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1.  BOWMAN, Anne. CLEVER JACK, and Other Tales. 
New York; James Miller, (Successor to C.S. 
Francis & Co.) 1865 First American Edition. 
Octavo, original dark green blind-stamped cloth, 
spine and front cover designed in gilt. Yellow 
end papers. 300 pp. Frontispiece, extra engraved 
title page, seven inserted plates. Front free 
unprinted yellow end paper lacking, otherwise a 
very clean, bright and attractive copy. Fine 
illustrated spine in gold and illustration in 
elaborate circular frame on upper cover [same in 
blind on rear cover]. Corners slightly bruised. 
First published in Britain. From the Stuart 
Teitler collection of Lost Race Fiction. ¶ Short 
story collection; concluding with the novella 
"The Indians and the Gold Mine", of the Spaniards 
in Mexico and a secret Indian gold mine.         $275.00

2.  CAMPBELL, Mrs. Helen; Rev. Lyman Abbott 
(Introduction), Col. Thomas W. Knox and Supt. 
Thomas Byrnes. DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT; Or, Lights 
and Shadows of New York Life. A Pictorial Record 
of Personal Experiences by Day and Night in the 
Great Metropolis. With Hundreds of Thrilling 
Anecdotes and Incidents, Sketches of Life and 
Character, Humorous Stories, Touching Home 
Scenes, And Tales of Tender Pathos, Drawn from 
Bright and Shady Sides of the Great Under World 
of New York. With Highly Interesting Descriptions 
of Little Known Phases of New York Life; and an 
Account of Detective Byrne's Thirty Years 
Experiences and Reminiscences Written by Himself 
from his Private Diary. Superbly Illustrated, 
with Two Hundred and Fifty Engravings from 
Photographs, Taken from Life Expressly for this 
Work, Mostly by Flash-Light, and Reproduced in 
Exact Facsimile by Eminent Artists. Hartford, 
Conn.; The Hartford Publishing Company. 1897 
Early Edition. Large octavo, original pictorial 
brown cloth stamped elaborately in gilt and 
blind, the spine heavily decorated in gilt, 
floral endpapers. 740 pp. Frontispiece and extra 
illustrated title page with tissue guard, heavily 
illustrated throughout. Hairline crack along 
inner edge of title leaf; otherwise a remarkably 
fine copy, clean and unworn in every way. A sharp 
copy of a large subscription book which is 
oversized and heavily illustrated and rarely 
survives in decent condition. ¶ Mostly to do with 
the New York poor and the underworld, with 
sections on criminals, Chinatown and opium 
smoking, waifs, strays, street kids, tramps, 
Shantytown, rag pickers, shoplifters, 
pickpockets, gambling, beggars, etc., etc., etc. 
The work is divided into three parts, with Mrs. 
Campbell's part being the first, followed by Col. 
Thomas W. Knob's LIFE IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS BY 
DAY AND NIGHT AS SEEN BY A JOURNALIST; Part Three 
is CRIMINAL LIFE AND DETECTIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE 
GREAT METROPOLIS Portrayed by Inspector Thomas 
Byres, Chief of the New York Detectives. The full 
title reads: DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT; Or, Lights 
and Shadows of New York Life. A Pictorial Record 
of Personal Experiences by Day and Night in the 
Great Metropolis. With Hundreds of Thrilling 
Anecdotes and Incidents, Sketches of Life and 
Character, Humorous Stories, Touching Home 
Scenes, And Tales of Tender Pathos, Drawn from 
Bright and Shady Sides of the Great Under World 
of New York. With Highly Interesting Descriptions 
of Little Known Phases of New York Life; and an 
Account of Detective Byron's Thirty Years 
Experiences and Reminiscences Written by Himself 
from his Private Diary. Superbly Illustrated, 
with Two Hundred and Fifty Engravings from 
Photographs, Taken from Life Expressly for this 
Work, Mostly by Flash-Light, and Reproduced in 
Exact Facsimile by Eminent Artists.   $125.00

