The History of Arizona Territory (reprint edition) Showing Its Resources and Advantages; with Illustrations of Its Scenery, Residences, Farms, Mines,.Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, from Original Drawings (Ltd. edition #297 of 350 copies)
Quarto. Limited to 350 copies. The present copy is #340. 322(1) pp. [62] leaves of plates, colored map laid in at the rear. Originally Published in San Francisco in 1884, this is the only reprint of the scarcest early history of Arizona Profusely illustrated with full page engravings of the Sierra Bonita Ranch and many other landmarks in the early 1880's. A fine copy bound in black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and blind, spine lettering gilt. A very nice clean sharp cornered copy in blue-gray dust jacket lettered and decorated in black, spine evenly sunned with a bit of sunning along upper edge, very tiny tear to upper edge, a near fine.- $541
- $541
A Century of Sonnets
Michener, James A. Octavo. Limited to 250 copies numbered and signed by the Author with his red JAM stamp. no pagination. This special edition was produced in celebration of Mr. Michener's 90th birthday. Several of the sonnets include a short summery below explainng the sonnet and why it was written. A lovely copy bound in 1/4 dark blue morocco over marbled paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, housed within a marbled paper slipcase. Fine.- $155
- $155
Permanence De La Parure et Du Masque Africains
Bernolles, Jacques Thick Large Octavo. cxxxiv, 462 pages. French text with 63 full page plates, some with color in outline, divided into five parts: (1) a set of "propositions" describing successive migrations out of the drought-ridden Sahara by Pygmies, Paleonoirs, and Bovidiens-Fulbt, and the possibility of "psychotypologically" categorizing Saharan rock paintings. (2) a survey of contemporary and recent African hairdresses, wigs, hide clothing, scarification, body painting, and "jewelry," with their putative parallels in the rock paintings; (3) a discussion of the psychological functions of human and animal masks among ancient Egyptians and contemporary Dogon, Bambara, Kete, Kuba, and others; (4) a section on dances and myths in the Sahara; (5) a 100-page conclusion condemning "the principle of the absolute superiority of rules--urban and 'civilized,' of rational and materialistic methods, in the organization and rule of men. A very fine copy of an important work on African culture. A near fine copy bound in gray stiff paper wraps lettered in red and black.- $155
- $155
A Place of Refuge: Maynard Dixon’s Arizona
Smith, Thomas Brent; Donald J Hagerty and Maynard Dixon Quarto. 148 pages. The California-born Dixon (1875-1946) first traveled to Arizona in 1900 to experience what he believed was a vanishing West. Amid the mesas, canyons, and desert lands of the region he found visual inspiration and a spiritual solace that would shape both his painting and his life. His response to Arizona's natural and cultural landscapes would fuel the evolution of a powerful personal style; the place would ultimately become both an aesthetic and personal refuge." "Thomas Brent Smith explores Dixon's departure from traditional depictions of human conflict in the "Old West" model, as rendered by artists such as his predecessors Frederic Remington and others, in favor of a new body of tranquil and idealistic western images. Donald J. Hagerty presents a biographical essay tracing Dixon's travel amid the lands and people of Arizona and exploring their impact on his art. The two essays are followed by a "Chronological Folio" of Dixon's Arizona works from the early drawings of Native American subjects and scenes made in 1900 to the gentle and eloquent landscapes of his final years. A fine copy bound in white cloth, spine lettering gilt, in a near fine dust jacket with small closed tear to edge of rear panel.- $62
- $62
Buffalo Gals Won’t You Come Out Tonight
Le Guin, Ursula Small Quarto. 79 pages. Inscribed by Ursula Le Guin to Philomena (Guillebaud) "with Christmas cheer" and signed by Susan Seddon Boulet, the illustrator, whose paintings deal with primitive man and creatures often with a Native American sensitivity. A beautiful work and Karla Armbruster have written an article on ecofeminism in this this book. (Interdisciplinary Studies on Literature and the Environment. Vol. 3, no. 1 (Summer, 1996). A near fine copy bound in pale blue cloth, slight bumping or spine ends, in clipped pictorial dust jacket.- $129
- $129
The Many Lives of the Lynx: a Century of Mining on Lynx Creek Between 1863 and 1963
