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America The True History of Its Discovery
Nash, William Giles
Book Number: 67789
ISBN:
Publisher: Grant Richards Ltd., London, 1924
8vo. hardcover. 291pp. index, b/w frontis. Good, covers faded, foxed. / poor d/w.
Price: $20.00

Lewis & Clark and the Crossing of North America
Holloway, David
Book Number: 67658
ISBN: 029676666x
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 1974.
Large 8vo. hardcover.224pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Good, foxed. / Very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

Suwannee River: Strange Green Land
Matschat, Cecile Hulse
Book Number: 67659
ISBN:
Publisher: William Hodge & Company, London 1951.
8vo. hardcover. 256pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, light foxing to endpapers. / Fair d/w missing piece at top of spine.
Price: $12.00

The Overland Trail
Monaghan, Jay
Book Number: 67628
ISBN:
Publisher: Bobbs Merrill, Indianopolis, 1947.
8vo. hardcover.421pp. index, b/w plates, endpaper maps. Very good, minor insect damage to cover. / no d/w.
Price: $25.00

Before Barbed Wire, L.A. Huffman, Photographer on Horseback
Brown, Marh H. and W.R. Felton
Book Number: 67586
ISBN: 0517029241
Publisher: Bramhall House, New York 1956. (copyright date, no publishing date given circa 1970s)
4to. hardcover. 256pp. index, b/w photographs. Very good, small stain on top edge of fep. and front pastedown. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $30.00

Exploring the Northwest Territory
McDonald, T. H. (editor)
Book Number: 67544
ISBN:
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1966
8vo. hardcover. 133pp. index, b/w plates. Very good. / Very good d/w chopped on corners.
Price: $20.00

Sea of Glory. America's Voyage of Discovery. The U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842.
Philbrick, Nathaniel
Book Number: 67390
ISBN: 067003231x
Publisher: Viking, New York, 2003
8vo. hardcover. 452pp. index, b/w maps. Very good+. / Very good, faded d/w.
Price: $18.00

Death Song. The Last of the Indian Wars.
Weems, J. E.
Book Number: 67154
ISBN: 0880296518
Publisher: Indian Head Books, New York, 1976.
8vo. hardcover. 311pp. index. Very good, a few small spots on outer edge of text-block. / Very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

John Marsh, Pioneer: The Life Story of a Trail-blazer on Six Frontiers
Lyman, George Dunlap
Book Number: 67092
ISBN:
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1933.
8vo. hardcover. 394pp. index, b/w illus. Good+, light foxing to endpapers. Ingleton bookplate on verso fep., owner's inscription verso frontis. / no d/w.
Price: $20.00

Crooked Trails
Remington, Frederic
Book Number: 67074
ISBN: 0517159317
Publisher: Bonanza Books, New York. n.d.
8vo. hardcover. 151pp. full page b/w illus. Very good, a few foxing spots on edge. Very good d/w.
Price: $15.00

The Life of Hon William F Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide.
Cody, William F.
Book Number: 66750
ISBN: 088029650x
Publisher: Indian Head Books, New York, 1991.
8vo. hardcover. 365pp. b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $15.00

A Promised Land
Obama, Barack
Book Number: 66637
ISBN: 9780241491515
Publisher: Viking, 2020.
8vo. hardcover. 751pp. index, colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $15.00

To California and the South Seas: Ther diary of Albert G. Osbun 1849-1851
Kemble, John Haskell (editor). [Osbun, Albert G.]
Book Number: 66588
ISBN:
Publisher: The Huntington Library, San Marino, Ca, 1966.
8vo. hardcover. 233pp. index. Very good+, light foxing to top edge of text-block. / Very good d/w.
Price: $30.00

Villains and Vigilantes: The Fabulous Story of James King of William and of Pioneer Justice in California
Coblentz, Stanton
Book Number: 66220
ISBN:
Publisher: Barnes & Co Inc, New York, 1961.
8vo. softcover. 261pp. index, b/w illus. Very good with faded spine.
Price: $12.00

Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician
Morris, Roger
Book Number: 65593
ISBN: 0805011218
Publisher: Henry Holt, New York 1990.
8vo. hardcover. 1005pp. index, b/w illus. Good=, foxing to outer edge of text block. / Good+ toned d/w.
Price: $18.00

Child Life in Colonial Days
Earle, Alice Morse
Book Number: 64443
ISBN:
Publisher: Macmillan, New York, 1899.
8vo. original cloth hardcover. 418pp. index, b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $25.00

