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...
Dublin. James M'Glashan. 1850. xv + 2 unnumbered + 18-308 pages, 7 x 4 1/2 inches, red cloth covered boards with gilt lettered spine label (hard bound with new library style binding). Scattered foxing and faint soiling throughout, overall good well preserved condition. An account of gold mining adventure starting...
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...
Los Angeles. Security Trust & Savings Bank. 02-11- 1929. Black and white photo illustrations, 208pp, 9 x 5 1/2 inches, pictorial paper wrappers (softbound). Covers worn with edge tears and creases; interior very good. An overview of Los Angeles, California's history from 1889 to 1929, including images of historical places...
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...
San Francisco. Evelyn Curro. 1950. 12 color plates, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, cloth covered boards (hardbound) with color title label. Light overall soiling to covers, several color plates loose, one considerably toned, others clean and bright. "These twelve prints for framing show the street railway cable-cars, from the...
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...
Menlo Park, CA. Lane Publishing Co., 11- 1955. Second Edition. Two-color maps, 32pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, color pictorial thick paper wrappers (softbound). Very good, clean condition. Does not include "waterproof plastic case" noted on front cover. Includes a listing of Boat Liveries, an Index of Place Names, and...
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.
San Francisco. H. S. Crocker Company, Inc., 1927. Booklet, full page black and white photo illustrations, 49pp, 11 x 8 inches, decorative stiff card wrappers (softbound). Light wear to cover edges, 1/2 paper loss to tail of spine, dampstaining to covers and first few pages, scattered light foxing.
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...
Adams, Ansel (photography by).
Yosemite Park and Curry Company. Copyright 1936. Color frontispiece, full page and in-text black and white photo illustrations, two-color centerfold map, unpaginated (approximately 50pp), 12 x 8 1/2 inches, pictorial stiff card wrappers with glassine dust wrapper (softbound). Dust wrapper worn with short tears and paper...
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);...
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office. 1884. 16 color and black and white plates with tissue guards, in-text figures, xiii+200pp, index, 12 x 9 inches, cloth-backed boards with gilt lettered leather title labels on spine and decorative gilt. Ex-library with minimal markings (stamp to one title page, stamp on text block...
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...
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government. Senate. 1859. Volume X. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 78. Massive volume, still tightly bound, detailing western exploration for a practicable railroad route between the Mississippi and the Pacific Coast. 400+77pp + plates, 94 black and white plates of reptiles, vertebrates, fish and birds; 28 hand-colored plates...
Stansbury, Captain Howard et al. [mapmaker] Ackerman Lith.
New York. Ackerman, 1849- 1850. 1st Edition. Map of the Great Salt Lake...: One of two folded black and white maps with light coloration contained between 10 x 6 ½ inch covers. Cloth spine perished. Title on front cover states: "Maps -...
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...
Cassidy, John L.( illus.).
Portland, Oregon. F.W. Baltes. 1900. Black and white in text illustrations, 136pp, 8vo, red pictorial cloth-covered boards, corners bumped, small rectangle of cloth at upper right corner worn away, inscription by author ffep, good condition.
