New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 293pp. Octavo [21 cm] Yellow cloth with brown printed graphic and title to the front cover; title printed on the spine. Black and white photographic illustrations. The rear board is just a trifle warped. Internally very good. In a price-clipped..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1932. Hardcover. 47pp. Small slim quarto [25.5 cm] 1/4 pale green cloth with marbled paper over boards, and a green paper title labels stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Color frontispiece illustration of Yerba Buena, from a lithograph by John J. Vioget. Top..... More
New York: Printed by J.J. Little & Co., 1900. First edition. 270pp. Octavo. red cloth with silver stamped decorations and titles. Illustrated with photographs taken by the author. Very good. Minor rubbing and discoloring to boards, pastedowns and endsheets. More
Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Company, 1966. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 47pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Brown cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and the boundaries of Wyoming and Colorado stamped in gilt on the front cover. In the publisher's plain dust wrapper. Errata slip..... More
San Diego, CA: The San Diego Corral of the Westerners, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 196pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Gray cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and a gilt stamped vignette on the front cover. Near fine. The covers are ever so slightly soiled. Subjects include..... More
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1947-1951. First edition. Hardcover. 527; 618pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Cloth covered boards. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly bumped and rubbed. The bottom edge of the text block of volume 2 is subtly soiled. The dust jackets are in very good..... More
Washington DC: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. First edition. Three-quarter leather. 416pp. Octavo [23 cm]. Modern rebind in three-quarter brown calf over decorative boards, gilt-stamped spine titles, raised spine bands. Leather at rear lower corner pulling up just a bit at edge, else leather and boards unworn; foxing throughout lightly..... More
Washington, D.C. Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers, 1848. Second Senate Issue. Hardcover. 416pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] in contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, all edges speckled red. Marbled endpapers. Rubbing and light wear to binding; hinges cracked (but holding), endpapers bright, front free endpaper coming disbound, small chip to..... More
Berkeley, Calif. University of California, 1913. Original Academy of Pacific Coast History publication. Paperback. 101pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Tan colored, printed wrappers. Some minor wear and edge tears to the outer wrappers. Bumping to the foot of the spine; uncut pages. Internally fine. Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast..... More
Moscow, ID: University Press of Idaho, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Sky blue cloth spine and boards. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine and at the tip of the upper rear corner. Fair amount of bumping at the tip of the upper front corner. Very light..... More
1988. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 137pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/2 light blue cloth with tan cloth covered boards, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a gilt stamped design on the front cover. Very good plus. The edges of the covers are very gently bumped and rubbed. The top..... More
El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 137pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/2 light blue cloth with tan cloth covered boards, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a gilt stamped design on the front cover. Good only. The spine ends and edges of the covers are..... More
Flagstaff, AZ: Five Quail Books and Fretwater Press, 2003. Reprint. Paperback. Small octavo in red wraps, 97 pp. One of 400 trade paperback copies. Farquhar's famous bibliography of 125 seminal works on the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon from the 16th through the 20th centuries. Published one year prior..... More
Flagstaff, AZ: Fretwater Press, 2003. Reprint. Hardcover. Red cloth with paper label title pasted down. 97pp. with index. based on the original book design by Ward Ritchie. One of 150 clothbound copies. Farquhar's famous bibliography of 125 seminal works on the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon from the 16th..... More
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. i-xi, 75 [1] pp. Red cloth with paper spine label. Minor wear. Light soiling and a few pencil marks internally, page xi, has a minor edge tear that has been professionally reinforced. Internally near fine. More
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 75pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red cloth with a paper title label across the spine and boards. Very good condition. There is a 1/4 inch tear in the cloth at the head of the spine. The paper title label on the front cover..... More
Chicago: Fergus Printing Company, 1896. Fergus' Historical Series edition (Author's presentation copy). Paperback. 124pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] The front and rear wrap are both absent, and there are very sporadic brief markings on the pages. This copy is compliments of the author, with his inscription, dated Aug. 22, 1896, (not..... More
Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company Publishers, 2003. Third edition. Hardcover. 224pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Dark red leatherette with silver stamped titles. Fine condition. The dust jacket is in near fine condition. Lightly rubbed. Dave Fishnell has been writing newspaper columns and books about Grand Junction and western Colorado history..... More
Compliments of Great Northern Railway. Paperback. 47pp. Thin octavo [23 cm] Tan, brown and gray printed wraps. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently creased. There are several extremely tiny stains on the rear wrap. The pages have occasional light creases. Many illustrations. Subjects include Rival Companies, Gypsies..... More
Los Angeles: Frontier Publishing Company, 1931. Guy M. Welch. First edition. Hardcover. 74pp. Sextodecimo [17.5 cm] Brown cloth over flexible card boards, with an illustration of a cowboy on his horse against a silver moon, on the front cover. Yellow patterned endpapers. Good only. The edges of the spine and..... More
Logan: Utah State University, 2011. Hardcover. 350pp. Octavo [24 cm] Charcoal gray paper covered boards with a decorative gilt stamped title on the spine. With a dust jacket. From the jacket- "Perceiving pyramids and promised lands in the desert, Bedouins on the plains, or Mount Fujis above the forest, Americans..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. 451pp. Octavo [24 cm] Original, blue cloth with gilt title to the front cover and spine. Black and white illustrations. Some wear to the edges, and spine ends. Corners exposed. The front hinge is broken, however the text block is..... More
Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1845. Senate Issue. Hardcover. 691pp. Octavo [23 cm] Rebound in sturdy tan cloth. New endsheets and flyleaves. Good plus. The plates and pages are foxed, and there are sporadic tidemarks of varying sizes on the pages as well. 22 single-sided plates (views, botanical, fossils) and 3..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Matthew Carey, 1812. Fourth edition. Leather bound. 262pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] in contemporary brown leather (with restoration) and new leather backstrip with contemporary gilt-stamped red morocco spine label. Only bottom third of fold-out map is present, the remainder having separated along a fold line. Front hinge repaired; a...... More
Chicago: Keen and Lee, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. 451; 5pp. Octavo [20 cm] Brown cloth covered boards with elaborate gilt and blind stamped designs on the spine and front cover. Good. The covers are gently bumped and rubbed. The spine is rolled, and the title and vignette on the spine..... More