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AT HOME WITH THE HIGH ONES: A Portfolio of Photos and Text. Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Pub Co, 1974. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Printed wraps. 32pp. List of plates. The complete 32 color plates (9" x 11 1/4") of large Rocky Mountain animals are in a near fine gilt-stamped custom folder. Fine. 1st printing is scarce. (#1204032) $28.36
714. Crawford, Lewis F. BADLANDS AND BRONCHO TRAILS. Bismarck, 1922., 1922. First Edition. Book. Gilt-stamped cloth. 114pp. Illust/photos. Marbled endpapers. "These (written) sketches are not intended to make up a history of the badlands. it is hoped they will stir in the reader's vein the human side of the rancher's life." A few pages are uncut (thus unread); a few other pages have been cut at the edges somewhat roughly & have some ragged margins. Several margin tears archivally repaired. Good. Privately printed & very scarce. By the author of the later Rekindling Campfires. Herd 604. (#0111044) $37.73
715. Crawford, Lewis F. BADLANDS AND BRONCHO TRAILS. Bismarck, 1922., 1922. First Edition. Book. Gilt-stamped cloth. 114pp. Illust/photos. Marbled endpapers. Partially affixed & folded on front paste down is a T.L.S. (typed letter signed) by Crawford on the letterhead of The Industrial Commission of North Dakota" of which Crawford was Secretary. Obituary of Crawford partially affixed to back of letterhead on folded part. The letter was to Kara Dickinson, City Auditor of Minot, N. D. & is dated Jan. 10, 1923. Wear to spine extremities. Near vg. Privately printed & very scarce. By the author of the later book, Rekindling Campfires. Herd 604. (#0303027) $65.61
716. Crew, Linda. A HEART FOR ANY FATE Westward to Oregon 1845 (Signed). Oregon Hist. Soc., Portland, 2005, 2005. First Edition. Book. 1st edition. Cloth. 239pp. Several vintage b/w photos from the OHS & Benton Co. Hist. Soc.. Oregon Trail Map. Signed & dated by Crew, this is apparently the the first novel to be published by the Oregon Historical Society ever, & that fact should indicate something of the quality of the novel. An advanced juvenile novel, but will appeal to adults. "Based on a true story, (it) tells how one pioneer family's careful plans are challenged by the harsh and unforeseen realities of overland travel." Fine, as new in dj. (#0505045-2) $22.96
717. Crews, Laura E. MY KINSFOLK: A Story and Genealogy of the Crews, Sampson, Wilber and Waddel Families (Signed). (Enid): Privately Printed, 1941. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped black cloth. 169pp. Plates of family crests. The author was a noted Garfield County, Oklahoma, pioneer. She made the 1893 Run in to the Cherokee Strip (and attempted one or two earlier land openings) & was noted for riding horseback "a-straddle". Fine condition. Scarce. (#SHEL795) $75.00
718. Crockett, Davy. HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION and be a thoroughgoing politican. Grosse Pointe: Junto, 1976. Limited/Numbered. Book. A printed memento, ltd to 100 copies, of which this is copy #3. 12mo pictorial wraps. (8pp). From the private press of Julius Goodman & signed by him. The frontiersman made this speech in 1836. Fine. Scarce. (#1402025) $25.01
719. Croft, Helen Downer. THE DOWNS, THE ROCKIES - AND DESERT GOLD (Signed). Caldwell: Caxton, 1961. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 247pp. Illus. Bibliography. Inscribed to the author's sister, Mildred Young Pneuman, right after publication. A family memoir based primarily in & around Ouray, Colorado & the San Juans. Fine in dj. (#1307026) $30.02
720. Cronise, Thomas Jefferson. THE ART PERFECTED Portraiture from the Cronise Studio. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1980. First Edition. Book. 4to pictorial glossy wraps. 147pp. Illustrated with sharp, bright, gorgeous b/w portrait plates. Notes, which serve as an index. Five decades,1880-1927, of the Cronise Studio in Salem, Oregon. Intro by Susan Seyl. (#0811054) $7.08
