Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Gift of the Rio

Dawson, Cleo, ed. · 1975

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Mission, Texas, Border Kingdom Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Nice gift inscription at title page, "Thanks for all you do - for me - Tony - ad NWPP. Elfie" and then in the same hand, scribbled note at Table of Contents: "I wrote about these lad...

The Swallowing Wilderness - the Life of a Frontiersman: James Ohio Pattie

Coblentz, Stanton · 1961

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Thomas Yoseloff, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. James "Ohio" Pattie tells of his explorations of the American Southwest from 1824 to 1830 and that are based on his own journal of charted routes and experiences from Kentucky to California and...

Good-Bye to Boot and Saddle or the Tragic Passing of British Cavalry

French, E.G. · 1951

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, Hutchinson & Col, LTD, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations (by the Earl of Ypres) (a map, a drawing and 31 figures), plus a folded map of "The Balaklava Charges" and 16 pages with 24 black-and-white illustrat...

Travelers on the Western Frontier

McDermott, John Francis, ed. · 1970

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Champaigne, Urbana, Illinois, University of Illinois Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Contributions to this fine collection of essays about the Trans-Mississippi West by John Francis McDermott, the editor, and also by Archibald Hanna, Jr. Dwight...

The Islands and Ports of California: A Guide to Coastal California

Gleason, Duncan · 1958

$15.20 (€13.79 | £11.51 | ¥2,427)

New York, The Devin-Adair Company, 1958. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. The author, a native son of '49ers, tells the story of each island and every important harbor town from San Diego to Humboldt Bay in California. His grandfather came around the Horn on the ship Cal...

The Frontier Challenge: Response to the Trans-Mississippi West

Clark, John G., ed. · 1971

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Lawrence, Kansas, The University Press of Kansas, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Salmon-colored cloth, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shin...

The Islands and Ports of California: A Guide to Coastal California

Gleason, Duncan · 1958

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, The Devin-Adair Company, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. The author, a native son of '49ers, tells the story of each island and every important harbor town from San Diego to Humboldt Bay in California. His grandfather came around the Horn on...

Converting the West: A Biography of Narcissa Whitman

Jeffrey, Julie Roy · 1991

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Norman, Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and photographs...

Converting the West: A Biography of Narcissa Whitman

Jeffrey, Julie Roy · 1991

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Norman, Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and photographs...

Chinatown's Angry Angel: The Story of Donaldina Cameron

Martin, Mildred Crowl · 1977

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Palo Alto, California, Pacific Book Publishers, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine black-and-white photographic plate of the subject of this fine biography of a Chinatown denizen graces the frontis, that of Donaldina Mackenzie Cameron (1869-1968). ...

Blazing Forest Trails

Simpson, Charles D.; E. R. Jackman · 1967

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. First Edition, First Printing, a big, tall, Imperial octavo hardcover copy, bound handsomely in green cloth with dark green titles to spine. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, ...

Let Us Build Us a City: Eleven Lost Towns

Harington, Donald · 1986

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

San Diego, A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Lots and lots of fine and distinct black-and-white photographs and illustrations of Arkansas ghost towns such as Sulphur City, Cherokee City...

Blazing Forest Trails

Simpson, Charles D.; E. R. Jackman · 1967

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First Edition, First Printing, a big, tall, Imperial octavo hardcover copy, bound handsomely in green cloth with dark green titles to spine. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, l...

Three Years in California

Colton, Walter · 1860

$72.00 (€65.33 | £54.50 | ¥11,497)

New York, A.S. Barnes & Burr, 1860. Later printing. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, rebound in blue buckram cloth with gilt titles and ruling to spine, new endpapers, virtually no rubbing to extremities, somewhat grubby-looking title...