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| White, Thelma B. Glenn County Sketchbook. Photo available. Chico. Butte County Branch, National League of American Pen Women. 1995. 208 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine (owner inscription on end paper) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 209701 |
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| Green, Ben K. Horse Tradin'. Trading. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1993. 304 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 227622 |
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| Zauner, Phyllis. Sacramento and the California Delta. A Mini-History. Photo available. Tahoe-Paradise. Zanel Pub. 1979. 59 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 190019 |
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| Sutter, Johann Augustus, James W. Marshall and John Bidwell. Pioneers of the Sacramento: A Group of Letters By & About Johann Augustus Sutter, James W. Marshall & John Bidwell. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. The Grabhorn Press. 1953. 34 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Edition limited to 400 copies. A selection of five letters dated from 1850 to 1881 concerning the principals in the discovery of gold at Coloma. frontispiece (colored folding map), 1 facsimile. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in lightly soiled, rear torn) dust jacket (in mylar).
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| (anon). Mexico. 1904. Geographical Sketch, Natural Resources, Laws, Economic Conditions, Actual Development, Prospects of Future Growth. Photo available. Washington. Government Printing Office. 1904. 454 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Three-quarter leather. Marbled edges and end papers. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (light rubbing to edges, book plate).
Book ID: 232666 |
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| Abbey, Edward. Desert Images. An American Landscape. Photo available. New York. Gallery Books. 1987. 239 pps. Folio. Hardcover. Third printing. Photographs by David Muench. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner inscription on end paper) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
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| Nasaw, David. Andrew Carnegie. Photo available. New York. Penguin Press. 2006. 878 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 212898 |
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| Porter, Joseph C. Paper Medicine Man. John Gregory Bourke and His American West. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1989. 362 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Trask, Samuel. California Lands. Ownership, Use and Management. Photo available. Washington. American Forestry Assoc. 1958. 308 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 129107 |
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| Sullenberger, Martha. Dogholes and Donkey Engines. A Historical Resources Study of Six State Park System Unites on the Mendocino Coast. Photo available. Sacramento. Dept. of Parks & Recreation. 1992. 4to. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 211271 |
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| Kramer, William. Old Town, New Town. An Enjoyment of San Diego Jewish History. Photo available. Los Angeles. Western States Jewish History Assoc. 1994. 96 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 233169 |
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| King, Captain Charles. Campaigning with Crook. Western Frontier Library. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1964. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 209222 |
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| Emanuels, George. California Indians. An Illustrated Guide. Photo available. Walnut Creek. KingÕs River Press. 1990. 172 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 193380 |
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| McDonald, Lucile. Where the Washingtonians Lived. Interesting Early Homes and the People Who Built and Lived in Them. Photo available. Seattle. Superior. 1969. 224 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
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| Overton, Joice. Cowboy Bits and Spurs. With Values. Photo available. Atglen. Schiffer. 1997. Folio. 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). As new.
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| Norris, Thomas W. M.G. Vallejo's Release from Fort Sutter. August 2nd, 1846. From My Collection I send you This Little Know Page from the History of Early California. Photo available. Livermore. Self published. nd. 2 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Hand-colored engraving of General Vallejo's House, Sonoma - Barracks and Church. With copy of release letter. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (light crease on covers).
Book ID: 212152 |
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| Jenkins, Olaf. The Mother Lode Country. Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 - Sierran Gold Belt. Centennial Edition. Bulletin 141 (Gold Rush). Photo available. San Francisco. California Division of Mines. 1948. 164 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in color and black & white. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (name inked out on end paper).
Book ID: 193456 |
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| Hedrik, Basil (ed). The Classic Southwest. Readings in Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnology. Photo available. Carbondale. Southern Illinois University Press. 1973. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 176468 |
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| White, Gerald T. Baptism in Oil. Stephen F. Peckham in Southern California. 1865-66. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1984. 138 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Photographs, facsimiles. Peckham a chemist, geologist and engineer was in Southern California during the tumultuous formation of the California oil industry. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 208199 |
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| Fox, William L. (ed). Tumble Words. Writers Reading the West. Tumblewords. Photo available. Reno. University of Nevada Press. 1995. 377 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Crouter, George and Carl Skiff (ed). The Majestic Fourteeners... Colorado's Highest. Photo available. Silverton. Sundance. 1982. 4to. Hard cover. Third printing. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine glassine wrapper.
