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THE DREAM CITY : A PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSTION; COMPRISING ITS...

Thompson, Halsey C.

THE DREAM CITY : A PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSTION; COMPRISING ITS MARVELOUS ARCHITECTURAL, SCULPTURAL, ARTISTIC, MECHANICAL, AGRIGULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL, ARCHEOLOGICAL, ETHNOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND SCENIC ATTRACTIONS; ALSO PRESENTING AND DESCRIBING THE MAGNIFICENT VISTAS, WATER-WAYS, NATURAL SCENERY AND LANDSCAPE EFFECTS...

St. Louis: N.D. Thompson, 1898. Hardcover. Unpaginated, over 200 large photos with detailed captions. 3/4 leather over black pebbled boards with beveled edges. Cover title and decorations in gilt. Large oblong quarto. Scotch tape repair to top of spine, corners rubbed and bumped, light soiling to cover. Decorated enpapers, interior... More about THE DREAM CITY : A PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSTION; COMPRISING ITS...

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WILLIAM "BILL" W. BROWN 1855-1941 : LEGEND OF OREGON'S HIGH DESERT. Edward Gray

Gray, Edward

WILLIAM "BILL" W. BROWN 1855-1941 : LEGEND OF OREGON'S HIGH DESERT

Salem, Oregon: Your Town Press, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. 222 pages, appendix, bibliography. Illustrated throughout. Color illustrated wraps, quarto. Light wear to wraps, interior clean, binding tight. Excellent history of the "Millionaire Horse King" of Eastern Oregon, based on interviews... More about WILLIAM "BILL" W. BROWN 1855-1941 : LEGEND OF OREGON'S HIGH DESERT

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF EARLY NORTHERN KLAMATH COUNTY OREGON [SIGNED COPY]. Edward Gray

Gray, Edward

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF EARLY NORTHERN KLAMATH COUNTY OREGON [SIGNED COPY]

Bend, Oregon: Maverick, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Inscribed and signed by the author. 294 pages, illustrated throughout. Color illustrated wraps, quarto. Light wear to wraps, interior clean and bright in tight binding. Excellent period history, based on numerous personal accounts. More about AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF EARLY NORTHERN KLAMATH COUNTY OREGON [SIGNED COPY

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KNIGHTS OF THE WHIP : STAGECOACH DAYS IN OREGON [SIGNED COPY]. Gary and Gloria Meier

Meier, Gary and Gloria

KNIGHTS OF THE WHIP : STAGECOACH DAYS IN OREGON [SIGNED COPY]

Bellevue, Washington: Timeline Publishing Company, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Inscribed and signed by both authors on the half-title page. 248 pages. Historical photos. Bibliography, index. Photo illustrated wrappers, octavo. Some general wear to wraps, interior clean, binding tight. A thoroughly researched and lively history of the times. More about KNIGHTS OF THE WHIP : STAGECOACH DAYS IN OREGON [SIGNED COPY

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THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OF CAPT. JOHN LOVEWELL'S "GREAT FIGHT" WITH THE INDIANS, AT PEQUAWKET, MAY...

Symmes, Thomas

THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OF CAPT. JOHN LOVEWELL'S "GREAT FIGHT" WITH THE INDIANS, AT PEQUAWKET, MAY 8, 1725.

Concord, New Hampshire: P.G. Coswell, Printer, 1861. Paperback. Stated: "A New Edition With Notes, by Nathaniel Bouton". 40 pages, map of location of Lovewell's fight. Tan wraps with titles in black. Approximately 6 1/2 by 8 inches. Some creases and toning to wraps, binding tight, interior clean. Note: This is... More about THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OF CAPT. JOHN LOVEWELL'S "GREAT FIGHT" WITH THE INDIANS, AT...

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THE CENTURY OF THE REAPER (SIGNED); An Account of Cyrus Hall McCormick, the Inventor of the...

McCormick, Cyrus

THE CENTURY OF THE REAPER (SIGNED); An Account of Cyrus Hall McCormick, the Inventor of the Reaper: of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, the Business he created: and of the International Harvester Company, his Heir and chief Memorial by Cyrus McCormick

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by the author [GRANDSON of Cyrus H. McCormick] on the front endpaper. x,307 pages, index. Frontis, 23 pages of photos. Maroon cloth with titles and decoration in gilt, octavo. Some stains to spine and cover, textblock square, binding tight. Interior... More about THE CENTURY OF THE REAPER (SIGNED); An Account of Cyrus Hall McCormick, the Inventor of the...

