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The First White Man of the West, or the Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, The First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country

Cincinnati: George Conclin, 1849. Hardcover. Good. First published under this title in 1847, with an earlier edition (Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone) appearing in 1833. 12mo, 252 pp, with frontis portrait of Boone and 8 plates illustrating scenes from his life. Original cloth with paper spine label. Spine cloth split... (Item #14912)

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The First White Man of the West, or the Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, The First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. DANIEL BOONE, Timothy Flint.
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Chinigchinich, A Revised and Annotated Version of Alfred Robinson's Translation of Father Geronimo Bosana's Historical Account of the Belief, Usages, Customs and Extravagancies of the Indians of the Mission of San Juan Capistrano called the Acagchemem Tribe

Banning, CA: Malki Museum Press, 1978. Hardcover. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Classics in California Anthropology 3, reprinted from the edition published by the Fine Arts Press, Santa Ana, in 1933. 9 x 12 inches, 247 pp, with 11 illustrations and maps, annotations, bibliography. Original brown cloth. Minimal... (Item #15770)

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Chinigchinich, A Revised and Annotated Version of Alfred Robinson's Translation of Father Geronimo Bosana's Historical Account of the Belief, Usages, Customs and Extravagancies of the Indians of the Mission of San Juan Capistrano called the Acagchemem Tribe. Geronimo Boscana, Alfred Robinson, John P. Harrington, William Bright, Annotations, Preface.
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Typescript of Opening Remarks for a Session on Alpine Voyeurism at the Banff Mountain Book Festival, November 8, 1997

1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Four-page photocopied typescript of Boukreev's remarks, on 8.5 x 11 paper, stapled at one corner and folded once horizontally. Boukreev--whose book The Climb describes the events of the tragic 1996 Everest climbing season from his perspective as a guide for Mountain Madness--here questions the effect... (Item #12423)

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Typescript of Opening Remarks for a Session on Alpine Voyeurism at the Banff Mountain Book Festival, November 8, 1997. Anatoli Boukreev.
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Les Textes Thamoudéens de Philby, Volume I, Inscriptions du Sud, Volume II, Inscriptions du Nord, Bibliothèque du Muséon, Volume 39 and 41

Louvain: Université de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste, 1956. Softcover. Near Fine. Volume I: xvi, 192 pp + illustrations. Volume II: xxxiv, 163 pp + xxiii (illustrations). Orignal printed wrappers. Both volumes have unopened pages, light shelf wear; else clean and sound. Text is in French. DNB: "In 1926 [Philby] settled in... (Item #17805)

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Les Textes Thamoudéens de Philby, Volume I, Inscriptions du Sud, Volume II, Inscriptions du Nord, Bibliothèque du Muséon, Volume 39 and 41. Alb. Van Den Branden, Harry St. John B. Philby.
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History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, Volume I

Western Historical Association, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Volume I ONLY. 602 pp, illustrated. Original blue pebbled cloth boards have a few white paint splatters, spine is lightly sunned. Internally very clean and sound. This volume includes the full history of each county, including chapters on local organizations, churches... (Item #19689)

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History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, Volume I. John Brown, James Boyd.
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Kino and Manje, Explorers of Sonora and Arizona, Their Vision for the Future. A Study of Their Expeditions and Plans, with an Appendix of Thirty Documents [and] A Map of the Area [Pimeria Alta] with a Place Finder by Ronald L. Ives

Rome and St. Louis: Jesuit Historical Institute and St. Louis Univesity, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Sources and Studies for the History of the Americas, Volume X. xi, 793 pp, with Ives' map (18" x 19") laid in; index, bibliography. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Slight scuffing... (Item #19321)

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Kino and Manje, Explorers of Sonora and Arizona, Their Vision for the Future. A Study of Their Expeditions and Plans, with an Appendix of Thirty Documents [and] A Map of the Area [Pimeria Alta] with a Place Finder by Ronald L. Ives. Ernest J. Burrus.
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Ducrue's Account of the Expulsion of the Jesuits from Lower California (1767-1769), An Annotated English Translation of Benno Ducrue's Relation Expulsionis

