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| Brandes, Ray (ed). Troopers West. Signed, limited edition. Military & Indian Affairs on the American Frontier. Photo available. San Diego. Frontier Heritage Press. 1970. 206 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Ted de Grazia. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Limited edition of 1000 copies, number 256. Inscribed "Shorty Thorn Jan 29 1871 Best Wishes". Signed "Ray Brandes" on page 23. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 232682 |
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| Chin, Duncan. Growing Up on Grove Street. Inscribed by the author. 1931-46. Sketches and Memories of a Chinese American Boyhood. Watsonville. Photo available. Capitola. Capitola Book Company. 1995. 112 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "Dennis, The last time I saw you was at my Granada Ct. Address. Your Folks tell me you are doing fine. Hope to have the pleasure of seeing you again someday. Sincerely, Duncan Chin 10 Jan 96". Fine copy.
Book ID: 222609 |
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| Bamford, Georgia Loring. Six Racy Madams of Colorado (prostitution). Photo available. Boulder. Johnson Pub. 1965. 64 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy.
Book ID: 211369 |
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| Tatam, Robert. Old Times in Stanislaus County. A Journey To the Past. Photo available. Pittsburgh. Highland. 1994. 178 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 196089 |
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| Marchetti, Victor. The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1974. 398 pps. + index. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Second edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 236194 |
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| (anon). Reno Flood, 1950. Photo available. Reno. Silver State Press. Reno Junior Chamber of Commerce. 1950. 75 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy.
Book ID: 221665 |
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| Hulaniski, F.J. (ed). The History of Contra Costa County, California. Photo available. Berkeley. The Elms Publishing Col, Inc. 1917. 635 pps. 4to. Three-quarter leather. Gilt edges. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 205685 |
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| Mayor, Archer H. Southern Timberman. The Legacy of William Buchanan. Photo available. Athens. University of Georgia Press. 2009. 263 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 204846 |
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| McLaird, James D. Calamity Jane. The Woman and the Legend. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 2005. Octavo. 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: 206951 |
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| Earl, Phillip I. This Was Nevada. Volume II. The Comstock Lode. Photo available. np. Nevada Historic Society. 2000. 159 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221407 |
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| Lavender, David. The Big Divide. Photo available. Edison. Castle Books. 2001. 321 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Book ID: 229939 |
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| Hurley, Richard & T.J. Meekins. Queen of the Northern Mines. Inscribed by the authors. A Novel of the Civil War in California. Photo available. Grass Valley. Bear River Books. 2011. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Inscribed by the authors "To Jon: Enjoy! Richard Hurley and T.J. Meekins". Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 192735 |
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| Earl, Phillip I. This Was Nevada. Signed by the author. Photo available. np. Nevada Historic Society. 1986. 192 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221459 |
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| Abbey, Edward. The Best of Edward Abbey. Photo available. San Francisco. Sierra Club. 1984. 383 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 212293 |
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| Freedman, Russell. The Life and Death of Crazy Horse. Photo available. New York. Holiday House. 1996. 166 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 203457 |
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| Bachand, Thomas. Lake Tahoe. A Fragile Beauty. Photo available. San Francisco. Chronicle. 2008. Folio. Hardcover. 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).
Book ID: 219417 |
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| Knowles, Thomas W. They Rode for the Lone Star. The Saga of the Texas Rangers. The Birth of Texas - The Civil War. Photo available. Dallas. Taylor Publishing. 1999. 234 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 190757 |
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| Earl Phillip I. WW II in Nevada: The Homefront. Photo available. Reno. Nevada Historical Society. 1992. 35 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221473 |
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| Bohn, Dave. East of the Golden Shores. Architecture of the Earlier Days in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. Photo available. np. Self published. Junior League of Oakland. Scrimshaw Press. 1971. 130 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.
Book ID: 206863 |
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| Jacobson, Yvonne & Wallace Stegner (foreword). Passing Farms: Enduring Values. Signed by the author. California's Santa Clara Valley. Photo available. Los Altos. William Kaufmann. 1984. 240 pps. + index. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Related material laid in. Signed "Yvonne Olson Jacobson". Fine copy in near fine (light edge wear, price clipped) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 226972 |
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| Albright, Horace M. & Robert Cahn. The Birth of the National Park Service. The Founding Years, 1913-33. Photo available. Salt Lake City. Howe Brothers. 1986. 340 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 202975 |
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| Felton, Harold W. Jim Beckwourth. Negro Mountain Man. Photo available. New York. Dodd, Mead & Co. 1966. 174 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition, fourth printing. Illustrated. Maps. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 213259 |
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| McCartney, Laton. Across the Great Divide. Robert Stuart and The Discovery of The Oregon Trail. Photo available. New York. Free Press. 2003. 307 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: 191830 |
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| (anon). Baja California Symposium IX. Santa Ana, California. Photo available. Santa Ana. Self published. 1971. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Book ID: 233173 |
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| Gates, Jon Humboldt. Falk's Claim. The Life and Death of a Redwood Lumber Town. Photo available. Eureka. Pioneer Graphics. 1983. 166 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 211540 |
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| (anon). Report of the Director of the Mint Upon the Production of the Precious Metals in the United States During the Calendar Year 1888. Photo available. Washington. Government Printing Office. 1889. 246 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. "With the Compliments of James P. Kimbal, Director of the Mint" tipped-in. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221839 |
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| Benjamin, [I.J.]. Three Years in America. 2 volumes. Volume I: 1859-1862, Volume II. 1859-1862. Photo available. Philadelphia. The Jewish Publication Society of America. 1956. 335 & 290 pps. 4tos. Gilt decorated hard cover. First editions. Two volumes. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine set.
