Sale 829A: U.S. Presidents from the Jim Hier Collection, with Americana, Travel & Exploration, Cartography

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(California)
Author
Heckrotte, Warren and Julie Sweetkind, editors; Glen Mclaughlin and Nancy H. Mayo
Headline
Occasional Papers of CA Map Society
Publisher
California Map Society/The Book Club of California; California Map Society
Date Published
1999; [1995]

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119

Life Amongst The Modocs: Unwritten History

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(California)
Author
Miller, Joaquin
Headline
Miller's Life Amongst the Modocs with ALS
Publisher
Richard Bentley & Son
Date Published
1873

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120

Second Annual Report of the Chief Executive Viticultural Officer to the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners, for the years 1882-3 and 1883-4

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(California)
Headline
California promotes winemaking, 1884
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
State Office,...... James J. Ayers, Supt. State Printing
Date Published
1884

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121

Letter from a Vermont Congregational Minister about the political turmoil in Canada

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(Canada – Patriots’ War)
Author
Sprague, Rev. Ezra and P.P. (Phebe) Sprague
Headline
Americans and the Canadian troubles
Date Published
1838

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122

History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge, Pioneer Navigator and Indian Trader for Fifty Years Identified with the Commerce of the Missouri Valley

Author
Chittenden, Hiram Martin
Headline
History of Early Steamboat Navigation on MO River
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Francis P. Harper
Date Published
1903

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123

Three Civil War memoirs by White officers of Black troops

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(Civil War - African American)
Headline
White commanders of Black Civil War regiments
Date Published
1885-1924

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124

Letter from influential British banker opposing Secession

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(Civil War - Secession)
Author
Smith, Samuel
Headline
Virginia Governor urged to oppose Secession
Date Published
c.1861

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125

The Soldier's Story of His Captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and Other Rebel Prisons

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(Civil War)
Author
Goss, Warren Lee
Headline
Account of Union POW at infamous Andersonville
Publisher
Lee & Shepard
Date Published
1867

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126

Mosby's War Reminiscences and Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns

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(Civil War)
Author
Mosby, John Singleton
Headline
Mosby's Civil War Reminiscences, 1887
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Geo. A. Jones
Date Published
1887

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127

Facsimile reprint, ca. 1920, of 1885 original print, Andersonville Prison/Camp Sumter, Ga. as it appeared August 1, 1864 when it contained 35,000 Prisoners of War,

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(Civil War)
Author
O’Dea, Thomas
Headline
Union prisoner's drawing of hellish camp
Date Published
ca. 1920

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128

Letter written by an Illinois attorney predicting a gloomy future

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(Civil War)
Author
Woodson, R.E.
Headline
Prediction of Civil War
Provenance
Illinois lawyer foresees a dismal 1861
Date Published
1861

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129

Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book: Being a Practical Treatise on the Culinary Art Adapted to the Tastes and Wants of All Classes

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(Cookery)
Author
Clayton, H.J.
Headline
Quaker Cook-book 1883
Publisher
Women's Co-operative Printing Office
Date Published
1883

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130

Life Among the Apaches

Author
Cremony, John C.
Headline
Mid-19th century account of Apache life
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
A. Roman & Company
Date Published
1868

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131

An Account of Col. Crockett’s Tour to the North and Down East...

Author
Crockett, David
Headline
Account of Col. Davy Crockett's Tour 1835
Publisher
E.L. Carey and A. Hart
Date Published
1835

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132

La Abolicion de la Esclavitud en el Orden Economico [The Abolition of Slavery in the Economic Order]

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(Cuba - Anti-Slavery)
Author
Labra (y Cadrana), Rafael M.de
Headline
Leading Spanish Abolitionist in Cuba
Publisher
Sociedad Abolicionista Española
Date Published
1873

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133

Chinese nationality certificate for a Chinese citizen living in Cuba, with Chinese red dragon seal

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(Cuba - Chinese)
Headline
Chinese national certified in Cuba 1880
Date Published
1880

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134

Contract for a Chinese laborer ("colono") in

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(Cuba - Chinese)
Headline
Chinese laborer in Matanzas, Cuba
Date Published
1870

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135

Contract for a Chinese laborer ("colono") in Havana, Cuba

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(Cuba - Chinese)
Headline
Chinese labor contract in Cuba 1866
Publisher
Gobierno Politico de la Habana
Date Published
1866

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136

Manifest listing a shipload of Chinese laborers bound for Havana, headed "Emigracion China para la Isla de Cuba"

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(Cuba - Chinese)
Headline
Chinese coolies bound for Cuba, 1866
Date Published
December 19, 1864

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137

Manuscript chart showing the status of rented slaves in Cuba

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(Cuba - Slavery)
Headline
Chart of Cuban slaves rented out, c.1870
Date Published
1870s

