Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, (1986.) dj. Hardcover - A handsome new edition of this book originally published in 1957, which has become a classic in the field of immigrant literature. This is an account of the author;s father, a Basque sheepherder raised on the Pyrenees in France, who came to the Sierras in Nevada as a young man, and who fifty years later returned to his home in the Basque country, only to discover that Nevada had become his real home. A title in the Basque series with a new foreword by William O. Douglas, the general editor of the series. Frontispiece by George Carlson. xx, 176 pp. ISBN: 0-87417-1148.

Vermillion, South Dakota: University of South Dakota Press, (1990.). Hardcover first edition - Volume One in the Wayne S. Knutson Dakota Playwrighting Project. A play originally staged in 1948 at the Black Hills Playhouse, and one which has remained the most enduring work of South Dakota's most produced playwright. Foreword by Wayne S. Knutson, introduction by L. D. (Hap) Haberman, edited by Kenn Robbins, music by
Don S. Sundquist and lyrics by Richard L. Lippke (added in 1956) . Photographs. List of cast members. xi, 85 pp.m Patron of the Arts edition. Uncommon. ISBN: 0-929925-076.

New York: Henry Holt, (1991.) dj. Hardcover - Leo's story of homesteading - first with his girlfriend in 1981 - and then for 10 years with his young son - in a wild and beautiful land. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-15752.

New York: Henry Holt, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Leo's story of homesteading - first with his girlfriend in 1981 - and then for 10 years with his young son - in a wild and beautiful land. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-15752.

New York: Henry Holt, (1991.). First edition - Leo's story of homesteading - first with his girlfriend in 1981 - and then for 10 years with his young son - in a wild and beautiful land. 303 pp.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. SIGNED - Based on many previously little known diaries, this tells of women who came West seeking the 'elephant' alone, as well as with their families. The women whose stories are told ranged from innkeepers to prostitutes to school teachers to gamblers--there's even a Wells Fargo & Co. stagecoach driver. INSCRIBED on the title page. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bibliography, index. 265 pp.

Fresno, California: Valley Publishers, (1977). First edition - Images from hundreds of vintage postcards, mostly from the early 20th century, each accompanied by explanatory text. Preface by Sam Stark, a post card collector with over 750,000 cards in his collection. Unpaginated, somewhat oversized oblong format. ISBN: 0-913548480.

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - Frontier and pioneer life in South Dakota. The story of the early homesteading experiences fo Cashatt's family when the Rosebud Indian reservation was opened to white settlement. Illustrated with drawings by Lois Shelton. ISBN: 0-8138-07751.

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - A factual account of one of the world's great cities from its earliest beginnings through the gold rush years to the great earthquake of 1966, its world fairs and more. Illustrated with 154 black and white illustrations and photographs. Maps, bibliography, index. Slightly oversized format. vi, 274 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover - A comprehensive history of the effect of the discovery of gold the southern Mother Lode from the early placer mining days to hard rock mining. A title in the Shepperson Series in History and Humanities. Maps, illustrated, extensive notes, sources, glossary, index. ix, 404 pp. ISBN: 0874175461.

Seattle, Washington: National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 1992. First edition - A comprehensive history of this geologically unique National Monument, set on the Great Rift in Idaho, including chapters on its setting and significance, on developing it, and on managing the natural resources. Illustrated with black and white photographs, maps (including some folding ones.) Notes, bibliography, chronology, index. Large format. (8 1/2 by 11 inches), 393 pp.

Seattle, Washington: National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 1995. First edition - A history of this unique geological national monument, a landscape of black lava flows along the Great Rift of Idaho, which focuses on the impact of various peoples - from the Shoshone Indians to the trappers, overland settlers, miners, and tourists. Photographs, folding maps, bibliography. Large format. 241 pp.

Seattle, Washington: National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 1995. SIGNED first edition - A history of this unique geological national monument, a landscape of black lava flows along the Great Rift of Idaho, which focuses on the impact of various peoples - from the Shoshone Indians to the trappers, overland settlers, miners, and tourists. INSCRIBED on the first page to the man he identified in the acknowledgements as 'doing more than anyone else to promote the monument's history.' Photographs, folding maps, bibliography. Large format. 241 pp.

Yum, AZ: By the author, (1988. c 1980). Detailed information about the old mining camps of Kofa, Polaris, Castle Dome, Picacho, Tumco, Fortuna with with maps and photographs of each, and a short list of some sidelights in the area. 32 pp.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1998). First edition - Articles by Dino Cinel, David M. Emmons, Dean L. May and others on several different types of immigrant communities: Southestern Indians, Spanish Missions; Swedish Settlement of Dakota; English Mormon Migration to Alpine, Utah; Italians in San Francisco; Irish Miners in Montana; Women of Block, Kansas 1868-1940; Czech Farmers & Mexican Laborers in South Texas 1880-1930 and more. Introduction by Luebke. Notes, select bibliography, index. xix, 198 pp. ISBN: 0-8263-19920.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. Hardcover first edition - In his first book, the author discusses both his search for his roots, starting at his birthplace in Custer County, Nebraska, and offers a commentary on the history of the US, with topics ranging from courthouse architecture to "proving up" land claims.

