New York: The New Press, 2003. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. xxxiv, 254 pp. Over 100 full page black & white photographic illustrations. Black linen with bronze lettering in photo-illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. Between 1935 and 1943, the federal government sent a group of gifted photographers to crisscross... More about Bronzeville: Black Chicago in Pictures, 1942-1948
Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1903. First Edition. Original wrappers. Oblong 8vo. 105, (1) pp. Stiff red covers with black illustration & lettering. Illustrated with black & white protographic reproductions and drawings. Text block mostly pulled away from the wrappers; lower front corner tip missing; else a very good copy. The uncommon... More about A Handbook for Visitors to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural...
Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press, 1914. First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. 281 pp. Illustrations from photographs by W. A. Sharp. Blue pictorial cloth. A very good copy (wear to extremities; previous owner name; light spotting to covers; fading to spine). "A thrilling adventure of a party of eighteen gold seekers who... More about Mad Rush for Gold in Frozen North
Los Angeles: Grafton :Publishing, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED ""From the author/Dr. J. H. Reider." 8vo. xv, [2], 18-196 pp. Double-page map at rear. 14 photo-illustrated plates. Pictorial cloth in near fine condition (faint bookseller stamp inside front board; minor wear to extremities). The author provides an early history of... More about A Digest of Tropical Mexico (SIGNED
Berkeley: Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, 1945. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. Paperback. Quarto; [70] pp. Very Good condition in stapled wrappers. Published and distributed by the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County. A roster of former American residents (of at least a.... More about Old China Hands: A Roster
Denver: Allan Swallow, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 288 pages. Illustrations. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (minor wear to extremities; small scrape to "Vardis" on spine). The debate whether Meriwether Lewis committed suicide or was murdered continues to this day. Arguments are made convincingly for both methods. "At... More about Suicide or Murder? The Strange Death of Governor Meriwether Lewis
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 265 pp. Illustrations by L. P. Harding. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with wraparound cover art by L. P. Harting (minor chipping to spine ends; 2 short closed tears). The travelling medicine show with its... More about Medicine Show (SIGNED