Waldorf, John Taylor. Between Two Empires. The Life of California's First Senator. William McKendree Gwin. Photo available. Boston. Houghton Mifflin & Company. 1969. 399 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
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Book ID: 163293 |
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Waldorf, John Taylor. Days of Gold. The California Gold Rush and the American Nation. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1997. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 191895 |
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Waldorf, John Taylor. Kinsey. Photographer. A Half Century of Negatives by Darius and Tabitha May Kinsey. Volume 3. The Locomotive Portraits. Photo available. New York. Black Dog & Leventhal. 1984. 143 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 182378 |
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Waldorf, John Taylor. Why Did They Name It...? (brand Names). Photo available. New York. Bell. 1964. Octavo. Hard cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 173324 |
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Waldorf, John. A Kid on the Comstock. Reminiscences of a Virginia City Childhood. Photo available. Palo Alto. American West Pub. Co. 1970. 198 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 139334 |
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Walters, Robert. Cruising the California Delta. Photo available. Reno. Miller Freeman Pub. 1972. 192 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 137574 |
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Wang, Jian. Jian Wang. The Painter. Photo available. Sacramento. Solomon Dubnick. 2001. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 191960 |
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Ward, Geoffrey, Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns. Mark Twain. An Illustrated Biography. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 2001. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 160741 |
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Ward, Geoffrey, Ken Burns. Mark Twain. An Illustrated Biography. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 2001. Octavo. Hard cover. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 179557 |
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Wattles, Wm. C. Land Survey Descriptions. Los Angeles. Title Insurance and Trust Company. 1968. 136 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition, eighth printing. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light crease on front cover).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 239341 |
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Weisenburger, Francis Phelps. Idol of the West. The Fabulous Career of Rollin Mallroy Dagget. Photo available. Syracuse. Syracuse University Press. 1965. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 163399 |
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Welch, Pat. Humans. Photo available. New York. Simon & Schuster. 1984. 128 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in color and black & white. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 117926 |
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Wells, H.G. The King Who Was a King. 1929. First U.S. edition. An Unconventional Novel. Garden City. Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1929. 272 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. Paper label on spine. Stated First American edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 239278 |
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Wells, Helen. Origins of NASA Names. NASA SP-4402. http://www.bookmine.com/images/239008.jpg Washington. NASA. 1976. 229 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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Book ID: 239008 |
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Wensrich, Bill. The Trail to Sailor's Diggin's From Paragon Bay. Clampers. E Vitus Clampus. http://www.bookmine.com/images/238993.jpg Crescent City. T.R.A.S.H. Guidebook. 2017. 174 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy.
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 238993 |
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Werner, Alfred. Michael Schrick Sculpture. Inscribed by the author. http://www.bookmine.com/images/239013.jpg Coral Gables. University of Miami Press. 1975. 120 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "To Mr & Mr Paul Serwitz (a souvenir of our QE2 Trip 1979) With best wishes Michael Schrick Aug. 79". Fine copy. Small "Michael Schreck" book plate on end paper (his personal copy?).
Price: $125 |
Book ID: 239013 |
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Westfall, Ermagne. An Illustrated Value Guide to Cookie Jars. Photo available. Paducah. Collector Books. 1983. 160 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
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Book ID: 123384 |
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Westing, Fred. The Locomotives that Baldwin Built. Photo available. New York. Bonanza. 1966. 191 pps. 4to. Hard cover. Reprint. More than 300 photographs. Contains a complete facsimile of the original history of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1923. Fine (owner inscription on end paper) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 169962 |
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Weston, Cole. Art in Residence. West Coast Artists in Their Space. Photo available. Sacramento. Solomon Dubnick. 2000. 144 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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Book ID: 197631 |
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Wexler, Bruce. The Authentic South of Gone With the Wind. The Illustrated Guide to the Grandeur of a Lost Era. Philadelphia. Courage Books. 2007. 192 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 239269 |
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Whatley, Booker. Booker T. Whatley's Handbook on How to Make $100,000 Farming 25 Acres. With Special Plans for Prospering on 10 to 200 Acres. Emmaus. The New Farm. Regenerative Agriculture Assn. 1987. 180 pps Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $250 |
Book ID: 239240 |
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Wheeler, Sessions S. Nevada's Black Rock Desert. Photo available. Caldwell. Caxton Printers. 1985. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Large folding map. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 191874 |
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Wheeler, William F. Efe Pygmies. Archers of the African Rain Forest. Photo available. New York. Rizzoli. 2000. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 185031 |
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White, Barbara Ehrlich. Renoir. His Life, Art, and Letters. Photo available. New York. Abradale. Harry N. Abrams. 1984. Folio. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Folding plates.king dwarfs Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 176835 |
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White, Dan. Kentucky Bred. A Celebration of Thoroughbred Breeding. Horses. Photo available. Dallas. Taylor. 1986. 4to. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 158200 |
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