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New York: HarperCollins, 1998 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author on sticker pasted to half title. Story of the Civil War told from the viewpoints of eleven principal players..

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American edition. Frontis illustration. Blue cloth-backed boards, gilt lettering to spine. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. The seventeenth novel in the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series of naval tales..

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1976 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Quarto. 225pp. Index. Illustrated with more than 150 black & white photographs, 48 scaled plans and diagrams, and 32 color plates. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. A fine copy in lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Complete instructions and scaled plans are provided for building twelve minature rooms, vignettes, cycloramas, and dioramas, as well as their furnishings: an Art Deco clubroom, an Art Nouveau bedroom, a private theatre, a turn-of-the century garden party, an antebellum parlor, and a 1930's drugstore are just a few of the projects with illustrated directions..

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1975 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. 4to. Illustrated with drawings by Eileen Kramer. Red cloth. Very light chipping to the spine-head of dust jacket. A fine copy..

Langley Air Force Base, Virginia: Office of TAC History, 1987 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs in both black &white and color. Tan cloth. Some wear to the extremities, light soiling.A good copy. The history of US air power..

San Francisco: John Howell-Books, 1972 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Although not indicated, printed in a limited edition. A handsome production, designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Quarto. 148pp. Illustrations. Large folding map in rear pocket. Blue cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with spine-darkened dust jacket. An English translation of a previously unpublished manuscript written by an Irish-Spanish merchant resident in Mexico. It provides a detailed description of the condition of the viceroyalty following the expulsion of the Jesuits and during José de Galvéz' efforts to reorganize the administration of the "Kingdom." Includes two chapters on the Baja peninsula..

San Francisco: The Adobe Press, 1935 Book. Fine. Hardcover. One of 200 copies privately printed for Charles R. Boden by the Grabhorn Press. Foreword by Harry Leon Wilson. Thin octavo. viii, 24pp. Original engraved frontispiece. Printed in blue and black. Handset Lutetia type. Blue boards, blue labels printed and decorated in gold on spine and front cover. Spine slightly faded, very slight chipping to spine label, else a very fine copy. The full-page frontispiece, "San Francisco in 1849," is from a proof pulled from the original plate engraved by W. L. Ormsby about 1870 after the painting by G.W. Casilear. This copy includes a presentation inscription, signed by the author to Harry F. Fortmann, President of the Alaska Packers Association and Bohemian Club member: "To Harry F. Fortmann. Sir: One privileged to be among those chosen for the Winter Camp at Bohemian Grove affectionately salutes you, Edward F. O'Day, Feb. 20, 1936." [Grabhorn: 236]..

London and New York: Offices of "Engineering" and John Wiley & Sons, 1889 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. [4], 200pp. plus 20 pages of advertisements. 28 illustrations. Index. Olive green cloth, gilt. Rubbing to extremities, a bit of spotting to covers, endpapers darkened. A very good copy. Chapters include Some Properties of Gold; Occurrences; Remarks on the Procedure of Late Years; Losses; Remedies; Free Milling, etc..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1959 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. xvi, 272pp. plus 4 pages of plates, maps; bibliography, chapter notes, index. Cloth. A fine copy with spine-faded and very slightly chipped pictorial dust jacket. Scholarly account of the uprising by the Sioux Indians in Minnesota in 1862, considered the bloodiest massacre by Indians in the West..

Madison: State Historical Society of Wisonsin, 1958 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Pp. xiv, 338. Index. Green cloth. A fine copy. A bibliography of Wisconsin newspapers, listed alphabetically by county. Includes over 2,200 entries with details on each such as editor, publication dates, etc. .

College Park (San Jose): University of the Pacific, 1890 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Volume V, May, 1890. First edition. Pp. ix, 100, x-xxxvi. Illustrated with 12 plates including 7 Britton & Rey photogravures and 5 engravings. 36pp. of advertisements. Publishers brown-maroon blind and gilt-stamped cloth. Spine ends and corners slightly frayed, else a fine copy. Quite scarce. The fifth University yearbook while the University of the Pacific was at College Park, San Jose. Includes biographical sketches of the eight heads of departments, the officers and other students in the classes of 1890 through 1893, fraternity and society listings, listing off the Alumni Association, and more. Many advertisements. The full-page photogravures by Britton & Rey include the school building; President and instructors; class portraits; etc..

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1946 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition of the author's third book. 319pp. Gray cloth stamped in dark green and gold. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (very slight wear to head of jacket spine). By the author of My Friend Flicka. Novel of the McLaughlin family and life on Goose Bar Ranch..

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1943 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition of the author's second book. 320pp. Blue cloth. Some light spine fading, but a nice copy with lightly worn, chipped, and tape-repaired pictorial dust jacket. By the author of My Friend Flicka. Novel of the horses of Goose Bar Ranch and the conflict between self and circumstance. The jacket is quite scarce..

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1989 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. 246pp. Index. Small quarto. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Mustard yellow cloth with gilt lettering on spine. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket with minor shelfwear, else fine. Features more than 300 full color photogrpahs and is filled with inspiring ideas and a close-up view of beautiful rooms and collections. Provides a look at the world of collecting, with an international directory of Barbara Orbach's favorite antiques shops, shows, and markets, unusual museums, galleries, historic houses, and expert restorers..

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1965 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American edition. Quarto.. Illustrated in color with numerous drawings by Josef Liesler. White cloth with blues decoration and printing on spine. A fine copy in worn dust jacket..

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 1500 copies printed by Wesley B. Tanner and Will Powers. Edited by D. Steven Corey. Quarto. 64pp. Light gray printed wrappers. Spine faded to white, else a fine copy. Provides a checklist, with collations, of the books and keepsakes published by the Club through 1983. A very useful reference!.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1965 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Pp. xiii, [1], 375 plus 32 historic photographs, 2 maps. Bibliography, index. Rust cloth, gilt. Owner's name on front endpaper. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A narrative of the relations between Red Cloud and the U.S. Government from the mid-1860's until the end of organized Indian resistance. Red Cloud epitomized the Indian problem. As a Chief of the Ogala Sioux, he used every means at his disposal to preserve the life and culture of his people. Includes details of Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Custer, Crook, Indian agents, treaties, etc..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. x, 243pp. Illustrated with 28 detailed drawings by Francis Lee Jaques. Green cloth stamped in silver and gold. A superior copy, very fine with pictorial dust jacket. The author's second book. The natural history and beauty of the Quetico-Superior country of Minnesota. Within each chapter the author describes the sights, sounds, and memories tied in with his "Listening Point," the rocky point on the northern Minnesota lake on which Olson built his cabin..

San Francisco: James H. Barry, 1887 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition with the 1887 date on the title-page and the 1890 date on the cover. The first edition is very scarce. 12mo. 57pp. Original printed pink wrappers. Slight chipping to head of spine, front wrapper faded near spine. A near fine copy. The author was a non sympathizer, and "his book is written from the point of view of the 'Law and Order' faction" (Cowan). Included at the beginning is a roster of the members of the Committee. [Cowan I: p.165; Cowan II: p.464; Howes I: O-84; Howes II: O-87; Rocq: 10749]..

London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1908 Book. Illus. by Forestier, Amedee. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited edition of 2000 copies. 20 full page color paintings. Index. Decorated blue cloth with bumped spine-ends. Foxing throughout. Previous owner's bookplate and short inscription. A fine copy and scarce. A history of the Liege Principality in Belgium and its surrounding area..