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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1969 Folio. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white photos. A fine copy with dust jacket. A biography of Remrandt and his works..

Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1915 Second printing, "special edition." Royal octavo. x, 78pp. 19 photographic plates, large folding map in rear pocket. Light brown semi-stiff wrappers, printed in black. Spine ends chipped. A very good copy, internally fine. Published by the Mines Branch of the Canada Department of Mines. First published in 1914, this "special edition" was issued for the Panama-Pacific (International) Exposition in San Francisco. Covers metallic and non-metallic minerals, clay and quarry products, and statistics and mining laws of the various provinces. The large folding pocket map, in color, locates all the various minerals..

New York: Scala Books, 1982 First edition. Large quarto. Illustrated throughout with drawings, maps and numerous color phorgraphs. Gilt-lettered pink cloth. A very fine copy in pictorial dustjusket. Dust jacket has extremely minor wear to the corners, else fine. Going back more than 2000 years, a look at the whole of Mexican history.. Illus. by Guatti, Albano.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1957 First edition. Quarto. 47 pages of color plates and 100 pages of black & white reproductions. Cloth-backed boards, gilt. A very fine copy with lightly worn pictorial dust jacket. Provides a pictorial record of the origins and development of eigthteenth-century English ceramics, illustrated with superb items from the famous Irwin Untermyer collection in New York. Beyond Chelsea, this fine work covers the products of Bow, Derby, Worcester, and other English factories..

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1968 First edition. Volume V only. One of 2001 copies. 401pp. Brown cloth, gilt. The slightest of offsetting to endpapers. A very fine copy. Biographical sketches of Cyrus Alexander, John Ball, James Bordeaux, Seth Kinman, William LeBlanc, Manuel Lisa, Donald McKenzie, Ceran St. Vrain, John Simpson Smith, Joseph R. Walker, and numerous other fur traders and mountain men. [Clark and Brunet I: 108: V; Clark and Brunet II: 123-V]..

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1964 10 volumes (1964-1972). First editions. One of approximately 2,000 sets. Portraits, map, bibliography, and full volume index. Original brown-gray cloth. Light bumping to spine ends of volume I. A very fine set. "This series was Hafen's final major work in the field of western American history. Together with noted scholars and history buffs from throughout the country, he compiled biographies of the major male figures in the fur trade of the Far West. This series was very well received, and continues to garner interest even after being out of print for more than 20 years. The account of the fur trade written by Dr. Hafen and included in volume I provides an excellent background study of the development of the fur trade" (Clark & Brunet). An indispensable set on the subject. Quite scarce, especially when found complete with all volumes. Volumes I, II, and X are almost impossible to find separately. [Clark and Brunet I: 108; Clark and Brunet… Read More

Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926 First edition. Limited edition of 1253 copies. Very scarce. 361pp. 7 plates, drawings, facsimiles, folding map of the overland mail routes; bibliography, index. Handsomely rebound in red leather, gilt. Library perforations on title and last printed leaf, else a fine and clean copy. The first scholarly work on the overland mail: Establishment of the Postal Service; the Ocean Mail to the Pacific Coast; pioneer monthly mails to the inter-mountain region, the Butterfield Overland Mail; increases in mail line routes (1857-59); service to the Pike's Peak region; the Pony Express, and much more. "The definitive study of an important phase of early Western social and political development" (Wheat). This was the first book published by the Clark company for this author. [Clark and Brunet I: 109; Clark and Brunet II: 124; Cowan: p.256; Howes I: H-11; Howes II: H-11; Rocq: 16902; Wheat, Books of the California Gold Rush: 86]..

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1954 First edition. One of 1116 copies. 333pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps, portraits. Dark green cloth. Three corners very slightly jammed, else a very fine copy. Includes diaries and contemporary records of Sheldon Young, James S. Brown, Jacob Y. Stover, Charles C. Rich, Addison Pratt, Howard Egan, Henry W. Bigler and others. Volume 2 of the "Far West and the Rockies" Series. [Clark and Brunet I: 104-II; Clark and Brunet II: 118-II]..