721. Crosby, Capt. P. L. BETWEEN SHOTS. Harper & Bros, NY, 1919., 1919. First Edition. Book. Pictorial paper over quarto (8" x 9") boards. Unpaginated. Excellent World War I military cartoons, most full page. Great humor & superb, eye-catching drawings. A classic of the genre by Crosby, "With the 77th Division in France." Wear to the cover front corners with the top rear cover corner bumped; light soiling. Slightly warped, but other than the bump a good copy of a rare & desirable item. (#5005008) $58.73
722. Cross, Carlene. Fleeing Fundamentalism: A Minister's Wife Examines Faith (Signed). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, 2006, 2006. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 276pp. Signed & dated by Cross. Clever prose & a soul-bearing memoir. A terrifically candid and well written expose of the legalism of some forms of Christian Fundamentalism. Her deconstruction and retelling of the early growth and establishment of Christianity, however, is as flawed as the Fundamentalism she rightly rejects. That said, a great read for these times. Fine in dj. (#5018026) $22.27
723. Cross, Carlene. THE UNDYING WEST: A Chronicle of Montana's Camas Prairie (Signed). Fulcrum, Golden, 1999, 1999. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Trade pictorial wraps. 225pp. Illust. Maps. Notes. Index. Signed & dated by Cross soon after publication. "In her first book, (Cross) creates a memorable blend of personal and regional history" with "voices" of "sod-busting friends; the Salish, Kootenai, Nez Perce, and Iroquois;" etc. Fine, like new. (#0811055) $16.20
724. Crossen, Forest. Western Yesterdays (1st Five Volumes). Boulder: Boulder Publishing, 1965. First Edition. Book. PLEASE NOTE: Vol 1 is 2nd printing, else 1st printings Vols 2-5. Pictorial wraps. 1965-67. Various paginations. Well researched historical essays about Old West Colorado & surrounding region. Fine. (#1402026) $27.51
725. Crowe, Rosalie; Brinckerhoff, Sidney B. (Eds.). EARLY YUMA: A Graphic History of Life on the American Nile. Northland Press, Flagstaff, 1976, 1976. First Edition. Book. 1st edition. 4to cloth with small gilt-stamped pictorial image. 132pp. Illustrated with a variety of vintage photos: Native Americans, river boats, portraits, everyday shots, construction, etc.. Maps. Signed by both Crowe & Brinckerhoff. Published with cooperation of Yuma Co. Hist. Soc. Fine in edge worn dj with a couple of minor tears & some scuffing at extremities. (#0511024NIC) $35.43
726. Crowell, Eric C. Design Your Life And Life It! Self-Leadership is a Choice. Calgary: Blitzprint, 2008. First Edition. Book. Glossy wraps. 122pp. "Is the life I am currently living giving me the joy, inner peace and fulfilment I desire?" If not, the publsher says you should read this book. Fine, like new. (#P3073) $7.75
727. Croy, Homer. JESSE JAMES WAS MY NEIGHBOR (author's letter laid in). NY: Duell, Sloan Pearce, 1949. Book. 2nd printing. Cloth. 313pp. Index. Pencil fos/gift on ffep. Laid into this copy is a short, but wonderful T.L.S. (typed letter signed) by Croy on a small-sized printed letterhead, the Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth (England). It has his corrections in ink, but reads: "April 23rd - Friend: I'm going to pull down, just as Jesse would have done, on the person who said the book was unobtainable. I'm telling the publishers to write you. I've (sic) extremely thankful the book has done so well. I was afraid a book about an outlaw would not go, but it has. Yours till General MacArthur Loves Truman. H. C." Also laid in is a small news clipping of the death of 109 year old James Russell Davis, who testified that as a member of the James gang he could identify J. Frank Dalton as Jesse James. Croy grew up close by the James family. "It seems to me I have always known the James Story." He interviewed many interesting people for this book. Fine copy in dj with several chips. Great laid in, if brief, material. Adams 150 #39, 6-guns 523. (#1506031) $130.81
728. Croy, Homer. LAST OF THE GREAT OUTLAWS The Story of Cole Younger. NY, 1956., 1956. First Edition. Book. 1st edition. Cloth. 242pp. Illust. Sources. Index. Small area along bottom of back cover has old paper stuck to it, else fine in moderately soiled dj. 6-guns 524. (#0003027) $22.96
