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Sacramento History Center: Museum/Archives/Visitors' Center

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Museum and History Department:

Seller ID: 034733

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good +

A joint venture of the City and County of Sacramento. Paperback. Illustrated. 23pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Blue and Gold 1894 (University of California) First Edition

By: Albert Houston, Editor

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, Self-published: 1894

Seller ID: 031035

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Blue denim cloth with gold lettering on front cover. Gift inscription of Assistant Editor, Walter Graves on front free end paper. Includes Nobel Prize winner, Joseph Erlanger as a Junior. Illustrated. Frontispiece. 273pp., with 39 pages of ads. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Lawmen and Robbers

By: Breihan, Carl W.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Caldwell, OH, Caxton Printers: 1986

Seller ID: 039043

ISBN: 0870043188

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Stripped of all myth, the violent history of the western lawmen and outlaw blazes through this book.Pictorial cover. Paperback. Illustrated. xv, 128pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945: Paths to Taos and Santa Fe

By: Charles C. Eldredge; Julie Schimmel; William H. Truettner

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York | Washington, D.C., Abbeville Press | National Museum of American Art: 1986

Seller ID: 062256

ISBN: 0896595986

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Dark green cloth boards, blind-stamped on front and titled in gold on spine. Light gray end sheets. Color frontispiece. Illustrated with beautiful artwork and photographs. Indexed, 227 pp. Spine slightly cocked and mild wear on bottom edge, else like new. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Oklahoma Emblems (First Edition)

By: Clara Root Farr

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Guthrie, OK, The Co-operative Publishing Company: 1932

Seller ID: 035583

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good

One of the poems in the book (Land of the Mistletoe) has the signature of the author (George Riley Hall). Brown blind-stamped leather. Textured end papers. Previous owner's name written inside front cover. Illustrated. 66pp. Title page partially torn at hinge. No copies online. 20 copies in OCLC. One at Library of Congress and 19 in Oklahoma libraries. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Colorado: Top of the Nation

By: Department of Public Relations (State of Colorado)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Denver, CO, Department of Advertising and Publicity:

Seller ID: 036182

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

No date, but post mark envelope (8.5 a 11 inches) indicates 4 1/2 cents postage. Circa 1945. Magazine. Profusely illustrated. Pictorial cover. State advertisement for seasonal activities in Colorado. In original mailing envelope. Full refund if not satisfied.
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UCLA Southern Campus '76 (First Edition)

By: Derrick Garland Coy, Editor

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, ASUSCLA Communications Board: 1976

Seller ID: 021151

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Pictorial cloth, illustrated, usual signatures and notes throughout, 288pp., Full refund if not satisfied.
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Looking West (Contemporary Ethnography) First Edition

By: Dorst, John D.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press: 1999

Seller ID: 031761

ISBN: 0812214404

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Through a series of Western texts folkloric, photographic, literary, and historical Dorst outlines another pattern of looking west, one characterized by optical distortion, faulty vision, and the ambiguous intersection of spectatorship, display, and covert observation. He applies the insights gained from this analysis of discursive patterns to various cultural displays located in the contemporary West. In a series of ethnographic case studies two folk art displays, a Western heritage theme park, and Devils Tower National Monument he shows how this other discourse plays out at actual sites and...
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Westwind

By: Ellis, Ray; Cronkite, Walter

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Birmingham, AL, Oxmoor House: 1990

Seller ID: 020022

ISBN: 084870763X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Interior clean and unmarked. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. Dust jacket shows light wear including small closed tear in edge of back cover. A nice, tight copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Crest of the Continent: A Record of a Summer's Ramble in the Rocky Mountains and Beyond (First Edition)

By: Ernest Ingersoll

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chicago, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company: 1885

Seller ID: 034541

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Brown illustrated cloth with gold lettering and design. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Previous owner's name written on front free end-paper. 344pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West

By: Fisher, Vardis; Holmes, Opal Laurel

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Caldwell, OH, Caxton Press: 1979

