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CURRIER & IVES PRINTMAKERS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Peters, Harry T.:
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1942.
[20],41pp. plus 191 plates. Quarto. Pictorial cloth. Bit of staining on spine, else fine. An abbreviated version of Peters' classic.. more
Price: $10.00
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RANGER MOSBY.
Jones, Virgil Carrington:
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1944.
xiii,347pp. Cloth. Slightly stained. A sound copy. Later printing. A biography of the fearless and cunning Confederate leader, Mosby. .. more
Price: $10.00
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WILLIAM ANDERSON SCOTT, "NO ORDINARY MAN."
Drury, Clifford Merrill:
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1967.
3-352pp. including twenty-four illustrations. Portrait frontispiece. Original blue cloth. Very good. In dust jacket "The first full length biography of.. more
Price: $10.00
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STANLEY VESTAL: CHAMPION OF THE OLD WEST.
Tassin, Ray:
Glendale, Ca.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1973.
299pp. including illustrations. Frontis. Brown cloth, gilt. Fine. In dust jacket. Walter Stanley Campbell (a.k.a. Stanley Vestal) was the first.. more
Price: $14.00
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FREMONT PATHMARKER OF THE WEST.
Nevins, Allan:
New York. 1955.
xiv,689pp. plus plates. Portrait. Cloth. About fine. In rather sunned and bit chipped dust jacket. Standard biography of the western.. more
Price: $14.00
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BIG DAN. THE STORY OF A COLORFUL RAILROADER.
Cunningham, Frank:
Salt Lake City. 1946.
350pp. plus plates. Portrait. Gilt cloth. Very good in badly torn dust jacket. Ink gift inscription to Herbert and Garnet.. more
Price: $14.00
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THE INDIAN LEGACY OF CHARLES BIRD KING.
Viola, Herman:
Washington. 1976.
152pp. Portrait. Illus. (some in color). Large quarto. Cloth. Fine. In dust jacket. Well illustrated biography of this portraitist of.. more
Price: $15.00
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AMERICA IS GOOD TO A COUNTRY BOY.
Cutler, Leland W.:
Stanford, Ca. 1954.
271pp. Quarto. Cloth and boards. Fine in soiled and slightly chipped dust jacket. The memoirs of a country boy made.. more
Price: $15.00
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THREE STARS FOR THE COLONEL.
Clark, James A.:
New York. [1954].
270pp. Cloth. Fine. In soiled dust jacket. The important biography of Ernest O. Thompson, a pioneer in petroleum science, by.. more
Price: $15.00
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LAWRENCE COUNSELMAN WROTH 1884 - 1970 THE MEMORIAL MINUTE READ BEFORE THE FACULTY OF BROWN UNIVERSITY 9 FEBRUARY 1971 AND A HANDLIST OF AN EXHIBITION OF HIS WRITINGS IN THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY OF BROWN UNIVERSITY.
[Wroth, Lawrence C.]:
Providence. 1971.
[29]pp. Stiff printed wrappers. Wrappers bit soiled, else fine. Tribute to the late librarian of the John Carter Brown. .. more
Price: $15.00
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THE JOYOUS JOURNEY OF LEROY R. AND ANN W. HAFEN. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Hafen, LeRoy R. and Ann W.:
Glendale, Ca.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1973.
334,[1]pp. including illustrations. Frontis. Green cloth, gilt. Near fine. In dust jacket. Co-published with Fred A. Rosenstock, The Old West.. more
Price: $18.00
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KIT CARSON THE HAPPY WARRIOR OF THE OLD WEST A BIOGRAPHY.
Vestal, Stanley:
Boston. 1928.
297pp. Portrait. Cloth. Very good. Standard biography of the legendary westerner. .. more
Price: $20.00
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MATTHEW HALE CARPENTER, WEBSTER OF THE WEST.
Thompson, E. Bruce:
Madison. 1954.
335pp. Illus. Cloth. Fine in dust jacket. One of the most famous American senators of the Reconstruction period. .. more
Price: $20.00
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THE SOUTH LIVES IN HISTORY SOUTHERN HISTORIANS AND THEIR LEGACY.
Stephenson, Wendell Holmes:
Baton Rouge. [1955].
xiii,163pp. Cloth. Fine. In dust jacket with some edge wear. Useful biographical and bibliographical sketches of William E. Dodd, Ulrich.. more
Price: $20.00
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ALFALFA BILL: AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY.
Hines, Gordon:
Oklahoma City. 1932.
308pp. Frontis. Photos. Cloth. Fine. In chipped dust jacket. A biography of the Oklahoma governor. .. more
Price: $20.00
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EDWARD KERN AND AMERICAN EXPANSION.
Hine, Robert V.:
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962.
xix,180pp. plus illustrations. Cloth and boards. Small tear on page v, not affecting the illustration. Near fine, in dust jacket... more
Price: $20.00
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EASTMAN JOHNSON.