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IN THE OREGON COUNTRY: OUT-DOORS IN OREGON, WASHINGTON, AND CALIFORNIA TOGETHER WITH SOME...

Putnam, George Palmer

IN THE OREGON COUNTRY: OUT-DOORS IN OREGON, WASHINGTON, AND CALIFORNIA TOGETHER WITH SOME LEGENDARY LORE, AND GLIMPSES OF THE MODERN WEST IN THE MAKING

New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1915. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 12mo. 7.5" x 5". Bound in grey boards, with an illustration of a campfire in the woods with mountains in the background to front board. An illustration of trees and a snow-capped mountain in the background to spine. Lower corners slightly nudged. 169 pp. More about IN THE OREGON COUNTRY: OUT-DOORS IN OREGON, WASHINGTON, AND CALIFORNIA TOGETHER WITH SOME...

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PARADISE (CA): IMAGES OF AMERICA. Robert Colby

Colby, Robert

PARADISE (CA): IMAGES OF AMERICA

Arcadia Publishing, 2006. Softcover. Book excellent shape, two mildly dogeared pages near front. Illustrated throughout with numerous images depicting the history of Paradise California, which in 2018 was devastated by wildfires. "The images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs... More about PARADISE (CA): IMAGES OF AMERICA

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THE ADVENTURES OF SURVEYORBILL. Thomas Bill Ray

Ray, Thomas Bill

THE ADVENTURES OF SURVEYORBILL

Camas, WA: Published by the author, 2012. Softcover. Minor thumbing to corners, and very mild wear to edges. Two pages dogeared. Otherwise near fine. 170 pp. The memoirs of Thomas Bill Ray, a registered land surveyor in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. (Taken from front of book). More about THE ADVENTURES OF SURVEYORBILL

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LAST STAGE FOR BOLINAS. Jack in collabration Mason, Thomas J. Barfield

Mason, Jack in collabration with Thomas J. Barfield

LAST STAGE FOR BOLINAS

California: North Shore Books, 1982. Second Edition. Softcover. Staining to covers, foxing to endpapers, a few content pages have slight foxing to edges. Pictorial endpapers showing maps related to the Bolinas area. "From 1835 to the Golden Gate reacreation area of today" (Taken from front cover). More about LAST STAGE FOR BOLINAS

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THE BIG HEART. Melvin Van

Van, Melvin

THE BIG HEART

San Francisco, CA: Fearon Publishers, 1957. Ruth Bernhard (Photography). Hardcover. Bound in light cloth boards. With decorative dust jacket. Previous owners name in pen to front free endpaper. Dust jacked price clipped. Some minor rubbing to dust jacket. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs of cable cars, as well... More about THE BIG HEART

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A PLEA FOR A MONSTER (In Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. CXXII -- July, 1860.-- Vol. XXI....

Nordhoff, Charles

A PLEA FOR A MONSTER (In Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. CXXII -- July, 1860.-- Vol. XXI

New York: Harper and Brothers. 1860. Magazine. Vol. XXI. -- No. 122. Encompasses ppl. 145 0 288, plus advertisements at rear. Articles include: "Among The Nailmakers; Ancient Monuments in The United States; A Plea for a Monster; and in the Monthly Record of Current Events, the official report on the... More about A PLEA FOR A MONSTER (In Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. CXXII -- July, 1860.-- Vol. XXI

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Stanford University

STANFORD "FROM THE FOOT-HILLS TO THE BAY"

Palo Alto, California: Crandall's, 1915. Pamphlet. Oblong. Olive-drab card covers with gilt and black vignette and lettering to front panel. Neat repair to corner of front panel, and front free endpaper corner-clipped. Thirty-seven sepia-tone photos, and 7 pp. essay on "Stanford", by Dr. O.L. Elliott. following, More about STANFORD "FROM THE FOOT-HILLS TO THE BAY"

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SAN FRANCISCO PAST AND PRESENT. O'day, F. Edward

O'day;, Edward, F.