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138

Letter by the former U.S. Secretary of State and Ambassador predicting war with Spain

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(Cuba - Spanish-American War)
Author
Foster, John W.
Headline
US diplomat predicts war with Spain
Date Published
1898

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139

Manuscript list of patients at St. Isabel charity hospital in Matanzas, Cuba, during August 1862, divided according to race and color

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(Cuba)
Headline
Racial divide of patients at Cuban charity hospital
Date Published
August 31, 1862

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140

Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington

Author
Davidson, George
Headline
Davidson's Pacific Coast Pilot 1889
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Date Published
1889

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141

Icones Farlowianae: Illustrations of the Larger Fungi of Eastern North America

Author
Farlow, William Gilson
Headline
With 103 color plates of various American fungi
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
The Farlow Library and Herbarium of Harvard University
Date Published
1929

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142

The Works of Benjamin Franklin; Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; With Notes and a Life of the Author, by Jared Sparks

Author
Franklin, Benjamin
Headline
Hilliard Gray edition of Ben Franklin's works
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Hilliard Gray & Co.
Date Published
1840

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143

My Disillusionment in Russia

Author
Goldman, Emma
Headline
Emma Goldman, Disillusionment in Russia 1st ed.
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Doubleday, Page & Company
Date Published
1923

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144

History of the Later Years of the Hawaiian Monarchy and Revolution of 1893

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(Hawaii)
Author
Alexander, W.D.
Headline
Hawaiian Monarchy & Revolution History illustrated 1896
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Hawaiian Gazette Company
Date Published
1896

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145

The Hawaiian Archipelago. Six Months among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands.

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(Hawaii)
Author
Bird, Isabella L.
Headline
Copy of Hawaiian missionary Jas. M. Alexander
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1875

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146

An English-Hawaiian Dictionary; With Various Useful Tables: Prepared for the use of Hawaiian-English Schools.

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(Hawaii)
Author
Hitchcock, H.R.
Headline
Hitchcock's Hawaiian-English Dictionary, 1887
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
The Bancroft Company
Date Published
1887

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147

A Hand-Book on the Annexation of Hawaii

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(Hawaii)
Author
Thurston, Lorrin A.
Headline
A Hand-Book on the Annexation of Hawaii
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
[A.B. Morse Company, Printers and Binders]

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148

Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, Made Under Direction of the Navy Department

Author
Herndon, William Lewis & Lardner Gibbon
Headline
With Herndon and Gibbon in the Amazon
Publisher
Robert Armstrong
Date Published
1854

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149

The Great West: Containing Narratives of the Most Important and Interesting Events in Western History-...

Author
Howe, Henry
Headline
Howe's The Great West, Enlarged edition
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Geo F. Tuttle; Henry Howe
Date Published
[1851]

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150

[Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the second FX-11 prototype]

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(Hughes, Howard)
Author
Knee, Ernest
Headline
Photograph of Howard Hughes in the FX-11
Provenance
Dennis Kruska
Date Published
No date

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151

Observations upon certain passages in Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, which appear to have a tendency to subvert religion, and establish a false philosophy

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(Jefferson, Thomas)
Author
[Moore, Clement C.]
Headline
Clement Moore attacks Thomas Jefferson 1804
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Date Published
1804

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152

A Voyage to South-America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Town, Provinces, &c. on that extensive Continent...

Author
Juan, George and Antonio de Ulloa
Headline
Voyage to South-America 2 vols in English 1758
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
L. Davis and C. Reymers
Date Published
1758

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153

Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of the World, during the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807

Author
Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von
Headline
Von Langsdorff's Pacific voyages and travels
Publisher
Henry Colburn
Date Published
1813-1814

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154

The Journals [with] Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition

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(Lewis & Clark Expedition)
Author
Moulton, Gary E., editor
Headline
Moulton's Journals of Lewis & Clark with atlas
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Date Published
[1986-2001]

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155

Symbolism of the Huichol Indians

Author
Lumholtz, Carl
Headline
With Lumholtz among the Huichol
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
American Museum of Natural History
Date Published
1900

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156

The History of Nantucket; Being a Compendious Account of the First Settlement of the Island by the English, Together with the Rise and Progress of the Whale Fishery...

