The M K and T. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. by Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company - 1891: Description of the state of Texas traversed by the MK and T. Where in a perfect climate, may be found cheap homes for a million people.

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.].

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

Published by Bancroft in 1884. Third edition. A very good copy in maroon cloth.with foldout map and 19 plates. SIGNED: "Compliments of F. M. MURPHY U. S. commissioner Arizona- Worlds Exposition New Orleans LA April 18th 1885" with Sales Receipt from Dawson s Book Shop 1938.Murphy was president and founder of Prescott Bank, President of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad, commissioner of Arizona in 1885 when it was a territory.

8vo. Original printed wrappers. Salt Lake City: Printed at the Deseret News Printing Establishment, 1877. First Edition. The pamphlet contains an article on the Death of Brigham Young and an obituary from the Deseret Evening News, August 29th and 30th, 1877. Plus "Last Moments of President Brigham Young," "Lying in State – Preparations for the Funeral," "Funeral," and "Respect and Condolences." The pamphlet prints the remarks of the Elders at the funeral service, the hymns sung, the procession, etc. Front cover slightly soiled, small ink stain on back cover, interior clean. Fine. Rare.

1866 Prairie & Rocky Mountain Adventures Indians Mormons GOLD RUSH California

John Van Tramp's book 'Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures' is a glorified view of 'manifest destiny' and the union of the America's from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. Van Tramp covers the history and present day (1866) of the American west including:
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The Mississippi River
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Historical sketches
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Life on the frontier
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Western scenery,
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California and the Mines;
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The California gold rush
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Indians Territory, Antiquities, and Mounds
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Pioneers of Tennessee
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The prairies and prairie hunting
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The desert
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Pacific region explored
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Rocky Mountains
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Utah and the Mormons
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and more!

This 1866 edition includes 45 full-page woodcut plates!
Item number: #17341
Price: $499
TRAMP, John C Van
Prairie and Rocky Mountain adventures: or, Life in the West. To which will be added a view of the states and territorial… Read More

Denver: J.A. Blake & F.C. Willett, 1872. J.A. BLAKE & F. C. WILLETT. . Hand-Book of Colorado. With Maps and Illustrations. Second Year of Publication. Denver: J.A. Blake & F.C. Willett, 1872. First edition of second publication, (although no first publication has been listed on OCLC, nor at auction in last 40 years). Octavo. 136 pp. With many full page ads throughout. Original purple pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped on front cover. Front endpapers are ads as is rear paste-down. Front hinge starting, spine with small split to cloth, covers stained, extremities rubbed, very good. Contains ads of the period and maps, as well as a map with railroad connections. HBS 66658. $500.

Pleasant Hill, MO: Little & Sprague No Date, circa 1869, what is now called the Hannibal Bridge saw construction begin in 1867 and finish in 1869. Titled "Kansas City Railroad and Carriage Bridge" under photo, "Little & Sprague, Pleasant Hill, MO" right margin, in fine print under left side of photo "Total Length 1,395 Feet" and :"PACAN & WINANS (illegible)" under right side of photo. Verso appears to have a map in faint pencil of the area of the bridge. Very Good, dark spot to margin left edge. . Cartes-de-Visite . Very Good. 2 1/2" x 4".

Sacramento, California , 1855. Two manuscript letters in ink, both on ruled paper with folding creases, the 1855 letter 8" x 12 1/2", with single spaced writing both sides, approx. 500 words. The 1856 letter 15" x 10", folded in half to make 4 pp., approx. 300 words, with small blindstamp top left corner depicting an eagle. The earlier letter is headed "September 18th 1855 Naperville Dupage County Illinois" and ends "Michael direct your letters Nevada County, Nevada post office, California". George writes to his brother Michael in Naperville that he has "seen a good dele sins i rote you they last letter", including a hundred "inshins" and some "Buffellow". He adds that "we had good luck all they way of may we left Council Bluff", and that he is not home sick yet. He then talks of the gold mines, river mining, what they are paying, and the cost of things such as board ("from five to ten dollars a week"),… 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.

Tucson, AR: The University of Arizona Press, 2016. Oblong quarto. Original dark blue cloth, titles to spine in orange. With the dust jacket. Colour illustrations throughout, including 1 folding plate. A fine copy in the jacket. First edition, first printing of this significant work on the changing landscapes of the American West, as represented by the Glen Canyon reservoir. Signed by both authors on the title, with an additional inscription by Friederici, "Off into the 'Great Unknown'!". Photographer Peter Goin focuses on human-altered landscapes and is best known for his series on nuclear test sites, published in 1991 as Nuclear Landscapes. His work has been exhibited at more than fifty US and international museums, and he has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, as well as nominated for an Emmy for his work in experimental video. Co-author Peter Friederici is an award-winning journalist and academic specialising in science and the environment. As he writes in the… Read More