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1928réf. A53755San Francisco CA: Sunset Press. Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author with an inscription on the first free page. The book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. There is some light bumping and nicking to the spine ends of the book covers along with some light foxing to the spine joints. The text pages are in clean bright condition. Top spine end has a 1/2" chip missing. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Awani lived in Yosemite Valley for centuries. It is believed that they may have lived in the area for as long as 7000 years. They were primarily Mono and bordered on the north south and west by various Miwok tribes. They routinely traded with the Paiute tribe across the mountains to the east. European-American contact began after 1833. In 1850 a settler named James D. Savage set up a mining camp down below the valley and spent most of his time mining for gold and trading with the few other white men in the area. He took several Indian wives and developed influential relations with the nearby Native people. Later that year Savage's camp and post were attacked by the Ahwahnechee. Savage had moved into the Ahwahnechee land and effectively disrupted the lives of every Ahwahnechee. The Ahwahnechee raided his supplies and killed two of his men. This in turn sparked the Mariposa Indian War of 1850 to 1851." from Wikipedia; B&W Photographs; 132p. pages; Pictured 9/9/26; Signed by Author . 1928. Sunset Press hardcover
1957réf. A53851Sacramento CA: Department of Public Works. Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. This is an oversized paperback book with illustrated cardstock covers and a cloth glued spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. Included are several fold-out graphs. "One of the most challenging problems arose recently during the reconstruction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The reconstruction was done to enable the bridge to handle its ever increasing automobile traffic. Due to the geographical location of the City of San Francisco its main ingress except from the south is over two large bridges. One of these transbay bridges is a structure six miles in length connecting the City of San Francisco with that of Oakland across the Bay. The westerly half of the crossing is composed of twin suspension bridges with main spans of 2310 feet between San Francisco and Yerba Buena Island. Its easterly half consists of a 1400 foot cantilever span followed by a series of long steel truss spans from the Island to Oakland. From the time the Bridge opened in 1937 traffic has increased from a daily average of 25000 vehicles to over 100000 today." from Reconstruction-West Approaches San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge by Norman C. Raab; B&W and Color Illustrations & Charts; 32p. pages; Pictured 9/20/26 . 1957. Department of Public Works paperback
1996réf. A53100Heavener OK: Henry L. Peck. Very Good. Fourth Edition. Paperback. This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean bright condition. There is some very beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an ink stamped name and address of the Wister Public Library on the front endpaper. "The Choctaw Nation signed the Treaty of Doak's Stand in 1820 ceding part of their ancestral home in the Southeastern U. S. And receiving a large tract in Indian Territory. They signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830 which ceded the remainder of their original homeland. Most of the remainder of the Choctaw were removed to Indian Territory escorted by federal military troops in several waves. 3In 1832 the federal government constructed the Choctaw Agency in Indian Territory about 15 miles 24 km west of Fort Smith Arkansas. The town of Skullyville developed around the agency. It was designated as county seat of Skullyville County the capital of the Moshulatubbee District of which Skullyville County was a part and the national capital of the Choctaw Nation. " from Wikipedia; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 402p. pages; Pictured 5/26/26 . 1996. Henry L. Peck paperback
1914réf. 2602049Wausau: Scribner's 1914. First Thus. Soft cover. Fair. Original promo brochure to sell land in Marathon Wisconsin with plat map on one side and abundant promotional information on the other. Folded. About 28" x 20 1/2". Map covers all of the county showing numerous waterways and railroad lines along with mills and schools. 18 towns are noted where the company hold land. A glowing promotional for the county where "There has never been a winter when the grass or winter grain was killed. No resident of Marathon County has ever been lost in a blizzard and no Marathon County man has ever been compelled to sell his stock because of lack of water or grass." Granville Jones was a businessman in Wausau who also founded the Wausau Telephone Co. Two copies only located in world libraries. In fair condition. On the back of the map with the extensive text a small amount of text is covered by old paper residue running across the width of the paper. Unsightly but little loss of text. Photo upon request. Rare. Scribner's unknown
1996réf. 600252California: California State Parks 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Crease on bottom corner of front panel.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. California State Parks unknown
