Los Angeles: The Zamorano Club, 2010. Limited edition. Fine. 8vo. 169,(3)pp. Publisher's black cloth with titles in red and gilt. Illustrated in black and white and with eight color plates tipped-in. At last a companion volume to the venerable Zamorano 80, this one with 120 titles covering the period from..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1942). First edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. xix,(1),631pp. Beige buckram, spine printed in black and gilt. Illustrated with 200 illustrations including 10 in full color. A fine copy with only a trace of wear. Inscribed in 1942 at length on the front free endpaper by..... More
Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 2005. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thick large 4to. 746pp. Tan cloth, silver spine title. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is fine as well. This is the most comprehensive edition of documents related to Coronado's reconnaissance of the American Southwest available. It is a...... More
San Francisco: California Development Board, 1913. Broadside. 21 by 36¾ inches. Lithographed in color. Railroad lines and steamship lines are clearly shown. Text discusses the activities of the Development Board which was housed in the Ferry Building in San Francisco. This version seems to be the original version, copyright..... More
San Francisco: P. J. Thomas, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Bright blue cloth, gilt title, gilt vignette on upper board, repeated in blind on the rear board. Two novellas of historical fiction: the first involves a man wrongfully accused of murder, set in San Francisco and in Virginia City;..... More