3.  COCHRAN, Wesley. THE EMIGRANTS. An Allegory: 
or, Christians vs. The World. New York; Printed 
For The Author [1859]. First Illustrated Edition. 
Octavo, original brown blind stamped cloth, spine 
titled and decorated gilt. Tan end papers. All 
edges gilt. 191 pp. + 4 leaves of ads at rear, 
engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. Spine 
sunned, moderate foxing throughout, light shelf 
wear; a very good copy. Originally published in 
Auburn, NY by William J. Moses, in 1854. Wright 
II: 587 - citing the Auburn edition (UC only), 
and mentioning this NY edition (NYP only) as a 
variant imprint. In fact this edition contains an 
'Introduction To The Illustrated Edition' which 
is dated 1859 at the end, and which gives a 
detailed description of the frontispiece. From 
the Stuart Teitler collection of Lost Race 
Fiction. ¶ Christian allegory.          $250.00

4.  COLLIER, Price. MR. PICKET-PIN AND HIS 
FRIENDS. With Illustrations by Walter Bobbett. 
London; Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1894 First 
British Edition. Octavo, original pictorial 
maroon cloth over beveled boards, spine panel 
titled in gilt, front panel stamped in gilt with 
an image of a Native American on horseback with 
teepee, black coated endpapers. 157 pp., 
illustrated throughout with vignettes within the 
text. Minor rubbing at edges, a very good, bright 
copy of an attractive book. ¶ "Mr. Picket-Pin" is 
a Sioux Indian, the book contains sketches of his 
life and is one of the very few contemporary 
accounts of what was then called "The Indian Question".            $50.00

5.  DE CASTANEDA, Pedro; DE CORONODO, Francisco 
Vazquez; WINSHIP, George Parker (translator). THE 
JOURNEY OF FRANCISCO VAZQUEZ DE CORONADO 
1540-1542. As Told by Pedro de Casteneda, 
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, and others. 
Translated and edited by George Parker Winship 
with additional notes and an Introduction by 
Frederick Webb Hodge, director of the Southwest 
Museum at Los Angeles. The initials are by Fred 
Glauser and the illustrations by Arvilla Parker. 
San Francisco; The Grabhorn Press 1933 First 
Edition Thus. Quarto, original green cloth titled 
in red "JOURNEY OF CORONADO" on spine. 550 copies 
printed. 134 pp + Notes, printed throughout in 
red & black, illustrated. Cloth at head of spine 
just starting to fray, otherwise a very good 
clean copy. ¶ An account by one of Francisco 
Coronado's soldiers in the 1540-42 expedition to 
explore the Southwest from Mexico City to the 
Grand Canyon and the Great Plains. Coronado 
explored the American Southwest, through Arizona, 
New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma and as far north 
as present day Kansas.             $85.00

6.  FABRI, Johann Ernst; Adam Christian Gaspari; 
Jørgen Kjerulf. GEOGRAPHIE FOR UNGDOMMEN, til 
brug i skoler og ved privat underviisning. 
Kjøbenhavn (Copenhaven): A. & S. Soldin, 1803 
Octavo, contemporary boards with leather (sheep?) 
spine, title label on spine. 558 pp + [2] pp at 
rear. Text in Danish black letter. generally 
somewhat worn, especially at head of spine, some 
worming to front cover but generally a very good, 
solid copy; complete. ¶ Geography textbook, with 
Western American place-names; California is 
mentioned on p. 480; p. 464 lists Cape Mendocino, 
Juan de Fucas Inlet, Nootka Sound, Quadra and 
Vancouver Island, The Queen Charlotte Islands and 
Prince William Sound in Alaska. Complete as 
issued with no maps or illustrations. Remarkably 
early references for West Coast place names.              $100.00

7.  GEIKIE, John C. ADVENTURES IN CANADA; Or, 
Life in the Woods. Edited by John C. Geikie. 
Illustrated. Philadelphia; Porter & Coates No 
Date [circa 1895] Reprint. Octavo, original 
decorative brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, 
brown coated endpapers. 408 pp. Despite the claim 
that the book is "Illustrated", there is only the 
frontispiece. "Alta Edition" imprinted on upper 
front cover. Bookplate, inner hinges cracking; 
very good copy. ¶ First published in London, 
1864, as GEORGE STANLEY; or Life in the Woods. 
Pioneer life in the backwoods of Upper Canada - Ontario.          $40.00

