistance in ourpower." Because of the delay in the publication of the official account,Gass's journal became the first to appear in print, and as such waseagerly taken up by readers starved for information about the discoveries.GRAFF 1516; HILL (2004) 685; HOWES G77 "b"; NEW HOWES G-77 "d"; SABIN26741; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 12646; STREETER SALE 3120: "one of the essentialbooks for an Americana collection"; WAGNER-CAMP 6:1. Two bookplatesloosely laid in, one on a detached front endpaper; 1810 owner signature onfront blank; light, even foxing throughout; binding Fine. Overall NearFine. (#020841) 9,000

HARRIS, Joel Chandler. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND HISSAYINGS. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. Early Edition.25.Decorated blue cloth. GROLIER AMERICAN HUNDRED 83. Illustrated with 8plates and text engravings by Frederick S. Church and James Moser. Whilenot a First Edition (1882), this copy hasa wonderful SIGNED AUTOGRAPHQUOTATION on the front endpaper: "'Oh, don't stay long -- Oh, don't staylate--/Let it be a long ways ter de Goodbye Gate!'/Joel ChandlerHarris/West End, Atlanta:/15 May, 1891." While this quote has beenreported to come from UNCLE REMUS, it in fact is from a Southern ballad, aCorn-husking song titled "Round It Up A Heap It Up": "Round it up a heapit up a Round it up a corn, A joog-a-loa./De big owl hoot and cry for hismate, My honey, my love!/Oh, don't stay long, oh, don't stay late./Itain't so fur to de goodbye gate." In the book "UNCLE REMUS," JOEL CHANDLERHARRIS AS SEEN AND REMEMBERED BY A FEW OF HIS FRIENDS, the authors onpages 106-108 explain how Harris would usually write this quote in hisbooks. When asked to write an aphorism in a book, Harris said he had noaphorisms and would write this quote. The closest it comes to anything inUNCLE REMUS is the quote "don't stay long!" which occurs in THE PLOUGHHANDS' SONG (JASPER COUNTY-1860.) on pages 161-162. In any case survivalsof any edition of UNCLE REMUS with any quote are scarce. Some aging to thetext; the covers bright and strong. Near Fine. (#020824) 2,000

26.HERSEY, John (Jacob LAWRENCE). HIROSHIMA. New York: LimitedEditions Club, 1983. Large octavo (9-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in full coalblack aniline cowhide leather. With a poem by Robert Penn Warren thatserves as the preface. Illustrated with 8 ORIGINAL SILKSCREENS executed ineleven colors by the noted late African-American artist Jacob Lawrence.Copy #27 of 1500 SIGNED by Hersey, Warren, and Lawrence. A starklybeautiful book, richly bound and with three important signatures, justlyone of the most desirable books issued by this long-lived, prestigiouspress. Monthly Letter laid in. Mild, even sunning to the spine. Near Finein a close to Fine slipcase. (#020815) 2500

27.HOMER. THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1930.Tall quarto (8" x 12") in full blue linen, gold-stamped. The translationof Alexander Pope with an introduction by Carl Van Doren. Printed by Joh.Enschede in Holland with type hand-set in Romanee, its first use, anddesigned by Jan van Krimpen, a beautiful example of modest yet eleganttypography. Copy #399 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page.Slight darkening of spine; hinges strong. Near Fine in intact, Very Goodslipcase with loss of paper along the backstrip edges. (#020845)SOLD

28.HURD, Peter. THE HORSE TRADE. Lubbock, TX: Baker Gallery Press,1953. A color print (26" x 19-1/2"; image size 22-1/2" x 16") from anoriginal painting signed in the image and SIGNED in pencil at the lowerright by the artist. Peter Hurd (1904-1984) was raised in Roswell, NewMexico, and returned later in life to New Mexico where he drew inspirationfrom the landscape. In 1929, Hurd married Andrew Wyeth's sister,Henriette, also an artist. Hurd was best known for his use of egg tempera,a medium he introduced to Wyeth. Rather faint vertical creases throughimage, minor tears at edges. Near Fine, large image. (#020862) 250MAPES, James J. (editor). THE WORKING FARMER. Devoted toAgriculture, Embracing the Rights of Agriculturists, theImportance of the Establishment of a Home Department ofAgriculture at Washington, Horticulture, Floriculture, KitchenGardening, Management of Hot Houses, Green Houses, Etc., Etc.Volumes I and II. New York: Kingman & Cross, 1850-51. First Edition.29.Folio (9" x 13-1/2") in contemporary black morocco-backed purple cloth.The first two volumes comprising 24 issues from the first issue ofFebruary 1849 to February 1851. First volume has illustrated head piecesto each issue as well as a number of text engravings; the second volumehas no illustrations. Endpapers foxed but contents clean and fresh; somerubbing to spines, covers tight. Near Fine. (#020844)SOLD

