Glendale, CA: Arthur H Clark, 1985. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo. 111pp. Photo-illustrations; map; genealogy chart; appendix.. Pictorial boards without dustjacket, as issued, in fine condition. INSCRIBED "To Ted Miller/Robert G. Cowan." Historical vignettes that convey the social atmosphere of the times by arguably California's foremost bibliographer. More
Los Angeles: CA State Historical Association, 1948. 1st. Hardcover. Quarto; xi, 132 pages. More
Riverside, CA: Press Printing Co., [ca. 1900]. Early reprint. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. [37] leaves; 36 black & white photo-reproductions (including 3 fold-outs), with titles. Poem by Harry C. Cree. The views taken special for this book were photographed by Charles E. Heath of Riverside, landscape and portrait artist. Original brown..... More
Santa Fe: New Mexico Publishing Co., 1928. First Edition Limted to 375 copies inscribed and numbered, as stated; this copy is not inscribed nor numbered. 8vo. 219 pp. Brown cloth in cream printed dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (priced-clipped; light fading to spine). "Elfego Baca is a...... More
Columbia: University of Missouri, 1940. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Quarto. (ccxi), 102 pages. Vol. 15, no. 2 of the University Studies, A Quarterly of Research. Minor chips and tape repair to Original Wraps, owner stamp, otherwise very good. Vol. 15, no. 2 of the University Studies, A Quarterly of..... More
New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., 1876. 'Seventh Annual Revise'. Octavo; 4 preliminary leaves, [31]-160 pp; frontispiece, 4 folded leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, plans. The gilt-stamped black cloth binding has been roughly reinforced with black tape at spine and is edgeworn. Four fold-outs; the folding Trans-continental time..... More
Verdi, NV: Sagebrush Press, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition #116 of 225 copies. 8vo. 33, [3] pp. Photo-illustrations. SIGNED by the author. A fine copy (owner name) in fine dustjacket (4" author label later adhered to spine). "This data is not intended to be saturated with gory detail, depicting the..... More
Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1967. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 144pp. Maps by Fred Kliem. Photo illustrations. Fine in fine dust jacket. Based upon the book by Charles Kelly and Dale L. Morgan. The first Talisman Press book for young readers features accurate American Western history in an entertaining and understandable way..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1930. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo, 216 pages. 'A Classic study on the Great Plains from 1865 to 1925. Dale also published a collection of essays entitled 'Cow Country' (1942). His writings were pioneering works in the historiography of the range cattle industry.' (Reese Six Score 27)..... More
Guthrie OK: The Cooperative Publishing Co., 1929. 1st. Original boards. First edition. INSCRIBED ' *To:/A very lovely lady and/a most generous gentleman/with grateful good/wishes of the author/and the "Inspiration"/Edward Everett Dale/Rosalie Gilkey Dale/*(The Biebers/July 1,1937)" Octavo, 85 pages. More
Evanston IL: Row, Peterson and Company. 1930. 1st. Original boards. First edition. INSCRIBED "To:/Professor and Mrs. Ralph P. Bieber/From the chap who is/responsible for all the/good things in this book!/For everything else/blame the other fellow!!/Edward Everett Dale/May 1,1934)"Small octavo, xi, 865 pages. More
Atherton CA: Irving W. Robbins, 1968. 1st. Paperback. First Edition thus, octavo; 9v0, 8pp. Near Fine copy. More
New York: Dutton, 1937. First Edition. 8vo. 162 pp. With 31 photographs taken "from the saddle", by the author. Review copy, with publisher's review slip tipped in. Orange cloth in illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (darkening to spine; minor wear to extremities). The author, posing as..... More
Oakland: Published by the author, 1915. Folio. 841 pp. Index. Maps of major cities in California and state maps of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona (some in color); photo-illustrations of early prominent citizens & buildings. Publisher's black pebbled cloth with gilt lettering. Minor wear to extremities; internally clean and tight;..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. 1st. Hardcover. Large 12mo. [12], 31pp. Color frontispiece; 2 black & white full-page illustraitions by Harry Fisk. Color printed boards in like dustjacket with wraparound Western bar room scene. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (minor wear to extremities; small chip front edge)..... More
Sacramento: Publications of the California State Library, 1893. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 711pp. Includes Biographical Sketches of Governors; Register of Officers of the State of California; Index. Contemporary calf with 4 raised bands to spine; red and black spine labels with gilt lettering and ruling; speckled page edges. "Based on painstaking..... More
Sacramento: Publications of the California State Library, 1893. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 711pp. Includes Biographical Sketches of Governors; Register of Officers of the State of California; Index. Original brown cloth; gilt lettering to spine. A near fine copy (minor wear to extremities; lower corner tips of several pages creased; small indentation..... More
Topawa, Arizona: Bonaventure Oblasser, O.F.M., 1939. Original wrappers. Small octavo. 32 pages. Hand drawn maps and photo-illustrations. Light brown wraps. Translated from the original Spanish by Father Bonaventure. More
California: Talisman Press, 1966. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 338pp. Appendix. Index. Two fold-out maps. White spots to boards else fine in fine dustjacket. Journal of one of the first pioneers to arrive in the remote Trinity mining district. "... outstanding for its wealth of detail and unique literary quality... packed with..... More
Albuquerque, NM: University Of New Mexico Press, 1948. First Edition, First Issue. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 223 pp. Index. 3 photographic plates of Charles R. Brice, Chief Justice of New Mexico, who was saved from assassination by Harkey; The End of Jim Miller and friends, hung by a mob..... More
Marysville, CA: Published by the author, 2001. 1st. Paperback. Small 8vo. 52pp. Photo-illustrations. Color printed staplebound wraps in fine condition. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
[San Jose CA]: N.P., 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo; (ii), ii, 9 pages; Bibliography. Attractive booklet, illustrated with drawings,and with sections on 'Background: What Does Adobe Mean;' 'Adobe Bricks: How Were They Made;' 'Building Site: Where Did They Build Adobes;' 'The Foundation and the Walls: How Were They Built;' 'The..... More
[Sacramento]: State of California, 1955. 1st. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 75; 15; 666 pp. Illustrations; maps. Tan cloth boards with black lettering. A very good copy. Sections on Supplemental Cattle Brands as of May 31, 1955 include: New Recordings; Reinstatements; Transfers; Part I, Alphabetical Listing; Part II, Listing by Design -..... More
Sacramento: State of California, 1943. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 22 pp. Index. Illustrations. Cream printed staplebound wrappers. Light tanning, small spots & tear to front cover else a near fine copy. The list of all Cattle Brands recorded and transferred between September 1, 1943 and October 31, 1943. Next day shipping..... More
Sacramento: State of California, 1943. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 20 pp. Index. Illustrations. Cream printed staplebound wrappers. Light tanning, small mark to front cover else a near fine copy. The list of all Cattle Brands recorded and transferred between November 1, 1943 and December 31, 1943. Next day shipping. Celebrating our..... More