American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

"Death Valley in '49, Important Chapter of California Pioneer History," William Lewis Manley, 1894. "The autobiography of a pione...

"The Diary of Patrick Breen", The Book Club of California publication in 1946, only 300 copies were printed. This book contains diary entr...

A pair of books about Early California voyagers. Includes: "Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence through the Continent of North Amer...

A pair of books about Early California before the Gold Rush, printed on private presses. Includes: "The First French Expedition to California, ...

Special early, mostly 1849, Gold Rush adventure books (4), rare, republished: 1. "A California Gold Rush Miscellany." 1934, limited editio...

Font's Complete Diary, A Chronicle of the Founding of San Francisco; translated from the original Spanish manuscript and edited by Herbert Eugen...

A group of five books telling the tales of the harrowing trips and voyages made to Western America following the discovery of gold in Coloma, CA, in J

A group of eight books about '49er diaries and stories: 1. Reminiscences of Alexander Toponce, Pioneer - 1839-1923 by Alexander Toponce, 1923. 2...

A collection of four books about the Gold Rush, includes: 1. California '46 to '88, Jacob Wright Harlan, 1888, first edition, The Bancroft ...

Bishop Creek/Bishop, California "Day Book" ledger. Date ranges 1889-1894. Gilt spine. Pages in good condition, some toning. Spine in fair ...

In Pursuit of the Golden Dream, Reminiscences of San Francisco and the Northern and Southern Mines, 1849-1857, Howard C. Gardiner, 1970, Western Hemis

Jedediah Smith's First Crossing of the Sierra Nevada published in 1943 by The Sierra Club, a 52 page paperback. Also included is "The Calif...

Joaquin Miller 1st edition of '49, written by Joaquin Miller and copyrighted in 1884. Book is 148 pages with very slight bump damage. It's i...

Fur Brigade to the Bonaventura, John Work's California Expedition,1832-1833. the copyright on this 112 page special edition is 1945. It was publ...

Legends of Tahoe booklet, 1905 Tales of the Sierras by J W Hayes and signed by author, 1949 first edition Sierra Nevada Lakes by Hinkle-dustjacket has

One of Bob Greenwood's Talisman Press specialties in original slip case. Autographed. A master research work including diaries, letters from me...

RYAN, William Redmond. Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9; With the Author’s Experience at the Mines. Illustrated b

"A Pioneer at Sutter's Fort, 1846-1850, Lienhard," 1941, Translated, edited and annotated by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. The Adventures of...

A library of five books on the time period from the pioneers to the California Gold Rush. Includes: 1. "Legends of the Spanish Southwest."...

Duke of Sacramento, A Comedy in Four Acts by Warren Baer (77pages) is one of two books centered on the city of Sacramento. the other The Pioneers of t

"The Santa Fé Trail to California 1849-1852." The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell. Edited by Douglas S. Watson. Reprinted limit...

Scenery of the Plains, Mountains and Mines; or a diary kept upon the overland route to California by way of the Great Salt Lake. Copyright 1855, book

"Scenes of Life in California" by Friedrich Gerstacker, 1942, Grabhorn Press only 500 editions printed. Engravings throughout the text. Si...

Seeking the Elephant 1849 by James Mason Hutchings. Special edition, produced in limited numbers. The book has a 1980 copyright with 203 pages. It chr

Pioneer Steamer California by Victor M. Berthold. 166 pages, copyright 1932. This is a first edition of which only 500 were sold. It's in nice c...

A journey round the world by Sir George Simpson. Copyright 1847, 232 pages. There's a fold out map in the front of the book. the book is in exc...

1928 Records of a California Family by Anna Lee Marston. Journals and Letters of Lewis C Gunn and Elizabeth Le Breton Gunn. 279pp, rebound. "Le...

1876 The Black Hills, a Minute description of Routes, Scenery, Soil, Climate, Timber, Gold, Geology, Zoology etc. This book helped create the 1876 Bla

1957 1st edition, Pioneer Years in the Black Hills by Richard B Hughes. 366pp with index. Went on the heels of the Dodge Report. Custer, Deadwood, hun

Engineer Department of the U.S. Army Report on their reconnaissance of The Black Hills of Dakota in the summer of 1874. Published in 1875 by the capta

1848, Report of Lieut. J. W. Abert, of His Examination of New Mexico, in the Years 1846-'47. Pages 417-614 with 20 plates and 2 folding maps. Mi...

The Heart of the Alleghenies or Western North Carolina," by Wilbur G. Zeigler and Ben S. Grosscup, with fold-out map and illustrations, c1883. ...

A pair of books related to early Oregon pioneers and history. Includes: "A Journey to Lower Oregon & Upper California - 1848-49, A Journey ...