Book ID: 207739 |
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| Barlee, N.L. Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns of Northeastern Washington. Photo available. Oroville. Old Okanogan Publishing Co. 1988. 224 pps. Folio. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 227802 |
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| Grinnell, George Bird. The Fighting Cheyennes. Photo available. Williamstown. Corner House. 1976. 431 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 203913 |
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| Guinn, Jeff. The Last Gunfight. The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral. Photo available. New York. Simon and Schuster. 2011. 392 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Book Club. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Book ID: 232892 |
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| Bell, Jim. Memories of Tahoe. A Photographic Portfolio from 1920-1959. Photo available. Tahoe City. Self published. 2005. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 196724 |
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| Cosgrove, Carole Jane. California Potpourri. 1852-1936. Photo available. Los Angeles. Self published. 1966. 208 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding family tree. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 208551 |
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| Cleland, Robert (ed). The Mexican Year Book. 1920-21. The Standard Authority on Mexico. Photo available. Los Angeles. Mexican Year Book Publishing Co. 1922. 524 pps. First edition. Large folding map. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. "All Aboard for Mexico. Second Excursion" laid in. Fine copy (book plate).
Book ID: 232667 |
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| Crowe, Rosalie. Early Yuma. A Graphic History of Life on the American Nile. Photo available. Flagstaff. Northland Press. 1992. 136 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (lightly rubbed) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 232672 |
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| Lamar, Howard (ed). The New Encyclopedia of the American West. Photo available. New Haven. Yale University Press. 1998. 1324 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light soiling to fore edge) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 219512 |
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| Lingenfelter, Richard. Steamboats on the Colorado River. 1852-1916. Photo available. Tucson. University of Arizona Press. 1978. 195 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (lightly rubbed) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 232890 |
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| Cowan, Robert G. Foibles, Fun, Flukes, Facts of Life in World War I, San Francisco, Oakland, France, Los Angeles. Photo available. Glendale. The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1985. 111 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 209538 |
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| Driskill, Earl. Death Valley Scotty Rides Again. Tales Told by Death Valley Scotty Winter of 1952-1953 at Scotty's Castle. Photo available. Death Valley. Self published. 1961. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 221460 |
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| Hadley, C.J. (ed). The Long Trail Home. Nippers and Oldies. Early Days 'til Now. Photo available. Carson City. Range Magazine. 2021. 144 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. 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: 228735 |
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| King, Duane H. The Cherokee Indian Nation. A Troubled History. Photo available. Knoxville. University of Tennessee Press. 2000. Octavo. Hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 183536 |
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| Magee, David. Catalogue of Some Five Hundred Examples of The Printing of Edwin and Robert Grabhorm. 1917-1960. Two Gentlemen from Indiana. Now Resident in California. Photo available. San Francisco. Book Shop of David Magee. The Grabhorn Press. nd. 63 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 250 copies. Very scarce. Fine copy in fine (slot cut out to expose spine lettering) dust jacket.
Book ID: 209139 |
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| Lingenfelter, Richard & David Myrick. The Newspapers of Nevada. A History and Bibliography. 1854-1979. Photo available. San Francisco. John Howell Books. 1964. 228 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (spine lightly faded).
Book ID: 221320 |
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| Benjamin, Marcus. John Bidwell, Pioneer. A Sketch of His Career. Photo available. Washington. Self published. 1907. 52 pps. 4to. Three-quarter leather, over gilt decorated boards. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear, chip at spine tip).
Book ID: 212209 |
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| Griffin, John S. A Doctor Comes to California. The Diary of John S. Griffin, Assistant Surgeon with Kearny's Dragoons, 1846-1847. Photo available. San Francisco. California Historical Society. 1943. 97 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 205748 |
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| Abeita, Jim & Johnny Cash, Joseph Stacey. The American Indians of Abeita 'His People'. Photo available. Scottsdale. A Rick Tanner Publication. 1976. 4to. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated in black, white and color. Fine copy.
Book ID: 183454 |
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| McArthur, Lewis. Oregon Geographic Names. Photo available. Portland. Oregon Historic Society. 1982. 957 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Revised and enlarged edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 227945 |
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| Davies, Gilbert. Gold Rush Signs in California's Mother Lode Country. More Than 200 Signs, Plaques, Markers and Monuments. Photo available. Hat Creek. HiStory Ink Books. 1998. 205 pps. 4to. Comb binding. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 229912 |
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| Ebanosky, Dennis. East Bay. Then and Now. Photo available. San Diego. Thunder Bay Press. 2004. 4to. Hardcover. 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).
Book ID: 192446 |
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| Wilson, Barbara Bullock. Edna's Nudes. Photographs by Edna Bullock. Photo available. Santa Barbara. Capra Press. 1995. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 187619 |
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| Chandler, Arthur. The Biography of San Francisco State University. Photo available. San Francisco. Lexikos Press. 1986. 120 pps. 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: 206508 |
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| Dwyer, RIchard A. Lying on the Eastern Slope. James Townsend's Comic Journalism on the Mining Frontier. Photo available. Miami. Florida University Press. 1984. 167 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 211586 |