Book ID: 166847 |
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| De Quille, Dan (William Wright). A History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines. Photo available. New York. Promontory Press. 1974. 158 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Facsimile. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 184886 |
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| Sullivan, Marion. Westward the Bells. Signed by the author. Christian Civilization Moves Westward with Father Junipero Serra. Photo available. New York. Pauline Fathers. 1971. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 178063 |
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| Butler, Phyllis. The Valley of Santa Clara. Historic Buildings, 1792-1920. Photo available. San Jose. Junior League of San Jose. 1975. 192 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (light sunning) dust jacket (in mylar).
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| Waters, Frank. Masked Gods. Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism. Photo available. New York. Ballantine. 1970. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Book ID: 218595 |
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| Merry, Robert. A Country of Vast Designs. James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent. Photo available. New York. Simon and Schuster. 2009. 576 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 232938 |
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| Scwartz, Henry. Kit Carson's Long Walk. And Other True Tales of Old San Diego. Photo available. La Mesa. Associated Creative Writers. 1980. 112 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 205207 |
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| Ansari, Mary B. Carson City Place Names. The Names of Old Ormsby County, Nevada. Photo available. Reno. Camp Nevada. 1995. 68 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 211524 |
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| Fradkin, Philip L. Seven States of California. A Human and Natural History. Photo available. New York. Henry Holt. John Macrae. 1995. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 191578 |
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| Crawford, Thomas Edgar. The West of the Texas Kid. 1881-1910. Recollections of Thomas Edgar Crawford. Western Frontier Library. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1953. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 209198 |
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| Russell, Charlie & Brian Dippie (ed). Charlie Russell Roundup. Essay on America's Favorite Cowboy Artist. Photo available. Helena. Montana Historic Society Press. 1999. 328 pps Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 211655 |
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| Landrey, Wanda. Betting, Booze, and Brothels. Vice, Corruption, and Justice in Jefferson County, Texas. From Spindletop to the 1960s. Photo available. Austin. Eakin Press. 2006. 227 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 235208 |
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| Sutherland, George G. Indian Place Names in the Yosemite. Signed, limited edition. Photo available. Monterey. Hilleary & Petco. 1994. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 70 copies, number 16. Very rare, especially in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy.
Book ID: 207901 |
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| Muir, John. The Mountains of California. Photo available. Berkeley. Ten Speed Press. 1977. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 183421 |
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| Redinger, David H. The Story of Big Creek. Photo available. Glendale. Trans-Anglo Books. 1987. 4to. Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 218273 |
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| Basque, Garnet. Frontier Days on the Yukon. Photo available. Langley. Sunfire. 1991. 96 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Allen, Gray. Sunsweet at Seventy-five. The Sunsweet Story Continues. Photo available. Yuba City. Sunsweet Growers. 1992. 82 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 207936 |
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| Blevins, Winfred. Dictionary of the American West. 5,000 Terms and Expressions, from "A-Going and A-Coming" to Zuni. Photo available. New York. Facts on File. 1993. Octavo. Soft cover. Illustrated. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 185057 |
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| (anon). Illustrations of Contra Costa Co. California. With Historical Sketch. 1879. Photo available. Sacramento. [Smith & Elliott] Contra Costa County Historic Society. 1952. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (light scratch on front panel).
Book ID: 228710 |
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| Autry, George and Marie. Windy Joe's Store (Christmas card). Photo available. np. Self published. nd. Octavo. Soft cover. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Folkes, John Gregg. Nevada's Newspapers: A Bibliography. A Compilation of Nevada History 1854-1964. Photo available. Carson City. University of Nevada Press. 1964. 197 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221406 |
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| Boehme, Sarah. Rendezvous to Roundup. The First 100 Years of Art in Wyoming. Photo available. Cody. Buffalo Bill Historical Center. 1990. 49 pps. Folio. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. 2 Native American post cards laid in. Fine copy (light sunning to edges of front cover).
Book ID: 229219 |
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| Bonfils, Winifred Black. The Life and Personality of Phoebe Apperson Hearst. Photo available. San Simeon. Friends of Hearst Castle. 1991. 155 pps. + index. 4to. Soft cover. Facsimile edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. "Complete List... of Recipients..." laid in. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 198530 |
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| Cassady, Stephen. Spanning the Gate. The Golden Gate Bridge. Photo available. Mill Valley. Squarebooks. 1979. 131 pps. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in color and black & white. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Hegne, Barbara. The Wild Rose. Notorious Prostitute of Virginia City, Nevada. Photo available. Sparks. Self published. 2005. 23 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221624 |
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| Abbey, Edward & John Blaustein. The Hidden Canyon. A River Journey. Photo available. New York. Viking Press. 1978. 135 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. Second edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 230733 |
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| Isaacs, A.C. & Francis P. Farquhar (introduction). An Ascent of Mount Shasta. Photo available. Los Angeles. Glen Dawson. 1952. 22 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 250 copies. Fine copy.
