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Toronto: Bantam Books, 1988 First edition. Illustrated throughout. Glossary, index. Damp stain to uper edge of rear cover, else a fine copy in pictorial dust jacket..

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1973 First edition. Limited to 5000 copies. Quarto. 207pp. Profusely illustrated with early views, reproductions of early drawings, portraits, engravings, facsimiles, etc., some in color. Bibliography, index. A fine copy with dust jacket. A sweeping pictorial history of Sacramento, from the very beginnings, through the California Gold Rush and growth, to the Capital City..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934 First edition. Presentation inscription, SIGNED by the author. 399pp. Numerous photo illustrations. Chapter notes. Blue cloth, gilt. Erased pencil signature on half title. A very fine and bright copy. Story of the famous Comstock Lode of Nevada and of the bonanza kings: Mackay, Fair, O'Brien, and Flood..

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989 First edition. xviii, 158pp. Vintage photographs, prints, drawings; bibliography, index. Black cloth. A very fine, crisp copy with pictorial dust jacket. Smith, a private in the 9th Cavalry, was aide to Mackenzie during the attack on Dull Knife's village. His diary reflects the harshness of army life on the frontier and includes much on his commander. A valuable addition to the 1876 Sioux War literature..

Berkeley: Friends of The Bancroft Library, 1971 First edition. Printed by Lawton Kennedy. Introduction and Notes by Ferol Egan. [6], 37pp. Large folding color facsimile map, notes, index. Stiff gray wrappers printed in red. Printed throughout in red and black. Spine and upper edge of rear cover faded, else a fine copy. Account of California's inland-delta country during the early 1840's. The large folding facsimile map (in color) portrays the Sacramento Valley and delineates Sutter's land as well as various Ranchos. .

London: Nicholson & Watson, 1943 First edition. Yellow cloth. Covers spotted and lightly worn. In sunned dust jacket with half-inch chip missing at base of spine. A very good copy..

San Francisco: Printed for the author, 1955 One of 200 copies, numbered and SIGNED by the author, our copy being number "Eighty-five" (signed on last page). Printed by the Grabhorn Press. Quarto. Pp. [5], [6]-25. Title in red and black, pagination in red. Woodcut by Mallette Dean. Printed on English handmade paper. Green cloth, natural linen back, title in red on spine. A very fine copy. Written in the form of a letter to Thomas Kilmartin, refuting his assertion that St. Patrick was born in Scotland. [Grabhorn: 560]..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938 Later printing. Large octavo. 187pp. Glossary. Illustrated with sketches by the author. Tan cloth with green lettering on spine and cover. Light soiling, back cover lightly faded, a very good copy. The adventures of two young beavers after they are rescued by an Indian hunter and taken to his village..

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, 1973 Translated from the French by Lord Alfred Douglas. New introduction by Holbrook Jackson. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Black cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. A very fine copy in slipcase. Minor fading to slipcase. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.. Illus. by Angelo, Valenti.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965 First edition. vii, [1], 261pp. Cloth-backed boards. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Scarce in this condition. Winner of the 1965 WWA Spur Award. The story follows the career of an early-day cattleman from 1865 until after the turn of the century. One of the author's most comprehensive works, Sam Chance explores the evolution of a Civil War soldier into Texas cowboy and finally an important cattleman who became a legend in his own time. In all, the author wrote three works of non-fiction, a book of short stories, and 9 novels including his first, The Trail to Ogallala..

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1949 First book edition. x, 189pp. Frontispiece plus three halftones; fifteen line illustrations. Notes, bibliographic note, index. Map endpapers. Tan cloth. Lower corner slightly jammed. A fine copy. "Sam Ward's reminiscences of his two years in the Southern Mines were discovered by Professor Collins in the New York weekly Porter's Spirit of the Times under the title 'Incidents on the River of Grace,' … this Gold Rush account appeared in fourteen installments from January 22 to April 23, 1861. Calling this a 'loquacious account,' Gudde credited Ward for writing a valuable and detailed account of Quartzburg in the Mariposa District" (Kurutz). [Kurutz: 662; Rocq: 16133]..

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1926 First edition. Bulletin 197, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. vii, 108pp. Eight plates including photographs and detailed plans (some folding), 27 text drawings. Index. Original gray-green wrappers printed in black. A fine copy. This bulletin is a revision, by G.W. Jones, of bulletin 42, published in 1913. A study of mine gases in association with the investigation of the causes of mine accidents. In this revision, laboratory methods have been brought up to date and newer designs of apparatus discussed. Covers analysis of mine atmospheres, description of apparatus, preparation, procedure for analysis, determinations, etc. Well illustrated..

