Denver, CO: The Hermann H. Heiser Saddlery Co., [1937] & [1939]. First Edition. 8" x 5". Each catalog 48 pages. Illustrations of saddles, holsters, belts, fishing rod cases, handboxes, knife sheafs and more. Staplebound wrappers in very good condition (light rubbing to covers; writing on cover of Catalog 32). Internally..... More
Honolulu: Island Curio Company, Early 1900s. Oblong 8vo (8" x 10"). [28] pp. black & white full-page photo-reproductions, with descriptions below the images, showing various scenes, landscapes and buildings of early Honolulu. One image shows a young Duke Kahanamoku standing in front of his surf board. Light brown illustrated staplebound..... More
Sacramento, CA: Van Voorhies-Phinney Company, 1920's - 1940's. First Edition. The Gold Rush made Sacramento a major commercial center and distribution point for Northern California, serving as the terminus for the Pony Express and the First Transcontinental Railroad. Founded in 1850 (as R. Stone and Co.), by the late 1800s..... More
1929 - 1948. The collection includes: Yellowstone National Park: Beautiful and Astonishing. Season 1939. 9" x 4" (folded). 10 pp. Minor wear; fine condition. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: Season June 20 to September 12. United States Department of the Interior; National Park Service. 1935. 8vo. 42 pp. 2 maps (1..... More
Chicago: Rock Island Lines, 1937. Small 4to [32] pp. Photographic illustrations. color illustrated wrappers in fine condition. A striking and early promotional brochure to encourage tourists to visit the Southwest, Arizona and California. Various sites include El Paso, TX; Carlsbad Caverns National Park; Juarez, Mexico; Tucson; Phoeniz; San Diego; Coronado;..... More
[Great Northern Railroad], 1922. First Edition. Prepared by Miss Cleora Wheeler at the request of the Great Northern Railroad. Small 8vo. 23, [1] pp. Map showing Great Northern Railway routes & connections from the mid-west to the west coast; map of United States showing locations of chapters; 3 photo-illustrated plates;..... More
Wailuku: The Maui Publishing Co., 1935. First Edition. Small folio (12" x 9 1/4"). 99 pp. 6 full-page photograpic reproductions; iIllustrations; business advertisements. Color pictorial wrappers in very good condition (rear cover has neatly pulled away from text block; staining to upper corner on cover and first few pages) Scarce..... More
Long Beach, CA: Pacific Coast Club, 1926. 1st. Hardcover. Master Edition #651 as stated on a tipped in page, 4to. 282pp. SIGNED by the President and Secretary of the club. Tipped-in color plates; photo-illustrations. Dark green Arts & Crafts style binding in fine condition (light wear to extremities). Includes the..... More
Placerville, CA: Pony Express Courier, June, 1935 - May, 1937. 1st. Paperback. Small folio. Vol. II & III (24 issues). Most issues 16pp. Illustrated. Each volume bound in stiff wraps. Very good condition (light wear & age-toning) internally clean. Monthly publication filled with stories and interviews about & by early..... More
San Francisco: Visalia Stock Saddle Company, [ca. 1949]. First Edition. 8" 4 3/4". 24 pp. Illustrations. Publisher's printed envelope & printed notice to the customer detailing their business commitment, laid in. Yellow and red illustrated staple-bound wrappers. Light, general wear; center page pulled away from staples; customer mailing label; still..... More
Washington: G.P.O., 1846. Scarce First Edition. 29th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Doc. 438, Serial 477. 8vo. 75pp. 11 lithograph plates; 2 lithographed maps (1 large and folding). Stitched wraps (disbound). Light dampstaining throughout, otherwise fine condition (and scarce thus) in modern cloth case with gilt-lettered morocco label at spine. Scarce..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED "Cordially Yours, Ramon F. Adams". 8vo. 310 pp. Illustrations. A fine copy in fine dustjacket (spine ever so lightly faded). Much has been written about Billy the Kid, an American Old West outlaw and gunfighter who allegedly killed eight..... More
Hartford, Conn. American Publishing Company, 1876. First Edition. Small 8vo. 168 pp. 14 plates. Original brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering. Light wear to extremities; some rubbing to gilt lettering; a very good copy. Alfred Meacham was the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon (1869–1872). In his account of the..... More
Palo Alto, CA: Western History Association, 1966-1972. First Edition. 4to. Color and black & white illustrations (many in color). Color printed wraps in near fine condition (light rubbing & wear). More
Pacific Grove CA: Park Place Publications, 2002. First Edition. Oblong quarto; xii, 140pp. Pictorial endpapers, frontis photograph of J.R. Hebbron.Lavishly illustrated with many phtographs; appedices list 'Presidents,' 'Directors,' 'Past and Present,' 'Miss California Rodeo (1926-2001),' 'Stock Contractors,' 'Gold Saddleman Awards,' 'Past Champions, 'Wells Fargo Stagecoach,' and 'Bibliography.' Today, the California..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. First Edition. 8vo. [10], 307 pp. Frontis piece and dust jacket illustrated by Edward Borein. Half-page map. Orange cloth with black lettering and design in publisher's illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket (darkening to spine; minor wear..... More
Chicago; St. Louis: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1882. New Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 358 + 285pp. Illustrations; frontispiece at beginning of both parts. Original green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt illustration of a robber on front board; embossed black lettering to front board. A near very good copy..... More
San Francisco: The Argonaut Publishing Company, 1879. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 288 pp. 6 seating plans of city theaters. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering, ruling & decoration. Contemporary owner name; lacking map else a very good copy of an uncommon title (minor wear to extremities; faint staining to rear..... More
Austin: Madrona Press, 1974. 1st. Hard Cover. Octavo; (xvi), 159 pages. More
[Stanford CA]: Associated Students of Stanford Uniuversity, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; . 501pp, including 47 leaves advertisements, illustrated endpapers. photographs; many striking and beautiful full-color illustrations. Two color burgundy and brown buckram with illustration of Stanford Memorial Church; title in gold at spine. A Near Fine copy, made artistic..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University, 1962. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 400 pp. Photo-reproductions. Color cloth boards. Minor wear & spotting else a near fine copy. More
Np: Associated Telephone Co., 1943. 1st. Paperback. 4to. Various paginations. Illustrations; advertisements. Tan printed wrappers in near fine condition (age toning; minor wear to extremities). Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Mills College, CA: Eucalyptus Press, 1937. 1st. Hardcover. Small quarto. 46pp; pages uncut. Frontispiece mounted portrait. Blue paper boards, lettering and illustration on front board, illustrated endpapers. A near fine copy (slight age toning to front and rear board edges; minor wear to extremities). Atkins' journey aboard the brig, Advance..... More
Sacramento: State Office, 1884. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 555pp. Frontispiece illustration of the Sacramento State Agricultural and Industrial Exposition Building. Purple-red pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and illustration to spine. A near fine copy (fading to spine; minor wear to extremities; decorative advertisement for Pacific Electric Pad Truss adhered inside front..... More
New York: The Bancroft Company, [1886]. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 784pp. Pioneer Register and Index. Brown cloth with paper title label to spine. Volume 5 of the author's History of California, with original title-page removed and a new one substituted. Being that part of the author's series on the history of..... More