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Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott Co, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First American edition. Rust orange cloth with titles stamped in gilt and gilt decoration of a canoe on front cover. Thick octavo.Corners bumped, light soiling to cover. 341 pages, index. Binding sound. Frontis photo, 31 pages of photos. Fodout map at rear. Small library rubber stamp on title page and dedication page, four numbers in ink to inside margin of first page of preface. Text bright and clean with some light toning. Pocket scars to rear pastedowns. Elaborate bookplate of Lawrence "Pete" Crane Woods, who served as "trustee and officer of Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, and trustee and chairman of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He was a participant in biggame hunting expeditions for the museum's collection"

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto, Brick-orange cloth over boards, with maroon title labels to front board and spine, lettered in gilt. 854 pp. including index. Very slight rubbing to extremities -- clean and tight. Some isolated soiling/staining to mylar protecting the price-clipped dustjacket, which itself has done its duty well, to protect the book within. "John Charles Fremont explored the American West at a time when thousands of migrants were hungry for information, and thus became -- with the possible exception of Lewis and Clark -- the most acclaimed traveler of the nineteenth century in the lands beyond the Missouri River..." (front dustjacket flap).

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Illustrated from Photographs by the Author and Drawings by R.W. Macbeth, A.R.A. Clifford Carleton, HarryC. Edwards, & F.W. Frohawk, from Data furnished by the Author.. This is the One-Volume Edition. Dark gray cloth with pastedown illustration on front. Titles in gilt. Thick octavo. Corners bumped, some white marks mostly to back cover. Spine rebacked with the original spine laid on. New endpapers. Note: Original spine has some light call numbers but that is only indication of ex-library as the endpapers are new and no marks in text. Binding strong. 940 pages with appendices, plus 4 pages publisher adverts. Two frontis portraits, 13 plates [including foldout photo panorama], and over 150 photos in text. Five folding maps as called for, all in good to very good condition] Nice solid copy. Page 615 has a large repaired chip to edge with no loss of text because conservator took the time to fill in that which had previously been… Read More

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto, Brick-orange cloth over boards, with maroon title labels to front board and spine, lettered in gilt. 854 pp. including index. Bumped lower corners, and otherwise, slight rubbing to extremities Some isolated soiling/staining to mylar protecting the dustjacket. Previous owner's name and address to top right corner of front free endpaper, and inside the map portolio. "John Charles Fremont explored the American West at a time when thousands of migrants were hungry for information, and thus became -- with the possible exception of Lewis and Clark -- the most acclaimed traveler of the nineteenth century in the lands beyond the Missouri River..." (front dustjacket flap).

London, England: David Nutt in the Strand, 1898. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. J.D. Batten. Octavo, 9 in. x 7 in. pp. xii, 224, 12. Publishers wheat cloth flecked with red, and full size decoration to front board, and smaller design to back, as well, in red. Some shelf wear to bottom of spine. Photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated titlepage, 6 additional plates, many in text illustrations throughout, all black and white. A handful of pages towards the rear - and one in the middle -- unopened (hint: use dull edge index card or ruler NOT a knife) Excellent example of early Art Nouveau aesthetic. Loose endpapers heavily foxed, all else very clean. The Australian folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) edited this collection of tales for children from Greek, Celtic, Arabian, and Norse traditions: The Argonauts, The Voyage of Maelduin, Hasan of Bassorah, and The Journeyings of Thorkill and Eric, respectively. Although culturally distinct, the tales belong to the ancient tradition… Read More

Redlands, CA: ESRI Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near FIne / Very Good Plus. Wide Quarto, 11.25 in. x 11.25 in., pp. xv, [2], 209. Richly illustrated with color photographs and maps. Foreward by Jalbuu Choinkhor in both Mongolian and Engish. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt title to front and spine. Very light rubbing to edges of dustjacket. Protected in mylar.

Paris, France: J. Techener, Libraire, 1862. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Half-leather, paper over boards. VERY GOOD. Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart. Folio. 13 3/8 in. x 9 3/4 in. Nine pounds in weight. French language. Marbled paper over boards. Rebacking of spine with possible original leather laid over old spine. Newer headbands and card stock endpapers. Five raised bands, gilt-lettered title in one compartment. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to extremities. Reinforcing tape at half-title gutter. Light sunning to, chipping of original endpaper edges. First original endpaper bottom tip missing. Light, uniform page-toning. Publisher's lettered logo at title page. Head- and tail-pieces. Decorated initials. List of subscribers up front, Table Alphabetique (subject, author and manufacturerer index) at rear. Texts, plates and maker's-marks explore porcelain manufacturers and manufacturing, country by country, region by region. Printed by Louis Perrin in Lyon. Prelims + 1-690 [2] pp. Albert Jacquemart (1808-1875) was a… Read More

Vida, Oregon: Big Rock Press, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Plus. Quarto, 10.6 in. x 7.9 in. pp. 539. Limited first edition of 100 copies. Signed by the editor on dedication page. Light thumbing to front bottom corner. Unmarked interior. Del and Ray James were notable "Northwest Rhododendron Pioneers." These letters were held by the Lane County Pioneer Museum in Eugene, Oregon.

