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Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Rocky Mountain Books, 1983 First edition. Paperback. Quarto. Slight rubbing to spine. Fine copy with pictorial cover..

Stanford: Standford University Press, 1949 First edition. 308pp. Frontis portrait, illustrations; bibliography, index. Orange cloth lettered and decorated in black. A fine copy with very slightly chipped pictorial dust jacket. The story of Hartnell, an Englishman who lived in California until 1854. Hartnell was a rancher in Monterey, and among his many accomplishments he founded the first school of higher education in California. He participated in the social and political life of California for over thirty years..

San Francisco: Susanna Bryant Dakin, 1954 First edition. A very fine copy. The first bibliography on this author.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1939 First edition. 312 pp. Illustrations, folding map; extensive notes, bibliography and index. Orange cloth. Small oval bookplate. A fine copy. The story of a Scottish-born trader who went to California in 1832 from Mexico. He later served on the "ayuntamiento" of Los Angeles, became a large landholder of Rancho Santa Anita, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1849..

San Francisco, 1968 First edition. 72pp. Fine copy. Printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy. Childhood reminiscences of this California author..

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1942 First edition. Pp. vii, [1], 265. Head- and tail-piece line illustrations. Light brown cloth stamped in black. A very fine and bright copy with pictorial dust jacket (very slight fraying to head of jacket spine). "A collection of essays which have been published in various periodicals during the past quarter century" (Adams). "Bully tales and easy history" (Dobie). Includes J. Frank Dobie's praise for this book on the inner jacket flap. Original prospectus laid in. [Adams, Herd: 632; Adams, Six-Guns: 543; Dobie, Life and Literature of the Southwest: p. 63]..

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2003 First edition. Limited edition of 350 copies. Quarto. [8], 212pp. Illustrated with 173 color photographs, decorative endpapers. Index. Black cloth spine lettered in silver, paper covered boards with patterned design by the author. A very fine copy, as new. These memoirs cover thirty years of the author's book design and production of extremely innovative and unusual books. With 92 separate entries, this book covers the entire body of the author's work. D'Ambrosio writes, sets the type, prints letterpress, creates his original artwork, and binds each book he creates. Written and designed by the author especially for The Book Club of California, this handsome book includes 173 full color photographs of the author's work. Original prospectus laid in..

Paris: J. Darmon, 1920 First edition. Very scarce. Edges and spine-ends slightly rubbed, else a fine copy. A very good reference guide to 18th century French engravings. Text in French..

No Place: By the Author, 1964 First edition. Signed by the author. Octavo. Pp. xii, 255. Illustrated throughout with reproductions. Geographical checklist, bibliography, index. Navy blue cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with the plain brown paper jacket. The classic work on the subject. Covers history, types, development, manufacture, distribution, etc. of the stereograph and stereoscope; Civil War views, Western views, foreign views, Underwood and Keystone images, collecting, values and prices, etc. Part II discusses forty different subject categories of stereo views, arranged alphabetically; part III provides a checklist of photographers and publishers, arranged both alphabetically and geographically, a bibliography and an index..

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: W.C. Darrah, 1981 First edition. Signed by the author. Quarto. [6], 221pp. Profusely illustrated. Bibliography, indexes, notes. Red cloth lettered in gilt. A very fine copy with printed dust jacket. A comprehensive and authoritative survey of cartes de visite, the most popular type of photographs in the nineteenth century. The author divides his work into three sections: The history and diversity of Cartes de Visite; a guide to seventy subjects that were extensively photographed in carte format; and The Documentation and Interpretation of Cartes de Visite. Illustrated with 448 reproductions, this fine work includes notes, a bibliography, an index of photographers and publishers cited in the text, a geographic index of photographers, and an index to subjects. The works of nearly 1000 photographers are covered. Very thorough!.

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1959 Large quarto. Illustrated with 47 full page plates reproduced from the original lithographs. Introduction by Julien Cain. Reddish black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. A very fine copy with worn and chipped pictorial dust jacket. .

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1974 First edition. Although not indicated, one of 1205 copies. 273pp. 3 color maps, 13 photographs; bibliography and index. Very minor rubbing to lowers corners and foot of spine. A fine copy with chipped pictorial dust jacket. Details Davidson's exploits in the West for 35 years. Davidson was a contemporary of Custer, Miles, Crook and the other well-known frontier military figures. He was known as "Black Jack" because of his work with the black troops in the West. His service ranged from the conquest of California (with Kearny), the Indian wars in the Southwest and northern Plains, and command of many frontier forts. A chapter is devoted to Davidson's active participation in the Apache campaigns. [Clark and Brunet I: 57; Clark and Brunet II: 65]..