8.  GODMAN, John D., M.D. AMERICAN NATURAL 
HISTORY. Volume I. Part I. - Mastology. 
Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea. 1826 First 
Edition, First Printing. Volume One only (of 
two). Octavo, original plain publishers boards. 
362 pp. With 20 full-page engraved plates with 
tissue guards, plus frontispiece portrait of 
Petalesharoo (son of Letelesha, Knife-chief of 
the Pani-Loups, in full dress) & extra vignette 
title. Errata leaf between pp 16 & [17]. Moderate 
foxing, spine paper mostly missing (although the 
binding is still tight and holding), a very good 
copy, totally uncut and untrimmed, and rare in 
the original boards. ¶ The first study of the 
mammals of North America that was based 
principally on personal observations and 
researches by the author.            $125.00

9.  GREENE, George W. THE WHITE GIRL OF SPIRIT 
ISLAND. A Story of Love and Adventure. Boston; 
The Christopher Publishing House [1927] First 
Edition, First Printing. Octavo, original red 
cloth stamped in gilt. 273 pp. Frontispiece 
portrait of the author. A fine copy in a slightly 
torn & chipped pictorial dust jacket. From the 
Stuart Teitler collection of Lost Race Fiction. ¶ 
A secret colony of runaway slaves in the South 
Seas during the Civil War.      $125.00

10.  GUILLET, Edwin C. THE PIONEER FARMER AND 
BACKWOODSMAN. Two volume set, slipcased, in fine 
condition. Toronto; University of Toronto Press 
[1970] Reprint. Reprint; a 1963 edition exists. 
Two volumes, original red cloth stamped in black 
& gold. 343 + 390 pp., decorated endpapers, 
frontispiece, illustrations, photographs, 
indexes. A fine set without dust jackets, as 
issued, in the original paper-covered slipcase.              $40.00

11.  HAMILTON, Gail [pseudonym of Mary Abigail 
Dodge, 1833-1896]. COUNTRY LIVING AND COUNTRY 
THINKING. Boston; Tickner and Fields 1863. Third 
edition. Octavo, original brown cloth stamped in 
blind, titled and decorated gilt on spine panel. 
Page edges dyed red, brown coated endpapers, 
title page printed in black & red. 461 pp + 16 pp 
publisher's catalogue, dated October, 1862, bound 
in at rear. Lovely fresh copy, nearly fine, 
certainly bright and very pleasing. ¶ The 
author's first book, a collection of essays which 
argues that women should consider careers outside 
of the domestic realm, particularly writing. The 
last chapter, "Lights among the Shadows of Our 
Civil War" concerns the American Civil War 
(1861-1865) and is almost 100 pages long.                 $125.00

12.  HARTE, Bret [editor and contributor]; Mark 
TWAIN [Samuel L. Clements]; and others. THE 
OVERLAND MONTHLY. Devoted to The Development of 
the Country. Volume One. San Francisco; A. Roman 
& Company. 1868 First Edition, First Printing. 
Octavo, bound in contemporary half-leather over 
moire silk boards, spine titled in gilt. 584 pp. 
Worn, with some closed tears & stains to pages, 
top of fore-edges lightly chewed by a very 
intelligent and literate mouse; a good copy. ¶ 
The first volume of the greatest of all 
California journals, with several contributions 
by Clemens, including the first appearances in 
print of "By Rail Through France", "A Californian 
Abroad", "A Mediaeval Romance" and "Three Italian 
Cities"; plus contributions by Bret Harte 
(notably, the first appearance in print of "The 
Luck of Roaring Camp"), Ina D. Coolbrith, Chas W. 
Stoddard et al.           $125.00

