On the Frontier ( At the Mission of San Carmel, A Blue Grass Penelope, Left Out on Lone Star Mountain ) By Shore & Sedge ( An Apostle of the Tules, Sarah Walker, A Ship of 49 ) by Bret Harte, NOT ILLUSTRATED

Westernlore Press, LA, 1967. HBDJ, 1967, 1st edition, minor rub DJ & small mended tear, VG/VG, Light X-Library Stamp top Edge outer pgs, but no other Markings, blank endpapers light residue. First Edition. Hard Cover.

1934. VG-, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey , light wear SLIGHT FADE, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey Drawn on Security First National Bank of Los Angeles written for $12.00 dated October 13, 1934, 10/13/34. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Unbound.

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed [9.25x6.25in]; xiii, [10], illustrations, 422 pp., frontispiece color illustration of sea otter by John Webber, 11 illustrations of plates from exploration books by Cook, Vancouver, Dixon, and others, nine tables of trade ships by years, extensive notes and bibliography, index; Black cloth cover with gilt lettering and designs on spine, tan end papers with maps of the world routes and Northwest coast [of North America], all edges trimmed; Black dust jacket with white and tan lettering on front and spine inside white borders with designs, brown-toned illustration of sea otter by Webber on front, review of book on back; Negligible shelf wear to book or dust jacket, short inscription by author on title page. This is a readable scholarly on the fur trade system from the Pacific Northwest to China and then to Europe and America in the late 1700's and 1800's. Gibson is a professor that has focused on geography and… Read More

Large quarto (14 X 10 1/2 inches) San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. One of 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem. 171 pages printed on heavy wove paper, quarter bound brick red leather with title in gilt on the spine, patterned paper over boards, hardcover - very good condition (minor scuffing at head and tale of spine from shelf wear, not affecting contents).

Illustrated with 60 plates - full size reproductions showing examples of California Gold Rush letter sheets - one facsimile is in a pocket at the rear of the book. Also included: a selective bibliography; an index of artists, engravers, lithographers, and publishers; and a subject and title index.

A checklist and census of artists and printers who produced "... thousands of vivid pictorial records on sheets of writing paper, (that) remain the major surviving visual account of California of that era....," both during and after the California Gold Rush.

"A . . . curious blend of local enthusiasm and topical recording ...… Read More

Octavo (9 by 6 1/4 inches) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Later Printing (First was 1893) 310 pages, illustrated with 38 black and white halftone images taken from photographs by the author, along with drawings by others, and music; hardcover, good condition, decorated brown cloth, with stamped black and yellow pattern on cover and spine, resembling Southwestern weaving, and framing the title in gilt; and similarly on spine; upper right corner of front cover slightly bent from old bump, not affecting contents.

Signed presentation from the author to William G. Kerkhoff, an early Southern California business man and philanthropist. Lummis writes, "To ... Staunch Old Timer."

Westernlore Press, LA, 1967. HBDJ, 1967, 1st edition, minor rub DJ & small mended tear, VG/VG, Light X-Library Stamp top Edge outer pgs, but no other Markings, blank endpapers light residue. First Edition. Hard Cover.

1934. VG-, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey , light wear SLIGHT FADE, SIGNED CHECK by Zane Grey Drawn on Security First National Bank of Los Angeles written for $12.00 dated October 13, 1934, 10/13/34. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Unbound.

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed [9.25x6.25in]; xiii, [10], illustrations, 422 pp., frontispiece color illustration of sea otter by John Webber, 11 illustrations of plates from exploration books by Cook, Vancouver, Dixon, and others, nine tables of trade ships by years, extensive notes and bibliography, index; Black cloth cover with gilt lettering and designs on spine, tan end papers with maps of the world routes and Northwest coast [of North America], all edges trimmed; Black dust jacket with white and tan lettering on front and spine inside white borders with designs, brown-toned illustration of sea otter by Webber on front, review of book on back; Negligible shelf wear to book or dust jacket, short inscription by author on title page. This is a readable scholarly on the fur trade system from the Pacific Northwest to China and then to Europe and America in the late 1700's and 1800's. Gibson is a professor that has focused on geography and… Read More

Large quarto (14 X 10 1/2 inches) San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. One of 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem. 171 pages printed on heavy wove paper, quarter bound brick red leather with title in gilt on the spine, patterned paper over boards, hardcover - very good condition (minor scuffing at head and tale of spine from shelf wear, not affecting contents).

Illustrated with 60 plates - full size reproductions showing examples of California Gold Rush letter sheets - one facsimile is in a pocket at the rear of the book. Also included: a selective bibliography; an index of artists, engravers, lithographers, and publishers; and a subject and title index.

A checklist and census of artists and printers who produced "... thousands of vivid pictorial records on sheets of writing paper, (that) remain the major surviving visual account of California of that era....," both during and after the California Gold Rush.

"A . . . curious blend of local enthusiasm and topical recording ...… Read More

Octavo (9 by 6 1/4 inches) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Later Printing (First was 1893) 310 pages, illustrated with 38 black and white halftone images taken from photographs by the author, along with drawings by others, and music; hardcover, good condition, decorated brown cloth, with stamped black and yellow pattern on cover and spine, resembling Southwestern weaving, and framing the title in gilt; and similarly on spine; upper right corner of front cover slightly bent from old bump, not affecting contents.

Signed presentation from the author to William G. Kerkhoff, an early Southern California business man and philanthropist. Lummis writes, "To ... Staunch Old Timer."