Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. First edition. first printing. Hardcover. 610 pages with 424 entries and index. A necessary reference for the western historian, collector and bookseller. Very good plus in near very good dust jacket with fading to the spine panel. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The expressive language of those who rode the rails harks back to the very earliest times of railroading in the West. 180 pages of the railroaders' lexicon. The two upper corners are lightly bumped, else fine in fine..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1979. First edition. first printing. Hardcover. A reference for those who want to sort truth from legend, fact from fancy, about the events, heroes, and villains of the West. 182 pages referencing 233 books. Includes index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An..... More
Austin, TX: Jenkins Publishing Company / The Pemberton Press / Frontier America Corporation, 1976. Hardcover. Essential bibliographies for historians and collectors of Western Americana. Both volumes are fine, issued without dust jackets, housed withing a fine example of the slipcase. The books and slipcase are as new. More
London: Witherby & Co., 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Fishing experiences in eastern Canada. 147 pages with photographs and index. Bound in original maroon cloth with lettering and rule on spine in gilt. Endpapers toned. A very good copy. More
Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, Publishers, 1971. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Benson's achievements proved to be huge ocian-going rafts carrying up to six million board feet of logs, and a timber empire that earned him the tile of uncrowned lumber king of the Pacific Northwest. 144 pages with photographs..... More
Salt Lake City, UT;: Utah State Historical Society, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in blind and signed by Alter. 405 pages with illustrations, photographs and index. Bound in original black pebbled cloth with lettering stamped in gilt. Previous owner's signature. A near fine copy. More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. American Waterway Series III. 465 pages with illustrations, photographs, maps and index. 1498 copies published. Bound in original blue cloth with lettering stamped in gilt. Top of text block in gilt. Untrimmed. Never read as pages remain uncut. A near..... More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1932. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. American Waterway Series III. 465 pages with illustrations, photographs, maps and index. 1498 copies published. Bound in original blue cloth with lettering stamped in gilt. Top of text block in gilt. Untrimmed. Never read as pages remain uncut..... More
Yucca Valley, CA: Manzanita Press, 1973. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. One of the most engaging , interesting and fact-filled volumes ever published. 141 pages with text, photographs and rosters. Errata sticker fixed onto a preliminary page. Fine in very good plus dust jacket with very light ed pencil strike..... More
Yucca Valley, CA: Manzanita Press, 1973. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. One of 250 copies with limitation page signed by Armitage . One of the most engaging , interesting and fact-filled volumes ever published. 141 pages with text, photographs and rosters. Errata slip laid in. Fine in fine dust jacket..... More
Yucca Valley, CA: Manzanita Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. One of 250 copies with limitation page signed by Armitage . One of the most engaging , interesting and fact-filled volumes ever published. 141 pages with text, photographs and rosters. Errata slip fixed to the half-title page. Owner's small name stamp..... More
Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 1981. First edition. first printing. Hardcover. An essential reference work for historians and collectors. 421 pages with 1242 entries, index of printers and publishers, and subject index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. As new and unused. More
New Mexico Geological Society, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. The twenty-two papers presented at the conference plus road logs. 189 pages with photographs, sections, illustrations, maps, references, and company ads plus six illustrations by Peter Hurd, and plus the required two folded maps in the rear pocket. Bound in original tan..... More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books, 1982. Fourth printing. Hardcover. The Union Pacific's vital roll in the settlement of the American West. A vividly original portrayal of an era and a vast region that has long captured the imagination of Americans. 480 pages with photograpgs and maps. Fine in..... More
San Francisco, CA: California Historical Society, 1964. First trade edition. Hardcover. Limited to a total of 1875 copies. 246 pages with illustrations, extensive notes, bibliography and index, plus foldout map. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey / USGS / Government Printing Office / GPO [1909 & 1908], 1909. Soft cover. The two papers were previously bound together. Paper 61 is 96 pages with photographs, maps and index. Large folded map plate is present and laid in. Paper 62 is 203..... More
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press/Swallow Press, 1986. First edition, first printing. Oblong hardcover. Records the panorama of architectural tastes and styles preserved in almost 140 years of stations, and traces the history and architecture, owners, designers, and technological innovations of over 150 of Chicago's train stations. [Includes a photograph of..... More
San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club, 1915. Soft cover. Features articles by John Muir, William E. Colby, Marion Randall Parsons, Bertha Gorham Pope, Ellen T. Emerson, and others. Corner chip from rear cover and the usual rough edges. Very light dusting to the covers. A very good copy. More
New York: Viking/Penguin Group, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. A vast panorama, meticulously researched. 797 pages with notes, bibliography and index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. More
San Francisco: History Company, Publishers, 1888. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 828 pages. Bound in original full leather. Pages about fine. Covers poor. More
San Francisco: History Company, Publishers, 1887. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. A two volume set, 749 and 772 pages respectively, volume 2 with index. Recent rebinding of tan half leather over marbled paper covered boards with paper title labels on the spine. New endpapers. Small library stamps on the title..... More
San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 119 pages with three photographs. Bound in original black cloth with lettering in gilt. A fine copy. More
Washington, DC;: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1852. Hardcover. Senate; 32rd Congress, first session; Executive Document No. 49. Howes: USiana, B-158. 52 pages plus folded map in rear. Map beginning to split along folds. Recently bound in quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards. A handsome copy. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Weiser at the end of her foreword. Fine in fine dust jacket. An as new copy. More
