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Craven, Inez H. Songs of the Mountaineers.
Puget Sound Printing Company. Seattle, Washington. 1919. 29 pages; light brown paper wrapper with title on the cover (4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inch). Collection of songs sung by members on their annual outings in the mountains. Among the songs are: 'Oh, We've Come to Climb Mt. Baker' (1916 Outing); 'The Mountaineer's Perfect Day' (Song of Mt. Adams); 'Away up on the Ice and Snow'; 'Snowshoes'; 'Keep A'Hiking Aong'; 'The Mountain Voices'; 'Pancakes and Bacon'; The Grub Line'; and 'Gipsy Trails'. A pencil manuscript 'song' is on page 21.This is the first songbook of The Mountaineers. Slight wear, but otherwise a clean copy. Condition: Very Good. Mountaineers, Pacific Northwest, Conservation Clubs, Club Outings songs. DK-108 (Book ID 12239) $37.50

Cummins, Ella Sterling The Story of the Files: a Review of California Writers and Literature.
World's Fair Commission of California. San Francisco, California. 1893. First Edition. 460 pages; portraits; 3 pages of ads before the text and 3 pages follow it (all unnumbered); Rebacked with the original boards, leather label. ZAMORANO EIGHTY # 24 - "Aside from its extreme textual value and interest, this book has become a collector's item. Nowhere else can be found the wealth of material on the early writers and their literature that is given in THE STORY OF THE FILES. There is more than a hundred portraits of California authors of note, and sketches from many of their writings. Also found in this book, are histories of the famous early magazines and newspapers of San Francisco." Very good clean copy. Condition: Very Good. California Literature, American Literature. DK-68 (Book ID 11358) $100.00

Dall, William H. Alaska and Its Resources.
Lee and Shepard. Boston, Massachusetts. 1870. First Edition. xiii, 627 pages; folding map, plates (complete) with facing tissue, tables, illustrations; appendix, index; bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (some very light wear to top and bottom of spine). An important study of Alaska by the Director of the Scientific Corps of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition. Part I contains his travels on the Yukon and in the Yukon Territory; Part II covers the geography, history, inhabitants and resources of Alaska; with an appendix containing a glossary, vocabularies, population and fur trade statistics, a natural history of life forms in Alaska, with a bibliography of works containing information on Alaska. The book has served as a foundational work on Alaska for over a hundred years and along with H.W. Elliott's works are filled with information relating to the resources and natives of 19th century Alaska and the Russian colony. A handsome clean copy of this elusive first edition. Condition: Very Good. Alaska. DK-37 (Book ID 10645) $750.00

Dame Shirley Pseud. For Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clapp Our Summer in the Valley of the Moon
Original four part short story appearing in The Hellmuth World. Hellmuth Ladies' College. London, Ontario, Canada. April through June, 1881. The four parts consist of tear sheets, or pages 56, 60, 64 and 68 of the periodical. The first part is signed by the author "L.A.K. Clappe." Mrs. Clapp's (she used both Clapp and Clappe at various times for her last name) signature is extremely rare. We can find no record of any item signed by her ever being offered for sale. Dame Shirley came to California in 1849 with her husband Dr. Fayette Clapp. In 1851-52 she wrote a series of letters about the mining camps along the Feather River. The letters, published in "The Pioneer" magazine in 1854-55 were known as The Shirley Letters (see Zamorano 80, number 69) and are considered the best account of Gold Rush life. "Our Summer in the Valley of the Moon" is a fictionalized account of a trip by a woman, her brother and his three small children to a resort along the Sonoma River, circa 1860. This story has never been published in book form. The four sheets, 8 by 11 1/2 inches, have some tears to the margins that do not affect the text. They are housed in a cloth slipcase. Condition: Very Good. Early California History. Women's Author. Women in the West. California (Book ID 7224) $2,000.00

Davidson, George Francis Drake on The Northwest Coast of America in the Year 1579. The Golden Hinde Did Not Anchor in the Bay of San Francisco.
Geographical Society of the Pacific. San Francisco, Califonria. 1908. First Edition. 114 pages; appendix, bibliography; rebound in marbled boards with cloth spine, gilt lettering on the spine. George Davidson (1825-1911) surveyed most of the west coast of North America and was in charge of the U.S. Coast Survey for the coast. This publication is his most important work on Drake and is a good overview of the literature up to 1908. He examines the authorities in detail - Clements Mrkham, James Froude, Miller Christy; Julian Corbett; Miller Christy; Gardiner Hubbard, Justin Winsor and Edward E. Hale; along with all the known charts and maps of the coast. He refutes the San Francisco Bay theory. Useful though dated bibliography is included. Fine clean copy. Condition: Fine. Sir Fancis Drake, George Davidson, Northwest Coast, Point Reyes. DK-107 (Book ID 12231) $47.50

Davison, Richard Allan Charles & Kathleen Norris, The Courtship Year
The Book Club of California. 1993. San Francisco.. Cloth. Illustrations. 400 copies printed. Spine label. In the Preface the author notes that he had been writing about the major American novelist, Frank Norris, for over fifteen years before he read any of the works of the younger brother Charles, a nd his wife, the former Kathleen Thompson. "The following pages tell a dramatic story of Charles's and Kathleen's clairvoyant confidence in each other's talent and tenacity and their mutual preparations for the national and international acclaim tha t would be theirs.." "This then is a profile of the literary genesis of an extraordinary couple who achieved more than their lofty goals and established brilliant careers that have been buried by years of neglect". From the Introduction: "While Kath leen wrote compellingly of tempests in the parlor (for the most part) with titles like 'The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne', 'The Heart of Rachel'.. Charles shook the complacency of his reading public with unflinching studies of controversial social, economic, religious and political issues.." "His novels delve exhaustively into such issues as business ethics, divorce, marriage and the business career, the career woman, birth control, the creative artist's dilemma, and national and international politics. ." AUTHORS. CALIFORNIA LITERATURE. LITERARY WORKS. WRITINGS. NOVELS. West (Book ID 3393) $85.00