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1961 First edition. 332pp. Frontis portraits, and 15 plates, folding map. Dark green cloth. A fine copy. Letters written by Thomas G. Wildman, his wife Mollie, and brother Augustus. They had come overland from Danbury, Connecticut. One of the most readable of the "Far West and the Rockies" series. Includes letters written by Wildman on the way to Denver and after arriving, telling of his attempt at mining, his employment in Denver, etc.; much on the Pike's Peak gold rush, and numerous letters giving a vivid picture of life in Denver, 1859-1865. [Clark and Brunet I: 104-XIII; Clark and Brunet II: 118-XIII]..

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954 First editions, published between 1954 and 1961. 15 volumes, complete. Eleven of the volumes are SIGNED on the front free ends by the author. Portraits, maps (some folding and in color), plates, facsimiles. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt. A very and bright fine set. First editions of this major series, the purpose of which was to present a selection of the more important unpublished contemporary diaries, journals, letters, and documents of those explorers, fur traders, overland travelers, gold seekers, settlers and military men who penetrated the area of the Rockies during the fifty year period between 1820 and 1875. The individual volumes include "Journals of Forty-Niners, Salt Lake to Los Angeles," Rufus B. Sage's "Scenes in the Rocky Mountains," Captain John R. Bell's "Journal of His Tour to the Rockies in 1820," Heap's "Central Route to the Pacific," William Henry Jackson's "Diaries,"… Read More

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1969 First edition. Volume VII only. One of 2000 copies. 392pp. Brown cloth. Head of spine slightly crunched, else a fine copy. Biographical sketches of William Ashley, Jean-Baptiste Chalifoux, Ross Cox, Thomas Fitzpatrick, and numerous other fur traders and mountain men. [Clark and Brunet I: 108: VII; Clark and Brunet II: 123-VII]..

San Francisco: Argonaut Book Shop, 1982 First and only edition. Although not indicated, printed in a limited edition. Quarto. [48]pp. plus covers. Illustrated throughout with photographs and illustrations. Bibliographic Checklist. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers, duotone reproduction on cover. As new. This catalogue was the result of a surprise purchase in the very early 1980's. It is the first major catalogue of the original photographs and artwork of Carl Moon who photographed a total of twenty-nine tribes and villages throughout the American southwest, c.1907-1914. The complete and "fun" story behind that acquisition will be related to those that care..

U.S.A.: Da Capo Press, 2004 First edition. 458pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Brown paper boards with gilt lettering on spine. A very fine, as new copy in very fine pictorial dust jacket. The biography o George Bent, born in 1843 to a whie man and n Indian mother, and raised as a Cheyenne. Educated in white schools, went on to fight for the Confederacy in the Civil War, then became a Cheyenne warior. As a mixed blood, he lived in both worlds, and never entirely fit into either of them. .

Richmond: The Dietz Press, Inc., 1959 First edition. xi, [3], 219pp. 4 plates, extensive bibliography, index. Brick cloth. Very minor rubbing to lower edge of boards. A fine copy with worn and soiled pictorial dust jacket. Primarily covers the era of the early American fur trader, as typified by the white trader and the Indian beaver hunter..

Canyon, Texas: Palo Duro Press, 1965 First edition. One of 500 copies designed and printed by Carl Hertzog at El Paso, Texas. Small quarto (9½x6 inches). 44pp. Frontis portrait, 4 photographic plates of rare titles. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine and front cover. A very fine copy. This copy is a wonderful association copy with a presentation inscription SIGNED by the author to Ben E. Pingenot: "For Ben E. Pingenot in appreciation of a real enthusiast for Texana - from his friend, J. Evetts Haley, Sept. 19, 1965." Ben E. Pingenot (1926-1999) was a well-known collector of Texana and, from 1987, a Texas bookseller. This handsome work is a biography of Earl Vandale, a collector of fugitive and elusive Texana documents, whose passion in pursuit of books set him apart from various collectors. He sold his collection of Texana in January of 1948, acquired by the University of Texas Board of Regents, for $100,000. Ben made a note about this book: "One of the best works on Texana… Read More