2008réf. A52832Santa Cruz CA: Three Rocks Research. Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Spiral bound. This is an oversized paperback book with a spiral binding. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the title page. The book contains a series of newspaper articles regarding the unincorporated town of New Idria and about the mercury mine that was the basis for the town and covers the town from birth to death. "The community was established to support the mine which mainly extracted mercury since cinnabar was abundant in the local rock formations. Mercury mining at the location began in 1854. At one time the New Idria mines were America's second most productive mines with the New Almaden mines in the vicinity of San Jose about 82 miles 132 km northwest being the first. The discovery of mercury ore at New Idria came soon after the discovery of gold in the Sierra foothills which began the California gold rush. At that time mercury was important in extracting gold from gold ore. Before the New Idria and New Almaden Quicksilver Mines the mercury came almost exclusively from Europe." from Wikipedia; 138p. pages; Pictured 3/28/26 . 2008. Three Rocks Research unknown
1977réf. 5032042Sedro-Woolley: Privately Published 1977. Soft cover. Good. Thermofax or early photocopies of Volume I Numbers 1-4 all four issued in 1977. We do not know if Gates published more issues. He collected newspaper stories on sasquatch mainly in Washington State BC & California and fit them in a legal sheet size format. #1 is 5 pages one-sided. # 2 is 4 pages double-sided plus photocopy of page 5. #3 is 5 pages one-sided. #4 is 5 pages double-sided. Hard to come by. Good condition. Privately Published unknown
1920réf. 2507036n.p.: n.p. 1920. Original. Soft cover. Fine. AMERICAN INDIAN ENCAMPMENT MONTANA 1920s Two b/w snapshots 3 ½" x 5 5/8" of large gathering of Indians with teepees most erected in a large circle. Penciled on back of each is "Huffman." The signatures do not match L. A. Huffman autographs and I have not identified the two as products of Huffman's. VG condition. n.p. unknown
1890réf. 2507058n.p.: n.p. 1890. Original. Soft cover. Fine. Cabinet card by unattributable photographer of man in suit and bear or buffalo coat. He's wearing a western hat is holding a fine walking stick and is adorned with metals on his chest. Fine. n.p. unknown
1898réf. 2507020Hartford: Hartford Pub Co 1898. Hardcover. Fair. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 1st edition. A 1913 library binding in cloth. 558pp. Illustrated with sharp and remarkably descriptive b/w photos taken by the author or an associate. The binding is tight even though the binding is just barely exposed after the title page. The binding threads are not broken. Library stamp on front paste down and under it "with drawn" in pencil. A check out pocket was removed from rear paste down leaving some residue. A binder's ink stamp is on lower free end paper with the date of "May 1913." No spine call numbers. No stamps on the edges. Top edge shows a tideline but there virtually no staining to pages. Some pages have a spot or two of foxing or mild stain. The tight binding probably warrants a "good" grade but I prefer to be conservative and have assigned it "fair." If buyer is willing to spend a little money an attractive rebinding would make this copy a star. Not uncommon as to libraries where this may be found but certainly very very scarce on the market. I read this book aloud to my wife and it is really a "good read." It is thrilling. Hartford Pub Co hardcover
1900réf. 2507019n.p.: n.p. 1900. Original. Hardcover. Fine. FABULOUS but unidentified photo of frontier haying we presume camp. 7 3/16" x 9 ¾" b/w photo mounted on black 9" x 11 x ¾" mat. This is a remarkably descriptive and sharp photo of either a group of men and women gathered in front of what appears to be a traveling cook house with some sitting on a wagon. In the doorway of the cookhouse are two women well-dressed for the photo wearing caps. Among the group of 25 boys men and one young girl is third from the left the gentleman who we presume is probably the owner / manager / boss / ramrod. Is he checking up on the progress of what is going on The man third from right appears to be African-American. The girl in the photo also wearing a woman's work cap sits on the shoulders of a couple of guys. The apparel in this photo includes overalls trousers with suspenders wide-brimmed hats and jackets. They all appear to have clean faces so maybe they are washed up for dinner The romantic historian in me wants to know who they are where they are and what they have been doing. The landscape in the distance appears to show a field with a harvest cut line running across it. It is hard to say if the objects in the mid-distance on the right are hay shocks. A treasure if you can handle the mystery. Near fine condition. Photo to be uploaded or upon request. n.p. hardcover
1994réf. SHEL2012Rhinelander WI: n.p. 1994. Hardcover. Fine. RHINELANDER WISCONSIN. Satellite photo of city circa 1986. Framed board photo. 15" x 19". Fine. Shipping extra. n.p. hardcover
