New York: Putnam, (1954.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. The second of the author's rather sensationalized and inaccurate biographies dealing with Mary Ellen Pleasant, a light-skinned black woman who became an important figure in early San Francisco history. While this book focuses on her partner Thomas Bell, (who is shown as coming completely under her domination), Pleasant is only now beginning to receive the recognition she deserved for her work in aiding fugitive slaves and as a supporter of John Brown in his failed raid on Harper's Ferry. A lively picture of early San Francisco, but not an unbiased one. Photographs. Brief bibliography. 300 pp.

Auburn, California & Reno, Nevada: By the author, 1959. First edition - Small pamphet, with illustrations by the author. Map of the Motherlode. Unpaginated (20 pp)

Sacramento: California Department of Parks and Recreation, (1994). Hardcover first edition - Bidwell was one of the organizers of the first overland wagon train to California, with Marshall at Sutter's Mill gold discovery, served as an officer in the Mexican American war, a founder of Chico, and one of California's great pioneers. In 1865 he was elected to a seat in Congress, and he met Annie Kennedy in Washington, D.C., a woman 20 years younger than himself and not, at first, interested in leaving Washington. These letters chart their friendship and growing love for each other. Illustrated. vii, 213 pp. ISBN: 0-941925129.

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, (1929.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Classic account of one of the most notorious 'outlaw gangs' in the story of the Western frontier - and of the organization - the Montana vigilantes - which brought them down, written in a very readable style, with an emphasis on the personalities of those involved. It is interesting to compare this with the 2004 book by Frederick Allen "A Decent and Orderly Lynching." Illustrated with a frontispiece, 15 photographic plates, a map and drawings by Charles Hargens. 346 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

Denver: Coyote Cowboy Company; Record Stockman Press, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Poetry and cowboy humor, illustrated throughout with black and white drawings and cartoons by Bob Black, Don Gill, David Holl and Charlie Marsh. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper and dated 1995. Two tickets to "Baxter Black Live" in 1995 stapled to title page. Large format. Notes about the artists. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-939343126.

Southport, WA: R. M. Weatherford, Bookseller. (1988). First edition - Two bookseller's catalogues issued by Dick Weatherford, the founder of Interloc (now Alibris) from the years when he was a well known Western Americana bookseller. #71 has 481 items, 58 pages including the rear cover. #69 has 449 items, 58 pages including the rear cover.

Southport, WA: R. M. Weatherford, Bookseller. (1988). First edition - Two bookseller's catalogues issued by Dick Weatherford, the founder of Interloc (now Alibris) from the years when he was a well known Western Americana bookseller. #68 has 471 items, 58 pages including the rear cover. #69 has 463 items, 58 pages including the rear cover.

Monroe, WA: R. M. Weatherford, Bookseller. (1986). First edition - Two bookseller's catalogues issued by Dick Weatherford, the founder of Interloc (now Alibris) from the years when he was a well known Western Americana bookseller. #47 has 595 items, 50 pages including the rear cover. #49 has 664 items, 50 pages including the rear cover.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1930. First edition - Fisheries Document 1086. A review of the salmon, herring, halibut, whales and cod fisheries, as well as the fur seal industry of the Pribilof Islands. llustrated with photographs. pp 205-339.

Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Historical Society, 1977. First edition - Includes excerpts from seven literary sources on the history of Kern County from the 1840s to the 1880s, with an introduction to each work, including brief biographies of the authors, from the explorer John Charles Fremont to the geologist William Phipps Blake and the novelist William Henry Bishop. Illustrated, index. vi, 72 pp.

Sausalito, California: Windgate Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover - A centennial reissue of the photographic album Artistic Homes of California, originally published by the San Francisco Newsletter in 1888, this includes all 50 "artotypes" of the grand Victorian mansions in their original states, before alterations, plus the original descriptive text - 37 in San Francisco, 7 in Oakland and 6 in San Jose. Includes a new introduction by Alex Brammer. Glossary and index. Large oblong format, silk ribbon marker bound in. ISBN: 0-915269058.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1957. Hardcover first edition - Using the pen name of Max Brand (and about 20 other pseudonyms), Frederick Faust became one of the best known and most prolific writers of Western fiction. He was killed in action in Italy in 1944 while serving as war correspondent with the American army. Frontispiece portrait. Introduction. One of 750 individually numbered copies. 138 pp.

Palo Alto, CA: Lewis Osborne, 1969. Hardcover first edition - An account which originally appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine of August 1853 which describes Kit Carson and the journey from Los Angeles to Taos over what came to be known as the Old Spanish Trail. Introduction by George R. Stewart. Illustrated with vintage drawings, double page map at the end. #142 out of a limited edition of 1400 copies. 108 pp plus colophon and map. Map front endpapers.