Potter, Alvina N. Octavo. Revised Edition. xii, 215 pages, map on endpapers. Bibliographic references (pages 199-215). The Lynx was situated in the mining region between Walker and Poland in the heart of the highly mineralized Bradshaw Mountains, with the creek itself a tributary of the Hassayampa River, a veritable synonym for gold. First discovered and mined by the Walker Party in 1863, the district has been worked over again and again by gold seekers, and still a favorite weekend spot for mineralogists and nugget-hunters. Lynx Creek was and is the heart of the Arizona mountain and mineral belt. and florid history. Potter's treatment is one of critical but moderate narration, with greatest attention of course paid to the claims, mines, mills, and smelters which once dotted the area, and on the other hand to reminiscences of old-timers which are found nowhere else. The earlier edition was only 165 pages and had a two-page index. Fortunately, Northland Press agreed to print an expanded edition in the same year with a 11-page index (the earlier version had two pages). A fine copy bound in blue cloth, spine lettering silver, endpapers are maps, in a fine unclipped dust jacket of one of the most scarce books on Arizona mines.- $386
- $386
Montana: a Paper Trail
Minckler, Thomas E. "Thomas Minckler has dedicated his life to collecting artifacts connected to Montana and northern Plains history. Follow his "paper trail" of letters, documents, vintage photographs, rare books, paintings, and ephemera that bring to life our fascinating past"- The wide-ranging collection includes the sole image of James Kipp (1788-1880), the iconic builder of Upper Missouri River fur trading posts. It also includes photos of the legendary Ferdinand Hayden's Yellowstone Expedition in 1871 taken by Bozeman photographer Joshua Crissman, who produced the first images of Yellowstone Park and the only known photo of the Expedition's wagon train. In addition, the collection includes outstanding unpublished material by Granville Stuart, Teddy Blue Abbott, C.M. Russell, Thomas Meagher, Father Pierre DeSmet, and George Armstrong Custer. This is perhaps the greatest collection that has appeared since the days of rarities of the Streeter sale. Thomas Minckler spent a half century gathering 19th and early 20th century letters and documents, vintage photographs, rare books, and paintings. The hardcover edition is only recorded in two libraries: the Library of Congress and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Our copy is in fine condition in a fine dust jacket with no flaws of any kind.- $118
- $118
History of the 53rd (Welsh) Division
Ward, Major C.H. Dudley Small Quarto. Portrait frontispiece, 288pp. 5 full paged maps and 4 large folding maps. illustrated. In the battles which scattered her armies and drove our men of the war to the Turkish Empire, the achievements of the young and inexperienced troops who formed the majority in the 53rd Division rivalled their exploits of those veterans who had already set an example which won and will forever retain their Empire's admiration. A very handsome copy bound in a modern 20th century full red morocco ruled and decorated in gilt and blind, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, housed within red cloth slipcase with original front covered mounted, original dust jacket preserved and bound in at the rear. Though rebound, an especially nice copy.- $335
- $335
Journal Up the Straits October 11, 1856-May 5, 1857
Melville, Herman and Raymond Weaver Octavo. Limited to 650 copies. Engraved frontispiece of Melville.182(1) pp. edited with an introduction by Raymond Weaver, designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by the Pynson Printers. This particular manuscript was never published. There is a 14 page prospectus laid in that gives information including information that is not included within the book. A very nice copy bound in marbled cloth, black leather spine label gilt, light finger soiling to spine. No names or bookplates. [BAL-13690].- $113
- $113
Van De Velde; A Catalogue of the Paintings and the Younger Willem Van De Velde
Robinson, M.S. (Michael Strang) Thick Quartos. 2 volume set. Vol. I: 566pp. and Vol.II: 567-1153 pp. and (44)pp Index to dating paintings and a summary index. Beautifully illustrated in color and in black and white. The marine draughtsman Willem van de Velder the Elder was born in Leiden in 1611, the son of the master of a transport vessel. As a boy he travelled with his father which formed his career as a marine artist. His earliest drawings from the 1630's and 1640's depicted individual ships and the Dutch fleetat rest. However, he spent most of his career portraying naval battles as he travelled with the Dutch navy. During the winter of 1672, Van de Velde left Amsterdam for England joining his son. Charles II awared him a grant to making draughts of Sea Fights, while his son was responsible to put them into colors. After his father's death in 1693, Van de Velde (the younger) continued to oversee the studio. Van de Velde's paintings, the earliest of which date from the 1650s, demonstrate the influence of his father's precise drawings and pen paintings of ships and battle scenes as well as De Vlieger's atmospheric coastlines. Van de Velde often depicted beach scenes and boats along the coast with an attention to the movement of light and clouds over calm or stormy waters. His subject matter evolved over the course of his career as he received more commissions to record Dutch and English naval battles. Van de Velde's sensitive renderings of the ships and sea made him one of the most influential marine painters of the seventeenth century. Both volumes bound in blue clotjhspines lettered in gilt, innear fine pictorial dust jackets hused within publisher's cloth covered slipcase.- $438
