{"title":"American West","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"piercy-frederick-hawkins-route-from-liverpool-to-great-salt-lake-valley-the-original-1855-published-copy","title":"Piercy, Frederick Hawkins. Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley - the original 1855 published copy.","description":"Piercy, Frederick Hawkins. Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley, illustrated with steel engravings and wood cuts from sketches made by Frederick Piercy including Views of Nauvoo and the Ruins of the Temple.... Edited by james Linforth. Liverpool: published by \u003cbr\u003eFranklin D. Richards, 36 Islington MDCCCLV. This is the original 1855 published copy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHAT OTHERS SAY -\"Few painters of the American West have had their pictures reproduced as often as Frederick Hawkins Piercy. One sees portraits and landscapes taken from his Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley (Liverpool, 1855) in anthologies of the gold rush, general histories of the area, and in countless books on Mormonism. The original volume, however, with its gentle, factual narrative of a voyage...sailing from Liverpool to New Orleans, a steamboat ride up the Mississippi,and an overland journey by wagon to the Mormon Zone, has beome rare.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The book was at first issued in fifteen separately stitched parts, in separate wrappers, continuing from July 1854 to September 1855. the title page and contents were stitched in the back of part fifteen. As a result, obviously, many copies were never even properly bound. Others bound and shipped from England were accidentally ruined on the way. Robert Ernest Cowan, bibliographer and expert on Americana, attached a note to the frontispiece of his own copy (now in the Rare Book Collection of the University of California at Los Angeles), which said: \"It is doubtful if any very good copy of Linforth's work is in existence. In the transit from St. Louis to Salt Lake, it suffered greatly from water, and many copies were entirely lost....the few extant copies were thoroughly (and most carelessly used) and all are in very indifferent condition.\" -From inroduction and note on text of Fawn Brodie's edition of 'From Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley' published by Harvard University Press in 1962. This edition contains lots of additional material and background that is enlightening about Piercy and Linforth and their book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most elaborately and beautifully illustrated of western books. A large portion of the edition was water damaged while in transit to New York. In some copies of the map Utah counties are hand-colored\" Howes- U.S.iana (1650-1950) 1958, page 348.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOR MY OWN PART, I have owned this book for some time, and even tried to sell it a while ago. At the time, knowing it was an important and expensive book, I was hesitant to look through and handle it at all. As a result, I was really unaware of its true beauty. For this listing, I knew I had to write a much better description. For the previous listing, I had taken some pictures of the book, but only of the outside cover, the frontispiece map, and maybe the title page. I had hardly looked inside the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis time I looked. The amazing engravings, took me with Piercy from New Orleans up the Mississippi, visiting places of interest. We pass through various cities up the Mississippi River. I felt in a time machine, transported back by Piercy's brush. There is a three-dimensionality to these engravings that cannot be captured through photography. And these scenes will never again be seen by the naked eye. The original paintings must have been absolutely fantastic. We approach St. Louis and the waterfront - You cannot even see the waterfront for all the steamboats. St. Louis truly was the gateway to the West. Everything went through St. Louis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI looked at this engraving and thought to myself, \"This is St. Louis as it may have been seen by some of my childhood heroes - a very young Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock, Jim Bridger, others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom St. Louis, we proceed up the Mississippi to Nauvoo and Carthage where there are sites of importance to Mormon people. Piercy dawdles there, but I am not so interested, so I try to hurry him along. You know how hard it can be to get 186 year old people moving (Piercy was born in 1830). So I only took a few pictures here, while Piercy painted more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom there we head west, while not encountering a lot of cities, we see the landscapes of the West. We pass through Fort Laramie, and eventually arrive at then called 'Great Salt Lake City'. Salt Lake City, then just five years old, already looks like it would bustle. Piercy lingers there, but it is time for me to depart so I can communicate with you, back in my own time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK DESCRIPTION: Cloth with quarter leather binding. Wear on the edges with a small chip from the lower back spine. The cover is soiled. There is slight water staining on the top front cover extending to the first blank page only and causing some ripple on the front. There is a fold-out MAP in front of the title-page in which the Utah Territory (including Nevada) IS COLORED. There are a number of other places in the book that have some spots and a few miscellaneous blemishes. I counted five places: There are some finger prints and a little water stain on the New Orleans engraving, There is a spot on the back of the Baton Rouge engraving (not apparent in front), Foxing on the interior margin behind the Joseph Smith- Hyrum Smith engraving, A light pencil notation on the top of page 77, There are Spots on the tissue protecting the Council Bluffs Ferry engraving. But I may have missed some blemishes. I am trying to handle this book as little as possible. There is light water-staining mostly on the bottom part of the last ten pages of paper, most on the last page, disappearing toward the bottom as it goes into the book, so those farthest into the interior of the book have barely noticeable staining. The vast majority of pages are clean. I have tried to photograph so the water staining can be viewed. All page edges still have the gilt present and there is gilt outlining the leather part of the covers. There is slight separation