1887réf. SHEL1674bPhiladelphia: L. H. Everts & Co 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor. 1st printing. Huge quarto original one-half cloth & leather. 339pps. This is a fabulous volume. BUT THIS IS A "BINDING COPY" WITH THREE PRELIM LEAVES MISSING BOARDS DETACHED NEEDS REBINDING AND RESTORATION WORK IF BUYER WANTS TO RESTORE IT: PLEASE READ DETAILS AT END OF THIS LISTING. Here is what William Reese Six Score #83 said of it in his bibliography of 150 best ranching books: "These atlases were designed so that pages could be tipped in. I doubt that any two copies are exactly alike. Pagination through page 340 this copy 339 with verso blank although there are many unnumbered pages of views. There are over 300 colored maps views depicting over 350 scenes and as many as 25 folding tissue maps interleave as well as unpaginated text. 44.5 x 38 cm." 15" x 18". Reese continues: "This massive compilation contains a vast wealth of information on Kansas at the time of publication. Many of the views depict stock ranches which are also located on the extremely detailed maps. There are many bird's-eye views of towns and sights. Much of the accompanying text is devoted to listing the leading citizens of the state their property what kind of livestock they raise and even what kind of fencing they use. The Everts' atlas is an important source for much information with illustrations existing nowhere else. A similar atlas was issued for Nebraska by the same firm. The numerous state and county atlases of the late nineteenth century usually sold by subscription often contain the best illustrations and maps available." I have collated this copy and matched against my very good copy presently offered for sale. There are theoretically 339 maps some fine thin paper foldout maps some on one page and some multiple to a page. Five numbered maps are "missing" but were not even indexed. My vg copy has the same except it has four "missing" same four! So with one exception this is a qualified "all maps present." Now the BAD NEWS accounting for the low price I am offering this copy for: Original boards present but detached. Spine gone. Three preliminary leaves missing namely: Preface Table of Populations Contents Index to Counties and Towns First 2 of 3 pages listing Illustrations. HOWEVER FROM MY GOOD COPY I WILL MAKE FINE JPEG PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE THREE MISSING LEAVES 6 pps that may will be sent to the buyer as digital files and can be printed off or simply referred to on a computer. So buyer will have all information. Title page & remaining prelim pages detached. Title page badly chipped. One page / map at rear torn in half but present. Interior in vg condition with few chips/tears. Front board adds in gold "THE GUARANTY INVESTMENT CO. FRANK H. WILSON GENL. MGR. ATCHISON KANSAS." On front paste down is this inscription in ink: "S G Guerrier Compliments of L M Davis. This is the second copy I have offered for sale in nearly 35 years of selling books on the Old West. This is a very heavy volume and will be shipped at cost above the default shipping price. Insurance must be added. Several photos available upon request. L. H. Everts & Co hardcover
2000réf. SHEL1823California: n.p. 2000. Soft cover. Fine. This is a vivid color art print executed by sasquatch museum owner Michael Rugg of the encounter between Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin and the female sasquatch on Bluff Creek northern California on October 20 1967. It is signed by Bob Gimlin. Frame size 13/1/8: x 19 1/8". Print size within white border 10 3/4" x 17". There is no date of execution of the print. In fine condition and framed under a type of plexiglass. Hard to find now and while Mr. Gimlin signs lots of things this is one of the harder ones to fine. If I were to keep the print for myself I would matt it and reframe it. But buyer may rightly do whatever he or she wishes. Very scarce. n.p. unknown
1905réf. 61952New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1905. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 23.5cm. Tan cloth stamped in brown titled in gilt on black leather spine label top edge gilt; xvi634pp; photogravure frontispiece portrait black and white map 100 black and white halftone plates large color folding map at rear. Errata slip at p.x. Sound but rubbed slight fraying at spine ends spine label much abraded minor abrasions to boards internally largely clean: around Very Good. Wack 1875-1954 was a paid apologist for Leopold II and his atrocity-ridden regime in the Congo Free State. 61952. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown
réf. 0876501250.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1992réf. 2306010Evanston: Northwestern University 1992. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. TWO original issues of Northwestern Perspecive signed by Doig. Winter 1991 on page 20 has a brief reference to Doig and the completion of his Montana trilogy. A portrait of Doig accompanies the notice and Doig has signed beside the notice. Issue is magazine size 4to and is total of 48pp. Also offered is Winter 1992 issue. In it is a lovely 5pp photo-illustrated article on Doig written by Caroline Green "Son of the Big Sky: Writer Ivan Doig weaves tales of the old and new West set against Montana's northern Rockies." On the first page Doig has a two-line written personal presentation to your bookseller and his wife. This issue also 48pp. Signed copies of these two issues are almost certainly hard to come by and yours truly is parting with them reluctantly. Northwestern University unknown
1939réf. 012458Tourist Development Association of Egypt 1939 magazine bound into boards with original wrappers pasted down over cloth spine cloth faded and lightly foxed otherwise VG sewn binding sepia toned photographs throughout Summer; 32pp but this has not had the adverts bound in Autumn; 14pp adverts 25pp 9pp adverts colour 'tomb art' Egyptian style covers . First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Tourist Development Association of Egypt hardcover
2018réf. G0135214955I5N00Pearson Education 2018. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Pearson Education paperback
