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New York: J. H. Colton, 1852. First edition. Unrecorded by Howes. Twelvemo. 89, [1]. 18 [publisher's ads] pp. plus the large folding map in colors bound in at rear. Publisher's morocco-grain brown cloth, front elaborately stamped in gilt, same pattern in blind on rear. A really wonderful copy.

[Springfield, MA]: [Privately printed], 1897. First combined edition. Inscribed by the author with a quotation from the final paragraph vertically penned on a front blank. Large octavo. 113 pp., [1 ad]. Portrait and plates. Light extremity wear else a very good copy indeed.Scarce work compiling two tales: How John Norton the Trapper Kept His Christmas, first separately issued in 1885, and John Norton's Vagabond. Offered with a related volume, Harry V. Radford's Adirondack Murray. A Biographical Appreciation, 1905, inscribed by Radford.William Henry Harrison Murray (1840–1904), also known as Adirondack Murray, was an American clergyman and author of an influential series of articles and books which popularized the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York. He became known as the father of the Outdoor Movement.

Chattanoga, TN, ca. 1950. Fifty-three original photographs ranging in size from 3 x 4 inches to 14 x 11 inches but with the large majority of them being of the larger size. An interesting selection of local photographs, from paddle-wheels to alligators. All silver gelatin. Very good contrast and condition.Paul W. Haasis was born around in 1898 in Florida but soon became a citizen of Chattanooga. As we cannot find him in any list of professional photographers we can presume that photography was his avocation. He entered four of his photographs to the competition of the Photographic Society of America, Pictorial Division. He seems to have favored a Rolleiflex and developed his own negatives. His entry sheets are included with this lot. He also entered a number of photographs to the local state fair competition and won two first prize ribbons (sheets and ribbons included). Aside from some self portraits the vast majority of the photographs are nature oriented and pictorial in orientation. One is… Read More

El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1970. First edition. Octavo. Ten Cisneros illustrations. Publisher's quarter brown cloth over green cloth, gilt spine and cover lettering. An excellent copy.Designed by Hertzog and signed by him on the copyright page.

(Flagstaff): Northland Publishing, (1997). First edition. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by the author and by 96 of the artists covered in this book (95 actually as Tom Lovell died before he could affix his signature; the book is dedicated to his memory). Oblong quarto. 4 leaves of signatures, xvii, [1], 212, [2] pp. Color plates throughout. Publisher's quarter leather over green cloth, gilt spine lettering, color plate laid down to front cover, slipcase with gilt lettering. A very good copy.With small biographies of all the artists, this title has become a useful reference.

(Flagstaff): Nothland Publishing, (1996). First edition. Signed by the author, Don Hagerty. Oblong folio. viii, [2], 164 pp. Numerous color illustrations of Ed Mell's work throughout. Publisher's blue cloth with black spine and cover lettering, colorful pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy.

Santa Fe: Dewey Galleries, 1985. First edition of this early Ed Mell catalog and signed by him on the title page overlay. Oblong octavo. 26 pp. with illustrations from the work of both artists on every page. including 14 illustrations in color. Publisher's printed gray wrappers. As new.The Colorado Plateau as seen by two of the area's greatest artists.

Brussells: La Societe des Bollandistes, 1882-1995. First edition. Octavos. Volumes 1-83 in full gray [publisher's?] cloth; Volumes 83-113 in publisher's printed wrappers. A few inoffensive institutional stamps but no library markings. A very good set indeed.Includes the Table Generale des Articles Publies en 80 Ans 1882-1961 (1962) and Inventaire Hagiographique des Tomes (1983). "Among the many current periodicals in the world, very few can claim such an authority, that even the oldest issues keep all their usefulness one century after their publication. That is however the case for Analecta Bollandiana, a journal of critical hagiography, edited and published since 1882 by the Société des Bollandistes in Brussels. Since the very beginning, the journal was conceived as a continuous updating of the prestigious Acta Sanctorum series, as well as an entirely new instrument devoted to hagiographical research. Every issue contains both critical editions of hagiographical texts (Greek, Latin,… Read More

San Francisco: The San Franciscan, 1886. First edition. Small octavo. 63, [1] pp. Publisher's pebble-grain green cloth with gilt cover lettering. Very minr edge wear. A very good copy.Contributors include Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Lemmon, H. W. Harkness, Hermann Behr and E.F. Lorquin.

San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1905. First edition. Square octavo. 91, [1] pp. French-fold. Attractive frontispiece and each page with a decorative border featuring angels and bats. Publisher's hard wrappers with attached green dust jacket with lettering and design in gilt. Some erosion to head of spine but overall a very good copy.With such indecipherable gems as: "The woman who makes flannel shirts for the Hottentots is very apt to have a husband in her own home whose shirts need mending."

San Angelo, TX: San Angelo Standard-Times, 1952. San Angelo edition, limited to 185 copies, of which this is number 152 (numbered bookmark laid in). Signed by printers Carl Hertzog and Houston Harte, additionally inscribed and signed by J. Evetts Haley to Dr. E. L. Barker. Octavo. [12], 352, [2] pp. Illustrated by H. D. Bugbee. Publisher's terra-cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial endpapers, top edge red. Some small specks to fore-edge but a very good copy with a fine inscription by Haley.The definitive history of West Texas.

Los Angeles: Western Publishing Co., 1908. First edition. Octavo. The Sharlot Hall article comprises pp. 2-27 and with numerous photographic illustrations. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. Very good.Seems to be botanically oriented.

