Search Results: Titles starting with G from Tschanz Rare Books

Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965. First edition. Keepsake number 13. 119pp. Octavo [25.5 cm] Rust colored cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Signed by Hammond beneath the frontispiece. Contains the Morgan essay GPH. George P. Hammond was director of the Bancroft Library from 1946 to 1965 and was responsible for directing much of the institution's growth, especially in its significant holdings. He was also an historian of California and the Southwest. The book includes essays on various aspects of his professional life and tenure at the Bancroft as well as an annotated bibliography of his published writings. Morgan's contribution was an expansion of his biographical article on Hammond in The Pacific Historian. Saunders 51.

Chicago: Arrco Playing Card Company, 1945. 108 cards: 2 complete 52 card decks. Each deck has a Joker card, and an advertisement card for Arrco's 'Plastic Coated Duratone Playing Cards.' Housed in a gold and suede two-piece slipcase box. Deck and box show minor rubbing and wear. Playing cards from Arrco Playing Card Company. The reverse of all of the cards features a black and white view of the road through Gallatin Canyon 'Gateway to Yellowstone Park. Bozeman, Montana.'.

[Bozeman, MT]: A. Schlechten, 1911. Silver gelatin photograph [28 cm x 36 cm] / [11" x 14"]. Nice condition with strong contrasts. Title in the negative. Manuscript note in pencil on the reverse: "Old original Road Over 'Sagebrush Point' South End." View of the Gallatin River. Albert Schlechten (1876-1962) initially established a portrait photography studio with his brother but he spent most of his time and efforts on location and landscape photography. Shortly after his move to Montana in 1900, Albert purchased an 11x14 in. field camera and began photographing the mountains, rivers, lakes and farmland around Bozeman. Established in 1900, the Schlechten Brothers, became renowned for Albert's landscape photography.

Chicago: Copelin & Son, Photographers, 1870. Stereoview. Albumen photograph [9.5 cm x 15 cm] / [3.75" x 6"] on a Yellow 'Copelin & Son' mount [10 cm x 18 cm] / [4" x 7"] Minor rubbing to corners of mount with subtle fading to images. View of the Cathedral formation in Colorado's Garden of the Gods.

Fargo, D.T.: Published by F. Jay Haynes, 1883. 1111. Stereoview. Albumen photograph [9.5 cm x 15 cm] on a curved yellow 'F. Jay Haynes, Fargo D.T.' mount [10 cm x 18 cm] with the title printed in black beneath the right image in the margin. Nice contrasts. Description of the park on the reverse. "That Intensely interesting locality known as the National Park, is situated in the northwest corner of Wyoming Territory, 900 hundred miles west of St. Paul, on the proposed line of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The Park is 55 by 65 miles in extent, and contains more wonders than any other locality in the world." - from the reverse. This is from the first series of Yellowstone stereoviews produced by F. Jay Haynes. Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921) was employed by the Northern Pacific RR in 1875 to take pictures along their route from Minnesota to the West Coast for advertising and promotional purposes. From 1884 through 1915 Haynes operated a lucrative service industry in Yellowstone National Park making and… Read More

[Salt Lake City]: [Savage Art Bazar], 1895. Cabinet card [10 cm x 15 cm] gelatin silver print mounted back-to-back with two smaller views [7.5 cm x 10 cm] on a gray mount [18 cm x 23 cm] that appears to be from an album. The title in the lower right corner of the Gardo view. Both views have strong contrasts. Image of the Gardo House. BACKED WITH Two small tourist views of Brigham Young's grave and part of the Pioneer Memorial Monument on 2nd Avenue and the Brigham Young Schoolhouse which was located on the northeast corner of South Temple and State, across the street from Brigham Young's homes. This school was built in 1860 within the Brigham Young estate and is where Brigham Young's own children attended school. Charles Roscoe Savage (1832-1909) was an accomplished and prolific photographer who lived successfully within his Salt Lake City community and traveled widely throughout the West taking photographs and befriending other important photographers of his day such as Carleton Watkins, Edward… Read More

Colorado Springs, CO: W.E. Hook, 1891. Boudoir albumen [11.5 cm x 18.5 cm] cabinet card on a cream blind stamped mount [13 cm x 20.5 cm] Hand stamp on the reverse: '509 N. Tejon St. Colorado Springs, Colorado, W.E. Hook, Views and Portrait Photographers. Colorado Wholesale View House.' General overall wear mount is slightly curved. Between 1877 and 1881 William Edward Hook (1833-1908) traveled throughout Montana and Wyoming, (including Yellowstone) from a home base in Missoula. He would move to Michigan, and then to the Pikes Peak area (Manitou and Colorado Springs).

