Hall, Carroll D. (editor). Heraldry of New Helvetia: With Thirty-Two Cattle Brands and Ear Marks Reproduced from the Original Certificates Issued At Sutter's Fort 1845 to 1848. The Book Club of California. Printed by L-D Allen Press, 1945.

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Description: Unpaginated. Limited to 250 copies. Allen Press Bibliography, #4. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in brown quarter leather and blue cloth covers with title blind-stamped on spine and decorative stars in gilt on leather. Embossed monogram in brown to front cover. Plain paper dust jacket with tears and large chips missing, good only.

Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.

Hall, Carroll D. [Editor]. Heraldry of New Helvetia. With Thrity-Two Cattle Brands and Ear Marks Reprouced from the Original Certificates Issued at Sutter's Fort, 1845 to 1848.. The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1945.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Limited to 250 copies with handset type and printed on all-rag paper by the Allen Press. Foreward and Biographical Sketches by Carroll D. Hall. 91pp. 32 reproductions. Half calf and decorated cloth. Index to brands. Slightest of rubbing to spine ends. A fine copy. Very scarce, especially in this condition (the soft calf spine of this title is notorious for being well worn or extremely scuffed). One of the most important works on California cattle brands. 32 reproductions of the original manuscript cattle brand certificates issued at Sutter's Fort prior to the Gold Rush, from 1845 to 1848. Each of the reproduced certificates is accompanied by translations and biographical sketches of the ranches to whom the marks were registered. Includes brands for William Brown Ide, Heinrich Lienhard, John Bidwell, and others. Original announcement laid in.

Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

(Allen Press). Heraldry of New Helvetia, with Thirty-Two Cattle Brands and Ear Marks Reproduced from the Original Certificates Issued at Sutter's Fort 1845 to 1848. Foreword and Biographical Sketches by Carroll D. Hall. Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1945.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: One of 250 Copies. Printed in three colors throughout. Profusely illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. The fourth book issued by the Allen Press. Allen Press Bibliography 4 Quarter tan calf and decorated cloth by William Wheeler. Fine Printed in three colors throughout. Profusely illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

(Allen Press). Heraldry of New Helvetia, with Thirty-Two Cattle Brands and Ear Marks Reproduced from the Original Certificates Issued at Sutter's Fort 1845 to 1848. Foreword and Biographical Sketches by Carroll D. Hall. Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1945.

Price: US$425.00 + shipping

Description: One of 250 copies. Printed in three colors throughout. Profusely illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. The fourth book issued by the Allen Press. Allen Press Bibliography 4 Quarter tan calf and decorated cloth by William Wheeler. Spine rubbed, else Fine Printed in three colors throughout. Profusely illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.