SAN FRANCISCO PAST AND PRESENT

San Francisco, CA: The Adobe Press, 1935. Charles Boden. Hardcover. Foreword by Harry Leon Wilson. Frontis of proof pulled from the original plate engraved by W.L. Ormsby, circa 1870 after the painting by G.W. Casilear. One of 200 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Some toning to endpapers. More about SAN FRANCISCO PAST AND PRESENT

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Watson, Douglas Sloane (Editor)

CALIFORNIA IN THE FIFTIES (Limited Edition); FIFTY VIEWS OF CITIES AND MINING TOWNS IN CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST, ORIGINALLY DRAWN ON STONE BYKUCHEL & DRESEL AND OTHER EARLY SAN FRANCISCO LITHOGRAPHERS

San Francisco, CA: John Howell, 1936. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large Folio, half-bound in dark-brown morocco (goat) over brown buckram, ruled in gilt. One of 100 copies upon Alexandra Japan paper. LACKS the following accompaniments: 1) Portfolio with extra plates, 2) Original California newspaper; 3) Original document or letter. Printed by... More about CALIFORNIA IN THE FIFTIES (Limited Edition); FIFTY VIEWS OF CITIES AND MINING TOWNS IN...

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WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER (2 VOLUMES), VOLUME 1: THE CALIFORNIA-ARIZON CONTROVERSY. VOLUME 2...

Terrell, John Upton

WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER (2 VOLUMES), VOLUME 1: THE CALIFORNIA-ARIZON CONTROVERSY. VOLUME 2 ABOVE LEE'S FERRY - THE UPPER BASIN

Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1965. Hardcover. Minor rubbing to dust jacket, a couple small tears to dustjacket of volume one. Both DJs price clipped. Bound in brown cloth boards, with minor wear to extremities and two nudged corners on volume one. More about WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER (2 VOLUMES), VOLUME 1: THE CALIFORNIA-ARIZON CONTROVERSY. VOLUME 2...

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YOU'RE AT LIBERTY HERE : MINES AND MINERS OF THE SWAUNK. Josee Jordan

Jordan, Josee

YOU'RE AT LIBERTY HERE : MINES AND MINERS OF THE SWAUNK

Yakima, WA: Franklin Press, Inc, 1967. Softcover. Some minor stains to front cover, minor rubbing to both covers, and slight thumbing to corners. 103 pp. "The story of mining in the Swaunk area on the Blewett Pass in central Washington is a little known segment of the fascinating story of... More about YOU'RE AT LIBERTY HERE : MINES AND MINERS OF THE SWAUNK

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ORDEAL BY HUNGER : THE STORY OF THE DONNER PARTY (SIGNED). George R. Stewart

Stewart, George R.

ORDEAL BY HUNGER : THE STORY OF THE DONNER PARTY (SIGNED)

New York: Henry Holt, 1946. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Centennial Edition. Signed by George Stewart on the half-title page [Sincerly, George R. Sewart, jr.] xii,328 pages. Twelve drawings by Ray Boynton, five maps. Blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Corners nudged, textblock square. In bright color illustrated dust jacket which... More about ORDEAL BY HUNGER : THE STORY OF THE DONNER PARTY (SIGNED

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ENCHANTED PUEBLO. Ed Ainsworth

Ainsworth, Ed

ENCHANTED PUEBLO

Los Angeles, California: Bank of America, 1959. Staplebound Pamphlet. Staplebound pamphlet protected in custom quarter-bound leather case. Some minor wear to edges of book itself, and some minor staining to inside of case. This is a story of what made Los Angeles a great city. 48 pp. More about ENCHANTED PUEBLO

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SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND AND OTHER BAY CITIES: A VISITOR'S GUIDE. No Author

No Author

SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND AND OTHER BAY CITIES: A VISITOR'S GUIDE

Chicago, IL: Rand, McNally & Company, 1923. Hardcover. Bound in green boards with gold lettering. A very tiny dent to top of boards, hardly noticeable. A very minor amount of foxing to pages. A guide to visiting the bay area, complete with black and white illustrations throughout, as well as... More about SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND AND OTHER BAY CITIES: A VISITOR'S GUIDE

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