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| (anon). The Mare Island Case. D.W. Bouldin Plaintiff vs. Edmund R. Calhoun et al. Photo available. np. np. 1878. 212 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Book ID: 212353 |
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| Delmatier, Royce et al. The Rumble of California Politics. Inscribed by the author. 1848-1970. Photo available. New York. John Wiley & Sons. 1970. 483 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "For Julia a fine friend and fellow ethusiast of Calif politics. From Royce". Fine copy.
Book ID: 227202 |
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| Barlee, N.L. Similkameen. The Pictograph Country. British Columbia, Canada. Photo available. Summerland. Self published. 1978. 96 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Book ID: 203933 |
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| Bidwell, General John. Echoes of the Past About California. Excerpts from The Century Magazine. Photo available. Chico. Bidwell Mansion Associates. 2000. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Goodman, David. Arizona Odyssey. Bibliographic Adventures in Nineteenth-Century Magazines. Photo available. Tempe. Arizona Historical Foundation. 1969. 360 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| (misc). La Reata. Number 2, Summer 1977. Santa Barbara Corral of the Westerners. Photo available. Santa Barbara. Self published. 1977. 15 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Baker, Laura Nelson. Ground Afire. The Story of the Death Valley National Monument. Photo available. New York. Atheneum. 1971. 166 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (lightly faded) dust jacket (in mylar).
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| Lewis, Oscar. Sagebrush Casinos. Signed by the author. The Story of Legal Gambling in Nevada. Photo available. Garden City. Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1953. 256 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
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| Grenier, Judson A. Golden Odyssey. John Stroud Houston. California's First Controller and The Origins of State Government. Photo available. Los Angeles. Historic Society of Southern California. 1999. 222 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).
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| (anon). Report of The Director of The Mint Upon the Statistics of the Production of the Precious Metals in the United States. 1882. Photo available. Washington. Government Printing Office. 1882. 765 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light fading to spine).
Book ID: 206984 |
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| Jones, Constance. Trailblazers. The Men and Women Who Forged the West. Photo available. New York. MetroBooks. 1995. 4to. 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: 182710 |
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| Engstrand, Iris. Joaquin Velazquez de Leon. Royal Officer in Baja California. 1768-1770. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1976. 134 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Limited edition of 500 copies. 2 maps in rear pocket. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 232774 |
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| Cooke, P. St. George. The Conquest of New Mexico and California. Photo available. Albuquerque. Horn and Wallace. 1964. 308 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Folding map. Important reference work. Fine copy
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| Hittell, Theodore H. & Valenti Angelo. El Triunfo de la Cruz. A Description of the Building by Father Juan Ugarte of the First Ship Made in California. An Essay. Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. The Grabhorn Press. 1930. 25 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated with decorations by Valenti Angelo. Limited edition of 50 copies. Very rare in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 209010 |
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| Dennison, Keith. Holt Memorial Hall. Photo available. Stockton. Haggin Museum. nd. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 210073 |
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| Kluckhohn, Clyde. To the Foot of the Rainbow. A Tale of Twenty Five Hundred Miles of Wandering on Horseback Through the Southwest Enchanted Land. Photo available. Glorieta. Rio Grande Press. 1980. 284 pps. Folio. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 229900 |
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| Lynn, Sandra D. Windows on the Past. Historic Lodgings of New Mexico. Photo available. Albuquerque. University of New Mexico Press. 1999. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
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| Brands, H.W. The Age of Gold. The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream. Photo available. New York. Doubleday. 2002. 347 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).
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| (Aerospace Corporation). The Aerospace Corporation. Its Work: 1960-1980. Photo available. El Segundo. Self published. 1980. 273 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Book ID: 230062 |
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| Dysart, Zella. Summer Sojourn to the Grand Canyon. The 1898 Diary of Zella Dysart. Photo available. Prescott. HollyBear. 1996. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (owner name on title page).
