Cincinnati: Robert Clarke Co., 1904. Fourth revised edition. Hardcover. x, 355 pp., 32 full-page illustrations mostly from photographs, folding map of Yellowstone National Park at rear; octavo, original pale green cloth with gilt titles. A comprehensive history of the region and a topographical, geological, and botanical introduction to the Park..... More
New York: Appleton, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. viii, 402 pp., 3 folding maps, 34 illustrations, octavo, original red cloth with gilt title and ornaments. A close analysis of the amenities of Southern California as distinct from the northern part of the state. Maps include a Climate Map of Southern California..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1907. First edition. Hardbound. Original green boards. 22 pp, 6 plates from photographs. This essay was originally published in "Land of Sunshine" magazine. More
London: Macmillan, 1890. First edition thus. Hardcover. Small octavo, original dark green cloth richly gilt, xxxv, 305 pp., 6 pp publisher adverts at rear, profusely illustrated from line drawings by Hugh Thomson. More
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1914. First edition. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration, octavo (5.5 x 8 inches), 454 pp. Many b/w plates, many from photographs. Interesting and well-researched etymologies and historical anecdotes of California place names. with mounted autograph note from the author to "Dr. Leonard" on..... More
(Oakland: Howell-North Books, 1942). First edition, signed, limited. Hardcover. xvi, 764 pp., 21 maps (8 folding), dozens of illustrations; folio (12.5 x 10 inches), original blue cloth with gilt spine. An unique history of mostly Northern California, primarily sourced from contemporary newspaper articles and letters. Compiler Mae Helene Bacon Boggs..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988. First US edition. Hardcover. Folio, original red cloth, 76 pp. text, 57 leaves facsimile, slipcase. Stunning medieval Hebrew manuscript. 57 leaf (i. e. 114 page) facsimile in full color. More
Anchorage: Ken Wray's Print Shop, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, octavo, original blue cloth, [10], 466; [4], 467-1092 pp., profusely illustrated with color frontispiece in each volume, hundreds of b/w photo reproductions, jackets. An astounding collection of images of the Alaska Railroad from its earliest days through 1964. More
New York: National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc., 1971. First edition. Paperback. Original decorative printed wrappers, 12 x 9 inches, [24] pp., 27 unbound plates. Text and loose plates inserted into card folder. Text presents memorials to the recently deceased artist and social activist Rockwell Kent. More
Boulder: Shambhala, (1977). "First complete paperback edition" Paperback. 2 volumes, original pictorial wrappers, 9.25 x 6 inches. Reprint of the 1962 University Books edition. More
NY: Scribner's, (1960). First "College Edition / Special Student's Edition" Hardcover. Original blue cloth spine and blue boards, title and cover design stamped in gilt, 127 pp. "College edition" stamped in gilt on rear board; "Special Student's Edition" printed at top of jacket front flap. First printing of the 1960..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1972). First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth, xvi, 248 pp., frontispiece and 36 full=page illustrations, 3 maps, jacket. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. An exhaustive biography of the famed former slave turned mountain man James Pierson Beckwourth (1798-1866). More
n.p. self published, (1958). First edition. Hardcover. Original gray cloth, octavo, 153 pp., 1 full-page illustration from photograph, 1 full-page map, map endpapers, errata slip pasted to contents page. Detailed account of the May, 1880 event known as the Mussel Slough Tragedy. A gun battle fought in what was then..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), 1964. First edition. Hardcover. xvi, 453 pp.; octavo, original blue cloth with gilt title, jacket. Publisher's printed corrigenda slip tipped in at page 1. Text in Greek with extensive commentary in English. More
(Staplehurst,, Kent): The Florin Press, 1980. First edition. (36) pp., 2 headpieces, 2 tailpieces, 3 lithograph reproductions of original Bewick sketches, and 8 figures in the text. Numbered edition of 80 portfolios and 50 cloth bound books. This number 80. Note: this is 1 of the fifty copies of the..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 106 pp., 11 illustrations on colored stock, 11 tipped-in facsimiles; octavo, linen spine with printed paper title label, decorative boards. 475 copies printed by Adrian Wilson. More
San Francisco: Whitaker & Ray, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. xi, 270 pp. + publisher advert leaf at rear, 46 illustrations from photographs; octavo, original red pictorial cloth with front cover design and title in black, gilt spine title. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper and with pencil addition..... More
New York: MR Press, 1961. First US edition. Hardcover. 127 pp., octavo, original gray cloth, jacket. A manual of guerilla war tactics as learned in the late 1950s by Guevara and fellow revolutionaries under the tutelage of Colonel Alberto Bayo in the mountains of Mexico. At time of publication Guevara..... More
San Francisco: P. J. Thomas, 187. First edition. Hardcover. 192 pp, 10 engraved plates including frontispiece and 1 folding plate, engraved tailpiece, folding map; 12mo, original red cloth with gilt title and ornaments. Howes T179. More
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Co., (1914). First edition. Hardcover. 12mo, original dark gray boards with gilt title and ornaments; xv, 96 pp. + 23 plates from photographs, map. A tour of California's Gold Country following in the footsteps of the regions best-known chronicler, Bret Hart. More
Chicago: W. E. Dribble & Co., 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, original brown cloth blocked in gilt and black; 473 pp, publisher"s advert on verso of last page, 40 illustrations from photographs, mostly full-page. The story of frontiersman Richard "Uncle Dick" Lacey Wootton (1816-1893). Howes C69; Graff 846. More
San Francisco: Johnck and Seeger, 1935. First edition Limited to 300 copies. Hardcover. Brown cloth and paper over boards with pictorial label on front cover, 12mo, pp iv, 17. 3 color plates. Edition of 300 copies (100 for sale). Presswork by Lawton Kennedy. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, nd (circa 1935). Second edition. Hardcover. 305 pp., 25 illustrations from photographs, 2 maps; octavo, original terra cotta cloth with gilt spine title. An interesting look at Java in the early 20th century. More
Nevada City: Berliner & McGinnis, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Red buckram cloth with gilt title, xii, 64 pp., several illustrations from photographs, floding map at rear. More
San Francisco: California Publishing Co, 1893. First edition. Rebound in gray buckram in the style of the original binding, octavo (6 x 8.75 inches), 407 pp. B/w photos, illustrations. A fine copy, clean and unworn. Author was the founder of the town of Downieville on the North Fork of the..... More