729. Cruikshank, Julie. READING VOICES Oral and Written Interpretations of the Yukon's Past. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1991. First Edition. Book. 4to cloth. 158pp. Illustrated with vintage photos, color maps, etc.. Index. Bibliography. The author spent many years working with "Native Yukon elders to document their life experiences." At time of publication she was an anthropology professor at the University of British Columbia, & curator at the UBC Museum of Anthropology. Fine, as new in dj. (#SHEL410) $11.74
730. Cruise, David; Griffiths, Alison. VANCOUVER A Novel (Signed). New York: Harpercollins, 2003. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 753 pp. Signed by Griffiths & dated in the year of publication & shortly after publication. A fine novel set in the location & region of the great city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where the 2010 Winter Olympics are to be held. "Beginning in the dying era of the last Ice Age, Vancouver unfolds with the story of Tooke, the last survivor of a Siberian people and ancestor to the first nations of Vancouver. Moving through history in a rich, ever-expanding tapestry, Vancouver reveals a fascinating cast of characters." Fine, like new in dj. (#5012042a) $18.23
731. Crum, Robert. LET'S RODEO Young Buckaroos and the World's Wildest Sport. Simon & Schuster, NY, 1996, 1996. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Oblong glossy pictorial hardbound. 48pp. Illustrated with brilliant color action photos by Crum. Signed by Crum. A nice pictorial, with text, of the young cowboys & cowgirls competing in rodeo. Fine, as new in dj. (#0508027) $13.12
732. Crump, Bonnie Lela. UNIQUE EUREKA SPRINGS ARKANSAS (Signed). Eureka Springs: Privately Printed, 1967. First Thus. Book. Revised edition. Pictorial wraps. 110pp. Illust. This appears to be the author's personal copy. It is underlined & annotated by Crump, along with some small whimsical vignettes, especially with some of the photos. A handwritten poem, & her address ("Blue Bird Cove...") along with her signed name, is written inside the front cover. There is a laid in Visitors' Guide Map to Eureka Springs. Lots of odds & ends of information about persons, events, & buildings. Vg. Scarce. (#0903037) $60.75
733. Crump, Spencer. CALIFORNIA'S SPANISH MISSIONS Their Yesterdays and Todays. Corona del Mar, 1975., 1975. First Edition. Book. Royal 8vo cloth. 95pp. Illustrated with b/w photos. Fine in dj with a couple of tears. (#9106024) $16.40
734. Culleton, James (General Edit.). ACADEMY SCRAPBOOK Volume Five. Fresno: Academy Guild Press, 1959. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 312pp + Note On Contributors (4pp). Index. Intro states, "... contains some valuable nuggets of California history that are not readily available anywhere else." Essays on California church history, only 500 copies printed. Previous volumes were compiled short issues by subscription. This was to be the last volume. Near fine, probably no dj issued. (#1302032) $15.01
735. Cumming, John. LITTLE JAKE OF SAGINAW. Mount Pleasant MI: Rivercrest House, 1978. Limited Edition. Book. 1st printing ltd to 487 copies. Gilt-stamped cloth. 142pp. Frontispiece drawing. Fine. No dj, apparently as issued. (#5012054) $12.50
736. Cummings, Byron (Natani Yazzie). INDIANS I HAVE KNOWN. Tucson: Arizona Silhouettes, 1952. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 55pp. Illust. Associations of the author with Navajo, Pahutes, Utes, & Apaches in the early 1900s. Dean Cummings was Director of the State Museum of Arizona, Head of the Dept. of Archaeology, & Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arizona. Fine, lacking jacket. (#SHEL403) $8.06
737. Cummings, Jean. WHY THEY CALL HIM THE BUFFALO DOCTOR. Englewood Cliffs, 1971., 1971. First Edition. Book. 1st edition. Cloth. 309pp. Buffalo raising & doctoring in Stanwood, Michigan. fos. Vg in edgeworn, pc dj. (#9908060) $6.56
