Death Valley
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The Desert, Ghost Towns, Mines
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American Guide Series Death Valley, A Guide Hard cover, 6 x 9, pp. xvi & 75, First edition, 1939. No dj; lightly bumped at top and bottom of spine, else in perfect condition; tipped-in folding map is perfect, $82.00.
Belden, L. Burr Goodbye, Death Valley: The Tragic 1849 Jayhawker Trek pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 64 pp., 6th prtg. 1975.
Fine condition, $8.00.Belden, L. Burr Mines of Death Valley pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 71 pp., 1966. Tear in back cover, somewhat loose at spine, but contents
clean and intact, $5.00.Belden, L. Burr & Ardis Manly Walker Searles Lake Borax, 1862–1962 pb, 6 x 9, 38 pp., 1962. Fine condition, $20.00.
Caruthers, William Loafing Along Death Valley Trails Hard cover, 6 x 9, 191 pp., 1st ed., 1951. No dj; inscription on front endpaper, lightly bumped at top and bottom of spine, else Fine, $5.00.
Chalfant, W. A. Gold, Guns & Ghost Towns Hard cover, 7 x 10, pp. xii & 175, 1st ed., 1947. No dj; slightly bumped at top and bottom of spine, else Fine—a handsome book, $12.00.
Clements, Lydia The Indians of Death Valley pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 25 pp., revised edition, 1975. Perfect condition, $5.00.
Coolidge, Dane Death Valley Prospectors Hard cover, 5.5 x 8, 178 pp., 1st ed., 1937. Dj Good, worn at edges but intact.
Book in Fine condition, like new, $45.00.Death Valley '49ers Death Valley Tales pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 64 pp., 7th ed. 1972. Fine condition, $5.00.
DeDecker, Mary Mines of the Eastern Sierra pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 72 pp., 1966. Good condition, $7.50.
Edwards, E. I. Desert Harvest Hard cover, 5.5 x 8.5, 128 pp., 1962 Dj slightly rubbed on edges, else Fine.
Book is in Mint condition, 1 of 500 copies, $97.50.Edwards, E. I. Desert Voices: A Descriptive Bibliography Hard cover, 6 x 9, pp. xxviii & 215, reprint ed., 1973. No dj; slight bump at top of spine, else Perfect condition, $84.00.
Edwards, E. I. The Enduring Desert: A Descriptive Bibliography Hard cover, 7 x 10, pp. xiv & 306, 1st ed., 1969
Mint condition, in slipcase as issued, $159.00.Edwards, E. I. The Valley Whose Name is Death Hard cover, 6.5 x 9.5, pp. vi & 122, 1st ed., 1940 No dj; book is in Fine condition. 1 of 1,000 copies, of which 500 were destroyed. $125.00.
Glasscock, C. B. Gold in Them Hills Hard cover, 5.5 x 8.5, 330 pp., 1st ed., 1932. Some edge wear; Good condition, $15.00.
Glasscock, C. B. Here's Death Valley Hard cover, 5.5 x 8, 329 pp., 1st ed. 1940. Dj ragged on edges;
book in Fair to Good condition, $10.00.Hubbard, Paul B., D. Bray, & G. Pipkin BALLARAT 1897 - 1917: Facts and Folklore pb, 6 x 9, 98 pp., 2nd prtg. 1972.
Some external wear, $10.00.Hunt, Charles B. Death Valley: Geology, Ecology, Archaeology pb, 7.8 x 9.2, 234 pp., 1975. Bent LL corner;
otherwise Very Good condition, $10.00.Kelly, Charles Salt Desert Trails Hard cover, 6 x 9, 182 pp., rev. ed. 1969. Mint condition; some wrinkling of dj, $44.50.
Koenig, George Beyond This Place There be Dragons Hard cover, 6 x 9, 264 pp., 1st ed., 1984 Very slight bump at base of spine; otherwise book and dj are in Fine condition. 1 of 1,000 copies. $64.50.
Koenig, George The Lost Death Valley '49er Journal of Louis Nusbaumer pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 80 pp., 1974. Some external wear, $5.00.
Lee, Bourke Death Valley Hard cover, 6.2 x 9.3, pp. x & 210, 1st ed. 1930. No dj; Fair to Good condition, $15.00.
Long, Margaret The Shadow of the Arrow Hard cover, 6 x 9, 354 pp., rev. & enlarged ed. 1950. Dj in fair condition; top and bottom of spine slightly bumped, else in Fine condition, $15.00.
Mitchell, Roger Inyo Mono Jeep Trails pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 36 pp., 1969 Good condition, $9.50.
Murbarger, Nell Ghosts of the Glory Trail Hard cover, 6 x 9, pp. xii & 292, 5th prtg. 1963. No dj; base of spine bumped;
otherwise Fine condition, $10.00.Nadeau, Remy Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California Hard cover, 6 x 9, 278 pp., 1965. Dj worn & with a small piece missing on the back. The book is in Fine condition, $7.50.
Paher, Stanley Death Valley Ghost Towns pb, 9 x 12, 48 pp., 1973. Good condition, $8.00
Pipkin, George C. Pete Aguereberry pb, 6 x 9, 160 pp., 2nd ed. 1982. Good condition, $15.00.
Putnam, George Palmer Death Valley and its Country Hard cover, 5.5 x 8, pp. viii & 231, 2nd prtg. 1946. No dj; bumped at top of spine, else Very Good, $5.00.
Ritter, Betsy Life in the Ghost City of Rhyolite, Nevada pb, 8 x 10.7, 1982. Special Deluxe Edition, 1 of 375 with gold-stamped seal on the title page and an envelope with sheets from the original printing. Bent UL corner, otherwise Good condition, $39.50.
Wallace, William J. and Edith Ancient Peoples and Cultures of Death Valley National Monument pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 34 pp., 1978.
Good condition, $19.50.Wallace, William J. and Edith Desert Foragers and Hunters: Indians of the Death Valley Region pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 44 pp., 1979.
Good condition, $10.00.Weight, Harold O. Greenwater pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 34 pp., 1969. Good condition, $20.00.
Weight, Harold O. Twenty Mule Team Days in Death Valley pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 44 pp., 5th prtg. 1977. Fine condition, $15.00.
Weight, Harold O. and Lucile Wm. B. Rood, and The Treasure of Ruined “Los Yumas” A Calico Print Folio, pb, 6.2 x 9.5, 20 pp., includes Pumpelly's Map of 1869, bent UL corner, $5.00.
Wheelock, Walt Desert Peaks Guide, Part I pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 40 pp., 1964. Good condition, $7.50.
Wheelock, Walt Desert Peaks Guide, Part II pb, 5.5 x 8.5, 48 pp., 1975. Good condition, $7.50.