Seller ID: 039040

ISBN: 087004043X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for best nonfiction, Vardis Fisher and Opal Laurel Holmes s book brings together all of the remarkable men and women and all of the violent contrasts that make up one of the most enthralling chapters in American history.Brown cloth with gold spine lettering. Illustrated profusely in black and white. xiii, 466pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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La Vida de Junipero Serra

By: Francisco Palou

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Readex Microprint: 1966

Seller ID: 033819

Binding: Leatherette

Condition: Near Fine

Part of the Great Americana Series. Facsimile reprint of the original 1787 edition. Account of a Roman Catholic priest's missionary work in upper California. Tan leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own and enjoy rare Americana. Leather spine label. 344pp. No writing in the book. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Rare volume in the Great Americana series.
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Vigilante Days at Virginia City: Personal Narrative of Col. Henry E. Dosch, Member of Fremonts Body Guard and One-Time Pony Express Rider (First Edition)

By: Fred Lockley

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Portland, OR, Self-published: 1924

Seller ID: 032273

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition. 19pp. Smith 2535. No writing in the book. Nice copy. The author was frequently interviewed by Mark Twain, acting as a reporter for the Virginia City newspaper. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Island of Maui: A Photographic Journey

By: Gaia Rettinghouse

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kula, HI, Howie from Maui: 2005

Seller ID: 033243

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Like New

Magnificent photography from award-winning native photographers of one of the most beautiful places on earth. Oblong paperback. Foldover covers. Illustrated. 97pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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In the Brush; or, Old-Time Social, Political, and Religious Life in the Southwest (First Edition)

By: Hamilton W. Pierson

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company: 1881

Seller ID: 035007

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Teal blue cloth with gold and black lettering and design. Previous owner's name written on front free end-paper. Decorated end papers. First two free end-papers have closed tears. Frontispiece. Illustrated. iv, 321pp., with a Publisher's Catalog. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Dust to Dust: Obituaries of the Gunfighters (Signed)

By: Jerry J. Gaddy [Compiler]; Dale Crawford [Illustrator]

Price: $35.00

Publisher: The Old Army Press, Presidio Press: 1977

Seller ID: 039042

ISBN: 0883420503

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Contains contemporary newspaper accounts of some of the most famous badmen of the West, including Billy the Kid, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and the Dalton gang.Autographed Author's Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Black cloth with gold spine lettering. Illustrated. Pictorial end papers. 160pp. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. Previous owner's name stamped inside covers and on title page. Full refund if not satisfied.
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California: This Golden Land of Promise (Signed)

By: Joan Irvine Smith; Jean Stern

Price: $35.00

Publisher: The Irvine Museum: 2001

Seller ID: 035271

ISBN: 097140920X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Signed by Stern, Smith and Swindon on title page. Foreword by James L. Doti. Mustard cloth with navy spine lettering. Illustrated (color). Illustrated end-papers. 365pp., index. This book would make a great gift. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Sketches of Western Adventure

By: John A. M'Clung

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Louisville, KY, Richard H, Collins: 1879

Seller ID: 022051

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dark blue cloth, head and tail of spine chipped, corners worn, spine slightly cocked, a few page gatherings pulled, newspaper clipping glued in on ffep., inner hinges starting, xxviii, 398pp., index, Full refund if not satisfied. Howes M46. Author drowned in the Niagara River in 1859.
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Lighthouses of California and Hawaii: Eureka to San Diego to Honolulu (Lighthouse Series)

By: Jones, Ray; Roberts, Bruce [Photographer]

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Guilford, CT, Globe Pequot: 2002

