New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, brown cloth. Magic marker to bottom and top edges RECEIPT = RECIPE! "This book is intended solely as an historical record and does not represent anendorsement of any recipe, formula, process or other textualmaterial printed herein, nor do the... More about DICK'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND PROCESSES OF HOW THEY DID IT IN THE 1870'S;...

Rolla, Missouri: Rolla Printing Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 108 pages. Frontis drawing of Bill Wilson, text photos. Black flexible boards with titles in red on cover and small decoration of rider on galloping horse in red. Light wear to cover, binding strong. Some writing in pencil to front endpaper... More about BUSHWHACKER : THE STORY OF MISSOURI'S MOST FAMOUS DESPERADO : A TRUE HISTORY OF BILL WILSON,...

Los Angeles, California: Wetzel Publishing Co., 1945. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. "...the experiences of a transcontinental bus driver and his passengers". Inscribed and SIGNED to an apparent colleague and friend, front free endpaper. Dustjacket torn and chipped at edges with lower half of rear flap missing, and lower third of... More about RUSS'S BUS : THE ADVENTURES OF AN AMERICAN BUS DRIVER (SIGNED

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

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. 44 pages. Frontis engraving of Craig. Black cloth, large octavo with titles in gilt on cover. Some discoloration and fading to cover, corners bumped, light edgewear. Interior clean, binding tight. More about MEMORIAL ADDRESSES ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF ALEXANDER K. CRAIG, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM...

Chicago, IL: Thompson and Thomas, 1905. Second Edition. Hardcover. Anecdotes about and advice to hardworking salesmen on the road. Brilliant blue cloth with pale yellow highlights and black lettering. Fabulous design on the front of a locomotive belching a huge, ropy cloud of steam. 16 wonderful illustrations by J.J. Gould... More about TALES OF THE ROAD

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

New York: The Century Company, 1906. Leather-bound. 113 pages. Small 12mo tan leather bound copy which is intricately tooled with nautical motifs. Cover bright with some general wear and rubbing, all edges gilt, binding tight. Interior clean and bright, tear to rear endpaper. Note: 15 pages bound in at end... More about THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY

San Francisco, CA: California Historical Society, 1957. Clement Hurd. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Printed by Lawton Kennedy and limited to 1,000 copies. Inscribed by the author on preliminary blank page. Red cloth with large cover illustration of children sitting around a Christmas tree. Small square octavo. Small ding at... More about CHRISTMAS AT RANCHO LOS ALAMITOS [SIGNED COPY]; (California Historical Society Special...

New Haven, Connecticut: Price, Lee & Co., 1877. Hardcover. 9.5” x 6”. Hardcover. Wear to extremities, but still solidly bound.Ads on boards and endpapers as well as throughout. 158 pp. In addition to numerous ads, city directory lists: last name, first name, profession (“shoe bottomer”, "loom fixer", "bill poster", "widow..... More about PRICE, LEE & CO.'S DIRECTORY OF WEBSTER AND SOUTHBRIDGE (MASSACHUSETTS) DIRECTORY, 1877-78....

Independence, Missouri: Oregon-California Trails Organization, 2012. First Edition. Paperback. 262 pages, appendices, bilbiography, index. Eleven maps, illustrations. Large paperback quarto. Minor scrape at lower front corner and a few light stains to edges. Interior clean and bright. Binding tight. Allen's first hand account of a journey based on his letters... More about OUR FACES ARE WESTWARD : THE 1852 OREGON TRAIL JOURNEY OF EDWARD J. ALLEN

New Hampshire: Edson C. Eastman Co, 1927. Staplebound Pamphlet. Just a bit of edgewear and spotting to paper covers, with a tear to bottom of front cover. 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... More about THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 1928 (No. 132); Improved And Miscellaneous Year Book For The Year Of Our...