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What I Saw in California, 1848, Bryant Edwin

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What I Saw In California 1849: What I Saw in California by Edwin Bryant. 1849. D. Appleton and Co., New York. Frontispiece map and fold-out map in front. 480 pp. Blind-stamped cloth covers. Measures 7.5 in. x 5 in. x 1.375 in. If l

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[JOHN HENRY NASH - THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA.]: [JOHN HENRY NASH - THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA.] MARKHAM, Edwin (1852-1940). The Man with the Hoe. San Francisco: John Henry Nash for the Book Club of California, 1916. 4to. With a portr

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Edwin Dawes California Painting: Edwin M. Dawes oil painting on canvas of California mountains. 24"h x 30"w. Orignal frame 29"h x 35"w. Signed lower right. We box and ship to keep costs low. We do not use a packaging service, unless

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Edwin Dawes - California Landscape Painting: Edwin Dawes California Landscape painting. Oil on canvas, signed LR. Canvas size H 25" W 30". Frame size H 37-5/8" W42-3/4".Condition: Excellent. Inspected under UV light. No restoration noted. Copy a

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Edwin Thomson Bryant Sterling Fork with Ship: Edwin Thomson Bryant sterling silver 3-tine fork, sailing ship finial, hinged tines, late 19th C, 7-1/4" l, 1.77 TO

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Edwin Haas, California Plein Air Riverscape, Watercolor: Edwin Haas, California Plein Air Riverscape, Watercolor. Signed "Haas" Framed 22.125W x 18.0H x 0.75D in. Sight 14.5W x 10.25H in.All Measurements are Approximate.

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Edwin Haas, California Springtime Landscape, Watercolor: Edwin Haas, California Springtime Landscape, Watercolor. Signed "Haas" Framed 30.0W x 18.0H x 0.75D in. Sight 21.0W x 8.0H in.All Measurements are Approximate.

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Edwin Haas, California Creek Scene, Watercolor: Edwin Haas, California Creek Scene, Watercolor. Signed "Haas" Framed 20.25W x 16.25H x 1.0D in. Sight 14.375W x 9.375H in.All Measurements are Approximate.

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Alice D. Bryant (1879-1944) California Illinois (two): LANDSCAPES, two watercolors on paper, each signed lower left, frames 10 x 7” & 7 x 10 ½” with glass. (2)

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EDWIN DAWES "Mountainscape" Oil, California Art: EDWIN DAWES (California 1872-1945) "Mountainscape" Oil on canvas. 16 x 20 1/8 inches; Framed: 25 3/8 x 29 3/8 inches. Signed l/l.

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Sterling Reindeer Sleigh Salt Cellar: Continental sterling silver sleigh and reindeer salt cellar, import marks for Edwin Thompson Bryant, 1893, London, marked DEPOSE and worn marks for Sterling. Glass salt dish liner in sleigh. 2 3/4" H

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French silver and enamel card plate with lobed sides, late 19th C., imported by Edwin Thompson: French silver and enamel card plate with lobed sides, late 19th C., imported by Edwin Thompson Bryant and stamped with his and English import hallmarks, enamel depicts gentleman holding small bouquet

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Guggar Petter (Danish): Guggar Petter (Danish) Woven newspaper and fiber basket 7 1/2iin. x 9in. x 3in. (18cm. x 23cm. x 7cm) When I arrived to Calif. in 1986, I saw how the California sun had sun-yellowed/patinated a stack

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[GRABHORN PRESS]. JASTROW, MORRIS (Translator): [GRABHORN PRESS]. JASTROW, MORRIS (Translator). The Song of Songs Being Love Lyrics From Ancient Palestine. [San Francisco: Book Club of Calif

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A 19TH CENTURY DUTCH SILVER SNUFF BOX: A 19TH CENTURY DUTCH SILVER SNUFF BOX, import marks, Edwin Thompson Bryant, London 1899, rectangular, the hinged cover chased with figures at a market, the base chased with putto and a horse with a to

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MARK EDWIN VANDERBOGART (California/Illinois,: MARK EDWIN VANDERBOGARTCalifornia/Illinois, 1865-1956Tabletop still life. Signed lower right "Vanderbogart".Oil on masonite, 20" x 24". Framed 23.5" x 27.5".

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What I Saw in California, 1848, Bryant Edwin

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Author: Bryant, Edwin
Title: What I saw in California: Being a Journal of a Tour by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, Across the Continent of North America, the Great Desert Basin, and Through California, in the Years 1846, 1847
Place Published: New York; Philadelphia
Publisher:D. Appleton and Company
Date Published: 1849
Description: 480 pp. With wood-engraved map. 18.5x11.8 cm (7½x4¾"), blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Seventh edition.Important, early account of the migration to California in the years prior to the Gold Rush, highly influential, serving as a virtual guide to the 49ers. This revised edition includes a 25 appendix intended for aspiring miners. Wagner-Camp - "...Bryant's narrative is of further interest because of its description of the life and times of American Californians before the discovery of gold." Cowan p.81; Graff 457; Howes B903; Kurutz 95a; Mintz 65; Streeter 3147; Wagner-Camp 146:1; Zamorano 80 #12.

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Minor wear to cloth at extremities; dampstain to front blank leaf, offsetting and occasional foxing; very good.

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