Dentzel, Carl Schaefer [editor] A Bookman's View of Los Angelels. Published For Members of the Grolier Club, By Members of the Grolier Club, By Members of the Zamorano Club , Los Angleles.
Zamorano Club.. Los Angeles, California. 1961. Edition of 500 copies printed. vii, 107 pages; illustrations; club member roster; bound in blue boards with design on the cover and gilt lettering along the spine. Contains the following articles: 'Profile of Los Angeles' by W.W. Robinson; 'William Andrews Clark Memorial Library', by Lawrence Clark Powell; The Honnold Library', by David W. Davies; 'Henry Huntington Library' by Robert O. Schad; 'The Southwest Museum Library', by CArl Dentzel; 'Fine Pirnting in Southern California', by Ward Ritchie; and 'The Zamorano Club: 1927-1961' by Tyrus Harmsen. Clean copy inside and out. Condition: Very Good. Fine Press, Zamorano Club. DK-56 (Book ID 11113) $47.50

Devlin, William H. Southern Pacific's Side in Unmerger Issue Given (cover title)
None. None. 1922. Illustrated Wrappers. From the front cover: "As printed in 'The Sacramento Bee' October 2nd 1922". "Attorney William H. Devlin Declares Consideration Must be Given Successful Operation of Southern Pacific in the Past; Holds Sacramento Would Lose by Separation of Lines". Mr. Devlin gives the Southern Pacific Railroad Company's side of the Southern Pacific-Central Pacific unmerger question. Topics covered in Mr. Devlin's letter include Railroad Service, Fewer Through Trains, Competitive Conditions, Sale to Union Pacific Would Stifle Competition, Importance of Shops to Sacramento, City's Largest Plant, Public can Determine Best Interests, Public Can Be Heard, etc. Train Companies. Mergers. Competition. Direct Routes. Through Trains. (Book ID 4103) $12.50

Dobie, J. Frank John C. Duval, First Texas Man of Letters: His Life and Some of His Unpublished Writings.
Southwest Review. Dallas, Texas. 1939. First Edition. Illustrated by Sketches By Tom Lea. 1000 copies printed. 105 pages; sketches; buff boards with brown backstrip, gilt lettering. Inscribed on the front flyleaf "T E.G. Gillett, from John H. McGinnis. Christmas, 1939", Gillett was a Texas newspaperman who had a Texas town named after him, McGinnis was Editor of the Southwest Review. A biography of John C. Duval (1816-1897), noted Texas story teller and surveyor. Most famous for EARLY TIMES IN TEXAS (18 ), THE ADVENTURES OF BIGFOOT WALLACE (1870), among other works. Includes a bibliography of his writings and Duval's Unpublished Writings. First published in the SOUTHWEST REVIEW during 1939. Condition: Very Good. J. Frank Dobie, Texas, John C., Duval. DK-75 (Book ID 11534) $75.00

Dobie, J. Frank, and Jeff Dykes 44 Range Country Books Topped Out By J. Frank Dobie in 1941 & 44 More Range Country Books Topped Out of Jeff Dykes in 1971.
The Encino Press. Austin, Texas. 1972. Signed and inscribed by Jeff Dykes. 1000 copies printed. vii, 32 pages; frontispiece; bound in brown boards with paper label on the cover and gilt title on the spine. Inscribed on the front flyleaf "For Micky 'V' - Here is a guide to a lifetime of good range reading, thanks to my old paisano - with a minor contribution by his humble follower - Jeff" and "Jeff Dykes" on the following page, both in ink. A reading list of 88 books relating to the cattle range books by two of the leading experts in the field with comments slanted toward the literary content. Fine clean copy. Condition: Fine. Bibliography, Range Books, Texas, Southwest. DK-73 (Book ID 11459) $37.50

Dollar, Robert Original Portrait Photograph
Allied Photographers. San Francisco, California. Photograph of Robert Dollar (1844-1932) 8 x 10 inch. Born in Scotland and began in the lumber business in Canada and expanding into shipping to export his products. Entering the shipping business in San Francisco in 1880, by 1901 he founded the Dollar Steamship Co. which became known for its transpacific liners bering the names of U.S. Presidents and became the largest shipowner in the U.S.. An enemy of the unions, his inflammatory talk during the 1916 longshoreman strike in San Francisco came close to creating a vigilance committee. Published his MEMOIRS (1918) and was a model for the "Cappy Ricks" stories by San Francisco author Peter B. Kyne. Condition: Very Good. Shipping Businessman, San Francisco Maritime. DK-30 (Book ID 10390) $25.00

Doyle, John T. Southern Pacific Railroad Company (of California) First Consolidated Mortgage Gold Bonds
No Publisher. Circa 1898. No City.. Wrappers, first and last pages of text are the covers. From the first paragraph: "The Southern Pacific Railroad bonds, now offered on European markets under the above name made their appearance in New York, in the summer of 1893. On September 23rd o f that year, the San Francisco 'Examiner' published an exposition of their character and security, prepared by me, which was followed by their withdrawal from the market". The author goes on to describe which parts of the railroad had not been built causing those routes to be unusable and he further describes problems with the mortgage gold bonds. INVESTMENT. SPECULATION. DEVELOPMENT. CONSTRUCTION. West (Book ID 3144) $15.00

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