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Lucia, Ellis. THE SAGA OF BEN HOLLADAY, GIANT OF THE OLD WEST.
New York, NY; Hastings House, 1959, First edition. Hardcover. Lord of most everything that rolled in the frontier West, Ben Holladay was the greatest transportation tycoon our country has ever known. 374 pages. Fine in fine price clipped dust cover with one tiny closed tear.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 6870   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Irving, John Treat, Jr. INDIAN SKETCHES TAKEN DURING AN EXPEDITION TO THE PAWNEE TRIBES (1833).
Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma Press, 1955, New edition, first printing. Hardcover. Volume 18 in the American Exploration and Travel Series. Edited and annotated by John Francis McDermott. First published in 1835 in both the US and England. This present edition is a faithful reprinting of the first American edition with new matter from the revised 1888 edition acknowledged where pertinent. See Wagner-Camp 55; Graff 2157; and Howes, I-79. 275 pages with illustrations. Fine in fine price clipped dust jacket.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 6874   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Irving, Washington. THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE, U.S.A. IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND THE FAR WEST.
Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma Press, 1961, First annotated edition. Hardcover Edited by Edgeley W. Todd. Volume 34 in The American Exploration and Travel Series. In 1832 Captain Bonneville led 110 men and 20 heaveily loaded wagons westward from Fort Osage, Missouri for the beaver trapping grounds of the Rocky Mountains. Three and one half years later, he and his ragged trappers rode back into Independence and civilization. This is a skillfully written portrayal of the trip written by Irving from Bonneville's detailed journal. See Howes, I-85; Graff, 2160; and Wagner-Camp 67. 424 pages with maps, one a foldout. Fine in fine dust cover with a tiny tear and associated crease at one corner.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 6878   details     inquire
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De Pourtales, Count (George F. Spaulding, editor). ON THE WESTERN TOUR WITH WASHINGTON IRVING; THE JOURNAL AND LETTERS OF COUNT DE POURTALES.
Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma Press, 1968, First edition. Hardcover. Volume 54 in The AmericanExploration and Travel Series. Count de Pourtales was a young Swiss aristocrat. He travelled with Washington Irving in Henry Leavitt Ellsworth's party on a trip in 1832 down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and overland into the center of Indian Territory. This is an annotated printing of his journal and letters regarding his trip to the American West. Fine in fine price clipped dust jacket.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 6883   details     inquire
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Anness, Milford E. SONG OF METAMORIS.
Caldwell, ID/New York, NY; Caxton Printers, 1964, First edition. Hardcover. Singed by Anness. Firstedition. 510 pages with illustrations by Russell E. Hollenbeck. Map endpapers. About fine in about fine dust jacket with slight edge wear and mild fade to spine panel.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 6893   details     inquire
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Cline, Gloria Griffen. EXPLORING THE GREAT BASIN.
Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma Press 1972, First edition,Second printing. Hardcover. Volume 39 in The American Exploration and Travel Series. The exploration and mapping of the vast area between the Wasatch Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. 254 pages with several maps. Fine in fine dust jacket with two tiny tears. A bright and clean copy.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 6894   details     inquire
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Bloss, Roy S. PONY EXPRESS - THE GREAT GAMBLE.
Berkeley, CA; Howell-North, 1959, First edition. Hardcover. It was a well known fact that the completion of the transcontinental telegraph line would put an end to the Pony Express. Why, then, for such a short-lived enterprise were such tremendous sums expended? Fine in fine dust jacket with 1/ 2" tear. A clean and bright copy.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 6903   details     inquire
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Adair, John THE NAVAJO AND PUEBLO SILVERSMITHS
Norman, OK University of Oklahoma Press 1975, First edition Hardcover. Tenth printing. Volume 25 inThe Civilization of the American Indian Series. The story of the Indian silver jewelry fashioned in the Southwest by the Navajo and the Zuni, Hopi, and other Pueblo peoples. 220 pages with numerous photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 6909   details     inquire
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Dodge, Richard Irving, Col. THE PLAINS OF THE GREAT WEST.
