Santa Ana, CA: Fine Arts Press, 1934. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo, [ii], xviii-[xx], 261 pp.; 127 plates, 7 colored including the large folding frontispiece with coloring by Tom Lea. Map endpapers. Maps and illustrations in text. Light wear to the edges and inner hinges else a near fine..... More
London: Frederick Muller, 1956. Illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman. First English edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman. Blue embossed paper over boards, gilt spine title. Pictorial endpapers. A fine, bright, as new copy. Colorful dustwrapper by Cuthbertson. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It has two small chips at..... More
Santa Fe: Prees at thePalace of the Governors, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, (13-) 93, (3) pp. Printed from thirty-four two-color woodcuts carved by Baumann beginning in 1927. Cloth spine, printed paper label, printed paper over boards in a. special “reliquary” binding by Priscilla Spitler, 7.25 x 9.75 inches..... More
Santa Fé: Press of the Palace of the Governors, 1984. Illustrations by Andrew Burns. Limited edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. 77,(1)pp. Finely printed by hand on Rives paper by Pamela Smith. Introduction by David J. Weber. Bound by Priscilla Spitler in maroon Centennial book cloth, with spine title in silver and..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1878. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 372pp plus publisher's catalogue dated November, 1877. Gray cloth, gilt spine title, boards printed in black. Endpapers partially pasted down, first two pages partially detached, and others reinforced with what appears to be archival tape. A purple War Srvices stamp on..... More
London: Published by the Author, 1841. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 4to. viii, 264;viii, 266pp. Original deep blue-green cloth, coated endpapers. Folding map in Vol. I, and two full page maps in Vol. II. Errata slip present in Vol. I. Illustrated throughout. Even though the standard references call for 3112..... More
Phildelphia: Thayer, Merriam and Co., 1884. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. xv,17-540 followed by 4pp of publisher's ads. Green cloth blocked in black and gilt. Binding rubbed and worn at edges, inner hinges nearly mended, paper toned with age, still a very good copy. Illustrated. Stories of heroes, trappers, explorers, adventurers, scouts..... More
(Tucson): University of Arizona Press, c. 1966. Illustrations by De Grazia. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. xx,(2),225pp. Blue cloth blocked in silver on the spine and upper board. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is chipped and lightly soiled, else very good. It is not price-clipped. Illustrated with maps. Decorated endpapers, text..... More
New York: J. H. Colton, 1864. Hardcover. Lithographed map, hand-colored. Image size 29½ by 41½ inches, folded into a folder of brown textured cloth embossed in blind and gilt. The map has been reinforced on the reverse at the corners with what appears to be old archival glassine tape which..... More
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. 8vo. 412, 446 pp. in Vols. 1 and 2; Vol. 3 contains the plates and maps. Red ribbed cloth; gilt spine titles. Top edges gilt. A fine set. More
Cincinnati: Fox Moon Publications, 1997. Illustrated by the author. Limited edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Miniature volumes. 2¼ by 2¾ inches. Designed by Gabrielle Fox and finely printed in red and black letterpress at Larkspur Press. One of 100 copies; this is No, 82. Volume one contains text, illustrations, selected bibliography..... More
Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Large 4tos. Illustrated under the supervision of George T. Andrew from original designs by F. G. C. Darley, Wm. L. Shepard, Granville Perkins, etc. Half leather. Spines in 6 compartments, gilt. Marbled paper boards, edges and endpapers. Upper inner..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. 133,(1)pp. Printed wraps. Paper and wraps toned with age else a near fine copy. First compilation of our knowledge of 25 papers transcribing the council and peace treaty proceedings in the years indicated. Scarce. More
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Four volumes. 8vo. Original green T-grain cloth, gilt spine titles Frontispiece in each volume and 12 additional plates. The rear pocket of volume 4 contains the folding map called for,. A near fine set with only traces of wear at the..... More
Forth Worth: Pioneer Publishing Company, 1927. Hardcover. 8vo. 161pp. Brown textured cloth over flexible boards, gilt title on upper board. Gilt darkened, light wear at edges and corner, else a very good copy. Ownership name in pencil on the front free endpaper. "A True Account of the Last Existing Encounter..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. lvi,448pp. 18 plates and a large folding map. Rust colored cloth in a sand-grain patters, gilt spine title, gilt vignette on the upper board. Brown coated endpapers. Inner henges cracked, the rear with an old tape reinforcement; the map..... More
New York: G. W. Dillingham, Publisher, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 216pp. Blue cloth gilt spine title and gilt author name on upper board. Ten full page photographic plates. A near fine copy. According to a note laid in, Mrs. Dyer's husband, an Indian Agent, was offended by some of..... More
New York: Nafis and Cornish, 1849. Hardcover. Pictorial Edition. 8vo. iv, 5-468p. Brown sloth decorated in gilt on the boards and spine. Marbled edges. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Cloth is worn at spine tips, hinges, edges and corners, textblock shaken, but still a good copy. Some copies of this edition..... More
Not Published, (1880). First edition. Hardcover. Original cloth, gilt title. Cloth sunned to tan on spine, slight fading at top of front cover; waterspot. Born in Connecticut, Stephen Johnson Field was practicing law in New York when word of the Gold Rush arrived. He sailed to California in 1849, crossing..... More
Philadelphia: J. W. Moore, 1855. Hardcover. Stated fifth edition on the title page. Two volumes. Publisher's original textured cloth blocked in blind on the boards and gilt on the spine. Yellow endpapers. The six plates are present as called-for, as well as the map in Volume II. The large folding..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1921). First Dunton edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 336pp plus 5 pp. of publisher's ads. Black cloth, gilt spine and upper board and with a full color paste-on to the upper board. First printing of the Dunton illustrated edition with the proper codes on the copyright page..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1921). First Dunton edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 336pp plus 5 pp. of publisher's ads. Black cloth, gilt spine and upper board and with a full color paste-on to the upper board. First printing of the Dunton illustrated edition with the proper codes on the copyright page..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1921). First Dunton edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 336pp plus 5 pp. of publisher's ads. Black cloth, gilt spine and upper board and with a full color paste-on to the upper board. First printing of the Dunton illustrated edition with the proper codes on the copyright page..... More
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954-1955. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Volumes 1 to 3 of the Far West and Rockies Series. Green cloth, gilt spine titles. Fine, bright copies. Volumes 1 and 2 have been inscribed by LeRoy Hafen on the front free endpapers. Laid in is..... More
Denver: Frank S. Thayer, (1980's). Hardcover. Accordion style, single sheet folded. 5 by 8 inches closed; 8 by over 90 inches extended, contained within a box in imitation of a book, with marbled paepr edges, blue faux leather padded cloth sides, gilt. Upper hinge repaired else this is a very..... More