Book ID: 204027 |
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| (anon). Spanish Borderland Bibliography. Photo available. np. np. nd. 4to. Binder. Mimeographed, type written. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 233251 |
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| Pastron, Allen. Behind the Seawall. 3 volumes. Historical Archaeology Along the San Francisco Waterfront. Photo available. np. San Francisco Clean Water Program. 1981. Folios. Soft cover. First editions. Three volumes. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine set.
Book ID: 231481 |
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| Sargent, Shirley. Galen Clark. Yosemite Guardian. Photo available. Yosemite. Flying Spur Press. 2001. 88 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Revised edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 195495 |
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| Chandler, A.E. Abstracts of Claims to Waters of Carson River in Dayton and Churchill Valleys. Photo available. Carson City. State Printing Office. 1905. 9 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221675 |
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| Lee, Bob (ed). Gold, Gals, Guns, Guts. A History of Deadwood, Lead, & Spearfish, 1874-1976. Photo available. Pierre. South Dakota State Historic Society Press. 1976. 259 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (light stain on front cover).
Book ID: 223507 |
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| Stern, Jane & Michael. Way Out West. Photo available. New York. HarperCollins. 1993. Folio. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 187912 |
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| Stockel, H. Henrietta. Survival of the Spirit. Chiricahua Apaches in Captivity. Photo available. Reno. University of Nevada Press. 1995. 331 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Book ID: 236256 |
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| Truman, Benjamin Cummings & Msgr. Francis J. Weber (ed). The Observations of Benjamin Cummings Truman on El Camino Real. Los Angeles Miscellany 9. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1978. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding map. Important reference work. Limited edition of 400 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 206814 |
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| Dallas, Alastair & Peter Conrad. Los Gatos Observed. The Architecture & History of Los Gatos, California. Photo available. Los Gatos. Inforspect Press. 1991. 192 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (owner inscription on end paper).
Book ID: 219772 |
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| Henderson, Archibald. The Conquest of The Old Southwest. The Romantic Story of the Early Pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky 1740-1790. Photo available. New York. The Century Company. 1920. 395 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding map. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 235991 |
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| Whipple, Alison et al. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Investigation: Exploring Pattern and Process. Photo available. SFEI. San Francisco Estuary Institute - Aquatic Science Center. August, 2012. 408 pps. Folio. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 227006 |
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| Chase, Don M. A Road Past His Door. Signed by the author. Redwoods on the Smith River. Photo available. Sebastopol. Self published. 1973. 44 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine (owner name on cover) copy.
Book ID: 222538 |
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| Spitz, Barry. To Save a Mountain. The 100-Year Battle for Mt. Tamalpais. Photo available. np. Tamalpais Conservation Club. 2012. 246 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 226505 |
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| Curtis, Edward S, Christopher Cardozo (ed), N. Scott Momaday. et al. Sacred Legacy. Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian. Photo available. New York. Simon and Schuster. 2000. 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 in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Book ID: 223373 |
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| Morley, Jim. Gold Cities. Grass Valley and Nevada City. Being a History and Guide to the Adventuresome Past... Gold Country (gold rush). Photo available. Berkeley. Howell-North. 1965. 96 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 153995 |
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| Weber, Rev. Francis J. A Select Bibliography. The California Missions. 1765-1972. Signed by the author. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawsons Book Shop. c. 1972. 86 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Number 36 or 300 copies. Signed by author. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (ex-libris. Ink number on spine, "withdrawn" stamped on end paper.
Book ID: 180164 |
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| (anon). Souvenir of the Sister Counties of Southern California. An Interesting, Impartial, Descriptive and Illustrated Review of Southern California, Embracing Los Angeles., San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Kern Counties. Photo available. Los Angeles. Pacific Souvenir Publishing. c. 1880. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Rare. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (covers lightly discolored).
Book ID: 206879 |
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| Oswalt, Wendell H. Eskimos and Explorers. Photo available. Novato. Chandeler & Sharp. 1979. 349 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (highlighting on first 8 pages) in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 199869 |
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| Duckett, Margaret. Mark Twain & Bret Harte. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1964. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 163098 |
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| Custer, General George Armstrong & Milo Quaife (ed). My Life on the Plains. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1971. 626 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 193946 |
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| Robertson, David. West of Eden. A History of the Art and Literature of Yosemite. Photo available. np. Yosemite Natural History Association. 1984. 174 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Color plate reproductions. Seventy-two color plates. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (crease on rear panel).