New York, NY; Archer House, 1959, Hardcover. 1959 reprint, originally published in 1877. When Colonel Dodge first visited the plains of the West they had only been partly explored. The book is divided into three sections; Topography - Natural Wonders, Climate, and Travel; Game Animals and Hunt ing Exploits; Indians and Indian Life.It is a prime sourcebook on the lore and legend of the Old West and a fascinating eye-witness account of a now vanished land. 452 pages with map and several engravings. Fine in fine dust jacket with some wear at corners and spine panel ends, plus one tiny chip.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 6912   details     inquire
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Taylor, Morris F. FIRST MAIL WEST: STAGECOACH LINES ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL.
Albuquerque, NM; University of New Mexico Press, 1971, First edition. Hardcover. The publication date, 1971, was the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Santa Fe Trail. This is the history of the stagecoach lines that carried passengers and mail over the Trail from 1850 to 1879. Described are the roads they us ed, the land along them, the physical equipment of the lines, their fares, their stations and accommodations for passengers, and the nature of the country, the people, and the trade at the end of the route in New Mexico. 253 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 6916   details     inquire
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Wyman, Mark. HARD ROCK EPIC: WESTERN MINERS AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1860 - 1910.
Berkeley, CA; University of California Press, 1979, First edition. Hardcover. The world of the hard-rock miner differed from that of the placer miner; this came as a consequence of the introduction of new technology and methods of finance. A sense of desperation appears frequently in thiss accoust, as paydays w ere months late, absentee owners abruptly changed local policiesand widely-heralded technological gains proved disastrous for the workmen. 331 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket with tiny tear.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 6917   details     inquire
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Stocking, Hobart E. THE ROAD TO SANTA FE.
New York, NY; Hastings House, 1971. First edition, Hardcover. First edition. The Road to Santa Fe, which began in 1821 as a route of commerce through Indian country, across arid land and the Cimarron Desert, was, until rails were laid west from Kansas City, the only link between the Mississippi and the Southwe st. This book traces the road from Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. 372 pages with numerous maps. Fine in fine, bright, and crisp dust jacket.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 6918   details     inquire
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Lewis, Oscar. SUTTER'S FORT: GATEWAY TO THE GOLD FIELDS.
New York, NY; Prentice-Hall, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Third printing. The fort that Captin John A. Sutter built in California's Central Valley was the focal point of one of the most dynamic eras in American history, a dramatic and sweeping story that is vividly reconstructed in this volume in the Ameri can Forts Series. Map endpapers. 223 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 6919   details     inquire
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White, Gerald T. FORMATIVE YEARS IN THE FAR WEST; A HISTORY OF STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA AND PREDECESSORS THROUGH 1919.
New York, NY; Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962, First edition. Hardcover. In relating the story of theearly years of Standard Oil, the author makes a valuable contibution to our knowledge of the American West. 694 pages with photographs, charts, tables, maps, and illustrations. Fine in fine dust jacket faded along spine panel and very slight wear at corners and spine panel ends.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 6924   details     inquire
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Cutts, James M. THE CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO, BY THE FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN THE YEARS 1846 & 1847.
Albuquerque, NM; Horn & Wallace, 1965, Hardcover. Reprint, originally published in 1847. Howes, C989. Forward to the 1965 edition written by George P. Hammond. The clash between Mexico and the United States marked a collision of irresistable ideas and forces. The story of this conflict, as it relat ed to New Mexico, Arizona and the Pacific Coast, and how the campaings were conceived and executed, is written as an informative volume on the Western areas over which the fighting took place, its geography, and the men who fought and won that strug gle. 264 pages with four maps and two illustrated portraits. Fine in fine, bright and clean dust jacket with two tiny closed tears.
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 6926   details     inquire
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Thomas, Alfred Barnaby, editor. FORGOTTEN FRONTIERS; A STUDY OF THE SPANISH INDIAN POLICY OF DON JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA, GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, 1777 - 1787.
Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma Press, 1969, Second printing. Hardcover. Volume 1 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series. From the original documents in the archives of Spain, Mexico, and New Mexico, translated into English, edited and annotated by Alfred Barnaby Thomas. The theme of this book is the contribution of Governor Anza in handling the Indian barricade in the key Spanish province of New Mexico, "the bulwark of New Spain." 420 pages with two foldout maps. Very fine in very fine dust jacket with one tiny closed tear.
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 6928   details     inquire
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Loomis, Noel M. THE TEXAN-SANTA FE PIONEERS.
Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma Press, 1958, First edition. Hardcover. Volume 25 in The AmericanExploration and Travel Series. Nearly four hundred frontiersmen left Austin, Texas, in June, 1841, to establish a trade route to Santa Fe. Even before the expedition got under way there were ominous signs which pointed to failure. Indians scalped at least twenty men and they were faced with prairie fires, stampedes, starvation, illness, and errors of command. When suddenly confronted by the Mexican militia, they surrendered and were imediately marched 2 000 miles to Mexico City. 329 pages with maps, one a foldout. Fine in fine, bright and clean dust jacket with light rubbing at spine panel ends.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 6931   details     inquire
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Nelson, William Hamilton. ALLURING ARIZONA.
San Francisco, CA; Nelson, 1938. Fourth edition, Hardcover. Fourth edition. A series of connected sketches beginning with the primitive inhabitants, the Cliff Dwellers, the coming of the Spanish explorers, the Grand Canyon, and concluding with Arizona today. 133 pages with photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 6933   details     inquire
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Billeb, Emil W. MINING CAMP DAYS.
Berkeley, CA; Howell-North, 1958, First edition. Hardcover. The author describes mining, life in the camps, a pioneer electric power system, massive snowstorms and his experiences operating a 32-mile, 3 foot gauge railroad with four engines, two water tanks and no timetable. 229 pages with 203 photographs. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 6934   details     inquire
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Neasham, V. Aubrey. WILD LEGACY; CALIFORNIA HUNTING AND FISHING TALES.
Berkeley, CA; Howell-North, 1973. Hardcover. First edition. These tales of hunting and fishing in California have been gathered from newpapers, reminiscences and books of the times. They tell the exploits of many fine and courageous sportsmen. 178 pages with illustrations. Fine in fine dust jacketr.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 6935   details     inquire
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Baldwin Locomotive Works. EIGHT-COUPLED LOCOMOTIVES FOR FREIGHT SERVICE.
Philadelphia, PA; Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1920, First edition. Oblong softcover Record no. 99, code word, "Referebat." A catalogue of Consolidation (2-8-0) and Mikado (2-8-2) type steam locomotives. 32 pages with photographs of locomotives with general dimensions and data. Blue and gray covers. Fine.
Price: USD 135.00 other currencies   order no. 6941   details     inquire
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Griswold, P.R. "Bob." COLORADO'S LONELIEST RAILROAD, THE SAN LUIS SOUTHERN.
Boulder, CO; Pruett, 1980, First edition. Hardcover. Only 31 miles long and built on practically level ground, the San Luis Southern Railway was simple yet remarkable. It never owned more than 4 locomotives and 20 cars at any one time, yet it managed to survive financial crisis after financial crisis to reach the age of 67 in a solvent condition. 190 pages of text with photographs, maps, and dimensional diagrams of water tanks and other railroad structures. Light, small tan spot to front endpaper. Two corners bumped, else fine in fine dust jacket with very light wear at spine panel ends.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 6961   details     inquire
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Grenard, Ross, and John Krause. THE OVERLAND ROUTE; UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Newton, NJ; Carstens, nd First edition. Pictorial wrappers. A photographic album of the Union Pacific during the 1950s when steam locomotives still ruled but were being replaced by diesels. 82 pages. Bound in stiff paper pictorial covers. Very fine.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 7016   details     inquire
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Albi, Charles, and William C. Jones, editors. COLORADO RAIL ANNUAL NO. 17; A JOURNAL OF RAILROAD HISTORY IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST.
Golden, CO; Colorado Railroad Museum, 1987, First edition. Hardcover. Contains "Rocky Mountian Rocket" by Mike Doty and Mel McFarland, a history on the Rock Island in Colorado; "Tennessee Pass" by Robert Le Massena, a history of the Rio Grande's Royal Gorge Route; and "Last of the Birneys" by Ernie Payt on, a history of the streetcar system in Fort Collins, CO. 280 pages with numerous photographs, maps and dimensional diagrams. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. A crisp and bright copy.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7025   details     inquire
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Albi, Charles, Cornelius W. Hauck and William C. Jones, e... RAILROADING IN THE ROCKIES A HALF CENTURY AGO: COLORADO RAIL ANNUAL NO. 18.