Bridgeport [CA] & Welllington [NV]: The author, (1963). First edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page (herself a member of the Hunewill family). Octavo. 54, [2] pp. Textual illustrations. Publisher's ochre wrappers with printed paper cover label. A very good copyEsther and Napoleon Bonaparte Hunewill married, crossed the Isthmus of Panama, and came to California in 1859. That same year, W.S. Bodey struck gold. In 1861, Esther and Napoleon founded Hunewill Ranch to begin supplying timber, hauled by teams of oxen, to build the young mining town of Bodie. When Mono Mills and the Bodie & Benton Railway began operations in 1881, the ever-enterprising family built a thriving business supplying beef to workers and residents in the burgeoning area instead. Then in 1931, the Hunewills added a guest ranch on the property to welcome paying visitors to learn to ride horses, herd cattle, and appreciate the majestic beauty of the area. The Hunewills are one of the region’s longest-established… Read More

Grffin, GA: J. F. Thompson, 1911. First edition. Octavo. 32 pp, Illustrated from photographs. Publisher's printed gray wrappers, front cover with Union and Confederate flags in red, white and blue. Old and mild rippling to top margin. A very handsome copy."Sam Davis is "The Boy Hero of the Confederacy." He wasn't a boy (he was 21 and battle-scarred) and although a combat veteran of several years of Civil War fighting, that's not where he became a hero. Injuries forced him into a less confrontational wartime role as a spy behind the Yankee lines -- and then he was caught, court-martialed, and hanged on a hill overlooking Pulaski on November 27, 1863" (Sam David Museum).

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1951. First editions. Tall octavos. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering and brown and white dust jackets. Short tear to jacket of first volume. Clean, now owner's marks, in very nice jackets.

Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, [1949]. One of 500 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Large octavo. [x]. 79, [1] pp.With the map of San Diego in the text and the Disturnell map of the US and Mexico (folded as issued) laid into a separate decorative paper portfolio. Publisher's quarter off-white cloth over pattern-paper boards, printed paper spine label. An excellent copy.The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States to the interim government of a militarily occupied Mexico, that ended the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). The treaty provided for the Mexican Cession, in which Mexico ceded 525,000 square miles to the United States in exchange for $15 million and the ensured safety of pre-existing property rights of Mexican citizens in the transferred territories, the latter of which the United States in a significant number of cases failed to honor.

Albuquerque: Printed at the Tamarind Institute, 1974. First edition. One of 100 signed and numbered copies. A portfolio of four loose images of Cowboys and Indians by famed CAA artist John W. Hampton. Complete. Each measures 15 x 22 inches and is a lithograph in colors. Housed together with title, introduction and colophon leaves in the publisher's brown leather portfolio. No copies located by OCLC or in any of the standard bibliographies. An excellent copy.Each plate signed and numbered in pencil in the margin lower left: J.W. Hampton, 30/100 and with the artist's device in the plate lower left and lower right, with the Tamarind Institute blindstamp lower left. John W. Hampton is very well known in the Western Art world and his paintings generally are in the realistic school. The images contained in this portfolio are accomplished in a very different style, one more akin to the works of Tom Lea or Jose Cisneros. In 1965, Hampton got together with Joe Beeler, Charlie Dye, and George Phippen in… Read More

Nevada City: Carl Mautz Publishing, 2013. First edition. Tall octavo. xvi, 229, [1] pp. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering, pictorial dust jacket. New.One of 25 signed and numbered copies with an original print made from a calotype negative by the author tipped in."In this volume Hanlon turns conventional photographic history inside out, restoring American photography to its proper place among the great early traditions. Too often the United States is seen as a provincial player in calotype photography; a poor cousin to the Britons who invented the technique and the French who perfected it. In this book, we see early American photography as a vital part of that tradition—creative, dynamic, and influential. Accessibly written and exquisitely researched, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in photography and its origins. In addition to being a great reference work, it dramatically expands our understanding of the field." Phillip… Read More

[Kathmandu]: Adhikari Brothers, 2011. First edition. Octavo. 164 pp. including many full pages illustrations. The whole printed on Nepali Lokta handmade paper. Publisher's pictorial boards with a string and button tie. Excellent.Later printing. This book is a comparative study of what Kathmandu was in the past and the present. Chapters as follows; Nepal Beckons -- Hair Raising Flight -- Browsing Through The Bazar -- Introducing Nepal -- Dinner with Mr. Rana -- Bhaktapur City of Devotees And Ponds -- Newari Bhoj -- Pashupati: Boudha and China Lama -- Time Stops in Kathmandu -- Pilots of Nepal -- Pokhara: Going Back in Time -- Medicine for Hangover -- I Ride Train, Car Rides People -- Lalitpur: City Of Beauty -- Animals Consent To Be Sacrificed -- Meeting a Tantrik Scholar -- Tihar: Season Of Bliss And Harmony -- Shikar: Big Game Hunting -- Adieu Nepal -- Nepal: Half A Century Later.

San Francisco: Privately printed, 1937. First edition of the biography of Vance, an editor at the San Francisco publishing house of Taylor & Taylor. Small octavo. Frontispiece portrait, 26 pp. Publisher's quarter green cloth over marbled boards, gilt spine lettering. Inscribed by the author on the front blank. Offsetting to front blank where a piece of paper had been laid in. An excellent copy.