San Francisco: R. L. Polk & Co., 1929. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 452pp. General Index; Index to Advertisers. Business advertisements border every page (top and edge). Maroon and yellow boards and yellow endpapers printed with advertisements; gilt lettering to spine; page edges stamped with advertisements. A buyer's guide and complete classified..... More
San Francisco: R. L. Polk & Co., 1960. 1st. Hardcover. First edition thus. 8vo. [1180+ pgs]. Illustrations. Red cloth spine lettered in gilt with grey cloth boards printed in red & black. Lettering to textblock top and fore-edges. A near fine copy. Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and..... More
Austin, TX: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1976. First Edition. 4to. 91; 85 pp. Index in each volume. Blue & tan cloth bindings in pubisher'sblack cloth covered slipcase. A fine set. "... selective bibliographical guides to the books which the authors feel would comprise representative, unified collections in the two fields of..... More
Stanford CA: Stanford Historical Society, 1991. 1st. Paperback. Oblong small 8vo. 152 pp. Photo-illustrations. Stiff pictorial wrappers in fine condition. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
New York: Viking Press, 1986. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on half-title page. Large 8vo. 582 pp. Bibliography; Index. Photo-reproductions. A fine copy of an important work on the origins and disappearing water in the Western United States. A social history of the politics of water in the United..... More
N.p. The Lyons Press, 2004. First Edition, Limited to 100 numbered copies, INSCRIBED & numbered by the author. Includes Limited Edition etching of Visalia Stock Saddle No. 1 as shown in Visalia Circular in 1892. Large 4to. xviii, [2], 172 pp. color and black & white photographs and illustrations. The..... More
Amado, AZ: 1956. Single sheet folded, near fine condition (small chips to edges). Written from Armado, Arizona on November 21, 1956, Reynolds offers his animal acts to a Mr. Frank Bogart, "...I have a Comady act with 6 trained goats thats really going over good. and I have a liberty..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1916. 1st. Original cloth. Firt Edition, published April, 1916. 12mo. 149, [1], [6 pp publisher's advertisements] pp. 2 illustrated plates by H. T. Dunn. Brick red cloth stamped in black. Light wear to extremities; short closed tears to a few pages at the upper page edges..... More
Chico, CA: Hurst & Yount, 1958. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition, Limited edition #68 of 500 copies. 8vo. 78pp. Original tan wraps with brown lettering; illustrations of cowboy (front) and horse (back). SIGNED by W. H. Hutchinson, editor. First time in print outside of the 1910 publication in The Saturday..... More
San Mateo, CA: Flite-Stops Publishing, 1947. First Edition. Small 8vo. [248 pp], unpaginated. Illustrations. Flexible brown boards, two ring clasps, gilt lettering. Light general wear, slight rubbing to covers, previous owner name, upper corner of rear blank endpaper torn off; a very good copy of an uncommon pilot's flight manual..... More
Sheridan, Wyoming: Star Publishing Company, 1942. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 198 pp. Full-page map. 2 plates (including frontispiece portrait). Green cloth with black lettering. Previous owner inscription; minor wear; a near fine copy. "A natural book with much interesting information. It contains the best account of trailing..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1938. 1st. Hardbound. Octavo. (xviii), 289 pages. Tan cloth with brown lettering at spine in green, tan and brown decorative dust jacket. Numerous illustrations, fold-out map. Bibliography and index. Mr. Rister tells the story of 'the land of trail herds up from Texas, of home..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED on half title 'For Professor Ralph P. Bieber/A major contributor to the/lore of the Trail. I have/only gathered fruit from the/trees you planted./Jack D. Rittenhouse' Professor Bieber's contribution to the Trail are listed as items 47 through 53..... More
Houston, TX: Stagecoach Press, 1961. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition to 450 copies. SIGNED by the author. Square 12mo. 49 pp. Green cloth in green illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in about near fine dustjacket (slight fading to covers; short closed tear to lower front edge; small chip to upper rear..... More
Np: Eugene B. Reid, 1977. 1st. Paperback. Limited, Copy No. 10. 4to. 314 leaves, singled-sided typed manuscript. Strip-bound with clear plastic cover. Photo-reproductions. A fine copy. A detailed and fascinating autobiography of "...a remarkable woman--witty (sometimes biting), intereting to be with, unpretentious, and talented in many areas." - Preface. Ms..... More
Academy Library Guild; McNally & Loftin;, 1953-1981. 1st. Hardcover. Complete archive of Rojas' writing, each INSCRIBED by Arnold "Chief" Rojas. 8vo. Photo-illustrations. Cloth in publisher's dustjackets in very good to near fine condition. Offered here is a unique collectiono seven Arnold Rojas books (6 are First Editions), each INSCRIBED by..... More
El Centro, CA: Desert Magazine Press, 1950. Second Edition. Small 4to. 80 pp. With Introduction by Hugh Lacy and Foreword by Randall Henderson. Reproductions of Ruess' woodcuts and photographs of him and his travels. Tan cloth with brown lettering in orange & dark green illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy with..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. First Edition. 8vo. 309 pp. 42 photographic plates (incuding frontispiece). Tan pictorial cloth with gilt lettering in publisher's tan illustrated dustjacket - both designed by C.L. Bull. A fine copy in fine dustjacket; uncommon thus. The author was an accomplished mountain-climber and in this work he..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. 'First Edition, after the printing of 134 De Luxe copies (stated). Tall quarto; 162pp. Tissue-protected color frontispiece and illustrations (mostly color). With an introduction by Will Rogers and a nine-page biographical note by Nancy Russell. Tan linen with brown and gold lettering to..... More
Salinas City, CA: Published by authority of the council of Salinas City, 1912. Second edition. Hardcover. Salinas Morning Democrat Print. 8vo. 358pp. Publisher's full sheep binding with black & red gilt-lettered title labels to spine. short scrapes to covers; light wear to extremities; hinges reinforce else a near fine copy..... More
San Luis Obispo, CA: Friends of Las Casas de Adobe, 1998. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 64 pp. Illustrations. Illustrated staple-bound wrappers in near fine condition (light wear to extremities). A useful reference for these three San Luis Obispo adobes, including historical photo-reproductions, chronology, construction history, fabric & existing conditions and recommendations..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1964. First Edition, Limited to 185 numbered copies. Each volume SIGNED by the author, with a small drawing by her in the text volume. With two SIGNED pages of the author's early manuscript tipped in. 8vo. xv, [1], 335 pp. Some pages uncut. Map volume contains..... More
[Monterey, CA]: Santa Catalina Publishing Co., 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. 104pp. Index. Photo-reproductions. INSCRIBED by Sister Carlotta, long-time & highly regarded teacher at Santa Catalina. Red cloth with gilt lettering in red cloth slipcase. As new. A reflective and pictorial account of the school's first 50 years. Next day..... More
[Salt Lake City]: Pubished at the Art Bazar by Charles Savage, [1893, as dated on pg. 3]. 6 1/2 x 5". 48 pp. [18] accordian folded leaves of photographic plates.Some images include a 3-panel birds-eye view of the Salt Lake Valley; the Mormon Tabernacle; Salt Lake Temple; various public and..... More
New York: Charles Wiley, 1819. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 294 + (5) pp. Index. Three engraved plates (including frontispiece). Untrimmed in original green paper boards, remnants of printed paper spine label. A good copy (foxing throughout; lower 2" paper loss to spine; small paper loss to spine head; corners showing, more..... More