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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
