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
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. Cloth. 184 pages. Presentation Copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Nick Eggenhofer in ink on the half-title, "To John Carroll 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..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1897. First Edition, Second Printing. Illustrated Cloth. (xviii) 493 (3 adverts) pages. Illustrated, including frontispiece portrait of Author; 9 full page plates by Frederick Remington; initials and tail pieces by Thomson Willing. Folding map of Santa Fe trail. First Edition, second printing in same year..... 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 32 pages. Illustrated in black and white and color. Publisher's file copy..... More
Seattle: The Author, 1909. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. 284 pages plus photographs. SIGNED in ink on a free front endpaper, "Ezra Meeker / Cheyenne Wy / July 12th 1910". Illustrated at rear of book from vintage photographs. Original green cloth with a photograph of the author affixed to the front cover..... More
Los Angeles: Western Tanager Press, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. (x) 294 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray-blue cloth with gilt titling. 7" x 10 1/4". Map endpapers. Illustrated, including two page route map. Introduction by Editor Dr. Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. Bibliography. Index. A collection of esssays, diaries, letters and other..... More
Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 271 pages SIGNED in ink by author on the half title. Illustrated. Index. Cloth. Historical introduction. 718 entries describing 350 books, 250 articles and more than 100 Congressional documents concerning the Sante Fe Trail. A cornerstone of any Trails..... 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
San Francisco: John Howell - Books, 1982. Fourth Edition. Cloth. (xx)745 pages. Illustrated, primarily from photographs of described publications. This is the Fourth Edition which has been Revised, Enlarged and Edited by Robert H., Becker. Index. 7" x 10 1/2". Brown cloth. The revised and enlarged edition of the definitve..... More