Narrative of the Texan Sante Fe Expedition comprising a description through Texas ... capture of teh Texans...; Geo. W. Kendall, 1935, Steck publisher

Across America: or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast. James F. Rusling, Brevet Brigadier-General, U.S. V. First edition, 1875. Signed by author.

Hardcover, 535 pages. Adventures in the Apache Country: A Tour Through Arizona and Sonora with Notes on the Silver Regions of Nevada, by J. Ross Brown

Banfroft's Works, Complete set of 39 volumes, SF The History Company and Al. Bancroft & co. Publishing. Leather bound, marbling on page ends...

Bartlett's Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, John R Bartlett, Appleton, ...

Carlyle Buley's Old Northwest, Pioneer Period, 1815-1840, 2 vols in original slip case, 1950. In this case, the northwestern pioneers refers to...

Rare! Hardcover, 11 x 15 inches. One of 300 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco; published by Arizona Pioneers Historical Society, 194

This is a group of four books related to cattle and sheep farming, c1926-56. Included in the lot are: "The Cattle of the World," by Alvin ...

The Conquest of Arid America by William E Smythe, 1905. The miracle of irrigation, Mormon Commonwealth etc. A few pages uncut for separation. Photo pl

HOLMES, KENNETH L., EDITOR AND COMPILER - Covered Wagon Women. Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1890, Volumes I Through XI - Overl...

1907 Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California by William Elsey Connelley. A choice example with attractive binding, ...

Two books featuring surveys and photograph from the early West. Includes: Great Surveys of the American West, Richard A. Bartlett, 1962, University of

1906 Volumes 26 and 27, Early Western Travels, 1748-1846. Indians of the Rocky Mts., early settlements of the French, Part 1 of Flagg's The Far ...

Hardcover; 414 pages. "Exploration of the Valley Of The Amazon, made under direction of The Navy Department, by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner G...

"Exploratory Travels through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of...

A group of four foreign interest books, c1863-1906. The group includes: 1.The Old Forest Ranger - on Wild Sports of India..., by Major Walter Campbell

Book on the history of Mayan civilization and Central America, "Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan" by John L. S...

Hardcover, two volume set, in original slipcover; 464 pages with 60 plates; 409 pages. The Journals of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, With Letters and Relat

"Journey to Mexico During the Years 1826 to 1834." By Jean Louis Berlandier, a French-Mexican naturalist, physician, and anthropologist. T...

1987 The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition edited by Gary E Moulton. Volumes 1-11 and 13(index), volume 12 is missing. With dustjackets e...

Two volumes about Lewis & Clark, from the Western Frontiersmen Series, published by The Arthur H. Clark Co., includes: Vol. XI, "George Dro...

1975 The Mojave Road by Dennis G Casebier, 191pp with index and Mojave Road map in back flap. The story of a 150 year old wagon trail that had been pa

Narratives of De Soto Volumes I & II, edited by Edward Gaylord Bourne, copyright 1904 Volume I is 192 pages, Volume II is also 192 pages. Boards...

Hardcover, 19 pages. 180 copies printed by Saul & Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press, 1959. Northwest Coast of America & California: 1832 Le...

"Old Forts and Trading Posts of the West, Bent's Old Fort & Bent's New Fort on the Arkansas River", Vol I, Nolie Mumey, 1956, ...

Two books: 1) "The Old Santa Fe Trail: The Story of a Great Highway" by Colonel Henry Inman. Hardcover, 493 pages, Macmillan Company, 1897...

The Pioneer Photographer, Rocky Mountain Adventures with a Camera. William H. Jackson (Signed by author- Rare to begin with!), in collaboration with H

Pioneers, Indians, & Buffaloes by Bayard H. Paine, First edition 1935. Autographed "Mrs. & Mr. W. E. Clayton with the complements of Ba...

1854 Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings by A Delano, 384pp. Memories of a Gold Rush miner in the 1850's. Gilt and embossed binging, spine...

1926 1st edition Wild Bill Hickok by Wilstach-front board is separating, 1898 Christopher Carson, Known as Kit Carson by Abbott-foxing, cover separati

"Sketches of Scenery and Notes of Personal Adventure in California & Mexico," 1951, William M'ilvaine, Jr. Printed at the Grabhorn...

(12) Books, the Arthur H. Clark Company, Southwest Historical Series, Volume I-XII, Edited by Ralph P. Bieber and LeRoy R. Hafen, 1931-1943, complete

This is a chronicle translated from Spanish that recounts the journey to Mexico by Hernan Cortes in 1519 and his conquest of the Aztec Empire. The ori

1847 Travels in Mexico by Albert M Gillian. 312pp. A detailed discussion of Mexican mines, up thru Texas to California. Mentions of ore bags made of a

"Travels in the Interior of Mexico, in 1825, 1826, 1827, & 1828," Lieut. R.W. H. Hardy, R.N., 1829. "(The author) travelled over ...

