The Disputed Lands.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1981). 470 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
Western Americana
The Post near Cheyenne. A History of Fort D.A. Russell, 1867-1930.
Boulder: Pruett Publishing, (1989). [8], 271 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and map. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny chip on rear wrapper. More
The Russian Discovery of Hawai'i.
Honolulu: Editions Limited, 1987. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. The journal of eight Russian explorers. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new. More
A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, leading to the Discovery of the Sources of the Mississippi and Bloody River; with a description of the Whole Course of the Former, and of the Ohio. [Two volumes].
London: Printed for Hunt and Clarke, 1828. xxiii, 472 pp.; 545 pp. Illus. with engraved frontis, 3 plates, 2 folding plans, and large folding map of the Mississippi. 8vo. Three quarter dark brown morocco over marbled boards, five raised bands decorated in gilt, black morocco lettering pieces, gilt volume numerals..... More
Overland Journey to California. Journal of James Bennett Whose Party Left New Harmony in 1850 and Crossed Plains and Mountains until the Golden West was Reached.
New York: Edward Eberstadt:, n.d. 45 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition thus. Printed in an edition of 200 copies from the files of the New Harmony Times where the journal appeared serially March 16-August 3, 1906. "A colorful report," Mintz p. 15. Covers April thru September, 1850. "...substantial..... More
From Kapuvár to California 1893. Travel Letters of Baron Gustav van Berg.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1979. 73 pp. Illus. with 9 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. Quarter cloth over decorated paper covered boards, gilt title, map endpapers. First edition. One of 500 copies. A fine copy. In original somewhat worn plain dust jacket. More
Powder River Country. The Papers of J. Elmer Brock.
Kaycee, Wy. Margaret Brock Hanson; Frontier Printing, 1981. xiii, 510 pp. Illus. with 66 b/w plates and photos. Sm. 4to. Brown leatherette, titles stamped in gilt, map endpapers. First edition. Signed by the editor & publisher. "A collection of historical stories mostly gathered by J. Elmer Brock and his family..... More
Hard-Rock Miners. The Intermountain West, 1860-1920.
College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Press, (1979). xv, 201 pp. Illus. with 31 b/w photos and drawings. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Warmly inscribed by the author. Publisher's pictorial book announcement laid in loose. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
Reports upon the Mineral Resources of the United States.
Washington [D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1867. 360 pp. 8vo. Original brown pebbled cloth, ruled in blind, gilt titles. First edition. An authoritative account of the mineral resources of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains; later expanded. Most of the volume relates to the mines of California and..... More
Sketch of the Life of John Tanner, a Famous Manitoba Scout. A Border Type.
Winnipeg: Manitoba Free Press, 1888. 4 pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers. "...A paper read before the Society, April 26, 1888." In double columns. From: The Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba. Transaction no. 30--season 1887-8. Uncommon. A very good copy, front wrapper with a few minor tears at fore edge, long..... More
Report on a Survey of the Government of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco: Rincon, 1916. xxvi, 681 pp. Illus. with b/w folding forms and charts. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Prepared for the San Francisco Real Estate Board by the Bureau of Municipal Research, New York. Quite exhaustive study of the management, finances, and structure of the government of San Francisco..... More
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[ALS] John Hobart Resigns as Road Overseer for Rattlesnake Creek Road District, in Trinity County.
Weaverville, [CA]: 1859. [1] pp. Bifolium. 5 x 8 inches. March 24th, 1859. Gold Rush era letter from John Hobart to Trinity County Clerk, J.A.Watson, resigning from his post in Weaverville, California . "I will be obliged to you to tender in my resignation as Road overseer for Rattlesnake Creek..... More
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[Photograph] Two Images of the La Jolla Sea Caves in San Diego, California.
[San Diego]: (ca. 1900). 3.5 x 4.5 inches on 5.5 x 7 inch card. Gray card mount. The first image is a classic view of the seven caves at low tide with the crashing surf, the second is of Clam's cave. Very good, card mounts lightly browned. More
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[Photograph] Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California, circa 1914.