30.MARTIN, Fletcher. HIGH, WIDE AND HANDSOME. [AssociatedAmerican Artists]. Original lithograph (12" x 15", image size 10" x 131/2") SIGNED by Martin in pencil at lower right. Fletcher Martin (19041979) gained a reputation for his paintings of the San Franciscowaterfront, rodeos, and boxing matches. He worked as an assistant toMexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros in the early 1930s and receivedseveral mural commissions from the WPA. His work is represented in thecollections of the Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum, WhitneyMuseum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum ofArt, San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Houston Art Museum. Old tapealong the outer edges on the verso. Near Fine. (#020861) 350(SEE IMAGE AT BEGINNING OF CATALOG)31.NIXON, Richard. SIX CRISES. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., Inc.,1962. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Nixon on the front endpaper"To/Wanda ---/Dick Nixon." Near Fine in Good dustwrapper with a long tearon the front panel, not too distracting under mylar. (#020847) 300OBAMA, Barack. AUDACITY OF HOPE. THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMING THEAMERICAN DREAM. New York: Crown Publishers, (2006). First Edition.32.Twenty-first Printing. SIGNED by Obama on the title page. Laid in is asmall photo of a much younger Obama signing the book. Fine in Near Finedustwrapper with a little wrinkling at bottom front. (#020823)SOLD

33.PLUMPTRE, C. E. GENERAL SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF PANTHEISM.London: Trubner and Co., [1881]. Early Edition. Two volumes in originalblue cloth. The first volume covers From the Earliest Times to the Age ofSpinoza; the second covers From the Age of Spinoza to the Commencement ofthe Nineteenth Century. A printed Notice states the first volume appearedanonymously in 1878 and the second in 1879, and the present reissue withthe author's name, is "almost equivalent to a first publication." Hingessound, text clean; minor wear to spine tips. Very Good. (#020855) 100(POE, Edgar Allan). THE CONQUEROR WORM and two other piecesin GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE. Vols. XXII & XXIII: January 1843-December1843. Philadelphia: George Graham, 1843. First Edition. Two volumes bound34.in one, publisher's full tree calf with gilt-lettered red morocco spinelabels. Illustrated with 38 steel engravings, 5 of which are hand-colored,including fashion plates as well as portraits of Longfellow and William C.Bryant. First appearance in print of THE CONQUEROR WORM, Poe's poem abouthuman mortality and the inevitability of death, as well as 4 minor piecesby Poe. Also contributions by James Fenimore Cooper, Henry Longfellow,James R. Lowell, etc. Attractive railroad bookplate of Robert HeyshamSayre (1824-1907), vice president and chief engineer of the Lehigh ValleyRailroad. Internally clean, binding quite nice with a little fraying alongspine edges with a short split at top. Near Fine. (#020821)SOLD

(POE, Edgar Allan). FIFTY SUGGESTIONS in GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE.Vols. XXXIII & XXXIV: Jan. 1849-Dec. 1849. Philadelphia: George R.35.Graham, 1849. First Edition. Two volumes bound in one, publisher's giltlettered polished tan calf and marbled boards with matching leathercorners. Illustrated with 48 steel engravings

Portland, OR and San Francisco: H. K. Hines and J. D. Hammond, 1850 and (1899). First Edition. A closely-written 4-page letter on one sheet of paper (15-1/2" x 9-7/8") folded in half and written on all 4 pages of neat script in black ink with another 2 pages of content overwritten vertically in red ink.