Hills, Patricia:
New York: Clarkson N. Potter Inc., [1972].
xxiii,[1],126pp. including numerous illustrations. Frontis. Slim quarto. Original pictorial wrappers. Very good. A biography of the artist with copious examples.. more
Price: $20.00
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RUDOLPH JAMES WIG: ENGINEER, POMONA COLLEGE TRUSTEE, PRESBYTERIAN LAYMAN.
Drury, Clifford Merrill:
Glendale, Ca.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1968.
320pp. including illustrations. Frontis. Green cloth, gilt. Fine, in dust jacket. Wig was an engineer active in the private and.. more
Price: $20.00
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GEORGE BELLOWS.
Boswell, Peyton, Jr.:
New York. [1942].
112pp., including eight color plates and seventy-five halftones. Quarto. Original red cloth, gilt. Near fine in an edgeworn and soiled.. more
Price: $20.00
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THE FATHER OF TEXAS.
Barker, Eugene C.:
New York. [1935].
vii,248pp. Frontis, illus. Cloth. Very good. A biography of Stephen F. Austin, "for young people." Illustrated by W.R. Lohse. .. more
Price: $20.00
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BRIGHAM YOUNG.
Werner, Morris R.:
London. [1925].
xvi,478pp. plus plates. Portrait. Cloth. Very good. First British edition of this standard biography. .. more
Price: $20.00
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WILLIAM STEWART YOUNG, 1859 - 1937, BUILDER OF CALIFORNIA INSTITUTIONS. AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY.
Young, Nellie May:
Glendale, Ca.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1967.
196pp. including illustrations. Frontispiece portrait. Prospectus laid in. Brown cloth. Fine, in dust jacket. Young was involved in the founding.. more
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THE WESTERN ODYSSEY OF JOHN SIMPSON SMITH. FRONTIERSMAN, TRAPPER, TRADER, AND INTERPRETER.
Hoig, Stan:
Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1974.
5-254pp. including twelve illustrations. Frontis. Original red cloth. Fine. A biography of a noted frontiersman, whose fantastic reputation has faded.. more
Price: $24.00
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KIT CARSON. A PORTRAIT IN COURAGE.
Estergreen, M. Morgan:
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1967].
xxiii,[1],320pp. plus illustrations. Original red cloth, black gilt label. Near fine. In price- clipped dust jacket. Second printing, after the.. more
Price: $24.00
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ISAAC T. HOPPER: A TRUE LIFE.
Child, L. Maria:
Boston. 1853.
xvi,493pp. Portrait. 12mo. Original cloth. Worn at extremities with chipping to head and toe of spine, bookplate removed, front hinge.. more
Price: $25.00
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CHARLES W. QUANTRELL [sic]. A TRUE HISTORY OF HIS GUERRILLA WARFARE....
Burch, J.P.:
Vega, Tx. 1923.
266pp. Portrait, illus. Original cloth. Very good. As Adams suggests, one loses confidence in a biographer who does not spell.. more
Price: $25.00
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BRIGHAM YOUNG.
Werner, Morris R.:
New York. [1925].
xvi,478pp. plus plates. Portrait. Cloth. A very fine, partially unopened copy. Includes a history of Mormonism, the role of Joseph.. more
Price: $25.00
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SAMUEL COLT: A MAN AND AN EPOCH.
Rywell, Martin:
Harriman, Tn. [1952].
200pp. Frontis. Illus. Cloth. Fine. In dust jacket, taped to front endpaper. Second edition of one of the most important.. more
Price: $28.00
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LIFE EXPLORATIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JOHN CHARLES FREMONT.
Upham, Charles W.:
Boston. 1856.
356pp. Portrait. Original cloth. Spine sunned, plates tanned, some light scattered foxing. Good. The standard campaign biography. .. more
Price: $30.00
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TAKE YOUR BIBLE IN ONE HAND. THE LIFE OF WILLIAM HENRY THOMES....
Stewart, George R.:
San Francisco. 1939.
67pp. Quarto. Cloth and decorated boards. Boards soiled. Internally fine. Printed by the Grabhorns at the Colt Press in an.. more
Price: $30.00
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LIFE OF JOSIAH QUINCY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Quincy, Edmund:
Boston. 1868.
xii,560pp. plus two plates (including frontispiece portrait). Original blindstamped green cloth, spine gilt. Hinges a touch weak, a few modest.. more
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TEN YEARS A COWBOY.
[Post, Charles C.]:
Chicago. 1899.
471pp. plus ads and plates. Original pictorial cloth. Front hinge weak, slight edge wear. Very good. Later edition, first published.. more
Price: $30.00
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LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA 1777 - 1783.
Gottschalk, Louis:
Arveyres, France: L'Esprit de Lafayette Society, [1975].
[20],184,[6],364,[6],458pp. plus six plates. Gilt "buffalo." Fine. Signed by the author. A deluxe edition of Gottschalk's account of Lafayette's role.. more
Price: $30.00
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A WESTERN PANORAMA 1849-1875 THE TRAVELS, WRITINGS AND INFLUENCE OF J. ROSS BROWNE ON THE PACIFIC COAST, AND IN TEXAS, NEVADA, ARIZONA, AND BAJA CALIFORNIA, AS THE FIRST MINING COMMISSIONER, AND MINISTER TO CHINA.
