CALIFORNIA. The Story of Our Southwest Corner.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949. Reprint. xi, [1], 212 pp (including Index). Illustrated with drawings. 8vo. Tan cloth binding with red stamping. Dust jacket. More
Americana
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KINGSTON, LAKE ONTARIO (Ontario See)
New York: Published by Charles Magnus & Co., 12 Frankfort Street, (n. d.). Ca 1858 - 1860. Bifolium, unused. Lithographed panoramic image [4-1/2" x 8-13/16"] of Kingston Lake at top of sheet, after an original sketch by William Henry Bartlett, ca 1840. 11-1/8" x 8-1/2". Now housed in an archival..... More
MILWAUKEE.
New York: Published by Charles Magnus, (n. d.). Ca mid-1850s. Bifolium, unused. Lithographed panoramic image [4-1/2" x 7-3/8"] of Milwaukee at top of sheet. Under image at left: "Exec by G. G. Lange Darmstadt" 11-5/8" x 9-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. From an AAS record, we find..... More
J. ROSS BROWNE. Confidential Agent in Old California.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1965). 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the Author. 218, [2] pp (including Index). Two suites of illustrations. 8vo. Brown cloth binding. Yellow topstain. Brown dust jacket printed in yellow. More
TINTYPES In GOLD. Four Studies in Robbery.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1939. 1st Edition. [10], 191, [3] pp. Decorations by Giacomo Patri. 8vo. Red cloth binding. Pictorial eps. Topstain. Yellow dust jacket. Jackson tells the story of 4 early California Gold-Rush highwaymen: Black Bart, Tom Bell, Rattlesnake Dick & Dick Fellows. More
MEMORIES Of The MENDOCINO COAST.; Being a Brief Account of the Discovery, Settlement and Development of the Mendocino Coast, together with the Correlated History of the Union Lumber Company and how Coast and Company grew up together.
San Francisco, California: Privately Printed [by Taylor & Taylor], 1948. 1st Edition. xiv, 80, [5] pp. Decorations by Dan Adair. 8vo. Paper covers, wood motif, printed paper title label to spine. More
CALIFORNIA. An Intimate Guide.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935. 1st edition. SIGNED by the Author on the ffep. xvi, [2], 589, [1] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
KINDEL & GRAHAM. Catalog No. 128. Importers, Manufacturers and Wholesalers. Largest in the West.
San Francisco: (1928). 1st edition thus. 193, [2] pp. Index at rear. Illustrated, primarily b&w, though with a few inserted sheets of color adverts. Landscape format: 9-1/4" x 12-1/4". Reddish brown cloth spine over light brown paper covers printed in red. A wonderful catalogue displaying a plethora of children's toys..... More
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SIR WALTER RAWLEIGH'S [RALEIGH] HOUSE Youghi IRA
(n. p.): 1844. Single sheet, mounted. Verso with 4 line stanza of verse, dated May 1844. Lithographed image of Raleigh's house at top of recto, hand-inked title under right side of image. 11" x 8-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
AMERICAN CAN CO. Pacific Dist. Dinner Dance Menu & Program. Feb. 9 - 1929. Elks Club San Francisco
San Francisco: 1929. 1st Printing. Menu color printed on a rectangular piece of tin, 'recto gold' plated. Verso with engraved title [as above] in 6 lines. 7-13/16" x 3-15/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
MENU - For COWBOYS UNDER 12.; Handlery Hotels of California.
(n.p.). c. 1960s (?). 1st Printing. Loose leaf. Illustrated upper wrappers. Die-cut like a cowboys head. Card stock loose leaf, printed recto and verso, cut outs for nose and eyes (to wear as a mask). Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
A DANGEROUS WEAPON.; VOTE "NO" On AMENDMENT No. 27.
(San Francisco). c. 1914-1915. 1st Printing. Loose leaf. Illustration of a map of San Francisco. 18-1/2" x 9-2/8". Paper leaf, printed in black ink. This ad starts of by stating "Below we print a map which shows at a glance how easy it would be for the Anti-Saloon League and..... More
NURSE'S ARCHIVE Of ~ 900 LETTERS, POSTCARDS, GREETING CARDS And Other Miscellaneous Ephemera, 1947 - 1991.