Book ID: 195646 |
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| Bryant, Edwin. What I Saw in California. Photo available. Palo Alto. Lewis Osborne. 1967. 482 pps. + index. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Important reference work. Large folding map. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (name and book plate on end paper).
Book ID: 234382 |
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| Mangan, Frank & Leon Metz. Ruidoso County. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. El Paso. Mangan Books. 1994. 192 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "For [recopis Dar;og Fran - Who knows all about Ruidoso County & the enchantment of New Mexico's Southern Mountains Hugs Frank Mangan Avouso? 1995". Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 224920 |
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| Monnett, John H. The Battle of Beecher Island and the Indian War of 1867-1869. Photo available. Niwot. University of Colorado Press. 1992. 235 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 199899 |
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| Chase, Rev. Don M. Jedediah Strong Smith. He Opened the West. And Led the First White Explorers Through Northwest California. May-June 1818. Photo available. Sacramento. Self published. 1958. 40 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 222534 |
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| van Dyke, Dix. Daggett. Life in a Mojave Frontier Town. Photo available. Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1997. 186 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).
Book ID: 232356 |
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| Inman, Colonel Henry. Buffalo Jones' Forty Years of Adventure. Inscribed by the author. A Volume of Facts Gathered from Experience, by Hon. C. J. Jones, Whose Eventful Life Has Been Devoted to the Preservation of the American Bison and Other Wild Animals; Who Survived the Perils of the Frozen North. Photo available. Topeka. Crane & Company, Publishers. 1899. 469 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "To My Friend of Many Years, Charles A. Morris By the Author H Inman July 18, 1899 Perry, Okla". Near fine copy (lightly shaken, light fading, wear to covers).
Book ID: 236815 |
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| Branley, Edward. New Orleans Jazz. Images of America. Photo available. Charleston. Arcadia Publishing. 2014. 128 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 236772 |
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| Forney, Gary R. Discovery Men. The Fairweather Party and Montana's El Dorado. Photo available. np. Self published. 2009. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 211377 |
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| Greenspan, Sophie. Westward with Fremont. The Story of Solomon Carvalho. Photo available. Philadelphia. Jewish Society of America. 1969. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 138553 |
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| Cronise, Titus. The Natural Wealth of California. 1868. First edition. Comprising Early History, Government, Topography, and Scenery; Climate; Agriculture and Commercial Products; Geology, Zoology, and Botany; Mineralogy, Mines, and Mining Processes, Manufacturers, Steamship Lines, Railroads, and Commerce Immigration, Population and Society; Educational Institutions and Literature; Together with a Detailed Description of Each County; its Topography, Scenery, Cities and Towns, Agricultural Advantages, Mineral Resources, and Varied Productions. Photo available. San Francisco. H.H. Bancroft & Company. 1868. 700 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. Green beveled boards. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light edge wear).
Book ID: 232840 |
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| Winslow, Ward. Palo Alto. Photo available. Palo Alto. Palo Alto Historical Assn. 1993. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 216137 |
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| Lewis, Oscar. The Wonderful City of Carrie van Wie. Paintings of San Francisco at the Turn of the Century. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. The Grabhorn Press. 1963. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Color plates. Limited edition of 525 copies. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 207285 |
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| Remley, David. Crooked Road. The Story of the Alaska Highway. Photo available. New York. McGraw-Hill. 1976. 253 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 228961 |
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| Scott, James. Sacramento's Gold Rush Saloons. El Dorado in a Shot Glass. Photo available. Charleston. History Press. 2014. 156 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 200805 |
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| Spataro, Lucian. The Long Ride. The Record-Setting Journey by Horse Across the American Landscape. Photo available. Scottsdale. Green Rider. nd. 204 pps. Folio. 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). As new.
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| Kroeber, A.L. Handbook of the Indians of California. Photo available. Berkeley. California Book Company. 1967. 995 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated in black, white and color. With maps in rear pocket. Folding plates. Maps. Photographs. Line art. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 233700 |
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| Ward, Jean M. (ed). Pacific Northwest Women. 1815-1925. Lives, Memories and Writings. Photo available. Corvallis. Oregon State University Press. 1995. 149 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Whelan, Sister Ellen. The Sister's Story. Signed by the author. Saint Marys Hospital - Mayo Clinic. 1889 to 1939. Photo available. Rochester. The Mayo Clinic. 2002. 173 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 228769 |
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| Moriarty, James. Chinigchinix. Inscribed by the author. An Indigenous California Indian Religion. Photo available. Los Angeles. Southwest Museum. 1969. 60 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 232784 |
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| Hendrickson, Nancy. Historic Photos of Old California. Photo available. Nashville. Turner Publications. 2009. 205 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
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| Greeley, Horace. An Overland Journey. From New York to San Francisco, in the Summer of 1859. Photo available. New York. Alfred A Knopf. 1964. 325 pps. + index. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 227717 |
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| Edwards, E.I. Desert Voices. A Descriptive Bibliography. Photo available. Los Angeles. Westernlore Press. 1958. 217 pps. Octavo. Gilt 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).
