Norman: Univ. Oklahoma Press, (1961). xv, 448 pp. Illus. with 16 b/w photos and 1 map. 8vo. Cloth with gilt titles. First edition. Stephen Watts Kearny (1794-1848) was an important army officer who served in the War of 1812, the American West, the Mexican-American War, and the conquest of California..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1850. 408 pp. Illus. with 4 color plates, 1 b/w map, + in-text drawings. Sm. 8vo. Cloth stamped in blind, with gilt titles and decoration. First edition. Mixed issued. Has map (2nd issue) with printed endpapers (1st issue). Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill..... More
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [1864]. xvi, 544 pp. Illus. with 1 folding lithographed map (hand-colored in outline). 8vo. Quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, six compartments, decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, sewn-in silk bookmark. First edition. "Combier [a French merchant] set out to write an account of the voyages he..... More
[Chicago]: George F. Cram, [ca. 1882]. One sheet folded (56.5 x 35 cm). 42.5 x 30.5 cm. (16 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches). Hand colored. Title inside oval cartouche. Scale 36 miles to 1 inch. Taken from "Cram's Illustrated Family Atlas of the World." There were numerous versions of the..... More
[Chicago]: George F. Cram, [ca. 1882]. One sheet (30 x 35 cm). 30 x 23.5 cm. (11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches). Hand colored. Title inside oval cartouche. Scale 36 miles to 1 inch. Taken from "Cram's Illustrated Family Atlas of the World." There were numerous versions of the New..... More
[Chicago]: George F. Cram, [ca. 1882]. One sheet (30 x 35 cm). 28.5 x 21.5 cm. (10 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches). Hand colored. Title inside oval cartouche. Scale 36 miles to 1 inch. Taken from "Cram's Illustrated Family Atlas of the World." There were numerous versions of the New..... More
[Chicago]: George F. Cram, [ca. 1882]. One sheet folded (56.5 x 35 cm). 43.75 x 29.5 cm. (17 x 11 1/2 inches). Hand colored. Title inside oval cartouche. Scale 36 miles to 1 inch. Taken from "Cram's Illustrated Family Atlas of the World." There were numerous versions of the New..... More
[Chicago]: George F. Cram, [ca. 1882]. One sheet (30 x 35 cm). 29 x 24 cm. (11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches). Hand colored. Title inside oval cartouche. Scale 36 miles to 1 inch. Taken from "Cram's Illustrated Family Atlas of the World." There were numerous versions of the New..... More
[Chicago]: George F. Cram, [ca. 1882]. One sheet (30 x 35 cm). 28.5 x 22.25 cm. (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches). Hand colored. Title inside oval cartouche. Scale 36 miles to 1 inch. Taken from "Cram's Illustrated Family Atlas of the World." There were numerous versions of the New..... More
Golden: Fulcrum, (1996). viii, 358 pp. Illus. with in-text b/w photos, drawings, and maps. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new. More
Casper: Wyomingana, (1932). 361, [5] p. Illus. with b/w photos and a map. Sm. 8vo. Light blue cloth. First edition. "Scarce" according to Adams, and a good account of the Johnson County war. A very good copy, spine sunned as usual, some foxing to the top edge, minor soiling. Howes..... More
Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1940. xvi, 419 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w maps, 1 of which is folding, and 4 drawings. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. A very good+ copy, top edge foxed, in a very good dust jacket with two small shallow chips. More
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, printers, 1849. 24 pp. 8vo. Stitched pink paper wrappers. Second edition. Degrand proposal for building a railroad from St. Louis to San Francisco was "One of the earliest projects for a transcontinental railway having San Francisco as its terminus. It maintains that the plan of P...... More
Denver: News Print, (1893). 8 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. The Denver Chamber "protests against this circular of the City of Hartford, challenges the truth of every assertion of its preambles, and asks that those whose judgment may have been affected to examine the actual facts in the..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987. xiii, 199 pp. Illus. with 13 full page color drawings. Folio. Quarterbound cloth over tan paper covered boards; map end papers. First edition. One of 450 copies printed by the Wind River Press. Publisher's original Prospectus and delay notice laid in loose..... More
San Diego: California Committee, 1957-1958. 24 pp. Illus. with 2 photos and 1 map. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Brochure No. 1, Overland to the Pacific. Information Pamphlet for the Overland Mail Centennial. A very good copy, wrappers lightly sunned. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1941). xii, 329 pp. Illus. with 43 b/w plates and drawings. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Frederic Remington, Charles Schr. A very good copy, title fade, gift inscription on free front endpaper in a very good edge worn dust jacket with a darkened spine. More
San Francisco: John Howell, 1956. frontis, vi, 170 pp. 8vo. Illustrated cloth, gilt title. First edition. Fred Blackburn Rogers, One of 700 copies. A near fine mostly unopened (uncut) copy. More
[Washington, D.C.]: n.p., 1849. 10 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Minority report on the admission of California into the Union. A very good copy. More
[Washington, D.C.]: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1850. 8 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. William Duer (1805-1879) represented New York City in the House of Representatives for two terms (1847–1851). A very good partially unopened (uncut) copy with tears along folds, a few tiny chips to first..... More
New York: Archer House, (1965). 669 pp. Illus. with 110 b/w engravings and drawings. 8vo. Cloth. Reprint. A very good+ copy with soiled spot on lower edge of rear board, faint foxing along fore edge, in a very good+ dust jacket. More
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Washington [D.C.]: [U.S.] Government Printing Office, 1880. xxxii, 307 pp. Illus. with 11 b/w heliotype plates with tissue guards, 1 of which is folding, and 4 cross-section plates, all folding. 4to. Original brown cloth ruled in blind, gilt titles. First edition. At the head of the title: Department of the..... More
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Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith, 1977. 264 pp. Illus. with 42 color & b/w plates and maps. 4to. Quarter morocco over cloth boards with gilt title in illustrative slipcase. Limited edition. No. 221 of 1500 copies. Includes publisher's announcement. Limited Edition reprint of Volume 2 only. Originally printed in 1882. Provenance..... More
College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Press, (2006). xi, 284 pp. Illus. with 15 b/w maps and 1 photo. 8vo. Cloth with gilt titles. First edition. Number 105: Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University. Inscribed by the author. Book review laid in loose. A fine copy..... More
Washington [D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Interior, 1967. xiv, 320 pp. Illus. with color frontis and maps, b/w photos and drawings. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Volume XI The National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings. George B. Hartzog, Jr., foreword. A fine copy. No dust jacket. More