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New York: Random House, 1978 Stated first trade edition. Black cloth-backed boards, lettered in gilt. Some foxing to foredge. A fine copy in dust jacket..

New York: The Viking Press, 1976 First edition. Small Quarto. 144pp. Profusely illustrated, some illustrations in color. Orange cloth with gil-lettering on spine. A very fine, as new copy with pictorial dust jacket. A Collection of Illustration, Verse and Text. A short biography of Kate Greenaway and selections from some of her best-known as well as little-known works.. First Edition. As New/As New.

New York: Ezra Meeker, 1926 First edition. Signed by the author on endpaper. Foreword by Robert Bruce. Small octavo. 287pp. Frontis portrait, 18 plates and illustrations, map. Drawings by Margaret Landers Sanford, et al. Pictorial red cloth stamped in dark green and white. Original owners name and date on endpaper. Slight rubbing to spine ends. A fine copy. A historical novel based on actual characters the author met and real experiences. The author, of Oregon Trail fame, came across the plains in 1852 with his wife and young son to the Puget Sound country. He later retraced the entire trip in the original wagon in the years 1906-1908..

New York: The John Day Company, 1962 Cloth. Neat previous owner's signature, elsey fine with slightly rubbed pictorial dust jacket..

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1942 First editions. Volume 1 published in 1942 by G.P. Putnam's Sons in New York. Volume 2 published in 1957 by St. Mary's College in California. 2 volumes. 631, 296pp. Colored frontispieces and 90 plates, including 16 in color. Gray and black cloth, gilt. A fine set (perfect dust jacket on volume 2 only). The most authoritative and complete work on William Keith, the California artist best known for his paintings of the state's natural scenery. The first volume contains the author's biography of Keith. The second volume was issued as a supplement and consists of notes, an addenda, much information on the Keith Gallery at St. Mary's College, etc. A valuable reference..

Moraga, California: St. Mary's College, 1957 Vol. II only. First edition. xi, 296pp. Illustrated throughout, some in color. Gray cloth stamped in black and gold. A very fine copy with dust jacket (as new). The supplementary volume (often lacking) of the most authoritative and complete work on William Keith, the California artist best known for his paintings of the state's natural scenery. The first volume contains the author's biography of Keith. This second volume was issued as a supplement and consists of notes, an addenda, much information on the Keith Gallery at St. Mary's College, etc. A valuable reference. .

Moraga, California: St. Mary's College, 1957 Vol. II only. First edition. SIGNED by the author, Brother Cornelius. xi, 296pp. Illustrated throughout, some in color. Gray cloth stamped in black and gold. A fine copy with dust jacket (light chipping to edge). The supplementary volume (often lacking) of the most authoritative and complete work on William Keith, the California artist best known for his paintings of the state's natural scenery. The first volume contains the author's biography of Keith. This second volume was issued as a supplement and consists of notes, an addenda, much information on the Keith Gallery at St. Mary's College, etc. A valuable reference. .

New York: The Heritage Press, 1966 Introduction by David Daiches. Illustrations by Clarke Hutton. Red cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. Spine very slightly faded. Small puncture at rear edge of spine. A fine copy in slipcase. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.. Illus. by Hutton, Clarke.

Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1968 First edition in book form. [14], 92pp. Covers very lightly soiled and a very minor bump to one corner. A fine copy in printed gray cloth. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Number 16 in the series of keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library. A collection of the author's reminiscences of his Comstock boyhood in Virginia City which were originally published in San Francisco's Bulletin in 1905. Accompanying the text are reproductions of the original cartoons that appeared with the stories, drawn by Herb Roth.. Illus. by Roth, Herb.

New York: Hastings House, 1949 First edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Edited by Joyce Rockwood Muench from the original manuscript. 63pp. Original boards, paper labels on spine and front cover. A very fine copy with publisher's slipcase. "One of the most valuable records of 1850" (Mattes). Gives an especially good account of the destruction of the old Mormon Winter Quarters on the west bank of the Missouri. At the age of 32, Kilgore, his father, and a small company set out for California from Keokuk, Iowa. They followed the North Platte route and entered California via the Humboldt and Carson rivers. They eventually reached Hangtown. The vast majority of Kilgore's journal is devoted to the overland trek. He does provide a concluding entry describing life and happenings in Sacramento, the Squatter Riots, ranching and agriculture, Indians, and the gold mines. [Kurutz: 376]..

