SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R. Journal of a Tour Into the Interior of Missouri & Arkansaw, from Potosi, or Mine a Burton, in Missouri Territory, in a Southwest Direction, Toward the Rocky Mountains; Performed in...1818 & 1819. London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1821. 1st ed. Complete with large folding map. A very good.....
(CALIFORNIA). (SANTA BARBARA). STORKE, Yda Addis. A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura, California. Containing a History of This Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of Its Occupancy to the Present Time, Together with Glimpses of Its.....
TAYLOR, Joseph H. Sketches of Frontier and Indian Life on the Upper Missouri and Great Plains. Embracing the Author's Personal Recollections of Noted Frontier Characters, and some Observations of Wild Indian Life during a Twenty-Five Years' Residence in the Two Dakotas and other Territories, Between the Years 1864 and 1889.....
(OREGON). (JACKSON CO.). History of Southern Oregon, Comprising Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Curry and Coos Counties, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources. Portland, OR: A. G. Walling, 1884. 1st ed. 545 pp. Portrait frontis., illus., portraits, maps. Later cloth, all edges marbled. Some light scattered foxing, else a very good copy.....
(CALIFORNIA). Journal of the Senate of the State of California; at Their First Session Begun and Held at Puebla de San Jose, on the Fifteenth Day of December, 1849. San Jose, CA: J. Winchester, State Printer, 1850, 1st ed. 570pp. [with] Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Assembly.....
(PERIODICAL). The Western Journal and Civilian: Devoted to Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, Public Policy, and Polite Literature. St. Louis, MO: Charles & Hammond, Printers, 1848-1852. Vols. 1-3,5-8. 7 Vols. in all. xii,693,[1, errata];viii,440;[iv],418;v,352;v,414;iii,435;iii, 440 pp. (Jan. 1848-March 1850, Oct. 1850-Sept. 1852). Portrait frontises., illus., folding map. Disbound.....
[BENEZET, Anthony]. The Family Physician; Comprising Rules for the Prevention and Cure of Diseases; Calculated Particularly for the Inhabitants of the Western Country, and for Those Who Navigate Its Waters. With a Dispensatory and Appendix. This Work Affords, in Simple Language, a Concentration of All the Practical Matter Which Can.....
[CLAPPE, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]. The Shirley Letters from the California Mines In 1851-52 Being a Series of Twenty-three Letters from Dame Shirley (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) To Her Sister in Massachusetts And now Reprinted from the Pioneer Magazine of 1854-55 With Synopsis of Letters, a Foreword,...etc by.....
COLT, Mrs. Miriam Davis. Went to Kansas; Being a Thrillingn Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to that Fairy Land, and Its Sad Results; Together with a Sketch of the Life of the Author, and How the World Goes with Her. Watertown: Printed by L. Ingalls & Co., 1862. 1st ed.....
(WYOMING). COUTANT, C. G. History of Wyoming fr0m the Earliest Known Discoveries. Volume I [all published]. Laramie, WY: Chaplin, Spafford & Mathison, Printers, 1899. 1st ed. xxiv, [17]-712pp. Portrait frontis., plates. Orig. gilt-armorial leather, gilt-ruled spine decorated in blind, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Corners lightly.....
CURTISS, Daniel S. Western Portraiture, and Emigrants' Guide: A Description of Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, With Remarks on Minnesota and Other Territories. N.Y.: J.H. Colton, 1852. 1st ed. Illus. with a large, folding township map in fine condition. 351pp. plus advts. Orig. cloth. A very good copy. Howes C-967. Autograph.....
DOMENECH, Emmanuel H. Seven Years' Residence in the Great Desert of North America. London; Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. 1st ed. 2 Vols. xxiv,445;xii,465pp. Colored frontis., colored lithographic plates, colored folding map. Later 3/4 black morocco, raised spine bands, compartments gilt, T.e.g. Private owner's blindstamp on title page of.....
FORREST, Earle R. Missions & Pueblos of the Old Southwest. Their Myths, Legends, Fiestas, & Ceremonies, with some Accounts of the Indian Tribes & Their Dances; and of the Penitentes. Cleveland: Clark, 1929. 1st ed. 2 vols. Illus. Original cloth, t.e.g. Fine untrimmed set. Limited to 100 numbered sets, accompanied.....