(divers locales): 1947 - 1991. The core of the collection dates 1953 - 1980. This phenomenal collection consists of 894 letters, postcards, and greeting cards, 27 loose clippings, three church pamphlets, and two black and white school portrait photos. The letters are primarily to and from Martha Lee Newman Westgate..... More
The FILIBUSTERS Of 1890. The Captain John F. Janes and Lower California Newspaper Reports and the Walter G. Smith Manuscript.
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. 1968. 1st Printing. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom, The Castle Press, Pasadena. 500 cc. 85, [1] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
CATTLE BRANDS Of BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR 1809 - 1885. Los Registros de Marcas de Baja California Sur.
Los Angeles: Published for the Archivo Historica de Baja California Sur Pablo L. Martinez, La Paz by Dawson's Book Shop. 1978. 1st Printing. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom, The Castle Press, Pasadena. 600 cc. 78, [2] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Green cloth binding printed in red; gilt stamped title lettering to spine..... More
DANVILLE. Portrait of 125 Years.; An Album of Photographs. Some Old, Most New -- Offering a Brief Look at Life Today in Our Town, Along with a Glimpse Into Our Past.
Alamo, CA: Robert Pease & Company, Inc., [1983]. 1st Edition. 11, [1 (blank)] pp. Profusely illustrated, with both color & b/w photographic images. Landscape format: 9-1/4" x 12-1/4". Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamping. Purple decorative eps. No dust jacket. Founded in 1858, the city commissioned this publication to celebrate..... More
To The FOOT Of The RAINBOW. A Tale of Twenty-Five Hundred Miles of Wandering on Horseback Through the Southwest Enchanted Land.
Glorieta, New Mexico: The Rio Grande Press, Inc., 1967. 1st edtion thus. x, 276, [4] pp. Index last 4 pages. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Map eps. A reissue of a work first published in 1927. More
SACRED HEROES And MARTYRS. Biographical Sketches of Illustrious Men of the Bible; with Historical Scenes and Incidents, Illustrating Their Heroic Deeds, Eventful Careers, and Sublime Faith, Which Have No Parallel in Human History. Sold by Subscription.
New York: E. B. Treat & Co., 654 Broadway, 1870. 1st edition. 623, [3 (blank)] pp. Numerous Illustrations, from Original Designs by A. L. Rawson. Thick 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. Bevelled boards. More
ETCHING. Yosemite Half-Dome
(n. p.): 1887. Signed [in the Plate] by Moran. Overall size: 15-1/8" x 10-13/16". Etching: 11-5/8" x 8-1/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Moran "was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School in New York whose work often featured the Rocky Mountains. Moran and his..... More
SAND In A WHIRLWIND. The Paiute Indian War of 1860.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. 1st Edition. xviii, 316 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Black cloth spine over grey cloth boards. Map eps. Dust jacket. More
The BOY'S LIFE Of GREATHEART LINCOLN The Martyr President.
London: S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltc. 8 & 9 Paternoster Row, (n. d.). Ca 1915. Cf. Monaghan 1902n. 320, 32 pp. 32 page publisher catalogue at rear. Color frontispiece. 8 inserted b/w plates. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. More
CALIFORNIA JUBILEE. Nuggets from Many HIdden Veins.
Culver City, California: Murray & Gee, Inc., 1948. 1st Edition. 272 pp. Linen cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Dust jacket. More
NEWSPAPERING In The OLD WEST. A Pictorial History of Journalism and Printing on the Frontier.
New York: Bonanza Books, (1965). 1st printing of this edition. 191, [1] pp. Many b/w intratextual illustrations and photographic images. 10-3/4" x 8-1/2". Yellow cloth binding, orange illustrated dust jacket. More
The GOLDEN FLEECE Of CALIFORNIA.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., (1936). 79, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated from original wood engravings by Randolph Wardell Johnston. 8vo. Hardback. Maroon topstain. Buff paper dust jacket, printed in dark brown. "A new narrative of the days of '49" [dj blurb]. More
KEY SYSTEM ALBUM. Interurbans Special 68.
Glendale: Interurbans, 1980. 2nd Printing. 120 pp. Profusely illustrated, primarily from photographs (some color). Oblong 8vo. Orange cloth binding stamped with gilt. Photographic eps. Orange dust jacket. More