Reno: Reno Printing Co, 1948. Paperback. Signed by author on front free end paper. 1 inch mostly closed tear to bottom of spine. Thumbing to top and bottom corners. First 4 pages slightly bent. Some minor creasing to front cover. 53 pp. More about PAY DIRT: VALUES IN THE ROUGH (Signed
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 about CHARLES M. RUSSELL THE COWBOY ARTIST : A BIOGRAPHY; (Prologue by Irvin Cobb
San Francisco, CA: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, 1927. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth, ruled in blind. Rubbing to extremities and corners nudged, but solidly bound. More about A MAN UNAFRAID: THE STORY OF JOHN CHARLES FREMONT
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 about KINO'S HISTORICAL MEMOIR OF PIMERIA ALTA: A CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT OF THE BEGINNINGS OF CALIFORNIA,...
Palo Alto, CA: Lewis Osborne, 1968. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Beautifully bound in red cloth boards, with gilt decoration to cover, and gilt lettering to spine. Includes foldout maps of Indian war region in Arizona, and a map of the western states (Oregon, Washington, California, and part of Nevada, and Idaho)... More about WITH GENERAL CROOK IN THE INDIAN WARS (LIMITED EDITION
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1946. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 300 copies, Second commission of The Book Club of California by The L.D Allen Press. 38 pages plus 29 page facsimile of the Diary. Introduction and notes by George R. Stewart. Small octavo. White cloth boards over patterned... More about THE DIARY OF PATRICK BREEN : RECOUNTING THE ORDEAL OF THE DONNER PARTY SNOWBOUND IN THE SIERRA...
Yosemite Valley, California: Self Published, 1904. Chris. Jorgensen. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo (7" x 5"). Light brown cloth-covered boards, with dark brown design, and letting to front board, and title/author to spine. Photo frontis by Taber of author. Presentation copy ("Presented to ______by the Author, Jan. 27, 1905") to front... More about INDIANS OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY AND VICINITY: THEIR HISTORY, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS ...
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 about BILLY THE KID'S WRITINGS, WORDS & WIT (SIGNED
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 about MEGAHOAX: THE STRANGE PLOT TO EXHUME BILLY THE KID AND BECOME PRESIDENT (SIGNED
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 about COW CREEK VALLEY MEMORIES (Signed); THE EARLY SETTLERS OF RIDDLE, OREGON
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 copies printed by the Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles. xvii,124 pages. Frontis portrait of Craven, three color plates. Blue cloth wih gilt decoration on front, spine titles in gilt. Quarto. Corners lightly nudged, textblock square. Interior clean... More about A NAVAL CAMPAIGN IN THE CALIFORNIAS -- 1846 - 1849 : THE JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT TUNIS AUGUSTUS...
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 about A FRENCH JOURNALIST IN THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH : THE LETTERS OF ETIENNE DERBEC
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 about THE DIARY OF PHILIP LEGET EDWARDS. THE GREAT CATTLE DRIVE FROM CALIFORNIA TO OREGON IN 1837
New York: Bramhall House (Clarkson N. Potter), 1962. J. K. Ralston. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Contains 200 Sons with Music, Lyrics, and Guitar Chords. A wee bit of rubbing to extremities. Clean, tight copy. Heavy. More about COWBOY AND WESTERN SONGS : A COMPREHENSIVE ANTHOLOGY
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 about SILVER LAKE THE WAY IT WAS
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 about A YEAR OF AMERICAN TRAVEL : NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Georgetown, California USA: Talisman Press, 1967. Limited , Signed Edition). Hardcover. 4to (9.25" x 6.25" x 2.0"). Quarter-bound in black leather over marbled-pattern boards. One of 250 copies printed in a special edition on what appears to be 32# laid bond, in buff. This copy is UNNUMBERED, and I suspect... More about JAMES W. MARSHALL THE DISCOVERER OF CALIFORNIA GOLD : A BIOGRAPHY (SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION
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 about THE SAGA OF THE SULLY FLATS (SIGNED
Albequerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1968. Hardcover. Two small closed tears to dust jacket, with some wear to extremities. Book itself has very minor rubbing to extremities. Illustrated with numerous black and white images throughout, depicting various elements of the New Mexican life in the 19th century, including illustrations of... More about NEW MEXICO IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A PICTORIAL HISTORY
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 about DONNER MISCELLANY : 41 DIARIES AND DOCUMENTS
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 about TALES OF THE SIERRAS (SIGNED); (with "From the Library Ed Grabhorn" Bookplate to...
San Francisco, CA: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, 1926. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Book in good condition with stains to cover, two small shelf-dents to top of book, corners nudged, pages slightly rippled, tidelines throughout (no mustiness or mold). Contains several songs about the Sierra Mountains, as well as illustrations throughout... More about SONGS AND SCENES OF THE HIGH SIERRAS (SIGNED
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 about AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OREGON (PEN PICTURES FROM THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD);...
New York: The Platt & munk Co., 1934. Hardcover. 4to. 11" x 8.5". Bound in orange with black lettering to spine and front cover, and balck illustration of Cowboy riding a bronco to front. Pictorial endpapers featuring map of the united States showing events in cowboy history, and features a.... More about THE BOOK OF COWBOYS
Colorado Springs, Colorado: Century One Press, 1975. Softcover. Perfect-bound booklet, Tan card covers with black lettering. A bit of staining and rippling to covers. Clipping laid in at rear recounts the author's death by drowning in the very stream -- Chalk Creek -- about which she writes. 96 pp. Includes... More about NUGGETS FROM CHALK CREEK