of the binding in front of page 81. There is slight splitting in the leather along the spine at the top and bottom, but for the most part, the spine is solid and firm. I believe this to be the original binding although laid in is a letter from a former bookseller to a previous owner saying about how the binding was restored and the maps (probably referring to the parts of the front map being mended). The engravings are all there, but 2 of them are missing tissue guards. I see no tears or creases to any of the pages. Inquire regarding different shipping options. I will be happy to answer any other questions. While viewing the book for this description, I tried to keep it well cradled, mostly between blankets and pillows, to keep the binding from stress. I also took care not to dog-ear any pages and to keep the unruly tissue papers from dropping into the inner margin of the book to be crushed and folded when the book is closed. For sale by Jon Wobber $19,000.00","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17543882692,"sku":"","price":12000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20160218_214829-2.jpg?v=1460072369"},{"product_id":"montana-frontier-by-merrill-g-burlingame-inscribed-by-burlingame","title":"Montana Frontier by Merrill G. Burlingame. INSCRIBED BY BURLINGAME.","description":"Montana Frontier by Merrill G. Burlingame. State Publishing Company, Helena Montana, 1942. With illustrationa, maps and charts. 418 pages. First edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTGHOR, MERRILL BURLINGAME - \"For Mrs. Call\/ With appreciation for\/ strong supportin in (sic.)\/ the Madison Valley\/ Merrill G. Burlingame\". The incsription does not show well because it is written over the map on the front end paper. Maroon cloth has wear to the extremites, mostly the bottom of the spine. The gilt lettering on the spine appears slightly faded, but still pronounced, while the gilt letteirng on the front cover appears bright. There is an unintended pencil marking on the leading edge of the page block and a discrete bookseller's pencil price on the front endpaper. Inside the back cover is a discrete bookseller's sticker. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings in the book. I found 2 interior pages (one of which is pictured here) with creases 1\/4 way down the page.  Pages are not dog-eared. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Not ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print-on-demand. BG13a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Merrill G. Burlingame (March 13, 1901 – November 14, 1994) was a history professor at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana who specialized in Montana history and the history of the American West. He was instrumental in the founding of the Museum of the Rockies and driving force behind the resurgence of the Montana Historical Society in the 1960s. In his time, he was known as \"Mr. Montana History. Burlingame was instrumental in the establishment of the Museum of the Rockies with physician Caroline M. McGill, a Butte, Montana physician, who was a noted collector of Montana antiquities.[7] Burlingame was appointed the first museum director in December 1959. He helped preserve the Montana-related records of the Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project.[8] He was a founding member of the Gallatin County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum in 1977, which as of 2014 is located in the building housing the original Gallatin County jail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Montana Historical Society annually recognizes the historical research and writings of undergraduate and graduate students in history with its Merrill G. Burlingame and K. Ross Toole award.[11] The Special Collections and Archives of the Montana State University Library are named after Burlingame.[12] His work The Montana Frontier first published in 1942 is considered a seminal work of Montana history.\" - Wikipdia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21448857028,"sku":"","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20160713_234618.jpg?v=1468541218"},{"product_id":"hole-in-the-rock-an-epic-in-the-colonization-of-the-great-american-west-by-david-e-miller","title":"Hole-in-the-Rock: An Epic in the Colonization of the Great American West by David E. Miller","description":"Hole-in-the-Rock: An Epic in the Colonization of the Great American West by David E. Miller. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City 1959. 229 pages. Orange cloth over boards. Pictorial map endsheets. Illustrated with several maps. Black and white photographs. Some edge wear to the cover. Previous owner bookplate on the blank page opposite the half-title page. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings.There is separation between pages 178 and 179. In spite of the separation inside the binding, the binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BI16a \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Under church (Latter Day Saints Church) direction, colonizng \"missions\" established Mormon outposts throughout, and often in remote parts of, (sic) the intermountain frontier. One of these missions, concieved in the mind of Brigham Young but not carried out until two years after his death, is the subject of the present study..\" \"..there is no better example of the indomitable pioneer spirit than that of the Hole-in-the-Rock expedition of the San Juan Mission. No pioneer company ever built a wagon road through wilder, rougher, more inhospitable country, still one of the least known regions in America.\" - from the preface.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":25383825544,"sku":"","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20160917_154521.jpg?v=1474156094"},{"product_id":"my-playhouse-was-a-concord-coach-an-anthology-of-newspaper-clippings-and-documents-relating-to-those-who-made-california-history-during-the-years-1822-1888","title":"My Playhouse Was a Concord Coach; An Anthology of Newspaper Clippings and Documents Relating to Those Who Made California History During the Years 1822-1888 by Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs.","description":"My Playhouse Was a Concord Coach; An Anthology of Newspaper Clippings and Documents Relating to Those Who Made California History During the Years 1822-1888 compiled by Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs. Printed by Howell-North Press, Oakland, Calif. Copyright 1942 by Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs. Folio in publisher's blue buckram with gilt lettering; blind-stamped illustration of horse-drawn coach on upper cover; photo-illustrated endpapers. 