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New York: The Fountain Press, 1929 First edition. One of 718 numbered copies printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. Signed by Cabell. Thin octavo. Pp. [vi, 34]. Printed in orange and black. Headpiece portrait by William H. Cotton. Handset Lutetia type. Gray decorated boards, gray cloth spine, gray spine label printed in black. A fine copy. Distributed in America by Random House to commemorate Cabell's 50th birthday, this collection of sonnets was most likely paraphrased by Gerald Musgrave, an obscure Victorian poet. Cabell edited this work, providing an introduction and lengthy annotations. One of the Fifty Book of the Year. [Grabhorn: 118]..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914 First edition. Small octavo. Color illustrations by F.C. Yohn. Red cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine is slightly faded and there is some very minor rubbing to the extremities. A fine copy. . Illus. by Yohn, F.C..

San Francisco: Fearon Publishers, 1956 First edition. Introduction by Donald I. Segerstrom. xi, [1], 196pp. Illustrated throughout from photographs; index. Orange cloth lettered in black on front cover. A very fine copy. The full story of this once thriving California ghost town in Mono County. This is one of the earliest and best accounts of this rough-and-tumble mining town, now a California State Park. The author's father was elected sheriff of Mono County. The author was born in Bodie in 1882, taught grammar school there, and married (1904) David Victor Cain whose family had been prominent residents of Bodie since 1879..

Winston-Salem: The Museum of Early Decorative Arts, 1988 First edition. Quarto. 216pp. Bibliography, index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Blue cloth with silver lettering on spine. A very fine copy in very fine pictorial dust jacket. A complete study of the silversmiths who worked and settled in Tennessee. .

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1969 First edition. Illustrated with numerous color and black & white photos. Gilt-lettered green cloth. Previous owner's signature on endpaper. Dust jacket is worn, else fine..

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982 First edition. Edited by Lew. L. Callaway, Jr. Foreword by Merrill G. Burlingame. xxii, 233pp. Numerous photographs, illustrations, map, appendices, index. Red boards. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (slight crunch to jacket in lower front corner). The story of the Montana Vigilantes during the last half of the nineteenth century. Led by Captain James Williams, the Vigilantes sought to stop the blatant activities of more than fifty road agents in the Bannack-Virginia City mining area. The Vigilantes continued to ride across the land, bringing swift retribution to all wrongdoers. The author, who grew up knowing Captain Williams as a friend to his father, herein recounts the stories of such famous episodes as the capture, trial and hanging of the killer, George Ives, the controversial capture and hanging of Joseph A. Slade, etc..

New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1965 First edition. Quarto. 135 photographs, 40 of which are in full color, and over 70 text illustrations, maps and decorations. Two-tone cloth with gilt decorations. Minor fading to foot of spine, else a fine copy with very lightly chipped dust jaket.dust jacket. A history of the Chinese capital and its people..

San Francisco: The Black Vine Press, 1942 One of 200 copies designed and printed by Harold Seeger, Lawton Kennedy and Albert Sperisen at The Black Vine Press. Introduction by Edgar M. Kahn. Cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine. A fine copy. The "local writers" consisted of Charles L. Camp, Carroll D. Hall, Douglas S. Watson, Carl Irving Wheat, Oscar Lewis, George D. Lyman, Francis Farquhar, Ernest L. Wiltsee, et al..

New York: The Dial Press, 1924 First edition. Slim octavo. Black cloth backed decorated boards. Spine slightly faded and very light rubbing to the extremities, else a fine copy. The author's first book of poetry..

Chicago: Central Electric Railfan's Association, 1969 First edition. Bulletin 111 of the C.E.R.A. Quarto. 260pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs, car plans, maps, rosters, etc. Blue cloth, gilt. Some light spotting to covers. A very good copy with pictorial dust jacket. Story of the electric lines in Wisconsin, excepting Milwaukee (needed a volume of its own). Errata sheet laid in..

Chicago: Central Electric Railfan's Association, 1972 First edition. Bulletin 112 of the Central Electric Railfans Association. Quarto. xii, 563pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white photographs as well as maps and detailed diagrams; index, rosters, schedules. Gilt-lettered green leatherette. A very fine copy in lightly tattered pictorial dust jacket. The full history of Wisconsin's urban public transportation system. Includes 16 full color pages, 30 pages of maps, 17 pages of car plans, and over 900 illustrations..

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippencott Company, 1961 First edition. 4to. Spine-ends slightly bumped and dust jacket has very light foxing. With decorations by Robert Ball. The biography of poet, painter and naturalist Alexander Wilson..