738. Cunningham, Eugene. TRIGGERNOMETRY A GALLERY OF GUNFIGHTERS with Technical Notes on Leather Slapping as a Fine Art gathered from many a Loose Holstered Expert over the Years (Association signed). NY: Press of the Pioneers, 1934. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth 441pp. Illustrations from the Rose Collection. Short bibliography. Foreword by Eugene Manlove Rhodes. This copy signed on the ffep by Dean Krakel, who was for many years Director of the formerly named Cowboy Hall of Fine in OKC. Also signed by the great novelist of the West, A. B. Guthrie, Jr. Chapter essays on 17 gunfighters & lawmen. Wear to extremities, so vg+, but very little fraying to the cloth. Rare association copy. 6-guns 530, 150 #42, Dykes Kid 304, Graff 951, Howes C954. (#1506032) $313.95
739. Cunningham, Eugene. FAMOUS IN THE WEST. Dallas: Bradburn Books, 1958. Limited Edition. Book. Facsimile reprint ltd to 500 copies. Pictorial wraps. 25pp. Illust. Original edition of 1926 is rare. Character sketches of Gillett, Stoudenmire, Billy the Kid, Hardin, & Tom Threepersons. Fine. 6-guns 529 , Dykes Kid 111. (#9805034) $18.04
740. Cunningham, Eugene. TRIGGERNOMETRY A Gallery of Gunfighters (rare in DJ). NYC: Press of the Pioneers, 1934. First Edition. Book. Pictorial cloth. 441pp. Illus. Foreword: Eugene Mangrove Rhodes. This book remains highly regarded, & should be part of the core of any collection of gunfighter books. General stains on both covers are noticeable against the light. Narrow tide-line stain on each fore edge of text pages, from top corner & down one-third of edge. In rare dust jacket, which is badly chipped on the backstrip. 1 3/4" x 1" chip at top, but with no loss of words, & 1" x 1/2" at bottom, Minor loss along front & back panel edges. 6-guns 530, 150 #42, Dykes Kid 304, Graff 951, Howes C954. (#1111034) $324.16
741. Cunningham, Eugene. TRIGGERNOMETRY A Gallery of Gunfighters. NY, 1934., 1934. First Edition. Book. Pictorial cloth. 441pp. Illust. Foreword: Eugene Mangrove Rhodes. This book remains highly regarded, & should be part of the core of any collection of gunfighter books. Noticeable, but light corner wear to covers; moderately small area of some darkening to front endpapers from former paper laid in; thumb smudge to rear free endpaper. Near vg. 6-guns 530, 150 #42, Dykes Kid 304, Graff 951, Howes C954. (#9705034) $105.70
742. Cunningham, M. Allen. LOST SON. Unbridled Books, Denver, 2006, 2006. ARC. Book. Uncorrected Proof. Glossy trade wraps. 478pp. Index of Rilke quotations. Signed & dated by Cunningham. Included is also publisher's promo, and an excerpt in the same glossy wraps. Historical novel of the famous poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. Fine, like new. (#5004054ARC) $22.27
743. Cunningham, Robert E. STILLWATER Where Oklahoma Began. Arts & Humanities Council of Stillwater, Stillwater, 1969, 1969. First Edition. Book. Tall 8vo pictorial cloth. 241pp. Illustrated with vintage photos. Maps. The author was eminently qualified to write this history as a long time resident & student of this area of Old Oklahoma & Payne Co.. He assembled a huge collection of glass-plate negatives, some of which are used in this book, & some of which are by the famed O.T. photographer, W. S. Prettyman. Fine in worn, but essentially complete dj. Top of backstrip chipped. (#0711071) $20.25
744. Cunningham, Robert E. TRIAL BY MOB. Redlands Press, Stillwater, 1957, 1957. First Edition. Book. Printed wraps. 24pp. A study of frontier justice after the opening of the Unassigned Lands in 1889. Info on the White Caps, Anti-Horse Thief Assoc., Guthrie, 1898 Indian scare, etc.. Fine copy. Very scarce. 6-guns 532. (#0711072) $67.50
745. Cunningham, Wilbur M. LAND OF FOUR FLAGS An Early History of the St. Joseph Valley (Signed). Grand Rapids: Erdmans, 1961. Limited/Numbered. Book. #92 of 1,000 copies. Cloth. 159pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed on ffep by Cunningham to "Lawyer Preston" & dated 12/11/1961. Ink signature stamp of A. G. Preston, Jr., on same. History of SW Michigan with chapter on French explorers, early missions & forts, Indian Treaties. Pages also on Algonquin Legends of Paw Paw Lake & Pottawattamie Book of Genesis. Vg (top edge foxed) in dj with backstrip darkened & one small 3/16" hole in same. (#1209038) $26.34
