Charles B Gillespie (7 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. June, 1891, pp. 259-270, Nicely Illus, Extracted from orig vol, Begins with Title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is llike a pamphlet, VG, 1st ed.

Stapled wraps. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint. B&W Illustrations; This is a reprint from Century Magazine from 1891. This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some beginning fading to the spine and some very light bumping to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright.…

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 11 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 1st Edition. 1890-1891, 175pp, printed in double columns, illustrated with over 90 drawings, plus 4 maps including The Western Territories in the Forties Showing the Principal Routes of Exploration, The California Coast Under the Mexican Regime, Placer Regions of California in the Fifties with an inset of San Francisco Bay and Vicinity, and the Panama Route, and 24 portraits including John Bidwell, Father De Smet, General M. G. Vallejo, General John A. Sutter, Don Juan B. Castro, Don Manuel Castro, Pio Pico, who was Governor of California in 1845, General Andres Pico, Maria De Jesus Vallejo, or Sister Maria Teresa, Maria Antonia Lugo, who was the mother of General Vallejo, Dona Vallejo, born Francisca Benicia Carrillo, who was General Vallejo's widow, Kit Carson with facsimile autograph, Jacob P. Leese, Juan B. Alvarado who was Governor, 1836 - 1842, Manuel Micheltorena, who was Governor, 1842 - 1845, James W. Marshall, Azaria Smith and Henry W. Bigler, who were survivors of the party of discovery at Sutter's Mill, Samuel Brannan, who led a colony of Mormon's to San Francisco in July, 1846, Charles Preuss, topographer on the first two Fremont expeditions, Jim Bridger, Alexis Godey, Commander J. B. Montgomery, later Rear-Admiral, Thomas H. Benton, Jessie Benton Fremont, and George Bancroft, salvaged from a damaged copy of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 41. Specific pieces include The First Emigrant Train To California, by General Bidwell, Grizzly And Pioneer, by Shinn, The Making Of California, anonymous, Life In California Before The Gold Discovery, by Bidwell, Ranch And Mission Days In Alta, California, by Vallejo, Trading With The Americans, by Higuera, The Date Of The Discovery Of The Yosemite, by Pratt, Pioneer Spanish Families In California, by Shinn, The Missions Of Alta, California, by Doyle, A California Lion And A Pirate, by Castro, A Carnival Ball At Monterey In 1829, by Briones, A Letter From General Sutter, by Sutter, Fremont In The Conquest Of California, by Bidwell, The Discovery Of Gold In California, by Hittell, Marshall's Own Account Of The Gold Discovery, by Gillespie, Confirming The Gold Discovery, by Kemble, Resume Of Fremont's Expedition, by M. N. O., The Origin Of The Fremont Explorations, by Jessie Benton Fremont, Rough Times In Rough Places, by McGehee, Montgomery And Fremont, by Royce, Three Gold- Dust Stories, by Marshall, To California by Panama in 1849, by Pratt, The Conquest Of California, by John Charles Fremont, The Official Policy For The Acquisition Of California, anonymous, Hardships Of The Isthmus in 1849, by Ferris, and Spanish Jealousy Of Vancouver, by Doyle. Maps by Jacob Swells, W. Taber, George Wharton Edwards, O. Toasperm, A. Brennan, V. Perard, G. D. F. Brush, Frederick Remington, A. Lambourne, and from photographs by Lieut. Harris. Set includes a contents page, and is housed in two mylar report covers. This is a tremendous set of Californiana / Western Americana, and, surprisingly, never elsewhere published in its entirety.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Second Edition. Like-new hardback book with dedication signed by the author. Reads: "To Bob & Becky Hart: Given with pleasure as a remembrance of our good times together in Hickory, Hart Village and the Brown Forest. Charles B. Gillespie, MD, April 14, 2008". Clean and tight. Colored photography on every page. 119 pages. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 2004. iv, 76pp. 65 illustrations including 28 maps. Large Folio Light foxing to fore edge, otherwise the book is in excellent condition. All contents are tight and clean. There are no inscriptions. The unclipped dust jacket has some uneven sunning around the spine and just a little rubbing to edges. PLEASE NOTE: Large and heavyish book so extra will be needed for shipping to non-UK customers. "In 1850, a set of maps was prepared and printed for Belfast for the purpose of sales through the Incumbered Estates Court. Over a century later, C.E.B. Brett laboriously transferred in pencil the basic information contained in the leases of the Donegall family onto the printed maps. The annotated plans trace the history of individual plots, providing an unprecedented visual record of the buildings and trades of Belfast people through the Georgian period. This source has been known to scholars for some time but not extensively used. Georgian Belfast, 1750-1850 reproduces each of the twenty-eight sheets in large format and color, drawing attention to this unique documentation of the town.".…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Handsomely printed folio 10 x 13.5 card covers. Stapled with black cloth spine. Some corner chips, some soiling, paper toned, name on front cover. Lots of mug shots (picture of the Board of Trade office consists mostly of 3 large pool tables) and prominent edifices. Wealth on display in 1896. …