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Mexico City: Editorial Polis, 1946 First edition. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, this being one of the first 250 copies that were bound in white cloth (this copy rebound). Small folio. xxiv, 549pp. 120 facsimile title pages, etc. Printed throughout in red and black. Late 19th century three-quarter black Victorian moiré cloth. A few important corrections in pencil. A very fine copy. The author modestly calls this a supplement to the bibliographies of Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, José‚ Toribio Medina and Nicolas Leon. Actually it is the most complete and detailed work on printing in Mexico from 1539 to 1600 ever published. Although originally written in English by Dr. Wagner, it has been published only in Spanish; the translation is by Joaquin Garcia Pimentel and Federico Gomez de Orozco. This monumental work was ten years in preparation. It contains a description of the books printed in Mexico before 1601 and, in most cases, includes a reproduction of the title page, references to… Read More

San Francisco: John Howell-Books, 1982 Fourth edition, greatly enlarged and corrected. Printed at the Arion Press. Revised, Enlarged and Edited by Robert H. Becker. 745pp. Frontis plus several illustrations. A very fine copy, as new. The best and most useful edition of this classic bibliography. Includes 429 separate items with excellent annotations and full collations. This work is considered the standard and invaluable reference for American travel and exploration up to 1865..

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1937 First "private press" printing. Limited to 600 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Revised and enlarged by Charles L. Camp. 299pp. Several illustrations. Printed throughout in red and black. Peach cloth, printed maroon leather spine label. Spine label is slightly faded. Small, neat signature of previous owner in upper corner of front endpaper. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. An updated, and beautifully printed, edition of this reference, first published in 1921..

New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1939 With illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour. Small quarto. 24 full-page color illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Corner's very slightly bumped. A fine copy.. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur.

New York: The Viking Press, 1975 16 pages of black & white illustrations. Black cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering to spine. A fine copy in dust jacket..

Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1968 First edition in book form. [14], 92pp. Covers very lightly soiled and a very minor bump to one corner. A fine copy in printed gray cloth. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Number 16 in the series of keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library. A collection of the author's reminiscences of his Comstock boyhood in Virginia City which were originally published in San Francisco's Bulletin in 1905. Accompanying the text are reproductions of the original cartoons that appeared with the stories, drawn by Herb Roth.. Illus. by Roth, Herb.

Antique Collectors' Club, 1982 This is the second edition published in 1982 by Peter waldron. The first edition was published in 1969 by Ian Harris. Quarto. 365pp. Illustraed with 1100 black & white photographs. Gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Corners lightly bumped, else a fine copy in very lightly worn pictorial dust jacket. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939 First edition. 400pp. plus 25 page index. Illustrated with 32 unpaginated plates from various sources. Original green cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with spine-darkened dust jacket. The history of the writing that came out of San Francisco from the Gold Rush to the coming of the railroad in 1869. Excellent reference..

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1960 Cloth. Spine faded, else a very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket..

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979 First edition. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. [4] 29pp. 5 plates including frontis portrait. Printed stiff wrappers. Light fading to spine and lower rear cover. A fine copy. An excellent history of the official maps and mapping concerning Drake's famous voyage..

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippencott Company, 1961 First edition. A fine copy in orange cloth with light fading to spine. Dust jacket is price clipped, lightly soiled and has minor chipping at the head of the spine. An anthology of material taken from history's greatest authors writing of children's loving discovery of books and of reading. Includes material from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Graves, John Keats, Carl Sandburg, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Thurber, and many more..

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1928 First edition. 391pp. Frontis portrait, 32 illustrations and facsimiles. Bibliography, index. Dark green cloth, gilt. Light wear to foot of spine and lower corners, damp stain to gutter of last ten leaves. A very good copy with worn and soiled pictorial dust jacket. An accurate biography of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, a legend in his own lifetime: Pony Express Rider, Military Scout, Buffalo Hunter, Indian Fighter, Congressional Medal Of Honor Recipient, the Duel with Yellow Hand, Wild West Show Promoter, and his association with the likes of General George Armstrong Custer, Doc Carver, Calamity Jane, Captain Jack Crawford, "Wild Bill" Hickok, Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull, Major John Burke, etc..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001 First edition. Based on a documentary film directed by Ken Burns. Preface by Ken Burns. Profusely illustrated throughout. Bibliography, index. Gray cloth, lettered in gilt. Dust jacket with a few light creases, else fine. An illustrated biography of the famous author..

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1963 First American edition. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white plates. Dust jacket has 1 and a half inch tear to front and is lightly chipped on the spine-head. A fine copy. A history of porcelian making in Central Europe during the 18th century..

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964 First published in 1959. 680pp. Profusely illustrated with portraits. Extensive notes, bibliography. Two-tone blue cloth, gilt. A fine copy with worn dust jacket. A classic and monumental work. Includes biographical sketches of 583 Union generals. The author also includes a listing of 1,367 generals who never attained full rank. An indispensable reference..

New York: The Viking Press, 1927 First American edition. Black cloth-backed boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed at corners and a bit to the ends of spine. A fine copy..

Barre: Imprint Society, 1970 First edition, taken from Warre's original sketchbook. Limited to 1950 copies. Introduction by Archibald Hanna, Jr. Oblong quarto. 26pp. + 71 full-page color and black & white plates, map endpapers. Gilt-lettered cloth. A very fine copy in slightly faded slipcase (printed paper label to front of slipcase). This beautifully bound, richly illustrated work chronicles the expedition by Captain Henry Warre to the Oregon Country in 1845-46. Also includes a journal that gives detailed descriptions of the journey from Montreal to Victoria, complete with geographic and anthropological studies. .

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987 Catalog of an Exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Quarto. 207pp. Introduction by Gerald W.R. Ward. Notes, bibliography, index. 225 illustrations, including 60 plates in full color. Green cloth with silver lettering and decoration on spine and front cover. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. .

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1981 First edition. One of 950 copies signed by the photographer. Quarto. 96pp. 63 glossy black & white photographs, map; photographic endpapers. Brown cloth spine, gilt, over dark green pictorial boards. A very fine copy with matching brown slipcase. Historical narrative by Watkins, Gold Country vignettes by Olmstead, photographs by Stanley R. Truman. The photographs include buildings, details, views, etc. Truman's photographs have been exhibited at various Bay Area museums and institutions..

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933 Limited to 500 copies. Edited by Douglas S. Watson with his preface and introduction. Pp. xii, 108. Six full-page illustrations from contemporary engravings. Printed in red and black. Cloth-backed boards, paper labels on spine and front cover. A very fine copy. First published in London in 1853, this intimate sketch of the Indians of the far west and their contacts with roving trappers is believed to have been authored by Peter Skene Ogden (1790-1854), the famous fur trader of the northwestern frontier. This edition adds plates from De Smet's "Missions de l'Oregon...," 1848. [Grabhorn: 189]..