James F. Curtis, Vigilante
by Shumate, Albert
San Francisco: San Francisco Corral of Westerners, 1988 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. One of 500 copies. 38pp. 3 photographic illustrations including frontispiece portrait. Notes, index. Red cloth. Spine very slightly faded, else a fine copy. Curtis was with the first Vigilance Committee in San Francisco, 1851. In the late 1850's he participated in the Paiute War in Nevada, held the rank of Major during the Civil War, and later was involved with the Union Pacific Railroad and... Read More
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The Stormy Life of Major Wm. Gouverneur Morris in California and Alaska
by Shumate, Albert
San Francisco: The California Historical Society, 1993 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition. Presentation inscription, signed by the author. One of 500 copies produced by the Arthur H. Clark Company. Foreword by Richard Dillon. 137pp. Frontis portrait, 11 illustrations; notes, index. Red cloth. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. Morris arrived in California in 1855 and played an active role in California government and politics for 20 years, before getting an important... Read More
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The Notorious I.C. Woods of the Adams Express
by Shumate, Albert
Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1986 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First edition. One of 1002 copies. Foreword by Kevin Starr. 144pp. Portraits, plates, facsimiles; index. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A well-researched biography of this San Francisco businessman and entrepreneur, Isaiah Churchill Woods, who had the misfortune to be associated with Adams and Company when it collapsed during the panic of 1855. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author. Also signed by Ruth... Read More
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Nikolai Rezanov & Concepcion Arguello
by Shumate, Dr. Albert
San Francisco: The Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco, 1993 Book. Very fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition. One of 500 copies printed at the Arion Press. [12]pp. Title page illustration. Stiff purple wrappers, sewn, paper label to front cover. A very fine copy. The story of this famous California romance. Presents the text of a lecture given by the author to the Gleeson Library Associates, University of San Francisco..
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The History of Southern Methodism on the Pacific Coast
by Simmons, J.C.
Nashville, Tennessee: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1886 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Introduction by O.P. Fitzgerald. x, 11-454pp. Frontis portrait. Original cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Spine ends slightly rubbed, lower corners very slightly worn, top corner of middle pages slightly creased. Overall, a fine copy. "This church community was established in California in 1850. Like the others of its class, this book is replete with names and events of local history" (Cowan). [Cowan, 1914: p.215; Cowan: 588;... Read More
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Tables of Content. Leaves from my Diary.
by Simon, André L.
London: Constable, 1933 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo. xviii, 280pp. Brownish-red cloth, leather spine label. The slightest of foxing to preliminary and end leaves, bookseller's label on inner rear cover, leather spine label slightly scuffed. A fine copy. "This is a record of 121 luncheons and dinners where good food and fine wines were enjoyed in the company of appreciative friends. There is an index of hosts and guests, an index of wines, and a chronological... Read More
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Another Pamela, or, Virtue Still Rewarded
by Sinclair, Upton
New York: The Viking Press, 1950 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Red cloth, lettered in black. Small scratch to upper corner of front cover. Extremities rubbed and slightly showing. Dust jacket lightly soiled and chipped with faded spine. A very good copy..
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Riata and Spurs. The Story of a Lifetime Spent in the Saddle as Cowboy and Detective.
by Siringo, Charles A.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1927 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Introduction by Gifford Pinchot. xiv, 276pp. Frontis, plates, portraits, facsimiles. Light brown cloth stamped in dark brown. A few small spots to rear cover, upper and lower front corners slightly jammed. A very good copy. First edition, containing the material on the Pinkerton Agency suppressed in the revised edition. "Very scarce." The original edition was recalled by the publisher because of objectionable material. In... Read More
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The Engraved Bookplates of Eric Gill, 1908-1940
by Skelton, Christopher [Compiler]
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1986 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 600 copies (of a total of 1000) produced for the Book Club. Compiled by Christopher Skelton with an introduction by Michael Renton and an afterword by Albert Sperisen. Fully illustrated with an index of names. Gilt-lettered red cloth in printed dust jacket.Light edgewear to top of jacket. A very fine copy. Reproduces all fifty-three bookplates engraved by Eric Gill in their actual size..
