Storia regionale e locale

FRONTIER JOURNALISM In SAN FRANCISCO. Monograph II from History of Journalism in San Francisco. W. P. A. Project 10008

Daggett, Emerson - Project Supervisor · 1939 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$104.50 (€94.81 | £79.09 | ¥16,689)

San Francisco: , 1939. 1st edition. Original green quarter bound buckram over light green cloth boards. Black leather title label to spine (2 extra laid-in at rear). [6], ii, [1], 171, [1] ll. Text recto only. 1 plate of the Evening Bulletin. Drawings begin each chapter. 4to. ...

GENTLEMEN And RASCALS: The U.S. Army on the Frontier 1784 - 1845

Hinds, James R. · 1998 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.06 | ¥21,960)

Las Vegas, Nevada: , 1998. 2nd revised edition. Blue buckram binding. Gilt spine lettering. [1], viii, [1], 320, 14 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Fine. Per the author's preface, "this work is not on social history but on the U.S. Army as a military system." Work contains a very useful...

NOTES On The PRINCIPLES And PERFORMANCES Of The BALANCED COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES. The Baldwin Locomotive Works. No. 53. Code Word - Recoquetis. 1905

[Railroad] · 1905 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

Philadelphia: Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1905. 1st edition thus. Pale green decorative wrappers, stapled. 42, [2] pp. 29 images, with 7 locomotive images (with specs) of engines built for divers railroad companies such as Erie Railroad Co; Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company; ...

PIONEERS: Six Generations

[California]. Brawner, Alexander Harrison · 1977 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

San Francisco, California: , 1977. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by Sherry Brawner. Red cloth binding with gilt stamping. Volume designed & printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. [10], 119, [1] pp. Coat of Arms as Frontis. Title page woodcut vignette. Fold-out chart at rear. Large 8vo. ...

RECOLLECTIONS Of CHARLEY RUSSELL.; Edited, with an Introduction, by H. G. Merriam

[Russell, Charles. 1864 - 1926]. Linderman, Frank Bird · 1963 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963. 1st edition. Blue-green cloth binding. Dust jacket. xxxii, [4], 148 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. NF/VG (pc).

The CENTENNIAL YEAR BOOK Of ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Containing a Summary of the Discovery and Settlement of California; A Description of the Contra Costa under Spanish, Mexican and American Rule; An Account of the Organization and Settlement of Alameda County, with a Yearly Synopsis of Important Events, Down to the Centennial Year of American Independence, Together with the Important Events of the Year 1876. Also, A Gazetteer of Each Township, Useful Local and General Statistical Information, Appropriate for the Present Time. To Which are Added Biographical Sketches of Prominent Pioneers and Public Men

Halley, William · 1876 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$440.00 (€399.20 | £332.99 | ¥70,271)

Oakland, Cal: Pubished by William Halley, 1876. 1st edition (Bradford 2068; Cowan II, p. 260; Filby, p. 21; Norris 13; Rocq 3). Original cloth binding with gilt lettering/decorations (professionally rebacked). Eps renewed. xv, [1], 586 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Rebacked. A VG+ cop...

WILD SPORTS In The FAR WEST. Translated from the German

Gerstaecker [also Gerstacker], Frederick [1816 - 1872]. Weir, Harrison - Translator · 1854 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$874.50 (€793.41 | £661.82 | ¥139,663)

London: Geo. Routledge & Co, 1854. 1st Edition in English (Howes G-142; Sabin 27191). Brown half calf with yellow marbled paper boards. Speckled edges. xi, [1], 396 pp. Frontis + 7 tinted inserted plates. 8vo. 7-1/8" x 4-3/8". Overall VG+ (some minor rubs to extremities/usual ...

PHOENIXIANA or Sketches and Burlesques & Sketches of John Phoenix, alias John P. Squibob, who was, in fact, Lieutenant George H. Derby, U.S.A.

Phoenix, John [pseudonym of George Horatio Derby. 1823 - 1861]. Farquhar, Francis P. - Editor · 1937 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1937. 1st Edition Thus (BAL Vol II, p. 445; Heller & Magee 277). 550 cc. Tan burlap-weave cloth spine with blue marbled paper boards & printed blue paper spine label. 240 pp. Illustrated with plates and monotone chapter decorations. Royal 8vo...