Golden, CO; Colorado Railroad Museum, 1990, First edition. Hardcover. Contains "Eastward Ho! Two Californians' Journey to Colorado" by Ted Wurm, a 1939 photographic journey to Colorado; "Westward Ho! A Coloradoan's Photo Safari Across the Rockies" by John W. Maxwell, Sr., two photographic journeys made in 1940 and 1941 in search of steam and narrow gauge; and "On Line: Three Years On A Santa Fe Business Car" by Edward Mahoney, the author's narrative of adventures of western steam railroading in the years 1919 to 1922. 221 pages with numerous photo graphs. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7026   details     inquire
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Le Fanu, Sheridan. SHERIDAN LE FANU: THE DIABOLICAL GENIUS.
New York, NY; Juniper Press, n.d. Hardcover. Volume III of The Forgotten Classics of Mystery series, collecting the three titles, Uncle Silas, The Inn of the Flying Dragon, and Carmilla. Very good in very good dust jacket with some wear and loss to edges and spine panel ends.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 7053   details     inquire
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Hauck, Cornelius W., editor. COLORADO RAIL ANNUAL, ISSUE NUMBER NINE.
Golden, CO; Colorado Railroad Museum, 1971, First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Three articles on Colorado railroading by Stanley Rhine, Mke Davis and Mallory Hope Ferrell. 126 pages with photographs, maps and diagrams. Bound in stiff paper covers. Fine.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7054   details     inquire
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Watrous, George R., James C. Rikhoff, Thomas H. Hall. THE HISTORY OF WINCHESTER FIREARMS, 1866 - 1975.
New York, NY; Winchester Press, 1975, Fourth edition. Hardcover. First edition thus. Revised and expanded over previous editions. 229 pages. Pictures and statistics plus text on all the various firearms developed and produced. Very fine, issued without dust jacket, in slipcase.
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 7069   details     inquire
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Underhill, Ruth M. THE NAVAJOS.
Norman, OK; Univ. Of Oklahoma Press, 1971. First edition, Hardcover. Fifth printing. An authoritative account of the Navajos from the time of their myth-shrouded appearance in the Southwest to the present-day. 288 pages. Very fine in fine dust jacket.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 7071   details     inquire
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Connor, Seymour V., and Jimmy M. Skaggs. BROADCLOTH AND BRITCHES; THE SANTA FE TRADE.
College Station, TX; Texas A&M University Press, 1977, First edition. Hardcover. An abundance of primary source material - the reminiscences of traders, the impressions of journalists and soldiers, the unpublished manuscripts of both literate and semi-literate observers - and serious scholarly journal articles and monographs of the Santa Fe Trail and trade. 225 pages with illustrations. Fine in fine price clipped dust jacket with tiny tear at head of spine panel.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7078   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Fleming, Lawrence J. RIDE A MILE AND SMILE THE WHILE; A HISTORY OF THE PHOENIX STREET RAILWAY, 1887-1948
Phoenix, AZ Swaine Publications 1977, First edition, first printing Hardcover A nostalgic look at the Phoenix streetcar lines. 179 pages with historic photographs, maps and rosters. Fine in fine dust cover. A bright and attractive copy.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 7088   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Regional Planning Commission, County of Los Angeles. A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE REGIONAL PLAN OF HIGHWAYS; SECTION 4, LONG BEACH - REDONDO AREA.
Los Angeles, CA; Regional Planning Commission, 1931, First edition. Hardcover. Chapters include; Los Angeles County - Its Origin and History; The Long Beach - Redondo Highway Plan; Official Approval and Adoption of the Plan; Problems Involved in the Design of the Highway Plan; Schedule of Major and Secondary Hig hways. 206 pages of text, photographs and an abundance of maps, plus thirteen foldout tissue maps, all in superb condition as if never opened. Bound in olive green cloth lettered in black with shape of county filled in gilt. Slight loss of gilt to one corner. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. A fine handsome copy.
Price: USD 195.00 other currencies   order no. 7090   details     inquire
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Duke, Donald, and Stan Kistler. SANTA FE... STEEL RAILS THROUGH CALIFORNIA.
San Marino, CA; Golden West, 1968, Fifth printing. Hardcover. A pictorial history of Santa Fe railroading in California. 184 pages of photographs, illustrations and maps. Map endpapers. Previous owner's signature and small name stamp. Very good in about very good price clipped dust cover with s everal tears, one repaired with tape.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7095   details     inquire
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Johnston, Hank, and James Law. RAILROADS OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY.