Rome and St. Louis: Jesuit Historical Institute and St. Louis Univesity, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Sources and Studies for the History of the Americas, Volume II. vii, 212 pp, with illustrations (facsimile pages) and folding map. A fine copy bound in 3/4 red leather and marbled boards; signed by... (Item #17389)

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Ducrue's Account of the Expulsion of the Jesuits from Lower California (1767-1769), An Annotated English Translation of Benno Ducrue's Relation Expulsionis. Ernest J. Burrus, Benno Ducrue, SIGNED.
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Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil, With a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines; Also, Canoeing Down 1500 Miles of the Great River Sao Francisco, From Sabara to the Sea

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First Edition. Two volumes. 8vo, pp xii, 443; viii, 478, [2] (ads), each with engraved frontispiece and title page vignette. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind on the boards. Not first issue, but also not matching Penzer's description of the second issue binding, and with no... (Item #17523)

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Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil, With a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines; Also, Canoeing Down 1500 Miles of the Great River Sao Francisco, From Sabara to the Sea. Richard F. Burton.
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Unexplored Syria, Visists to the Libanuis, the Tulel el Safa, the Anti-Libanus, The Northern Libanus, and the Alah

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Two volumes, 8vo, in original cloth, complete with large folding map, frontispiece in each volume, and 25 other lithographed plates (10 folding). Spines toned, with chipping to cloth at ends, and a horizontal closed tear across to the spine cloth on each... (Item #19334)

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Unexplored Syria, Visists to the Libanuis, the Tulel el Safa, the Anti-Libanus, The Northern Libanus, and the Alah. Richard F. Burton, Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake.
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Arroyo Craftsman, Volume 1, Number 1

Los Angeles: Arroyo Guild Press, 1909. First and only issue published. pp. 67, XV, [i] (ads) + illustrations. Two tiny tears to wrappers; still a fine copy. The Arroyo Craftsman was intended as to serve as the mouthpiece of the Arroyo Guild, a loose association of Los Angeles-area artisans founded... (Item #19861)

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Arroyo Craftsman, Volume 1, Number 1. ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT CALIFORNIA, George Wharton James.
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The Mediterranean Shores of America. Southern California: Its Climatic, Physical, and Meterological Conditions

Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 1892. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 5.75" x 9", pp xiv, 160, with two colored folding plates (one map, one chart) and many additional b/w plates and illustrations in the text. Original wrappers, with considerable restoration to the edges and a new spine. Contents clean and sound... (Item #14955)

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The Mediterranean Shores of America. Southern California: Its Climatic, Physical, and Meterological Conditions. CALIFORNIA, Remondino, eter, harles.
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Victoria, The British "El Dorado;" or, Melbourne in 1869. Shewing the Advantages of that Colony as a Field for Emigration

London: Edward Stanford, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xiv, 214 pp, with colored folding map (of the Provine of Victoria) and two color plates, but no ads. Rebound in cloth-backed marbled boards with leather spine label. Embossed library stamp on title page; no other libraray markings. Leather corners rubbed, some... (Item #19772)

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Victoria, The British "El Dorado;" or, Melbourne in 1869. Shewing the Advantages of that Colony as a Field for Emigration. Charles Rooking Carter.
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Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West; with Col. Fremont's Last Expedition Across the Rocky Mountains: Including Three Months' Residence in Utah, and a Perilous Trip Across the Great American Desert [WITH THE RARE DEDICATION PAGE]

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Early reprint (first published 1857). pp. (i-vii), viii-xv, (17)-250, (1)-130 + (4) ads. Original blind-stamped brown cloth. Spine lettering faded, corners and joints rubbed and frayed, some ink spots on the front board, moderate foxing throughout. This edition does not have a.... (Item #14825)

