Fort Collins, Co. Old Army Press, (1974). 82 pp. + illus. [19 pp.]. Illus. with b/w photos and drawings. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Derek Fitzjames, illus., Clark B. A very good copy with some scuffing on the wrappers, crease to corner. More
Austin: Univ. Texas Press, (1978). xviii, 240 pp. Illus. with 35 color plates, 28 b/w sketches, 64 figures and 2 maps. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First edition. Mary S. Carnahan, Signed by author and contributor. Publication announcement, invitation to an exhibit of the artist's work at the Texas Memorial Museum to..... More
![Item #43663 [Photograph] U.S.S. Melville in San Diego, Calif. O A. Tunnell](/pictures/thumb/43663.jpg?v=1493665489)
[San Diego]: [O.A. Tunnell], (ca 1920). 6.5 x 10.5 inches on 11x 15 inch board. Pebbled gray card mount frame with embossed borders, with small gilt-titled calendar attached to lower margin of frame. Silver gelatin print. Decorative caption title in print. USS Melville, a 7150-ton destroyer tender, named for Rear..... More
Los Angeles: Wetzel, 1928. xxxiv, 351 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w facsimile and 1 folding map. 8vo. Cloth. First edition thus. Inscribed by Agapito Rey, one of the two authors. Translation of Obregon’s historical record of the Southwest, including Arizona, New Mexico, Texas. A very good copy, edges lightly rubbed..... More
[Washington, D.C.]: Ritchie & Heiss, print. 1845. 3 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. 29th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 42. Ho. of Reps. OCLC shows only two copies: Yale & Huntington. Inner margin uneven else a very good copy. Smith: Pacific Northwest Americana 4098. More
Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1836. vii, [1], [v-]x, [11]-376, [adv]. 6 pp. 16mo. Blind embossed green cloth, gilt titles. First edition thus. Renamed and much expanded over the earlier 1831 guide and enlarged to include Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arkansas. This "New Guide" went through three editions..... More
New York: Abbeville Press, (1996). 252 pp. Illus. with color and b/w photos, reproductions and maps. Sm. Obl. 4to. Cloth. First edition. Covers: Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon-California Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Pony Express, the Transcontinental Telegraph, and the Transcontinental Railroad. A fine copy..... More
Los Angeles: Blue Book Publishing, 1906. 64 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 12mo. Pictorial paper wrappers. First edition. Old Series, Vol. V. No 3 New Series, Vol. I, No. 2. Known as the Traveler's Blue Book through March 1906. While the main article by C. Beauregard Poland contains eight photographs..... More
San Marcos, TX: Southwest Texas State College Press, 1965. 185 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Boyd Saunders, illus. Inscribed by authors Pool and Conrad. Publisher's announcement laid in loose. A very good+ copy, edges foxed, in a very good+ dust jacket. More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1980. xii, 128 pp. Illus. with 6 b/w plates and 2 reproductions. Sm. 4to. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards, gilt title. First edition. Publication No. 165. Oscar Lewis, foreword. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate. Small bookplate on..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1879. 165 pp., 4, [6] adv. 16mo. Orange cloth with gilt titles and black rules, edges beveled. First edition. Appletons' New Handy-Volume Series. A journal of two years' adventures while Rideing was attached to Lieut. George Wheelers's geological survey of 1875-6. A quite uncommon..... More
Austin: Texas State Historical Assoc. and Univ. of Texas, 1983. xxii, 365 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and reproductions. 4to. Cloth with gilt titles. First edition. A fine copy in a very good edgeworn dust jacket with a few small tears. More
[Washington, D.C.]: 1852. 1 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. 31st Congress. 1st Session. Senate. Miscellaneous, No. 65. "Be it resolved by the Legislative Assembly of New Merico, That the Congress of the United States is hereby respectfully memorialized and..... More
Lubbock: Texas Tech Univ. Press, (1993). xix, [2], 188 pp. Illus. with color plates, color & b/w photos, & 1 map. 4to. Red cloth. First edition. Thomas Sasser, Elizabeth Sasser, Review copy with request for review, brochure, and copy of review by Al Lowman of Southwest Texas State University laid..... More
New York: Sheldon & Co., 1864. frontis, xxii, 653 pp. Illus. with portraits. Sm. 4to. Cloth. Large paper edition. One of a special edition of two hundred and fifty copies issued in one volume and printed on large paper in royal octavo size. "Scott had been the associate of every..... More
Austin: Eakin Press, German-Texan Heritage Society, 1985. 283 pp. Illus. with 8 b/w reproductions. 8vo. Paper-covered boards with gilt titles. Facsimile edition. Glen E. Lich, foreword; Alexande. A fiction work on the Texas revolution originally published in 1844 by this German American author. Republished in 1871, from which edition this..... More
Austin: State House Press, 1991. xiv, 216 pp. Illus. with 3 b/w reproductions and 3 photos. 8vo. Cloth with gilt titles, map end-papers. First edition. Charles Shaw, illus. Very warmly inscribed by the author. Related article and book talk invitation laid in loose. A fine copy in a very good+..... More
[Washington, D.C.]: n.p., 1858. 5 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. 35th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 375. "Power and authority in the hands of Mormons, who monopolize lands, and exert a baneful influence over the Indians, injurious to the United States. Committee reports in favor of forming..... More
Alexandria, MO: n.p., 1909. 10 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. In double columns. Consists of a letter written by Abram Sortore to his niece, Jennie Thomas in 1909 about his travels to California in 1850. "Sortore started near Keokuk, Iowa and traveled to Hangtown. A very scarce pamphlet..... More
[San Antonio]: Published for the San Antonio Museum Association by Trinity University Press, (1973). viii, 263 pp. Illus. with color & b/w plates and photos. 4to. Brown linen, gilt titles, color plate on front board. First edition. Jack R. McGregor, preface. Signed by all the authors. Catalogue of an exhibition..... More
Washington, D. C. U. S. Government Printing Office, (1887). 10 pp. + map (22 cm). 8vo. Disbound. First edition. Hearings on the proposed organization of the Territory of Alaska; deposition by A.P. Swineford, Governor. With map. OCLC shows only 3 copies. Disbound, three tears to first leaf, staple holes, a...... More
![Item #43641 [Photograph] State Capitol Building, Sacramento, California. Isaiah West Taber](/pictures/thumb/43641.jpg?v=1591212067)
[San Francisco]: Taber, ca. 1890. 9 x 7.5 inch image on x 10 x 8 inch card. White card mount. Albumen photograph. "6359 State Capitol, Sacramento, Cal." in negative at lower edge. Isaiah West Taber (1830-1912) bounced between the east and west coasts as a youth. After opening his first..... More
[San Francisco]: Book Club of California, 1980. 110 pp. Illus. with 8 duotone plates and 1 map. 8vo. Quarter cloth over decorated paper covered boards, gilt title. First edition. Publication No. 163. One of 600 copies. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate. Small bookplate on..... More
[Washington]: n.p., 1857. 4 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. 34th Congress, 3d Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 171. "Thorington offered a tantalizing glimpse into one of the most daring, most extensive, but most obscure scientific explorations of the West," (White: Plains & Rockies, p. 146). Dr. John Evans (1812-1861)..... More
Boerne, TX: Highland Press, (1950). 61 pp. Illus. with 1 folding b/w plate and drawings. 8vo. Cloth with map end-papers. First edition. Emilie M. Toepperwein, illus. Signed by both the author and illustrator. One of the Limited Edition of 500 copies. A fine copy in a very good price-clipped dust..... More