Pasadena, California (USA): Trail's End Publishing Company, 1948. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Near-perfect maroon boards (9.25" x 6.25" x 1.25") with the tiniest little ding to top rear corner, and a quite modest shelf bump to bottom of spine. Bright gilt lettering. Pictorial endpapers from a 1901 painting by Russell... More
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1919. First Edition. Leather_bound. Complete in two volumes. Volume I: 379 pages; Volume II: 329 pages including index. Frontis map to Volume I and large foldout map at end of Volume II. Half brown leather over brown boards with leather corners. Five raised bands to... More
Gelcour Books, 2012. First Printing. Hardcover. FIRST PRINTING. "A definitive study of the written and spoken legacy of the Old West icon, William H. Bonney, aka Billy The Kid, and includes pertinent period documents. 470 pp. of text, PLUS another 100 pp. of Resources, Appendices including photos of Bonney's correspondence... More
Gelcour Books, 2012. Second Edition. Paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Second Edition. legacy of the Old West icon, William H. Bonney, aka Billy The Kid, and includes pertinent period documents. 633 pp. of text, PLUS another 70 pp. listing sources consulted, and including a full annotated bibliography... More
Eugene, Oregon: Industrial Publishing Co, 1971. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Paperback. Very minor wear to extremities, including minor creasing to spine. 121 pp. including index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. RIDDLE PIONEERS REMEMBERED IN JOHN M. CORNUTT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. More
Georgetown, California: Talisman Press, 1964. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 75 copies with this being numbered 63 and signed by the editor on the colophon page. 258 pages, index. Two plates, text illustration. Endpaper maps, Quarter linen cloth over illustrated gray boards. Quarto. Cover titles in black with red toned... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press. 1932. First edition. Number 4 of the Grabhorn Rare American Series. 47 pages. Frontis reprint of lithograph of Yerba Buena in 1837. Green cloth spine over marbled boards with paper label to spine and front upper board. Endsheets... More
Washington DC: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Handsomely reound into two full black leather bindings with spine titles in gilt -- book in one, wall map in the other. 416 pages. 40 plates (includes 26 plates of scenery, 14 plates of botany by Endicott). Three sketch maps... More
Eugene, Oregon: Western Printers, 1991. Paperback. Robert T. Fitch writes down the good and funny things that happened to him and his family when they lived in a homestead just west of Silver Lake, Oregon. Very minor fanning to pages. Mild wear to corners, bottom of title page dog-eared. Previous... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, [1878] 1960. Freed, Ernest. Limited Edition. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION. 1 / 450. Some foxing to head and tail. Prospectus laid - in. Original plain paper dustjacket. Light soiling to jacket. Engravings by Ernest Freed. 10 5/8 x 7 1/4". 121 pp. Clean, bright, tight... More
Gregory, SD: Gregory Times-Advocate, 1977. Second Edition. Paperback. SIGNED. Staplebound. Very light edgewear and shelfwear. Lower corner slightly thumbed. A faint crease up halfway, and a few lines (3" or less) impressed to front cover, likely from a bookend. Light sunning and a dime-sized spot to spine. A tiny bit... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 350 copies printed by the L-D Allen Press. 97 pages. Green cloth over decorated boards with spine tiles. Corners sharp, boards bright. Tall octavo. Offsetting to half of front endpaper, otherwise clean. In original fragile paper jacket with... More
Portland, OR: F.W. Baltes and Company, 1900. John L. Cassidy. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering. One leaf with illustration (no text) detached but present. Signed by author to front free endpaper and dated August 8, 1900. Bookplate from Alta California Bookstore: "From the Library of Ed Grabhorn at the... More
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893. FIRST EDITION. Leather_bound. A massive (1300 pp. 11.5" x 9.75" x 2.5" ) and exhaustive popular history of The State of Oregon covering Topography, Geology, Climate, Indians, Earliest Discoveries, Overland Explorations, Rival Claims, First American Settlement, Missions, Immigrations, Provisional Government, The Territorial Era, Statehood... More
San Francisco, CA: The Book Club of California, [1858]1949. First Thus (Limited). Hardcover. 1 of 500 copies. Tall Quarto. Printed by Greenwood Press on the very site of the printing of the original 1858 edition. Introduction by Rodman Paul. Contents include chapters on: Early Prospecting Methods; The Long-Tom; Sluicing; Ground Sluicing;... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1973. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Hardcover. Book itself is in very good condition with very minor spine lean, a very small amount of rubbing to bottom edge, and one nudged corner. Some wear to extremities of dustjacket. Previous owner's inked name and address to dedication page. 264 pp. More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1971. First Edition. 84 pages. Limited to 450 copies. Color woodcuts by Mallette Dean. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Brown cloth over illustrated paper boards, paper spine label. Corners square, nice bright cover, quarto. Interior bright and clean. In original brown paper dust jacket... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1899. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. xii,469 pages. Frontis photo of Jones, over 35 illustrations including photos. Pictorial red cloth showing buffalo on the plains. Titles in gilt on cover and spine. Large octavo. Corners bumped, light fading to spine, cover bright. Textblock square... More
Los Angeles: Western Livestock Journal, 1935. Katherine Field. First Edition. Paperback. Paperback in stiff tan boards protected under stiff mylar cover and encased in custom-made hard cover portfolio with wraps. Book cover has brown and white pastedown titles. Some light scratching and rubbing to cover but color preserved over whole... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. xxvii, 771 pages. Color frontis, 31 plates. Blue cloth wih gilt design of gold pan, pick and shovel on cover, spine titles in gilt on black background with gilt border. Large thick octavo. Nice bright cover with very light... More
Salt Lake City: Legal Printing Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1,000 copies printed. [18]+198 pages. Large foldout map at rear showing routes. Frontis photo of Loomis, numerous small photos. Edited by Edgar M. Ledyard. Decorated brown cloth wih titles in black on cover and spine. Corners nudged, slight... More
Edmonton, M.G. Hurtig, 1971. MAPS. First Thus. Hardcover. Quarto (10.50" x 7.75"), red cloth, black-dyed spine label with a couple tiny scratches, (showing the red cloth beneath), bright gilt lettering. Just the slightest rubbing to bottom corners. Sage green endpapers. Previous owner's name and date to front free endpaper. 3 large... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth-covered spine over brown boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Faded reddish topstain. Corners just a wee bit nudged. Rear hinge exposes just a inch or two of mull, but binding is solid and strong. "This memoir... More
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Portland, OR: Interstate Press, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. White and green boards with a photograph of a big sternwheeler coming down the Coos River. Green map endpapers. SIGNED by author on half-title page. Numerous photographs. Faint traces of dried glue where front pastedown endpaper was orignally affixed to... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. Frederick Remington. First Edition. Leather_bound. First edition, limited to 1,000 presentation copies with this numbered 805 on the tipped-in presentation piece which has the recipient's name written-in. Note: There was another limited editon of 500 copies and the copyright page on this edition states "First Edition... More