Book ID: 208791 |
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| Robertson, David & Kevin Starr. Yosemite as We Saw It. A Centennial Collection of Early Writings and Art. Photo available. Yosemite. Yosemite Association. 1990. 106 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (lightly soiled at edges) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 208249 |
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| (anon). Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc in the Western States and Territories. Mine Production, 1908 and 1910. 2 volumes. Photo available. Washington. Government Printing Office. 1910 & 1911. Octavo. Soft covers. First editions. Two volumes. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine set. Very light shelf wear.
Book ID: 221395 |
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| Sarf, Wayne Michael. The Little Bighorn Campaign. March - September 1876. Photo available. Cornshohocken. Combined Books. 1993. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 177815 |
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| McDermott, Paul et al. The Mullan Road. Carving a Passage through the Frontier Northwest, 1859-62. Photo available. Missoula. Mountain Press. 2015. 286 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 222098 |
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| Hayes, Derek. Historical Atlas of the American West. With Original Maps. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 2009. 288 pps. Folio. 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).
Book ID: 210425 |
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| Abbey, Edward & John Blaustein. The Hidden Canyon. Signed by the author. A River Journey. Photo available. New York. Penguin Books. 1978. 135 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed "John Blaustein". Near fine copy (very light shelf wear, inscription on end paper).
Book ID: 230366 |
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| Burns, Anne (ed). Time Will Kept. Selections from the Wells Fargo Corporate Archives. Photo available. Virginia Beach. Wells Fargo & Company, 2011. 120 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).
Book ID: 219186 |
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| Rayner, RIchard. The Associates. Four Capitalists Who Created California. Photo available. New York. W.W. Norton. 2008. 223 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 210038 |
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| Hauer, John. The Natural Superiority of Mules. Photo available. Guilford. The Lyons Press. 2005. 152 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
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| Henstell, Bruce. Sunshine and Wealth. Los Angeles in the Twenties and Thirties. Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle. nd. c. 1984. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 182409 |
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| Berry, Roger B. & Sylvester E. Klinicke. Centennial Bibliography of Orange County California. Photo available. Santa Ana. Orange County Historic Society. 1989. 340 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 208072 |
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| Florin, Lambert. New Mexico and Texas Ghost Towns. Photo available. Seattle. Superior Publishing Co. nd. 80 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy.
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| Moore, Barbara (ed). HIstoric Mission Inn. Photo available. Riverside. Friends of the Mission Inn. 1998. 4to. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (light rubbing to edges) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 174888 |
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| Morrison, Taylor. The Coast Mappers. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. New York. Houghton Mifflin. 2002. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Signed by the author with drawing of a steamboat. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 208346 |
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| Kurutz, K.D. & Gary F. California Calls You. Art of Promoting the Golden State. 1870 to 1940. Photo available. Sausalito. Windgate Press. 2000. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 210623 |
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| Mails, Thomas. The Mystic Warriors of the Plains. The Culture, Arts, Crafts and Religion of the Plains Indians. Photo available. New York. Marlowe & Company. 1995. 618 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 199832 |
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| Mullen, Frank Jr. & Marilyn Newton. The Donner Party Chronicles. A Day-By-Day Account of a Doomed Wagon Train. 1846-1847. Photo available. np. Nevada Humanities Committee. 1997. 380 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (light adhesive from book plate on end paper) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 226105 |
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| Cohen, Stan. The Streets Were Paved with Gold. A Pictorial History of the Klondike Gold Rush. 1896-1899. Photo available. Missoula. Pictorial Histories. 1977. 184 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| McGlashan, C.F. History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierra. Photo available. Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1957. 261 pps. + appendices. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 222038 |
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| Gernes, Phyllis. Hidden in the Chaparral. Signed by the author. A Chronicle, from 1848 to 1942 of the Gold Rush Towns of Spanish Flat, Kelsey, American Flat, Garden Valley and Surrounding Mining Settlements and Camps (signed by the author). Photo available. Garden Valley. Self published. 1979. 209 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Signed by the author. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 183101 |
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| Hicks, John & Regina. Monterey. A Pictorial History. Photo available. Carmel. Creative Books. 1973. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 218499 |
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| Lydon, Sandy. Chinese Gold. The Chinese in the Monterey Bay Region. Photo available. Capitola. Capitola Book Company. 1985. 550 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 197384 |
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| Mossman, Isaac van Dorsey. A Pony ExpressmanÕs Recollections. Photo available. np. Champoeg Press. 1955. 55 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Folding map. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 193454 |
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| Brown, Margie McRae, Robert Casey. Nauvoo Restored. Signed, limited edition. Deluxe binding. A Photographic Memorial to the Saints of Nauvoo. Photo available. Ogdon. The Living Scriptures. 2002. 144 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. Black leather. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Limited edition of 1500 copies, number 455. Signed "Robert Casey 455/1500 Margie Brown". Fine copy in fine slip case.
