Berkeley: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. First Edition thus. 55 pages plus 32 page facsimile of Bidwell's Journal (From the only known copy, now in the Bancroft). Folding map showing Route of the Bartleson-Bidwell Party. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Bibliography. Blue... More
Berkeley: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. First Edition thus. Decorated Cloth. 55 pages plus 32 page facsimile of Bidwell's Journal (From the only known copy, now in the Bancroft). Folding map showing Route of the Bartleson-Bidwell Party. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Second edition. Cloth-backed boards. 100 (7) pages. Illustrated from colored drawings by Arvilla Parker. Introduction and notes by Charles L. Camp. Edited by Douglas S. Watson. Octavo. One of 500 copies. #7 of the Rare America Series printed and published by The Grabhorn Press... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Second edition. Cloth-backed boards. 100 (7) pages. Illustrated from colored drawings by Arvilla Parker. Introduction and notes by Charles L. Camp. Edited by Douglas S. Watson. Octavo. One of 500 copies. #7 of the Rare America Series printed and published by The Grabhorn Press... More
Oakland, California: Biobooks, 1945. California Centennial Edition. (v) (3) 163 pages. Dust jacket. Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. One of 1500 un-numbered copies. Illustrations by Victor R. Anderson. White pictorial cloth. 7 3/4" x 11". Judge Thornton's account of the Donner Party tragedy, from Volume II, Harper's 1855 Edition. Includes... More
New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1961. First Edition. 184 pages. Presentation Copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Nick Eggenhofer in ink on the half-title, "To John Carrol with our very best wishes / Nick Eggenhofer". The late John M. Carroll was a well-regarded Custer historian. Carrol's SIGNED bookplate is affixed to the front... More
New York: Artists & Writers Guild, Inc., Distributed By Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. First Edition. New York: Artists & Writers Guild, Inc, Distributed By Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. Illustrated Boards First Edition Near Fine in Near Fine DJ 12 pages. Illustrated in black and white and color. Publisher's file copy... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1938. First Edition. 290 pages. Frontis portrait of General Connor. Limited to 1000 un-numbered copies. First Edition. Illustrated from old plates. Two folding maps. Notes, Appendices, Bibliography and Index. Cloth-backed boards patterned with stars in blue. Paper spine label. Descriptive letter to prior owner from... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1938. First Edition. 290 pages. Frontis portrait of General Connor. Limited to 1000 un-numbered copies. First Edition. Illustrated from old plates. Two folding maps. Notes, Appendices, Bibliography and Index. Cloth-backed boards patterned with stars in blue. Paper spine label. Follows the service career of General... More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1914. First Edition. (xv) 669 pages. First Edition ("Published June, 1914"). Illustrated from "...more than one hundred half-tones, mostly from old and rare sources", including frontispiece from photograph of Colonel Carson. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4". Original cloth. Appendix. Notes. Index. Per Zamorano 80... More
New York: Edward Eberstadt, 1926. First Edition thus. 125 (1) pages. Edited and with Historical notes and an Introduction by Edward Eberstadt. Cloth-backed boards with gold cover and spine titling. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4". Printed at The Kelmscott Press, New York. Frontis portrait of Judge Sawyer. Limited to 385... More
Haverford, PA: Headframe Publishing Company, 1978. First Thus. Leather-backed Marbled Boards. 81 pages. Illustrated. Limited edition of 250 copies, of which this is #68. Folding vintage map of California and the Routes to it. Leather-backed marbled paper covered boards. Prologue and Epilogue by Franz R. Dykstra. Designed and printed by... More
