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...

[Various locations in California and Texas. ca. 1940]s. 445 black-and-white photographs in mounting corners (a few photographs loosely laid in). On average measuring 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 or 4 x 6 inches, with a handful in a smaller format and a few as large as 8 x 10 inches...

Cincinnati: G.W. Lasher, 1880. 400pp. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Cloth sunned, especially on spine. Worn at spine ends and corners. One leaf with a long, closed tear, else quite clean internally. About very good. Babb was a Presbyterian clergyman who published some 400 letters in the JOURNAL AND MESSENGER in...

Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773. [16],358pp. plus two engraved plates and folding map. Contemporary patterned paper boards, expertly rebacked and recornered to style, preserving original leather label. Internally clean. Very good plus. Second issue, with some corrections, after the first printing of the previous year, of this rare account of...

Magdalena Bay, Lower California. November 10, 1870. [4]pp. on a folded folio sheet, including a map on the final page. Small tape repair in foredge of first leaf. A bit of offsetting from the masthead and the map. Near fine. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt...

San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Compy. Booksellers & Stationers, 1873. 32 x 35 inches, with full period color, folding into original stamped brown cloth covers. Covers repaired along spine, corners lightly worn. Advertisement for Bancroft laid down on inside front cover. Expert tissue repairs to splits along folds and cross-folds...

New York: Burr Printing House, 1887. viii,167pp. Original green publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt on front cover. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Front inner hinge starting. Internally clean. Very good. Printed for private distribution. With descriptions of various locales in Mexico, as well as scenes from California, including San Francisco's...

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 a good copy. "The most readable historical narrative of early Southern California" - Howes. Bell includes accounts of his service with Walker in...

New York. 1928. Three volumes in all. Facsimiles. Tall quarto. Original gilt cloth, t.e.g. [with:] AMERICANA COLLECTION OF HERSCHEL V. JONES A CHECK-LIST [1473 - 1926] COMPILED BY WILBERFORCE EAMES. New York. 1938. xii,220pp. Original gilt cloth, t.e.g. Bookplate on front pastedown of third volume. Bright, very good set. First.....