Book ID: 222227 |
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| Allen, Peter. Stanford. From the Foothills to the Bay. Photo available. Stanford. Stanford Alumni Assoc. 1980. 228 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition, second printing. Illustrated in color and black & white. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 195512 |
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| O'Brien, Robert. This Is San Francisco. Photo available. San Carlos. Nourse Pub. Co. 1948. 351 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.
Book ID: 139050 |
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| Johnson, Stephen. The Great Central Valley. California's Heartland. A Photographic Project. Photo available. San Francisco. California Academy of Sciences. 1991. 253 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner inscription on end paper) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 216347 |
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| Smith, Marian W. Asia and North America Transpacific Contacts. American Antiquity, Volume XVIII, Number 3, Part 2, January 1953. Photo available. Salt Lake City. The Society for Amcerican Archaeology. 1953. 97 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 188719 |
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| Brown, William Richard & Barbara Wills. An Authentic Wagon Trail Journal of 1853. Signed by Granddaughter. From Indiana to California. Photo available. Mokelumne Hill. Self published. 1985. 82 pps. Octavo. Comb binding. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by Barbara Wills. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 205468 |
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| Schultz, James Willard. The Trail of the Spanish Horse. Photo available. Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1960. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 217258 |
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| Williams, Henry T. The Pacific Tourist. Williams' Illustrated Guide. to Pacific R.R. California and Pleasure Resorts Across the Continent. Photo available. New York. Henry T. Williams. 1877. 282 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Book ID: 217920 |
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| Stenhouse, Fanny. Tell It All, Woman's Life in Polygamy. Autobiography. Photo available. np. np. [1890] 2019. 322 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 229838 |
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| Hager, Anna Marie and Everett Gordon. An Index to the Brand Book, Volume I, Numbers 1-5 (1947) and the Branders Iron, Numbers 1-153 (1948-1983) and of the Westerners Los Angeles Corral. Photo available. Los Angeles. Westerners. 1985. 130 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 206877 |
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| (anon). North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cook Book. Medora, North Dakota. Photo available. Medora. North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame. 2002. 4to. 3 ring binder. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 228385 |
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| (exhibition catalogue). Sacred Circles. Two Thousand years of North American Indian Art. Photo available. Kansas City. Nelson Gallery of Art. 1977. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Related material laid in. Very scarce in this condition. Very good copy. Owner name inside front cover, covers lightly worn.
Book ID: 170008 |
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| White, Stephen (ed). Harry Smith: Magic Moments. Photographs by a San Francisco Youth. 1900-1913. Photo available. Los Angeles. Stephen White Editions. 1981. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 209549 |
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| Dick, Everett. Conquering the Great American Desert: Nebraska. Photo available. np. Nebraska State Historical Society. 1975. 456 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (chip at spine tip) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 234733 |
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| Avella, Steven. Charles K. McClatchy and the Golden Era of American Journalism. Photo available. Columbia. University of Missouri Press. 2016. 414 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). As new.
Book ID: 228135 |
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| Hensel, Suzanne. Look to the Mountains. Signed by the author. An In-Depth Look into the Lives and Times of the People Who Shaped the History of the Catalina Mountains. Photo available. Mt. Lemmon. Mt. Lemmon Woman's Club. 2006. 318 pps. Folio. Soft cover. Revised edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Step-by-Step Fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Book ID: 234259 |
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| Franklin, Wayne. Discoverers, Explorers, Settlers. The Diligent Writers of Early America. Photo available. Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1979. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 176645 |
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| Osbun, Albert G. To California Seas and the South Seas. The Diary of Albert G. Osbun. 1849-1851 (Gold Rush). Photo available. San Marino. Huntington Library. 1966. 233 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 206263 |
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| Robinson, W.W. & Doyce B. Nunis. Los Angeles. A Brief History and Guide to the Plaza Area. Photo available. Los Angeles. California Historic Society. 1981. 128 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine slip case.
