Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Account of Muir's journey from the University of Wisconsin to his first summer in the Sierra, consisting of his journal of the walk ending..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Muir (1838-1914) made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of..... More
Boston, New York, Chicago: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. A rather scarce John Muir title, issued as no. 247 in the Riverside Literature Series. Kimes notes, "As early as June, 1910, Muir wrote..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. This is number 129 of 220 copies printed on Borzoi rag paper and signed by Carl Van Vechten. With an original photograph (5 7/8" x 3..... More
New York: European Publishing Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. The autobiography of women’s rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), who reminisces about dramatic moments in the history of woman suffrage, about her personal challenges and..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. An account of the Persian Constitutional Revolution and the Young Turk Revolution, pivotal movements on the eve of World War I that would contribute..... More
New York: American Tract Society, 1893. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Biblical stories in the Santee (Dakota) dialect. Octavo: 180 p. with textual illustrations. Original burgundy cloth binding, with decorative gilt and blind stamping. The spine is..... More
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by Harry Levin on the front flyleaf. One of the first books to sum up the contribution of James Joyce, this volume remains an..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. The first printing in French, translated by Marcel Duhamel. This is one of 1,000 numbered copies printed on Alfa paper. The dramatic story of Harry Morgan, an honest man..... More
Omaha, Nebraska: Passenger Department, Union Pacific Railroad Co., 1910. Pamphlet. Promotional piece describing the agricultural opportunities in northern Colorado, highlighting the Weld County towns of Cloverly, Gill, Barnesville, Fosston, Cornish, Lucerne, Galeton, Camfield, La Salle..... More
Chicago: Regan Publishing Corporation, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 975 copies printed on London Feather Weight paper. Details the life and adventures of Joaquin Murrieta (c.1832-1853), the notorious California bandit whose running war with..... More
New York: Random House, 1937. Hardcover. The fourth American edition, with "Season's Greetings" from A.C. Vroman, Incorporated printed on the title page. Western exploration of the Arabian Desert began in the mid-18th century, but..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman. "An absorbing account of Southern California's often painful transition from the Mexican to the American era." The..... More
Yosemite Collections, 1975. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the 1862 first edition, limited to 500 copies. From the library of noted collector Roger K. Larson, with his bookplate to the front pastedown. "Judge Hoffman’s massive legal..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. The first American edition, with the "I" on the copyright page. Inscribed by Anaïs Nin on the front flyleaf. Autobiographical novel inspired by the real-life..... More
New York: Mainstream Publishers, 1957-1961. First Edition. Hardcover. An epic trilogy, described by its author as a fiction of interpretation. Acting as a representative biography of African American history, The Black Flame follows one man..... More
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. This is No. 366 of 1,000 copies printed on fine book paper, from a total edition of 1,100 copies. "The Coues edition described here is an..... More
Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Victor Villaseñor on the front flyleaf. Dramatic saga of three generations of Villasenor's family, chronicling their migration to California in the wake of the..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Edward Abbey to his friend, the New Mexico writer and publisher Ernie Bulow, on the front flyleaf: "for Ernie..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Upon the advice of her physician, Ms. Dall headed west, focusing her eye (and pen) upon Salt Lake City and San Francisco, with particular attention to two subjects..... More
New York: George H. Doran, 1923. Hardcover. Signed by Henry Ford on the front flyleaf, above an inscription by the author: "A Ford autograph attended to by the author - William L. Stidger, May -..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. The first American edition, translated by Whittaker Chambers. Although not intended as a children's book when it was originally published in Germany in 1923, this small..... More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. The scarce fifth volume in The Lakeside Classics, which were presented as annual Christmas keepsakes to the employees and friends of printer R.R. Donnelley & Sons. 12mo..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by John Nichols to fellow New Mexico writer Ernie Bulow on the front flyleaf. A quixotic effort by poor New Mexico farmers to cultivate..... More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Hardcover. Limited to 1,000 copies. Never out-of-print since its initial publication, Dana's remarkable sailing memoir, and vivid portrait of Spanish California in 1836, is a telling indicator of the taste..... More