3 vols. books: various titles chronicles dated 1856-1942 Bigelow, John. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JOHN CHARLES FREMONT. New York: Derby and Jackson, 1856. Brown cloth cover with tooled decoration. (Cover and spine water-stained and worn; covers starting to separate, and spine missing piece in lower section. Pages wrinkled and stained in various parts. Staining and spotting especially bad between and including the endpapers and title page). Dana, Richard Henry, Jr. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. New York: Random House, 1936. Leather and cloth cover with dust jacket. Personal narrative. (Foxing and water stains to cover; leather extremely rubbed. Jacket worn, with water stains and missing large pieces. Interior of book in very good condition). Phillips, Catherine Coffin. COULTERVILLE CHRONICLE. San Francisco: Grabhorn, 1942. Annals of a Mother Lode Mining Town. Cloth and paper bound with blue and green star motif. One of 500 unnumbered copies. With photographic illustrations. (Spine label starting to peel; small while spots to spine in lower regions. Corners and edges with minor wear. Interior in good condition).