Monroe, WA: Weatherford Press, 1982. 75th Anniversary Edition. SIGNED "Best wishes, Jack DeMattos". 8vo. 183 pp. Annotated and illustrated by Jack DeMattos. Brown cloth with black illustration and lettering to front cover. A fine copy, as new. Masterson's series of sketches on famous Western gun fighters including Ben Thompson, Wyatt..... More
Norman, OK: Reliance Press, 1990. First Edition. 8vo. 169 pp. Photographic illustrations. Index. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Red cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition, as new. Ned Christie was a leader in the Cherokee Nation in 1887 and was known as a peaceable man. Then he was accused of..... More
San Antonio, TX: The Naylor Company, 1955. First Edition. INSCRIBED "Especially for Connie and Bill Stevenson with my highest regards. John L. McCarty. Feb. 26, 1973." 8vo. 281 pp. Yellow cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. Fine in near fine dustjacket (price-clipped; light fading to spine). The true story of the..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1976. First Trade Edition. INSCRIBED "To *** with old fashioned affection. Wallace Steger". 8vo. 214 pp. Black cloth spine over cream paper covered boards; in publisher's color printed dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (price-clipped; wear to extremities; chips and short closed tears). "Pulitzer Prize-winning author..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. 12mo; cclxxxiii, 799pp plus 78 pp ads. While the title includes the following wording "With 8 specially drawn maps and 21 plans", there are actually 13 color maps and 16 plans (some folding) as noted in the Contents. Near Fine copy in original gilt and..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1973 - 1997. All First Editions except "Inventing the Dream" which is the second printing. Includes the first five volumes in Starr's History of California series, each INSCRIBED to the same people by the author. 8vo. Various paginations. Illustrations. Index. Hardcovers in color illustrated dustjackets..... More
Carmel, CA: Publisher not identified, ca. 1920s. 3 1/4 x 5 3/4". [4] pp. Color illustrations; map on rear cover. Color illustrated wrappers in near fine condition (lengthwise creasing; minor wear). Scare tourist brochure for the iconic Highlands Inn located on the coast south of Carmel. More
Chicago: Marian Mothers, 1949. First Edition. 12 mo. 31; 24; 32 pp. Grey printed wrappers in fine condition. A father's talks on the facts of life and Catholic ideals of social conduct. Part One: for boys of from 9 to 13 years; Part Two: for boys of from 14 to..... More
Denver: World Press, 1958. First Edition, Limited #307 of 500 copies. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 148 pp. Bibliography. Stiff black softcover with silver lettering to front cover. Short tape repair to spine end else a fine copy. Thomas Edward Ketchum (known as Black Jack; 1863 – 1901) was an..... More
Los Angeles: Times Mirror Printing and Binding House, 1913. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. 37 pp text (including 5 full-age photographic plates; 96 full-page photographic plates with titles. fold-out map of the Aqueduct. Color illustrated wrappers in very good condition (wear to edges; some darkening to covers); folding map is in..... More
Los Angeles: Department of Public Service, 1916. First Edition. 4to. 319, [13 pp Index] pp. Black & white frontispiece portrait of William Mulholland; numerous full-page black & -white photographic illustrations, maps, tables, appendices, index, 24 folding maps, charts, and plans in a pocket inside the rear cover, including a large..... More
New Orleans: Tulane University, 1926 - 1927. First Edition. 4to. 237; iv, 238 - 536 + 15 page Index. Fold-out maps; illustrations. Green semi-fleixble cloth boards with gilt lettering. A very good set (light wear to extremities; some fading to gilt lettering on spine; front hinge cracked in Vol. I)..... More
Medellin; Sarasota, FL: Compania Litografica Nacional; Dodson Trust. Complete in 5 volumes. 4to. Various paginations. 1000+ color plates and anatomic drawings. Black cloth in color printed dustjackets. All volumes are in fine condition. This is a heavy set and may require additional shipping. Calaway Homer Dodson (1928 – 2020) was..... More
Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1983). First Edition, Limited to 350 copies. 8vo. 133 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's pale pink & black dustjacket. A fine copy. The author, Monsignor Francis J. Weber, is a distinguished Catholic scholar, an Honorary Chaplain to His Holiness the Pope..... More
Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1975). First Edition. 8vo. 193 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's orange & black dustjacket. A fine copy, with a hint of fading to spine. The author, Monsignor Francis J. Weber, is a distinguished Catholic scholar, an Honorary Chaplain to His Holiness..... More
Hong Kong: Libra Press, [1979]. First Edition, Limited to. 8vo. 203 pp. Black cloth in cream printed dustjacket. Fine in near fine dustjacket (slight tanning to spine; small ink mark on pg. 37; faint evidence of label removal on front cover). The author, Monsignor Francis J. Weber, is a distinguished..... More
Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1966. First Edition, one of 1250 copies designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Quarto; xviii, 280pp. First Edition in illustrated boards, spine lettered in gilt. Color frontis ('Indians of California gamblling'); large folding map ('Yount's ten-year Odessey (sic) in the West 1826-1836') tipped..... More
New York: The Baker & Taylor Compan, 1911. First Edition. 8vo. 415 pp. Index. Photographic plates, including frontispiece with tissue guard. Gilt, black, tan and green pictorial binding; map endpapers. Light wear to extremities; top edge gilt; a near fine copy. Lee Meriwether boards a steamer in Brooklyn for Italy..... More
Carmel, CA: ca. 1910s - 1920s. An uncommon collection of 21 original photographs by Slevin (each 5 x 7") - 18 are indicated by a stamp "Photo by L. S. Slevin Carmel, Cal" on verso, in the plate, or blindstamp below the image. There are an additional 3 photographs of..... More
[San Francisco]: [1897]. First Edition. Date of publication taken from pg. [16]. Oblong 8vo. 70 unnumbered pages. Illustrations on many pages (some in color), most surrounded by decorative borders; full-page map; history & description of the hotel; floor plans; rates; temperature chart; testimonials. Publisher's color pictorial wrappers in near fine..... More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1897. New Edition Revised and Compared with the Latest Authorities by Maria Hornor Lansdale. 8vo. 510 pp. Index; large folding color map at rear. Illustrated plates with titled tissue guards. Elaborate gilt decorated maroon cloth;ribbon marker; top edge gilt; in publisher's maroon cloth gilt-lettered..... More
E. B. Lewis, distributor, ca. 1880s. Leporello album (3 1/4 x 5"). 12 captioned photolithographic images of various buildings in early San Jose. Gold embossed dark green covers, red cloth spine. Minor wear else a fine copy of this scarce tourist souvenir; we find only two copies of this size..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1900. Monterey Edition. Monterey EditionComplete in two volumes. 8vo. xxxv, 310; 308 pp. Illustrated plates with titled tissue guards from drawings by Henry Sandham. Introduction by Susan Coolidge. Binding designed and signed by Amy Sacker. Cream, & green illustrated blue cloth with gilt lettering &..... More
Austin, TX: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1940. First Edition. SIGNED by J. Frank Dobie. 8vo. 429 pp. Index. Illustrations; full-page map. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. "A man on foot is no man at all...Mustangs and Cow Horses follows the horseman and his horse through history and story from the..... More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1902. First Edition. 8vo. 393 pp. Index; folding color map at rear. Illustrated plates with titled tissue guards. Elaborate gilt decorated maroon cloth; ribbon marker; top edge gilt; in publisher's maroon cloth gilt-lettered dustjacket abd maroon slipcase. Offsetting from dustjacket to endpapers else a...... More