Pasadena: privately by the author, George Wharton James, 1903. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. VERY GOOD PLUS. Octavo, 17 cm x 24 cm. Hardcover, 136 pages + 18 pages of postscript advertising."Nearly 600 b/w illustrations. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt basket design. Very good condition. Light rubbing at corners and top and bottom of spine. Spine is a bit shaken, slightly skewed. and is in lovely hcondition.

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1950. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good. Eight fictional pieces by one of the early American masters of the short story (and novels). 8vo. Forest-green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to fspine. Very light shelfwear to extremities. Of James, an American who became a naturalized British citizen, Britannica writes: "His fundamental theme was the innocence and exuberance of the New World in clash with the corruption and wisdom of the Old..."

London, England: Robert Barker (Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie), 1609. Second Edition. Pamphlet. Disbound. Pamphlet (6 3/4" x 5 1/4"), quarter-bound over marbled boards, simply labeled on the spine "Old Pamphlets XIII". LACKS General title page, and begins with specific (Triplici Nodo, t.p.). 112 pp = 135 + 12. Apologie lacking pp. 97-8]. Numerous instances of brief, scholarly marginalia, with a thin-nibbed pen. Also tick marks in margin, as well as sections neatly underlined in same hand. Light staining to several groups of pages, and one, 2-inch closed tear to title leaf of James's preamble (A1-A2) but overall pages are in good condition. Heraldic woodcut, headpieces, Drop caps, tailpieces, No (April) date or month on title page and verso has No warning against unauthorized printing. Hence, this copy must be one or other of the three issues of the Second Edition, but as this copy lacks the "general" title page, it seems impossible to tell precisely which issue (of the Second… Read More

San Francisco, CA: The Grabhorn Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Folio, 13 in. x 9.2 in., pp. 25. Signed at the text's conclusion by the author in red pencil. Limited edition #92/200. Green cloth boards over tan cloth spine. Red title to spine. Untrimmed fore- and bottom-edge. Pagination in red ink. Original blank craftpaper wrapper. A beautifuly presented letter from Judge William F. James arguing that St. Patrick in indeed fof English, and not Scottish origin, as other contend. He begins: "Some considerable time has passed since you and I had our controversy (if it may be so called) over the place of birth of St. Patrick. Much of that time I have devoted to a research of such authorities as I could find...in my perhaps too positive assertion that your beloved Patrick was a native of England...."

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Will James (author). Octavo 8 1/4 in. x 6 in. Orange boards with black lettering and graphic of two kids, one holding a rope, the other a harness. A few little stains to front board and a smudge to rear board.1932 on both title page and copyright page, and the Scribner's "A" present on copyright page. Rubbing to extremities;Corners lightly nudged. Ink-stamped previous owner's stamp to bottom and top edges and to front free endpaper, though mercifully, very very light. Will James's characteristic printed signature within two lines and "32". Previous owner's inked inscription also to top of front free endpaper. Illustrated by the author. Nice, square, tight copy of a signed Will James title. "...James was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault in 1892 in the Québec parish of Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton in Canada. He left home in 1907 to fulfill his dream of becoming a cowboy. By 1910 he had crossed the Canadian-U.S. border into… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in Good only dustjacket.. Will James (author). Octavo 8 1/4 in. x 6 in. Orange boards with black lettering and graphic of two kids, one holding a rope, the other a harness. A super bright copy of a later printing, with corners lightly bumped and nudged. Slight discoloration to endpapers. Edgewear and chipping in several places, to dustjacket, with a 1.5 in. x 1.25 in chip to top of front panel, but not obscuring any text. Original price of $2.00 to top of front dustjacket flap. (Yes, price stayed the same from the time this book was first published in 1932, to this reprint 9 years later!) Illustrated by the author. Nice, clean square, tight copy. "...James was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault in 1892 in the Québec parish of Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton in Canada. He left home in 1907 to fulfill his dream of becoming a cowboy. By 1910 he had crossed the Canadian-U.S. border into Montana and changed his name to Will… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Will James. Large octavo, 9.4 in. x 7 in., pp. 91. First edition with "A" to copyright page. Illustrated with frontispiece color painting, three additional color prints, and many black and white ink drawings, all by the author. Blue-green cloth boards with dark blue title and cowboy lassoing a cow to front. Dark blue title to spine. Bottom corners lightly nudged. Age-toning to pages. Rubbing to dustjacket with several small closed tears, stains, and creases to dustjacket. CHips to top and bottom of spine. Billy is orphaned at the age of four when a steer gores his father. A year later, five-year-old Billy leaves his home ranch--the only life he has known--and strikes out across the land with Bopy, an old French-Canadian trapper. Will James's writing and his 25 pen-and-ink drawings capture a boy's view of the West at the turn of the twentieth century. (from Google Books).

