The Great National Highway Between the Missouri River and California. by Union Pacific Railroad - 1868: The Direct Route to Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada and California. Open From Omaha to the Mountains.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.. Good+. 1873. 2nd & Revised Edition. Hardcover. From the Introduction: " This volume is the reproduction of its predecessor , which appeared in 1860. This short interval, although checkered by war, is illuminated by stupendous achievements....." The original title was "The Central Gold Region. The Grain, Pastoral and Gold Regions of North America: Some New Views of Its Physical Geography, and Observations on the Pacific Railroad." This updated 1873 edition is bound in clean green cloth with gilt title on spine. Interior of text is tight, clean and intact. Illustrated with 6 color fold out maps. First map (frontis) is complete but has separated in the center & has tears at the folds, the other five maps are in very good condition. Inkstamp of Norristown Library Co. Gilpin (1813-1894) was an Explorer, Politician, Speculator, Officer in the US Army who wrote of the American West. First Territorial Governor of Colorado. ;… Read More

A very nice copy of Sitgreaves Report. 1853. Senate Exec. Doc. 59. All 79 plates are present and the map is professionally reproduced in full size (27 x 47 inches) and placed in rear pocket. Howes S528; Wagner-Camp 230:1; Graff 3809. A note on collation: it is difficult. It helps to have reference materials and more than one copy. I have both and can guarantee this collates complete. Only condition issue is moderate to heavy foxing in places. That is a common problem with this volume. No prior ownership markings, stamps, or vandalism. In a beautiful modern quarter leather and marbled boards fine binding by Starr Bookworks. A very nice example of this work in fine binding and high quality full size facsimile map to complete the work. Please see scans of the book you will receive.

Harper & Row. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1. 1982. Hardback. Near Fine. First Edition. First Print. Authors signature only, on the first title page. An excellent addition to your collection. Dust jacket is protected with a Mylar cover. Books are packed and shipped in boxes.

San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1919. First Edition. Near Fine. William Smythe, Illus.. Signed by Publisher, #184 of 250 limited printing [10.5x7.5in]; [5], 5a-10a [Forward], xvi, 372 pp.,10 lithographic color plates, including frontispiece of Father Antonio Peyri, woodcut illustration in text, fold out colored map of Pacific Coast from Panama to Cape Mendocino with insets of principal harbors [14.5x19.25in neatline], appendices, index; Original tan linen spine over tan paper on boards, paper spine label with black lettering and red rules, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, tan end papers, tipped in duplicate spine label on rear end paper; Minimal shelf wear to edges and covers with slight wear to corners, spine label darken with age, rubbing on spine label with minor loss of lettering, small closed tear repaired at map lower hinge, prior owner pencil signature, Elizabeth Gray Potter, on front end paper. [References for 1839 edition, Cowan, 217, Graff 1377, Sloan-Volkmann… Read More

Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1992. Signed on the title page and dated 9/10/94 by the author. First edition / First printing. One of 1,000 copies in wrappers. Only 100 hardcovers were printed, sold primarily to libraries. This is the paperbound edition. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine. An exceptional copy!. Stories and poems, the author's first book. New York Times notable book of 1992. The author has won the National Book Award in 2007, and the Pen Faulkner Award in 2010.

Cranford, N.J.: Allen Printing Co., 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. M.J. Amato. Limited First Edition, No. 128 of 130 copies; SIGNED by the author's wife on limitation plate; 8vo, blue cloth; vg- (boards bowed; edges of boards heavily worn; blue cloth; spine sunned; spine ends bumped, crimped, and worn; corners bumped and worn to boards; front pastedown wrinkled with small tear to top end of hinge; eps and pages toned) in good dj (toned; edges heavily chipped, torn, and worn; spine browned and chipped in two places; spine ends chipped off; long tears to panels along spine; rear panel almost detached from spine; non-acidic Filmoplast P used to close tears along edge where front flap and panel meet) with a vg- custom cloth slipcase with gilt-stamped leather title piece (panels rubbed and worn; shelfworn; one panel sunned); also included is a fair plastic dj used to cover paper dj (heavily chipped; large sections missing; torn) 160pp. Dustjacket points: front panel reads, 'A Frontier… Read More

Omaha: Douglas Printing Company, 1902. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in black and gilt. Printed end papers. A bright and flawless copy! SixGuns 581.

Tours: A. Mame et Cie, 1853. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. 188pp; 8 full-color, chromolithographed plates. Text in the original French. This is the tale of a Frenchman and two boys who journey from Le Havre to California in search of gold. We are told of their hard work at the gold mines, the joys and travails of mining life, and their sundry adventures. Bound in elaborate, pictorial black cloth, stamped in gilt and colors on both covers and on spine; inner rear hinge repaired, otherwise near fine condition. 7.75" x 4.75" This is Dan Volkmann's copy with his Golden Bear bookplate. Volkmann spent 39 years collecting a complete first-edition set of Californiana books called the Zamorano 80--a feat accomplished by only three other collectors. [Gumuchian 1159. Sabin 12350. Decker 35:683.].

Washington, D. C,: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1886-96. First Edition. Soft Covers. Eleven Booklets with covers in various colors. Reports from the Governor of the Territory of Utah from 1866 to 1896 when statehood was in progress. A great resource for Utah History. Schools. Prisons, Agriculture, Industry, Mining, Election, Indians, Railroads, and a section on Polygamy in each annual publication. "I am most firmly convinced that there is an Irreconcilable political difference, fundamental In character between the Mormon system and the Government established by the United States." Ten of the booklets are in VG-VG+ condition. The 1886 issue has the front top corner missing. Western Americana, Utah ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1864. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo [8x5.5in]; viii, 264 pp.; Forest green pebble cloth covers with gilt lettering and design on spine, blind stamped borders and designs on front and back, all edges untrimmed, brick colored coated end papers; A bright book with only minor shelf wear to edges and corners, prior owner pencil writing on front end paper, French bookseller stamp on lower rear end paper; Acquisition bookplate of Maggs Bros. Ltd (London) on verso of front end paper from the Library of Comte De Chambord (Henri V of France, Duke of Bordeaux). [Wagner-Camp 404, Graff 2890]. From Wagner-Camp, "Morris's entertaining journal takes the reader from Saint Louis to the Colorado Rockies in the summer of 1863." He intended to go to the Montana gold fields, but changed to Denver and the Colorado gold fields due to a breakdown in the steamer at Saint Louis. Gold had been discovered in Montana in 1862 and was the "new gold rush" during the 1860's and 70's. The Colorado gold… Read More