Structure, Verses, Agency Books

A Doctor Comes to California: The Diary of John S. Griffin, Assistant Surgeon with Kearny's Dragoons, 1846-1847

Griffin, John S. & Ames, George Walcott (Intro. ) · 1943

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

San Francisco, California Historical Society, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, bound in red cloth over boards and with rubbed blue lettering to spine and sharper blue lette...

Morgan the Magnificent: The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913)

Winkler, John K. · 1930

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, The Vanguard Press, 1930. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated Fourth Printing of this exceedingly popular social history of the Gilded Age in the form of a biography of J. Pierpont Morgan. Brick-red cloth over boards, with rubbed gilt letterin...

Topsail & Battleaxe: A Voyage in the Wake of the Vikings

Cunliffe, Tom · 1988

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, England, David & Charles, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine social history in the form of a return to an epic Vikings route of many centuries prior. Many score fine full-color photographs and illustrations, printed on high-gloss paper, man...

H.M. Chittenden, a Western Epic: Being a Selection from His Unpublished Journals, Diaries and Reports

Chittenden, H.M.; edited and with Introduction by Bruce Le Roy · 1961

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Tacoma, Washington, Washington State Historical Society, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities, text-block just a bit wavy. Bound h...

California Conquered: War and Peace on the Pacific, 1846-1850

Harlow, Neal · 1982

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine social history of travel to and exploration of the Western Pacific Ocean along the West Coast. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally...

The Romantic Southland of California

Breeden, Marshall · 1928

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

Los Angeles, Kenmore Publishing, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in original publisher's blue cloth over boards, with rubbed gilt lettering to spine but sharp and dis...

Fort Hall: Gateway to the Oregon Country

Robertson, Frank C. · 1963

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

New York, Hastings House, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean but for previous owner's ink-stamp inside front flap, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Brick-red clo...

The Pacific Coast Scenic Tour

Henry T. Finck · 1891

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. An apparent Second Printing, though not so stated, the ...

From Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains: Major Stephen Long's Expedition, 1819-1820

Benson, Maxine · 1988

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Chicago, Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, though price-clipped. Edite...

Gold Rush Diary: Being the Journal of Elisha Douglass Perkins on the Overland Trail in the Spring and Summer of 1849

Clark, Thomas D., ed. · 1967

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Lexington, Kentucky, University of Kentucky Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. SIGNED by the author and inscribed warmly by him, "To Tom Andrews, with warm good wishes, Tom Clark, November 13th, 1974." Tom Andrews' fine bookplate inside front fla...

The Central Pacific & the Southern Pacific Railroads

Beebe, Lucius, and with many contributors · 1963

$20.80 (€18.87 | £15.74 | ¥3,322)

San Francisco, California, Howell-North Books, 1963. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Remains a definitive reference tool for historians and students of the Southwest, of the American West and of trains and railroads everywhere. A big, tall, heavy, quarto...

Two Captains West: An Historical Tour of the Lewis and Clark Trail

Salisbury, Albert and Jane Salisbury · 1959

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Seattle, Washington, Superior Books, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. One of Special Limited Edition of only 350 copies. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, mild wear to extremities, slight forward cock to spine, bright interior, unmarked but ...

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Major C. Bolin, Alias David Butler, As Related by Himself to A.A. Sargent

Sargent, A.A., as told to by Major C. Bolin a.k.a. David Butler · 1966

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Palo Alto, California, Lewis Osborne, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, bound in very light green sailcloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, generally clean, lightly toned a...

Across the Plains and Among the Diggings

Delano, Alonzo · 1936

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

New York, Wilson-Erickson, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Big, tall, heavy item, bound in burgundy moire cloth over board...

A Lot of Items Related to J. Frank Dobie, Being Two Copies of "J. Frank Dobie," by Francis Edward Abernethy"; Caryl Devoie, "in Borderland"; and "a Catalog of Dime Novels and Books Relating to the Southwest," by Clyde I. Price, Bookseller

Price, Clyde I.; Caryl Devoe; Francis Edward Abernethy · 1946

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,666)

, , . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A nice little lot of Southwest Americana and with extreme provenance. Three items sent by Clyde I. Price, Bookseller, Clarendon, Texas, in a now tattered and split envelope, to Dudley R. Dobie, San Marcos, Texas, First C...

Plants of Yellowstone National Park with Illustrations and Keys for Identification

McDougall, W.B. and Herma A. Baggley · 1936

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Light soiling to light blue softpaper covers, sunning to edges, else clean and tightly bo...

Royal Navy and the Northwest Coast of North America, 1810-1914: A Study of British Maritime Ascendancy

Gough, Barry M. · 1974

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, University of British Columbia Press, 1974. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, litt...

A Lot of Two (2) Addresses from the Society of California Pioneers: Inaugural Ceremonies at the Opening of the New "Pioneer Hall, Eighth of January, 1863; Ceremonies at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the New Pioneer Hall, July 7th, 1863

Society of California Pioneers · 1862

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.52 | ¥12,138)

San Francisco, Society Of California Pioneers / Charles A. Calhoun, , 1862, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Lot of two (2) items scarce in the trade, both being relevant to the New Pioneer Hall that commemorated the joining of the State of California to the Uni...

Skookum: An Oregon Pioneer Family's History and Lore

Applegate, Shannon · 1988

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

New York, Beech Tree Books, an imprint of William Morro, 1988. Third Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED boldly by the author at half-title, one Oregonian to a another denizen of Oregon, too, Barbara Pittock of Pittock Mansion of downtown Portland, Oregon fame...

Clatsop County, Oregon: Its History, Legends and Industries

Miller, Emma Gene · 1958

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Portland, Oregon , Binfords & Mort, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, ...