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965 First edition. vii, [1], 261pp. Cloth-backed boards. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Scarce in this condition. Winner of the 1965 WWA Spur Award. The story follows the career of an early-day cattleman from 1865 until after the turn of the century. One of the author's most comprehensive works, Sam Chance explores the evolution of a Civil War soldier into Texas cowboy and finally an important cattleman who became a legend in his own time. In all, the author wrote three works of non-fiction, a book of short stories, and 9 novels including his first, The Trail to Ogallala..

Ashland: Lewis Osborne, 1974 One of 600 copies, first published in the Journal of the United States Cavalry Association. Foreword and Annotations by Dan L. Thrapp. 55, [3]pp. Portrait, illustrations, endpaper maps. Cloth-backed blue boards, printed paper spine label. A very fine copy. Biography of Brigadier General Carr from a young lieutenant in the Civil War to the First Cavalry Company E in Arizona, 1866: Fighting Apaches, duty in Fort McDowell and Fort Yuma, etc. This was the first book handset by Lewis Osborne. A handsome production. Winner of the Western Book Award..

San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1875 First edition. 461pp. Frontispiece, 5 plates; index. Original cloth, gilt-lettering on spine and front cover. Two corners slightly jammed, two with light wear. Bookplate on inner cover. A fine copy. Presentation inscription, signed by the author. Also signed by Rear Admiral A. S. Halstead, presented to the Pacific-Union Club of San Francisco, with their bookplate. Admiral Halstead (1861-1949) lived at the Pacific-Union Club during his retirement. History of agriculture around the world, with emphasis on California. Discusses the origin of the "patrons," with a grange directory and a list of members in California; monopolies of transportation, protective tariffs, etc. There are several chapters on the future of agriculture on the West Coast, with particular attention to problems of obtaining and delivering water for irrigation. [Cowan: p.106; Rocq: 16762]..

Santa Ana, California: Fine Arts Press, 1933 First edition. Although not indicated, one of 300 copies. Pp. [xviii], 176, plus 5 illustrations on 12 unnumbered pages. Text illustrations by Mary Louise Wallace. Publisher's dark wine colored cloth, beveled boardss, cream backstrip stamped in red. A fine copy. Provides a look at the educational system in California during and after the gold rush days. Swett was an educational pioneer who brought about a number of positive changes as the state superintendent of schools. In addition to reciting the growth of California's educational system, Carr presents an engrossing view of the life style of Californians during the days of prosperity and depression. [Curtiss: 12]..

Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1975 First edition, second printing. Quarto. xiv, [4], 145pp. Profusely illustrated with 250 photographs, map endpapers; index. Pictorial cloth. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. Well-illustrated history of the redwood lumber industry. Includes the history of the railroads built for the transport of timber. Covers the early sawmills, the opening of the North Coast, early logging, Mendocino logging, the Donkey engine, the Mendocino railroads, railroads of Humboldt, Del Norte, etc..

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1966 First English Translation. One of 600 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Transcribed, translated, and annotated by W. Michael Mathes. 91pp. Two maps (1 folding); bibliography. Light blue cloth, gilt. A fine copy. Cortés' sailors sighted Indians at La Paz, adorned in pearls; these reports gave impetus to further Spanish exploration in California. Printed here is a document recounting a voyage seeking pearls and describing the expedition's failure. Baja California Travels Series, No. 4..

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1950 Reprinted from the 1868 edition. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 12mo. liii, 354pp. Folding map, 2 portraits, 2 plans, text illustrations. Index. Maroon cloth, gilt. Spine very slightly faded. A fine, bright copy. Includes an excellent historical introduction by Quaife. "A tale of remarkable courage of an isolated detachment of soldiery, and of shocking blundering and inefficiency on the part of the higher command" (Quaife). A personal account of the experiences of an officer's wife on the plains of Wyoming, fortified by invaluable additional material from the author's husband, Colonel Henry B. Carrington. Much on the Fetterman massacre, the construction of Wyoming military forts, etc..

Fort Collins, Colorado: The Old Army Press, 1975 First edition. Introduction by the Editor. Preface by Col. George S. Pappas. 287pp. Illustrations by Lorence Bjorklund. Index. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Selected articles on the Indian Wars of the West presented by participants at the annual meetings of this veteran's organization from 1917 through 1941: The Battle of the Rosebud; The Sioux War of 1876 (by Charles King); The Geronimo Campaign; The Surrender of Geronimo (by Gatewood); Nez Pearce War; the Modoc War, etc..