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New York: The Century Co, 1912. First Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine. [April 1912, MCMXII on title page] [8.25x5.75in]; x, 284 pp., 32 plate images including frontispiece of Yosemite Fall, 2 large folding and 1 fold out maps, appendices and index; Dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering and Sequoia tree color illustration on spine, gilt and color… Read more about this item

New York: The Century Co, 1913. Second Edition, 2nd Printing. Very Good Plus. [7.75x5.5in]; xiv, [2], 389 pp., frontispiece illustration of "Hoofed Locusts", 14 plates and 48 half-toned images and illustrations (full page and in text), 4 maps; Original tan linen covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt and dark green ink oval illustration of mountains… Read more about this item

New York: The Junior Literary Guild, 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. John D. Whiting. , stated [selection by Guild from 1931 Harper & Bros. edition][5.75x8.25"]; Blue cloth covers with light blue lettering on cover and spine, debossed vignette of explorers, ice and sunset on cover, maps on front and back endpapers; Cream dust jacket with blue lettering on… Read more about this item

New York: Time Life Books, 1982. First Edition. Near Fine. New York: Time Life Books; 1982, First Edition [Classics of the Old West][facsimile reprint of London edition 1855] [6x8.5"]; Brown leather covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt rules on spine, darker brown embossed illustration of cow horn, tomahawk and six shooter entwined in rope on… Read more about this item

Oakland, CA: Biobooks, 1945. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [California Centennial Edition No.4, limited to 1500 copies], inscribed and signed by Sullivan [11x7.75in]; [2], v, [1] [Salute to General Douglas MacArthur, Sixth and Eight Armies and First Cavalry Division], 161 pp., [1], four color illustrations, tipped in errata slip; Cream cloth binding with red and black lettering on… Read more about this item

New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. First Edition, 1st Printing. Very Good. Eric Pape, Illustrator. [April][7.5x5.25in]; Light olive green cloth on covers with gilt lettering and maroon/blue illustrations on spine, front and rear, all edges trimmed, light green with maroon patterns endpapers; [10], 425 pp., [1], [2] advertisements, frontispiece and three color illustrations by Eric Pape; Self… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Ally and Bacon, 1922. Later Edition. Very Good. [5.25x7.75"]; Dark blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on front cover and spine; xi, 216 pp., frontispiece and 172 black/white illustrations and images of California; Corners bumped with shelf and use wear to cover, text block is tight with occasional minor markings and writing throughout, former Santa Ana… Read more about this item

Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Stanford, CA:Stanford University Press; 1947; First Edition [7x10.25"]; Tan cloth binding with gold lettering on black field on front and spine, illustration of miner and pick ax on front, black lettering of author and colophon of publisher on spine, illustration front and back endpapers; Bright yellow… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1907. First Edition. Near Fine. J. H. Nash, Typography. limited to 1,000 copies on handmade paper [7x5in]; xiv, [1], 38 pp., [1] colophon, photogravure frontispiece by Albertine Randall Wheelan; Black paper covers with vellum back strip, gilt lettering on spine and front with floral design, beveled edges, top edge gilt, other edges… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1949. Second Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Centennial issue, [9.5x6.5in]; xviii, 340 pp., many illustrations throughout with maps of sections of the California Trail; Tan cloth cover with green lettering and device on cover and spine; Cream dust jacket with black and red lettering on cover and spine over wrap around graphic illustrations and… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 2018. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Fine. [7.5x5.75in]; 146 pp., many color and black/white images in text, color map of Antarctica; White paper covers on boards, cyanotype image of Antarctic landscape on end papers, all edges trimmed; Light blue white dust jacket with black lettering on front and spine, color image of ice camp and red… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis, 1949. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [9.25x6in]; xii, [1] 168 pp., 36 black/white illustrations, frontispiece image of author, fold out facsimile, in six colors, of Mitchell's 1846 map of the west attached to back free end paper; Desert tan cloth binding with dark brown lettering on spine and desert illustration on front, illustration… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First Edition, Later Printing. Fine/Very Good. [8.5x6in]; xv, 361 pp., i-xx [index], [1] colophon, color frontispiece of Edwin James first view of the Rocky Mountains, eight plates of 16 illustrations and images, four maps, bibliography and index; Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and blind stamped tree and Cleland initals… Read more about this item

Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1952. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. [Reprinted in facsimile from the first American edition of 1855] [7.5x5.25in]; i-xiv introduction, x, [2], 14-393, xv-xxxi editor's notes and index, frontispiece, 8 plates and 17 engravings; Dark Beige cloth covers with black ink lettering ruled border and decorations on front and spine; Beige dust jacket… Read more about this item

Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1967. First Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. E.A. Hegg, Photographer. [8.75x10.25in]; Light olive cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and diagonal gilt illustration of miners walking up Chilkoot Pass [representative of photograph on page 56], illustrative endpapers of map of Klondike District, cord headband and all edges trimmed; Cream dust… Read more about this item

Palo Alto, CA: James Ladd Delkin, 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. , California Centennial Classic [8.25x5.5in]; xxiii, [1], 192 pp. [1], frontispiece map of northern gold mining counties; Dark brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine; Pale yellow dust jacket with pale blue map illustration on front, brown lettering on front and spine, brown lettering and illustration… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1947. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. Garden City, NY; Doubleday & Company, Inc.; 1947; First Edition [6x8.75"]; Dark green binding with gilt lettering and devices on spine, illustration of San Francisco in 1868 on front endpapers and image of the city in the late 1940's on back endpapers; Light green dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. Later Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; 1944; Later Edition [6x9"]; Blue cloth binding with gold debossed lettering on front and spine and illustration of Virginia City, Nevada Territory, birds eye view and notable buildings on front and back endpapers; Cream dust jacket with black and red lettering and… Read more about this item

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1972. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [6x9.5in]; Dark brown cloth cover with gilt lettering and pick, shovel, pan on spine, blind stamped device and Indiana on lower front, brown ink map of Alaska and Yukon on front and rear endpapers, all edges trimmed; Cream dust jacket with brown and blue lettering on spine… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1949. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [Special Publication No. 1, Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association] [6.75x10.25"]; [6], 111 pp. [1]; Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine; Light brown dust jacket with black lettering on front, back and spine; Minor shelf wear to corners and top and bottom… Read more about this item