Corona del Mar, CA; Trans-Anglo, 1975, Second edition, revised. Hardcover. Fourth printing. The history of the four little short lines that operated in the Merced River canyon just adjacent to Yosemite National Park. 206 pages text with maps and photographs. Map endpapers. Previous owner's signature and stamp. Fine in about fine dust jacket with one tiny tear.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7112   details     inquire
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Hungerford, Edward. WELLS FARGO; ADVANCING THE AMERICAN FRONTIER.
New York, NY; Random House, 1949, First edition. Hardcover. A history of events from the formation of Wells Fargo in 1851 to the time of publication of this book. 274 pages with illustrations and photographs. Bound in pictorial cloth. Fine in about fine dust jacket with several closed tears.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 7134   details     inquire
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Miller, Robert Ryal. FOR SCIENCE AND NATIONAL GLORY; THE SPANISH SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO AMERICA, 1862-1866.
Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma Press, 1968, First edition. Hardcover. Volume 55 in the AmericanExploration and Travel Series. Isabella II sent a scientific expedition to that part of the New World still ruled by Spain. From 1862 to 1866 the Spaniards traversed the Argentine Pampas, crossed the Andes Mo untains, surveyed mineral deposits in the Atacama Desert, excavated archaeological sites from Patagonia to Panama, visited mines and redwood forests in California, and navigated the full length of the Amazon River. This is the story of that expediti on. 194 pages with photographs and illustrations. Bound in yellow cloth. Fine in fine price clipped dust jacket with one tiny tear.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 7136   details     inquire
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Nasatir, Abraham P. BORDERLAND IN RETREAT; FROM SPANISH LOUISIANA TO THE FAR SOUTHWEST.
Albuquerque, NM; University of New Mexico Press, 1976, First edition. Hardcover. The frontier of the Far Southwest was on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in the mid-eighteenth century. Spain viewed this perimeter as the outermost bastion of New Spain. 175 pages. Bound in cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear at spine panel ends.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7138   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Josephy, Alvin M., Jr. THE PATRIOT CHIEFS; A CHRONICLE OF AMERICAN INDIAN LEADERSHIP.
New York, NY; Viking, 1961. First edition, Hardcover. First edition. The life stories of nine Indian chiefs. 364 pages with several maps. Bound in green cloth. Very good in very good dust jacket.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7140   details     inquire
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Athearn, Robert G. THE COLORADANS.
Albuquerque, NM; University of New Mexico Press. 1976, First edition. Hardcover. Stresses the social rather than political history, describing the growth of the state's cities and industries by acquainting us with the people who built them. 430 pages with photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 7146   details     inquire
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Silverberg, Robert. VALLEY BEYOND TIME.
New York, NY; Dell, 1973, First edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number 9249. A fine, tight, unread copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7148   details     inquire
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Adams, Robert. THE PATRIMONY.
New York, NY; Signet, 1980, First edition. Paperback. Horseclans #6. Publisher's book number E9179.A fine, tight, unread copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7152   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Adams, Robert. THE SAVAGE MOUNTAINS.
New York, NY; Signet, 1980, First edition. Paperback. Horseclans #5. Publisher's book number E9034.A fine, tight, unread copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7153   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Carnell, John, editor. NEW WRITINGS IN SF 9.
New York, NY; Bantam, 1972, First edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number S7245. A fine, tight,unread copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7158   details     inquire
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Kilian, Crawford. THE EMPIRE OF TIME.
New York, NY; Del Rey, 1978, First edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number 27938. A fine and bright, unread copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7162   details     inquire
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McKillip, Patricia A. HARPIST IN THE WIND.
New York, NY; Ballantine/Del Rey, 1980, First paperback edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number27469. A very fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7168   details     inquire
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Moore, Ward. GREENER THAN YOU THINK.
New York, NY; William Sloane, 1947, First edition. Hardcover. Some foxing to endpapers, lower corners soft, else very good in very good dust jacket with several tears and tiny chips.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 7169   details     inquire
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Hughes, Zack. GOLD STAR.
New York, NY; Signet, 1983, First edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number AE2625. A fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7172   details     inquire
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Martin, Peter. SUMMER IN THREE THOUSAND.
London; Quality Press, 1946, First edition. Hardcover. Bleiler; The Checklist of Science-Fiction & Supernatural Fiction, pg 134. Pages lightly tanned at edges. About fine in about fine dust jacket.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7174   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Walker, Jerry. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED; A NOVEL OF 1950.
New York, NY; Cosmos, 1947. Hardcover. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket with one tiny chip and light edge wear.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7175   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Hearn, Lafcadio. KARMA.