Seller ID: 036273

ISBN: 0762712198

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Lighthouses of California and Hawaii is a fascinating guide to the most significant lighthouses in California and Hawaii. Through stirring historic accounts and stunning color and archival photographs, the stories of nearly forty lighthouses come to life in vivid detail. Each light - from St. George Light near Crescent City, California, to Diamond Head Light in Honolulu, Hawaii - tells its own engrossing tale of survival against the elements. Discover the rich history behind these majestic sentinels, and find out how to visit them. Inside you'll find practical information, including: a regiona...
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Col. P. W. Norris: Yellowstone's Greatest Superintendent (inscribed)

By: Judge Don Binkowski

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Warren, Michigan C & D: 1995

Seller ID: 008257

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Nice Copy.Full refund if not satisfied.
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Doctors Of The Old West (First Edition)

By: Karolevitz, Robert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Seattle, WA, Superior Publishing: 1967

Seller ID: 037163

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

A pictorial history of medicine on the Frontier. Two toned cloth. Mylar cover. Illustrated. First Edition. 191pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Landmarks & Preservation Districts (Oakland, California - Volume One) Report #OCPD 240

By: Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oakland, CA, Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board: 1979

Seller ID: 032048

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Oblong paperback. Cover folds out to reveal map with location key, illustrated with photos of Oakland and its landmarks buildings. Near fine in original stapled pictorial wraps. 28pp. Illustrated. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Outcroppings

By: McPhee, John; Till, Tom; Merrill, Christopher

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Salt Lake City, Gibbs Smith: 1988

Seller ID: 019518

ISBN: 0879052627

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket nice and crisp and has faded spine. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Ascent of Mount Hayden, Grand Teton 1872: A New Chapter of Western Discovery

By: N. P. Langford

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Golden, CO, Outbooks: 1980

Seller ID: 037413

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good +

Trials and triumphs of the first party to climb the Grand Tetons of Wyoming, July 29, 1872. Stapled booklet. 24pp. Pictorial cover. Illustrated. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Beginnings of Oakland, California, A.U.C. (First Edition)

By: Peter Thomas Conmy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oakland, CA, Oakland Public Library: 1961

Seller ID: 032052

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Conmy was the City Librarian for the Oakland Public Library. Paperback. Illustrated. No writing in the book. 66pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The History of the Military Occupation of the Territory of New Mexico from 1846 to 1851 by the Government of the United States

By: Ralph Emerson Twitchell

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, The Rio Grande Press: 1963

Seller ID: 020605

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Royal cloth, spine lightly sunned, previous owner's name stamped and handwritten on front end-paper, personal library bookplate inside front cover, there is no other writing in the book, illustrated, 394pp., Full refund if not satisfied.
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Early Western Travels 1748-1846: Travels in the Interior of North America By Maximilian, Prince of Wied. Volume XXV (Atlas)

By: Reuben Gold Thwaites, Editor

Price: $300.00

Publisher: New York, AMS Press: 1966

Seller ID: 020492

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

The atlas for the series. Burgundy cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine, illustrated,81 plates, folding map at rear. Corners slightly rounded and only the lightest of wear. Translated from the German by Hannibal Evans Lloyd. Comprising the series of original paintings to illustrate the text, by Charles Bodmer. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains (First Edition)

By: Rossiter W. Raymond

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, Goverment Printing Office: 1869

Seller ID: 035132

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Raymond was Special Commissioner of Mining Statistics for the Treasury Department. Brown paneled cloth with gold spine lettering. Some paper residue on rear board. iv, 256pp. Illustrated. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii (2 volume set)

By: Sahlins, Marshall; Kirch, Patrick Vinton

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chicago and London, University of Chicago Press: 1992

Seller ID: 033372

ISBN: 0226733653

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Like New

From the late 1700s, Hawaiian society began to change rapidly as it responded to the growing world system of capital whose trade routes and markets crisscrossed the islands. Reflecting many years of collaboration between Marshall Sahlins, a prominent social anthropologist, and Patrick V. Kirch, a leading archaeologist of Oceania, Anahulu seeks out the traces of this transformation in a typical local center of the kingdom founded by Kamehameha: the Anahulu river valley of northwestern Oahu. Paperback. 2 volumes complete. Illustrated. 243; 201pp., index. Previous owner's name stamped on fro...
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Rocky Mountain boom town: A history of Durango, Colorado

