Sprague, Marshall. A Gallery of Dudes. Signed by the author. Photo available. Boston. Little, Brown Co. 1967. 296 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Signed by the author. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light sunning) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 170683 |
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Sprague, Marshall. Newport in the Rockies. The Life and Good Times in Colorado Springs. Photo available. Chicago. Sage Books. 1961. 370 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated 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: 221170 |
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Spurling, Fannie Smith (ed). Postmarked. Vermont and California. 1862-1864. Photo available. Rutland. The Tuttle Publishing Co. 1940. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in very good (edge chipped) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 207040 |
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Squires, Mark E. The Dutchman., A Novel Based on the True Story of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine. Photo available. Apache Junction. Desert Candle Pub. 1994. 167 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 219674 |
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Staffelbach, E.H. For Texas and Freedom. Long Rifle Series. Photo available. San Francisco. Harr Wagner Pub. 1953. 272 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated by Hugh Wiley. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 110819 |
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Stafford, A. Allan. The Romance of Carson City. Letter from author laid in. Photo available. Carson City. Mark Twain Book-Shop. 1934. 231 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Letter from author laid in "To my Friend Graham Hardy with best wishes of the author. A. Allan Stafford. Carson City, Nevada 4/20/37". Fine copy.
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 221673 |
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Stafford, Harry Errald. The Early Inhabitants of the Americas. Photo available. New York. Vantage Press, Inc. 1959. 492 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (spine faded) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 100129 |
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Stallard, Patricia Y. Glittering Misery. Dependents of the Indian-Fighting Army. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1992. 159 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 191891 |
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Stanger, Frank M. Peninsula Community Book (San Mateo County, California). Photo available. San Mateo. A.H. Cawston. 1946. 406 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. Embossed boards. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Rare. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $200 |
Book ID: 206425 |
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Stanger, Frank M. South From San Francisco; San Mateo County, California Its History and Heritage. Signed by the author. Photo available. San Mateo. San Mateo County Historical Association. 1963. 214 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 208706 |
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Stanger, Frank M. & Alan Brown. Who Discovered the Golden Gate? The Explorers' Own Accounts How They Discovered a Hidden Harbor and at Last Found Its Entrance. Photo available. San Mateo. San Mateo County Historical Association. 1969. 173 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Limited edition of 1,500. Important reference work. Illustrated. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine glassine wrapper.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 198485 |
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Stanger, Frank M. and Alan K. Brown. Who Discovered the Golden Gate? The Explorers' Own Accounts. How They Discovered a Hidden Harbor and at Last Found It's Entrance. Photo available. San Mateo. San Mateo County Historical Association. 1969. 173 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Number 109 of 1500 copies. Excellent overview of the events leading up to the discovery of the Golden Gate. Reproductions of the explorer's maps and their accounts. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 206643 |
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Stanley, Don (ed) The Sting of the Bee. 125 Years of Editorial Cartoons from The Sacramento Bee 1857-1982. Photo available. Sacramento. Sacramento Bee. 1982. 285 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 205193 |
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Stanley, Don (ed) The Sting of the Bee. 125 Years of Editorial Cartoons from The Sacramento Bee 1857-1982. Photo available. Sacramento. Sacramento Bee. 1982. 285 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 212379 |
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Stansbury, Howard. Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Including a Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains. Photo available. Washington. Robert Armstrong, Public Printer. 1853. 495 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (slightly shaken, loose signatures).
Price: $500 |
Book ID: 226111 |
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Stanton, Bette L. "Where God Put the West". Movie Making in the Desert. A Moab - Monument Valley Movie History. Photo available. Moab. Monument Valley Film Commision. 1994. 185 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 201264 |
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Stanton, Bette L. "Where God Put the West". Movie Making in the Desert. A Moab - Monument Valley Movie History. Photo available. Moab. Monument Valley Film Commision. 1994. 184 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 228651 |
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Stanton, Edgar W. III. The Trek of James MacDonald. New Concord, Ohio to California, 1850. Oregon - California Trail. Photo available. Live Oak. Self published. 1989. 147 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 194725 |
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Stapp, Cheryl Anne. Disaster & Triumph: Sacramento Women, Gold Rush Through the Civil War. Signed by the author. Photo available. Sacramento. Self published. 2012. 257 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy.
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 222267 |
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Stapp, Cheryl Anne. The Stagecoach in Northern California. Inscribed by the author. Rough Rides, Gold Camps & Daring Drivers. Photo available. Charleston. History Press. 2014. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "To Al. Enjoy the Ride! Cheryl Anne Stapp". Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 199918 |
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Stark, Sam (ed). Early California Theaters. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1974. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. Fine set in fine slip case.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 209400 |
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Starkey, Marilyn & Juanita Kennedy Browne. Sketches of Yesterday and Today in Nevada County. Photo available. Nevada City. Nevada County Historical Society. 1988. 92 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: 188849 |
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Starn, Orin. Ishi's Brain. In Search of America's Last "Wild" Indian. Photo available. New York. W.W. Norton. 2004. 352 pps. 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: $20 |
Book ID: 198436 |
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Starn, Orin. Ishi's Brain. In Search of America's Last "Wild" Indian. Photo available. New York. W.W. Norton. 2004. 352 pps. 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: 208336 |
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Starns, Jean E. Wealth from Gold Rush Waters. Photo available. Georgetown. Self published. 2004. 382 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "Jean E Starns Aug 2009". Fine copy.
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 217392 |
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