Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2005. First Edition. 367pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and the backstrip. Near fine. Frontier Military Series XXIV (24). The Civil War left the western trails vulnerable and dangerous. Emigrants still streamed westward and..... 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
Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1963. 2 volume set. 457, 458-825pp. Octavos [23.5 cm] 1/4 burgundy buckram over salmon boards with the titles gilt on the backstrips and printed on the front boards. Both volumes near fine in like jackets. Bookplates on the pastedowns. Warmly inscribed by the author to historian..... More
San Francisco: Published by John Howell Books, 1963. 1/475. 59pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 orange cloth over black boards that are illustrated with a map. Paper label on backstrip. Fine. Prospectus laid in. The text of the rare 'Traveler's Guide' was reset and printed in a modern typeface with the..... More
Washington DC: Press of the Engineer School, 1912. Occasional Paper Number 48. 46pp. Octavo [23 cm] Light blue printed wrappers. Very good. Some minor overall fading to covers with some gentle discoloring to the corners. Short monograph written in a breezy style, describing an expedition of some seventy Army engineers..... More