746. Curtis Companies). ARCHITECHURAL INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR WOODWORK STANDARDIZED. Clinton, IA: The Curtis Companies, 1927. First Edition. Book. Six catalogues in wrappers, bound together in a stiff, embossed binder that qualifies as "hardbound". Covers in color; illustrations in b/w. 39pp, 31pp, 23pp, 22pp, 39pp, 47pp. "Entrances and Exterior Doors", "Frames and Exterior Woodwork", "Windows", "Interior Doors", "Moldings and Trim", "Cabinet and Stair Work". The title page of the first booklet has spots on left side of page, else near fine for the rest of the binder/booklets. Last booklet has pencil drawings on back cover. Scarce. Slightly smoky. (1927) (#lynn040b) $55.77
747. Curtis, Edward S. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN: THE SOUTHWEST. Santa Fe: Classic Gravure Corp, 1980. Limited Edition. Book. Full calf folio. Ltd to 228 unnumbered copies. 153pp. Richly marbled endpapers. New Introductions by Beaumont Newhall & Fred Eggan. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Only one illustration as this volume was intended to reproduce text. However, the illustration is the frontispiece, the famous Curtis self-portrait, of which a collector's magazine recently said, "Edward Curtis' self portrait is now considered one of the most important photographs of the twentieth century." A recent print at auction sold for 9K. Classic Gravure intended to reprint the entire Curtis work using original plates & "the finest of craftsmanship", but the company went out of business & this was the only volume produced. Editor's Note: "This text has been abridged from (Vols) I, II, XII, XVI, and XVII... The intention of this volume is to give a condensed account of the ways of life of the Southwestern Indians." Therefore, material on: Apache, Jicarillas, Navaho, Pima, Papago, Qahatika, Mohave, Yuma, Maricopa, Walapai, Havasupai, Apache-Mohave or Yavapai, Hopi, Tiwa, Keres, Zuni. "Most modern books on Curtis have little of his text. This is the exception" (Roth). Produced letterpress by Amaranth Press in San Francisco on Umbria Cream handmade paper from the Fabriano Mill in Milan, Italy. Packaged in the original shipping box with foam fittings. Superficial scratch (2 1/2" long) on the front cover. (I haven't seen any copies right out of the box without minor blemishes to the leather.) Fine. Rare. (#1111035) $769.88
748. Curtis, Edward S.) Graybill, Florence Curtis, and Victor Boesen (text writers). EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS Visions of a Vanishing Race. Crowell, NY, 1976, 1976. First Edition. Book. Tall 4to cloth. 302pp. Nicely illustrated with full & partial page sepia reproductions of Curtis' famed Indian photographs. Graybill is one of the children of Curtis. One of the most collectible of modern Curtis volumes. Long, but superficial scratch to back cover. Near fine in pc dj with some wrinkling to bottom of back panel. (#0811056) $60.75
749. Curtis, Edward S.). EDWARD S. CURTIS MEETS THE KWAKWAK''WAKW -- IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS film booklet. n.p., 2008. First Edition. Book. Pictorial wraps. (12pp.). Illust. This is the booklet that accompanied the showing in Seattle of the new print of "Curtis's Landmark 1914 Silent Film of Pacific Northwest First Nations Culture: Restored, Re-evaluated, and Framed by a Live Orchestral Arrangement of the Original Score and a Performance by Descendants of the Indigenous Cast." Contains "Project Statement", "Synopsis", pictures of "Original Film Ephemera" (4 flyers/posters), info on the restoration, score arrangement & composer's brief biography, info on "The Gwa'Wina Dancers" from British Columbia who performed following the one-night showing of the film at the Moore Theatre in Seattle 6/10/08, etc.. Laid in is a half-sheet about that specific showing. Fine. (#0811057) $36.45
