Welty, Earl. The Black Bonanza. The Fabulous Life and Times of Union Company of California. Photo available. New York. McGraw-Hill Book Co. Whittlesey House. 1950. 255 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Presentation card from Reece H. Taylor laid in. Fine copy in fine (very light wear on bottom edge) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 227325 |
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Wentz, Roby. Western Printing. A Selective and Descriptive Bibliography of Books and Other Materials on the History of Printing in the Western States. 1822-1975. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1975. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 206810 |
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Wenzel, Caroline. Sacramento Illustrated. A Reprint of the Original Edition Issued by Baker & Baker in 1855. Photo available. Sacramento. Sacramento Book Collectors Club. 1950. 136 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 207780 |
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Werner, Emmy E. Pioneer Children of the Journey West. Photo available. Boulder. Westview Press. 1995. 202 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 191856 |
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Wert, Jeffrey. Custer. The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer. Photo available. New York. Simon & Schuster. 1996. 462 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 225930 |
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West, Elliott. The Last Indian War. The Nez Perce Story. Photo available. Oxford. Oxford University Press. 2009. 397 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 231896 |
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West, Ian. Portraits of Native Americans. Photo available. New York. Smithmark. 1995. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 151303 |
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West, John O. Cowboy Folk Humor. Life and Laughter in the American West. Photo available. Little Rock. August House. 1990. 216 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 213685 |
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West, Leoti. A Chapter From the Life of a Pioneer Teacher. Photo available. Fairfield. Ye Galleon Press. nd. 22 pps. Octavo. Pictorial soft cover. First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 101177 |
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West, Ray. Kingdom of the Saints. The Story of Brigham Young and the Mormons. Photo available. New York. Viking Press. 1957. 389 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 204505 |
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West, Richard Samuel. The San Francisco Wasp. Signed, limited edition. An Illustrated History. Photo available. Easthampton. Periodyssey Press. 2004. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Limited edition of 400 copies, number 73.. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy.
Price: $200 |
Book ID: 207094 |
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Westmoreland, Sally Boner. The Common Herd. Inscribed by the author (A Texas Love Story). Photo available. San Diego. Self published. 1955. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 169630 |
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Weston, Otheto. Mother Lode Album (Gold Rush). Photo available. Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1948. 178 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 189313 |
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Weston, Otheto. Mother Lode Album. Photo available. Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1956. 178 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition, third printing. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very edge chipping) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 212307 |
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Weston, Otheto. Mother Lode Album. Photo available. Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1948. 178 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (book plate).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 217844 |
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Wetzel, David N. I Looked in the Brook and Saw a Face. Images of Childhood in Early Colorado. Photo available. Englewood. Westcliffe Publishers. Colorado Historic Society. nd. 128 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $35 |
Book ID: 212364 |
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Whattam, Elbert. Logging. The Early Days of the Olympic Peninsula in Photographs from the Collection of Bert Kellogg. Photo available. Port Angeles. Self published. 1976. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 211206 |
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Wheat, Carl Books of the California Gold Rush. Photo available. San Francisco. Colt Press (Grabhorn Press). 1949. Unpaginated. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $150 |
Book ID: 205737 |
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Wheat, Carl I. Pioneer Visitors to Death Valley After the Forty-Niners. Photo available. San Francisco. Self published. 1939. 22 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $45 |
Book ID: 212159 |
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Wheat, Carl I. The Maps of the California Gold Region. 1848-1857. A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade. Photo available. San Francisco. The Grabhorn Press. 1942. 153 pps. Folio. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Folding maps. Important reference work. Limited edition of 200 copies. Fine copy. As new.
Price: $750 |
Book ID: 232661 |
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Wheat, Carl I. Trailing the Forty-Niners Through Death Valley. Photo available. San Francisco. Sierra Club Bulletin. 1939. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Large, folding map. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Addendum laid in. Fine copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 212217 |
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Wheat, Carl. Pictorial Humor of The Gold Rush. The Book Club of California Keepsake. Photo available. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1958. Octavo. Gilt decorated, half leather slip case. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. 10 parts. Complete. Letter from Carl Wheat laid in. Fine set in fine slip case.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 209411 |
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Wheat, Joe Ben. The Gift of Spiderwoman. Southwestern Textiles. The Navajo Tradition. Photo available. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania. 1984. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 189814 |
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Wheat, Margaret M. Survival Arts of the Primitive Paiutes. Photo available. Reno. University of Nevada Press. 1986. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 223977 |
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Wheat, Margaret M. Survival Arts of the Primitive Paiutes. Photo available. Reno. University of Nevada Press. 1967. 119 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 231396 |
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