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DOWN THE TRAIL WITH THE BUFFALO HERDS: Western Miscellanea.
Edition: First printing.
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co. (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Poems by the author (who was born in Wyoming, the daughter of parents who came West by wagon train, and lived in Montana when this was published) and by others in her family - most on Western themes - 228 pp. ISBN: :0-8059-1708X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 54370More details Price: $25.00 -
THE GRASS ROOTS PEOPLE: An American Requiem.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - A tribute to the people of the Rocky Mountain West, in the plains, the valleys, mesas and mountains, written and photographed by Woods - and also a tribute to a dying way of life, that of rural America. Slightly oversized volume, printed on glossy stock, illustrated with many black and white photographs, illustrated endpapers. 174 pages.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (one closed tear on front cover and back cover of dj.)
Book ID: 13329More details Price: $28.00 -
RIVERS OF GOLD,
Edition: First thus.
Auburn, California: Placer Savings & Loan Association, nd (ca 1970). A collection of anecdotes and short stories about the early days in California's Mother Lode and Upper Sacramento Valley Country. Includes a story of a miner who was working at two mines in Amador City - Keystone and Bunker Hill - at the same time, the story behind the name "Murderer's Bar". photographs of the flood which washed out the bridge across the American River on Highway 49 in December 1964 and much more. Issued by Placer Savings & Loan Association, with a notation on the front cover "Compliments of Placer Savings." Illustrated with vintage photographs and drawings. While undated, this appears to be a slightly expanded version of the 1966 first edition, Ad for Placer Savings inside back cover. Large format, 44 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in stapled full color illustrated wrappers (previous owner's name) Uncommon.
Book ID: 85675More details Price: $20.00 -
WESTWARD IN EDEN.
Edition: First printing.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - The history of the public lands in America - one of blue sky promoters, land grabbers, speculators, and unscrupulous political windbags. Includes index, bibliography, notes, and black-and-white photographs. 536 pgs.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket. (a nice tight copy, but some highlighting to text)
Book ID: 15303More details Price: $16.00 -
JOHN XANTUS: The Fort Tejon Letters 1857 -1
Edition: First printing.
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Previously unpublished letters of this Hungarian immigrant who joined the US Army under an assumed name, a charlatan who managed to alienate most of the people he met, and yet one of the Smithsonian's most successful collectors of natural history specimens in the mid-19th century. From his station at Ft Tejon in California's Tehachapi Mountains, Xantus carried on a lengthy correspondence with Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, notes, index. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-09417.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 28095More details Price: $20.00 -
THE GENTLE GIANT
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: Bank of America, NT 1954. Hardcover first edition - A "portrait" of the founder of Bank of America, A. P. Giannini - a presentation edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the bank. Frontispiece. 90 pgs.
Condition: Very good condition in violet boards with gold lettering on spine and front cover - fading to the covers, especially on the spine, as is common with this title. Contents fine.
Book ID: 85620More details Price: $17.50 -
SILENT TRAVELER IN SAN FRANCISCO
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1964. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with 16 full-color paintings and over 50 drawings. 366 pp
Condition: Ex-library but only a few markings - call letters on the spine and the remains of a pocket or bookplate on the front endpapers - overall a tight clean copy. No dust jacket.
Book ID: 14312More details Price: $15.00 -
CHARLES M. RUSSELL, THE COWBOY ARTIST: A Bibliography.
Edition: Limited first edition.
Pasadena CA: Trail's End Publishing, (1948). Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive look at the works Russell illustrated, appearances in periodicals and exhibition galleries and more. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Limited edition of 500 copies. 218 pp plus colophon and publisher's ad,
Condition: Fine in maroon cloth with gilt lettering and cow's head on spine.
Book ID: 84154More details Price: $35.00 -
CARSON CITY: Capital of Nevada.
Edition: Paperback original , not issued in hardcover.
Sonoma, CA: Zanel Publications, 1984. Large format (approx 11 x 8 1/2 inches) in stapled wrappers and illustrated with many vintage photographs. A title in the mini-history series. 56 pages. ISBN: 0-936914-203.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 20585More details Price: $9.50 -
THOSE LEGENDARY MEN OF THE WILD WEST.
Edition: Paperback original , not issued in hardcover.
Sonoma, CA: Zanel Publications, 1991. First edition - Large format (approx 11 x 8 1/2 inches), illustrated with many vintage photographs. A title in the mini-history series. Includes brief biographies of early settlers, lawmen and outlaws including Tom Bell, Rattlesnake Dick, Jesse James, Bat Masterson, Snowshoe Thompson and more. 63 pp. ISBN: 0-936914-246.
Condition: Just about fine in illustrated wrappers .
Book ID: 79498More details Price: $12.00 -
CALIFORNIA GOLD: Story of the Rush to Riches.
Edition: Paperback original , not issued in hardcover.
Sonoma, CA: Zanel Publications, 1980. Large format (approx 11 x 8 1/2 inches) in stapled wrappers and illustrated with many vintage photographs. A title in the mini-history series. The story of the Gold Rush towns of the Motherlode in the Sierra foothills - contrasts the towns then and now. Included are Coloma, Auburn, Sutter Creek, Murphys, Volcano, Jamestown, Grass Valley and more. Map. Several pages of advertisements. 64 pages. ISBN: 0-936914-009.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 24298More details Price: $12.50 -
"California's Capital" in GOLDEN NOTES Vol 14 No. 3 , April 1968.
Edition: First printing, a slim pamphlet.
Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Historical Society, 1968. First edition - An account of the Constitutional Convention in 1878 which established Sacramento as the permanent location of the state's capitol. 12 pp.
Condition: Near fine in stapled illustrated yellow wrappers (slight toning).
Book ID: 84520More details Price: $14.50