"A View of South America and Mexico," H. Huntington, 1827. History, political condition, geography, agriculture, commerce of the republics...

A small library of eight books about pioneer women in the West. Includes: The Pioneer Women of the West, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Ellet, author of "Th...

"The Expeditions of John Charles Frémont," four volumes with numerous maps and illustrations. Donald Jackson and Mary Lee Spence, edi...

A trio of unusual books about John C. Fremont: 1. "James F. Milligan, His Journal of Fremont's Fifth Expedition, 1853-1854; his adventurous...

Possibly John C. Fremont's first book. Hardcover, 305 pages "Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842,...

1856 Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Fremont by John Bigelow, 480pp. "John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, ...

A library of six first-edition hardback books related to John Charles Fremont, American explorer, military officer, and politician. The lot includes:

1970 The Denominators of the Fur Trade by Woodward with dj. 1950 This Reckless Breed of Men by Cleland with dj. 1995 French Fur Traders and Voyageurs

Two volumes in original slip case, The Fur Trade by Paul Phillips, U of Oklahoma Press. Very fine. About 1250pp. Classic Fur trade reference, unfinis

LeRoy Hafen's classic treatise on Mountain Men and the fur trade in ten volumes published by Arthur Clark Co, 1966. Excellent condition. This is...

Hardcover with slip cover and maps. 103 pages, one of 500 copies printed by the Yale University Press, 1955. An American explorer, merchant and carto

1867 second edition, The Trappers Guide: A Manual of Instructions by S. Newhouse. For capturing all manners of fur bearing animals-fly leaf inscriptio

Rebound 1863? Letter of the Secretary of War, report of Major D Ferguson on the country and the route between Tucson and Lobos Bay. 22pp with 3 foldou

Group of five books related to Arizona, including: "History of Arizona" Vols. I & II, Thomas Edwin Farish, 1915, 392 & 348 pp., 8....

Hardcover, two volumes: 341 pages & 191 pages. Presented to Mrs. George W. Toland, No. 28 of 250 copies printed. 1914 by The Wistar Institute of...

"California - 1847-1852," a pictorial book featuring drawings by William Rich Hutton (1826-1901), 1942, The Huntington Library, San Marino...

1923 From '49 to '83 in California and Nevada by Mayre-chapeter from the life of 49er Mayre, some stains on boards, 1901 Over the Range to t...

1972 California as an Island by Leighly, The Book Club of California. 25 plates and a bibliographical checklist of maps showing California as an Islan

1850 Frost's Pictorial History of the State of California, 504pp, History of the State of California, from the Period of Conquest by Spain, to H...

"California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869." Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr. 1967, David Magee: San Francisco. 475 copies printed by...

"Broderick and Gwin., A Brief History of Early Politics in California, sketches of prominent actors in the scenes, and an unbiased account of t...

A fantastic historical work by Lewis, with two volumes of biographical portraits. This covers the latter part of teh 1800s as well as the early 1900s.

"History of Sierra County," six volumes, includes five volumes of a six volume set, first through third editions, James J. Sinnott, all si...

All 10 1955 volumes of The Larkin Papers, for the History of California by George P Hammond plus index volume, all with dustjackets. Personal, busines

The Letters of Alfred Robinson to the De la Guerra Family of Santa Barbara, 1834-1873, Translated and Annotated by Maynard Geiger, first edition 1972.

1895 The Life and Times of Gen'l John A. Sutter by T J Schoonover, 136pp with attractive gilted binding. Sutter's Fort and Sutter's Mill...

A collection of four books about Orange County, CA, two specifically Placentia, CA. Includes: Historical Volume and Reference Works, Vols. I and II, O

Two books with topics from the pre-Gold Rush era: 1. The First Emigrant Train to California. John Bidwell. Collector's edition: Limited to 400 c...

Published first in 1850, this 1854 edition written by former Monterey Alcalde of Monterey, California is dedicated to Gen. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo,

A pair of books by William Heath Davis, one published in 1889, the other 1967 and signed by the publisher's son. Includes: "Sixty Years in ...

Colorado and Its People by Leroy F Hafen, 1948 1st edition, 4 volumes. Natural history, prehistoric people, agriculture, literature, notable people, l

3 1918 volumes of History of Colorado by Wilbur Fisk Stone. Spanish and French period, Indian tribes, railroads, smelters, power plants, coal, politic