- $438
The Nation of the Willows (signed By Dr. Robert C. Euler), Limited to 200 Copies of Which This is #70
Cushing, Frank H. Octavo. Limited to 200 copies signed by Robert C. Euler who wrote the foreword. The present copy is #70. 75 pages, with the 4 page promotional account laid in. Cushing's 1882 account of his visit to the Havasupai Indians, or 'The Nation of the Willows" . In the first part of the narrative, entitled "The Ride Thither," Cushing and two Indians set out from Zuni northwestward to Havasu Falls. In establishing the dramatic pattern of their journey Cushing adopts a familiar quotidian rhythm: early morning enthusiasm is regularly succeeded by midday toil, danger, heat, and hardship, which is resolved, relieved by evening arrival, relaxation, and the camaraderie of the campfire - or happy arrival in Havasu village. Within this established rhythm, however, Cushing constructs a second cycle: as the party rides along, Cushing describes the changing, deceptive shapes and patterns of the land as they are approached. His remarkable life living among the Zuni, learning their language, eating their food (critics considered a dirty, uncivilized way of life), he became the leading expert on the tribe and its culture. They designated him as second chief. A fine copy bound in 1/4 green cloth over marbled paper covered boards pictorial stamped in black depicting a willow tree, in publisher's fine slipcase.- $93
- $93
Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey
Emory, William H. Quarto. 3 volume reprint of the 2 volume set. Illustrated in color and in black and white like the original. Emory was primarily responsible for the cartography and his map is essential in determining the Gadsen Purchase. Volume I begins with his Personal account, then describes Lower Rio Bravo. From mouth of Devil's river to El Paso del Norte. Sketch of territory acquired by treaty of Dec. 30, 1853. The original costs of the set caused Congress to limit the set by two-thirds. Fortunately, the Texas State Historical Association was able to print the complete set with the map leaving no omissions. A fine set bound in 1/4 dark blue cloth over orange cloth, spine lettering gilt.- $412
- $412
Down the Colorado; Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon 1869
Powell, John Wesley and Eliot Porter Folio. 168pp. including index, Foreword and notes by Don Fowler, photographs, and epilogue by Eliot Porter. This is Powell's dramatic journal of 1869, edited and introduced by Don Fowler. Portions of this work were presented by Scribner's Magazine over 150 years ago. Eliot Porter contributed a 48 page gallery of four-color photographs. Powell, with 10 men and four boats traveled down the raging Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon. After 13 weeks, Powell emerged from the Canyon with only two boats left and 6 survivors. The photographs are quite striking. A handsome copy bound in tan cloth, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in nearly fine pictorial dust jacket.- $118
- $118
Exploratory Travels Through Territories of North America Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of That River and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North Eastern Provinces of New Spain
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery Small Quarto. Later reprint. portrait frontispiece, 394pp., with four maps, two single paged maps and two double paged maps. First published in 1810 and because of a few errors and inaccuracies of expression, the publisher's felt the British edition deemed the best choice for a reprint. Pike gives a day-by-day account of his travels. His travel through Colorado in the dead of winter was especially interesting. Bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt, rebacked in maroon cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, endpapers renewed, with nice repair to outer margin of frontispiece. A very nice copy without names or bookplates.- $258
- $258
The Bushwhacked Piano
McGuane, Thomas Octavo. Author's second book and signed by the author. 220pp., He has been compared to Hemingway, Fitsgerald, Faulkner, Updike and others, yet he is really distinguished by a wildly inventive comic vision, but a felicity of style and maverick energy that are absolutely his own. According to Edward Abbey McGuane is a real comic cool crazy cat. A fine copy bound in brown cloth stamped in black depicting three bats, spine lettered and stamped in black, top edge yellow, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket is near fine with just a bit of darkening to spine. Very nice.- $283
