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19062222259<p>First edition first printing December 1906. Octavo. Illustrated by Carl Eytel with 337 pen and ink sketches from nature; 33 full page halftone photographs; maps one folding and plans. Original light blue cloth over grey stamped in gilt t.e.g. Dust jacket few chips; few nicks; few creases. Very good. 270 pages and 271 pages 2 page publisher's ads. 2 volumes.</p><p>Printed by The Griffith-Stillings Press Boston.</p><p>E. I. Edwards "Desert Voices" page 88-89. "The Classic and definitive account of the Colorado Desert." "Desert Harvest" pages 77-78. "The Enduring Desert" pages 130-131.</p> Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
19132222280<p>First edition. Octavo. Original grey boards. Four pages of b/w halftones. Two page introduction by Ambrose Bierce. Dust jacket a few chips and foxing. Forty four page essay by George Wharton James. Very good. 310 pages. Uncommon thus.</p><p><strong>Signed by author on half title page.</strong></p><p><strong>BAL 1130.</strong></p> George Wharton James hardcover books
191320899Pasadena CA: George Wharton James 1913. Hardcover. Good. 310 pp with illustrations from photographs. Blue cloth boards no dust jacket. Staining near the gutter on the first 6 leaves otherwise clean tightly bound. "Josephine Clifford McCracken or McCrackin 1839 - 1921 was a California writer and journalist a contemporary of Bret Harte John Muir Ina Coolbrith and Joaquin Miller and an environmentalist. McCracken wrote articles for Harper Brothers and for the newspapers Out West and Western Field while traveling though New Mexico and lower California and once in San Francisco turned full-time to her love for writing and literary pursuits" wiki. George Wharton James hardcover books
200050194Duluth: Holy Cow! Press 2000. First edition 8vo pp. 75 1; fine in original pictorial wrappers. Signed on the title page by Jenkins and additionally inscribed "For John fellow-maker Louis." <br/><br/> Holy Cow! Press unknown books
19661300Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Westerners 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. 211 pp with illustrations index. Light spotting to top edge very light wear to edges; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. One of an edition of 500. Includes contributions from Clifford M. Drury "California's Gold Rush Churches" E.I.Edwards "Death Valley's Neglected Hero" LeRoy Hafen "Mountain Men as Explorers" and others. The Los Angeles Westerners hardcover books
185419316New York: J.H. Colton & Co 1854. 16mo pp. 89 23 4; large folding hand-colored map of the region approx. 21" x 26"; one short split at one fold otherwise the map is generally in fine condition; original red cloth gilt stamped on upper cover extremities rubbed and the binding slightly stained front free flyleaf excised old pencil notes on rear flyleaf in German; pretty good copy. Howes S615. <br/><br/> J.H. Colton & Co hardcover books
19502234Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. 309 pp with index illustrated endpapers. Light wear to edges contents clean and sound. Dust jacket has a chip missing from head of spine and some rubbing. "The dramatic story of Southern California's search for water to fuel her cities' growth." Explores issues of the diversion of rivers contruction of dams and aqueducts population growth and political strife. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1922005239Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Commission 1922. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "To my friend John L. Stuart. Walter S. Greenough November 29 1922" . Very Good gilt spine titles rubbed barely readable. SCARCE< especially so Signed. Indiana Historical Collections Indiana World War Records Volume II . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. Indiana Historical Commission Hardcover books
1949002439Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1949. Fine tiny sticker shadow front wrapper. Map inserted in pocket inside rear wrapper. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
1938006720Indianapolis Indiana: Indiana Historical Society 1938. Near Fine faint crease rear wrapper. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
186238677West Brattleboro': Vermont State Teachers' Association 1862. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A very good- copy with tears and chips along spine and detached darkened wrappers. 279-304 3 6 pp. 8vo. Vermont State Teachers' Association unknown books
186238676West Brattleboro': Vermont State Teachers' Association 1862. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A very good copy lightly soiled edgeworn wrappers. 255-278 12 pp. 8vo. Vermont State Teachers' Association unknown books
1889007035Madison WI: Brant & Fuller 1889. "With Historical Account of Allen County and the City of Fort Wayne Indiana. The Story of Its Progress from Savagery to Civilization." Illustrated. All edges gilt. A Very Good set Vol. 1 leather rubbed at spine ends and corners Vol.2 light rubbing to leather at tips. Contents clean tight and unmarked a bit of scattered foxing. . First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brant & Fuller Hardcover books