[San Francisco]: (ca. 1914). 4.75 x 7.75 inches on 7 x 13.5 inch board. Mottled brown card mount with photograph, ribbon, and small calendar. Group of small fishing boats docked at a rocky shore at Fisherman's Wharf, mounted to decorated board with 1914 calendar. Very good, with tiny tear near..... More
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[Photographic Postcard] Mt. Lassen, No. 4, Eruption. Near Red Bluff, Cal. [Caption Title].
[California]: Loomis, B.F., 1914. 3.5 x 5.25 inches unmounted. Card mount. A bit faded, otherwise quite good. Never mailed. More
Map of California and Nevada.
[Chicago]: [Rand McNally], [1881]. Image size 23.5 x 19.14 inches on 24.5 x 20.5 sheet. Outlined color. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. An extremely detailed, if not the most detailed map of California and Nevada up to that time to be published in an Atlas. Shown are many..... More
Sky Determines. An Interpretation of the Southwest.
Albuquerque: Univ. New Mexico Press, 1948. xxii, 333 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. 8vo. Cloth. Revised edition. Peter Hurd, illus. Inscribed by the author. Revised edition of the author's 1934 work. A very good copy with darkened spine, inscribed on half-title, in a very good- price clipped, tape repaired dust..... More
Desert Rats.
Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1966. Fronts, viii, 55 pp. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt titles. First edition. No. 14 in the Series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its Members. A fine unopened (uncut) copy. No dust jacket as issued. More
The Penitente Brotherhood. Patriarchy and Hispano-Catholicism in New Mexico.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, (2002). viii, 260 pp. Illus. with b/w photos, reproductions, and maps. 8vo. Cloth with gilt titles. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new. More
Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Pathfinder and Patriot.
Colorado Springs: Dentan Printing, 1956. 32 pp. Illus. with 3 b/w photos and 1 map. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. A very good copy with light soiling on wrappers and a small crease to one corner. More
Speech of Hon. Lewis Cass, of Michigan, on the Bill to Protect the Rights of American Settlers in Oregon. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Monday, June 1, 1846.
Washington, D. C. Printed at the Office of Blair and Rives, 1846. 14 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Cass prefers the whole ball of wax, i.e., 54'40 (or fight). Faint historical society stamp and numerals, wrappers soiled, chip in one corner of title page, a good copy. More
Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters & Notes Written during Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes now Existing [Two Volumes].
London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. viii, 264 pp; viii, 266 pp. Illus. with 180 chromolithograph plates (incl. 3 maps, 1 folding) many with multiple images. Sm. 4to. Publisher's red pictorial cloth decorated in black and gilt. First edition printed in color. The classic work on the American Indian covering all..... More
Memorial of R.R. Gurley praying the purchase of Catlin's Collection, of paintings and curiosities illustrative of the manners and customs of the North American Indians. July 10, 1848. [with] Catlin's North American Indians. Report No. 820. House of Representative. August 8, 1848.
[Washington, D.C.]: Tippin & Streeper, printers, 1848. 16 pp.; 3 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Referred to the Committee on the Library. July 18, 1848. Ordered to be printed 30th Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Miscellaneous. Doc. No. 152. With House document 30th Congress - 1st session. Report 820. To accompany..... More
Pathfinder. John Charles Fremont and the Course of American Empire.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2001). xxviii, 553 pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers. Uncorrected Proof. Signed by the author. A fine copy. As new. More
Fortunes are for the Few. Letters of a Forty-Niner.
San Diego: San Diego Historical Society, 1977. xiv, 136 pp. Illus. with 15 b/w plates, photos, and reproductions. 8vo. Decorated cloth, gilt title. First edition. Duane A. Smith and David J. Webe. Includes L.A. Times Book Review, and personal note from author's great niece to Dorothy and Ken Hill. A...... More