By: Smith, Duane A.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boulder, CO, Pruett Pub. Co: 1986

Seller ID: 039041

ISBN: 0871087162

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Pictorial paperback. Illustrated. x, 218pp., index. Previous owner's name stamped inside covers and on title page. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Leland Stanford Junior University: Fifth Annual Register 1895-96 (First Edition)

By: Stanford Universtiy

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Stanford, CA, Self-published: 1896

Seller ID: 032046

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good +

Annual Register for Stanford University in 1895-96. Paperback. Covers chipped and tattered, but no loss to text. 177pp. Previous owner's name written on front cover. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail

By: Theodore Roosevelt

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Readex Microprint: 1966

Seller ID: 033823

Binding: Leatherette

Condition: Near Fine

Part of the Great Americana Series. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1899 Century Company edition published in New York. Navy leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own and enjoy rare Americana. Leather spine label. 186pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated. No writing in the book. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Land of Aloha: The Hawaiian Islands (Island Treasures) First Edition

By: Tsutsumi, Cheryl Chee; Carmona, Veronica [Photographer]; Cecil, Ann [Photographer]; Dahlquist, Ron [Photographer]; Rosenberg, Philip [Photographer];

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Aiea, HI, Island Heritage: 2001

Seller ID: 033241

ISBN: 0896103889

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Brace yourself for a breathtaking experience of the spectacular Islands of Hawaii. Experience Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, and Kauai with colorful photographs and rich words, leading you to a window with a view of Hawaii's best - simply majestic! Publisher's cloth (oblong). Illustrated. Illustrated end papers. 120pp. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Yellowstone National Park: A Bibliography

By: Voth, Hazel Hunt and Dr. Carl P. Russell, Editors

Price: $50.00

Publisher: United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service: 1940

Seller ID: 033518

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Foreword by Carl P. Russell. Compiled at the Western Museum Laboratories of the National Park Service in Berkeley, California, with assistance provided by the Work Projects Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps. Intro. by Russell is: "A Concise History of Scientists and Scientific Investigation in Yellowstone National Park." Includes sections on Indians, history and travel, geology, flora, fauna, etc. Printed from typewritten copy and very scarce. Revised and enlarged edition. xxvi, 200pp. Stiff paper boards with publisher's brown taped spine. Rear cover worn, but still ver...
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The Road to Oregon: A Chronicle of the Great Emigrant Trail (First Edition)

By: W. J. Ghent

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London New York and Toronto, Longmans, Green and Company: 1929

Seller ID: 027245

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Forest green cloth with gold lettering. Illustrated end-papers. Frontispiece. 32 illustrations with a map. Contents page has closed tears. Mylar cover. xvi, 274pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Santa Barbara's Royal Rancho: The Fabulous History of Los Dos Pueblos (Signed)

By: Walker A. Tompkins

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, Howell-North: 1963

Seller ID: 035405

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The history of a Spanish land grant from the days of its two prehistoric Indian villages, through the period of the California Dons to the present day. Author's signature on title page. Orange cloth with black lettering and design on spine and front cover. Illustrated end-papers. viii, 282pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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A New History of the American West , "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own" (First Edition)

By: White, Richard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press: 1991

Seller ID: 031847

ISBN: 0806123664

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

This book represents a striking contrast to the conventional view of western history. As new copy. Blue publisher's cloth with red spine lettering. Illustrated. No writing in the book. xix, 644pp., index. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Pupil's Work Book in "Our State" (First Edition)

By: William Marks Wemett

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Valley City, ND, William Marks Wemett: 1927

Seller ID: 020859

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Staple oblong booklet, covers a bit worn, a few pages with light pencil notes, unpaginated, illustrated, maps, Full refund if not satisfied. Rare item.
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Category: Western states