Berkeley: The Bancroft Library, University of California, 2002. First Edition. 269pp. Oblong quarto [24 cm x 26 cm] Blue cloth with paper labels on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. This work prints the diary of Martinez's trip to California in 1779. This book offers a window..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1952. First Edition. 398pp. Quarto [26.5 cm] Brown cloth. Both book and jacket are about very good. "Since William Robertson Coe's first gift in 1942, the Yale Library has been a repository for a growing store of valuable reference material of the old West by..... More
Independence, MO: Oregon-California Trails Association, 1998. First Edition. 215pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Maps by Hans J. Stolle. Signed by the series editor, Susan Badger Doyle, on the title page. The overland trail diaries written by brothers Patterson and..... More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1927. First Edition. 217pp. Octavo [21 cm] Green cloth with the title on the backstrip. About very good with a few small spots on the backstrip, in like jacket with overall discoloration and chipping and nicking at the corners. Map present. Samuel Hancock..... More
[Reno, NV]: Desert Research Institute, 1993. First Edition. 278pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] White illustrated boards. About very good. Name in ink on the front free endsheet. 'Discard' in ink on the top edge. Frederick West Lander was in many ways the epitome of a nineteenth century American hero. A handsome..... More
Salt Lake City: Eden Hill, 1982. First Edition. 530pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/2 dark brown leather over orange boards with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Introductions by Leonard Arrington. "A scholarly and literate family history, Kindred Saints is an..... More
Merced, CA: Yosemite Valley Railroad Company, 1929. [12]pp. Square quarto [23 cm x 20 cm] Illustrated wrappers. About very good. Vertical fold as issued. Tape to closed tear at front panel. Textblock coming loose. Promotional guide from the Yosemite Valley Railroad touting trips to the park. Illustrated with captioned black..... More
Fargo, D.T. Published by F. Jay Haynes, (c.1883). Stereoview. Albumen photograph [9.5 cm x 15 cm] on a curved yellow 'F. Jay Haynes, Fargo D.T.' mount [10 cm x 18 cm] with the title printed in black beneath the right image in the margin. Nice contrasts. Description of the park..... More
[Alberta, CAN?]: [A.M. MacDonald?], 1907. Silver gelatin photograph [11 cm x 17 cm] with the title in white across the foot. About very good. Extremities of back shows remnants of black paper, likely from removal from an album. Nice winter view of the Alaskan seaport of Nome. This image was..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011. First Edition. 258pp. Octavo [24 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by the contributor, Will Bagley, on the half-title. The Battle of the Little Big Horn, the Sand Creek Massacre, the Battle of the Washita..... More
[San Francisco]: Southern Pacific Railroad, (c.1924). [8]pp. Square quarto [23 cm x 20 cm] Illustrated wrappers. About very good. Vertical fold as issued. Illustrated guide for the prospective visitor to California, that touts the service offered by Southern Pacific to the west coast from all over the country. Black and..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. First Edition. 105pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Tan cloth with the title in black on the front board and backstrip. Pictorial endsheets. About very good with repairs and touch ups to text on the boards. Name in ink on the front free endsheet. Internally nice..... More
Fargo, D.T. Published by F. Jay Haynes, (c.1883). Stereoview. Albumen photograph [9.5 cm x 15 cm] on a curved yellow 'F. Jay Haynes, Fargo D.T.' mount [10 cm x 18 cm] with the title printed in black beneath the right image in the margin. Nice contrasts. Description of the park..... More
Fargo, D.T. Published by F. Jay Haynes, (c.1883). Stereoview. Albumen photograph [9.5 cm x 15 cm] on a curved yellow 'F. Jay Haynes, Fargo D.T.' mount [10 cm x 18 cm] with the title printed in black beneath the right image in the margin. Nice contrasts. Description of the park..... More
London: Madame Yevonde, (c.1936). Silver gelatin photograph [24 cm x 20 cm] with a photographer's handstamp and typed caption on the reverse. Strong contrasts. View shows a woman from the shoulder up, in profile and wearing a feather headdress. "New portrait of Mrs. Clare Sheridan in a Blood & Blackfoot Indian..... More
Belton, MT: The Marble Studio, (c.1918). Silver gelatin photograph [12 cm x 17 cm] with a photographer's handstamp on the reverse. Corners rubbed with a bend to the upper left corner. Good contrasts. 17 manuscript numbers on photograph over buildings, structures, and places that are identified on the reverse in..... More
San Francisco: Southern Pacific Company, (c.1924). 15pp. Square quarto [23 cm x 20 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. Vertical fold as issued. Illustrated guide for the prospective tourist that offers a stop-by-stop guide from Seattle to San Francisco, that provides information (usually a paragraph) on each stop along..... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1953. First Edition. 115pp. Octavo [24 cm] Tan cloth. Very good/Very good. The Stevens Party set out for the Pacific Coast in the spring of 1844 and opened the first wagon road to California. The historical importance of this intrepid crossing has never been..... More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1948. Second printing. 290pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown cloth with titles in yellow on the front board and backstrip. Inscribed by the author on the recto of the front free endsheet in the year of publication. Additionally, signed by the author on an advertisement card for..... More
St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, [1940]. Color print [30.5 cm x 23 cm] in nice, bright condition. Near fine. Winhold Reiss (1886-1953) was a painter, illustrator, and interior designer who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1913, where he taught art for a time at the Art..... More
St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, [1940]. Color print [30.5 cm x 23 cm] in nice, bright condition. Near fine. Winhold Reiss (1886-1953) was a painter, illustrator, and interior designer who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1913, where he taught art for a time at the Art..... More
St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, [1940]. Color print [30.5 cm x 23 cm] in nice, bright condition. Near fine. Winhold Reiss (1886-1953) was a painter, illustrator, and interior designer who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1913, where he taught art for a time at the Art..... More
St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, [1940]. Color print [30.5 cm x 23 cm] in nice, bright condition. Near fine. Winhold Reiss (1886-1953) was a painter, illustrator, and interior designer who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1913, where he taught art for a time at the Art..... More
St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, [1940]. Color print [30.5 cm x 23 cm] in nice, bright condition. Near fine. Winhold Reiss (1886-1953) was a painter, illustrator, and interior designer who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1913, where he taught art for a time at the Art..... More
St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, [1940]. Color print [30.5 cm x 23 cm] in nice, bright condition. Near fine. Winhold Reiss (1886-1953) was a painter, illustrator, and interior designer who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1913, where he taught art for a time at the Art..... More