Book ID: 207902 |
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| Shumate, Dr. Albert. James F. Curtis. Vigilante. Photo available. San Francisco. The San Francisco Corral of the Westerners. 1988. 38 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 193467 |
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| Mims, Julie. Sacramento. Limited edition. A Pictorial History of California's Capital. Photo available. Virginia Beach. Donning Co. 1981. 208 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Leather bound. First edition thus. Illustrated. Limited edition. Number 773 of 6,500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 210028 |
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| Morgan, Dale (ed). Overland in 1846. Diaries and Letters of the California-Oregon Trail. Volume I. Photo available. Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1993. 457 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition thus. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 227102 |
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| Burnette, Robert. The Tortured Americans. Native Americans. Photo available. Englewood Cliffs. Prentice-Hall. 1971. 177 pps. + photos. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (minor highlighting on several pages). Spine lightly faded.
Book ID: 228785 |
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| Morgan, Lewis. League of the Iroquois. Photo available. New York. Corinth Books. 1962. 480 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Book ID: 231458 |
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| Reinstedt, Randall. Where Have All the Sardines Gone? Inscribed by the author. A Pictorial History of Steinbeck's Cannery Row and Old Monterey's FishermanÕs Wharf and Sardine Industry. Photo available. Carmel. Ghost Town Pub. 1978. 167 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "Jerry, Thanks for your sincere interest and help! Hopefully this book will bring back some happy memories - Cheers, Randy R.A. Reinstedt". Fine copy.
Book ID: 229071 |
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| Berger, Darlene. Little Yellow Jacket. Inscribed by the author. No. 61. King of the Bucking Bulls. Photo available. Mandan. Darlene Berger. 2006. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "Darlene Berger Berger Bucking Bulls". Fine copy.
Book ID: 217550 |
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| Moyer, Cecil C. Historic Ranchos of San Diego. Photo available. San Diego. Copley. Union-Tribune. 1969. 120 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 220513 |
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| Grant, Bruce. Concise Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Photo available. New York. Wings. 1989. 352 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 190796 |
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| Holden, William. Sacramento. Inscribed by the author. Excursions into Its History and Natural World. Photo available. Fair Oaks. Two Rivers Press. 1987. 488 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Very good copy. Light shelf wear.
Book ID: 107322 |
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| Rhode, Robert B. Booms & Busts on Bitter Creek. A History of Rock Springs, Wyoming. Photo available. Boulder. Pruett Publishing. 1987. 221 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 218955 |
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| Pollard, Lancaster. A History of the State of Washington. Photo available. Portland. Binford & Mort. 1951. 228 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 157353 |
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| Tanner, George. Colonization on the Little Colorado. The Joseph City Region. Photo available. Flagstaff. Northland Press. 1977. 200 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (small pocket on front end paper, small owner stamp on title page) in fine (very light sunning) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 233110 |
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| Hillerman, Tony. Hillerman Country. Photo available. New York. HarperPerennial. 1991. 240 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated in black, white and color with photographs by Barney Hillerman. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (small, closed tear top edge) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 236548 |
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| Larson, Andrew Karl. The Red Hills of November. A Pioneer Biography of Utah's Cotton Town. Photo available. np. The Deseret New Press. 1992. 330 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 228941 |
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| Ryder, David Warren. Men of Rope. Being the History of Tubbs Cordage Company; Together with an Account of Some of the Collateral Activities in Which Its Pioneer Founders Engaged. Photo available. San Francisco. Historical Publications. 1954. 146 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. "Dick Hughes Tubbs Cordage Company" business card stapled to end paper. Fine copy.
Book ID: 209058 |
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| Sohn, Anton Paul. A Saw, Pocket Instruments, and Two Ounces of Whiskey. Frontier Military Medicine in the Great Basin. Photo available. Spokane. The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1998. 237 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 225934 |
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| Trenton, Patricia. California Light. 1900-1930. Photo available. San Francisco. Laguna Beach. Laguna Art Museum. 1992. Folio. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 192270 |
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| Winslow, Ward. Palo Alto. A Centennial History. In slip case. Photo available. Palo Alto. Palo Alto Historical Assn. 1993. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket in fine slip case.