Book ID: 140239 |
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| Dyer, Robert L. Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri. Photo available. Columbia. University of Missouri Press. 1994. 87 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 200662 |
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| McHugh, Tom. The Time of the Buffalo. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1972. 339 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in glassine wrapper.
Book ID: 218242 |
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| Canfield, Chauncey L. (ed). The Diary of a Forty-Niner. Photo available. Redmond. High Grass Publications. 1999. 231 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Facsimile. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| de Paola, Tomie (dePaola). Tomie dePaola's Book of Bible Stories. Photo available. New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1990. 4to. Decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated in color and black & white by Tomie de Paola (dePaola). Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 133819 |
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| Monaghan, Jay. Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1977. 218 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (very light wear) copy in fine (spine very lightly faded) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 227623 |
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| Broman, Mickey. Nevada Ghost Town Trails. Photo available. Pico Rivera. Gem Guides Book. 1978. 80 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Revised edition Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Kustel, Guido. Nevada and California Processes of Silver and Gold Extraction, for General Use, and Especially for the Mining Public of California and Nevada, With Full Explanations and Directions for All Metallurgical Operations Connected with Silver and Gold from a Preliminary Examination of the Ore to the Final Casting of the ingot. Also, A Description of the General Metallurgy of Silver Ore. Photo available. San Francisco. Frank D. Carlton. 1863. 327 pps. + plates. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. Professionally rebound.
Book ID: 206351 |
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| Lamb, Susan, Wallace Stegner (foreword). Alcatraz. The Rock. Photo available. Flagstaff. Northland Press. 1988. 118 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Lewis, Betty. Watsonville. Memories That Linger. Volume I. Photo available. Santa Cruz. Otter B Books. 2009. 220 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Book ID: 221186 |
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| Gleason, Duncan. The Islands and Ports of California. A Guide to Coastal California. Photo available. New York. The Devin-Adair Company. 1958. 210 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).
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| (anon). University of California Publications in History. Volume XVI. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1927. 258 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Corbin, Helen. The Curse of The Dutchman's Gold. Inscribed by the author. Photo available. Phoenix. Foxwest. 1990. 240 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "? Zinkel Good luck Helen Corbin & All the best Bib Corbin?". Fine copy.
Book ID: 219733 |
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| Kittredge, William & Annick Smith. The Last Best Place. Inscribed by the authors. A Montana Anthology. Photo available. Missoula. Montana Historical Society. 1988. 1142 pps. Folio. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the authors "For William Best Wishes 12/3/88 William Morrow. Kittredge Annick Smith. Fine (owner inscription on end paper) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 231032 |
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| McIntyre, Wade. State Fair! The Biggest Show in New Mexico. Photo available. np. np. 1995. 141 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 189577 |
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| Longstreet, Stephen. War Cries On Horseback. The Story of the Indian Wars of the Great Plains. Photo available. Garden City. Doubleday & Company. 1970. 335 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 196026 |
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| Brewer, Chris. Bakersfield and Kern. Signed by the author. Picture Album. Photo available. Exeter. Bear State Books. 2001. 96 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (very light edge soiling).