13.  HARTE, Bret]. OUTCROPPINGS: Being Selections 
of California Verse. San Francisco; A. Roman and 
Company / New York: W.J. Widdleton 1866 First 
Edition, First Printing. First edition. Square 
12mo, original brown cloth blocked in gilt, brown 
coated endpapers, all edges gilt. 144 pp. With 
the error "Sraining" for "Staining, p. 70, Line 
7, no ornament on p. 102; Publisher's imprint 
present at base of spine panel; BAL 7238, Issue B 
Blanck describes six issues but says "The 
sequence has not been determined and the order of 
presentation is almost purely arbitrary". This is 
the only issue of the six which appears with gilt 
edges on some copies, suggesting some sort of 
priority. Trifling wear to cloth at spine tips, 
minor bumps, a very nice clean copy. ¶ The first 
anthology of California verse, compiled anonymously by Harte.           $150.00

14.  HILL, John A. STORIES OF THE RAILROAD. New 
York; Doubleday & McClure Co. 1899 First Edition, 
First Printing. Octavo, original green cloth 
designed in blind on front cover, lettered in 
gold. Illustrated with a frontispiece & seven 
plates. 297 pp. Inner front hinge cracking, a 
nice bright copy. From the Stuart Teitler 
collection of Lost Race Fiction. ¶ Short story 
collection. The final tale, "The Polar Zone", is 
lost race. A wizened mariner is rescued in the 
Arctic. He tells of a journey to the pole, of a 
strange, warm ocean surrounded by an immense wall 
of ice, a fabulous city and an ancient culture. 
The remaining tales are of the railway in the old 
west, and include "Mormon Joe, the Robber".               $75.00

15.  HILL, John A. STORIES OF THE RAILROAD. 
Illustrated. Chicago; Jamieson-Higgins Co. 1900 
Reprint. Reprint, the first paperbound edition. 
Octavo, original printed pictorial wrappers, ads 
on rear panel. Illustrated with a frontispiece & 
seven plates. 297 pp. Minor wear, a very good 
copy. Originally issued by Doubleday, & McClure 
in 1899, this reprint edition was issued in plain 
green cloth and in wrappers, the wrappers issue 
is rare. From the collection of John Ruyle. ¶ 
Short story collection. The final tale, "The 
Polar Zone", is lost race. A wizened mariner is 
rescued in the Arctic. He tells of a journey to 
the pole, of a strange, warm ocean surrounded by 
an immense wall of ice, a fabulous city and an 
ancient culture. The remaining tales are of the 
railway in the old west, and include "Mormon Joe, the Robber".         $100.00

16.  JOHNSTONE, C.L. [Catherine Laura]. WINTER 
AND SUMMER EXCURSIONS IN CANADA. London; Digby, 
Long & Co., Publishers No Date [1894]. Octavo, 
original green cloth titled in gilt on spine & 
front panel, decorated endpapers. 208 pp + Index 
at rear, 6 illustrations, mostly full-page. 
Bookplate on front paste-down; very slight 
rubbing to the cloth; a very good copy, clean and 
attractive. ¶ The author's account of life in 
western Canada, primarily in the Prairies but 
extending through the Rocky Mountains to British 
Columbia and North to the Northwest Territories; 
she speaks of the life of the early settlers, 
native tribes and their ways, and her travels 
along the recently completed Canadian Pacific Railway.                 $125.00

17.  LAPP, Rudolph M. ARCHY LEE. A California 
Fugitive Slave Case. The Book Club of California. 
[1969]. First Edition Thus. Octavo, original 
black cloth, pictorial paper label on front 
panel, printed title label on spine. 67 pp. 500 
copies printed. Designed by Mallette Dean and 
James E. Beard, with decorations and 
illustrations in colour by Mallette Dean. The 
Book Club of California publication no. 131. A 
fine copy in the original plain paper dust 
jacket. ¶ The tale of Archy Lee, a slave who came 
to California with his master. When he learning 
that slavery was illegal in California, he 
escaped and was eventually arrested in San 
Francisco in 1858. He later won his freedom in court.               $45.00

