Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office. 1883. Twelve chromolithographic plates with protective tissue guards, numerous black and white plates and in-text illustrations, small folding map, xxxvii + 477pp, index, 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, embossed gilt decorative cloth covered boards (hardbound). Cover edges rubbed, corners lightly bumped, a few soiled... More about Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution....

Washington, D.C. Beverley Tucker. 1856. Volume V. Volume V. 26 color tinted lithographs, 18 black and white botanical plates with botanical details, black and white in-text illustrations, color and black and white maps and diagrams (many folding) as called for; 43, xvi + 370 pages + xiii +15 + appendices... More about Reports Of Explorations And Surveys, To Ascertain The Most Practicable And Economical Route For a...

Los Angeles. Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. 1909. Twenty-Second Edition. Revised July 1909. Booklet, black and white two panel map folding into the back cover, black and white photo illustrations, 77pp, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, pictorial paper wrappers (softbound). Wear to covers: edge tears with a little loss... More about Los Angeles California. The City and County

San Francisco. Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch. 1899. 27 black and white photogravures, 7 x 9 inches, (18x23cm), embossed silver decorative green cloth, extremities a little rubbed, hinges split (loose in boards), end papers chipped, neat inscription dated 1899 on title page. The first and last several sheets are splitting along... More about San Francisco Illustrated. Photo-Gravures

New York. Doubleday & McClure. 1899. First Edition. 442 pages + 4 unnumbered pages, 8 x 5 1/4 inches, red cloth-covered boards with silver embossed decorative front cover and spine. Light fading to spine and extremities, hinges a little loose and slightest tilt to spine, previous owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. First edition. More about McTeague. A Story of San Francisco

New York. William H. Dietz. 1849. Black and white plates, in-text black and white illustrations, 768pp, approximately 9 x 5 1/2 inches, gilt lettered leather spine and corners with cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Cover edges rubbed, short crack to head of back joint of spine; time-toning or foxing on many plates... More about Holden's Dollar Magazine, of Criticisms, Biographies, Sketches, Essays, Tales, Reviews, Poetry,...

Mulhausen, H. B. (illus).
Washington, D.C. U.S. Senate. 1856. Hard Cover book 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Embossed covers; front cover detached; spine perished. Title Page and Explanatory Note followed by Table of Contents listing six sections: I) Itinerary; II) Topographical Features; III) Report Upon the Indian Tribes; IV) Geology; V);... More about Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a...

Oakland, Cal. E. S. Denison. 1888. 46 pp of views reproduced from photographs and 12 pp of text discussing each image bound in a volume 71/2 x 6 inches. The cloth covered boards show spotting and wear with bumped corners. An embossed Seal of the State of California appears on... More about Pacific Coast Souvenir

Hartford, Connecticut. A. D. Worthington and Company. 1875. Numerous engravings including two in steel (frontispiece of author and interior portrait of Brigham Young), 623pp, 8.75 x 6 inches, book in green cloth covered boards (hardbound). Preface by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Covers rubbed; corners bumped; spine frayed at top and bottom... More about "Tell it All": The Story of Life's Experience in Mormonism

Denver, CO. Excelsior Printing Company. 1889. First Edition. Black and white full page and in-text illustrations, xxxiv (of xxv)+262pp, 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches, pictorial paper wrappers (softbound). MISSING rear cover and map "Texas Panhandle Route: Denver, Texas & Fort Worth RR". Front cover and title page loose and... More about The Great West. A Vast Empire. A Comprehensive History of the Trans-Mississippi States and...