750. Curtis, Philip C.). Chadwick, Whitney, et. al. AMERICAN DREAMER The Art of Philip C. Curtis. New York: Hudson Hills Pr, 1999. First Edition. Book. 4to cloth. 179 pp. Illus. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. Fine, like new in dj. (#lynn066d) $24.60
751. Cushman, Ralph B. JESSE CHISHOLM: Texas Trail Blazer and Sam Houston's Trouble-Shooter. Eakin, Austin, 1992, 1992. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 246pp. Illustrated with sketches & photos. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index. Three fine maps of the Chisholm, Western, & Goodnight-Loving Trails drawn by the incomparable Jose Cisneros. Laid in loose is publisher's plate inscribed by Cushman. Encouraged by J. Frank Dobie, et. al, this book is "... a lifetime work on the neglected story of this unusual frontiersman" . Fine, as new in dj. Now a tad scarce. (#0711073) $40.50
752. Custer). CUSTER ENGAGES THE HOSTILES. Ft. Collins: Old Army, 1976. First Edition. Book. 4to glossy pictorial wraps. 36 + 44pp. Illust. Maps. This volume (no date, but others suggest 1976) is a reprint in facsimile of Charles Francis Roe's "Custer's Last Battle", Charles Francis Bates' "Custer's Indian Battles", & Edward J. McClernand's "March of the 'Montana Column'". Slightly soiled, else fine. Luther 48 & 122. (#1104029) $20.27
753. Cutler, Ronald. THE SECRET SCROLL (Signed). New York, New York, U.S.A.: Beaufort Books, 2008. ARC. Book. Advance Reader's Copy. Trade pictorial wraps. 334pp. Personalized copy signed by Cutler & dated in September of 2007. A first novel, well reviewed. A modern Biblical archaeology thriller. Fine, like new. (#5020032ARC) $12.50
754. Cutright, Paul Russell. A HISTORY OF THE LEWIS & CLARK JOURNALS. Mansfield Centre: Martino, 2000. Limited/Numbered. Book. Quality facsimile reprint ltd to 150 numbered copies. Cloth. 311pp. Illust. Publisher: "It is safe to say that there is no more important history of the publications of the Lewis & Clark Journals than Cutright's classic account." Fine, as new; no dj as issued. (#SHEL854) $40.00
755. d'Easum, Dick. FRAGMENTS OF VILLAINY (Signed). Boise: Statesman Printing Co, 1959. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth.246pp. Illustrated with vignette drawings. Presentation copy signed by d'Easum to his illustrator, Paul B. Evans, who also did the dust jacket. Evans has also signed the copy & added a comment affirming himself as the illustrator. Furthermore, a half sheet TLS is partially affixed to the half-title from d'Easum to Evans thanking him for his work, expressing desire for further collaboration, & also thanking him for the original sketches. Finally, there is a laid in note on some illustrations, written by Mary d'Easum 6/13/95. News clippings in envelope laid in. The book is a compilation of essays that appeared in The Idaho Sunday Statesman about Idaho villains. A bit of glue residue from TLS on verso. A later owner's embossment is on dedication page. Else fine in dj worn & slightly chipped along top edges. Not in 6-guns. (#1506033) $104.65
756. Dacus, Hon. J. A. LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF FRANK AND JESSE JAMES THE NOTED WESTERN OUTLAWS. N. D. Thompson, St. Louis, 1880, 1880. First Edition. Book. Small 8vo rebound in light red/wine cloth with gilt-stamped spine. 383pp. Illust. Laid into this copy is a folded, complete, Nov. 2, 1881 Nashville newspaper, The Daily American, containing an article on Jesse's killing of Ed Miller. A preliminary blank page has a faint, but half-legible pencil ownership inscription: "William H. ? His Book. 1880, (etc.)," This important book is a very good copy from the Jerome Peltier collection, with a small amount of foxing, some occasional smudging, & occasional previously dog-eared page corner now smoothly re-pressed. A few leaves have just a touch of the upper corner chipped. Howes D6, 6-guns 538, cf 150 #43 & Rader 1020. (#0511029) $229.63
757. Daggett, Stuart. CHAPTERS ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. NY, 1922., 1922. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 470pp. Illust. Bookplate. Good+. Very scarce. Cowan p154. (#9808035) $32.80
758. Daheim, Mary.

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