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition. 331pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Purple cloth with silver stamped titles on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Price clipped jacket. Wallace Stegner's work on the great Mormon Trek from Nauvoo to the Great Basin in 1846-1847, and the steady migration that followed it out of the Platte Valley and across the mountains for the next quarter century. One of the better received volumes in the 'American Trail Series' Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called 'The Dean of Western Writers'. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977, and through his writing program at Stanford University, influenced generations of writers (Edward Abbey, Ken Kesey, Wendell Berry, Larry McMurtry). Colberg A 17.1.a.

Salt Lake City: Brite Music Enterprises, 1981. 11pp. Quarto [28 cm] Gray covers. Very good. Minor crease to cover. Two faith-promoting songs for children by the prolific Janeen Brady.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1964. 1/425. 65pp. Octavo [27 cm] Gray printed boards. Fine. Fremont's maps and his Congressional report served for a decade as the basis of much of the general geographical knowledge of the West until the Pacific Railroad Exploration surveys and the King, Hayden, and Wheeler surveys beginning in the 1860s. Saunders 46.

Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1964. First Edition. 356pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Top edge stained. Near fine. Western Frontiersman Series XI (11). Fold-out maps present. Drouillard played a primary role in the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Following that service he was a partner of Manual Lisa in the fur trade and established several forts in the Missouri Basin. He trapped with John Colter and others on the Yellowstone, Big Horn, and other rivers. He was killed by Blackfeet in 1810. Clark & Brunet 261.

New York: T.B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter, 1915. [6pp] [34 cm] Light orange printed covers. About very good. Printed music staff with notes and lyrics. Sheet music for the songs 'The Sunshine of Your Smile'; 'Same Sort of Girl' and 'They Didn't Believe Me.' "The Girl from Utah returns. After an absence of several months the tri-star combination of Julia Sanderson, Donald Brian and Joseph Cawthorn returned Monday, August 9, to the Knickerbocker theater, New York City, in 'The Girl from Utah,' the merry musical play which had a long run at the same theater last season. 'The Girl From Utah,' reopened the Knickerbocker for the season and will remain there three weeks before going on an extended road tour. Julia Sanderson captivated the audience with her dainty dancing and singing and Donald Brian scored decidedly in his dances and Joseph Cawthorn had some new German dialogue with which to surprise the audience." - Ogden Daily Standard (1915/08/20).

[Page, AZ], 1956. 37 color photographs [30 cm x 20 cm] on Kodak paper. Many with dated manuscript identifications on the back. All images are bright. Collections of color photographs from Bud Rusho of Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell. Includes many construction views and the area that would be submerged by the filling of Lake Powell. In 1958 W.L. 'Bud' Rusho (1928-2011) was appointed as a public affairs officer in the Bureau of Reclamation, and his initial assignment required him to move to Page, Arizona where he was responsible for conducting tours of the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam. Upon the completion of the Glen Canyon Dam in 1963, the Bureau of Reclamation transferred Rusho to Salt Lake City, Utah where he continued his work as a public affairs specialist. For the ensuing twenty-five years of governmental service, Bud composed press releases, wrote speeches, and designed exhibits.

