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Berkeley: University of California Press and The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965 First edition. Signed by Hammond (underneath his portrait). Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. xiii, 119pp. Frontis portrait, 10 plates. Brick cloth, gilt. A very fine copy. A collection of essays by various authors, including Dale Morgan, Bob Becker, Warren Howell, J. S. Holliday, George P. Hammond, Francis Farquhar, et. al. The plates include an illustrated page from Pedro Font's manuscript Diario of the Anza expedition; a diseños of Rancho San Pablo; the first known view of "Monte Rey" Presidio, 1791; the first know view of San Francisco, drawn by Langsdorff, and more..

Berkeley: University of California Press and The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965 First edition. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. xiii, 119pp. Frontis portrait, 10 plates. Brick cloth, gilt. A very fine copy. A collection of essays by various authors, including Dale Morgan, Bob Becker, Warren Howell, J. S. Holliday, George P. Hammond, Francis Farquhar, et. al. The plates include an illustrated page from Pedro Font's manuscript Diario of the Anza expedition; a diseños of Rancho San Pablo; the first known view of "Monte Rey" Presidio, 1791; the first know view of San Francisco, drawn by Langsdorff, and more..

New York: Harper & Row, 1973 Small quarto. 490pp. Index. Illustrated with 25 paintings by Douglas Allen, Jr., as well as numerous photographs and maps of migration routes and distribution of game birds throughout North America. Brown cloth with black lettering on spine. Spine creased from manufacturing process, top rear corner bumped, else a fine copy in lightly worn, price clipped dust jacket. Complete details on 75 species of American game birds..

New York: Viking Studio Books, 1990 Oblong quarto. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Cream cloth with pink printing on spine and cover. Corners and spine ends very lightly bumped, else a fine copy in dust jacket. A study of different gardening styles in different areas of the United States..

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1968 First edition. One of 400 copies printed by The Grabhorn-Hoyem Press. Commentaries by Joseph M. Backus. Small quarto. (11x8 inches). 130pp. Illustrated from photographs as well as color woodcut decorations by Shirley Barker. Bound in cloth-backed decorated boards with a paper spine label. A very fine and bright copy. Contains miscellaneous interviews, commentary, poetry, and other pieces by the celebrated San Francisco bohemian, written during his sub-editorship of "The Wave." Original announcement laid in..

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995 First edition. Signed by the author. xv, 292pp. 29 illustrations; notes, bibliography and index. Green cloth. A mint copy in pictorial dust jacket. Winner of the Best Western Nonfiction-Biography Spur Award for 1995. Uses primary sources to chronicle the life of this influential California citizen. Now out-of-print in hardback. The Argonaut Book Shop has acquired the remaining copies of this title in hardcover, all signed by the author and in mint condition..

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936 First edition. xiv, 242pp. Ten photographic plates. Blue cloth. A very fine copy. The definitive biography of this Civil War veteran and arctic explorer, by one who knew and worked with him from the time of his work with the U. S. Army Signal Corps to his death..

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896 First edition. Octavo. xiii, [1], 155pp. Red cloth lettered in black on front cover, spine lettered in gilt. Two or three tiny spots to cover, inner front hinge nicely repaired. A fine copy. One of the author's final conclusions is, "The transportation of persons and property is as legitimate a function of the Post-office as is the transportation of letters." Chapters include, The Post Office Since 1839; Abuses of the Present System of Railway Management; Distance a False Basis for the Determination of Railway Rates; and The Cost-of-Service Principle and its Application to Public Transportation, under the Control of the Post-Office. This copy bears a presentation inscription, signed by the author and dated December 26, '96. The Presentation is to "Mr. Charles Howard Shinn" (1852-1924), author of the famous Mining Camps: A Study in American Frontier Government (1885). Shinn was also the business manager of the Overland Monthly from 1885… Leer más

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964 First published in 1959. 680pp. Profusely illustrated with portraits. Extensive notes, bibliography. Two-tone blue cloth, gilt. A fine copy with worn dust jacket. A classic and monumental work. Includes biographical sketches of 583 Union generals. The author also includes a listing of 1,367 generals who never attained full rank. An indispensable reference..

Avenel, NJ: Wings Books, 1994 Cloth-backed boards. Slight rubbing to spine ends, else a very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket..

San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1971 First edition. Signed by the author. Quarto. xi, [1], 315pp. Half leather, decorated boards. A very fine copy. A spin-off of a biography of Frederick Jackson Turner that Billington authored earlier. An in depth analysis of the dean of frontier historians, Frederick Jackson Turner, and his famous treatise..

Montreal: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1992 Large, thick octavo. Profusley illustrated wwith photographic images, some in color. Gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A extensive history on life and work of Michelangelo..

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1979 Introduction by Harry T. Moore. Numerous color plates from watercolors and black & white pencil studies. SIGNED by the illustrator, Raphael Soyer and by the author, Isaac Bashevis Singer. Number 1476 of 2000 copies. Cloth-backed boards. Spine slightly faded, else a very fine copy with slipcase.. Illus. by Soyer, Raphael.

