Pictorial History of California
NY: Bonanza Books, 1970. Well illustrated (more than 275 illustrations) 224pp, very good hardcover with very good dust jacket. " A lively record of California's dramatic growth from Stone Age to Space Age."
NY: Bonanza Books, 1970. Well illustrated (more than 275 illustrations) 224pp, very good hardcover with very good dust jacket. " A lively record of California's dramatic growth from Stone Age to Space Age."
Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1894. vii, 240pp, illus (including a folding building plan), presentation slip tipped in. Hardcover, extremities worn, some spotting on boards, interior vg.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1965. 1st edition. xx, 705pp, maps and illus. Near fine in a very good dj. A history of the tribe from Lewis and Clark to the retreat of Chief Joseph.
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1982. Second edition. xiv, 80pp, illus. Large folio. Near fine in publisher's slipcase. This the large paper (significantly larger than the trade edition), limited edition, one of 100, numbered and signed. Forty designs with a cultural commentary by the well known Hopi artist. Originally published in a......
Austin, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1971. xviii, 350pp, illus. Oblong quarto (another way of saying a big book), dust jacket with some edgewear and a couple of short tears, else near fine. Kane was an important artist who, after meeting George Catlin in London, determined to paint a gallery of.....
Santa Fe: Clear Light, 1990. 1st ed, second printing. Signed, near fine hardcover in very good dj.
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1974. 1st edition hardcover, Author's inscription on ffep, vg in vg dj.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1933. 1st edition hardcover, prev. owner's name onffep, else vg in sl. worn dj.
Los Gatos, CA: Talisman Press, 1962. Limited edition hardcover, 1/750 copies, VG in dj w/ sl sun kissed spine, else vg.
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1970. xvi, 224pp, illus, map ep. Inscribed by the author, vg hardcover in sl. worn dj with ink note. History of the Mission of Guevavi on the Santa Cruz River in what is now southern Arizona. An in depth study of a single missionary.....
Fort Madison, IA: The Statesman Office (?), 1850. 24pp. Sewn. Minor foxing, else unopened and near fine, laid in a quarter leather hard cover folder. In 1824 the U.S. Government designated a tract of land around the Mississippi and the Des Moines Rivers for the "half breed" members of the.....
Austin: Encino Press, 1965. Limited ed. hardcover, 1/550, prev owners name on half title page, else fine in matching paper slipcase.
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1978. 2nd printing oversize hardcover, n. fine in n. fine dj.
London: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 1856. 498pp, 16 advts, 6 plates. Original blind stamped boards, expertly recased with spine laid down. Pages slightly browned, else a tight, very good copy. A classic of frontier life. In 1830 Mrs. Kinzie and her husband were among the earliest settlers in Chicago.....
Boston: Alexander Moore, 1872. "Third edition, revised and enlarged." 97pp, 10 original photos tipped onto individual pages with tissue guards. Original embossed boards with gilt title, aeg. Pages slightly browned, gift insc on ffep, extremities slightly rubbed, else a very good copy. According to Currey and Kruska this is, "...one.....
Denver, CO: World Press, Inc., 1979. Stated limited edition but no indication of number. Signed by the author. ix, 528pp, illus. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, else near fine. This recounts the colorful history of a century and a half of logging railroads in the area that stretches from Maine to.....
London: Chapman and Hall, 1860. First English edition (first published in German in 1859). xii, 428pp, illus. Bound in half leather and marbled boards. Light rubbing to externals, else very good. Johann Kohl was an educated, urbane, and well-trained German geographer, ethnologist, and popular writer. He visited the Lake Superior.....
Laramie: Powder River Publishers, 1954. ix, 277pp, illus. First edition, second issue, out of print, inscribed, some browning spine faded, else very good hardcover, lacking dj. This the revised edition with pages tipped in replacing deleted material. 6 Guns 1256.
Menasha, WI: American Anthropological Association, 1935. 293pp, illus, 2 folding maps. Original printed wrappers. Slight bump to bottom corner, small chip from front wrap, else near fine. Walapai country is in western Arizona, south of the Colorado River. This study is based on field work begun in 1929 by a......
Menasha: American Anthropological Association, 1935. 235pp, illus, 2 folding maps. Printed wrappers, rebound in cloth. Edge wear, corner of front wrap chipped as are first few pages, but no loss of text. Interior clean. The Walapai are a Colorado River tribe in northwest Arizona. This scarce volume contains reports from.....
Albuquerque, NM: UNM Press for SAR, 1972. xxvii, 232pp, illus, folding map. Near fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. A quality, hard cover reprint of the above. With a new preface by Kubler, largely an annotated bibliography of documents and publications revealed after the first edition.
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1847. First edition, first issue. 208pp, [viii] advts. Original boards and spine expertly restored, internal foxing. A tight, sound copy. This is a collection of letters that tell of a journey up the Mississippi from St. Louis, with descriptions of scenery, legends of the.....
El Paso: The Encino Press, 1967. One of a numbered edition of 850 in a slipcase. pp. viii, 34, illus. Small folio. Some spotting to slipcase, book near fine. According to Reese: "A beautiful series of paintings illustration the development of the Texas range stock and the progress of a......
El Paso: The Encino Press, 1967. One of a numbered edition of 850 in a slipcase. pp. viii, 34, illus. Small folio. Some spotting to slipcase, book near fine. According to Reese: "A beautiful series of paintings illustration the development of the Texas range stock and the progress of a......
Steamboat Springs, CO: The Pilot Press, 1945. 207pp, illus. Original cloth. Some exterior fading, modest gift inscription, else very good. Subtitled, "Some highlights in the dramatic and colorful history of northwestern Colorado." Some history of Steamboat Springs, murderous outlaws - chapters on Harry Tracy and Tom Horn, Indian troubles -.....