Book ID: 207688 |
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| Secrest, William B. When the Great Spirit Died. The Destruction of the California Indians. 1850-1860. Photo available. Sanger. Word Dancer. 2003. 349 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 223428 |
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| Genzoli, Andrew (ed). Frontier Moments from The Humboldt Historian. Photo available. np. Humboldt County Historic Society. 1982. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 211536 |
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| James, General Thomas. Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans. Photo available. Chicago. The Lakeside Press. R.R. Donnelley & Sons. 1953. 295 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Map. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 235864 |
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| (anon). Carson City's Architectural Heritage. Photo available. Sacramento. Historic Environmental Consultants. 1980. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221628 |
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| Trumble, Ed & Don Hedgpeth. The Story of Leanin' Tree. Inscribed by the author. Art and Enterprise in the American West. Photo available. Boulder. Leanin' Tree. 2008. 500 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "Enjoy the ride! Ed Trumble". Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 227944 |
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| Drewes, Ellen. Remembering Lake Tahoe. Photo available. np. Trade Paper Press. 2010. 134 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Book ID: 200258 |
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| Manly, William Lewis. Death Valley in '49. Photo available. Bishop. Chalfant Press. 1977. 498 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Facsimile edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Prospectus for "Escape from Death Valley" laid in. Fine copy.
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| O'Donnell, Terence. An Arrow in the Earth. General Joel Palmer and the Indians of Oregon. Photo available. Portland. Oregon Historical Society. 1991. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 176293 |
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| Tuhy, John E. Sam Hill. The Prince of Castle Nowhere. Photo available. Portland. Timber Press. 1983. 305 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 225443 |
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| Brown, Hugh Mrs. Lady in Boomtown. Inscribed by the author. Miners and Manners on the Nevada Frontier. Photo available. Palo Alto. American West Publishing Company. 1968. 127 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Inscribed by the author "To Francis and Mary Nicholson It is with pleasure and appreciation of your interest in the Lady's story I sign this book. Mrs. Hugh Brown. October 16th 1968". Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 210087 |
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| Siggers, Philip E. The Truth About Reno. Photo available. Reno. Self published. 1934. 64 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Very good copy. Light shelf wear.
Book ID: 221576 |
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| Clappe, Louise "Dame Shirley". The Shirley Letters. Being Letters Written in 1851-1852 from the California Mines. Photo available. Salt Lake City. Peregrine. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Very good copy. Light shelf wear.
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| Trafzer, Clifford. The Kit Carson Campaign. Inscribed by the author. The Last Great Navajo War. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1983. Octavo. Hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 139322 |
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| Pike, Zebulon Montgomery. Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of That River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-Eastern Provinces of New Spain. Photo available. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. 1811. 436 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. Professionally rebound in leather. Top edge gilt. First edition. Zebulon Pike's landmark account of early American exploration. Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America details PikeÕs 1805Ð1807 expeditions up the Mississippi and into the American Southwest, including one of the earliest American descriptions of the Spanish borderlands. A foundational work of Western Americana. Large, folding map. Very scarce in this condition. Edges trimmed (not affecting text). Fine copy. Very tight copy.
Book ID: 236052 |
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| Jackson, Donald (ed)., Mary Spencer, John C. Fremont. The Expeditions of John C. Fremont. Map Portfolio. With Commentary by Donald Jackson. Photo available. Urbana. University of Illinois Press. 1970. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Complete set. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. With Commentary by Donald Jackson. Fine set in fine slip case.
Book ID: 219668 |
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| Falconhill, Cecilia. The Restaurant at Lake Tahoe. Photo available. np. Self published. 2016. 250 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221690 |
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| de Qulle, Dan & Lawrence Berkove. The Gnomes of the Dead Rivers. A Miner's Legend. Photo available. Sparks. Falcon Hill Press. 1990. 78 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Book ID: 221638 |
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| Lich, Glen. The German Texans. Photo available. San Antonio. The University of Texas. Institute of Texan Cultures. 1996. 232 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Revised edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Apostol, Jane & Walter Judson. Painting with Light. A Centennial History of the Judson Studios. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Historic Society of Southern California. 1997. 138 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 209564 |
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| Waltz, Georgia. Ghost Trail to Yosemite. Photo available. Fresno. Self published. 1964. 48 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 218166 |
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| Reed, Adele. Old Bottles and Ghost Towns. Photo available. Bishop. Self published. 1972. 55 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221507 |
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| Lydon, Snady & Carolyn Swift. Soquel Landing to Capitola-by-the-Sea. Photo available. np. California History Center. 1978. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding walking tour in rear. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 184841 |
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| Waters, Frank. Book of the Hopi. Photo available. New York. Penguin. 1977. 345 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 235456 |
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| McDonald, Lucile. The Look of Old Time Washington. Photo available. Seattle. Superior Publishing. 1971. 159 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 188970 |