18.  LAUT, Agnes C. THE CONQUEST OF THE GREAT 
NORTHWEST. Being the Story of the ADVENTURERS OF 
ENGLAND known as THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. New 
pages in the history of the Canadian Northwest 
and Western States. Two Volumes in One. New York; 
Moffat, Yard and Company. 1914 Reprint. First 
issued in two volumes in 1908, the first 
one-volume edition was issued in 1911, this is an 
early impression of that edition. Octavo, 
original green cloth titled in gilt on spine, 
titled in black on front cover, "DORAN" in gilt 
at base of spine. 415 pp., frontispiece, three 
maps (two of which are folding). A fine copy. ¶ 
Standard history of The Hudson's Bay Company and 
early Canadian exploration.             $40.00

19.  MOREHOUSE, William Russell. MYSTICA ALGOOAT. 
An Indian Legend and Story of Southern 
California. Franklin, Ohio; The Editor Publishing 
Co. 1903 First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 
original red cloth lettered in gilt. 200 pp. Base 
of spine a bit bumped, a nice bright copy, about 
fine. From the Stuart Teitler collection of Lost 
Race Fiction. ¶ A California Indian legend of 
long, long ago.            $100.00

20.  MURRAY, Charles Augustus. THE PRAIRIE-BIRD. 
London; Richard Bentley 1845 First Edition Thus. 
The first one-volume edition, issued as volume 98 
in Bentley's Standard Novels series. Originally 
issued in 3 vols by Bentley in 1844. Small 
octavo, bound in half black calf over marbled 
boards, spine panel nicely decorated in blind and 
ruled in gilt with in compartments, contrasting 
red leather title labels lettered in gilt, all 
edges marbled. Engraved frontispiece, vii, 581 
pp. Based upon Sir Charles' visit to the Western 
lands in 1835, when he spent several weeks living 
with the Pawnee Indians. Bookplate and a small 
stamp from Aspley House, Beds.; a little bit of 
foxing and trifling wear to the binding; a very 
nice copy, solid and very good condition overall.                $200.00

21.  POWERS, Alfred. MAROONED IN CRATER LAKE. 
Stories of the Skyline Trail, The Umpqua Trail, 
and the Old Oregon Trail. Portland, Oregon; 
Metropolitan Press 1930 First Edition, First 
Printing. Octavo, original blue cloth titled and 
decorated in gilt, pictorial endpapers. 175 pp. 
Two ink names, spine a trifle dull, a nice clean 
copy; very good.               $40.00

22.  PRINGLE, George C.F. IN GREAT WATERS. The 
Story of the United Church Marine Missions. 
Toronto; Board of Home Missions of the United 
Church of Canada. [1928] First Edition, First 
Printing. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in 
black, map endpapers. 178 pp, Appendixes, Index 
at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard and 
numerous plates. An inscribed presentation copy 
from Pringle to one Mrs. M.B. Spence of 
Vancouver, BC, with a full-page inscription by 
Pringle on the recto of the frontispiece, dated 
1942. The inscription directly discusses the 
material in the book, and it notes that he has 
marked which chapters and illustrations he thinks 
will be of special interest with an "X", this is 
indeed done on the contents page and list of 
illustrations, there are also several corrections 
to the text in Pringle's hand. Pringle, however, 
should really be referred to as the Editor, as 
the book is a collection of essays by various 
writers on the United Church missionary 
excursions into the wilds of Canada, primarily on 
boats plying the West Coast of British Columbia, 
but also in Newfoundland and Labrador. Small 
marks to covers, one plate loose (but all are 
present), a very good, clean copy. Inscribed 
copies of this book are quite scarce.          $75.00

23.  SCHERER, James A.B. THE FIRST FORTY-NINER 
And the Story of the Golden Tea-Caddy. New York; 
Minton, Balch & Company 1925 First Edition, First 
Printing. Octavo, original marbled paper boards 
with brown cloth spine titled in black. 127 pp. 
Frontispiece and 5 additional full-page black & 
white plates. A very good clean copy. ¶ Biography 
of Sam Brannan, who arrived in San Francisco with 
a party of Mormons in 1846. Early San Francisco 
and Gold Rush history.            $30.00