Goodman, David Michael:
Glendale. 1966.
328pp. Portrait and in text illustrations. Maps. Original red cloth. Fine. Excellent account of one man's contributions to the development.. more
Price: $30.00
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GEORGE BELLOWS.
Eggers, George W.:
New York. [1931].
60pp., including illustrations. Quarto. Red cloth, gilt. Near fine in dust jacket chipped at the spine ends. Illustrated with numerous.. more
Price: $30.00
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A BLIND MAN'S OFFERING.
Bowen, B.B.:
Boston. 1877.
432pp. Frontispiece portrait. Original cloth. Wear at extremities. Internally very clean. A very good copy. A charming and interesting self-published.. more
Price: $30.00
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JOHN JAMES AUDUBON.
[Audubon, John James]: Ford, Alice:
Norman. [1964].
488,[1]pp. Color frontis. Illus. Cloth. Fine. In slightly worn dust jacket. Biography of the famed naturalist. .. more
Price: $30.00
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE GENERALS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION.
[American Revolution]:
Cambridge, Ma.: John Wilson and Son, 1889.
167pp. Original printed wrappers. Covers slightly soiled, internally clean and fresh. A very good copy. A fine compilation of brief.. more
Price: $32.00
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EMILIO KOSTERLITZKY EAGLE OF SONORA AND THE SOUTHWEST BORDER.
Smith, Cornelius C., Jr.:
Glendale, Ca.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1970.
344pp. including illustrations and maps. Blue cloth. Covers slightly bowed. Near fine. Kosterlitzky left Russia in the 1860s as a.. more
Price: $33.00
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LIFE OF COL. FREMONT [caption title].
[Fremont, John C.]:
New York. 1856.
32pp. Two plates plus portrait. Original self-wrappers. First leaf and final leaf both detached but present. Some light soiling, but.. more
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FOLLOWING ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1809 - 1865.
Wall, Bernhardt:
New York. [1943].
xix,17-415pp. Illus. Cloth. About fine. In dust jacket with some edge wear. The life of Lincoln told through numerous fine.. more
Price: $35.00
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A MONOGRAPH ON THE REV. ISRAEL EVANS, A.M. CHAPLAIN...DURING THE ENTIRE REVOLUTIONARY WAR....
Thorne, John C.:
New York. 1907.
32pp. Quarto. Dbd. Very good. Abbott reprint. Evans was also a minister in Concord, N.H. .. more
Price: $35.00
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FROM THE FORECASTLE TO THE CABIN BEING THE MEMOIRS OF...OF THE FAMOUS PACKET SHIP "DREADNOUGHT" With an Introduction by Ralph D. Paine.
Samuels, Samuel, Capt.:
Boston. 1924.
xxxviii,[2],308pp. plus plates. Frontispiece portrait. Original blue cloth. Very good. A later edition, after the first of 1887. An autobiographical.. more
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THE EMERGENCE OF LINCOLN.
Nevins, Allan:
New York. 1950.
Two volumes. Cloth. Very good. In original illustrated slipcase. Important biography by the prolific Nevins. .. more
Price: $35.00
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SEVENTY YEARS.
Hoar, George F.:
New York. 1903.
Two volumes. ix,434;viii,493pp. Portrait. Original cloth, t.e.g. Bookplate. Very good. Memoirs of this noted Massachusetts lawyer, representative, and senator, relating.. more
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A COUNTY JUDGE IN ARCADY. SELECTED PRIVATE PAPERS OF CHARLES FERNALD, PIONEER CALIFORNIA JURIST.
Fernald, Charles:
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954.
5-268pp. including seven illustrations. Portrait. Original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Near fine, in original plain dust jacket, with author's name.. more
Price: $35.00
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THE YOUNG AMERICAN'S LIFE OF FREMONT.
Woodworth, Francis C.:
New York & Auburn. 1856.
xii,[2],[13]-282pp. plus plates. Portrait. Original cloth. Cloth soiled, extremities worn, some internal soiling. A sound copy. A laudatory biography of.. more
Price: $35.00
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DR. JOSIAH GREGG. HISTORIAN OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL.
Twitchell, Ralph E.:
Santa Fe. [1924].
45pp. plus portrait. Pictorial wrappers. Very good. .. more
Price: $37.00
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ONE WHO WAS VALIANT.
Spencer, Clarissa Young, and Mabel Harmer:
Caldwell, Id. 1940.
279pp. plus plates and index. Portrait. Gilt cloth. Fine. In tanned dust jacket with a couple of small chips. Biography.. more
Price: $40.00
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FRANK REAUGH. PAINTER TO THE LONGHORNS.
[Reaugh, Frank]: Weismann, Donald L., ed:
College Station, Tx.: Texas A & M University Press, [1985].
147pp., including numerous color illustrations. Oblong quarto. Original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. As new. In pictorial dust jacket. A retrospective.. more
Price: $40.00
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