Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada. [Geological Survey Bulletin 1356]
by Johnson, Maureen G.
Washington: Government Printig Office, 1973 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo. 9 x 6 inches. vi, 118pp. Large folding map in rear pocket. Bibliography. Gray wrappers printed in black. Spine faded, lower corner of front wrapper a little crunched. A very good copy, text and map very fine. Geological Survey Bulletin 1356. A catalogue of gold deposit districts throughout Nevada, giving location, access, areal extent, geology, mining history and production history with lists of... Read More
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Two Letters of James McHall Jones, Delegate to the California Constitutional Convention: 1849
by Jones, James McHall
Carmel: Thomas W. Norris, 1948 Book. Fine. Soft cover. First edition. Limited to 250 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Appendixes. Bound in yellow wrappers, some light rubbing along edges. A very good copy. Two letters written by James McHall Jones to his mother..
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Memories, Men and Medicine. A History of Medicine in Sacramento, California with Biographies of the Founders of the Society for Medical Improvement...
by Jones, J. Roy
Sacramento: The Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement, 1950 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Pp. xvii, [3], 505pp. Thirty-four photographic illustrations and portraits. Index. Dark blue-gray cloth, gilt lettered spine. A fine copy. Part I covers the Gold Rush era, the founding of early medical societies, the beginning organization of the Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement, etc., Through World War II, to 1949. Part II includes the development of Public Health in Sacramento, health officers, ordinances of the... Read More
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Honolulu. Sketches of the Life, Social, Political and Religious in the Hawaiian Islands from 1828 to 1861
by Judd, Laura Fish
Honolulu: The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1928 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Pp. xii, 209. Frontis portrait. Appendices, index. Red cloth stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Mild darkening to gutters of endpapers from publisher's glue, lower corner lightly jammed. A fine and clean copy with pictorial dust jacket (jacket slightly chipped and soiled). Reprinted from the original edition by the families of Gerrit and Laura Judd's children to celebrate the centenary of the Judd's arrival in Hawaii on March 31, 1828.... Read More
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The Private Papers and Diary of Thomas Leiper Kane, a Friend of the Mormons
by Kane, Thomas Leiper
San Francisco: Gelber-Lilienthal, 1937 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited to 500 copies printed at The Grabhorn Press. Edited, with an Introduction by Oscar Osburn Winther. 79pp. Frontis portrait of Kane, one plate, facsimile letter. Title printed in red and black. Cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. Corners bumped, slightest of darkening to edges, else a fine copy. One of the most sympathetic Gentile appraisals of Mormon conduct. Kane describes their trek to Utah in which he participated. Includes... Read More
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The Private Papers and Diary of Thomas Leiper Kane, a Friend of the Mormons
by Kane, Thomas Leiper
San Francisco: Gelber-Lilienthal, 1937 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited to 500 copies printed at The Grabhorn Press. Edited, with an Introduction by Oscar Osburn Winther. 79pp. Frontis portrait of Kane, one plate, facsimile letter. Title printed in red and black. Cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. A very fine and bright copy.. One of the most sympathetic Gentile appraisals of Mormon conduct. Kane describes their trek to Utah in which he participated. Includes the facsimile letter from Brigham Young... Read More
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The Life of Yellowstone Kelly
by Keenan, Jerry
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. xxi, [1], 377pp. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. Maroon cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. The first full-length biography of Luther Sage "Yellowstone" Kelly (1849-1928), utilizing Kelly's own memoirs issued in 1926 as well as personal correspondence and other papers. Kelly knew the frontier of the American West and recorded his impressions of that time and place with... Read More
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The Fabulous Frontier. Twelve New Mexico Items.
by Keleher, William A.
Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Rydal Press, 1946 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, 2nd printing Octavo. 9¼ x 6 inches. xii, 317pp. 11 photographs, endpaper map. Notes, index.Dar blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. A very fine copy with dust jacket. Spine of jacket slightly darkened and with light chipping along top edge. Stories of the men who shaped the territorial days of Southeastern New Mexico, 1870-1912: Pat Garret, John Chisum, William Hawkins,... Read More
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The Fabulous Frontier. Twelve New Mexico Items.
