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Americana - Cartography Travel & Exploration
1:00 PM PT - Nov 5th, 2009

 

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26 limited editions published by Biobooks

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Title: Twenty-six volumes of Western Americana published by Biobooks
Author: **
Description: Includes: Ide, Simeon. The Conquest of California: A Biography of William B. Ide. Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. Inscribed by Joe Sullivan on blank preliminary page.1 of 500. 1944. * Wheat, Carl I. The Pioneer Press of California. 1 of 450. 1948. * Beattie, George William. Heritage of the Valley: San Barnardino's First Century. 1 of 1000. 1951. * Browne, J. Ross. Washoe Revisited. Notes on the Silver Regions of Nevada. 1 of 500. [1957]. * Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of the Life of Leland Stanford. 1 of 750. 1952. * Giffen, Helen S. Casas & Courtyards: Historic Adobe Houses of California. 1 of 600. 1955. * Prentice Mulford's Story. 1 of 500. 1953. * Colton, Walter. The California Diary. 1 of 1000. 1948. * Robinson, Alfred. Life in California: A Historical Account of the Origin, Customs...of The Indians of Alta-California. 1 of 750. 1947. * Keller, Geo. A Trip Across the Plains and Life in California. 1 of 500. [1955]. * Tyson, James L. Diary of a Physician in California. 1 of 500. 1955. * Keyes, E.D. From West Point to California. 1 of 600. [1950]. * Ferguson, Charles D. California Gold Fields. 1 of 750. 1948. * Massett, Stephen C. The First California Troubadour. 1 of 500. 1954. * Root, Riley. Journal of Travels from St. Josephs to Oregon with Observations of that Country... 1 of 500. 1955. * Hansen, Woodrow James. The Search for Authority in California. 1 of 750. 1960. * Farnham, Thomas Jefferson. Travels in California with a Map. 1 of 750. 1947. * Lynch, James. With Stevenson to California. 1 of 500. [1954]. * Figueroa, Jose. The Manifesto to the Mexican Republic. 1 of 750. 1952. * Borthwick, J.D. 3 Years in California. 1 of 1000. 1948. * Giffen, Guy J. California Expedition: Stevenson's Regiment of First New York Volunteers. 1 of 650. 1951. * Delavan, James. Notes on California and the Placers. How to Get There, and What to Do Afterwards. 1 of 700. 1956. * Kip. Wm. Ingraham. Early Days of my Episcopate. 1 of 500. 1954. * Revere, Joseph Warren. Naval Duty in California. 1 of 1000. 1947. * Kelly, William. A Stroll Through the Diggings of California. 1 of 750. 1950. * Off for California: The Letters, Log and Sketches of William H. Dougal, Gold Rush Artist. 1 of 600. 1949. *Together 26 volumes, each uniquely bound. One signed by Joseph A. Sullivan who provided indexes and/or forewords for many of the volumes of the Biobooks series. Printed at various fine presses in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Heading: (Biobooks)Place Published: Oakland, CA
Publisher: Biobooks
Date Published: Various dates

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