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Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West; with Col. Fremont's Last Expedition Across the Rocky Mountains: Including Three Months' Residence in Utah, and a Perilous Trip Across the Great American Desert [WITH THE RARE DEDICATION PAGE]. N. Carvalho, olomon.
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Dark Trails, Adventures of a Naturalist

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 322 pp, illustrated with 58 photographs and one folding map. Some very faint discoloration to front board, previous owner's name on front pastedown, occasional red pencil lines in the margins. Else clean and sound. No dust jacket. Cherrie... (Item #19523)

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Dark Trails, Adventures of a Naturalist. George K. Cherrie.
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California, Her Resources and Possibilities, Fourteenth Annual Report of the California State Board of Trade for the Year 1903 [Cover title: California, The Land of Promise]

San Francisco: California State Board of Trade, 1904. Softcover. Near fine. 55 pp, with chromolithograph frontispiece (of a poppy), folding map (Geographical, Topographical and Railroad Map of California, with birdseye view of San Francisco in 1903 on the verso), tables (one folding), and illustrations from photographs. Minimal general handling wear;... (Item #2821)

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California, Her Resources and Possibilities, Fourteenth Annual Report of the California State Board of Trade for the Year 1903 [Cover title: California, The Land of Promise]. N. P. Chipman.
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Missionary Register, May and July 1819; January, Feburary, April, and May 1920

London: L.B. Seeley, 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Bound volume containing 6 single issues of the Missionary Register, 312 pp in total, publishing reports on the activities of missionaries around the world. Includes detailed reports on labors in West Africa (with commentary on the slave trade), Sierra Leone, and South... (Item #13133)

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Missionary Register, May and July 1819; January, Feburary, April, and May 1920. Church Missionary Society.
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Frontier Fighter, The Autobiography of George W. Coe, Who Fought and Rode with Billy the Kid

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo, pp xiv, 220, in original grayish-beige cloth with lettering and lasso image in green. Light edgewear, rubbing to corners and spine ends. One horizontal closed tear to the spine cloth near the head. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper, two... (Item #19242)

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Frontier Fighter, The Autobiography of George W. Coe, Who Fought and Rode with Billy the Kid. George W. Coe, Nan H. Harrison.
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Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899, A Narrative of the Voyage of the "Belgica" Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over and Unknown Sea About the South Pole

New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. xxiv, 478, with color frontispiece, four additional color plates, and 120 of 122 b/w illustrations called for. In recent blue buckram binding with silver letters. Old library markings on title and dedication pages only. Pages show general handling wear... (Item #18350)

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Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899, A Narrative of the Voyage of the "Belgica" Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over and Unknown Sea About the South Pole. Frederick A. Cook.
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The Olden Time; A Monthly Publication, Devoted to the Preservation of Documents and Other Authentic Information in Relation to the Early Explorations, and the Settlement and Improvement of the Country Around the Head of the Ohio

Pittsburgh: Dumars & Co., 1846 and 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes, 8vo. First edition of Volume I (1846; viii, 576 pp, one folding plate) with second edition of Volume II, (1876; 580 pp, one folding map). Volume II in original green cloth, Volume I in modern cloth of the... (Item #11126)

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The Olden Time; A Monthly Publication, Devoted to the Preservation of Documents and Other Authentic Information in Relation to the Early Explorations, and the Settlement and Improvement of the Country Around the Head of the Ohio. Neville B. Craig.
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Five Years in Africa

Eugene, OR: Koke-Chapman Company. Softcover. Very Good. First and only edition. Undated, but c. 1935. 48 pp, with b/w illustrations from photographs, in original stapled wrappers. Light handling wear and soiling to wrappers, previous owner's name and address on inside cover; else clean and sound. Scarce account by a female... (Item #2190)

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Five Years in Africa. Violet B. Crandall.
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