Virginia City NV: Lamp Post, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt-stamped cloth. 65pp. Illustrated very nicely with the work of Christy. Index. Pictorial endpapers. Signed by Daniels & Christy, & dated early in year of publication. Bulette, "kindhearted, charitable and generous" was one of the most popular women on "D" Street.....
Seattle: Superior, 1971. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus. 4to pictorial wraps. 96pp. Illustrated with the author's b/w photos. 38 towns. Great material! Small black-out of price upper corner of front cover. Fine. We carry a stock of fine 1st editions of Lambert's hardbound in dj books not specific.....
Berkeley: Howell-North, 1959. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. 1st printing of fine facsimile reprint edition. Gilt-stamped cloth. 451pp. Illus. Appendix. Index. Fldg map in back pocket. Pictorial endpapers of mining stocks. Originally published in 1883 while Clarence King was director of the USGS. New Intro to this reprint edition by David F......
NY: Charles Scribners Sons, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 399pp. Illus. Notes. Pictorial endpapers. Small ink "x" at top of half-title. Lyman was born in Virginia City in 1882 & once owned the "best private collection of Californiana." Fine in very slightly chipped dj, scarce thus. 6-guns.....
NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Decorated cloth. 215pp. Illustrated with some cattle brands. Essays by the consummate author, the first of which is about cattle brands or branding in Nevada. Fine in dj.
Dragon Enterprises, Genoa NV, 1978, 1978. First Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial wraps. 148pp. Illustrated with vintage photos, maps, drawings. Last one-third of book mildly dampstained & pages wavy. Good reading copy. Scarce. Paher 1298.
Nevada Pub., Las Vegas, 1972, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to cloth. 48pp. Illust. Presentation copy signed by Paher to geologist Walter Averett. This is not the limited edition, but is a fine copy of the 1st trade edition in dj & a gold slipcase.
Reno: Nevada State Bureau of Mines, 1966. Soft cover. 6th printing (appears to be the first revised pr). Wraps. 305pp. Illus. Index. Near fine.
U.S. Senate, 1871, 1871. First Thus. Soft cover. Original disbound printed speech, "In the Senate of the United States, April 3, 1871." 8pp. Sen. Steward's speech concerned distribution of public lands, "More than 300,000,000 acres gone chiefly to enrich Speculators..." References to Preemption, Homestead laws, railroad grants, etc.. Four years.....
Salt Lake City: Univ of Utah, 1984. First Edition. Soft cover. 4to pict wraps. 209pp. A study of the use of Peyote among the Utes, Washo-Northern Paiutes, & Navajos, along with a history of Peyotism in Nevada. Illust. Tables. Fine copy, probably unread.
S. F. Privately Published & The Ten Bosch Company, 1915. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing - the original edition published circa 1915. Pictorial light olive green stapled wraps. 30pp. Illustrated with photos. Map of Nevada shows rail & stage lines. Lyon Co. lies just east of Carson City. The.....