763 numbered pages plus colophon stating this copy not for sale, presented to \"Dr. and Mrs. R.G.Sproul, President's Home(?, not quite legible) University, California in Berkeley\" presentation written and signed by \"Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs\". Robert Gordon Sproul (May 22, 1891 – September 10, 1975) was eleventh President of the University of California serving from 1930 to 1958. This copy is not numbered for limitation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMissing 3 of the 8 fold-out maps, facing pages 1, 24, 221. Spine is lightly sunned, but gilt lettering on spine is still quite legible. Light edge wear to the cover. Light 1\/8\" diameter stain on the top of the page block. A bookplate indicating the initials \"RGS\" (presumably Sproul's) is inside the front cover. A light pencil notation about Sproul ownership is on the title page. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages and cover are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BJ27a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I did not write a book but compiled a book of those who made California history.\" \"...I have seen the weakness of human nature and realize that the control system established by the stage company, to protect the honesty of their employes, should be passed on.\" \"The Stage Driver became the most important person in the community, carrying news from station to station, which were established about every twelve miles, where a family was located and a change of horses made...\" \"As the stages carried people to their destinations, they also built up communities pioneered by an earnest, honest, sincere, law abiding group who built homes, schools, churches and left a better road for their children to travel.\" from the note on the Genesis of nthe book by Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":26786198856,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161027_231924.jpg?v=1477637414"},{"product_id":"shepherd-of-guadaloupe-by-zane-grey-first-edition","title":"Shepherd of Guadaloupe by Zane Grey FIRST EDITION","description":"Shepherd of Guadaloupe by Zane Grey. Harper \u0026amp; Brothers Publishers. 1930. \"FIRST EDITION\" stated with a Harper date code of c-e indicating printing of March, 1930. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has chips, wear and tears. Price corner was torn off. Now protected by mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. A stain is on the top of the leading edges of both front ond back cover. Some dust soiling to the top of the page block with perhaps some foxing to the other edges of the page block. A previous owner signature inside front cover. Illustrated endpapers show some tanning. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are clean with no unusual folds, creases or dog-earing. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK06c","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27290533064,"sku":"","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161106_155433.jpg?v=1478533269"},{"product_id":"nevadas-northeast-frontier-by-edna-patterson-louise-ulph-victor-goodwin","title":"Nevada's Northeast Frontier by Edna Patterson, Louise Ulph, \u0026 Victor Goodwin","description":"\u003cp\u003eNevada's Northeast Frontier by Edna Patterson, Louise Ulph, \u0026amp; Victor Goodwin. Western Printing and Publishing (1969). xiii pages, 702 pages. Hardcover with part of a dust jacket. Bright gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Light cover wear. Some water staining to the top of the first 6 pages with accompanying light ripple actually through out the book, although this sounds worse than it actually is, also evidenced by a light stain on the top of the page block. Otherwise, there are no preious owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Pages are without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BL01a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNevada's Northeast Frontier by Edna Patterson et. al. begins with the early relatons of the whites and the Native American Indians, through the early exploration, early emigrants, and U.S. Military influx. Discusses transportation, the cattle industry, sheep industry, livestock men and ranch operations, the Northeast Nevada Valleys, the towns and mining districts, and a retrospective. Contains a good bibliography and an index.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo narrate the photos:  1) On the front cover, it is easy to see no stain      2)The same with the spine.     3) On the title page and the page opposite, those are among the worst of the stained pages.     4)There is detail  of the stain opposite the title page.  5) On page 17, the stain is already gone, but there is still a bit of ripple on the op of the page.   6) On page 23. Ripple still there, but light. As it is through the whole book.   7) The top of the page block. You should be able to see the stain. It is there if you look closely.    8) This is what we have of the dust jacket. Most of the front is missing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27935807121,"sku":"","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161201_182233.jpg?v=1480653073"},{"product_id":"desert-solitaire-a-season-in-the-wilderness-by-edward-abbey-first-edition","title":"Desert Solitaire. A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey. FIRST EDITION","description":"Desert Solitaire. A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey. Drawings by Peter Parnall. McGraw-Hill Book Company. (1968) \"FIRST EDITION\" stated, with no listings of subsequent printings. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has edge wear. Bumping and minor chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. 1\/2\" tear on the top of the front panel. 1\/4\" tear on the top of the back panel with a couple of much smaller tears. No large missing pieces. Not price-clipped. Now protected with a mylar dj cover. BOOK: Slightly cocked. Bumping to the to and bottom of the spine and some cover tips. Previous owner's name inside the front cover written in black felt pen. A light stain is inside the back cover. Does not appear to effect other pages.  Some light notations in pencil on the last blank page. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BL19a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Illustrations are based on the author's drawings of petroglyphs and pictographs found in southern Utah and Arizona. Introspective and poetic observations about nature from Abbey's desert seasons as a Park Ranger.