In this issue: Camels, Their Use in the Southwest and Final Disposition by Nolie Mumey. 24 pp. Paper magazine with lightly worn edges and corners, staple-binding tight. Interior clean. Magazine in VG+ condition. View More...
"Horace Greeley's advice to 'Go West' was heeded not only by the young men whom he addressed, but by women as well." 86 pp. with bibliography. Trade paperback with illustrated front cover. Light wear to covers with ink dots on both front and back, edges rubbed. Interior is tight, clean and in VG condition. View More...
"This book captures the magic of Africa as no one has done since Isak Dinesen. It can be read on three levels: for the color and pageantry of wildlife, for an understanding of the importance of preserving it, and for the mystic answer wildlife holds for our overburdened civilization." Illustrated by Victor Ambrus. 208 pages. Green cloth covers with images of zebras along the bottom and gilt lettering on spine. DJ in Good+ condition with chipping/tears to edges and corners, brown stains to inside along spine, browning to edges. Cover corners and edges are rubbed, spine ends are bent. Sp... View More...
355 pp. Orange covers with red lettering on front and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, spine tips are bent and fraying. Foxing to page edges. Front hinge broken. Previous owner's bookplate adhered to front inside cover, and gift inscription written on front free endpaper. Some pencil markings on pages. Interior is tight. Book in Good+ condition. View More...
Limited to 300 copies printed for Frederick W. Beinecke, Christmas, 1959. 14 pages. Red string-tied paper covers with white label adhered on front cover. Cover corners are bent, edges are slightly chipped, small black mark on bottom of front cover. Interior is tight and clean. Document in VG- condition. View More...
No. CLXXIII. October, 1864. Vol. XXIX. "...I have now to offer a new programme of exploration and adventure...possessing peculiar charms ...and extraordinary advantages in the way of burning deserts, dried rivers, rattlesnakes, scorpions, Greasers, and Apaches: besides unlimited fascinations in the line of robbery, starvation, and the chances of sudden death by accident." Disbound. stapled. Front page corners creased. bottom edge browned. Side edges chipped. Mild foxing. Overall Interiors are Very Good. First paper: pp.553-574 with pp. 571 loose. Second paper: pp.689-708. Many illustra... View More...
434 pp. Red cloth covers with black lettering on front and title. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, spine is darkened, water stain on front cover, spine ends are bent and fraying. Map of the Great Boer Trek through South Africa on endpapers. Interior tight and clean. Book in VG- condition. View More...
"All of this universe known to me in the year 1864 was bounded by the wooded hills of a little Wisconsin coulee, and its center was the cottage in which my mother was living alone--my father was in the war." 467 pp. Black cloth covers with red and gilt image of covered wagon on front, and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, white scuff marks with fading and creasing to cover faces. Spine is faded from sun exposure, spine ends are bent and fraying. Front hinge broken. Loose spine. Previous owner's name written on front inside cover and front free endp... View More...
Micronedian Reader Series. Illustrations by Tambi Larsen. Maps by Charles A. Williams. 134 pages with index. Brown stiff paper covers with visable staple binding. Wear to cover cornes and edges, creasing and soiling to cover faces, spine is creased and spine ends are rubbed. Top interior corner has some soiling, back free endpaper has foxing spots. Rest of interior is clean, no marks. Book in VG- condition. View More...
4th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Rep. No. 367. February 19, 1836. "The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the subject of a change of the National Road between the towns of Springfield, in the State of Ohio, and Richmond, in the State of Indiana, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report: That, in the opinion of the committee, it is expedient to change the location of the road between the two points above mentioned, so as to cause the same to pass through the towns of Dayton and Eaton." 38 pp. Disbound government document. ... View More...
27th Congress, 3d Session, Rep. No. 278, Ho. of Reps. "Mr. Steenrod, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, submitted the following Report: The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred sundry memorials from citizens of the United States, praying that Congress would complete the Cumberland road east of the State of Ohio, by erecting a bridge over the river Ohio, at the city of Wheeling, in the State of Virginia, make the following report:..." 2 pp. Disbound government document. Edges are chipped and torn, particularly along spine edge. Paper is brown, text easily legible. D... View More...
Mr. Giddings, from the Committee on Territories, made the following report: The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the memorial of E. G. Chambers and twenty others, praying that Congress would bestow upon them the means of surveying and locating a wagon-road from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and also bestow lands along said road on which to commence settlements. 32d Congress, 2d Session, Rep. No. 2, House of Representatives. February 1, 1852. Interesting plea to Congress asking for assistance to emigrants traveling to California. 2 pp. Disbound government document. ... View More...
Colonial Settlements--Western Coast of Africa. 28th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives Navy Dept., Doc. No. 244. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. May 4, 1844. Discussion of Commodore Perry's experience in Africa and discussions of trade possibilities with the native tribes. 42 pp. Disbound government document. Back page edge is significantly chipped. Light foxing/browning throughout, but text is easily legible. Overall document is in VG condition. View More...
253 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Brown top page edge. Pages uncut on side. Dust jacket in Very Good condition with slight marking on front and black stamp on back. DJ protected in plastic and paper backing. Bookplate adhered on front inside cover, and gift inscription with date on front endpaper. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. View More...
"A book edited in Granada and awarded with 24 engravings from the time when Washington Irving housed at the Alhambra, plus 25 colour pictures of the famous Arabian spot." A series of tales and sketches of the Moors and Spainards. With an introduction and notes by Ricardo Villa-Real. 324 pp. Red cloth covers with gilt design on front and gilt title on spine. DJ is Good with significant chipping and tears to edges and corners, discoloration and creasing, spine ends are torn with pieces missing. Cover corners are lightly bumped, edges rubbed, spine ends show signs of shelfwear. Marbled en... View More...
212 pp. Also included is "The Conquest of Spain" with 138 pp. Brown faux leather covers with gilt inlay on front and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped, corners and edges are rubbed, moderate scuffing to cover faces, spine ends are bent and fraying. Small tear to top spine. Front hinge broken, back hinge loose but intact. Spine is loose with many breaks in interior. Pages are browning. Book in VG- condition. View More...
"This book is the natural outgrowth of a friendship between artist and author - the one a Spaniard, the other familiar from youth with Spain, and both lovers of the book wherein are recounted the adventures of the good Knight and of his faithful Squire." 239 pp. Illustrated by Daniel Vierge. Gift inscription by author on second free endpaper. Maroon cloth covers with gilt imprint of Quixote on his steed on front cover, faded gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, cover faces are scuffed and darkened along edges, spine is discolored and faded, wear to jo... View More...
From Letters, Diaries, and Recollections. In Two Volumes. Volume I: 371 pp. Volume II: 354 pages with index. Green cloth covers with gilt lines on front and gilt title lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges bumped and rubbed, white spot and scuffing on front faces, bubbling and scuff marks on back face, spine ends are bent and fraying. Gilt top page edge. Bottom page corner is darkened. Ex. library with identification numbers on bottom spine, library bookplate on front inside cover, library stamp on back of frontispiece, identification numbers on contents page, embossed stamp on first pag... View More...