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Only. Will James (author). Wide 12mo, 7.2 in. x 9.5 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated with twenty-one full-page color drawings by the author. "A" edition to copyright page. Light blue cloth-covered boards with black child-and-rocking-horse design and title to front. Rubbing to extremities; chips to top/bottom of spine. Sunning to boards and spine. Corners are nudged. Light moisture stains to boards. Polyester tape repair to front hinge. Ink-stamped price to rear free endpaper. "Through Will James' accomplished storytelling and expressive drawings, readers of all ages ... enter a magical world in which a precocious young boy ropes chairs and chickens from the back of a homemade rocking horse-an ax-hewn cottonwood log with a horsehair mane and leather ears. The boy's love of horses grows from his make-believe rides around his "territory"- the porch of the ranch house-until, on his fourth birthday, he receives his very own black pony.… Read More

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1900. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo. Grey cloth-covered boards. Pages lightly age-tanned. James is considered the "father" of modern psychology. Chapters include Psychology and the Teaching Art; The Stream of Consciosness; The Child as a Behaving Organism; Education and Behavior; Native and Acquired Reactions; What the Native Reactions Are; The Laws of Habit; The Association of Ideas; Interest; Attention; Memory; The Acquisition of Ideas; Apperception; The Will. (Followed by three Talks to Students": "The Gospel of Relaxation"; "On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings"; and "What Makes a Life. Significant?"

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Will James (author). Octavo 8 1/4 in. x 6 in. Orange boards with black lettering and graphic of two kids, one holding a rope, the other a harness. Rubbing to extremities. Corners lightly nudged. 1932 on both title page and copyright page, and the Scribner's "A" present on copyright page.; Will James's characteristic printed signature within two lines and "32". Illustrated by the author. Nice, square, tight copy of a signed Will James title. "...James was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault in 1892 in the Québec parish of Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton in Canada. He left home in 1907 to fulfill his dream of becoming a cowboy. By 1910 he had crossed the Canadian-U.S. border into Montana and changed his name to Will James..." James was "an artist and author of books about the American west and, in particular, horses, Will James wrote the 1926 book "Smoky the Cowhorse", which was awarded the John Newbery Medal in 1927. The book has… Read More

New York: Orange Judd Company, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small octavo , 7.5 in. x 5 in., pp. 237, [1], 1-8 (advertising). Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. Illustrated with black and white engravings. Red-brown cloth boards with leaf and flower design stamped in black to front. Gilt title with tree limb design to spine. Light rubbing to boards. Small closed tears to top of spine. Half-inch chip to fore-edge of rear free endpaper. Age-toning to pages. "American writers on forestry have mostly confined themselves to the treatment of forest tress as single trees, and not as masses of trees raised for the purpose of producing crops of wood or timber. They thought that forestry was the art of tree planting... This is entirely wrong... Unless the natural forests are managed systematically, we cannot but expect that the reparations of damages done to a forest either by accidents or elementary forces, or by the natural course of tree life, will take as many centuries as it would… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: R.T. Rawle, 1801. Leather-bound. Poor (Disbound). LACKS titlepage, frontis portrait of Jefferson, folding map of Virginia, folding chart of Indian tribes. Contemporary speckled calf 8 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in., with sufficient portions of contrasting maroon spine label to discern it's gilt lettering - "Jefferson's Notes.". Gilt ticking to all leather edges, albeit quite faded. Leather missing to top and bottom of spine. Browning to pages. NOTE: This book is DISBOUND. It is in THREE DISTINCT PIECES.Some dog-eared pages. About three pages show several lines of handwritten commentary to margins. Several pages repeat or misprint their page numbers, but all is contiguous. A reader was really engaging with the facts and ideas of Jefferson's report - purportedly Jefferson's thoughtful and detailed response to a survey handed him by a French National, which associates later pressed him to publish. Contains the 56-age Appendix "Relative to The Murder of Logan's Family"., and Jefferson's 8-page… Read More