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28149649233,"sku":"","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161219_222715.jpg?v=1482217362"},{"product_id":"vallejos-of-california-by-madie-brown-emparan","title":"Vallejos of California by Madie Brown Emparan","description":"Vallejos of California by Madie Brown Emparan. Gleeson Library Associates, University of San Francisco. MCMLXVIII. (1968). 464 pages. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 7\"x 10 1\/2\". Signed by author, Madie Brown Emparan, on the title page, and her husband, Richard Raoul Emparan, to whom the book is dedicated, on the dedication page. Laid in is a Christmas card from the Emparans with a short gift inscription from them on the back of the card. Also laid in is a blurb, in an envelope, about this book, talking about the book and stating that it is in a limited edition of 1000 copies. There is no other indication on the book as to how many copies were printed. A third lay-in is the original sales slip. Hard cover with no dust jacket. Bright gilt lettering is on the front cover and spine. Inside the front cover are remnants from bookplates and address stickers which had had attempted removal. The cover, the top of the page block, and the bottom of the page block, have a bit of soiling. Many of the pages were published attached to each other. Most of the page separations were successful, except some of the pages where the tear went awry, but not torn into the text, and one or two pages that were not separated. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BL22b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"All readers will be grateful to Madie Brown Emparan for her 20-year research in preparation for this book. She had access to a great number of unpublished letters and documents.....Here for the first time is available the complete story on Vallejo. Every aspect of his life - as a writer, rancher, a military commander, colonizer of Northern California, an early advocate of annexation to the United States, a family man is covered in vivid detail. the illustrations which add much to the handsome typography, consists of twelve portraits; one of Vallejo and one of his wife, the remaining ten of his sons and daughters.\" - from the blurb about the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28184774929,"sku":"","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161222_182956.jpg?v=1482466861"},{"product_id":"ojibwa-dance-drum-its-history-and-construction-mickey-hart-inscribed-with-a-long-message-in-his-handwriting","title":"Ojibwa Dance Drum: Its History and Construction.   MICKEY HART INSCRIBED WITH A LONG MESSAGE IN HIS HANDWRITING","description":"Ojibwa Dance Drum: Its History and Construction by Thomas Vennum, Jr. INSCRIBED BY MICKEY HART WITH A LONG MESSAGE IN HIS HANDWRITING. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1982. isbn 10- 0874749417. Paperback. Some edge wear with dust soiling on the top and leading edge of the page block. A corner crease to the bottom of the back cover. Otherwise no previous owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Pages have no creeases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CE04b","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33975879441,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170504_192102.jpg?v=1493951577"},{"product_id":"beyond-the-hundredth-meridian-by-wallace-stegner-hard-cover-with-dust-jacket","title":"Beyond the Hundredth Meridian  by Wallace Stegner. Hard cover with dust jacket.","description":"Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West by Wallace Stegner. With a magnificent 8 panel fold-out of \"The Grand Canyon of the Colorado: Panorama looking east, south, and west from Point Sublime,\" by William H. Holmes. Introduction by Bernard DeVoto. Houghton Mifflin Company. The Riverside Press. 1954. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has wear on the edges. A bit of heavy wear and corner fold on the tip of inside flap. No missing pieces. Not price-clipped but with no printed price. Now protected by a new removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: Gilt lettering on the front cover and spine are somewhat faded. Slightly cocked. Some cover edge wear. There is a black soiling inside and outside the covers consistent with with dust jacket having been covered with an old institutional mylar protector with the black edging. This mylar cover has been replaced. The front endpapers are a map showing the Plateau Province and the surrounding areas. Front endpapers with remnents of institutional library check-out and cataloging, former bookseller's label and partially erased bookseller's pencil price. On the half-title page is a gold community library label. There is gouging on the top edge of the front end paper and half-title page. The panorama frontispiece has two panels with unpublished folding which may have caused a bit of warping to the rest of the frontispiece. Otherwise, I do not find flaws in the book. Pages are flat without previous owner marking. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CK16a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI do not know if this is a first printing. Usually books printed by Riverside Press state first edition or printing if that is what they are. This does not have that. Nor does it have a published price on the dust jacket. It does have corresponding '1954' dates on the the title and copyright pages which for many publishers is an indication of first printing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"John Wesley Powell's most dramatic achievement was his leadershipnof the first expedition to descend the Gren and Colorado Rivers through all their canyons, including the Grand Canyon, in 1869 and again in 1871-72. Exiting as this voyage was, however, Powell's great contribution to the country was his lifelong struggle to organize and encourage the participation of the government in scientific studies of the nation. ....father nof the Geological Survey which is still, today, mapping the United States...He was, as well, the founder of thew Ameriucan Bureau of American Ethnology, which first brought system to the study of the Indian tribes...\" from a blurb on the dust jacket.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4361423355931,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20171116_180118.jpg?v=1510885106"},{"product_id":"downieville-gold-town-on-the-yuba-by-james-j-sinnott","title":"Downieville: Gold town on the Yuba by James J. Sinnott","description":"Downieville: Gold town on the Yuba by James J. Sinnott. California Traveler publisher. '1972' is handwritten on the table of contents page with the publisher information as if confirming the date of publication. Possibly the publication date was neglected in this printing and the publisher simply hand wrote the correction. Signed 'James J. Sinnott' on the title page. 207 pages. 