Watertown, New York: L. Ingalls & Co., 1862. First Edition. xii, 13-294. Bound in tan ribbed publisher's cloth by John W. Gorse & Co. Corners bumped, small stains on front cover, hinges cracked (lower cords broken), wear to binding extremities. Foxing throughout as is true in all copies, pages 117-122..... More

Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle, 1833 (?). Hand-colored lithograph by Lehman & Duval after Charles Bird King (445 x 338 mm). Head-and-shoulders portrait of female Oto, wife of Chief Shaumonekusse, long black braids with hair parted at center, white and black beaded ear loops, four necklaces, silver bracelet, ruffled blouse or dress..... More

Pittsburgh: David McKeehan; London, reprinted for J. Budd: 1808. First English Edition. 8vo. iv, [1], 2-381 pp. A1 (title-page) and A2 in brilliant facsimile, lacking advertisement leaf at end. Later English paneled calf (slightly scuffed, expertly rebacked with original gilt spine laid down), top edges gilt, marbled pastedowns and endpapers..... More

Philadelphia: 1845 (ca.). Stereotyped map of Oregon, highly detailed, neat line to neat line: 59 x 90 cm. Inset map of Columbia River, neat line to neat line (irregular shape): 54.4 x 24 cm. Scattered foxing and creasing where formerly folded, generally a very good copy. Matted in a handsome..... More

San Francisco: Printed by the San Francisco Co-Operative Printing for Sumner Whitney & Co., 1871. Small 4to. 4, [2], 325, [1], xvii pp. The two portraits are in facsimile, otherwise COMPLETE. Some page numbers at top margin shaved; front blank with repaired tear; final page torn and backed. Inherent spotting..... More

V.p. 1808-1996. A collection of 372 titles written by and about Women in the West. Condition Statement: Overall, most of the books in the collection are in “good” or “good+” condition, which typically describes a book that is sufficiently worn, the binding soiled, scuffed, stained or spotted and may have..... More

Cincinnati: U.P. James, 1847 (after). Later printing. 8vo. 144 pp. Title-page vignette, woodcut frontispiece, 3 full-page maps in text, 8 woodcut illustrations in text. Original wrappers (both front and back wrappers chipped with loss, some repairs). Some foxing throughout as is true in all copies. Uncut and largely unopened copy..... More

Third edition. COMPLETE SET of 2 vols. (text + Atlas). xv, [1], 286 pp. COMPLETE with 65 maps (plus one duplicate); Landscapes: I-XII; Geological Sections: 1, 3-11 (#2 not issued); Paleontology: 1-6; Zoology: 1-18 (plus duplicate of #5); Botanical: 1-17, 19-20 (#18 not issued). Original blind-stamped cloth, edges worn, outer..... More

Denver: [Privately Printed], n.d. (ca. 1899). First Edition. 8vo. (215 x 139 mm). 76 pp., photographic text illustrations (some full-page). Original green printed wrappers, slightly soiled, worn and chipped at head and tail, pencil inscription on back wrapper (SEE IMAGES), internally unmarked and unspoiled. NOT ex-library! A remarkable account of..... More

San Francisco: Mrs. F.A. Day, 1859 (July). First Edition. Large 8vo. (253 x 170 mm). [193]-240 pp., 8 pp. ads at end. With a two-color lithograph portrait of Isaac J. Sparks; hand-colored lithograph of a Bearded Jay. Original illustrated wrappers (repaired), the front cover being a steel engraving by the..... More

Washington DC: T. Barnard, Printer, 1846. 8vo. 16 pp. + final blank. Extracted from a bound volume. Title-page inscription cropped, but clearly signed by the author, another inscription on verso of final blank. Sympathetic modern wrappers. Preserved in a mylar L-sleeve. THE WIDOW OF SOUTHWEST EXPLORER GEN. ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE..... More