Ashland, Oregon: Lewis Osborne, 1970. Hardcover first edition - Brewerton's account, as a young Lieutenant, of his journey over the Santa Fe Trail in 1848-49, originally published in three installments in Harper's magazine. Illustrated with the engravings from the magazine, believed to have been based on drawings by the author. Introduction by David Lavender. #377 out of 1400 individually numbered copies. 72 pp. plus colophon. Map on front endpapers, illustration on rear endpapers,

Salt Lake City: Western Epics, 1973 dj. Hardcover first edition - Chronicles fascinating growth of the Jewish community in Utah. Discusses Mormon-Jewish relations in Utah and Southern Idaho. Lithographs and photos. Includes index. 252 pgs. Hard to find in the first edition.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1966. Hardcover first edition - Tales of the self-sufficient, self-reliant men known as burro prospectors. They were uninhibited lovers of independence and solitude with a certain personal charm and usually a sardonic sense of humor. Number 14 in the series of keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members

San Diego: Howell-North Books, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at some of the historical houses in California's gold rush country from Angel's Camp to Mokelume Hill, Jackson, Sutter Creek, Placerville, Grass Valley and Nevada City and more. Foreword by Donald Biggs. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs by Craig Buchanan and Morley Baer (many which depict details of the houses) and maps by David Richardson. Large format. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-831071214.

Galena, IL: Pilot House Perspectives, (1990.). Brochure recounting the story of a historic hotel, called in its heyday, when the lead mines in Galena were bustling, 'the largest hotel in the Northwest.' Illustrated with vintage photographs. Notes, 40 pp.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1932. Hardcover - An informal tour of the state of Colorado, with various sections focusing on the pioneers, others on the Rocky Mountains and the incredible geography - the peaks, lakes and glaciers, and on Colorado as a land of legends. Illustrated with nine drawings by Paul Bringle. Appendix with a bibliography and miscellaneous facts. Index. xvii, 322 pp.

New York: Putnam, 1936. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes accounts of trips to Alaska, Chicago, the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest, Mexico, and especially many trips of excursions around California, including the Mother Lode country of the Sierra Foothills, the high Sierras, the desert and more. Illustrated with many photographs. Presentation copy INSCRIBED by the author to Howard L. Rowe, Madera County Superintendent of Schools and dated in 1941. 241 pp.

Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Co. , 1995. Hardcover first edition - An introduction to the lives and memoirs of 11 early American travelers and settlers in California, and of the role the books which these men wrote played in promoting California to Americans back east. The Merchant & Traders included Alfred Robinson, William Heath Davis, and William Dana Phelps; those who came ' Before the Mast' included Richard Henry Dana, and William Henry Thomes; the Mountain Men included James Pattie, Kit Carson, Zenas Leonard and others, and finally the 'Exponents of Empire' included Thomas Jefferson Farnham and Henry Augustus Wise. Volume 24 in the Western Frontiersmen Series. 5 pages of portraits and plates. Bibliography and index. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-87062-2285.

Rancho Cordova, CA: Landmark Enterprises, (1984.). "Concerning Captain John Clar, his United States Navy career after graduation from Spain's Naval Academy; his visit to Mexican California in 1836 and again at the capture in 1842; the historic Gold Rush voyage of Barque Humboldt."A respectful biography written by an admiring grandson, we learn of Captain John Clar's life: his graduation from Spain's Naval Academy, his U.S. Naval career and visits to Mexican California in 1836, the Capture in 1842, the historic Gold Rush voyage of Barque Humboldt, his purchase of Oakland site; settlement at Clarville; the land surveyor, Translator and Keeper of the Old Archives. Illustrated with many vintage photographs, maps, letters. Bibliography, 156 pp. plus 2 pp. Index. ISBN: 0-91084-239.

Rancho Cordova, CA: Landmark Enterprises, (1984.). "Concerning Captain John Clar, his United States Navy career after graduation from Spain's Naval Academy; his visit to Mexican California in 1836 and again at the capture in 1842; the historic Gold Rush voyage of Barque Humboldt."A respectful biography written by an admiring grandson, we learn of Captain John Clar's life: his graduation from Spain's Naval Academy, his U.S. Naval career and visits to Mexican California in 1836, the Capture in 1842, the historic Gold Rush voyage of Barque Humboldt, his purchase of Oakland site; settlement at Clarville; the land surveyor, Translator and Keeper of the Old Archives. Illustrated with many vintage photographs, maps, letters. Bibliography, 156 pp. plus 2 pp. Index. ISBN: 0-91084-239.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2012). First edition - A new, definitive edition of the biography of William Cody by the press agent/advance man who was responsible for turning William Cody into Buffalo Bill. Edited and with an introduction by Chris Dixon. includes the full text and all the photographs and line drawings of Burke's original. Notes, bibliography. xxiv, 335 pp.