11 1\/4\" tall x 8 1\/2\". Numerous black and white photographs. Two full page hand drawn maps were published. Previous owner gift inscription dated '1973' in ball point pen on the first blank page. Bright gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Moderate cover edge wear. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. Aireal photographic postcard of downtown? Downieville is laid in. DG23a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA history of the California Gold Rush town from the settlement of the first 'white men' to date of publication.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12524233687149,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180725_182721.jpg?v=1532569683"},{"product_id":"gathering-of-zion-by-wallace-stegner-inscribed-by-stegner-first-edition","title":"Gathering of Zion by Wallace Stegner. INSCRIBED BY STEGNER. First Edition","description":"Gathering of Zion by Wallace Stegner. INSCRIBED BY STEGNER. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, (1964) \"First Edition\", stated with no statement of later printings. Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: First state dust jacket with $6.95 price. Wear and bumping to dj edges with some minor tears. 1\/2\" square chip at top of spine and 1\/8\" x 1\/4\" chip at bottom of the spine. There appears to be a grey soiling on the back panel. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: INSCRIBED BY STEGNER: \"For Bill Lane, with admiration for\/ his effective interest in the\/ West, Western history and\/ Western problems.\/ Wallace Stegner\" on the illustrated front endpaper. An association copy. Light sun-fading along the bottom edge of the cover. A few small white stains (totaling about 1\") along the top of the back cover. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DK18a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As their father phased himself out of the business, Bill took over the Sunset Magazine publishing and brother Melvin (1922–2007) managed the Sunset Books business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLane was the first mayor and one of the founders of Portola Valley, California in 1964.[8] From 1975 to 1976, he served as US Ambassador-at-large and lived in Japan. From 1985 to 1989, he was appointed US Ambassador to Australia and Nauru. Ronald Reagan knew Lane from their membership in the Los Rancheros Vistadores horseback riding club.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1995, Lane was named Conservationist of the Year by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lane publishing business was sold to Time Warner in 1990. In March 1993 he was appointed an honorary officer of the Order of Australia for service to Australian-American relations.\u003cbr\u003eIn 2006, Lane received the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration's Pugsley Medal in 2006 because of his contributions to parks and conservation with advocacy through his magazine, leadership positions on a host of national and regional boards and advisory committees, and personal philanthropy.\" wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Wallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called \"The Dean of Western Writers\".[1] He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972[2] and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977.\" - wikipedia \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey could have met when Stegner was teaching at Stanford University while Sunset was based in near by Menlo Park.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13853133439085,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20181118_174209.jpg?v=1542592336"},{"product_id":"we-pointed-them-north-recollections-of-a-cowpuncher-by-e-c-abbott-teddy-blue-and-helen-huntington-smith","title":"We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher by E. 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Some tanning to the paper in the joint between the paper inside the front cover and the first blank page. I found \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etwo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pages with corner folds. No other previous owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. FC20a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He rode with Charles Russell and inspired Lonesome Dove. But E.C. \"Teddy Blue\" Abbott's life dream was to write a true tale of life on the trail.\" from cowboysandindians.com","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32114231083117,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20200320_163814.jpg?v=1584748626"},{"product_id":"story-of-ajax-life-in-the-big-hole-basin-by-alva-j-noyes-inscribed-first-piublication","title":"Story of Ajax - Life in the Big Hole Basin by Alva J. Noyes. Inscribed  First piublication.","description":"The Story of Ajax - Life in the Big Hole Basin by Alva J. Noyes. State Publishing Company. 1914. Helena, Montana. Inscribed, \"Ike- this pen is like\/ its owner - \"Pinney' it wont\/ go unless driven.\/ Truly yours\/ Al Noyes\/ Ajax\". 158 pages. 13 full page black and white photographs. Errata listed below list of photographs. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Bright gilt lettering on front cover - slightly faded on spine, but still quite legible. Cover edge wear. Remnants of previous owner book plate(?) and full-page label inside front cover. Some letters in the word 'forward' on the forward page have been colored in using pencil. I did find a few page corner folds, but they are not obvious. No other previous owner markings. No tears to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. FD17a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This little story gives some of the history of the beautiful Big Hole Basin and will, no doubt, be of interest to those who may- in fifty or one hundred years-call the place their home. When it was begun I did not know that t was to have bee the first autobiography ever published in Montana. 