PICTURE GALLERY PIONEERS: First Photographers of the West 1850 - 1875

Andrews, Ralph W. · 1964 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

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New York: Bonanza Books, 1964. 1st edition thus. Gold cloth binding. Yellow dust jacket. 192 pp [including index]. Profusely illustrated in b/w. 4to. 27.5cm x 21.5cm. VG+ (lean)VG+ (price ticket at front flap & spine panel, not affecting text/ small closed tear at hinge).

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER. Fourth Series: No. 1 - Vol VIII

[American History] · 1833 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

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Baltimore: , 1833. Disbound. Pp 1 - 16. 8vo. VG (some foxing & edgewear). National & world news of the period, including Webster's remarks opposing a tariff bill under consideration in Congress.

The DAWES LAND In SEVERALTY BILL And INDIAN EMAMCIPATION

Painter, Prof. C.C.; [Indian Rights Associaiton] · 1887 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

Philadelphia: Indian Rights Association, 1887. 1st edition. Disbound (lacks wrappers). 7 pp. 8vo. VG (spine chipped/a bit soiled).

BAD LAND

Raban, Jonathan · 1996 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

NY: Random House, 1996. Wrappers. 364 pp, sm 8vo. Fine.

ELIAS BOUDINOT. Cherokee & His America

Gabriel, Ralph Henry · 1941 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,027)

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1941. 1st edition. Beige cloth binding in dust jacket. xv, 190 pp. With illustrations. 8vo. VG+ (slight splay to boards)/VG (spine & edges slightly sunned/light edgewear/pc).

INDIAN AGENTS of the Old Frontier

Seymour, Flora Warren · 1941 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$66.00 (€59.88 | £49.95 | ¥10,541)

NY: D. Appleton-Century Co, 1941. 1st edition. Linen cloth binding lettered in maroon. Maroon dust jacket. 402 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. VG+/VG+ .

A UNITED STATES PRISON.; From "Lend a Hand" (Boston)

Davis, Anna L. · 1886 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

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Philadelphia: Indian Rights Association, 1886. 1st separate. Disbound. 4 pp. 8vo. VG+ (staples [later vintage] added along spine fold). Ms Davis describes, in unflattering terms, the US Government prison at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

PAPERS Of The SAN FRANCISCO COMMITTE Of VIGILANCE Of 1851. Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History Volume 2, Number 2

Garnett, Porter - Editor · 1911 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

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Berkeley CA: University of California, 1911. Original printed brown wrappers, stapled. 19 pp. 8vo. Fine.

A DIARY In AMERICA, With Remarks on Its Institutions

Marryat, Capt [Frederick 1792 - 1848] · 1839 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$148.50 (€134.73 | £112.38 | ¥23,716)

Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1839. 1st edition thus (Sabin 44696). Contemporary black half-leather with marbled boards. Spine with elaborate gilt decoration; maroon morocco spine label. 345 pp. 8vo. 5 1/2" x 8 3/8". VG (some wear to binding/joints tender/contemporary pos ...

MEMORIAL ADDRESS. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

[Roosevelt, Franklin Delano]. Winant, Hon. John Gilbert · 1948 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$19.25 (€17.46 | £14.57 | ¥3,074)

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1948. 1st edition. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Manila mailing envelope. 84 pp. Frontis of FDR. 8vo. Book - As New. Mailing envelope - overall VG. Address delivered before the joint houses of Congress as a tribute to the recently ...

SALOONS Of The OLD WEST

Erdoes, Richard · 1979 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

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NY: Knopf, 1979. 1st edition. Linen cloth spine with mauve paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. 277 pp (including index). Illustrated. Sq 8vo. NF/VG+ (crease to flap).

VIRGINIA & TRUCKEE. A Story of Virginia City and Comstock Times

Beebe, Lucius and Clegg, Charles · 1949 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$24.75 (€22.45 | £18.73 | ¥3,953)

Oakland: Grahame H. Hardy, 1949. 4th edition. SIGNED by both authors on the ffep. Green cloth binding. Pictorial eps. Dust jacket. 72 pp. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. Decorations by E. S. Hammack. Maps & lettering by Frederic Shaw. 8vo. VG+/VG (modest wear).