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Hank Vaughan (1849-1893). A Hell-Raising Horse Trader of the Bunchgrass Territory
by Skovlin, Jon M. & Donna McDaniel
Cove, Oregon: Reflections Publishing Co., 1996 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition. SIGNED by both authors. Number 25 of 490 copies. 219pp. Illustrated throughout with vintage photographic views and portraits, 2 maps. Chapter references and notes, bibliography, index. Peach leatherette. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. An excellent work on this little-known outlaw in the Pacific Northwest. Vaughan was Tom McCarty's brother-in-law. The relationship of the two of them, previous to McCarty's association with... Read More
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The White Front Cars of San Francisco, Interurbans Special 44
by Smallwood, Charles A.
South Gate, California: Interurbans, 1978 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First revised (and best) edition. Very scarce. Interurbans Special number 44. Quarto. 482pp. Frontispiece, profusely illustrated from photographs, folding map, 4 folding diagrams. Gilt-lettered green cloth. A fine, crisp copy with lightly rubbed pictorial dust jacket. One of the best on the subject. A comprehensive history and study of the Market Street Railway Company, one of the nation's major street railway companies. Includes a list of the passenger... Read More
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The Power of the Dog. Twenty Plates in Colour by Maud Earl. Described by A. Croxton Smith
by Smith, A. Croxton
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto (12½x9¾ inches). 21 tipped-in color plates after painting by Maud Earl (the frontispiece repeats the Pekingese). Three-quarter vellum, cloth sides, gilt title on spine and front cover. Free endpapers with offsetting (as usual). Front board slightly warped, damp stain to lower edge of rear cover, darkening to spine at rear edge, light wear to cloth edge of rear cover, a few internal pages with stains from inserted flowers. A... Read More
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The War on Powder River. The History of an Insurrection
by Smith, Helena Huntington
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 9x6 inches. Pp. viii, [1], 320. Illustrations from photos, notes, bibliography, index. Brown cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. The story of the transformation of peaceful Johnson County (Wyoming) during 1879-1892. "Undoubtedly the best and most nearly complete history of the Johnson County War thus far. The War involved larger ranches against settlers, trying to absorb their land with "hired guns" from Texas, etc.... Read More
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The Illustrated Hand-Book, a New Guide for Travelers through the United States of America. accompanied by a Large and Accurate Map
by SMITH, J. Calvin
New York: Sherman & Smith, 1850 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 16mo. (6x3¾ inches) Pp. 2 [advts], 233, 234 [blank]. Steel-engraved frontis, wood-engraved title vignette, 123 wood-engraved illustrations interspersed throughout the text, large folding hand-colored engraved map (21½ x 27 inches). Publisher's light green cloth, gilt lettering and design on front cover and spine, blind stamped on rear cover. Light wear to spine ends and corners, bookplate on inner cover. Light foxing to engraved... Read More
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The Diary and Selected Papers of Chief Justice William Smith, 1784-1793 [2 volumes]
by Smith, William
Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1963 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 2 volumes [1963; 1965]. First edition. Volumes XLI and XLII of the Champlain Society. Both volumes printed in a limited edition for subscribers. Edited by L. F. S. Upton. Pp. lv, 295, xv + xli, 335, xix. Frontis portrait, index. Red cloth, gilt. A fine set. Smith's diary covers January 24, 1784 to May 18, 1787. The selected Papers include those from 1785 to 1793. "Politically, the Diary is important for... Read More
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No Time on My Hands. As Told to Nellie Snyder Yost.
by Snyder, Grace
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers Ltd., 1963 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo. 9¼ x 6 inches. 541pp. Frontis in color, 20 photographic plates. Map endpapers. Orange cloth lettered in black on spine and front cover. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (jacket lightly spotted at fore-edge and with head of spine slightly chipped). Nellie tells her mother's story of pioneer life in Nebraska during the late 1800's. This copy with a presentation... Read More
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The Annals of San Francisco
by Soule, Frank, et al.