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On the title page is a light printed '0151', presumably a numbering of an unknown limited number of copies. Silver colored cover with black ink lettering on the front cover and spine and black and white illustration on the front cover. Black and white photos. Mimeograph publication. Histories of many of the addresses on the Santa Rosa, California street and some family histories. Creasing along spine of front cover. Moderate wear to the spine. Light bumping to bottom corner of the back cover. Light cover edge and surface wear. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. 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No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Folded flyer - 'Instructions in the Art of Lassoing and Fancy Rope Spinning by \"Lasso 'Em Bill\"' (1931) and a Samson Cordage Works flyer laid in. sHK07b\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40382032838765,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20221107_163416.jpg?v=1667868536"},{"product_id":"cadillac-desert-by-marc-reisner-hardcover-with-dust-jacket","title":"Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner.  Hardcover with dust jacket.","description":"Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner. Viking. (1986). Second printing June 1987. ISBN-10:0670199273. 6 1\/2\" x 9 3\/4\" 582 page Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has light bumping to the top of the spine. Some pinhead sized spots on the back panel. Otherwise, no clips, tears, unusual folds or missing pieces. Not price-clipped. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. IB10b","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40548529373293,"sku":"","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20230210_173417.jpg?v=1676080446"},{"product_id":"genocide-and-vendetta-the-round-valley-wars-in-northern-california-by-lynwood-carranco-and-estle-beard-1","title":"Genocide and Vendetta: The Round Valley Wars in Northern California by Lynwood Carranco and Estle Beard.","description":"\u003cp\u003eGenocide and Vendetta: The Round Valley Wars in Northern California by Lynwood Carranco and Estle Beard. University of Oklahoma Press. \"First edition\" stated with no listing of subsequent printings. (1981). ISBN-10:0806115491. 6 1\/2\" x 9 1\/4\" 403 page Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Moderate edge wear. Bumping to the top of the dj. A few minor tears. Light soiling. Tiny corner folds on the flaps. No clips. No missing pieces. Not price-clipped. BOOK: Bright gilt lettering on the spine. Light cover edge wear. A light white mottling on the covers from an unknown source. Light soiling on the top and leading edges of the page block. Incomplete price erasure on the first blank page. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. IC17a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40583621312621,"sku":"","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20230317_165749.jpg?v=1679101198"},{"product_id":"twenty-seven-years-on-the-texas-frontier-by-by-capt-william-banta-and-j-w-cadwell-jr-re-written-and-revised-by-l-g-park","title":"Twenty-Seven Years on the Texas Frontier by by Capt. William Banta and J.W. Cadwell Jr. Re-written and revised by L.G. Park.","description":"Twenty-Seven Years on the Texas Frontier by by Capt. William Banta and J.W. Cadwell Jr. Re-written and revised by L.G. Park. Privately Printed, Council Hill Oklahoma. (1933). 5 1\/4\" x 7 3\/4\" (9) + 227 pages Paperback. Clear tape over an abrasion on the bottom of the spine. Light creases on the corners of the front cover. Wrinkling next to the bottom of the spine on the back cover. A couple of light creases from the top to the bottom of the back cover. The corners of the book are lightly bumped. Erasure marks on the top corner of the first page. Paper is lightly tanned with no effect on paper flexibility. No other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. sIG30a\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Biographical and general historical narrative by Banta (b. 1827) and Cadwell concerns the lives of Banta and John Wesley Cadwell, Sr. (1824-1888), and their service in the Texas Rangers. 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From childhood, having read his book again and again, with absorbing interest, and realizing its value as a historical document of the grand old state of Texas, the place of my birth, I decided to undertake this work. I have obtained some valuable facts since the book was first published, together with an old photo, which has been inserted into this issue. At present, I know of only one complete copy of this book in print. This is in possession of my brother, C.H. Park, Lubbock, Texas; and through his courtesy I have been able to make a complete manuscript.\" - from the preface \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40694903898221,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/files\/20230730_202906.jpg?v=1690774869"},{"product_id":"im-rock-and-sage-the-collected-poems-of-maynard-dixon-limited-edition-of-1300-copies-number-86-of-100-especially-bound-for-harrison-eiteljorg","title":"Rim-Rock and Sage: The Collected Poems of Maynard Dixon  limited edition of 1300 copies. Number 86 Of 100 especially bound for Harrison Eiteljorg.","description":"Rim-Rock and Sage: The Collected Poems of Maynard Dixon (with drawings by Maynard Dixon). The California Historical Society. (1977). Published in a limited edition of 1300 copies. Number 86 Of 100 especially bound for Harrison Eiteljorg. ISBN-10:0910312419. Hardcover in slipcase. SLIPCASE: Cloth covered with Leather title-author label on spine with bright gilt lettering as published. Maybe light cover edge wear, but I really don't see any.  I do find very light discoloration along some of the binding of the slipcase. BOOK: Cloth covers with leather spine. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Maybe light cover edge wear, but I really don't see any. I see a small ding on the top of a few of the pages. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. IH08a \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Maynard Dixon (January 24, 1875 – November 11, 1946) was an American artist. He was known for his paintings, and his body of work focused on the American West. 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He was married for a time to photographer Dorothea Lange, and later to painter Edith Hamlin.\" - wikipedia \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40701491642477,"sku":"","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/files\/20230808_164603.jpg?v=1691541057"},{"product_id":"fire-on-the-mountain-by-edward-abbey-first-printing","title":"Fire on the Mountain by Edward Abbey. First printing","description":"\u003cp\u003eFire on the Mountain by Edward Abbey. The Dial Press. 