Author
Macy, Obed
Headline
Obed Macy, The History of Nantucket 1835
Publisher
Hilliard, Gray, and Co.
Date Published
1835

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157

A Journey Through South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean

Author
Marcoy, Paul [pseud. of Laurent de Saint-Cricq]
Headline
With Paul Marcoy in South America
Publisher
Blackie and Son
Date Published
1871-73

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158

A Diary in America, with Remarks on Its Institutions

Author
Marryat, Frederick
Headline
Marryat's Diary in America, 1839
Publisher
D. Appleton and Co.
Date Published
1839

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159

Metropolitan Park Report - Boston Massachusetts - 1893

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(Massachusetts)
Headline
1893 Boston Metropolitan Park Commission Report
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Metropolitan Park Commission
Date Published
1893

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160

Letter from a leading medical advocate for vegetarianism

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(Medical – Vegetarian)
Author
Barrows, Dr. Horace Aurelius
Headline
Vegetarianism in early 19th century America
Date Published
1846

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161

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information relating to the operations of the commission appointed to run and mark the boundary between the United States and Mexico

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(Mexico – U.S. Border)
Author
Whipple, A.W., et al
Headline
Maps of Gila River border boundary
Publisher
US Government Printing Office
Date Published
February 28, 1850

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162

Letter from British Homeopathic physician to his brother regarding seances

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(Occult)
Author
Russell, J. Rutherfurd
Headline
Famed British Homeopathic Doctor
Date Published
1853

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163

Constitution and Quotations from the Register of the Oregon Pioneer Association [bound with] several issues of the Transactions from the annual reunions

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(Oregon)
Headline
George Davidson's copy
Provenance
George Davidson's copy
Publisher
E.M. Waite
Date Published
1874-81

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164

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-56

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(Pacific Railroad Reports)
Headline
Pacific Railroad Reports set, 12 volumes in 13
Date Published
1855-1860

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165

The Story of the Exposition; Being the Official History of the International Celebration Held at San Francisco in 1915 to Commemorate the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the Construction of the Panama Canal

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(Panama Pacific International Exposition)
Author
Todd, Frank Morton
Headline
History of the Panama Pacific International Expo
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Putnam's / Knickerbocker Press
Date Published
1921

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166

Catalogue de Luxe of the Department of Fine Arts Panama-Pacific International Exposition

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(Panama Pacific International Exposition)
Author
Trask, John E. D. & J. Nilsen Laurvik, editors
Headline
P.P.I.E. Dept. of Fine Arts Catalogue De Luxe
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Paul Elder
Date Published
[1915]

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167

4 Letters from Washington State critic of the Populist Party, Democratic Party and “Coxey’s Army” in the midterm elections of 1894

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(Populist Party – Coxey’s Army)
Author
Nye, E.
Headline
Coxey's Army raising hell in 1894
Date Published
1894

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168

American Scenery, Illustrated

Author
Richards, T. Addison
Headline
With numerous engravings of American Landscapes
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Leavitt and Allen
Date Published
1854

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169

How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

Author
Riis, Jacob A.
Headline
First Edition of Riis' How the Other Half Lives
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1890

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170

The Story of Laulii, a Daughter of Samoa

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(Samoan Islands)
Author
Willis, Laulii
Headline
Story of Laulii Willis, signed by Laulii Willis
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Jos. Winterburn & Co., Printers and Electrotypers
Date Published
1889

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171

Printed Dance Card for the Grand Ball in honor of the Anniversary of the Independence of Mexico

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(San Francisco – Mexican-American)
Headline
San Francisco's Mexican-American elite
Date Published
September 14, 1913

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172

Annales Statistiques des États-Unis; par Adam Seybert...

Author
Seybert, Adam
Headline
1st French edition of 1818 U.S. Economic survey
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Librairie Constitutionanelle de Brissot-Thivars
Date Published
1820

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173

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

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(Space)
Author
Collins, Michael
Headline
Signed by Michael Collins
Publisher
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Date Published
[1974]

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174

Aboriginal Monuments of the State of New York.

Author
Squier, E.G.
Headline
Aboriginal Monuments of New York, 1849
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
The Smithsonian Institute
Date Published
1849

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175

Travels in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua: with a Description of its Aboriginal Monuments, Scenery and People, their Languages, Institutions, Religion, &c.

Author
Squier, E.G.
Headline
Squier's Travels in Central America
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
D. Appleton & Co.
Date Published
1853

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176

Standard Oil Bulletin 1922-1947

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(Standard Oil Bulletin)
Headline
The Standard Oil Bulletin 1922-1947
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Standard Oil Company of California
Date Published
1922-1947

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177

Six documents from and about the founding of Stanford University

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(Stanford University)
Headline
6 items from & about founding of Stanford University
Date Published
1884-1932

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178

Ten pieces of printed Stanford football memorabilia

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(Stanford University)
Headline
10 pieces of Stanford football books & pamphlets
Date Published
1905-1952

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179

Ten pieces of Stanford memorabilia

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(Stanford University)
Headline
10 pieces of Stanford memorabilia 1894-1944
Date Published
1894-1944

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180

Telephone Almanac

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(Telephone)
Headline
5 Bell Telephone almanacs, 1934-1942
Publisher
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Date Published
1934-1942