Midland, Texas: The Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library, 1992 First edition. Presentation, SIGNED by Haley to author, Dudley Cramer and dated 1992. Additionally, there is a special colophon leaf: This is #5 of 101 copies of a Special Trustees Edition, signed by Haley. Edited by J. Evetts Haley, Jr. Introduction by B. Byron Price. [18], 287pp. Color group portrait, frontis illustration by Ned Jacob, portrait by Harold Bugbee, photograph of Nita Stewart Haley. Full maroon calf, gilt, with bronze medallion inset on front cover. A very fine copy with matching slipcase. We believe this to be another special production instigated by Robert G. McCubbin, leading collector of photographs and books about outlaws. Bob did this with numerous books. This special Trustees Edition is hand-number 5, is signed by Haley on the special colophon and is specially bound with a three inch bronze medallion embedded into the front cover.. Signed by Author.

San Angelo, Texas: San Angelo Standard-Times, 1952 First edition. Very scarce thus. [12], 352pp. Illustrated with 37 drawings by H. D. Bugbee and 4 full-page maps by Jose Cisneros; plan, endpaper illustration. Brown cloth lettered in black. Owner's name on fixed end (H. Grady Stovall). A very fine copy with tattered pictorial dust jacket. Designed and produced by Carl Hertzog at El Paso. Presentation inscription, SIGNED and dated by the author: "For Ms. Ira E. Brown with the best wishes of J. Evetts Haley, October 18, 1952". Includes 37 illustrations by cowboy artist Harold Bugbee; maps by Jose Cisneros. This is a classic work on West Texas that covers every trail, control of the South Plains, Comanches, Mackenzie, etc. "Fort Concho was not only the center of significant events; it was the geographic and strategic hinge upon which history swung" (Haley). "This is one of the best books about any of the vital string of federal forts established in West Texas to tame the… Read More

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1945 First edition. Limited to 250 copies with handset type and printed on all-rag paper by the Allen Press. Foreward and Biographical Sketches by Carroll D. Hall. 91pp. 32 reproductions. Half calf and decorated cloth. Index to brands. Slightest of rubbing to spine ends. A fine copy. Very scarce, especially in this condition (the soft calf spine of this title is notorious for being well worn or extremely scuffed). One of the most important works on California cattle brands. 32 reproductions of the original manuscript cattle brand certificates issued at Sutter's Fort prior to the Gold Rush, from 1845 to 1848. Each of the reproduced certificates is accompanied by translations and biographical sketches of the ranches to whom the marks were registered. Includes brands for William Brown Ide, Heinrich Lienhard, John Bidwell, and others. Original announcement laid in..

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879 First edition. Edited... by Prof. J. E. Nourse. Thick 4to. [8], I, 644pp. 2 steel-engraved portraits, 72 wood-engravings, photo-engravings and heliotypes (some full-page), 12 maps (mostly folding or double-page), one large folding map in rear pocket, 8 sketches by Innuits. Olive cloth, illustration in gilt on front cover. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Extremities and cover with light rubbing, owner's name on fore-edge of text block and title page. A very good copy. This expedition was supported by private subscription and was undertaken to search for the records of the Franklin Expedition and to promote and benefit the cause of geography, navigation, natural history and science. From winter quarters in the Wagner Inlet and Repulse Bay regions, Hall's four man party explored the shores north and west from Melville Peninsula to King William Island, 1864-69. Includes detailed information on the Igloolik Eskimos of Repulse Bay, information on… Read More

San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1871 First edition. Pp. xv, 537. Lithographed frontispiece, 3 lithographic plates, large folding map (laid in). Newly bound in powder blue cloth, lettered in black, to match original binding. Map with some tape repair, else a fine copy. One of the earliest definitive histories of San Jose and the surrounding area. The large folding map and appendix chapters contain much valuable information on the earliest Spanish pueblo lands in Alta California. The lithographed folding map, "Map of the Pueblo Lands of San Jose," was surveyed by George H. Thompson in 1866 and shows all the various tracts, ranchos, the City of San Jose, Alviso, etc. The map is a bit rough at the edges and has some serious scotch tape stains over the title cartouche (with very slight loss) in the upper right quadrant, otherwise the condition is quite acceptable. "Historically valuable" (Cowan). [Cowan: p.259; Howes I: H-63; Howes II: H-64; Rocq: 14096]..