1962. \"COPYROIGHT C. 1962 BY EDWARD ABBEY\" stated with no listing of later printings. 5 3\/4\" x 8 1\/4\" 211 pages Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has some edge wear, bumping, tiny edge tears. Tiny chips on the bottom of the spine. 1\/2\" tears along the back top and bottom of the spine. Heavier bumping on the top of the spine.  A small abrasion on the back panel. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No other large tears. No clips. No large missing pieces. Not price-clipped. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. Previous owner name and address label on the first blank page. No other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. II02a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"'Fire on the Mountain' is a novel about a man who decides to defy the whole United States government. That man is John Vogelin, owner of a tract of land in New Mexico. The story is told through the eyes of Billy, his grandson, who lives most of the year in Pennsylvania. He always spends his summers with his grandfather, but this summer is different from all the ones that have passed and from any that he will ever know again.\" - from a blurb on the dust jacket.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40718878572653,"sku":"","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/files\/20230902_171610.jpg?v=1693701034"},{"product_id":"jesse-james-was-one-of-his-names-by-del-schrader","title":"Jesse James Was One of His Names by Del Schrader.","description":"Jesse James Was One of His Names by Del Schrader. Santa Anita Press. \"FIRST PRINTING\" stated. (1975). 6 1\/4\" x 9 1\/4\" 302 pages Hardcover with no dust jacket. Bright gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. A bit of cover edge wear and at the bottom of the spine. Light splashes of soiling on the top of the page block. Nothing bleeding to the page surfaces. No ripple. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. FB27b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As a journalist, I am surprised to find the text of this book available at Internet Archive. It's a very sought after text and sells for up to $1,000 for a collector's edition published in 1975.\u003cbr\u003eIt's out of print but can be found on ebay, Amazon, etc.\u003cbr\u003eI recommend reading Del Schrader's book for information on the Knights of the Golden Circle and the belief that the South would rise again.\u003cbr\u003eCaches of gold \u0026amp; currency were purportedly stashed away in secret locations to fund a new Confederacy.\u003cbr\u003eThere are also rumors (some say it's actual evidence) that both Billy The Kid and Jesse James survived into old age.\u003cbr\u003eThe publication of this book created controversy which continues today.\" - a review on archive.org.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41081791053933,"sku":"","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/files\/20240227_165011.jpg?v=1709081867"},{"product_id":"genocide-in-northwestern-california-when-our-worlds-cried-by-jack-norton-hardcover-with-dust-jacket","title":"Genocide in Northwestern California: When Our Worlds Cried by Jack Norton.  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Gabb.  7 3\/4\" x 10 1\/2\" 243 pages text plus 32 pages plates each with covering tissue, the tissue having identifying notes published corresponding to fossils depicted. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Cloth with bright gilt depiction of a shell on the front cover. Bright gilt lettering on the spine. Embossed seal of the Geological Survey of California on the back cover. Heavy wear on the top of the spine with about 1\/4\" missing along half the top of the spine. A 2 1\/2\" tear from the top along the front of the spine. Moderate edge wear otherwise. Brown endpapers with an old heavy pencil price inside the front cover. Tissue paper shows shadow from the opposite plate. Plate 32 with its tissue is detached with some tanning or foxing to the tissue. There is a cornerfold to each of the tissue and the plate. I see no other previous owner markings. No tears, other folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. JE11a \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41484347703405,"sku":"","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/files\/20240511_184927.jpg?v=1715487365"},{"product_id":"with-rod-and-line-in-colorado-waters-denver-chain-hardy-amp-co-booksellers-and-publishers-1884","title":"With Rod and Line in Colorado Waters. Denver: Chain, Hardy \u0026amp; Co., Booksellers and Publishers, 1884.","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith Rod and Line in Colorado Waters. Denver: Chain, Hardy \u0026amp; Co., Booksellers and Publishers, 1884. (Dates on title and copyright pages are the same, with no listing of subsequent printing.) David Atwood, Printer and Stereotyper. 5 1\/4\" x 7 1\/2\" 151 pages cloth hardcover with no dustjacket.  Bright gilt lettering and design on the front cover and faded lettering, but still legible, on the spine. Light cover edge wear. A few small smudges on the back cover. Previous owner name and address label inside the front cover. On the reverse side of the front flyleaf are some pencil notations, I think are about the book. Within the text, I found a few incidental spots of probably about or less than 1\/8\" in diameter. There is one on page 118. They are not that easy to find. I see no other previous owner markings.  No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. sLF20b\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With Rod and Line in Colorado Waters\" by Lewis B. France is a memoir-style fishing narrative written in the late 19th century. The work captures the author's experiences and reflections as he engages in the sport of fishing in Colorado's natural landscapes. It combines elements of personal anecdotes with a love for nature, focusing on the joys and struggles that accompany the life of an angler. The opening of the book introduces readers to a nostalgic recollection of the author's childhood fishing adventures and contrasts this with his later explorations in the Colorado wilderness. We meet a young boy who experiences his first catch, which includes a significant struggle with an eel, setting a playful tone. This leads to a more mature perspective, as the author recounts his friendships, camping trips, and the allure of fishing in the beautiful yet challenging terrains of Colorado. He navigates through memories of fishing successes and failures, interaction with nature, and the enduring love for the sport that binds the experiences together.