Dobyns, Winifred Starr, California Gardens. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1931. [1-10], 11-20, [21-210], 4to, 8 ½ by 11”. Green silk covered boards with gold stamped title of front cover.. First edition first printing. Faded, spine and top edge very sunned, otherwise good, lacks dust jacket. 209 full page black and white photographs by various photographers. Forward by […]
Horace Bell On the Old West Coast
Bell, Horace, edited by Lanier Bartlett, On the Old West Coast: Being Further Reminiscences of a Ranger. William Morrow and Co, New York, .1930. [xiv] 1-336 pages, 6 ¼” x 9 ½” . Grey cloth covered boards, paste-on title in red on front cover and spine, lacks dust jacket. First edition, trade issue. Good but faded copy. Previous […]
Earl R. Smith, The Days of my Years
Smith, Earl R. The Days of my Years, The Autobiography of an Average American. 1968, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR. [xiv] 1-324, paperback, 5 ½” x 8 1/2’”. Near fine. First edition. Born in 1882 in Colorado, Smith lived most of his life on the west coast, both in California and Oregon, doing everything from mining gold to […]