New York, NY; Boni and Liveright, 1918, First edition. Hardcover. Blue paper covered boards with white cloth spine. Spine tanned with several small spots. Lower corners lightly worn. Very good. An attractive copy.
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 7179   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Linton, C.E. (Charles Ellsworth). THE EARTH MOTOR AND OTHER STORIES.
Salem, OR; Statesman Publishing, nd. [1915?]. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Dr. C.E. Linton. Collects 4 stories. Illustrated by Murray Wade. Bleiler; The Checklist of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction, pg 124. Bound in gray cloth with illustrated cover. Small smudge to front endpaper, produ ction flaw, a small scrape, to page 49, else a fine copy of a scarce title rarely found signed. Digital photograph upon request.
Price: USD 225.00 other currencies   order no. 7182   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
De Camp, L. Sprague. THE GOLDEN WIND.
Garden City, NY; Doubleday, 1969, First edition. Hardcover. Signed by de Camp. About fine in about fine dust jacket with tiny tear and light wear at heel of spine panel.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 7188   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Nicholls, Peter, editor. SCIENCE FICTION AT LARGE: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, BY VARIOUS HANDS, ABOUT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SCIENCE FICTION AND REALITY.
New York, NY; Harper & Row, 1976, First US edition. Hardcover. Collects eleven essays by Le Guin, Toffler, P.K. Dick, and others. Two small ink characters to lower corner of front endpaper, else fine in fine price clipped dust jacket.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 7197   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Padgett, Lewis (pseudo. of Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore). WELL OF THE WORLDS.
New York, NY; Galaxy, nd (1953). First edition. Printed wrappers. Galaxy Science Fiction Novel No. 17. Digest bound in paper covers. About fine with small corner crease to front cover. A very nice copy.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 7198   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. TARZAN AND THE FOREIGN LEGION.
Tarzana, CA; Burroughs, 1947, First edition. Hardcover. Heins, FL-1. The twenty ninth novel in the Tarzan series. Dust jacket and interior illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. Very fine in fine and bright dust jacket with mild bumping and a tiny tear at head of spine panel. Digital photograph upon request.
Price: USD 235.00 other currencies   order no. 7204   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
James, William. THE TURN OF THE SCREW.
New York, NY; Heritage Press, 1949, First edition thus. Hardcover. With a new introduction by Carl Van Doren. Relevant copy of Heritage Club Sandglass laid in. "A historical landmark." Barron; Horror Literature, *3-107. Very fine in fine slipcase. Issued without dust jacket.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 7210   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn. SIGNS AND PORTENTS.
Santa Cruz, CA; Dream Press, 1984, First edition. Hardcover. Signed. Signed by Yarbro and dated 2MR85. Very fine, issued without dust jacket.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 7211   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Phillips, Rog (psuedo. of Graham Roger Phillips). WORLD OF IF.
Chicago; Century Publications/Merit Books, 1951, First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Merit Books #B-13. Digest sized paperback bound in pictorial paper covers. The usual minor aging of the pages and some light foxing along spine, else a fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7213   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Reynolds, Mack. EARTH UNAWARE.
New York, NY; Leisure Books, nd. Paperback. Reprint of OF GODLIKE POWER. Publisher's book number LB628. A fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7214   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Lundwall, Sam J. SCIENCE FICTION: WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
New York, NY; Ace, 1971, First US edition. Paperback. Translated from the Swedish. Publisher's booknumber 75440. A fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7218   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Lupoff, Richard. SACRED LOCOMOTIVE FLIES.
New York, NY; Beagle/Boxer, 1971, First edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number 95143. A fine and bright copy with light opening crease along spine.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7219   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Robeson, Kenneth. THE MUNITIONS MASTER; A DOC SAVAGE ADVENTURE.
New York, NY; Bantam, 1971, First edition. Paperback. Doc Savage #58. Publisher's book number H5788. A fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7240   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Robeson, Kenneth. THE YELLOW CLOUD; A DOC SAVAGE ADVENTURE.
New York, NY; Bantam, 1971, First edition. Paperback. Doc Savage #59. Publisher's book number S5838. Review slip laid in. A fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7243   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Robeson, Kenneth. THE SUBMARINE MYSTERY; A DOC SAVAGE ADVENTURE.