\" - https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/45016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e        \"Lewis B. France (1833–1907) was a nationally renowned nature writer in the late 1800s and early 1900s, best known for his works on fly-fishing. France represented an emerging trend in the American West—the melding of natural resource utilization, tourism, and boosterism to create the industry known as ecotourism. As Colorado’s first recognized outdoor writer, he told engaging tales of fly-fishing and outlined concerns about sporting ethics and the protection of fish and game species. From the 1880s until his death in 1907, France’s outdoor articles appeared frequently in national sporting journals such as American Angler and Outdoor Life. Today, France’s legacy is visible in Colorado’s fish and game conservancy laws, and his writings still appear regularly in outdoor periodicals.\u003cbr\u003e         On a spring morning in 1868, France packed his buckboard with camping gear and a bamboo fishing rod and embarked up the South Platte River canyon from Denver on a weeklong outing. Traveling the river’s north fork to the present vicinity of Pine Junction, France pitched his tent and went fishing. At one point he cast a line into the water, and a large trout immediately devoured it. He documented this incident and other successful results of the trip in his 1884 book, With Rod and Line in Colorado Waters, the first book devoted to outdoor sporting in a state that quickly became renowned for such activities.\" - https:\/\/coloradoencyclopedia.org\/article\/lewis-b-france\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45358310948973,"sku":null,"price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/files\/20260620_193452.jpg?v=1782010168"},{"product_id":"fighting-the-mill-creeks-by-robert-a-anderson-chico-record-press-1909","title":"Fighting the Mill Creeks  by Robert A. Anderson. Chico Record Press. 1909.","description":"\u003cp\u003eFighting the Mill Creeks: Being a Personal Account of Campaigns Against Indians of the Northern Sierras by Robert A. Anderson. Chico Record Press. 1909. Assumed first printing with identical dates on the title and copyright pages. 5 1\/4\" x 7 1\/2\" 86 pages Paperback.\u003cbr\u003eThe top about 1\/4\" and bottom 1\/2\" of the spine appears to have been worn off. There is about 2\" tear on the front cover along the bottom of the spine. The front cover is quite loose along the spine, but is still holding. There are corner folds on the front cover and a tiny bit of the lower corner of the front cover appears to be missing. The corners of the back cover are lightly bumped with the edges of the back cover showing wear. There is a little bit of discoloration, possibly some sun-fading on the covers. The first few pages of the book are slightly dog-eared. Light pencil notations from a previous bookseller are on the first blank page. I see no other previous owner markings.  No tears, other folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. sLG27a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\"Fighting The Mill Creeks\"\" is a historical book written by Robert Allen Anderson and published in 1909. The book is a personal account of the author's experiences during the campaigns against the Indians of the Northern Sierras in California. Anderson was a member of the California Volunteers during the Indian Wars of the late 19th century, and he participated in several campaigns against the Mill Creek Indians. The book provides a detailed and vivid description of the battles and skirmishes that took place during these campaigns, as well as the tactics and strategies employed by both sides. Anderson also describes the daily life of the soldiers and the hardships they faced while on campaign. Through his personal account, Anderson provides insight into the attitudes and beliefs of the soldiers towards the Native Americans, as well as the political and social context of the time. The book is a valuable historical document that sheds light on a little-known aspect of American history. Overall, \"\"Fighting The Mill Creeks\"\" is a compelling and informative read for anyone interested in the history of the American West, the Indian Wars, and the experiences of soldiers during this period.\" - from an Amazon review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45527727767661,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/files\/20260730_170054.jpg?v=1785457745"},{"product_id":"motor-guide-to-california-published-by-national-automobile-club-1926","title":"Motor Guide to California published by National Automobile Club. 1926.","description":"\u003cp\u003eMotor Guide to California published by National Automobile Club. 1926. 4 1\/2\" x 7 1\/8\" in a 6 ring leatherette cover loose-leaf binder with  National Automobile Club emblem embossed in slightly faded gold  on the front cover. The pages inside are slightly smaller being about 3 3\/4\" x 6 3\/4\". The title page has completely worn through at the rings. The book is divided into sections: a 17 page \"Service Guide\" showing where and how to contact for car repairs; 26 pages of milage charts showing distances of smaller cities from San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno and Los Angeles; Index maps 27 pages encompassing 25 maps covering the entire state of California, larger versions of which could be acquired from the National Automobile Club; Trunk Highways consisting of 26 maps on 27 pages showing major routes from city to city; California Strip Maps 27 maps on 28 pages showing \"the main laterals of California\"; and California District Maps 24 pages of maps, most if not all of which fold out. OF course all of this information is current and up to date for today's driver - as long as you are in a time machine bringing you back to 100 years ago. There are some pencil notations on the blank page following the service guide and I found a handful of locations marked in ink and pencil in the milage charts with some light pencil notation in a blank space at the end of that section. I did not see any notations in the map sections, although I did not look closely at the fold off maps. How to open the title page? All the rest of the pages appear firmly within the book with no rings worn through in the paper. I did see one or two incidental unpublished page folds. Other than a few internal smudges, that might be foxing,  and some soiling on the title page, the pages appeared clean and bright and completely flexible.  Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. 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