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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...

Price: $85.00

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.

Price: $35.00

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...

Price: $30.00

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).

Price: $20.00

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).

Price: $50.00

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...

Price: $45.00

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...

Price: $25.00

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,

Price: $50.00

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.

Price: $40.00

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...

Price: $350.00

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.

Price: $60.00

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...

Price: $40.00

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...

Price: $95.00

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.

Price: $25.00

Everett, Marshall

TRAGIC STORY OF AMERICA'S GREATEST DISASTER

Chicago, IL: J.S. ZIEGLER COMPANY, 1913. Hardcover. Bound in red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decorations to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Top corners very mildly nudged, some rubbing to extremities. Fading to back boards, with a small nick to part of the cloth. Illustrated with black...

Price: $30.00

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...

Price: $20.00

No Author

RULES AND ORDERS OF THE GENERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 1856

Boston: William White, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. 180 pages. 18mo. Brown embossed cloth with gilt seal and titles in gilt on cover. Small octavo. Light cover wear, decoration bright. Contains US and Massachussetts constitutions, rules and orders of the house, lists of departments, etc, etc. Name and date [1856] of...

Price: $30.00

Hungerford, U.T.

BRASS AND COPPER, STAR BRAND : TRADE CATALOGUE

New York: U.T. Hungerford Brass and Copper Co., 1915. Hardcover. 404 pages. Illustrated throughout, including exterior photos of company buildings. Some staining to bottom edge. Green cloth with titles stamped in gilt, octavo. Cover titles bright with light wear to cover. Excellent illustrated trade catalog. German Silver (alloy of Nickel...

Price: $35.00

Leavitt, Dudley

THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 1937 (No. 141); Improved And Miscellaneous Year Book For The Year Of Our Lord 1937: Matter Useful, Curious, Entertaining

New Hampshire: Edson C. Eastman Co, 1936. Staplebound Pamphlet. Just a bit of edgewear and spotting to paper covers. Hole punched in upper left corner, with chord through it. Occanional pencil notes on sides of pages. Classic month-by-month old favorite publication of rural Americans everywhere. Including predictions with notations indicating...

Price: $15.00

Leavitt, Dudley

THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 1938 (No. 142); Improved And Miscellaneous Year Book For The Year Of Our Lord 1938

New Hampshire: Edson C. Eastman Co, 1937. Staplebound Pamphlet. Just a bit of edgewear and spotting to paper covers. Hole punched in upper left corner, with chord through it. Occanional pencil notes on sides of pages. Classic month-by-month old favorite publication of rural Americans everywhere. Including predictions with notations indicating...

Price: $15.00

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