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San Francisco: Cameron and Company, 1991. Hardcover. Text by Herb Caen. Wide 4to. Tan cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 159pp. Extensive illustrations (most color). Near fine/near fine. A tight and attractive fifth printing of this 1986 collection.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1963. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. xi, 50pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. "Compliments of..." inkstamped on front flyleaf. First edition, tight and sharp. Tribute to North Dakota's tenth governor (1859-1937). Famed Lincoln sculptor Avard Fairbanks created this superb full-length figure and speechifying from all the expected North Dakota and other politicos is present. Tipped to front pastedown is a Typed Letter Signed from Mark Andrews (born 1926), a freshly-minted North Dakota congressman (1963-81) and future U.S. Senator (1981-87). 1p, 8½" X 11", Washington, DC, 29 April 1964. Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Dan O'Day. Near fine. On "Congress of the United States" letterhead, Andrews thanks these constituents for "your deep interest in the History of North Dakota" and transmits this book, noting: "Although each state is permitted to place two statues in Statuary Hall, this is the first to represent North Dakota. This was… Read More

Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1948. Hardcover. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 16mo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, rules and decoration. lii, 170pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 2 tissue-guarded illustrations, map. Near fine. Tight, clean, nice 46th volume in the annual "Lakeside Classics" series of Americana reprints, keepsakes produced for customers and employees. First of this edition, the scarce original account having been published in 1896.

Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1948. Hardcover. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 16mo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, rules and decoration. lii, 170pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, tissue-guarded illustration, map. Very good. A bit edgeworn, with endpapers likewise a bit worn. Tight, clean, nice 46th volume in the annual "Lakeside Classics" series of Americana reprints, keepsakes produced for customers and employees. First of this edition, the scarce original account having been published in 1896.

[New York]: Time-Life Books, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Full brown blind-embossed leather with gilt lettering. xii, 291pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations, marbled endpapers, sewn-in yellow silk page marker. Fine. Tight, handsome facsimile of the scarce 1871 Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger first edition, part of this publisher's "Classics of the Old West" series. GRAFF 1187. NEW HOWES D 610.

London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1869. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Quarter black calf with gilt lettering and glazed marbled paper over boards. 535pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear; light even age toning; minor foxing, mainly to endpapers and preliminary leaves; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight and attractive first British edition, with spine gilt bright. Uncommon. GRAFF 437. HOWES B 870. SABIN 8656.

[New York]: Time-Life Books, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Full brown blind-embossed calf with gilt lettering. xvi, 302pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations, marbled endpapers, sewn-in yellow silk page marker. Fine. Tight, handsome facsimile of the 1903 A.W. Bowen & Co. first edition. Part of this publisher's "Classics of the Old West" series. GRAFF 44. NEW HOWES A 166.

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 220pp. Illustrations, 2 maps. Near fine/near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this important study, boldly signed and inscribed by the author in black ballpoint on the title page: "To Louise Wuchter / with best wishes / Paula M. Nelson."

San Antonio: Carleton Printing Co, 1936. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff yellow wrappers. 69pp. Frontispiece, 2 illustrations. Very good. Minor soiling to wrappers. Handsome "Centennial Edition."

London: Osprey Publishing, 1992. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 48pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Near fine. Reprint of volume 173 in the "Men-at-Arms Series."

Evanston: Northwesterm University Press, 1951. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. xii, 178pp. Illustrations, map. Near fine. A tight, handsome and scarce first edition of this volume in series editor Virgil B. Heltzel's "Northwestern University Studies" series, #7 in their "Social Sciences Series." Choice author inscription and signature in blue ballpoint on front flyleaf "For Cyril D. Sacks / with the good wishes of / Leland H. Carlson / I certainly appreciate May 13, 1959, / and the Man of the Year Award / Thanks for all your help." Carlson (1908-95) was a history professor and president of Rockford College at this time; other than this noted study of the Alaskan gold rush, he is known for his writings on Elizabethan and Stuart Puritanism in England.

Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1977. Hardcover. Small 4to. Heavily blind-embossed leatherette with tipped on color plate. 240pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Near fine. First edition, tight and attractive, of this volume in Time-Life's finely illustrated "Old West" series.

Sonoma, CA: Fog Bell Enterprises, 1990. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. i, 150pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Faintest of edgewear, with bumped outer edge slightly wrinkling some pages. A tight and decent fifth printing of this account of life aboard "The Rock" for the son of a correctional officer assigned there from 1942 to 1953. Signed and inscribed large and bold by the author in black ballpoint on copyright page: "To Don & / Mary Ellen -- / Best Wishes / From / Alcatraz / Island / Donald J Hurley / August 23, 1990."

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Hardcover. Illustrations by the author. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with yellow lettering and black decoration. xiv, 251pp. Numerous line drawings. Very good. Light binding wear, with spine lettering rather rubbed and endpapers and text block faintly age toned. A tight and handsome second printing (copyright page "B") of this uncommon, folksy short story collection.

London: The Folio Society, 1991. Hardcover. Introduction by James Michie. Small 4to. Maroon pictorial cloth, slipcase. xv, 231pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Fine/near fine. Bookplate at bottom of frontispiece page. Tight, handsome copy -- first of this edition, being "The texts of 'The Amateur Emigrant' and 'The Silverado Squatters'... based on those of Volume III of the Edinburgh Edition of Stevenson's works published in 1895." "The Amateur Emigrant" is a travel memoir recounting the first part of Stevenson's 1879-80 journey from Scotland to California, while "The Silverado Squatters" covers the last leg of this journey.

[Los Angeles]: Petersen Publishing Co, 1981. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown leatherette, pictorial dust jacket. 186pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Early (not first) printing, tight and clean -- a mild ex-library copy, with relatively few markings.

London: Salamander Books, 1992. Hardcover. Folio. Orange cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), maps, pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first edition of this superbly illustrated overview.

Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 384pp. Fine/very good. First edition. Good general history of westward expansion.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1997. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xvi, 286pp. Fine. Tight and perfect first paperback edition.

New York: American Heritage Publishing Co, 1959. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth spine and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 400pp. Extensive illustrations (many color). Near fine/very good. Very minor jacket edgewear; small ownership name/address neatly inkstamped on front pastedown. This publisher does NOT indicate edition in any verifiable manner. A tight, attractive copy.