New York, NY; Bantam, 1971, First edition. Paperback. Doc Savage #63. Publisher's book number S6542. A very fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7247   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Robeson, Kenneth. THE MOTION MENACE; A DOC SAVAGE ADVENTURE.
New York, NY; Bantam, 1971, First edition. Paperback. Doc Savage #64. Publisher's book number S6653. A fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7248   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Norton, Andre. ORDEAL IN OTHERWHERE.
New York, NY; Ace, 1964, First paperback edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number F-325. The usual very light tanning to interior covers, else a fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7258   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Cummings, Ray. TAMA, PRINCESS OF MERCURY.
New York, NY; Ace, 1966, First edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number F-406. The usual very light tanning to interior covers, else a fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7259   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Simak, Clifford D. FIRST HE DIED.
New York, NY; Dell, [1953]. First paperback edition. Paperback. Originally titled TIME AND AGAIN. Publisher's book number 680. A very good copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7261   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Hall, Austin. THE SPOT OF LIFE.
New York, NY; Ace, [1964]. First edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number F-318. Very faint opening crease along spine, else a fine copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7262   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Boyd, John. THE POLLINATORS OF EDEN.
New York, NY; Weybright and Talley, 1969, First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 7272   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Gibson, William, and Bruce Sterling. THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE.
New York; Bantam, 1991, First US edition. Hardcover. Preceeded by the British edition. Barron; Anatomy of Wonder 4, 4-186. Promotional letter laid in. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 7273   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Harness, Charles L. KRONO.
New York, NY; Watts, 1988, First US edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 7275   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Drake, David. THE DRAGON LORD.
New York, NY; Berkley/Putnam, 1979, First edition. Hardcover. Very fine in very fine and bright dust jacket.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 7276   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Chandler, A. Bertram. WHEN THE DREAM DIES.
London. Allison & Busby. 1981, Hardcover. First hardcover edition. Volume 2 in "The Rim World" series. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 7277   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Chandler, A. Bertram THE RIM OF SPACE
London Allison & Busby. 1981, First UK hardcover edition Hardcover Volume 1 in "The Rim World" series. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 7278   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Norton, Andre. THE DEFIANT AGENTS.
New York, NY; Ace, 1962, First paperback edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number F-183. Very good, gently read copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7284   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Williams, Herbert, editor TERROR AT NIGHT; 13 TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
New York Avon Book Company 1947, First edition, first printing Paperback Avon #110. Collects stories by Lovecraft, James, Dunsany, Bierce, Stoker and other well known authors. A very good copy.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 7290   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Del Rey, Lester. THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT.
New York, NY; Ballantine Books 1970, First revised edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number 02068. A fine and bright copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7296   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Silverberg, Robert. MOONFERNS AND STARSONGS.
New York, NY; Ballantine, 1971, First edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number 02278. Classic cover art by Gene Szafran. A fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 7327   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Brunner, John. DOUBLE, DOUBLE.
New York, NY; Ballantine, 1969, First edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number 72019. Bump loweredge of rear cover. A fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7328   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Merwin, Sam, Jr. KILLER TO COME.
New York, NY; Galaxy, 1954, First paperback edition. Paperback. Galaxy Science Fiction Novel No. 22. Digest bound in pictorial paper covers. Spine foxed. Very good.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7332   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Sturgeon, Theodore. THE COSMIC RAPE.
New York, NY; Dell, 1958, First edition. Paperback. Publisher's book number B120. A very good and bright copy.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7344   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Brunner, John, and David Grinnell (Donald Wollheim). TIMES WITHOUT NUMBER, bound with DESTINY'S ORBIT, by Grinnell.
New York, NY; Ace, 1966, First edition. Paperback. And first paperback edition, respectively. Ace Double. Publisher's book number F0161. Light reading crease along spine, else a near fine copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7346   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Reynolds, Mack, and E.C. Tubb. COMPUTER WAR, bound with DEATH IS A DREAM.
New York, NY; Ace, 1967, First editions. Paperback. Ace Double. Publisher's book number H-34. One corner crease and slight foxing to inside cover, else a fine and bright unread copy.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 7351   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
Pohl, Frederick, and C.M. Kornbluth WOLFBANE
New York, NY; Ballantine Books 1959, First edition, first printing Paperback Publisher's book number 335K. A very good, unread copy. No opening creases.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 7360   details     inquire
offered by: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books   (USA)
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