[Seaside, CA]: Published by the author, 1966. 1st. Softcover. Octavo. 56pp. Photo-illustrations; map. Printed staplebound wraps in very good condition (light staining to rear cover; stain down front cover spine); still a nice copy of a scarce title. Only 3 copies listed in OCLC; not in Cowan. Part One: Camp..... More
Denver: World Press, 1956. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 236 pp. Bibliography. Yellow cloth with red lettering in yellow dustjacket with black lettering. Near fine (dampstaining along rear cover edge; small bump on lower front edge) in near fine dustjacket (spine lightly faded as is common with these..... More
Denver, Colorado: World Press, 1957. First Edition, Limited No. 446 of 500 copies. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 234 pp. Illustrations. Gray cloth with blue lettering in yellow illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy with a hint of wear to dustjacket; not faded as is common with this title. The biography..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. First Edition. 8vo. 438 pp. Introduction by Bernard DeVoto. Spectacular fold-out panoramic view of the Canyon; illustrated plates. Near fine (some splitting along fold lines of fold-out panorama) in very good dustjacket (some wear to extremities, moreso to spine ends with chipping). In this fascinating..... More
Burbank, CA: City of Burbank, 1950. 1st. Softcover. 8vo. 57pp. Photo-illustrations. Gold staplebound wraps with blue lettering. A near fine copy (minor wear to extremities; light soiling; chipping to ffep corner). All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
Burbank, CA: City of Burbank, 1950. 1st. Softcover. 8vo. 57pp. Photo-illustrations. Gold staplebound wraps with blue lettering. A near fine copy (minor wear to extremities; light soiling; chipping to ffep corner). All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
Ojai, CA: Thatcher School, 1952. 1st. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 77pp; (8)pp advertisements. Photo-illustrations. Dark green cloth with gilt stamping to front board; fine condition. More
Ojai, CA: Thatcher School, 1954. 1st. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 65pp; (8)pp advertisements. Photo-illustrations. Dark green cloth with gilt stamping to front board; fine condition (owner name of student attending Thatcher School). More
Ojai, CA: Thatcher School, 1953. 1st. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 74pp; (8)pp advertisements. Photo-illustrations. Dark green cloth with gilt stamping to front board; fine condition. More
New York: Press of the Pioneers, 1936. First Edition. Large 8vo. 233pp. Notes; Index. Map. Illustrations by Howard Simon. Red cloth with gilt lettering in illustrated dustjacket. Small owner label else fine in fine dustjacket.(with minor agetoning). The first full-length biography of Jedediah Smith, the greatest of the trail breakers..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xiv + 295 pages. Dedicated 'To Ralph P. Bieber, Western Historian' and further INSCRIBED on dedication page 'from/his dear friend and former/student/John E. Sunder'. More
St. Paul: W. C. Riley, (1889). First Edition. Oblong 12mo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2"). 71 photo-lithograph views on 23 accordion-fold panels. Engraved by Chas Frey, Frankfurt, Germany from photographs by Ingersoll and Haynes. Gilt-embossed brown cloth covers. Minor wear to extremities, boards slightly bowed; else a near fine copy..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 544pp. Bibliography. Map. Tan cloth in color printied dustjacket; map endpapers. Near fine in very good dust jacket (wear to extremities with chips and creasing to spine ends). Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1959 and basis for the..... More
Austin: Printed for the author by Wilkinson Printing Co. Hardcover. 8vo. 336 pp. Photo-illustrations. Red cloth with gilt lettering in cream photo-illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy (waviness to first few pages) in very good dustjacket (chips to extremities; short closed tear to lower rear edge; light, general wear). Interesting..... More
San Jose, CA: San Jose High School, 1912. 1st. Paperback. Tall, narrow 8vo. 84 pp. Illustrations. Stiff brown illustrated wrappers in fine condition; it appears to have never been read. An early annual for the graduating class of 1912. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1898. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 172pp.Publisher's pebbled black cloth. A near fine copy (minor wear to extremities; rubbing to spine with 4 small spots on joints where boards show through; owner name). A syllabus of a course of lectures delivered in Leland Stanford Junior University by..... More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1964. Revised Edition. Large 8vo. 406 pp. Index. Maps; Illustrations. Red cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition. Western Frontiersmen Series, III. Included is a 138 pp booklet titled "Outlaw Days: A True History of Early Day Oklahoma Characters by Mrs. Bill Tilghman, in..... More
Ogden UT: U.S. Forest Service, 1984. 1st. Original wrappers. 1st edition thus. Quartos with many fold-out maps and a large folding wall map. Light, general wear; near fine copies. More
Menlo Park: Pacific Coast Publishers, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author to the ffep. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 317pp. Black & white illustrations. Red leatherette covered boards; gilt titles to front boards and spine; original red illustrated dust jacket. Fine in very good dustjacket (light wear to extremities, more..... More
Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1985. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 4pp. Prospectus for The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County published by Cheloniidae Press in 1985. Includes a brief description of the book and a letter-press printed sampling from the book. Also includes details from the publisher and ordering information. A fine..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1957. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition to 400 copies. 4to. 117pp. Printed at the Allen Press. Illustrations from photographs & old prints. White cloth spine over decorated boards. Title in red, brown and black. A fine copy. "Noteworthy features of this edition are Twain's..... More
Santa Fe, NM: Historical Society of New Mexico, 1924. 1st. Original wrappers. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of Gregg; Footnotes. 45pp; Staplebound Wraps. Publication No. 26 in the Historical Society of New Mexico series. (Rittenhouse 586). More
[Santa fe]: Historical Society of New Mexico, 1917. 1st. Paperback. 1st edition thus. Octavo; 62 pages. Historian Ralph Bieber's copy with his name to front wrapper. 'The following sketch is taken almost verbatim/from Darby's Recollections. Words enclosed in brackets are contributed by Twitchell.' written at top of page 5. ('Historical..... More
Topeka, KS: College Press, 1925. 1st. Softcover. First Edition. Small 8vo. 41pp. Photo-illustrations. Original brown wraps with black lettering. The author provides a personal account of the struggles and adventures with frontier life in what is now Lyon County, Kansas. (Howes V33). More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1940. First Edition. Small quarto; xi, 319 pp. Burgundy cloth stamped in gilt spine and front board. Fine copy with many pages unopened. Frontis of Governor Vargas; some unopened pages. Volume X of the Coronado Cuarto Centennial Publications, 1540-1940, edited by George P. Hammond..... More