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1974 First trade edition. Quarto. 189pp. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of drawings and etchings, historic photographs, and paintings (including frontispiece portrait and 34 illustrations in color). Bibliography and index. Maroon cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. The first biography and major compilation of the work of Edward Borein, compiled and written by Hal Davidson, an art dealer who lived in Santa Barbara and was the leading Borein authority. Includes 35 reproductions in full color and 133 black & white photographs and reproductions of drawings, etchings, dry points, etc..

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974 First edition. Octavo. Illustrated throughout with etchings, maps and photographs. Bibliography and index. Brown cloth wioth gilt lettering on spine. Small stain/sticker residue on front endpaper, else fine. Dust jacket is faded with a 1 1/2 tear to the rear, repaired with tape. Examines the tortuous history of the Tasmanian's extermintaion, and of the physique, morals and social structure of the race..

London: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1965 First edition. Hudson's Bay Record Society, Volume XXV. Printed for subscribers only. Number 1381 of a limited edition. Introduction by Richard Glover. Pp. lxviii, 455, xv. Appendices, index. Gilt-lettered black cloth. A very fine, crisp copy with printed dust jacket. 79 letters. Includes biographies of Henry Baley, Anthony Beale, John Fullartine, Michael Grimington, Henry Kelsey, James Knight, The Slave Woman and William Stuart..

London: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1963 First edition. Hudson's Bay Record Society, Volume XXIV. Printed for subscribers only. Number 1381 of a limited edition. Introduction by Glyndwr Williams. Pp. lxxix, 415, xv. Two large folding maps in rear pocket, appendices, index. Gilt-lettered black cloth. A very fine, crisp copy with printed dust jacket. Journals of James Clouston, William Hendry, Nicol Finlayson and Erland Erlandson. Appendices include post histories and biographies (above plus George Atkinson)..

Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1961 First edition. Edited by C. W. Newbury. liv, 392pp. 11 plates (1 folding), 6 text illustrations, 3 folding maps, folding table, large folding maps in rear pocket. Notes, index. Bibliography. Gilt-lettered and decorated blue cloth. A very fine and crisp copy (uncut) with printed dust jacket (lightly foxed, spine-faded). Davies was missionary to the South Sea Islands who spent 50 years on Tahiti and neighboring islands observing the "gradual encroachment of alien commerce and European rule." This account provides a wealth of information on decades of political and economic change. C. N. Newbury, editor of Davies' manuscript History, includes an epilogue which continues the history to 1860. Also included are supplementary papers from the correspondence of the missionaries..

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997 Large quarto. 144pp. Index. Profusely illustrated with photographs in both black & white and color. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. A fine copy in fine pictorial dust jacket. Introduction by Hugh Johnson. "Napa Wines" (a chapter from "Silverado Squatters") by Robert Louis Stevenson. Text by Jamie and Jack Davies. Photographs by James Alinder..

Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, 1991 2 volumes. Reprint of the extremely rare first edition published in 1913. 1,344pp. Illustrations, index. Original gray-brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Extensive index. A very fine set in matching slipcase. Bibliographer Stanley W. Paher states of the first edition: "Of the half dozen major statewide histories published, this set is considered to be the rarest of all... Editor Davis has brought together a huge collection of historical essays and special treatises written by about 45 people, though much of it is his own work... several of the subject chapters are reliable renditions and have been used as primary sources for other books... a landmark study in Nevada history." Includes extensive chapters on geography, Indians, territorial life, law and crime, mining history (Comstock, Sutro Tunnel, etc.), politics, journalism, education, religion, transportation, business and finance, agriculture, social organizations, divorce, the military, reclamation,… Read More

San Marino: Huntington Library, 1956 First edition. Edited by Benjamin B. Richards. Pp. xvii, [1], 124. Map, notes, index. Cloth-backed decorated boards, paper spine label. A very fine copy. Signed by noted author, E. Geoffrey Bangs. Presents the gold rush through the eyes of a seventeen-year-old merchant. "Davis and his brother, Josiah, of Nashua, New Hampshire, sailed from New York City via Panama for San Francisco and the gold fields. The journal begins on June 1, 1850, and concludes on May 26, 1854, with some gaps. The brothers operated a successful mercantile operation in Long Bar on the Yuba River before trying their luck in Oregon. Unsuccessful, they returned home. Stephen's description of their return trip across the Isthmus of Panama and of a riot between natives and Americans is dramatic. Tired of the New England climate, Stephen left for California on January 21, 1852, and kept a store at Coulterville, on Maxwell's Creek for the next two years. News of his brother's death… Read More