The Diary of Samuel Sewall 1674-1729. Two Volumes. Voulme 1. 1674-1708, Volume 2. 1709-1729
Sewall, Samuel. Edited by Thomas, M. Halsey
Book Number: 64259
ISBN: 0374139520
Publisher: New York. 1973. Farrar, Straus and Giroux., 1973.
8vo. hardcovers in slipcase. 1254pp. b/w illus. Fine. / Very good slipcase.
Price: $25.00

Who Discovered the Golden Gate? The Explorers' Own Accounts: How they discovered a hidden harbor and at last found its entrance
Brown, Alan K. & Stanger, Frank M.
Book Number: 64153
ISBN:
Publisher: San Mateo Historical Association, 1969.
Large 8vo. hardcover. 173pp. index, b/w illus., maps. Near Fine. Limited edition of 1500 copies, this copy #1068.
Price: $25.00

The Mining Frontier Contemporary Accounts from the American West in the Nineteenth Century,
Lewis, Marvin
Book Number: 64126
ISBN:
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1967.
8vo. orig. cloth hardcover. 231pp. index. b/w illlus. Near Fine.
Price: $15.00

Outrage, Passion, & Uncommon Sense: How Editorial Writers Have Taken on and Helped Shape the Great American Issues O F the Past 150 Years.
Gartner, Michael
Book Number: 63719
ISBN: 0792241975
Publisher: National Geographic 2005.
Square 8vo. hardcover. 224pp. b/w illus. Newar Fine. / Very good d/w with some light stains
Price: $25.00

March to massacre; a history of the first seven years of the United States Army, 1784-1791, by William H. Guthman.
Guthman, William H.
Book Number: 63466
ISBN:
Publisher: New York McGraw-hill 1975
4to hardcover 275pp index, b/w illus. very good / good d/w chipped on top edge. Bibliography: p. 249-259.
Price: $18.00

The burden and the Glory. The Hopes and Purposes of President Kennedy's Second and Thiord Years in Office as Revealed in His Public Statements and Addresses.
Kennedy, John F. Edited By Allan Nevins.
Book Number: 63402
ISBN:
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York 1964.
8vo. hardcover. 293pp. index. Very good, foxing to endpapers & outer page edges, owner's signature on fep. / Very good d/w.
Price: $15.00

The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth in Bush's America
Rich, Frank
Book Number: 62484
ISBN: 159420098x
Publisher: Penguin 2006.
8vo. hardcover. 341pp. index.Fine. / Fine d/w.
Price: $12.00

The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth in Bush's America
Rich, Frank
Book Number: 62450
ISBN: 0670071269
Publisher: Penguin Viking 2006.
8vo. softcover. 140pp. index. Very good.
Price: $10.00

Blood of Noble Men: The Alamo Siege and Battle
Huffines, Alan C.
Book Number: 36004
ISBN: 1571681949
Publisher: Austin, TX Eakin Press 1999
4to hardcover 221pp index, b/w illus. near fine / near fine d/w. Texas military historian Huffines assembles extracts from letters and other primary, or at least contemporary, sources to detail the activities and thoughts of the defending Texans and attacking Mexicans during the fatal 13 days in February and March 1836 that have become part of US mythology. Gary S. Zaboly contributes line drawings and sketches of characters, scenes, weapons, dress, and other aspects and begins each chapter with an aerial view pointing out positions and salient features.
Price: $45.00

Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales
Saxon, Lyle; Tallant, Robert; Dreyer, Edward
Book Number: 60314
ISBN: 0517019221
Publisher: Bonanza Books; New York n.d. circa 1970s.
8vo. hardcover. 587pp. index, b/w illus. Fine. / Fine d/w.
Price: $65.00

Poway a Pictorial History
Poway Historical Society
Book Number: 5146
ISBN:
Publisher: Poway Historical Society. 1995
4to. stapled wraps. 56pp. b/w photo. very good.
Price: $15.00

Under fire : an American story
North, Oliver.
Book Number: 29504
ISBN: 0060183349
Publisher: New York, NY HarperCollins Publishers 1991
8vo hardcover 446pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. In this candid book, Oliver North, the man who has been at the centre of the Iran-Contra controversy tells the story of his life. He reveals the inside story behind the headlines and stresses the importance of his family and his enduring faith, which have seen him through the toughest times.
Price: $12.00