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..

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977 Frontis portrait and 16 pages of black & white illustrations. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Lightly rubbed in a rubbed dust jacket. A near fine copy..

Glendale: Trans-Anglo Books, 1984 First edition. Quarto. 224pp. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of black & white photographs, reproductions, advertising, timetables, etc. Index. Brown woodgrain cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. San Diego was endowed with one of the world's finest harbors, yet its development languished far behind that of its rival port cities because of the lack of transportation. San Diego did not want to be a satellite of Los Angeles, but scheme after scheme to remedy the situation came to naught; part of the problem was the rugged mountain barrier behind the town. Then John D. Spreckels came upon the scene. This book provides a complete history of the situation and tells how Spreckels welded together existing short-line railroads to push through a line to the East, finally overcoming the Carriso Gorge. Thus, the San Diego & Arizona Eastern was born. As the route became unnecessary in modern times, part of the SD&A was upgraded,… Read More

San Francisco: Frederick Hess, 1874 Black & white steel engraved panoramic view. 10¼x24¾ inches (including title below image); overall sheet measures approx. 12¼x30½ inches, professionally matted. A fine and clean copy. This quite rare steel-engraved bird’s-eye-view is surrounded with 22 vignettes of various architectural landmarks of the city including the Nevada Block, Calvary Church, the Palace Hotel, City Hall, Grand Hotel, the Cliff House, the White House, Corner of Geary and Kearny, Mercantile Library - Bush Street, Oriental Block, Sansome Street, London & S. Fr. Bank, Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Lick Hotel, Occidental Hotel, Corner of First and Market Street, P.M.S.S. Co’s Wharf - off for China and Japan, Montgomery Street, California Street, Murphy Grant & Co. building, corner of Sansome Street and Russ House -Montgomery Street. Although Baird & Evans (Historic Lithographs of San Francisco) illustrate this view, it is not described in… Read More

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1939 First edition. One of 500 numbered copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator; the illustrator has also initialed the frontis illustration. Tall quarto. 104pp. Profusely illustrated from drawings by Jean Williamson. Printed in red and black. Beige linen spine lettered in red, pink boards. One lower corner just showing, else a fine copy. Chapters include the Early Settlers, Portsmouth Plaza, Little Italy and Telegraph Hill, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, Haunts of Epicures, Around the Town, and Rowboats to Bridges. . Illus. by Williamson, Jean.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1951 First book edition. One of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Edited by George R. Stewart and Edwin S. Fussell. x, 88pp. Title and chapter headings printed in blue. Folding facsimile. Linen-backed blue marbled boards, paper spine label. Bookplate on inner cover. Spine a bit darkened. A fine copy. Eleven long letters dealing with San Francisco just after the Civil War, among the earliest of Harte's writings. Although the authorship of these letters was not evident, many were signed "F.B.H." and it has since been confirmed that these letters were, in fact, written by Harte. What is not known is why, although the writer seems to have been warming to his work rather than cooling, the letters abruptly ended. The folding facsimile is Edward Jump's famous 1866 lithograph, Steamer Day in San Francisco, with a key identifying all the players in the print. [BAL 7415; BCC 78; Grabhorn: 513]..

San Francisco: Journal of Commerce Press, 1897 Reprint (c. 1897-8) of the exceedingly rare 1850 first edition of which there are only a handful of known copies. 12mo. 139pp. Gilt-lettered maroon cloth. A very fine and bright copy. Includes the names of various settlers who lived in San Francisco in 1850 omitted in the original edition. The original 1850 edition is exceedingly scarce; it was offered at auction a few years ago at $50,000. [Rocq: 7980]..

San Francisco: S. J. Clarke Co., 1912 2 volumes. First edition. Number 599 of a limited edition, issued to Geo. A. Schastey of San Francisco (well-known architect and interior design). Signed by Young on limitation/ownership page (sometimes lacking). Large quarto. 969pp. Profusely illustrated with portraits, plates from historical photographs, etc. Original three-quarter dark brown morocco, green pebbled cloth boards, gilt spines. A bit of rubbing to spine ends and corners of volume II, one lower corner just showing. Overall, a fine set usually found with serious edge wear. This is one of the standard histories of San Francisco and provides a very comprehensive history from the early Spanish influx to the achievements of San Francisco after the fire and earthquake of 1906. Schastey, from New York, graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1891 and returned to New York to begin his architecture practice working for William Baumgartner. In 1907 Schastey formed Schastey & Vollmer in San… Read More