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181

World War II Poster - President Roosevelt Supports Japanese-American Enlistment in US Army 1943

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(World War II)
Headline
Historic World War II Poster
Publisher
Office of War Information/Government Printing Office
Date Published
1943

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182

Bancroft's Tourist's Guide Yosemite: San Francisco and around the Bay, (South)

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(Yosemite)
Headline
Bancroft's Tourists' Guide Yosemite, 1871
Publisher
A.L. Bancroft
Date Published
1871

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183

Looking Down the Yo-Semite

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(Yosemite)
Author
Currier & Ives
Headline
Currier & Ives litho of Yosemite
Publisher
Currier & Ives

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184

The Washington Columns. Yo-Semite Valley

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(Yosemite)
Author
Currier & Ives
Headline
Currier & Ives litho of Yosemite
Publisher
Currier & Ives
Date Published
c.1860's

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185

Yo-Semite Falls, California

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(Yosemite)
Author
Currier & Ives
Headline
Currier & Ives litho of Yosemite Falls
Publisher
Published by Currier & Ives
Date Published
c.1860

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186

Three Brothers

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(Yosemite)
Author
Fiske, George
Headline
Three Brothers,, large George Fiske photograph
Publisher
George Fiske
Date Published
No date [but later than 1885?]

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187

The Vernal and Nevada Falls, from Glacier Point, Yosemite, Cal.

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(Yosemite)
Author
Watkins, Carleton E.
Headline
Carleton Watkins view of Vernal and Nevada Falls
Publisher
Isaiah Taber
Date Published
Negative 1865-66; print date unknown

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188

Cap of Liberty, Yosemite Valley

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(Yosemite)
Author
Watkins, Carleton, attr.
Headline
Carlteton Watkins, Cap of Liberty
Publisher
Isaiah Taber
Date Published
Negative: c. 1872, print date unknown

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189

The Islands of the Pacific. From the Old to the New.

Author
Alexander, James M.
Headline
Two Editions, one inscribed by the author
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
American Tract Society
Date Published
1895; 1908

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190

Essai Historique sur le Commerce et la Navigation de la Mer-Noir...

Author
Anthoine de Saint-Joseph, Antoine-Ignace
Headline
French work on the Black Sea, 1805
Publisher
Chez. H. Agasse
Date Published
1805

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191

Ainu Life and Lore: Echoes of a Departing Race

Author
Batchelor, Jon
Headline
History of the Ainu people, Tokyo 1927
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Kyobunkwan
Date Published
Showa 2 [i.e. 1927]

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192

The Australian Captive; Or, An Authentic Narrative of Fifteen Years in the Life of William Jackman...Also Including, with Other Appendices, Australia and Its Gold, From the Latest and Best Authorities

Author
Chamberlayne, Rev. I., editor
Headline
Australian Captive Wm Jackman Am Ed 1853
Publisher
Derby & Miller / Derby, Orton & Mulligan
Date Published
1853

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193

Mandalay to Momien...

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(China)
Author
Anderson, John
Headline
Anderson's narrative of 1868 & 1875 China expeditions
Publisher
Macmillan and Co.
Date Published
1876

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194

Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking (From the 16th to the 20th Century)

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(China)
Author
Backhouse, E. and J.O.P. Bland
Headline
Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking, 1914
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
William Heinemann
Date Published
[1914]

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195

Five Months on the Yang-Tsze;... with a Narrative of the Present Rebellions in China.

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(China)
Author
Blakiston, Thomas W.
Headline
Five Months on the Yang-Tsze by Blakiston, 1862
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1862

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196

A Sketch of Chinese History, Ancient and Modern: Comprising a Retrospect of the Foreign Intercourse and Trade with China.

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(China)
Author
Gutzlaff, Charles
Headline
With large folding map of China by M. D'Anville
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Smith, Elder and Co.
Date Published
1834

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197

Manchuria: Its People Resources and Recent History

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(China)
Author
Hosie, Alexander
Headline
With Hosie in Manchuria, with map
Publisher
Methuen
Date Published
1901

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Memoirs and observations topographical, physical, mathematical, mechanical, natural, civil, and ecclesiastical. Made in a late journey through the empire of China, and published in several letters...

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(China)
Author
Le Comte, Louis
Headline
Le Comte's account of China, 1698
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed for Benjamin Tooke
Date Published
1698

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199

Manchoukuo: A Pictorial Record

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(China)
Headline
Nation building in occupied Manchoukuo, 1934
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Tokyo Asahi Shimbun
Date Published
[1934]

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200

Chinese Researches

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(China)
Author
Wylie, Alexander
Headline
Chinese Researches, by Alexander Wylie, 1897
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Date Published
1897

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