24.  STERLING, George; BRUGUIERE, Francis. THE 
EVANESCENT CITY. With Nine Illustrations after 
Photographs by Francis Bruguiere, and a Cover in 
Color after the Painting by Will Sparks. San 
Francisco; A.M. Robertson 1916 First Edition, 
First Printing. Octavo, original card covers with 
folding cardstock dust jacket, gilt designs and 
lettering, colour pictorial label on front panel 
of wrapper. 16 pp., tipped-in frontispiece with 
tissue guard, eight additional tipped-in 
illustrations. Inscribed by the author on a 
preliminary blank leaf "For / Miss Louise Mahony 
/ with the best wishes of / George Sterling. / 
San Francisco, / Feb. 1st, 1916." Wrappers worn 
at edges, binding slightly cracked; a good to 
very good copy. ¶ Sterling's commemorative poem 
of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 
held in San Francisco in 1915.  $125.00

25.  STEVENSON, Robert Louis. THE OLD PACIFIC 
CAPITAL. Robert Louis Stevenson's Story of 
Monterey. San Francisco; Colt Press [1944] First 
Separate Edition. Octavo, original decorated 
paper boards with green cloth spine, printed 
paper label on spine. 55 pp. Frontispiece and one 
additional full-page plate. 500 copies printed. 
Issued as the first volume in the publisher's 
series of California Classics. A fine copy in the 
original unprinted green paper dust jacket; the 
jacket has a few tiny closed tears and is mostly 
faded to a gentle brown hue. ¶ Stevenson's 
thoughts and impressions on Monterey, written 
during his convalescence there in 1879.                 $75.00

26.  STRONG, James C. WAH-KEE-NAH AND HER PEOPLE. 
The Curios Customs, Traditions and Legends of the 
North American Indians. New York; G.P. Putnam's 
Sons 1893 First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 
original pictorial blue cloth titled in gilt on 
spine, titles and design of an Indian on 
horseback with bow-and-arrow chasing a buffalo in 
gilt on front panel. 275 pp. Frontispiece with 
tissue guard, decorative head- and tail-pieces 
throughout. Bookplate of Casimir A. Sienkiewicz 
on front paste-downslight wear at spine tips, 
browned spot pps xii-xii from an old newspaper 
clipping; a very good copy. ¶ A detailed look at 
the treatment of Native Americans, based on the 
recollections of the author's six years spent 
amongst Native tribes.                $55.00

27.  SWANTON, John R. THE INDIANS OF THE 
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. Washington DC; United 
States Government Printing Office 1947 First 
Edition, First Printing. Octavo, rebound in 
period two-tone cloth with title label on spine 
stamped in gilt. 943 pp, 107 plates at rear on 
coated paper stock, folding maps. Issued as 
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American 
Ethnology Bulletin 137. Rebound as mentioned, 
bookplate of John and Barbara Rowe on front 
paste-down, small stamp from a South American 
institution on title page, edges a trifle trimmed 
but not affecting any text or plates; a very good copy. $50.00

