New York: Hastings House, 1958. First Edition. 8vo. 387 pp. Glossary. Photo-illustrated plates. Blue cloth, map endpapers, in color illustrated dustjacket. Dampstaining to lower cloth covers else near fine in very good dustjacket (light wear and chips to extremities, moreso to spine ends; two small dampstains to lower spine). The..... 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
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
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
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
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
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1916. Limited Edition #384 of 750 copies. Volume VI of The Manuscript edition of "The Writings of John Muir" published in 10 volumes. 8vo; [xiv]; 399; [1] pp. 32 captioned photographic plates, including frontispiece portrait of Mount Hoffman after photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. Map..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1909. New and Enlarged Edition, Fully Illustrated. Octavo; [xiv]; 382pp. 32 captioned photographic plates, including frontispiece portrait of John Muir in Muir Woods in 1909 after photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. Map and Tables by Allen Chamberlain. Index to Map; General Index. Gilt decorated blue..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916 - 1924. First Edition Thus, Limited No. 711 of 750 copies. With 9-line manuscript leaf by the author, with ink corrections.The leaf is from Muir's book "The Mountains of California." Edited by William Frederic Bade. The first eight volumes are extra-illustrated with hand-colored frontispieces with tissue..... 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
Boston: Page & Company, 1913. Second impression. Octavo. 180 pages. 16 reproductions in color from original paintings by Thomas Moran , 32 duogravures, 3 maps. Original green boards with gilt and dark green stamped mountain scene on front cover; deckled page edges. A fine, bright copy. Being the notes of..... More
Boston: Meador Publishing Company, 1945. First Edition. Complete in 3 volumes. 8vo. 400, 570, 713, [48] pp. Index. Photo-illustrations. Blue cloth in illustrated dustjacket. Light bump to upper front corner of Volume I else a fine set. Memoirs of the controversial Oklahoma politician William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (1869-1956). A Democrat..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1961. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo. xi, 306pp. Orange cloth in color illustrated dustjacket by Nickolas Eggenhofer. SIGNED by the artist on lower front dustjacket and below the image of a longhorn at the beginning of the poem 'Red Conner's Night in Ellsworth. A near fine copy in..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1961. Nick Eggenhofer. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xi, 306 pages. The illustrator has signed the front panel of the dust jacket and the steer illustration on page 1. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images..... More
Chico, CA: Printed by Hearst & Moore, 1940. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo. 86pp. Photo-reproductions. Map. Publisher's green cloth spine and pictorial paper boards. A near fine copy (minor wear to extremities; owner name). An uncommon title on the early history of Butte County; much on pioneers, John Bidwell, agriculture, Native Americans..... More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1953. First Edition. Large 8vo. 343 pp. Index. Maps; Illustrations. Red cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition. Western Frontiersmen Series, IV. "A most interesting book of reminiscences, with some material on many of the outlaws of Oklahoma and Texas, telling, among other things..... More
Reno, NV: Lunsford's Reno Printing Company, 1926. 1st. Original wrappers. 8vo. 48pp. Numerous photo-illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers printed in red, white, blue & black. A superb pamphlet promoting the limitless resources and prospects of Reno, Nevada, and its environs during the 1920's--without one word about gambling and brothels. (Paher 1369)..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1910. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 321pp. Publisher's red cloth with black lettering. A very good copy (corners bumped; slight fading to spine; wear to extremities; owner name; pencil checkmarks to many of the names). More
Pasadena: California Institute of Technology, 1948. First Edition. Thin folio. 33pp. Printed by the Grabhorn Press. Blue grey stiff wrappers with title label adhered to front cover. A very good copy (sunning; minor wear; short closed tear; lower front corner creased). Keepsake for the June 3, 1948 dedication of the..... More