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...