GEIGER, John Lewis. A Peep at Mexico: Narrative of a Jorney across the Republic: Narrative of a Journey across the Republic from the Pacific to the Gulf in December 1873 and January 1874. London; Trubner & Co., 1874. xiv,353pp. Frontis., plates, color folding maps. Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth. Professionally rebacked in.....
HUGHES, John T. Doniphan's Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; General Kearny's Overland Expedition to California; Doniphan's Campaign Against the Navajos; His Unparalleled Narch Upon Chihuahua and Durango; and the Operations of General Price at Santa Fe. With a Sketch of the Life of Col. Doniphan.....
JAMES, Jason W. Memories and Viewpoints. Roswell, NM: Privately Printed, 1928. 1st ed. 183pp. Orig. cloth. A near fine copy. HOWES J-46. Adams, Rampaging Herd 1148. Flake 4316. Graff 2190. Presentation inscription from the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. Jay Duval, with the compliments and best wishes.....
KANE, Thomas L. The Mormons. A Discourse Delivered before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: March 26, 1850. Phila.: King & Baird, 1850. 2nd ed. 92pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly chipped, rear wrapper lacking, else a very good copy. HOWES K-8. Flake 4524. Wagner-Camp 185:2. Streeter 2289. Kane, approached by.....
LARKIN, Thomas Oliver. The Larkin Papers Personal, Business, and Official Correspondence of Thomas Oliver Larkin, Merchant and United States Consul in California. Edited by George P. Hammond. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1951-1968. 11 Vols. (including index vol.). Frontis. in first 10 volumes. Tall 8vos. Orig. green cloth, spines gilt.....
(CALIFORNIA). MANLY, William L. Death Valley in '49. Important Chapter of California Pioneer History.... San Jose, 1894. 1st ed. Illus. with a frontis. and three plates (complete). 498pp. Orig. decorated cloth. Very good copy. Howes M-255. "Classic account, by a survivor, of dire sufferings endured by an emigrant party on.....
(ALASKA). [MERRIAM, C. Hart, ed.]. Harriman Alaska Expedition...Volume I: Narrative, Glaciers, Natives. Volume II: History, Geography, Resources. Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1910. 4to. 2 Vols. xxxvii,183;185-383pp. Frontises., 240 textual figures, 39 chromolithographs and 85 photogravure plates, including 45 by Edward S. Curtis, 5 maps (including 2 folding). Orig. gilt-armorial.....
MORGAN, Dale L., ed. The West of William H. Ashley. The International Struggle for the Fur Trade of the Missouri, the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia, with Explorations beyond the Continental Divide, recorded in the diaries and letters of...and his contemporaries, 1822-1838. Denver, 1964. Folio. Illus. in color. Maps. Orig.....
NICHOLL, Edith M. Observations of a Ranchwoman in New Mexico. London: Macmillan and Co., 1898. 1st ed. 271pp. Frontis., title vignette, plates. Orig. blindstamped pictorial cloth in custom cloth slipcase. Rear inner hinge starting, cracked internally, very light wear to lower spine end and corners, else a very good copy.....
REVERE, Joseph Warren. A Tour of Duty in California; Including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn; with Notices of Lower California, the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, and the Principal Events Attending the Conquest of the Californias. Edited by Joseph N. Balestier.....
SAVAGE MINING COMPANY. Annual Report of the Savage Mining Company, for the Fiscal Year Ending July 10, 1867. San Francisco: Printed at the Office of the Commercial Herald, 1867. 1st ed. 16pp. Folding map frontis., charts (some folding). Orig. printed wrappers. Front wrapper professionally repaired, wrappers rubbed, light toning, else.....
SCHARMAN, H[erman] B. Scharman's Overland Journey to California. From the Pages of a Pioneer's Diary. Translated from the German. [N.Y.: Privately printed, 1918]. Frontis. 114pp. Orig. green cloth. Howes S-149. Wagner-Camp 217b. Cowan, p. 571. One of 50 copies printed. First edition in English of a narrative first published in.....