Search Results: Western Americana from Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books

Kansas City, MO: R.L. Polk & Co., Publishers, 1974. Hardcover. Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Including Rural Route Residents, a Directory of House-holders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character." A total of 1434 pages. Bound in orginal dark maroon quarter cloth over gray cloth boards. Many local business ads on the covers. A near fine, bright copy.

New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1940. First edition, first printing . Hardcover. The saga of a man and woman of heroic mold who undertake the tremendous task of carving a home for themselves and their future family from the wilderness of Central Arizona. Dust jacket art by George Giguere. Some foxing to upper edge of the text block, 1" tear and small abrasion to the front endpaper. Very good in very good dust jacket with several small tears, a little edge wear and one tiny chip.

Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1973. First edition thus . Hardcover. Reprint of Senate Miscellaneous Document No. 59. Limited to 500 copies. 51 pages. Bound in original green cloth with lettering stamped in gilt. A fine copy.

Washington, DC;: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1862. Hardcover.. Senate, 37th Congress, 2nd Session, Document No. 108. The seminal legislation outlining the route and conditions for construction of the Pacific Railroad. Government document crating the Union Pacific Railroad Company. 12 pages. A handsome copy privately bound in red quarter leather with marbled boards. Tiny chip to very last page, else fine.

Salem, OR: W.A. McPherson, State Printer, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. Each 110 and 118 pages, respectively. Preliminary and ending blank leaves removed. Several small date stamps and contemporary signature. Bound in half leather over marbled covers. A near very good copy with cover wear.

Austin, TX: Jenkins Publishing Company / The Pemberton Press, 1976. First edition . Hardcover. Fine. Essential bibliography for historians and collectors of Western Americana. 91 pages with index. Bound in light gray paper covered boards with printing in dark brown. A fine copy, issued without dust jacket. Appears as new and unused.

Austin, TX: Jenkins Publishing Company / The Pemberton Press / Frontier America Corporation, 1976. Hardcover. Fine. Essential bibliographies for historians and collectors of Western Americana. Both volumes are fine, issued without dust jackets, housed withing a fine example of the slipcase. The books and slipcase are as new.

Oakland, CA: Board of Supervisors, 1915. Soft cover. A promotional booklet of 64 pages with photographs and information of current businesses located in the county and the benefits of locating a new business there. Two small complimentary stamps on the covers and one small personal stamp on the front cover. A near fine copy.

Santa Fe, NM: R.D. Publications, 1991. First edition First printing. Oblong hardcover. Fine/Fine. Copy number 435 inscribed by Dorman; "Leo Vrzal, Thaks! I hope you like this as well as the others! Richard L. Dorman. 12-16-1992." Collector's edition. Eight full-page and one partial page color illustrations by J. Finnell and Dick Sneary. 223 pages with photographs, diagrams and maps. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Appears as new.

No place, no date [late 1890s]: No publisher stated.. Hardcover. 556 pages with illustrations. Bound in original dark yellow, illustrated cloth. Covers soiled and rubbed. New front endpaper. Lacks map. A good to very good copy.

San Francisco: Division of Mines/California Department of Natural Resources, 1953. First edition, first printing . Soft cover. Ten pages with several photographs and maps. Cover edges toned. A very good plus copy.

New York: Research Reprints Inc., 1970. Facsimile reprint . Hardcover. Reprint of the 1818 edition printed for Henry Colburn, London. 504 pages. Bound in original maroon cloth. Small ding to the corner of a few early pages. A near fine copy.

Ann Arbor, MI: Self published/K.A. Sheets, 1994. First edition . Hardcover. A conveient prelliminary reference work about 19th century American maps, their makers, and their values [as of 1994]. 159 pages with map illustrations plus bibliography. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.

Berkeley, CA: Arthur Scharf, Bookseller & Schoyer's Books, 1998. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine. A catalog of 176 pages with 872 descriptive listings plus five appendixes. Besides listing books for sale, it is a useful bibliographic reference. A fine softcover catalog within a black pebbled cloth hardcover binder. Appears as new.

New York: Peter Decker [suspect mid 1940's]. First edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Relating to the discovery, exploration and settlement of the Pacific Northwest, with other rare and uncommon items depicting the westward expansion of merica upon the plains and the Pacific slope. 169 pages with over 1502 listings. A little wear along the spine and several corner placement folds. A very good copy.

New York: Dayton and Saxton, 1841. First edition, first printing . Hardcover. 435 pages. Bound in original black cloth with border and design stamped in blind and lettering stamped in gilt. Some wear and loss at spine ends. Foxing throughout. A good copy.

San Francisco: John Howell, Books, 1980. First edition . Soft cover. Fine. Though a catalogue, it is also a useful bibliographic reference for the researcher, historian and collector. 272 numbered pages with 546 item entrees, plus a list of references and index. Small ink check at the base of the spine, else a fine copy. Appears as new and unused.

College Park, MD : Jeff Dykes/Western Books [1966]. First edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Number 79 of a limited edition of 100 hardcover copies signed by Dykes on the title page. Thirty-six pages with 409 entries listed by state. Bound in green cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in original plain white dust jacket as issued. Hand written book title on front and spine panels.

Los Angeles, CA: Heritage Bookshop [1985]. Soft cover. Fine. 46 pages with 388 listings, plus bibliography. Bound in tan stiff paper covers printed in black. A fine copy.

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1966. Printed wrapper. Very good plus. Sale number 2435. 164 pages listing 765 items listed. Prices written in ink in the margins. Unused bid sheet laid in. Despite the writing in the margins, a very good plus copy.