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New York:: G.P. Putnam's Sons,, 1874.. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo (less than 7.5 inches) in gilt stamped brown cloth, beveled boards 337 pages illustrated by frontis portrait and folding map. The author was the father of the subject of the biography and the factual record comes largely from the son's letters. Bayard spent a significant period in the late 1850's on the plains, based and Fort Leavenworth with action in Wyoming and Utah. Howes B25. He then commanded the cavalry south ... more information

New York:: Longmans, Green,, 1955.. 1st edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Octavo, Wonderfully clean copy in red cloth. Extremities barely showing wear. No marks inside, binding sound. Jacket also just slightly extremity worn, but no tears or chips. An apocryphal story but an interesting one by a tax expert. ... more information

New Haven, Conn.:: Yale Univ. Press,, 1917.. First Edition. Owner name and discreet bookplate fep. Jacket has edgetears and is darkened; 2' of spine bottom missing, matching damage to book. Jacket spine deteriorated where it joins back, but still attached. Spine cover is attractive with nice illustration. Ads on back cover and flaps, all intact. ... more information

London:: A.&C. Black,, 1905.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Octavo, Nice solidly bound copy. Blue cloth has minor edge and extremity wear, minor corner bump, spine ends worn; spine darkened. TEG Interior clean and bright with all illustrations intact. Owner name in pencil ffep. ... more information

New York:: Doubleday,, 1971.. Book Club. Square quarto, Jacket shows coner bumps and slight wear at spine ends. This is volume II of Jablonski's history of air power in WW II, this on e covering the war in the pacific. Photos. ... more information

Philadelphia:: W.B. Saunders,, 1969.. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Hardback. Octavo, Minor extremity wear. Owner name front endpaper. Photos. ... more information

Mechanicsburg PA:: Stackpole Books,, 1996.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) tall, in blue paper covered boards backed by beige cloth. 202 pages illustrated by drawings, photographs including a color section. A "how to" on this tropical salt water fish. The book is clean, bright, sound and unworn. ... more information

Boston:: Roberts Bros.,, 1878.. First Edition. Hardback 24mo, about five inches tall.. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and decorated in blind. 414 pages plus 4 pages of ads (therefore BAL 10434, first state). Portions of the book on California (including a lengthy section on Yosemite) and New England. But fully half the book concerns Colorado with plenty of commentary on the scenery and the people. Wynar, 2125. Covers modestly edge worn with tips barely worn through to boards. Spine ends a little frayed ... more information

Boston:: Roberts Brothers,, 1884.. First Edition. Hardback 12mo. BAL 10456. Gray cloth, cover title in brown, spine title in gilt, cover decoration in gilt. 490 pages plus four pages of ads. Green floral endpapers. The author's most famous and most significant book, a classic of Hispanic Southern California. Covers modestly rubbed and edgeworn with spine ends fraying a bit. Hinges both starting with endpaper cracked, but holding quite well. Previous owner name on front pastedown; bookstore tag o... more information

London:: Macmillan,, 1921.. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Thick hardback quarto, about 12 inches tall, in green cloth, beveled boards, stamped in gilt. 747 pages. A basic professional reference with thousands of marks displayed and discussed. A clean, soundly bound copy with light toning to the text, a previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown, and the endpapers are toned by glue transfer. The covers are lightly edge and extremity worn. ... more information

Glendale CA:: Arthur H. Clark Co.,, 1959.. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in green cloth. Volume X of the publisher's 'The Far West and the Rockies Historical Series'. Clark & Brunet, 118(X). One of 1269 copies. The diaries of Jackson during some of the photographer's early work in the Rockies. Clean, bright, soundly bound inside. The covers show light bottom shelf wear. ... more information

Urbana :: University of Illinois Press,, 1987.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in gilt stamped blue cloth. 136 pages including notes on sources and index. Jackson, lifetime collector and publisher of Lewis and Clark documents as an editor at the University of Illinois Press, offers insights into the expedition and the people who made the journey, Biddle's 1814 narrative of the expedition failed to even mention Lewis's dog. Jackson discovers the dogs name. Date of "30 Nov 87" neatly... more information

Austin TX:: University of Texas Press,, 2005.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.5 inches tall, in black cloth. 279 pages illustrated by photographs. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS WITH SEPARATE PERSONAL INSCRIPTIONS ON THE TITLE PAGE. Joaquin Jackson was the "One Ranger" of the title and this relates his career from the mid-1960s to his retirement in 1993, a period that bridges the older Ranger ethos and the modern one. Very readable, very well written. The lower front tip has a minor bump;... more information

Denver:: Univ. of Denver,, 1952.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Octavo, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LAURENCE MARSHALL. Yellow cloth covers slightly bowed. Jacket has minor edge and extremity wear; light yellowing to rear cover; two-inch tear to upper back cover. Nice personal inscription to 'long time friend'. Herndon Davis (and photos). ... more information

London:: Ward Lock,, No date (ca. 1904).. No Edition Indicated. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in black cloth stamped in black with a gilt medallion on cover. 343 pages illustrated by photographs including a frontis of the Governor, Colonel Gallwey, and a map. The history of the British-governed island in the South Atlantic which was Napoleon's final home. When the book was written, the island housed Boer prisoners of war (who are shown in photographs). Light foxing throughout and toning from glue tran... more information

Denver:: Frank S. Thayer,, No date (ca 1890).. First Edition. Hardback octavo. Red cloth covering thin boards, pictorial blindstamping (of Royal Gorge), snap closure. A title page plus 16 photographs, images about 7 x 4.5 inches, accordion folded. Excellent Jackson photographs showing the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Clear Creek, Glenwood (called Canon of the Grand River) and others. The photographs are fine except for a couple of inconsequential abrasions to the Clear Creek image; occasional very ligh... more information

Philadelphia:: Lippincott,, 1864.. First Edition. Hardcover. Twelvemo, just over 7.25 inches tall, in gilt stamped brown pebbled cloth. 47 pages with a map laid in showing the battle of Gettysburg with Confederate positions in red and Union positions in blue. Dornbusch III, 2091. Broadfoot 5th, p. 233. A short, almost contemporary description of the battle with only enough detail to provide a good overview. The author was a mathematics professor who actually witnessed the battle. The spine is noticea... more information

Seattle WA:: Univ. of Washington Press,, 1965.. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, about 8.5 inches tall, in quarter dark blue cloth on orange paper covered boards. 113 pages. Both book and jacket have very minor extremity wear. Spine of jacket slightly dulled and it is price clipped. One of a series of lectures on eminent western historians. ... more information

New York:: Ballantine Books,, 1996.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 357 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Clean, bright and sound; a crisp unworn dustjacket. ... more information

New York:: Crowell Collier Press,, 1969.. 1st edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Octavo, A bright, clean and crisp copy with just a hint of extremity wear. Jacket would be fine but for a single jagged tear of about three inches from top of front cover. ... more information