Book ID: 205130 |
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| Franz, Kathy. Forget Me Not. A Boothill Remembrance Photo available. Littleton. Lifehouse. 2019. 184 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 222959 |
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| Buckbee, Edna Bryan. Pioneer Days of Angel's Camp. Photo available. Angel's Camp. Calaveras Californian. 1932. 80 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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| Isenberg, Andrew C. Mining California. An Ecological History. Photo available. New York. Hill & Wang. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2005. 242 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 215074 |
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| Eno, Henry & Turrentine Jackson (ed). Twenty Years on the Pacific Slope. Inscribed by the editor. Letters of Henry Eno From California and Nevada, 1848-1871 (Gold Rush). Photo available. New Haven. Yale University Press. 1965. 224 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Inscribed "Inscribed for Beulah Hughes, a loyal friend through the fat years and the leand. W. Turrentine Jackson". Fine (bottom of end paper clipped) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 194378 |
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| Fleming, Paula. The North American Indians in Early Photographs. Photo available. New York. Harper & Row. 1986. 256 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Book ID: 232460 |
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| Martinez, Lionel. Gold Rushes of North America. An Illustrated History. Photo available. Secaucus. Wellfleet Press. 1990. 192 pps. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 176617 |
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| Clark, Thomas (ed). Off at Sunrise. The Overland Journal of Charles Glass Gray. Photo available. San Marino. Huntington Library. 1976. 186 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: 208345 |
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| Jones, Virgie V. Historical Persons and Places... Inscribed by the author. in San Ramon Valley. A Personalized, Pictorial, Social History of Alamo, Danville, Diablo and San Ramon. Photo available. Alamo. Morris-Burt Press. 1977. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 177309 |
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| Barker, Malcolm. San Francisco Memoirs. 1835-1851. Eyewitness Accounts of the Birth of a City. Photo available. San Francisco. Londonborn Publications. 1994. 315 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear, small stain on front end paper).
Book ID: 228990 |
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| Coventry, Kim. Monterey Peninsula. The Golden Age. Images of America. Photo available. Charleston. Aracadia. 2003. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 220251 |
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| Hyde, Dayton O. Yamsi. Photo available. New York. The Dial Press. 1971. 316 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (book plate).
Book ID: 215336 |
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| Cumings, Bruce. Dominion from Sea to Sea. Pacific Ascendancy and American River. Photo available. New Haven. Yale University Press. 2009. 641 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 196348 |
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| Ketchum, Richard. Will Rogers. The Man and His Times. Boxed edition. Photo available. New York. American Heritage Publishing. 1972. 415 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. "First Day of Issue" canceled stamp laid in. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine slip case.
Book ID: 210136 |
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| Fisher, Anne B. Stories California Indians Told. Photo available. Sacramento. California State Department of Education. 1965. 110 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated by Ruth Robbins. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (stamps on end papers).
Book ID: 198791 |
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| Hutchinson, W.H. Oil, Land and Politics. The California Career of Thomas Robert Bard. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma. 1965. 349 & 394 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first editions. Photographs, maps and bibliography. Bard, a Civil War railroad man, arrived in San Francisco in 1865. Fifty years later he was a powerful U.S. Senator and leading developer of California's burgeoning oil industry. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copies in fine slip case.
Book ID: 206489 |
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| Jakes, John. California Gold. A Novel. Photo available. New York. Random House. 1989. 658 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 192315 |
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| Gullard, Pamela. History of Palo Alto. The Early Years. Photo available. San Francisco. Scottwall. 1989. 184 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 113787 |
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| Cox, Mike. Texas Ranger Tales. Hard-Riding Stories from the Lone Star State. Photo available. Guilford. Lone Star Books. 2016. 420 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Book ID: 219777 |
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| Cooper, Brian (ed). Dubuque. Yesterday and Today. 175 Years. Photo available. Dubuque. Telegraph Herald. 2008. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 224594 |
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| Clarke, Dwight L. William Tecumseh Sherman: Gold Rush Banker. The Civil War General's Pre-War Career as a Banker in San Francisco. Photo available. San Francisco. California Historical Society. 1969. 446 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 138590 |
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| Guttmacher, Peter. Legendary Westerns. Photo available. New York. MetroBooks. 1995. 128 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.
Book ID: 233996 |
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| Davis, John. The Texas Rangers. Images and Incidents. Photo available. San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures. 2000. Folio. Soft cover. Second revised edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Book ID: 234777 |
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| (misc.). Treasures of the Book Club Library. Part III. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 2004. 4to. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Complete. Fine set in fine slip case.
Book ID: 209407 |
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| Lewis, Marvin (ed). Mining Frontier. Contemporary Accounts from the American West in the Nineteenth Century. Photo available. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1967. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Book ID: 221316 |
