Sherman, Lt. W.T. The California Gold Fields in 1848. Two Letters from Lt. W.T. Sherman, U.S.A. Photo available. np. Frederick W. Beinecke. Christmas, 1964. Folio. Soft cover. First edition. Letters in facsimile, with accompanying text. Important reference work. Limited edition of 450 copies, number 15. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in envelope.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 207598 |
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Shiels, Bob. Calgary. A Not Too Solemn Look at Calgary's First 100 Years. Photo available. Calgary. The Calgary Herald. 1974. 208 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 208382 |
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Shine, Steven Martin. Early Years to Golden Years in Rio Vista. Photo available. Vallejo. Victoria Books. 1978. 144 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $65 |
Book ID: 206710 |
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Shinn, Charles Howard. Historical Sketches of Southern Alameda County. Photo available. Oakland. Alameda County Historic Society. 1991. 158 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 210003 |
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Shinn, Charles. Mining Camps. A Study in American Frontier Government. Photo available. New York. Alfred A Knopf. 1948. 291 pps. + index. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 221578 |
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Shinn, Charles. The Story of the Mine. As Illustrated by the Great Comstock Lode of Nevada. Photo available. London. Gay and Bird. 1897. 272 pps. + ads. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First English edition Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $200 |
Book ID: 221383 |
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Shipley, Dr. William C. Tales of Sonoma County. County History. Photo available. Santa Rosa. The Sonoma County Historical Society. 1965. 159 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 187709 |
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Shipley, Dr. William C. Tales of Sonoma County. Reflections of a Golden Age. Photo available. Santa Rosa. The Sonoma County Historical Society. 2000. 160 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Illustrated. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 207837 |
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Shirley, Dame (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe & Thomas Russell. The Shirley Letters from California Mines. Signed by publisher, limited edition. Being a Series of Twenty-Three Letters from Dame Shirley to her Sister in Massachusetts. Photo available. San Francisco. Thomas C. Russell. 1922. 350 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated with hand-colored plates. Important reference work. Limited edition of 450 copies, number 306. Signed "Thomas Russell". Very rare in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $750 |
Book ID: 206147 |
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Shirley, Gayle. More than Petticoats. Remarkable Colorado Women. Photo available. Guilford. Twodot. 2002. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 162145 |
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Shirley, Glenn. Buckskin Joe. Being the Unique and Vivid Memoirs of Edward Jonathan Hoyt. Hunter-Trapper, Scout, Soldier, Showman, Frontiersman, and Friend of the Indians. 1840-1918. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1988. 194 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 190865 |
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Shirley, Glenn. Law West of Fort Smith. A History of Frontier Justice in the Indian Terriotry, 1834-1896. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1968. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 211754 |
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Shirley, Glenn. Pawnee Bill. A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie. White Chief of the Pawnees. Wild West Showman, Last of the Land Boomers. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1965. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Very good copy. Ex-libris (no external markings, just a pocket and stamp in end paper).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 131620 |
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Shoemaker, Floyd C. The State Historical Society of Missouri. A Semicentennial History. Photo available. Columbia. Self published. 1948. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Fine copy in near fine (light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 137905 |
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Short, Wayne. The Cheechakows... Inscribed by the author. Adventures of an American Family who Moved to Alaska... Photo available. New York. Random House. 1966. 245 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Second edition. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author "To: The Bob Livezeys, the best wishes from the author - Wayne Short Sept 6, 1968 Baranof, Alaska". Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 191597 |
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Shriner, Herk. Thunder Up The Creek. Signed by the author. To-Mo-Kus Waket-Awl-Wa-Mem. The Story of the Bridge Gulch Massacred. Ruin River Series, Volume I. Photo available. Weaverville. Ruin River Publisher. 1996. 248 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy.
Price: $125 |
Book ID: 215946 |
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Shriver, Anne. The Jack Rabbit Missionary. Photo available. Sparks. Self published. 1968. 84 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 221575 |
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Shuck, Oscar T. Historical Abstract of San Francisco. Volume I. (subsequent volumes were never published). Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. 1897. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in custom clam shell box.
Price: $200 |
Book ID: 206420 |
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Shuck, Oscar T. (ed). Representative and Leading Men of The Pacific: Being Original Sketches of the Lives and Characters of the Principal Men, Living and Deceased, of the Pacific States and Territories... Photo available. San Francisco. Bacon and Company. 1870. 702 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $200 |
Book ID: 209500 |
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Shulman, Todd L. Murder and Mayhem in the Napa Valley. Photo available. Charleston. History Press. 2012. 144 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 194314 |
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Shuman, John A. III. Warman's Native American Collectibles. A Price Guide & Historical Reference. Photo available. Iola. Krause Pub. 1998. 176 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 198134 |
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Shumate, Albert & Kevin Starr. The Notorious I.C. Woods of the Adams Express. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. Glendale. The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1986. 144 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "For Brad Casoly With best wishes for a fine Westerner Al Shumate". Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 193387 |
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Shumate, Albert (ed). Vignettes in California Medicine. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1977. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. Fine set in fine slip case.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 209259 |
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Shumate, Albert M.D. & Francis P. Farquhar. The Life of George Henry Goddard. Artist Architect Surveyor, and Map Maker. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. The Friends of the Bancroft Library. 1969. 11 pps. Folio. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Large (Approx. 32" x 26") Goddard Map in rear pocket. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in original mailer.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 207597 |
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Shumate, Albert. Rincon Hill and South Park. Signed by the author. San Francisco's Early Fashionable Neighborhood. Photo available. Sausalito. Windgate Press. 1998. 124 pps. 4to. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Very scarce in this condition. Special edition for Friends of Plant Builders, Inc. Signed by the Author. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). Asn new.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 220132 |
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