North Logan, UT: Newell J. Crookston, 1959. 1st Edition. Softcover. Near fine. 22 pp, in tan illustrated wrappers. Old price sticker on back cover, else fine.The story of an outdoorsmen, Frank Clark, and his efforts to track down a massive grizzly bear in Cache National Forest of northern Utah and..... Item #21153
Glencoe, IL: The Free Press, 1951. Hardcover. Very good. First America n edition. pp. xi, 308, with index and glossary. Blue cloth covers, sunned at the spine, tiny bit of rubbing to extremities, previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Classic text describing Confucianism and Taoism in China and how..... Item #21152
Whittier, CA: Governor Pico Mansion Society, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. pp. 107, illustrated with black and white images of Herbert Hahn paintings, hardcover with red cloth boards, no dust jacket, binding tight, text clean. Pio Pico served as the last governor of Alta California from 1845 to 1846..... Item #21151
Stockton, CA: University of the Pacific, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. pp. 47, yellow cloth boards, no dust jacket, corners lightly bumped, near fine. Provides a history of Pacheco Pass in central California and its role as a thoroughfare in California's development, as well as a biography of the..... Item #21150
London: Macmillan & Co., 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. very good. 2 octavo volumes, pp. xxxviii, 546; xxii, 518 + ads, 3 folding colored maps, 8 colored plates (each with a printed tissue guard), 339 photographic illustrations on 212 plates (including 6 folding panoramas). Bound in original brick red cloth with..... Item #21143
Leaflet, 5.5 x 4.25 inches, printed on both sides. Fine. Idris Stelley was a 23-year-old, multiracial college student with mental health issues who killed by San Francisco police while standing alone in an empty movie theater, holding a small knife. He was shot more than 40 times, despite the officers..... Item #21135
New York: Ludwig & Tolefree, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8.5 x 5.25 inches, 151 pp, with engraved frontispiece and four additional illustrations. In original boards, with what appears to be later (but not recent) cloth over the original cloth spine. Boards worn, front board only just attached, some losses..... Item #21128
Seattle: Self-Published. Softcover. Near fine. 5.25 x 3.25 inches, 109 pp, in original illustrated wrappers. Latest copyright date 1937; printing date uncertain. Price of $1.50 on title page. Mild spine slant, else fine. Svend Jens "Jorgy" Jorgensen was a Danish immigrant who joined the Seattle Police Department 1919. He began..... Item #21117
Chicago: Press of H. G. Adair, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 196 pp, with two folding tables, in original cloth boards. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "Compliments of Judge Charles W. Goodnow" (a municipal court judge). Old dampstain visible on rear board and top margin of first 40 pages..... Item #21116
Middletown, Ohio: Journal Printing Company, 1911. ime, Law, & Justice. 6 x 4 inches, 16, [1] pp, in stapled wrappers with illustration of a horse on the front. Very good, with some general handling wear. The Monroe Horse Ranger Company was organized under an 1887 Ohio law that allowed "any..... Item #21112
Berkeley and San Francisco: Western Star Press, 1971. Softcover. Very good. Trade paperback, 81 pp. Light handling wear; very good. Describes the research and conclusions of a two-year, grant-funded study of the SFPD that found numerous systemic problems. The Introduction lays out the broad (and familiar) issue quite well: "The..... Item #21111
Softcover. Very good. Menu and program, 8.5 x 12 inches, [8] pp, in wrappers illustrated with a photo of a bust of Thompson. Light soiling to back cover, light handling wear; very good. Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961) was a prominent American journalist we was early to recognize the dangers posed by..... Item #21108
Seventy-eight (78) 7.5 x 9.5-inch photographs mounted back-to-back on cloth hinges in partial original leather post binder. Front cover of binder lacking, the result of which is that the first photograph is heavily chipped and somewhat soiled. A few others have some damage, and all show general handling wear, but..... Item #21106
1942-1945. Bourke J. Sweeney (1919-1997) was a New York native who had briefly attended art school before he enlisted in the Army in 1942, becoming a sergeant in the 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division. His urge to produce art remained strong even as his life was consumed by the..... Item #21103
Canvas-covered post binder containing 78 leaves of standard typing paper with 171 original photographs mounted rectos only, each with a typed caption. Fifteen photos measure 6” x 8” or larger, the rest average about 3” x 4”. Title page reads “THIRD ASIATIC EXPEDITION of the American Museum of Natural History..... Item #21102
Philadelphia: 1861[?]. Softcover. Very good. Bifolium (4 pp) song sheet, 9.75 x 7.75 in., printed on first page only in red and blue ink, illustrated with a portrait of Ellsworth. The song (to be sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne) is printed in two columns, below which is..... Item #21100
Softcover. Very good. Menu and program, 8.5 x 12 inches, [8] pp, in wrappers illustrated with a photo of a bust of Thompson. Light soiling to back cover, light handling wear; very good. Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961) was a prominent American journalist we was early to recognize the dangers posed by..... Item #21085
Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin & Cie. 1920. Hardcover. Near fine in a good dust jacket. 146 pp, with illustrations, maps. Bound in flexible cloth boards. Minimal wear to edges; else fine. Dust jacket has an old price stamp on the front and creasing and chipping to the top edge. In a protective..... Item #21084
Softcover. Very good. Commercial "My Life in the Service" diary, 6 x 4.5 inches, of which 31 pages have been used to describe travels from Kunming to Baoshan, China, March 9-22, 1945. A few other pages of the diary with brief notes, gift inscription and family photo tipped in at..... Item #21083
Austin: Encino Press, 1968. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First edition, second state, in a first state dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else fine, in a very good dust jacket with some light soiling. Original $7.50 price present. No letter on copyright..... Item #21076
Santa Barbara, CA: Fithian Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in brown cloth boards. Light spotting to top edges of pages, binding is tight, text is clean. Dust jacket has very small chip to top edge of front panel. From the dust..... Item #21072
Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a very good dust jacket. pp. x, 260, with bibliography and index. Bound in brown cloth boards, with dust jacket. Binding tight, text clean. Dust jacket sunned, crease near bottom edge of front panel. Publisher's description: John..... Item #21071
New York: A.S. Barnes & Company. Hardcover. Good. pp x, 219, illustrated with reproduced black and white photographs, Later printing, year of publication not stated on title page, last copyright date given as 1941. Red cloth boards are lightly soiled, slight spine lean, binding tight, text clean. No dust jacket..... Item #21070
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. pp xv, 322, illustrated with printed photographs, bibliography and index. Cloth backed boards, slight sunning to top edge of boards, scuff mark to cloth on rear board, else fine. Dust jacket..... Item #21040
New York: Wm. C. Martin, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 6 x 4 inches, pp viii, [1], 10-71, [1] (errata), in publisher's green cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Moderate foxing throughout, frontis portrait of the author lacking, but still a good of a scarce book. The Appendix is titled..... Item #21029
