Leonard Waitman (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. SBCM Quarterly Vol. XV, No. 4, Summer 1968; illus., very clean copy, ca. 54 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Quarto; (12), 56 pages; original black library tape backed tan heavy paper printed covers. Volume XV, No. 3 - Spring 1968 of the Museum's publications. A near fine copy. From contemporary documents and letters depicts the hard life in Camps Rock Springs, Bitter Springs, Mari Springs and Camp Cady. Built to protect the mail and travelers from Indian attacks. With a map of the area, four photographs, a Camp Cady chronology, and a bibliography. Laid-in two sheets on Fort Whipple topography 1853-3,distances between the camps, and a large, detailed map (32 by 23 inches) of Explorations and Surveys South of Central Pacific R.R. War Department . from surveys of 1871.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Stan Sowinski (illustrator). Limited Edition. 4to. Pp. ix, [2], 3-175 followed by several color plates by Stan Sowinski. Richly illustrated with reproductions of historic photographs and print matter. Maps. With a note on contributors. Bound in textured cloth with gilt artwork stamped on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. The prospectus is laid in, as well as an order form and an article on the death of the widow of author Max Miller, a contributor here and the author of I Cover the Waterfront. Of an edition limited to 500 copies, the limitation is stricken and noted in manuscript pen: "Presentation copy." Several of the entries are signed by the authors. A bright, fresh copy of the annual, this issue being the "Bicentennial Year" issue featuring articles on early efforts by the British to establish a consulate in California, the history of Fort Piute, the evolution of the University of San Diego, Father Lasuen's 1783 report on the Mission San Diego, historian-journalist Max Miller, the Molokan Russian Colony of Guadalupe, Santa Catarina de Las Yumas, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. assumed first ed. 7x9 in orange buckram with gilt lettering to spine. Inscribed and signed by Waitman on the endpaper. 65pp. Light soild to covers but binding tight. An account of the Cattle Raids and Indian troubles in San Bernadino Valley in the 1800's . A few photos of graves unearthed during the prep for the Eastside Resevoir. -Quality Counts! All books shipped in Cardboard and all books with dust jackets have mylar jacket protectors., Signed.