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1994 First edition. 320pp. Illustrated with historic photographs, maps, reproductions, etc. Notes, index. Cloth-backed boards. One lower corner very slightly jammed, else a very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A classic portrayal of the Custer myth and the Battle of the Little Bighorn from the Indian's perspective. Both Welch and Stekler (a documentary filmmaker) collaborated on the script for "The Last Stand," nominated for an Emmy..

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1964 First edition. Very fine with dust jacket. Biography of Moctezuma I, constructed directly from the manuscripts of the Aztec people..

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc., 1955 Reprint. Gray cloth. Some minor markings along edges of covers, else a fine copy in dust jacket..

Spokane, Washington: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1997 15 volumes, complete. First edition. Published between 1997-2013. Approx. 400 - 500 pages per volume. Light blue cloth stamped in silver. A very fine set, as new. This award-winning series began in 1997 and is here offered complete (scarce thus, especially in this condition). Limitation varies but most volumes are one of 1200 to 1300 copies. The series explores the story of the Latter-day Saints and their part in the greater history of the Western Frontier. Subject include polygamy, the Utah War of 1857, Mountain Meadows, Indian/Mormon relations, European visitors to Deseret, and more. Primary source documents, many of them never before published, comprise the series' core, continuing the publisher's over 100-year tradition of issuing vital source works in American history. The Mormons' frontier experience, their religious vision and political ambitions are revealed in the words of the pioneers, edited and illuminated by noted historians… Read More

San Francisco: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1995 First edition by this publisher, possibly later printing. First published by Chronicle Books in 1984. Oblong quarto. 143pp. 41 detailed photographic plates. Dark brown boards, lettered in silver. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Darius Kinsey (1869-1945) was a photographer (in partnership with his wife, Tabitha) active in western Washington state from 1890 to 1940. He is best known for his large-format images of loggers and phases of the region's lumber industry. He also photographed locomotives and landscapes and (especially early in his career) did studio work. This work includes handsome reproductions of Kinsey's photos of the logging industry's steam locomotives, accompanied with historical essays by John Labbe on each locomotive and the logging operations it served, and excerpts from conversations with some of the old-time engineers, firemen, and brakemen. .

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1961 First edition. 268pp. Frontis portrait, illustrations, maps. Red cloth, gilt. A very fine, uncut copy. Benedict's major contribution to Southwest justice was in aiding in the transition from Spanish-Mexican to Anglo-American law and legal procedure, serving as Chief Justice of the Territory of New Mexico from 1858 until 1866. Emphasis on the Indian, slavery, social and political affairs, journalism, etc. Also includes a chapter on circuit riding with Abraham Lincoln in Illinois. It was Lincoln who later appointed him to the federal judiciary in the Southwest. [Clark and Brunet I: 131; Clark and Brunet II: 151]..

San Francisco: Badger Books, 1978 First edition. Quarto. 160 pp. Illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs; bibliography & index. Gray cloth lettered in black. Top and fore-edge of text block foxed, else a fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A profusely illustrated history of knifemaking in San Francisco. Includes histories of McConnell and Kesmodel, Will & Finck, Michael Price and other knifemakers, from the craft's beginnings in the area into the twentieth century. Scarce..

London: Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd., 1982 First edition. Foreword by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. Introduction by Michael Ward. 224pp. Profusely illustrated with (mostly) color and black & white photographs; maps, Cloth. A very fine copy with unclipped pictorial dust jacket. The main Himalayan chain of the unexplored mountains of Tibet and Chinese Central Asia is now open to foreigners. The British Mount Kongur expedition was the first to be allowed into China. This excellent work discusses the expedition that conquered the summit. The author was part of the 4 man expedition..