Lincoln NE: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; 583pp. A Very Good copy in 1/4 burgundy cloth and textured turquoise paper-covered boards in worn and chipped dust jacket. Spine titled in gold. Endpapers are map of Great Platte River Road. Illustrations, maps, photographs; extensive bibliography; Index. Provenance: this..... More
Pacific Grove: Np, 1922. 1st. Paperback. First edition. 8vo oblong. Unpaginated. 27(of 28) original black & white photographs of the senior class; phhotographic illustrations throughout. Stab-stitched silk string tied stiff brown covers with gilt lettering. Short tears and creasing to edges; foxing to some pages; paper at spine splitting; a...... More
[Omaha, NE]: The Seventh U.S. Cavalry Memorial Association, [1957]. 1st. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo; 40 pages. Sunning to front cover (upper corner lightly creased), else a Near Fine copy. Illustrated w/reproductions of many photographs and drawings. Laid in is a 10" x 10 1/2" folded map of Fort Lincoln State Park..... More
Austin, TX: Texas Folklore Society, 1943. First Edition Limited to 700 copies. 8vo. 73 pp. Illustrations by Tom Lea. Introduction by John Lomax. Design & typography by Cral Hertzog. One title in the Range Life Series under general editorship of J. Frank Dobie. Maynard Dixon designed bookplate inside front cover..... More
DuBois, PA: Published by the author, [1941]. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 48 pp. Illustrations; photo-plate. INSCRIBED "To ***/by direction of Don who takes/all the blame for this inflection/DuBois 1941, M. I. McCreight." Publisher's stiff red wrappers. A fine copy of an uncommon title. "... a glimpse of frontier life in the..... More
St. Louis: St. Louis Historical Documents Foundation, 1949. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; 9xv0 + 355 pages in original gilt-stamped red cloth. Cartographic endpapers. 'Property of Ralph P. Bieber' to ffep; signed 'John Francis McDermott/17 May 1949' to half title. Publication Number 1 Joseph Desloge Fund. More
Np: Published by the author, 1979. 1st. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author to Wallace Sterling, former Stanford University President and author of the Foreword in this book. First edition. 8vo. ix, 342pp. Black & white illustrations. Blue paper covered boards; gilt titles to front board and spine; original white &..... More
San Marino: Madison County Historical Society, 1949. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; ix, 99 pages. Dr. Bieber's signature to ffep. Kurutz 436. More
Oakland: Mills College, 1941. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 4to. 199pp. Black & white illustrations. Illustrated cloth boards. Light wear to extremities, more so to corners and spine ends; slight darkening to spine; previous owner. name; Very good. More
Springville, UT: Art City Publishing, 1956. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 112pp. Photo-illustrations; maps; drawings; cattle brands. Tan buckram custom binding replicating the softcover publication with tan lettering and design to front cover; original suede wraps bound in. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION the the author on half-title reads "Please accept this as/an expression of..... More
California: Panorama West Publishing, 1987. Second Printing. Hardcover. 4to. 165pp. Bibliography. Index. Almost 200 pictures, maps and charts. Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped; slight wear to spine head). Much on the Yokuts, Visalia Saddles, cowboys, outlaws, trappers and commerce. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available..... More
New York: Random House, 1958. Nick Eggenhofer. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; vi, 186 pages. With 20+ in text and 3 double page illustrations. The illustrator has signed the front panel of the colorful dust jacket and at his name on the title page. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year -..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Jo J. Mora. Early reprint. Inscribed on half title 'To/Harvey Russell/a/real cattleman and/friend of my husband/with the best wishes/of/Grace N. Mora' opposite his bookplate. Octavo. 246pp. Numerous full page and in-text illustrations. Grey cloth with red lettering and longhorn skull to front cover in..... More
Ketchum, ID: Stoecklein Publishing, 1994. First Edition Thus. 4to. 'Trail Dust and Saddle Leather', 246pp; 'Californios', 175pp in color printed dustjackets; 'Jo Mora: Renaissance Man of the West 'by Stephen Mitchell, 38pp in printed brown wrappers. Numerous full-page and in-text illustrations by Jo Mora. A fine set, as new, housed..... More
Paris: Andre Bonne, 1984. Second edition. Softcover. 8vo. 255pp. Illustrated throughout with full-page black & white photographs, drawings and map. Original pictorial wraps. Minor wear to extremities else a fine copy. The second of two unauthorized French publications (the first published in 1968) claimed to be the French translation of..... More
Paris: Andre Bonne, 1968. Softcover. 8vo. 253, [2] pp. Illustrated throughout with full-page black & white photographs, drawings and map. 4-page color prospectus laid in. Publisher's blue cloth with white lettering in fine condition. The first of two unauthorized French publications (the second published in 1984) claimed to be the..... More
Ketchum, Idaho: Stoecklein Publishing, 1994. Jo J. Mora. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 246pp. Numerous full page and in-text illustrations. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and vaquero spur stamp to front cover in Jo Mora designed dustjacket and endpapers. Fine in fine dustjacket. The evolution of the cowboy and the strong..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. Jo J. Mora. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 246pp. Numerous full page and in-text illustrations. Grey cloth with red lettering and Longhorn skull stamped to front cover in Jo Mora designed dustjacket and endpapers. An original sketch by Mora of a young buckaroo pulling a...... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1953. 1st. First Edition. Unpaginated, approximately 458 blank pages. Scarce Publisher's Dummy with penciled specifications to the binder on the first page. While the Publisher's (Salesman's) Dummy typically includes the title page and a few pages of text, and occasionally a representative illustration, with the rest of the..... More
San Francisco: Calif. Historical Society, 1954. First Edition Limited to 530 copies. Large folio, 86 pp. Seven maps, four in text (three folding) plus three large folding maps in pocket at rear. Printed by Lawton Kennedy. Special Publication No. 26. Rust colored cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A fine..... More
Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1963. First Edition, Limited to 100 copies. SIGNED by the author. Two Volumes. 8vo. [8], 9-457; 458-825 pp. Index. Two folding sheets displaying four maps in rear pocket of Vol. I; one fold-out map & errata sheet in Vol II; black & white illustrations. Black leather..... More
Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1963. First Edition Limitied to 1000 sets. 8vo. 457; 458-825 pp. Index. Facsimiles of Jefferson maps in rear pocket. Fold-out map of the California-Oregon Trail and errata sheet in Volume 2. As New in dust jackets (as bright & fresh as the day issued!). 'An edited..... More
Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1963. First Edition Limitied to 1000 sets. 8vo. 457; 458-825 pp. Index. Facsimiles of Jefferson maps in rear pocket. Fold-out map of the California-Oregon Trail and errata sheet in Volume 2. Tape repairs to Volume 1 dustjacket; previous owner name in each volume; light wear and..... More
Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1938. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 92pp. Diagrams and maps. Many black & white photo illustrations. Fine (owner name and address) in very good plus dust jacket (wear to extremities with small loss along upper edge; short closed tear; rubbing to rear cover). Includes images and..... More
Denver: The Artcraft Press, 1947. 1st. Hardcover. Large octavo; xxiii, [iii], 462 pages. Paper spine title chipped and flaking, o/w a Fine copy in original 1/4 linen and paper-covered boards (paper label to front) gilt-stamped at spine. Unread with many pages unopened. Edition limited to 700 copies signed by the..... More