Oakland, CA: Grahame H. Hardy, 1949. Third edition. Hardcover. This is the "Bucket of Blood" edition signed by Beebe and Clegg on special page which notes that this edition was signed on their private car, "The Gold Coast," and for sale only at the "Bucket of Blood" saloon in Virginia..... More
Oakland, CA: Grahame H. Hardy, 1949. Third edition. Hardcover. This is the "Bucket of Blood" edition signed by Beebe and Clegg on special page which notes that this edition was signed on their private car, "The Gold Coast," and for sale only at the "Bucket of Blood" saloon in Virginia..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah, 1943. Soft cover. Ornithology. A contribution to knowledge of the birds of western North America in general and those of Utah in particular. The area chosen corresponds essentially with the limits of Washington Coounty, Utah. 85 pages with photographs, checklist of birds in..... More
Hillsboro, OR: TimberTimes, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Over fifty years ago, after graduating from the prestigious Art Center School of Photography in Los Angeles, Glenn Beier quietly began seeking out and photographing the last vestiges of steam-era railroading in the western United States. He purposely sought to capture the essence..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907. Hardcover. Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 - 11 June 1847) was an English Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic. Franklin disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound..... More
New York: A.L. Burt, Publishers; nd (about 1930), 1930. A.L. Burt edition. Hardcover. In wrong with the cowboys from the moment of his arrival as well as with Belle Forsythe, owner of the Double Bar Ranch, Ken always posed as a greenhorn but demonstrated his ability to take care of..... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1908. Hardcover. The four bulletins bound into a single volume. BULLETIN 159; THE UPPER CRETACEOUS FLORAS OF ALASKA, with A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT-BEARING BEDS. All the required plates and maps in each bulletin are present. Library binding in the olive green..... More
San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1969. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Golden Spike Edition. Commemorates the centennial of the transcontinental railroad. 207 pages with historic photographs, locomotive diagrams with data, extensive locomotive rosters, time tables, bibliography and index. Map endpapers. Fine in near fine price clipped dust jacket with..... More
San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1982. First edition, fifth printing. Hardcover. Golden Spike Edition. Commemorates the centennial of the transcontinental railroad. 207 pages with historic photographs, locomotive diagrams with data, extensive locomotive rosters, time tables, bibliography and index. Map endpapers. Fine in fine and brigh dust jacket. An as..... More
Glendale, CA;: Arthur H. Clark, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Extended title reads, "Historical Documents, Hitherto Unpublished or Inaccessible, Depicting Social and Economic Conditions in the Southwest During the Nineteenth Century. Edited with Historical and Geographical Additions, Introductions and Analytical Index." 364 pages. Unopened. Bound in original dark red cloth with..... More
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1958. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The author describes mining, life in the camps, a pioneer electric power system, massive snowstorms and his experiences operating a 32-mile, 3 foot gauge railroad with four engines, two water tanks and no timetable. 229 pages with 203 photographs. Fine..... More
Philadelphia, PA;: Penn Publishing, 1929. Charles Hargens. First edition. Hardcover. A concise and faithful history of the creation and activities of the organization that broke the power of the outlaws in Montana. Adams, Six-Guns 214. 346 pages with photographs and illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Bound in brown cloth with lettering and..... More
San Francisco: Division of Mines/California Department of Natural Resources, 1968. First edition, first printing. Soft cover. 19 pages with maps, photographs and references, plus the folded map in the rear pocket. Bound in original tan illustrated stiff paper covers. A near fine copy. More
Bonnevill Power Administration, 1991. Soft cover. This guide is designed to help developers interested in developing geothermal resource sites in the Bonneville Power Admisitration Service Territory in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington better understand the federal, state, and local institutional process, the roles and responsibilities of each..... More
Washington, DC;: Government Printing Office [GPO, Smithsonian}, 1921. First edition thus. Hardcover. Collects in six section; I) Industries, II) Hunting, Fishing, and Food Gathering, III) Preservation of Food, IV) Recipes, V) Beliefs and Customs, VI) Social Customs. Pages 45 through 794 plus index. Bound in original olive cloth with lettering..... More
Oregon Historical Society, 1981. Jackson, Hewitt R. First edition, first printing. Oblong hardcover. Number 66 of 150 copies numbered on the colophon and signed by Hayes and Jackson on the half title page. John Boit, Jr., the master of the sloop-rigged Union, was only 19 years old. Yet, he was..... More
Portland, OR: Pacific Spruce Corporation, 1924. Large format softcover. Reprinted from the February 10, 1924 issue of the Lumber World Review magazine. Ninty-three pages with numerous photographs of logging, logging railroading, boats, etc., and several maps. Bound in original textured gray covers with lettering printed in gilt and black. A...... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Volume 182 in the Civilization of the American Indian series. An account of the Hasinais from the late 1600s through the 1770s. Edited and with an introduction by Russell M. Magnaghi. 194 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket..... More
Sausalito, CA: Windgate Press, 2005. First edition, first printing. Oblong hardcover. Signed on the title page by Bonnett. Full page photographs of logging and railroad operations around Mt. Shasta. "Miller's photographs with their rich texture and careful composition reflect the highest photo documentary traditions and speak eloquently of a moment..... More
Sausalito, CA: Windgate Press, 2005. First edition, first printing. Oblong hardcover. Signed on the title page by Bonnett. Full page photographs of logging and railroad operations around Mt. Shasta. "Miller's photographs with their rich texture and careful composition reflect the highest photo documentary traditions and speak eloquently of a moment..... More
Grants Pass, OR: Josephine County Historical Society, 1972. Second printing. Softcover, pictorial wrappers. Inscribed in blind, "Best wishes from Valley of the Rogue, Percy T. Booth." 72 pages. A near fine copy. More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey / Government Printing Office / GPO / USGS, 1912. First edition. Soft cover. 231 pages with photographs, forty-four plates which include maps and photographs, and index. Two large folded maps in the rear pocket showing mine tunnels. Rebound in tan thick paper covers with..... More
Hamilton, MT: OSO Publishing, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Bowden on the title page. During the first half of the 20th century more than two dozen colorful logging railroads were pushed into the forests of Klamath, Deschutes, Lake and Jackson Counties. For over 90 years, companies like Algoma, Pelecan..... More
Hamilton, MT: OSO Publishing, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Bowden on the title page. Southern Pacific's Modoc Line traversed one of the most isolated sections of northeastern California and western Nevada. In this vast, lonely land, temperatures could range all the way from triple digits in the summer to..... More
Self published/Helen Gilman Bowen, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. A bit of Californiana covering a period of the eighteen-nineties, emphasizing a family travelogue, that of the Richard Hall Gilmans, based on the diary of Mrs. Gilman. 187 pages. Map endpapers. Very fine in very fine and bright dust jacket. More
