The Outer Shores (2 parts) by Hedgpeth, Joel W.(editor) - 1978

1934. VG-, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey , light wear SLIGHT FADE, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey Drawn on Security First National Bank of Los Angeles written for $12.00 dated October 13, 1934, 10/13/34. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Unbound.

First House edition of this famous report. 1845. Complete in original binding except for the gigantic map which is available in full size color thick glossy paper professional reproduction ($25 extra if desired). Pagination: 583 pages, 22 plates, 4 maps, all blanks present. Includes fascinating pencil diagram of oil rig on back of map. Oil rig drawing titled "Sheffield Oil Company. Warren(?), Co., Pa." That pencil drawing is the only interior writing or ownership marking anywhere in the book. Condition is a mixed bag. Original half leather marbled boards show heavy wear and looks like they were professionally rehinged in the distant past. Binding is sound. Pages show moderate to heavy toning and foxing. Some plates have weird 'dot' foxing I have never seen elsewhere (see scan). Marbled endpapers. A nice well maintained copy suitable for reading and research with a cool drawing. Howes F372; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Graff 1436. House Doc. No. 166. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will… Read More

[Montana][Railroad] South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana. "The New Constellation" "Stars of the First Magnitude: Added to the Galaxy of States. N.p.: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company. [1890?] Pictorial wraps. Map. 8.5 x 11 in. Illustrated. 4 pp. Full page map St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway and Connections is by Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works, Buffalo, New York. Has been folded. Agent rubber stamp on rear cover. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. The St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway was the creation of James J. Hill. Hill and three other investors purchased the nearly bankrupt St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1878, renaming it the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company the following year. In 1890 all properties and operations were leased to the Great Northern Railway Company and the Great Northern purchased all of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company's investments, including stocks, bonds, and other miscellaneous… Read More

[Railroad] Map of the Erie Railway. Extending from New York to Newburgh ... with its principal connections. [New York]: National Railway Publication Company. 1874. Map ; 24 x 61 cm, on sheet 37 x 63 cm, folded to 19 x 9 cm. Panel title: West & North-west, South & South-west via the Erie Railway ... Above the map: "The Best Equipped and Most Comfortable Route to the WEST!!" Fold splits, edge wear. Good.
OCLC show one holding (SMU). Shows most of the United States except south Texas and Florida. Relief shown by hachures. Three illustrations below map. Timetables for May 1874 and "First class rates of fare from New York via Erie Railway" on verso. Mentioned destinations include Denison, Texas and San Francisco.

[Montana] [Railroad] Three Forks Country Montana. [Chicago, Ill.]: [Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company], 1913. Color pictorial wraps. Illustrated. 23 cm. Issued folded. Caption title The Three Forks Country. 23 pp. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this 1913 edition. There are two copies of a 1911 edition (Yale & Wis. Hist. Soc.) and three copies of the 1912 edition (SMU, Mont. Hist. Soc. & Wis. Hist. Soc.) Nice four-page map. Good photographs.

San Jose: Self Published [San Jose Notta Bros.], 1916. First Edition. Good. , limited to 300 [9.25x6.25in]; 68 pp., [2], six leaves of halftone portraits of Jayhawkers and illustrated scenes; Brown stiff paper wrappers with gilt stamped lettering on front, brown endpapers, stapled binding, covers extend beyond text block; Age wear to paper covers with creases and chips on all edges and corners, missing 1/4" bottom spine, several small stain and ink spots on covers faded and gilt lettering dulled, offset of 1920 newspaper article tipped in on the death of Stephens and prior owner ink signature on front leaf, oval stain on upper fore edge of first 12 pages, age toning of text throughout; Overall condition of this type and material quality is Very Good. [Kurutz 601, Cowan II p. 613, Graff 3972, Howell 50 1636, Adams 2136]. Lorenzo Dow Stephens (1827-1921) was part of a an Illinois company that left for California in March 1849. The company traveled to Fort Laramie, South Pass, Fort Bridger and Salt… Read More

Small quarto (11 x 8 1/4 inches) Published in the Interest of the Firemen's Relief Fund, December 1900. 116 pages of half tone black and white photos of early Los Angeles, portraits, and advertisements for Los Angeles businesses of the period.

Descriptive text includes a short history of the Los Angeles Fire Department: "In May, 1875, Engine Company No. 2 was organized."

Good condition: original red cloth binding, showing mild age toning, title on front cover, floral patterned end papers.

Many photos of early Los Angeles fire stations, with horse drawn equipment.

Portraits include: the mayor, the Fire Commissioners back to 1871, Chiefs, Captains, Lieutenants, Engine Drivers, Engineers, Hosemen, and Ladder men.

Advertisements include breweries, hardware supplies, saloons, blacksmiths, and stables among many others.

New York: The Outing Publishing Company, 1907. Hardcover, red cloth boards, b/w stamped pictorial cover. Good/No Jacket. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth and F. E. Schoonover. Being a record of certain happenings that occurred in the otherwise peaceful lives of Hopalong Cassidy and his companions on the range. 382 pages, illustrated plates by Wyeth, cover & frontispiece adapted from the Schoonover painting for the 1905 story The Fight at Buckskin. This book is fictional, rough-talking cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy's first appearance; the character is known for his distinctive walk due to a gunshot wound. Spine gilt darkened, wear to ends and corners, previous owner's name inked on front endpaper, one-inch stain on the left side of front cover.

Sundance Books, 1998. Hardcover. Used - near fine condition in a very good clear vinyl dust jacket. Signed by author on first title page. Book has no damage and very little shelf wear. Light bumping at corners and at ends of spine. Vinyl dust jacket has some creases along edges. No writing or highlighting. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

[Railroads] International & Great Northern Railroad. Greater Texas and the Coast Country. Houston-Galveston District, the Winter Garden. [Galveston, Texas?]: Galveston Commercial Association. [Circa 1910). Printed wraps. 23 cm. Fourth edition. Illustrated. Maps. 24 pp. Covers separated at spine, else very good.
OCLC shows one holding (TAMU). UT-Arlington also has a copy of the Third edition. Text in double columns. "Everything good for sons of men is found in the land of the I. & G.N."--Cover. "Iron mountain route"--Cover and bottom of every other page. "The way to Texas" -- Cover and bottom of every other page. On back cover: Galveston Commercial Association, J. E. Kauffman, Secretary, Galveston, Texas. Originally meant to be folded to 23 x 11 cm. and mailed. Many great photographs.