London. 1812-1815. Five volumes. [2],xl,[16],574; [4],597; [4],512; [4],636; [4],462,[2],105pp. Modern black cloth, spines gilt. Front hinges of several volumes cracking, shelf numbers in white ink on spine, institutional stamps and markings on titlepages, top edges, and rear pastedowns. Light tanning and scattered foxing. Good plus. First English translation, after the.....

New York. 1877. 221pp. Folding map. Original pictorial cloth. A fine copy. A presentation copy, inscribed: "...with the compliments of the author." Describes with gusto the mineral wealth of the Southwest.

San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1878. 304,[6]pp. Modern library buckram. Very clean internally. Very good. From an edition of 500 copies. Includes sketches of the libraries of Hubert Howe Bancroft, the Society of California Pioneers, the University of California, Leland Stanford, J. Ross Browne, Charles and M.H. DeYoung, Bishop.....

Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1772. [16],358,[1]pp. plus two engraved plates (on one sheet) and folding map. Small octavo. Modern half vellum and marbled boards, spine gilt. A bit of light age toning, an occasional light fox mark. Three small purple ink spots in lower portion of map. Near fine. First.....

Boston. 1895. 38pp. Engraved portrait plus full-sheet woodcuts and in-text illustrations. Original gilt cloth. Some light foxing. Overall, just about very good. A presentation copy, with an ink stamp completed and inscribed by the author: "Hon. Robert Coit / With Compliments of / Nicholas Ball...May 20th 1895." This book contains.....

[San Francisco]. 1888. 4;45pp. Dbd. Good. Washington A. Bartlett, a former governor of California, was dropped unceremoniously from the Navy amidst a veritable flurry of accusations in 1855. He appealed for restoration years later (since he was out of the country at the time of discharge), systematically proving each charge.....

Montréal: Granger Frères, 1890. 323,[1]pp. plus several illustrations and folding map. Later blue cloth, gilt-stamped cover. Bookplate on front pastedown, front free endpaper and titlepage detached. Moderate uniform browning, paper slightly brittle. Overall, still very good. The narrative of a six-month tour of the Rockies. Most notable for its extensive.....

San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1969. 143pp. Sixty-five colored maps. Large oblong folio. Suede backed cloth. Some very slight sunning to spine and boards, one corner heavily worn. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Very good. "The book depicts contemporary maps of ranchos from the Mexican period. A beautiful book, designed by the.....

Los Angeles. 1881. 457pp. Original gilt pictorial cloth, expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down. Cloth heavily rubbed and worn. Internally clean. Overall, a solid, just about good copy. "The most readable historical narrative of early Southern California" - Howes. Bell includes accounts of his service with Walker in Nicaragua.....

Chico. [ 1914]. 91pp. with illustrations. Illus. 12mo. Printed wrappers. Contents browned as usual. A near fine copy of a fragile book. These sketches of the author's early life in the West and California, including his account of his 1839 overland journey as a prospective settler, were originally published in.....

Glendale, Ca. The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1931-1943. Twelve volumes including index volume. Illustrated with plates from engravings, lithographs, photographs, and other early sources; frontispieces; folding maps. [6]ppp. printed prospectus for the series laid into first volume. Original red cloth, spines gilt, t.e.g. Cloth on some volumes lightly rubbed. Bookplate.....

Palo Alto. Lewis Osborne, 1966. 86,[1]pp. Original gilt cloth. Very good. In plain dust jacket, with facsimile newspaper. Nicely produced reprint edition of Major C. Bolin's narrative. Bolin was hanged for murder in front of about 5,000 people; this was his last ditch effort to defend himself and avoid execution.....

[N.p., near San Francisco. ca. 1851]. Original pencil drawing, 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Backed on thicker stock to an overall size of 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Signed in the lower right, "J. D. Borthwick." Light foxing in the image, minor toning around the edges. Near fine.....