New York: Knopf, 1950. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; x + ii + 257 pages. Inscribed 'To Ralph Bieber/With every good wish,/Robert G. Cleland/ May 28, 1953' on ffep. Illustrated by Raymond Lufkin. More
Yermo, CA: Published by the author, 1941. 1st. Paperback. 12mo. 57, [1] pp. Photo-illustrations. Stiff tan staplebound wrappers with title printed in orange on front cover, map printed inside front cover.. A fine copy with a hint of wear. Incidents of political and social life in Calico, boomtown of the..... More
Montana: Clark City Press, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 119pp. Many black & white photo-plates. Fine in fine dust jacket (price-clipped). Includes images of Orlin Corn, Bill Apple, Lyman Edgar, Elston Spatz - some of the old-time brand inspectors and range detectives of the Tetons, the Big Horns, the Rockies and..... More
Boston, MA: Colpitts Tourist Co., 1932. First Edition. Small 8vo. 31, [1] pp. 2 page map showing the route of Aleppo Temple; photo-reproductions. Color printed staplebound wrappers in very good condition. Aleppo Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. to the Fifty-Eighth Annual Session of the Imperial Council San Francisco, California July 26-28, 1932. Outward..... More
Cisco, TX: Longhorn Press, 1956. Fourth printing. Paperback. 8vo. 68 pp. Illustrations. Tan staple-bound wrappers with brown lettering & illustration of a cowboy on his horse to front cover. Owner stamps to front cover and inside front & rear covers else a near fine copy. An authentic manual of instruction..... More
Tucson, AZ: Dale Stuart King, 1968. Deluxe First Edition, Limited #98 of 250 copies. Original boards. 8vo. [6], 310 pp. Fold-out map. Illustrated by Harold A. Wolfinbarger, Jr., with numerous textual photographs and a fold-out map. Index. Dark blue velvet with gilt edges and gilt lettering to spine & front..... More
Mitchell, S.D. Educator Supply Company, 1924. First Edition. Small octavo. 80pp. 6 photo-illustrations. Red cloth with gilt lettering to cover. SIGNED by the author. Mild wear to spine ends; gilt lettering somewhat faded; darkening to end papers; two owner bookplates; very good plus condition. Hardcover. "Only a few of these..... More
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
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
Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1903. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. 623pp, including index. 6 color maps; numerous black & white photographic illustrations. Blue cloth covered boards; blind stamped illustration to boards; California state seal blind stamped onto rear board; gilt titles to front board and spine. Moderate wear to extremities;..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1942. 1st. Octavo. (vii), 265 pages. Light brown cloth with black lettering to cover and spine in decorative dust jacket. INSCRIBED 'To Harlow L. Walster/With Best Wishes/of/Edward Everett Dale' '. ' Bully tales and easy history.' J. Frank Dobie. 'His writings were pioneering works in..... 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
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