by Keleher, William A.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1962 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Revised and best edition, first published in 1945. Octavo. 9¼ x 6 inches. xii, 339pp. 15 photographs, endpaper map. Notes, bibliography, index. Blue cloth. A very fine copy with dust jacket. Spine of jacket slightly darkened. Stories of the men who shaped the territorial days of Southeastern New Mexico, 1870-1912: Pat Garret, John Chisum, William Hawkins, and many others. Includes a new preface by the author for this... Read More
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The Doctrina and Confesionario of Juan Cortes
by Kelsey, Harry
Altadena: Howling Coyote Press, 1979 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First edition. Number 64 of 130 copies printed. 12mo. [8], 124pp. Rust cloth, gilt. A very fine copy. Printed on a turn-of-the-century Challenge-Gordon press. Spanish text handset in Baskerville and Delphian types. Presentation inscription, signed by the author. Presents the Spanish text and English translation of one of the oldest manuscripts in an Upper California Indian tongue. The Elements of Christian Doctrine, the Form for Confession,... Read More
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The Merry Quack Doctor; or, The Fun Box Broke Open...
by Killegrew, Tom, Jr.
London: Printed for S. Smith, T. Shepherd, et al. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition (no date, c. 1775). 16mo. [4], 116pp. Later three-quarter calf. Spine ends worn, outer hinges rubbed but solid. Some light foxing to first few leaves, less so scattered throughout. Lacking frontis. A very good copy. "Containing an entire Spick and Span New and curious Collection of Brilliant Jests, Frolicksome Joaks, Witty Quibbles, Arch Waggeries, Humorous Adventures...". The author was "President of the Wits Club, in Piccadilly,... Read More
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The San Francisco City Directory. [First reprint]
by Kimball, Charles P.
San Francisco: Journal of Commerce Press, 1870 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First reprint of the rare 1850 first edition; this edition printed c. 1870. 24mo. 5½ x3 ¾ inches. 139pp. Original blind-ruled smooth maroon cloth lettered in gilt on front cover. Spine faded to brown and covers slightly spotted. Important contemporary red oval stamp on three leaves. A fine copy. First reprint of the exceedingly rare 1850 first edition of which there are only 5 or 6 copies... Read More
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The San Francisco City Directory [Second reprint]
by Kimball, Charles P.
San Francisco: Journal of Commerce Press, 1897 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint (c. 1897-8) of the exceedingly rare 1850 first edition of which there are only a handful of known copies. 12mo. 139pp. Gilt-lettered maroon cloth. Spine ever so slightly faded, else a fine and bright copy. Second reprint of the exceedingly rare 1850 first edition of which there are only approximately 5 or 6 known copies. Very scarce in this condition as this little reprint is most often found... Read More
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A Daughter of the Sioux. A Tale of the Indian Frontier.
by King, Charles
New York: The Hobart Co., 1903 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. This is the true first edition with "Published March 15, 1903" on copyright page. 306pp. plus 8 black & white plates. Red pictorial cloth, gilt lettering, color photographic paste-down of Indian maiden on front cover, top edges gilt. Original owner's neat inscription and date on end (Dec. 25, 1903). A very fine copy. A very bright copy of General King's work, with illustrations by Frederic... Read More
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Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada [within] The Atlantic Monthly. [4 Parts in 2 volumes]
by King, Clarence
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First issue of this classic title. 4 parts in 2 volumes. Volumes 27 and 28. Pp. 602-613; 704-714; 64-76; 207-215. Publisher's three-quarter black morocco, dark brown cloth sides. Some light scuffing to hinges, a few preliminary leaves in vol. 28 with light stains. A fine, tight and clean set. Here, Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada is presented in its very first appearance, within the issues of The Atlantic Monthly for... Read More
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History of the American Steam Fire-Engine
by King, William T.
Chicago: Owen Davies, Publisher, 1960 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Facsimile edition. One of 500 copies. A reprint of the very rare 1896 edition. Quarto. x, 150pp. Illustrated throughout with many reproductions of photographic plates and engravings of engines, parts, plans, etc. Maroon pictorial cloth stamped in white. A very fine copy with edge-chipped pictorial beige dust jacket stamped in red. Beyond the abundance of plates and detail engravings, this fine work is full of dimensions, specifications and performance... Read More
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My Girlhood Among Outlaws
by Klasner, Lily. Eve Ball [Editor].
Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 1972 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Edited by Eve Ball. Octavo. 9¼ x 6 inches. vi, [2], 336pp. 7 illustrations from photographs. Index. Brick cloth lettered in gilt. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with the slightest of wear along top edge. Becoming quite scarce. Lily Klasner grew up alongside outlaws and Indians and could hold her own among them. She took leadership of the family when... Read More
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Death Valley Tailings. Rarely Told Tales of Old Death Valley.
by Koenig, George
Morongo Valley, California: Sagebrush Press for the Death Valley'49ers, Inc., 1986 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. One of 275 copies bound in cloth and issued with dust jackets. There were another 2000 copies in paperback. 125pp. Photographs. Notes, reading list, index. Tan cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Short closed tear to top front edge of jacket, else fine. Stories of Death Valley as seldom seen or written about: Jayhawkers, John... Read More
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California Vieja - Culture and Memory in a Modern American Place
by Kropp, Phoebe S.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Octavo. Black & white photogrpahs throughout. Notes, index. Tan cloth with blue lettering on spine. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. Bottom rear edge of dust jacket slightly wrinkled, else fine. A study of the Spanish-colonial architecture and landscape of Southern California..
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James Mason Hutchings of Yo Semite. A Biography and Bibliography
by Kruska, Dennis
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2009 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 500 copies handsomely designed and printed in a 4-color lithographic process by The Castle Press. Quarto. 344pp. 208 illustrations, some in color. Notes, bibliography, index. Three-piece binding by Mariana Blau. A very fine copy. A beautiful production, one of the most lavish the Club has produced. A detailed, illustrated examination of Hutchings' life, his ongoing methods of promoting Yosemite and his influence on... Read More
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Upper California
by Kunzel, Heinrich
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1967 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited to 450 copies produced by Mallette Dean and James Beard. Translated from the German by Anthony & Max Knight. Introduction by Carroll D. Hall. Portrait, plate, facsimiles, endpaper map; woodcut decorations by Mallette Dean. Brick cloth, paper spine label; pictorial label on front cover. A fine copy. Reprinted from the first German pamphlet printed to promote emigration to California (1848). Because of its early date, it was an... Read More
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An Essay on Robert E. Cowan's a Bibliography of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906
by Kurutz, Gary F.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1993 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 390 copies containing an original leaf from the 1914 first edition of Cowan's work, the first publication issued by The Book Club of California. . Large octavo. Pp. [6], 63, [3]. Two photographic portraits, facsimile, original leaf tipped in. Text printed in red & black. Gray cloth-backed boards, printed in black, printed paper label on front cover. A very fine copy. This title is the... Read More
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Benjamin C. Truman: California Booster & Bon Vivant
by Kurutz, Gary F.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited to 600 copies printed by The Grace Hoper Press. 89 pp. Portrait frontis. Gilt-lettered green cloth. A very fine copy. Highlights the checkered career of one of California's most articulate and prolific promoters. Author of Semi-Tropical California, Homes and Happiness in the Golden State, and hundreds of florid newspaper articles, he transformed his readers' perception of the state from one of reckless mining settlements to that... Read More
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![A Voyage Round the World, In the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by J. F. G. La Pérouse: Published Conformably to the Decree of the National Assembly, of the 22d of April, 1791, and Edited by M. L. A. Milet-Mureau. [3 volumes]..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/569/798/1737798569.0.l.jpg)
A Voyage Round the World, In the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by J. F. G. La Pérouse: Published Conformably to the Decree of the National Assembly, of the 22d of April, 1791, and Edited by M. L. A. Milet-Mureau. [3 volumes]..
by LA PÉROUSE, Jean François de Galaup.
First visit of a foreigner to missionary establishments in Upper California 3 volumes. Octavo (8½x5 inches). Pp. x, [2], 532 + x, 498 + viii, 466, 1-60 (Tables). 42 copper-engraved maps, views, charts and specimens, mostly folding. Full brown calf, gilt & blind rules on spines, black leather spine labels. Volume I rebacked to match, with original spine label and new endpapers. Bookplates on inner covers of volumes II and III. Early inked signature on each title page, crossed out ink... Read More
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Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse
by LA PÉROUSE, Jean François de Galaup
Atlas to the first edition of "Voyage de La Perouse" Folio. 17 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches.Frontis portrait, engraved title page, 69 engraved plates. Extra map from English edition.Contemporary binding of leather over marbled boards. Covers very worn, front cover completely detached, remnants of a hand-written label. Embossed stamp to corner of the title page. A few plates with minor discoloration in the gutter from old tape residue, but the plates generally clean, some trimmed a bit close. A good copy,... Read More
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