London: Printed for N. C. and sold by J. Wilcox, 1721 Sixth edition with "large additions." Octavo. 7½x4½ inches. Pp. iv, 1-304 (i.e.: 288), 285-438, [2], 1-115, [9, index]. Copper-engraved frontis plate plus 3 (of 4) folding copper-engraved plates (lacking hunting plate), numerous head and tail pieces. Contemporary paneled calf. Light wear to head of spine, upper front hinge starting, corners rubbed (one with light wear), light extremity rubbing, almost imperceptible damp stain to lower edge of some leaves. Early signatures and dates on endpaper. Overall, a very good copy, internally clean. The text of this work includes hunter’s terms, with text on dogs, greyhounds, styles of hunting, hunting of deer, hares, bucks, rabbits, foxes, badgers, squirrels, wolves, bears, beavers, otters, and other animals; maladies of hunting dogs, terms of hawking and falconry, on hawks and a complete description of hawking, an account of fowling, song-birds, bats, pheasants, taking small… Leer más

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1964 One of 425 copies designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press and printed by Stanford University Press. Introductions by Allan Nevins and Dale L. Morgan. Frontispiece portrait of Frémont, large folding map in rear pocket. Decorated gray boards. A very fine copy. The report of this third expedition of Frémont is uncharacteristically short, due to Frémont's court martial and resignation from military service. Nevertheless, it enjoyed great popularity since the discovery of gold was announced almost simultaneously with its publication in 1848. This fine press edition includes an excellent introduction to the Memoir by Allan Nevins and an equally scholarly introduction to the Map of Oregon & Upper California by Dale Morgan. A handsome reprint of the 1848 edition..

London: Carpenter & Son, 1812 5 volumes. First English edition, translated from the Spanish by G. A. Thompson. Quarto. Approx. 550pp. per volume. Collated complete. Early 20th century three-quarter polished tan calf, marbled boards. Small contemporary engraved bookplate. Corners show light wear. Ex-library copy (withdrawn) with bookplate to front and rear endpapers, perforated library stamp to title pages, and a few unobtrusive ink library stamps. Light foxing to preliminary and end leaves. Overall, a very good set, generally very clean. Originally published at Madrid, 1786-89, this great work is a valuable and comprehensive geographical, historical, and commercial gazetteer of the Americas. It covers the entire history of the Americas and is particularly rich in data relating to the Spanish possessions with particularly extensive sections on Chili, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, etc. It also includes numerous entries dealing with Canada and the United States. The general section on "Nueva… Leer más

Dublin: Printed by R. Reilly for G. Risk, G. Ewing, W. Smith, and P. Crampton, et al, 1739 Fifteenth edition, "Corrected and somewhat enlarged; and a Set of New Maps, by Mr. Senex." Octavo. 8x5 inches. [16], 414pp. Title printed in red and black. 17 folding copper-engraved maps by John Senex. Full contemporary calf. Corners and extremities show light wear, both hinges broken and boards detached, rear endpapers lacking. Some occasional toning, title page lightly spotted. With the exceptions noted, a fine, clean and complete copy. A rare and desirable work that went through a number of editions, all sought-after, especially when the maps are in crisp condition. The copper-engraved folding maps include the World in double-hemisphere (showing California as an island), Europe, Scandinavia, Muscovy in Europe, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, Turkey in Europe, Scotland, England, Ireland, Asia, Africa, North America (showing California as an island), and South America, all by the… Leer más

San Francisco: California Division of Mines, 1951 First edition. Bulletin 154 of the California Division of Mines. Oblong quarto. 392pp. Black and white photographs, maps, diagrams; sectional bibliographies, glossary, index. Original black-lettered tan cloth. A fine copy. This extensive work covers the San Francisco Bay Area and has a large section on the movements of the San Andreas fault. It includes maps and aerial photographs. This volume also includes a list of highways and byways of particular geologic interest, and a glossary of geological terminology..

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1932 First edition. Professional Paper 169 of the U.S.G.S. Quarto. ix, [1], 166pp. plus 35 maps and photographs (some folding, some in color, 4 in rear pocket), 47 text figures. Index. Gray wrappers printed in black. Fore-edge of front wrapper and head of spine with slight chips, minimal darkening to top and fore-edge of front cover. Overall, a fine copy. Includes a section of History and Production by Charles W. Henderson. Includes detailed information on the mineralized district in Saguache County: gold, silver, tellurides, etc. Also covers mines noted for rare sulfide species and others such as empressite, pearcaite, stromeyerite, etc. The primary map in the rear pocked is quite large and shows the topography and geology of the Bonanza district, Saguache County, Colorado. Also includes geologic sections across the Bonanza district, as well as plans and longitudinal sections of the Rawley mine and the Memphis mine..

San Francisco: California Division of Mines and Geology, 1966 Bulletin 190. 4to. 508pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings, maps; large folding map in rear pocket. Tan pictorial cloth stamped in black. Spine lightly spotted with title penciled thereon, lower corners slightly jammed, name to free endpaper, else a fine copy. Probably the most extensive coverage of the subject. Klamath Mountains Province; Cascade Range, Modoc Plateau, and Great Basin Provinces, Sierra Nevada Province; Great Valley Province; Coast Ranges Province; Offshore Area; the San Andreas Fault; Subcrustal Structure, etc. Also includes numerous field trip guides..