- $283
Zylinder Und Stempelsiegel Aus Karahoyuk Bei Konya
Alp, Sedat Quarto. . xvi, 310, pages and 254 pages of plates. German text. This major work consists primarily of clay seals and an impressive number (310) of clay crescents stamped before baking. Only fourteen cylinders and seven stamps of the types used on the sealings turned up. Also published in this volume are simple decorating stamps, pot marks, and objects with incised designs. All this material is presented in clear, generous fashion by Professor Alp. A near fine copy with 2 slightly bumped corners, in a very good dust jacket with large chips to upper edge and lower corner of front panel.- $170
- $170
Globe, Arizona: Early Times in a Little World of Copper and Cattle
Woody, Clara T. And Milton L. Schwartz Octavo. 262pp., with an introduction by C.L. Sonnichesen. Part one: The New Country -- Part two: War in Pleasant Valley -- Part three: The End of an Era. Globe, Arizona is a mountain mining and ranching town with a background of unusually interstig frontier history. This is the story of the pioneers who came and settled in a place five days journey by freight wagon from the nearest center of civiliation. It is the account of the struggle to assert law and order, to build churches and schools and to establish rances and homesteads as neighbors to the Apaches.Globe residents weathered the worst and built a town supported by some of the rischest mineral resources in Arizona. A fine bright copy bound in red cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, in a fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket.- $88
- $88
Dune
Herbert, Frank Octavo. 571 pages. Book clubn edition printed by Chilton, who printed the first edition, and has the same dust jacket art as the first edition. Table of Contents has Maud'Dib, (instead of Maud Dib). Like the first edition, the book club had many printings due to popularity. There were at least 12 printings of the book club edition, and this copy is a first printing (noted by the gutter code 47M at the bottom of the biography page and the end of the book, which signifies a December 1971 printing date). 1681 printed inside the bottom back flap. What makes this copy very scarce is that Chilton used plain non-laminated paper for their jackets, making them quite fragile. Jacket art by John Schoenherr. A fine bright copy bound in red cloth, spine lettering silver, in near fine pictorial dust jacket lightly rubbed at spine ends. No names or bookplates. Very nice.- $386
- $386
On Stranger Tides
Powers, Tim Octavo. 352 pages. Boldly signed on the title page with his usual upside down name. The Guardian writes: "The best fantasy writer to appear in decades." His genre is "secret histories". He takes established facts of important people in history and finds oddities in their lives that the careful reader of their histories don't expect. He then fills in the gaps with supernatural events to show what "really happened". This book deals with the golden age of Pirates and uses Blackbeard with magic, voodoo, the Fountain of Youth" weaving them together to make a great story. In an interview, he said among his influences were Sabatini which was an affectionate homage to Captain Blood as well as Lovecraft, Heinlein, John D. MacDonald, and Fritz Leiber. He said his thoughts are often affected by a feeling that comes from Fritz Leiber. He also noted that I love the Gurney skeleton waving a cutlass, On Stranger Tides. Of course, he noted being a Floridian, the images of the past often were part of his writing. (Science Fiction Studies, 1998). Powers has won the Philip K. Dick Award twice, the World Fantasy Aware twice and the Locus Fantasy Award. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.- $252
- $252
God Emperor of Dune
Herbert, Frank Octavo. 411 pages. Fourth book in the Dune series. God Emperor of Dune moves us some 3,500 years on from Leto's ascension to the throne and concerns events near the end of his reign. The novel has a dual perspective. Most of its scenes are from Leto's "Stolen Journals," discovered perhaps another 4,000 years later by archaeologists of the Rakis Find. Leto is fascinating. He is alternately absorbing and repelling. When he addresses himself to questions of purpose-to the ultimate ends of evolutionary diversity, ecological interconnectedness and preservation of niches, the horror of human hubris and anthropocentrism, the dangers of technology, and the abolition of war-what he has to say is astute and compelling. He speaks of the preservation of tribal skills and of protecting the context in which human choice is possible Like the best of science fiction, it raises questions we could only wish political leaders considered. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket save for a hint of toning to rear panel.- $438
- $438