A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. by Isabella L Bird - 1894

Albert Dressler, San Francisco, 1930; First Edition; Copy #195 of a limited edition of 525; large 8vo, 72 pages; illustrated; green cloth; blind stamped black titles. The life and times of John Thomas Mason, who came to Sierra County in 1851 to join the Gold Rush, remained in Rabbit Creek for the next 79 years, and was still alive at the time of writing of this book. Fine, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket that has a single 3/4" closed edge tear on the back panel.

Sons of the Revolution in the State of CA, Los Angeles, 1915; First Edition; Copy #107 of a limited edition of 500; 8vo, 512 pages; frontispiece photo illustration. First publication of the California Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Contains a 36-page historical chronology of the state of California; the names of Revolutionary War soldiers and their descendants represented in the membership of the California chapter; a list of Sailors, Marines and Officers of the American Navy During the Revolutionary War; Revolutionary Soldiers of South Carolina; a list of Officers & Men Belonging to the American Continental Ship "Ariel", commanded by John Paul Jones, and more. Blue and yellow cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Very Good Plus, with previous owner name and address in neat cursive on upper rt. corner of f.f.e.p.

Chicago: The Westerners, 1946. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 151pp, (9pp). Line drawings. Near fine. A tight, handsome first edition of the first title published by this well-known group of Chicago-area Western Americana buffs. Features such articles as Everett D. Graff's "The Westerners Go Overland; Retread the Various Routes to California," Albert S. Johannsen's "The House of Beadle and Adams, and Its Dime and Nickel Novels," Clarence S. Paine's "She Laid Her Pistol Down; or The Last Will and Testament of Calamity Jane" and Don Russell's "Jesse James -- Postwar Bandit." Tipped to the front flyleaf is a Typed Letter Signed from contributor Don Russell, 2pp, 7¼" X 10½", Elmhurst, IL, 29 March 1956. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar). Near fine. On Chicago letterhead of "The American Peoples Encyclopedia" where Russell served as assistant editor, Russell cordially agrees to review books for the "Lincoln Herald" column… Read More

New York: Random House, 1984. Signed on the title page by Thomas McGuane. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, white paper-covered boards. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, with a crease to the rear jacket flap.

Cincinnati, OH,: Henry Howe, 1852. First edition, 1852 issue - "Twenty-Second Thousand." Volume 1 & 2 bound together. Published Cincinnati, OH: Henry Howe, 1852. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 9 1/2", Vol 1: 190pp.; Vol 2: 250pp. illustrated with numerous engravings, color tinted frontis. Full tooled leather, speckled edges. "Historical Collections of the Great West: Containing Narratives of the Most Important and Interesting Events in Western History-Remarkable Individual Adventures-Sketches of Frontier Life -Descriptions of Natural Curiosities: To Which is Appended Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Oregon, New Mexico, Texas, Minnesota, Utah and California." Leather backstrip missing, lower half of frontis missing for volume one, stain to the lower corner of page block for the first 50 pages of volume one, with a small hole to the first 20. Pages clean and bright, very minimal foxing. Good. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Westernlore Press, LA, 1967. HBDJ, 1967, 1st edition, minor rub DJ & small mended tear, VG/VG, Light X-Library Stamp top Edge outer pgs, but no other Markings, blank endpapers light residue. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First Edition. Very Good +/Fair. 1982. 1st printing, NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY. Photographs by William Albert Allard. Foreword by Thomas McGuane Little Brown & Co: Boston, (1982). Oblong quarto, blue denim cloth, in a dust wrapper, price cut, with one tear and a little worn. 144 pages, beautifully illustrated in full colour. A very good plus copy with the extra photographic process colour print laid in as issued. POSTAGE WITH TRACKING via French Post DELIVENGO

Colorodo: John VanMale Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited/Numbered. Fine copy. Hardbound. 2 volumes in one.First ed. of 500 copies. ( vol 1 )1935 & 1936. Tan cloth over boards. Black spine lettering. 2 vols in one. Bookplate on front paste down. Very nice, clean copy..

N. Y.: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1938. Book. Illus. by Will James. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression of the First Edition. Very Good, With Some Wear To Extremities. The Price-Clipped Jacket Is Quite Edgeworn, With Fraying To Top Edge, But All The Cover Lettering And Illustration Are Clear. There Is A One Inch Inverted V Chip At The Bottom Of The Spine, That Just Clips The Left Side Of The S In Scribners, A Small Chip At Spine Top, And A Hole 1/4 Inch Diameter In Centre Of Back Spine Fold. Nonetheless, All Lettering Is Again Clear And Legible. Overall, This Remains A Presentable Copy. Without The " A ". Second Printing .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. LONE COWBOY- My Life Story- Will James- Illustrated by Author- Charles Scribner's Sons-New York- August 1930- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Scribner colophon and "A" on copyright page- Hardcover:-8vo- VG- no dj- original publishers green cloth with gilt titles on spineand cover and rider on horse with lasso- spine is lightly sun-toned but still legible-light rubs, but square, tight and clean-- 431pp all clean, no tears or writing- profusely illustrated in B&W by author- frontis in glossy B&W of James-the letter-SEE PHOTOS- Will James was born on a Montana Trail in 1892 and orphaned at the age of four, Will followed his guardian a French Canadian trapper named Bopy, to camps scattered from the Yellowstone to the McKenzie River. " In Lone Cowboy, Will on his own after Bopy's death, drifts from one outfit to another, herding cattle, busting broncos, and getting into scrapes before he's old enough to shave or drink at the… Read More