Berkeley: Berkeley Hills Books, 1998 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Reprint edition, first published in 1855. Although not indicated, one of 965 copies. With a new introduction by Herbert Ely Garcia. xxii [1] 852pp. Maps, illustrations, large folding map, index. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. A very fine, as new copy. One of the key early histories of early San Francisco. Consists of information gleaned from pioneer citizens and from newspapers. An early, detailed account of the growth of San Francisco,... Read More
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Build With Adobe
by Southwick, Marcia
Denver: Sage Books, 1965 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Quarto. 184pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, some plans. Original orange cloth lettered in blue. A fine copy with slightly worn pictorial dust jacket. Covers a wide perspective of problems involved in building with adobe from financial matters in detail, selection of land and constructor, to the building process itself and landscaping. Includes a list of useful publications and a plant list for landscaping. Fully illustrated with more... Read More
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Indian Captivity: A True Narrative of the Capture of the Rev. O. M. Spencer by the Indians, in the Neighborhood of Cincinnati. Written by Himself
by Spencer, Rev. O. M.
New York: Lane & Tippett, 1846 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Later printing, first published in 1835. 16mo. 160pp. Four woodcut plates, 3 woodcut text illustrations. Original blind stamped brown cloth. Spine worn with some varnish, two inch horizontal tear to one leaf, light damp stain to first ten leaves. A very good copy. Spencer describes his experiences when he was a child captured in 1790 by Mohawk Indians near present-day Cincinnati. An important, classic account, this work went through many printings... Read More
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Isadora Duncan & Gordon Craig. The Prose & Poetry of Action.
by Splatt, Cynthia
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1988 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 450 copies produced by W. Thomas Taylor in Austin, Texas. xvii, 138pp. Eight illustrations, one facsimile; title-page decoration hand-colored by Albert Sperisen. Notes, bibliography, index. Japanese rayon-silk fabric boards, linen spine. A very fine copy. A "chronicle of the love affair and collaboration of two of the leading influences on modern dance and the theater." Most of the illustrations, as well as quotations from Craig's... Read More
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Chancellorsville. Lee's Greatest Battle
by Stackpole, Edward J.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company, 1958 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 384pp. Appendix, index. Black & white illlustrations. Gray cloth with black lettering on spine. A fine copy with worn and chipped dust jacket..
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Fort Stanton
by Stanley, F.
Pampa, Texas: Pampa Print Shop, 1964 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First edition. One of 500 copies. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Pp. iv, 264. Bibliography and index. Yellow cloth lettered in red on spine and front cover. A very fine and bright copy with dust jacket (jacket spine lightly faded). "Gives a history of Fort Stanton from Civil War days to the present. There is much on the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid..."... Read More
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Dave Rudabaugh, Border Ruffian
by Stanley, F.
Denver: World Press, 1961 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First edition. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. viii, [2], 200pp. A few vintage photographs, diagram, bibliography. Yellow cloth lettered in red on spine and front cover. A very fine and bright copy with dust jacket (jacket spine very slightly faded). "This is the only biography to date of this outlaw companion of Billy the Kid" (Six-Guns). [Six-Guns: 2095]..
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The Private War of Ike Stockton
by Stanley, F.
Denver: World Press, 1959 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Number 204 of an unstated limited edition (probably 500 copies). Signed by the author on the limitation page. x, 169pp. Yellow cloth lettered in red on spine and front cover. A very fine and bright copy with dust jacket. Includes the life of the Stocktons, bad men of the first order, the story of the Colfax County War, and an account of the San Juan County War; it touches on the... Read More
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Clay Allison
by Stanley, F.
Denver: World Press, 1956 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Pp. xi, [1], 236. Bibliography. Yellow cloth lettered in red on spine and front cover. A very fine and bright copy with very good dust jacket (jacket lightly chipped at top edge, lower third of jacket spine lacking). A comprehensive biography of Clay Allison, the reputed New Mexico bad boy, from his Civil War Years riding with General Nathan Bedford... Read More
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