196720960St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society 1967. First edition in English limited to 2000 copies this no. 883; 8vo pp. xix 1 423 2; 79 color plates after those in the original German edition of 1854-57 plus a few other illustrations in the text; a fine copy in a fine unclipped dust jacket. "The book is the work of Henry Lewis an American artist then living in Germany; originally written in English Lewis' text was translated into German by one George B. Douglas. The first 72-pp. of an English edition are known but only discovered in 1951. The present volume reproduces that English fragment but the bulk of it is a retranslation from the German version." See Howes L-312 for an explanation of the original English edition which "was apparently abandoned after the third installment." <br/><br/> Minnesota Historical Society unknown books
195014643Bakersfield CA: Kern County Historical Society and the County of Kern 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 84 pp with bibliography illustrations maps of Spanish explorations and Mexican Land Grants. One small stain on front board else a fine copy in a clean dust jacket with some mild creasing and one short 1/4 inch tear. Originally a master's thesis. Chapters on early exploration Mexican grants San Emigdio Rancho El Tejon Ranchos Fort Tejon. Kern County Historical Society and the County of Kern hardcover books
190042579n.p. n.d. Minneapolis: privately printed 1900. Square 8vo pp. 38; frontispiece portrait of Pillsbury and another plate of the statue in situ which was conceived and sculpted by Daniel Chester French; original full limp reversed calf lettered in gilt on the upper cover; top corner of front cover chipped else near fine throughout. Presentation copy inscribed by Pillsbury to his son-in-law Edward Chenery Gale. The text includes addresses by Cyrus Northrup President of the University an oration by the Hon. Cushman K. Davis and Pillsbury himself among others. <br/><br/> privately printed unknown books
195016678Minneapolis: U. of Minn. Press 1950. 8vo pp. 96; orig. turquoise wrappers fine. Over 100 titles in print. <br/><br/> U. of Minn. Press] unknown books
193245071Minneapolis: Voyageur Press and Fred Totten Phelps 1932. First edition of the first book of the Voyageur Press "an institution founded upon the ideals of fine printing coupled with the desire to make available to interested persons the wealth of historical material to be found in Minnesota and environs" 8vo pp. 6 75; title page printed in red and black; original cloth in pale pink pictorial dust jacket; shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text spine faded; interior fine. Signed by Phelps on the colophon. <br/><br/> Voyageur Press [and] Fred Totten Phelps hardcover books
193227339Minneapolis: Voyageur Press and Fred Totten Phelps 1932. First edition of the first book of the Voyageur Press "an institution founded upon the ideals of fine printing coupled with the desire to make available to interested persons the wealth of historical material to be found in Minnesota and environs" limited to 200 copies; 8vo pp. 6 75; superlative copy in printed dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Howes S445. <br/><br/> Voyageur Press [and] Fred Totten Phelps unknown books
190645740Portland Maine: L. H. Nelson Company 1906. First edition oblong 4to unpaged; chiefly plain photographic views; original green pictorial wrappers stamped in gilt; a bit of wear from handling else very good and sound. Depicts the various landmarks of Minneapolis and St. Paul including Minnehaha Falls Fort Snelling and Nicollet Avenue. <br/><br/> L. H. Nelson Company unknown books
1970104962San Francisco: the Convention 1970. Pamphlet. 40p. stapled wraps 5.5x8.5 inches wraps lightly worn and soiled else very good condition. Program and officers for the convention held in San Francisco. the Convention unknown books
200150189Minneapolis: The Thousands Press 2001. First edition 8vo pp. 96; fine in original red pictorial wrappers. This copy inscribed by Bly: "For John a gift for Jones Ruden fondly Robert." Among the contributors are James Wright a newly discovered poem Louis Jenkins Tomas Transtromer and Bly himself. <br/><br/> The Thousands Press unknown books
1970104964San Francisco: the Convention 1970. Pamphlet. 48p. stapled wraps 5.75x8.25 inches wraps lightly worn three small stains on front wrap else good condition. Program and officers for the convention held in Los Angeles. the Convention unknown books
199050213Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence 1990. First trade edition following a signed edition issued by the Franklin Library; 8vo pp. 14 273 1; fine in a fine first issue unclipped dust jacket. This copy inscribed on the title page "To John & Lorna Best wishes Tim O'Brien." <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence unknown books
191015323Iowa City: Iowa State Historical Society 1910. First edition 8vo pp. 210; spine slightly discolored else a very good copy in orig. gilt-stamped blue cloth t.e.g. The "Old Northwest" consisted of those territories ceded to the U.S. in the treaty with Britain in 1783 and organized under the Ordinance of 1787 that later became the states of Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. <br/><br/> Iowa State Historical Society hardcover books
