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New York: The Heritage Press, 1949 Newly translated, with an introduction, by Jacques LeClercq. Illustrated by Bernard Lamotte. Marbled boards with tan cloth spine. A very fine copy in slipcase. Slipcase is worn along the foredge.. Illus. by Lamotte, Bernard.

Denver: Sage Books, 1962 First edition. Very scarce in this condition! 426pp. Illustrated with 97 vintage photographs. Notes, appendix, bibliography and index. Gray-brown cloth, gilt. A very fine and bright copy with very fine pictorial dust jacket. Considered the definitive work on this controversial Texas cowman. "A well-written biography on one of cattle land's unique characters, revealing many things heretofore unrecorded" (Adams). Isom Prentice (Print) Olive (1840-1886) was a pioneer Texas cowman, his name a household word in the late 1870's and 1880's. "A tough cowman from Texas who got tougher in Nebraska" (Dobie). For ten years the Olives and other Texas cowmen fought the rustlers, matching themselves and their tough cowboys against such outlaws as John Ringo, Cal Nutt, Dave Fream, Neil Kane, George Gladden and others of that caliber. [Adams, Six-Guns: 420; Thrapp, Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, p.1080]..

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1911 2 volumes. First edition. Edited by Her Son, Montague J. Guest. Annotations by Egan Mew. Thick royal octavo. Pp. xl, [2], 503 + xiii, [3], 542 plus upwards of 100 plates showing hundreds of items, including 8 plates in color and one in photogravure. Index. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spines and front covers, pictorial elements in white, top edges gilt. Light extremity rubbing, two corners jammed, short half inch tear to upper front hinge of volume II. A very good set. These two volumes give a fascinating account of the journeys of Lady Charlotte Schreiber in her indefatigable search for ceramics and other objects for over 15 years in the late 19th Century. The English portion of her collection, consisting of 2,000 pieces, was presented to the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert) where it is known as the "Schreiber Collection." Lady Charlotte was a remarkable woman. She was first married to Sir John Guest, who owned the steel… Read More

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.: Turner Publishung, Inc., 1994 1st US edition. Wonderful, beautiful illustrations of fairies "pressed" into the pages of the book. Padded boards simulated to look like old, worn leather. The pressed fairy bookmark is laid in and in perfect condition. The band for the "protection of the innocent" is included and still intact. Small inked owner's signature on upper corner of front free endpaper, else a fine and beautiful copy. A wonderful collector's item. .

Victoria, British Columbia: Provincial Archives of British Columbia, 1974 First edition. Memoir No. XI of the Provincial Archives. Edited with Introduction and Notes by Dorothy Blakey Smith. xxviii, 157pp. Eight photographs, index. Gilt-lettered light brown cloth. A very fine copy. Letters and journal kept by Sophia Cracroft, Lady Jane Franklin's niece by marriage, which narrates their visit to Sitka February to April, 1861 and April to July, 1870. Sophia and Lady Franklin apparently made the journey in hopes of discovering any of Sir John Franklin's diaries, journals or other personal papers..

San Francisco: Byron Hot Springs, 2017 Second edition, revised. SIGNED by the author. Foreword by Peter Goin. Oblong quarto. (8x10 inches). 122pp. Profusely illustrated with 151 reproductions of photographs, mostly in color. Stiffer pictorial wrappers. A very fine, as new copy. The first survey of Parker's Lake Tahoe regional photographs. This fine work documents the career of a commercial photographer inspired by the Lake of the Sky to capture images treasured still today. Harold A. Parker (1878-1930) captured the pristine beauty of Lake Tahoe. His images were key to the Lake's transformation into an international destination. Parker images of accessible sights from the steamship Tahoe soon became treasured mementos of summers spent at Lake Tahoe. Parker set the artistic standard for Lake Tahoe photography for decades to come. He held the summer franchise for the Tahoe Tavern photography studio and newsstand from 1908 to 1913. Parker was established as an outstanding commercial photographer… Read More

New York: Frank Shay, 1921 First edition. Book-plate of previous owner. The wrappers are heavily worn. Internally fine. A good reading copy..

Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1971 Oblong quarto. Profusley illustrated with black & white drawings. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's signature , very minor edgewear, else a fine copy in spine faded, lightly chipped pictorial dust jacket. A study through pictures and words of colonial Australia..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972 First edition. 267 pp. 16 color photographs, 105 black & white photos, and 17 four-color geological maps. Bibliography and index. Two-tone cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A historical portrait of the Grand Canyon and the high plateaus of Arizona, Utah and Nevada. Covers the geology of the region along with history, from Coronado, Garces, Atanasio and Escalente, to the present; Mormon settlement; forty niners; Indian wars; Santa Fe Trail; Cattle Barons; Government Surveys of Ives, Wheeler, Powell, and Stanton; National Monuments and Parks, etc..

Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1967 First edition. Tall octavo. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs, 9 maps. Index, bilbliography. Tan cloth with black lettering. Previous owner's signature, some notations in bibliography. A very fine copy in dust jacket. Dust jacket lightly chipped at head of spine. Study of historic buildings in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County..

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1961 Thurber's illustrations throughout. Green cloth-backed gray boards, gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket price-clipped and lightly rubbed. Damp stain to rear of cover and jacket, else very good..

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1943 First edition. Presentation inscription, signed by the author. Hardback, bound in black cloth with gilt-lettering on spine. Covers scuffed and soiled. Internally fine..

Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1998 First edition. Presentation inscription, SIGNED by the author. [10], 289pp. Illustrated from photographs. Notes, sources, index. Black cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Story of William Bowers Bourn I and his son and successor, William Bowers Bourn II, among the wealthiest and most powerful of the Bonanza Kings in San Francisco..

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1963 First edition. Scarce thus. Review copy with review slip laid in. 314pp. 24 photographs, 5 maps; text illustrations. Bibliography and index. Tan cloth printed in red. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Examines the Sioux Nation from the time the Sioux were put on the reservation to the infamous Battle of Wounded Knee Creek in 1890. Utley explores, for the first time, the personalities, policies, and maneuvers of both sides..

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981 First edition. Introduction by Paul Theroux. Soft cover. Very light wear to covers. Minor foxing to outer extremities of pages. A fine copy in printed wrappers..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936 First edition. Small octavo. Green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed with minor wear to corners and ends of spine. A very good copy in chipped dust jacket. The memoir of this famous philosophy professor..

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000 First Abrams edition, first issued in 1995. Square quarto. 144pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white and color photographs by O. Winston Link. Black boards lettered in white. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. An excellent monograph on the railroad photography of O. Winston Link, concentrating on the routes of the Norfolk and Western Railway (Virginia and North Carolina) during the 1950's. Link's exceptional photographs document the steam engines, railroad employees, the towns and rural life along the route, before the engines were replaced by diesel locomotives..

London: Collins, 1978 First edition. Octavo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Very minor shelfwear, else a fine copy in price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. The story of Captain Cook's famous Third Voayge. .

London: Joiner & Steele, Ltd., 1931 Limited edition of 550 copies (500 of which were for sale), hand numbered and signed by the author. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Frontispiece by Alan Odle. Forward by Richard Aldington. Green cloth, lettered in gilt. Faded at spine and edges of covers, minor soiling to rear cover, otherwise fine.. Illus. by Odle, Alan.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974 First edition. Octavo. Illustrated throughout with etchings, maps and photographs. Bibliography and index. Brown cloth wioth gilt lettering on spine. Small stain/sticker residue on front endpaper, else fine. Dust jacket is faded with a 1 1/2 tear to the rear, repaired with tape. Examines the tortuous history of the Tasmanian's extermintaion, and of the physique, morals and social structure of the race..