Virga, Vincent. California. Mapping the Golden State Through History. Rare and Unusual Maps from the Library of Congress. Photo available. Guilford. GPP. 2010. 119 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
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Book ID: 208895 |
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Visscher, William Lightfoot. A Thrilling and Truthful History of The Pony Express, or Blazing the Westward Way and Other Sketches and Incidents of Those Stirring Times. Photo available. Chicago. Charles T. Powner. 1946. 98 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (partial dust jacket laid in).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 211579 |
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Visscher, William Lightfoot. A Thrilling and Truthful History of The Pony Express, or Blazing the Westward Way and Other Sketches and Incidents of Those Stirring Times. Photo available. Chicago. Charles T. Powner. 1946. 98 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 221921 |
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Vizcaino, Sebastian & Oscar Lewis. 1602. The Voyage of Sabastian Vizcaino to the Coast of California, Together with a Map & Sebastian Vizcaino's Letter Written at Monterey, December 28, 1602. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. The Grabhorn Press. 1933. 52 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Type designed by F. W. Goudy. Limited edition of 240 copies. Very rare. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine slip case.
Price: $250 |
Book ID: 234044 |
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Vogliotti, Gabriel R. The Girls of Nevada. Prostitution in Nevada, from the Roadside Brothels, to the Beauties of Vegas, Told Against a Background of Gambling and Glamour. Photo available. Secaucus. Citadel Press. 1975. 264 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 207367 |
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Vogt, Elizabeth. Montecito. California's Garden Paradise. Photo available. Santa Barbara. MIP Publishing. 1993. 275 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated 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: $40 |
Book ID: 207133 |
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Voltmer, Barbara Boyd. Kern County's Courier. 1866-1876. A Newspaper in a Period of Economic and Political Transition. Photo available. Bakersfield. Kern County Historic Society. 1968. 52 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 206372 |
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von Berg, Baron Gustav & Henry Miller Madden (translator). From Kapuvar to California. 1893. Travel Letters of Baron Gustav von Berg. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1979. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 207485 |
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von Chamisso, Abelbert. A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay. 1816. A Scientist of the Russian Exploring Ship Rurik. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1936 [1822]. 17 pps. Folio. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Limited edition of 250 copies, Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $250 |
Book ID: 206453 |
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von der Mehden, Fred R. (ed). The Ethnic Groups of Houston. Photo available. Houston. Rice University Studies. 1984. 240 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 215846 |
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von Euw, Jack & Genoa Shepley. Drawn West. Selections from The Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collections of Early Californian and Western Art and Americana. Photo available. Berkeley. The Bancroft Library. University of California Press. 2004. 197 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 215353 |
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von Richthofen, Walter Baron. Cattle-Raising on the Plains. Photo available. New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1885. 102 pps. + ads. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light wear).
Price: $650 |
Book ID: 222270 |
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Vorpahl, Ben Merchant. My Dear Wister. The Frederic Remington-Owen Wister Letters. Photo available. Palo Alto. American West Publishing Company. 1973. 343 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 100276 |
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Voss, Stuart. On the Periphery of Nineteenth-Century Mexico. Sonora and Sinaloa. 1810-1877. Photo available. Tucson. University of Arizona Press. 1982. 318 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (spine faded) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 232741 |
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Voynick, Stephen M. Climax. The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine. Photo available. Missoula. Mountain Press Pub. 1996. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 211025 |
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Voynick, Stephen M. Leadville: A Miner's Epic. Photo available. Missoula. Mountain Press Publishing. 2003. 165 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 227498 |
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Voynick, Stephen M. Yogo. The Great American Sapphire. Photo available. Missoula. Mountain Press Publishing. 2004. 215 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 227161 |
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Wadsworth, Ginger. Words West. Voices of Young Pioneers. Photo available. New York. Clarion. 2003. 4to. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
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Book ID: 172595 |
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Waechter, Sharon A. et al. (eds). Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology. Volume 14. Photo available. Sacramento. Society for California Archaeology. 2004. 167 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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Book ID: 204559 |
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Waechter, Sharon A. et al. (eds). Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology. Volume 16. Photo available. Sacramento. Society for California Archaeology. 2003. 231 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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Book ID: 204558 |
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Waechter, Sharon A. et al. (eds). Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology. Volume 17. Photo available. Sacramento. Society for California Archaeology. 2004. 237 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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Book ID: 204557 |
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Waechter, Sharon A. et al. (eds). Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology. Volume 18. Photo available. Sacramento. Society for California Archaeology. 2005. 311 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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Book ID: 204560 |
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Waechter, Sharon A. et al. (eds). Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology. Volume 19. Photo available. Sacramento. Society for California Archaeology. 2006. 237 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 204556 |
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Wagner, Glendolin Damon. Old Neutriment. Memoir of the Custers. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1989. 256 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 222294 |
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Wagner, Henry and Charles Camp. Henry R. Wagoner's The Plains and the Rockies. A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure. 1800-1865. Photo available. Columbus. Long's College Book Company. 1953. 601 pps. + plates. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Third edition. Revised. Illustrated. Important reference work. Near fine copy (very wrinkling to pages 23-170, not affecting text).
Price: $65 |
Book ID: 207524 |
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