1894réf. MISS003St. Paul: Smalley E. V. Editor and Northern Pacific Railroad 1894. First Thus. Soft cover. Good. Vol. XIII No. #11. St. Paul. Original issue. Folio 13 1/2" x 10 ¼". Illustrated. Abundant adds. The Northern Pacific used this publication to promote western lands and progress. Articles: "A Trooper's Life" " A French Village in Manitoba" "Minnesota for Farming Settlement" "Solid St. Paul" etc. thus showing the railroad promoted their interests both south and north of the border with Canada. Inside is a short report on wild horses. On an inside photograph has been stamped in purple ink a Northern Pacific Railroad stamp bearing the name of passenger agent Wm. N. Mears Boston. This copy good with cover splits at fold about 3" both top and bottom. Short edge tears. Slightly soiled. Smalley, E. V. (Editor) and Northern Pacific Railroad unknown
1787réf. 5031London: Charles Eyre & Andrew Strahan 1787. First edition. 27 George III Chapter 44. A Fine copy measuring 310 x 190mm and collating complete: 2 987-988. A scarce and important piece of legal history which ESTC records at only one library Lincoln's Inn and which does not appear in the modern auction record. The present is the only example on the market. At the start of the Restoration "English church courts were revived by an act of Parliament on 27 July 1661 to resume their traditional task of correcting spiritual and moral misdemeanors. Soon thereafter parishioners across England's dioceses once more faced admonition fines excommunication and even imprisonment if they failed to conform to the laws of the restored Church of England" Aklund. As much as these courts sought to reestablish a monolithic Anglican communal identity during Charles II's reign their position in the 18th century became "a case study in the secularization of the legal system" particularly given their theoretical justification based in the problematic concept of divine right Harris. Numerous acts the present example among them "represented an important step in the direction of limiting the reach of of ecclesiastical jurisdiction" Harris. An Act to Prevent Frivolous and Vexatious Suits in Ecclesiastical Courts was passed in 1787 drawn from a bill presented in Parliament the previous year. Its major accomplishment was the removal of Church authority in the regulation of private sexual behaviors: "It shall be further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Suit shall be commenced in any Ecclesiastical Court for Fornication or Incontinence of for any striking or brawling." While the Church may have voiced its moral codes or enacted social shaming within its own communities it no longer had the legal authority to regulate or punish sexual behavior. Such secularization had significant benefits across a number of communities. For survivors of assault it ended the Church's ability to mandate that a woman marry her attacker; for queer communities it prevented Biblically based persecution; for sex workers it took away the risk of arrest or fines for conducting their livelihoods. Ultimately the jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts over sexual behavior whether in the form of obscene or defamatory words sexual engagement and sensual pleasure was terminated by this act. Little to no legal regulation of sex would be enacted until the next century when the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act and a series of Contagious Diseases Acts would seek to give secular courts more control over individuals' bodies. ESTC N58717. Charles Eyre & Andrew Strahan unknown
1840réf. 2111010n.p.: Tremont Dispatch and United States Mail Coach 1840. Soft cover. Good. Original "Way Bill From Brattleborough and Keene to Lowell and Boston." 8 1/2" x 14/ 3/4" WITH RARE TICKET 3/3/4" x 6". Northern Eastern Southern and Western Lines of Stage. Three mild fold lines. The waybill is almost completely filled in with entries in ink as is the verso. Dated September 9 1840. The ticket is made out to Wethenbill for $9.00 for the route Charlestown to Boston and is signed on the 8th by two agents or one on behalf of the other. Waybills like this are not too uncommon but to have the ticket attached appears to be a rarity. Small paper loss near edge of one fold; very slight foxing. Vg. Tremont Dispatch and United States Mail Coach unknown
1969réf. 2105013n/a: Charles Beckendorf 1969. Limited/Numbered. Soft cover. Fine. Print of pencil on cream paper drawing of a massive bison #$279 / 750. Size 11" x 14". Signed by the fine Texas artist. Fine. Your bookseller acquired this print and another many years ago. It's now a scarce print as to the market. I am estimating the year the print was made as there is now indication and I find no record. Buyer may contact gallery for further information. Charles Beckendorf unknown
1969réf. 2105014n/a: Charles Beckendorf 1969. Limited/Numbered. Soft cover. Fine. Print of pencil on cream paper drawing of a red fox #$283 / 750. Size 11" x 14". Signed by the fine Texas artist. Fine. Your bookseller acquired this print and another many years ago. It's now a scarce print as to the market. I am estimating the year of the print as it is not stated. Buyer may contact gallery for further information. Charles Beckendorf unknown
1866réf. b45084Lawrence: John Speer Printer to the State 1866. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Very good in original blue paper wrappers wtih brief wear at the corners small chips on the spine brief foxing on the edges and light edgewear. Full title: Preliminary Report of the Geologic Survey of Kansas 94 pages. Bound into this volume are Report of Major F. Hawn assistant Geologist" pages 95-122 Report on the Sanitary Relations of the State of Kansas by C.A. Logan Report on the Climatology of Kansas by Tiffin Sinks M.D. pages 173-192. John Speer, Printer to the State paperback
