Albuquerque,(New Mexico): Horn & Wallace, 1963. Two volumes. 8vo. xx, 506 pp., plates and maps; xxi, 631pp. plates and maps. Profusely illustrated. Facsimile reprint of the 1911 edition. Very good in publisher's red cloth. Howes T-443 " These volumes gave the state history; three later volumes cover the twenty-six counties." More
Paris: De l'Imprimerie de la Republique, an VIII [1800]. First edition in French (first published in English at London, 1798). 4to. 3 volumes: (4), iii-xj, (1), 491; (6), 516; (6), 562 pp. 17 plates and one chart bound in the three text volumes; with the half-titles. Accompanied by an elephant... More
Cleveland, (OH): Arthur H. Clark Co., 1929. First edition. 8vo. 316 pp. Illustrated, plates. Clark & Brunet 259 ("1229 copies"): "General survey of the explorations resulting from fur trade commerce. The emphasis is placed upon wide-ranging wanderings of the men, who are treated both individually and in concert. It was... More
Folio 3-pages, approximately 600 words; docketed on verso. Ferguson had been awarded a land grant of one-third of a league as required by law, but could not produce adequate witnesses to confirm the time of his marriage which might have brought him the other two-thirds. Folded; some breaks at folds... More
New Haven. Yale Univ. Library, 1955. One of 550 copies. First edition. 12mo.103pp. Near fine in original glassine. Slipcase and facsimile map. More
San Francisco: John Howell -- Books, 1982. Thick 4to. 745 pp. Illustrated with title page reproductions. Rust cloth, gilt title on spine. Fine. Fourth edition. The standard bibliography for travel in the American West and especially valuable for its descriptions of all the publications relating to the Lewis & Clark expedition. More
Washington, (DC): Printed at the Globe Office, 1844. First edition. 8vo. 20 pp. [printed double-column]. Passionate voice for annexation and the expansion of slavery. Disbound pamphlet. More
Tacoma, WA: Tacoma Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce, (1919). Oblong double-folio sheet folded to narrow 8vo. Recto in six panels of promotional information about the city above a panorama (4 x 30 inches) of the Tacoma skyline "showing part of wholesale and retail district from the waterfront"; verso prints... More
Washington, (DC): Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852. 8vo. 29 pp. [printed double-column]. Disbound pamphlet; trimmed close at the fore-edge, taking a letter or two in most lines. First edition. Howes W-223. Eberstadt 134, 482: "Weightman's tract, containing some 25,000 words, presents his interpretation of all Southwestern troubles of... More
[Adjutant General’s Office, 1873]. 12mo. [each case individually paginated]. A record of 62 court-martial orders for the year 1873, with a 2 pp. index, and brief synopses of the cases. Brevet Lt-Col. George Henry Weeks' copy, as Assistant Quartermaster, U.S. Army; Weeks (1834-1905), a West Point graduate, served in the... More
San Francisco: P.E. Dougherty & Co., steam printers, 1884. First edition. 12mo. 32 pp. Howes W-366. Rocq 5609. Original tan wrappers (a little discolored), stapled. Very good. More
Lawrence, Kansas: W.R. Williams, Proprietor and Manufacturer [Lawrence, Kan.: Journal Print], 1888. Revised edition (first published 1879). 8vo. 32 pp. Illustrated with one plate and 11 diagrams; illustration of the "Perfection Tailor System of Dress Cutting" on the front wrapper, advertisement for tracing wheels, tape measures, etc., on the rear... More
Philadelphia , PA: G. Hills & Co., 1842. Second edition (originally published Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1841). 8vo. 633 pp. 8 folding plates (several repaired on verso). Rebound in green cloth, leather spine label; foxed, but a very good copy. More
Waukesha, WI: Anoka Farms, 1916. Oblong 4to. (2), (45) pp. Illustrated. Original printed grey wrappers (a little faded), stapled. A very good copy. Auction catalogue with 45 full-page illustrated descriptions of the individual animals to be sold. Scarce; not on OCLC. More
(Chicago: Printed by Poole Bros. for the Chicago and North-Western Railway, c1900). Oblong 4to folded to narrow 8vo. 20 pp. Illustrated, maps on verso of front and rear wrappers. Original color illustrated grey wrappers, stapled. Very good. Promotional for the North-Western line from Chicago, through Wisconsin, to Minneapolis or Duluth... More
(San Diego, CA: Press of Frye, Garrett & Smith for the San Diego Board of Supervisors), nd (1905). Second edition. Oblong 8vo. 11 pp. 20 plates of views, most with multiple images, map. A promotional (first issued in 1904). Uncommon; OCLC: Canadian Centre for Architecture, Columbia, San Diego, Smithsonian, State... More
Chicago & NY: Rand, McNally, (c1914). 12mo. 19, (3) pp. Large folding map, in color: The Rand-McNally New Commercial Atlas Map of Wyoming. OCLC locates several editions of this map and accompaniment, starting in 1885 and including one copy of this 1914 issue (New York Public). Original printed tan wrappers... More
(San Francisco, CA): 1885. First separate edition, an offprint from "Mining and Scientific Press." 12mo. 14 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Davidson (1825-1911) who worked with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for 40 years, most of that time on the Pacific Coast, 1850-1855 and 1867-1885. Cover title: "Brief Sketch of... More
Pasadena, CA: Trail's End Publishing Co., (c1948). 8vo. 218, (1) pp. Illustrated, plates, title page facsimiles. Burgundy cloth, gilt spine title. Very good copy. First edition, 1/500 copies. Descriptive bibliography of books illustrated by Russell. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. 8vo.176pp. With frontispiece on Indian paper proof. Illus. Original blue gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. “Zogbaum was willing to get off the beaten track and undergo rigors of life on the trail... as a result secured material of more than of ordinary interest”... More
