San Francisco: Published by the Commercial Travelers Congress Building Association, 1914. 1st edition (Rocq 17067). 255, [1] pp. Printed by Taylor, Nash & Taylor. Adverts throughout. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. 11-1/4" x 7-3/4". Blue cloth binding gilt stamped lettering to front board. Somewhat uncommon pre-WWI California item; OCLC locates just 5..... More

New York: Melpat Associates, [1982 ?]. 1st Printing. 352 pp. Adverts throughout. Filled with b/w half-tone photographic images of people, places & events. 4to. White glossy paper covers, with front cover depicting 32 b/w images of divers individuals. Rear cover a color advert for Kool cigarettes. "Well it was a...... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1886. 1st edition (Cowan II, p. 545; Howes R487; Norris 3323; Rocq 11196; Wheat GOLD RUSH 171; Zamorano 80: 66). xv, [1 (blank)], 513, [15] pp. Adverts follow text. Folding map. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. TEG. Per Cowan..... More

Framingham MA: Old America Company, (1923). 1st edition. [2], 302 pp (including Index). 304 illustrations. Royal 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. White dust jacket. More

San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft & Co., 1868. 1st edition. [3], xvi, 696, [15 (advertisements and blanks)] pp. 10-1/4" x 7-1/4". Green pebbled cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More

San Francisco: Samuel Carlson and Company, 1888. 1st Edition. 495, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2". Grey cloth binding with brown title lettering and gilt floral design stamped to front board. Gilt title lettering stamped to spine. More

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (2009). 1st Edition. xvi, [2], 618, [2 (blank)] pp including Notes and index. Several b/w illustrations. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (2010). 1st Edition thus. xxiv, [2],638 pp including appedix, notes and index. Several b/w images. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth binding with silver title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More

[Providence, RI]: [1881]. 1st edition thus. 27 leaves of stiff-stock mounting board. Album contains 200+ original albumen photographs. NB. No sports team images. Folio. 16-1/2" x 12-1/2". 3/4 brown leather album with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. Bevelled edges. AEG. Marbled eps. A hefty class photo album of..... More

Montevideo, Uruguay: 1953. 13 leaves of black mounting stock paper. 12 b/w 4-1/2" x 6-3/4" photographs, one mounted per leaf, recto. Tissue guards. Album: 7-3/8" x 11-5/8". Padded plain black cloth album, back cord tie. "A souvenir of the visit of His Excellency the Ambassador of the United States of..... More

New York: Hastings House, (1958). 1st edition. xiv, 527, (3 [blank]) pp. Illustrated with a suite of plates. 8vo. Blue green cloth binding. Map eps. Dust jacket. More

Wyandotte, Mich. Printed at the Herald Press, 1899. 1st edition. Unpaginated, though 44 pp. Text printed double column. Frontis + one inserted plate. Decorative border, printed in green, to each page. 10-1/2" x 8". Grey linen cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. AEG. Patterned paper eps. Fairly..... More

Chicago: The Werner Company, 1895. Salesman's Sample (Arbour 1457). Contains preliminary 17 pp, as well as some representative chapters of the text. Blank 'Subscriber' pp at rear. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-3/4". Original dark olive green cloth with gilt lettering & pictorial to front board. Floral eps. TEG..... More