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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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: $35 |
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: $50 |
Book ID: 207133 |
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Volkmann, Daniel G. Sixty Five Years of A. Schilling & Company. Photo available. San Francisco. Lawton Kennedy. 1959. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Tipped-in plates. Important reference work. "Ray Brian" book plate. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 208288 |
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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: $45 |
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: $50 |
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. Frederic Remington and the West. With the Eye of the Mind. Photo available. Austin. University of Texas Press. 1978. 294 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Scarce. Very scarce in this condition. Very good copy. Ex-libris. Near fine dust jacket, light remnant of paper label on spine. Several stamps, evidence of card pocket on end paper).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 191340 |
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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: $25 |
Book ID: 100276 |
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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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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).
Price: $20 |
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.
Price: $35 |
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.
Price: $35 |
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.
Price: $35 |
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.
Price: $35 |
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: $35 |
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.
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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: $75 |
Book ID: 207524 |
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Wagner, Henry and Charles Camp. The Plains & the Rockies. A Critical Bibliography of Exploration, Adventure and Travel in the American West. 1800-1865. Photo available. San Francisco. John Howell. 1982. 745 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Fourth edition. Revised, enlarged and edited by Robert H. Becker. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Price: $85 |
Book ID: 206871 |
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Wagner, Henry R. California Imprints. August 1846 - June 1851. Photo available. Berkeley. Self published. 1922. 97 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 150 copies. Very scarce. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $200 |
Book ID: 208576 |
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Wagner, Henry R. Drake on the Pacific Coast. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Zamorano Club. 1970. 29 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 207165 |
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