New York: Scribner's, 1937. Hardcover first edition - The story of the San Francisco financiers and the Comstock Lode - and the story of William Chapman Ralston, founder of the Bank of California and the creator of a "financial empire whose tentacles spread out across this country and into the stock markets of Europe", but only four years later there was the inevitable,tragic crash. Illustrations, notes. 368 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

New York: Scribner's, 1937. Hardcover first edition - The story of the San Francisco financiers and the Comstock Lode - and the story of William Chapman Ralston, founder of the Bank of California and the creator of a "financial empire whose tentacles spread out across this country and into the stock markets of Europe", but only four years later there was the inevitable,tragic crash. Illustrations, notes. 368 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Twin Palms Publishers, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - A powerful and striking book containing 73 tritone photographs and text by Lyon, and an introduction by Larry McMurtry who states "Danny Lyon has found his way to the great places on the plains and in the desert--the places where the glory lived: Heart Butte, Little Bighorn, Rosebud, White River, Gila River, San Carlos, Standing Rock, Lame Deer, Pine Ridge. He has photographed Sioux and Cheyenne, Apache, Tphono O'odham. In fidelity to, and in the context of their ancient places, his subjects preserve a hard-worn dignity. Clear your eyes and look." One of 2500 copies. Large square format, printed on heavy glossy text. 108 pp plus a final photograph, acknowledgements and colophon. ISBN: 0-944092926.

San Francisco: Anthelion Press, Inc. (1975.). First edition - Stories of the California gold mining towns in the Mother Lode country of the Sierra foothills - both their colorful past, and the often picturesque remains. Among the towns written about are Drytown, Copperopolis, Volcano, Fiddletown, Placerville and more - and the characters include bandits like Murieta and Black Bart, the first baby born at the diggings, as well as the miners themselves. Photographs. 100 pages. ISBN: 0-89185-0058.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover - The story of the August 5, 1949 fire in Mann Gulch, Montana, which left 12 smoke-jumpers dead within hours after they leaped from the plane. Maclean, the author of "A River Runs Through It," was obsessed by this fire and spent years researching. Published posthumously. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's note, viii, 301 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-226-500616.

San Diego, CA : Ward Ritchie Press and Maritime Museum Association of San Diego, 1969. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Bibligraphy, index. Slightly oversized format, map endpapers. vii, 152 pp.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1998) dj. Hardcover - A complex and detailed history covering "nearly four centuries of conflict, beginning with the first European settlements in America and extending to the courtroom showdowns of the 1990s. . . there has been plenty of heartbreak along the way: devastating diseases; massacres; lies; broken treaties; loss of ancient hunting, fishing, and burial grounds to private development and federal control; and rampant poverty on many reservations." Photographs. Notes, selected bibliography, index. xxiv, 451 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-688141439.

Jackson, CA: Cenotto Publications, (1994). Hardcover - Facsimile edition of original 1881 Thompson & West edition. Illustrated with numerous vintage plates. Includes chapters on General Sutter and Sutter's fort, the Gold Rush, the Donner Party, mining, agriculture and the many small communities in the county and a chronological history. Large format. vii, 344 pp. ISBN: 0-938121073.

Marin County Historical Society, (1971). First edition - A history of Marin County focusing on the 19th century beginning with the wresting of the land away from the Californios by the Yankees who poured into the state after the discovery of gold, and in defiance of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Illustrated with photographs. Includes footnotes, bibliography and index. Map of original ranchos inside covers. xii, 212 pp.

Washington, D.C.: War 'Department / Office of the Chief of Engineers / Government Printing Office, 1931. First edition - An extract from the annual report of the Chief of Engineers, 1931. Reports on projects in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers watershed, including the Mokelumne River, the Stockton and Mormon Channels, the Feather River and more. pp 1789-1815.

Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, (1948). Hardcover first edition - Combines more than 100 photographs with maps for motorists, divided into four main areas: Southern Coast (including San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura); Mid-Coast (Monterey Peninsula to Drake's Bay); The Mother Lode Area (gold rush country in the Sierra foothills); and other scattered areas. Historical Key and index of place names at end of book. xvi, 149 pp. Map endpapers.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - As a Westerner born and raised, McCumber was reared like many others on the myths of the rugged individualists who braved a hard land and the elements to expand a nation. At age 44, he went to work on rancher Bill Galt's expansive Birch Creek spread in Montana. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-380973413.

By the author, (1988). First edition - A history of Siskiyou County and Yreka, focusing on several notorious crimes and two lynchings - the first of four men in 1885, one of whom might have been innocent - and the second in 1935, the lynching of Clyde Johnson, the 2nd to last such event in California. Focuses on the stories of George Hall (whom the sheriff protected from lynching and who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death), Clyde Johnson and the Brite Brothers. The father of the author, Charles McMurry, was the Court Reporter in the 1930s. 313 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - Centennial edition. The story of this Catholic women's college, founded in 1851 in San Jose, where the students were originally taught in Spanish, the language of their parents. In 1868 it beame the first chartered women's college in Californial in adition to he history of the college, this tells the stories of many of the early students. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. ix, 338 pp.