28.  TOURGÉE, Albion W. THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE. 
Part I: A New, Illustrated and Enlarged Edition 
of A FOOL'S ERRAND, By One of the Fools; The 
Famouse Historical Romance of Life in the South 
Since the War. Part II: A Concise Review of 
Recent Events, Showing The Elements on which the 
Tale is based, with many Thrilling Personal 
Narratives and other Startling Facts and 
Considerations, including an Account of the Rise, 
Extent, Purpose, Methods, and Deeds of the 
Mysterious Ku-Klux Klan; All Fully Authenticated. 
Two parts Complete in one Volume. ILLUSTRATED 
EDITION, Sold only by Subscription. New York; 
Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, etc. [1880] First 
Combined Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth 
titled and decorated in black and gilt, light 
brown coated endpapers. 521 pp., Frontispiece 
with tissue guard, numerous illustrations within 
the text, many full-page. Faint scratch on front 
panel, one small closed tear to the margins of pp 
5-6, otherwise a nearly fine bright copy; unusual 
condition for an often-abused subscription book. 
¶ Written as fiction, this is the enlarged 
edition of Tourgée's most popular work. Tourgée, 
a pioneer civil rights activist, relocated to 
South Carolina after the civil war, mostly 
because of the climate. As an appointed superior 
court judge from 1868 to 1874, Tourgee worked 
hard to create equal civil rights for all 
citizens, during this time he often confronted 
the increasingly violent Ku-Klux Klan, which was 
extremely powerful in his are and repeatedly 
threatened his life. A FOOL'S ERRAND is a 
thinly-veiled fictionalized account of his 
experiences during the Reconstruction and of his 
experiences with the Klan. It was a huge 
bestseller, with over 200,000 copies sold. Copies 
are not rare, but nice copies are scarce. Wright 
III, 5521. Full title reads: THE INVISIBLE 
EMPIRE. Part I: A New, Illustrated and Enlarged 
Edition of A FOOL'S ERRAND, By one of the Fools; 
The Famouse Historical Romance of Life in the 
South Since the War. Part II: A Concise Review of 
Recent Events, Showing The Elements on which the 
Tale is based, with many Thrilling Personal 
Narratives and other Startling Facts and 
Considerations, including an Account of the Rise, 
Extent, Purpose, Methods, and Deeds of the 
Mysterious Ku-Klux Klan; All Fully Authenticated. 
Two parts Complete in one Volume. ILLUSTRATED 
EDITION, Sold only by Subscription.           $65.00

29.  WARD, William. JESSE JAMES' BLACKEST CRIME; 
Or, The Destruction of the Overland Stage. 
Cleveland, Ohio; The Arthur Westbrook Company 
1909 first Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 
original colour pictorial wrappers. Issued as 
Adventure Series No. 34 [no price]. One 
preliminary illustration. Browning to text block, 
A very good, bright copy.                 $25.00

30.  WILSON, Herbert Earl. THE LORE AND LURE OF 
YOSEMITE. The Indians, Their Customs, Legends and 
Beliefs and THE STORY OF YOSEMITE. With 
Illustrations from Photographs by H.C. Pillsbury. 
San Francisco; A.M. Robertson MLCCCCXXII [1922] 
First Edition, First Printing. Small octavo, 5 x 
7 inches, 132 pages, original beige paper-covered 
boards titled and decorated inn gray and brown. 
frontispiece and 12 aditional black & white 
photographic plates throughout the text. Nice 
little chapter vignettes. An interesting book 
relating the Native History and legends of the 
Yosemite area. A virtually fine copy, crisp and 
tight, hinges solid, no ink names or bookplates. 
A sharp copy.            $40.00

31.  YEIGH, Frank. THROUGH THE HEART OF CANADA. 
With Thirty-Eight Illustrations. Toronto; Henry 
Froude 1910 First Edition, First Printing. 
Octavo, original pictorial blue cloth stamped in 
gilt, top edges gilt. 319 pp, frontispiece with 
tissue guard, numerous full-page plates, Index. 
Previous owner's signature on front free 
endpaper, dated 1911; a near fine, bright copy. ¶ 
Travels across Canada in the first decade of the 
twentieth century. Near                 $65.00

32.  YOUNG, Egerton Ryerson. STORIES FROM INDIAN 
WIGWAMS AND NORTHERN CAMP-FIRES. New York; Hunt & 
Eaton / Cincinnati: Cranston & Curts / London: 
Charles Kelley / Toronto: Wm. Briggs 1893 Second 
printing. Octavo, original pictorial grey cloth 
stamped in black & gilt, decorated endpapers. 293 
pp, frontispiece and 42 illustrations (mostly 
full-page, but some in the text). Bookplate, some 
bumps to the cloth, spine a trifle dull; a very 
good copy. The first printing should be dated 
1892, this is the first edition, second printing. 
¶ Stories and travel tales in the Canadian West. 
The author was a Methodist missionary who spent a 
number of years in the wilds.   $100.00


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