Glendale, M.T.: Rocky Mountain Art Gallery, 1879. CDV. Carte de visite. Albumen [9 cm x 6 cm] photograph on the original gilt and brown mount [10.5 x 6.5 cm] Brown and Rocky Mountain backstamp. Gentle rubbing to extremities of mount. Nice contrasts. Glendale was the home of the Hecla Consolidated Mining Company, dating back to 1872. In early records and newspapers, you will find reference to the 'Hecla Mining District,' the 'Trapper District,' and the 'Bryant Mining District,' all of which are one in the same. This district held four towns on the side of Lion Mountain: Trapper City, Lion City, Glendale and Hecla. Glendale was considered the most civilized of the four and boasted the Montana Brewery and a general merchandise store. The discoveries of the Hecla District would become one of the leading silver producing mines of the west. In 1875, a 40-ton smelter was built, producing nearly one million ounces of silver and thousands of tons of lead and copper annually. Unfortunately, the district was… Read More

Honolulu: Matson Navigation Lines, 1953. Bifolium [35 cm x 53 cm] printed in full-color. Nice condition. Near fine. Dinner menu from the S.S. Lurline that features cover art by Eugene Savage. There were four ocean liners christened S.S. Lurline by Matson Lines, these menus were for the fourth ship with that name. The S.S. Lurline was a luxury ocean liner that would take passengers from the American West Coast to Hawaii and Australia. The Hawaiian port was Honolulu, where most passengers would disembark the ship and make a beeline for Matson's renowned Waikiki hotel and resort, the Royal Hawaiian. Eugene Francis Savage (1883-1978) was a trained sculptor and artist, who was primarily known for his large murals. Savage was commissioned by Matson Navigation Lines to paint nine large (4' x 8') Hawaiian themed murals, that were intended to be displayed on Matson ocean liners. These murals were completed in 1940, but due to American involvement in World Ward II, the ships were dedicated to the war effort,… Read More

Stockton, CA, 1960. Map [62 cm x 43 cm] / [24.5" x 17"] linen backed. Three Horizontal folds and a vertical fold (as issued?) Better than very good. Map that locates gold placer mining districts in Nevada, both major and minor. "Placer gold has been found at all of the numbered districts shown hereon, But no guarantee is expressed or implied that gold can now be found or that you will be permitted to prospect or mine any given spot or area. Desert country is always potentially dangerous.

Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2004. First Edition. 397pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by the author and the series editor on the half-title, with the volume prospectus laid in. Volume 7 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in the West' series. From 1846 to 1857 Mormons played a prominent and crucial role in shapingevents in California and the West. They were the first American settlers of San Francisco. Without them John Sutter would probably not have built his sawmill, and gold would not have been discovered in 1848. Mormons were present at the first gold discovery, made many of the initial 'Strikes,' and accumulated some of the first fortunes in the gold fields. They opened new routes between California and the Great Basin. Clark & Brunet 12.

New York: Chiswick Press, Privately Printed for the Scott-Thaw Company, 1904. 1/200. 226pp. Quarto [35 cm] 1/2 tan cloth over brown boards with paper labels on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Gentle age toning to boards. This edition was printed in an edition of 200 numbered copies, this is number 53. Translated by William Adlington. Nicely produced version of the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety.

Jackson, CA: The Golden Chain Council of the Mother Lode, 1960. Pictorial color map [55 cm x 43 cm] that folds to pamphlet size [21.5 cm x 9.5 cm]. Folds as issued. Nice condition 'A.'. Charming pictorial map of California's Highway 49 (named for the 49ers) from Vinton and Yuba Pass in the north to Mariposa and Oakhurst in the south. This road travels through numerous historical mining communities. 16 captioned vignettes border the map and small illustrations fill the places and activities of the area covered. Legend in upper right corner. Mileage chart at the foot. Reverse contains a broad description of the area and brief histories, facts, and descriptions of the counties covered on the map: Calvares, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Sierra, Tuolomne, Mariposa, and Madera. "Traveller remember as you journey through the Mother Lode Country, this district is credited with having built the very foundation of the State's civilization even as it still contributes to the firmness of its industry and… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980. First Edition. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over tan boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by Abbey on the front free endsheet. This is Abbey's only work of science fiction, that takes place in the near future after the destruction of the government and economy, where a small group of people (including Jack Burns!) fight against a would-be authoritarian who is trying to establish a Phoenix based dictatorship. Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was a celebrated author, essayist, conservationist, noted pain-in-the-ass, and in many ways the father (or at the very least, uncle) of the modern environmental movements.