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POLITICS IN OREGON48. Brown, J[ames] Henry. Political History of Oregon. Provisional Government. Treaties, Conventions,and Diplomatic Correspondence on the Boundary Question; Historical Introduction of the Explorationson the Pacific Coast; History of the Provisional Government from Year to Year, with Election Returns andOfficial Reports; History of the Cayuse War, with Original Documents. Vol. I [all published]. viii, 462pp. With 2 portrait plates & 2 folding facsimiles. (8vo), original blindstamped cloth, spine letteredin gilt. First Edition.Portland, OR: Lewis & Dryden, 1892An extremely scarce work of meticulousarchival scholarship. Howes queries,“Practically entire edition burned or lost atsea?” Soliday avers, “Rare and importantwork of which there are probably not morethan twenty copies extant.” The latter partof this statement is easily disproven by listedinstitutional holdings on OCLC, but there isno denying either the scarcity or the historicalimportance of the work. Howes B841; Smith1169; Soliday I:1349. Slight stain to lowerfront cover and to the foot of the title-page,still in nearly fine condition.(1000/1500)Lot 4849. Bruce, Wallace. The Yosemite. 19 leavesprinted on rectos only, but for the title page.Illustrations by James D. Smillie. 18.5x15.2 cm.(7¼x6”), original brown cloth stamped in giltand black, all edges gilt. First Edition.Boston: Lea and Shepard, 1880A poem extolling the wonders of Yosemitein fourteen stanzas. The sixteen woodcutillustrations by Smillie are of greater interestthan the poem itself. Currey & Kruska 25.Spine ends and corners worn, 1880 giftinscription on front flyleaf; very good.(100/150)50. Burrus, Ernest J. Kino and the Cartography of Northwestern New Spain. [7], 104 pp. Frontispieceportrait; maps and plates throughout. (Folio), original red cloth, gilt stamped on cover and spine. Oneof 750 copies printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. First Edition.[Tucson]: Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society, 1965Important account of the cartographic accomplishments of Eusebio Francisco Kino, the Jesuitmissionary who explored Pimeria Alta (northern Sonora and southern Arizona) and foundedseveral missions in the region. His map of Baja California, “Passage par terre a la Californie,”published in Paris in 1705, is the earliest extant depiction of the Gila River, the ColoradoRiver, and southern Arizona, based on first-hand observation. Kino’s letters, diaries and mapsare indispensable resources for the study of the development of geographical conceptions ofCalifornia and for the early history of the region south of the Gila on both sides of the Gulf ofCalifornia. Fine.(200/300)The auction will be begin at 11:00 a.m.Page 16