Walker Ardis M (28 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. This work tells the story of the Kern River gold rush in California in 1850. The author was born and raised in the Kern River Valley, a member of the famed "shootin' Walkers" clan, and candidly recounts their exploits, some good and some bad. Illustrations and an index are included. The endpapers serve as maps.This copy is clean and solid. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. 71p. Profusely illustrated with 20 black and white captioned photos and one black and white map. Yellow wrappers with a brown and white photo on the front cover and yellow letters on the cover and the spine. Small black and white photo of the author on the rear panel. Just touches of wear to the extremities, covers clean and bright, all photos and map in fine condition, small rubbed spot on the rear panel, else fine with no internal markings. This is a series of sketches of the Kern River Valley over the past century. It includes narrative on the mines--of the Big Blue, discovered by a Cherokee Indian, Lovely Rogers, and his mule. Other vignettes describe early houses, tell of the pioneer families, of the gunfights, the dance hall girl and the Chinese miners, as only a native son of the valley could express this lore. " Adis M. Walker was born in the old mining camp of Keysville around the turn of the century. A descendant of two of the oldest pioneer families of California, the study of the history of his native state has been a life long interest. He left Kern River Valley to study electrical engineering, graduating from USC with honors, then went east to follow his profession. But the call of the Kern was too great and he returned to Kernsville in the mid '30s. Devoting himself to his two major interests, writing and conservation, he has become well known in both fields. Walker was one of the founders of the Kern County Museum and has served for several terms on the Board of Directors. He has served twice as president of the Kern County Historical Society and once for the Death Valley 49ers. He also served a term as a member of the Kern County Board of Supervisors. Recently he has devoted much time to the problem of the Kern Plateau Wilderness, a pressing conservation situation. His writings include "Sierra Prologue" and "Francisco Garces--Pioneer Padre of the Kern." [from the rear panel] This is a must have for anybody interested in Kern County or the Kern River Valley and written by an expert historian.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Textured brown boards with tipped-in title illustration on cover above the words "Poems in Prose by Ardis Manly Walker" printed in gilt. Gilt text on spine. No dust jacket as issued. Boards are clean and sharp. Text block is clean and spine is tight. Signed by author on limited edition page at rear--8 of 250 copies. Addressed to "Jim and Kathy." "The text of West from Manhattan has been set in Linotype Garamond; chapter headings are in Caslon No. 3; both faces 12 pt. The three tipped-in illustrations, title-page art and initial decorations are reproductions from woodblocks drafted and cut by Kirk Martin. Bound by National Bindery, Pomona, California." A work of prose poetry moving from Manhattan to the deserts of California. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 107 pp; Signed by Author. Illustrated by Martin, Kirk (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Clean, crisp hardcover in near fine condition; faintly stained fore-edge. Good plus DJ with mild age-toning, rubbing at sunning. SIGNED by the author. Cullimore, Joan (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1990 second printing, hardcover with dust jacket. Fine, very good. Books is like new. Dust jacket has only a bit of edge rubbing, mostly along top edge. Residue from an old price sticker in bottom left corner of back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed - Ltd. to 700 175pp, illus, index, mapendpapers, dj vg+ Good coverage of the Kern River diggings, chapters on Joseph Redford Walker, James Capon Adams, Ashbury Harpending, Tiburcio Vasquez, etc. Too late for 6-Guns.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1964 first edition Inland Printing / Death Valley '49ers (Death Valley, California), 6 x 9 inches tall stapled paperbound pamphlet in green printed covers, 12 pp. A very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce biography. Standard shipping orders upgraded free to First Class. ~SP40~ An historical monograph issued for the 1964 Death Valley 49er Encampment, relating the life of Ralph Palmer Merritt (1883-1963), who served as president and managing director of the Sun Maid Raisin Growers from 1923-28, project director for US War Relocation Authority at Manzanar War Relocation Center, from 1942-1946 and University of California Regent, from 1923-30. As a director of the Death Valley '49ers, he helped spearhead the effort to create the museum in Death Valley.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Yellow-Back Edition (1,000 copies). The decorated front cover has two small stains, otherwise a very nice copy without any flaws. 6 X 9" 175 pages, published 1970. After the rich Northern Placer diggings of 1848 and 1849 began to play out, J. Ross Browne, the great early California mining expert and historical reporter, stated : "The year 1850 was marked by the first of a multitude of 'rushes' or sudden migrations in search of imaginary rich diggings." In 1860 he sketched the two woodcuts used on the covers of this book to caricaturize the Kern River rush. The front cover shows the men riding to the mines in stage coach and trudging back home practically shoeless on the back cover. Author Ardis Manly Walker, poet, historian and raconteur, met a unique need to preserve the rich historical heritage of the Kern River Diggins. Born in 1901, he was fortunate to know many of the characters in this book. 34 drawings by eminent Western artist Katherine F. Clarke, end page maps. Katherine F. Clarke (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Wear and tear on the covers. Text is clean and unmarked. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. good +. 74p. Endpaper foxed along hinge, jacket spine sunned with a small chip to top front and tear on bottom back. Originally published in 1946 by Kern County Historical Society and the County of Kern through its Chamber of Commerce. Garcés was an 18th-century Spanish Franciscan missionary and explorer in what is now Baja California, Arizona, and California. He was known for discovering the route from Needles, California, crossing the desert over the Tehachapi Mountains to the San Joaquin Valley. B&w illustrations and photographs. (9-1/4"x6-1/4").…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None. 1st American Edition. Story of the Kern River Rush, told by a descendent of Joseph Reddeford Walker, after whom Walker Pass is named. Illustrated . One of 700 copies, signed & inscribed by rhe author. Size: 8vo. Katherine F. Clarke (illustrator). Yes.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by La Siesta Press, 1966. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. Covers have shelf wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Inland Printing and Engraving Company, 1961. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. Covers have shelf wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by DEATH VALLEY '49ers, Inc., 1954. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. Covers have shelf wear.

Hardcover. 175pp Very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited/Numbered Edition. Inscribed and signed by both author and illustrator on title page; #123 of 500 copies printed; book has very light edgewear, pages lightly toning w/endpapers a little darker; DJ has some tiny chips and a nickel-sized chip to edges, shelfwear; DJ in protective Brodart cover; 99 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator.…

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies, number 332. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 99 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback in good condition. Signed and inscribed on title page by author and illustrator. Inscribed by Author(s).

Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 700 copies, number 37. Signed by the author and artist. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Francis L. Smart. Limited edition of 200 copies. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in glassine wrapper. 70 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Textured brown boards with title stamped in gilt painters' brush on cover and serif on spine. No dust jacket as issued. Boards are clean and sharp. Text block is clean with some light toning at edges. Spine is tight. This limited edition (26 of 120) has been signed by the author twice--on title page and colophon (with address to Jim and Kathy). "Hand set in Goudy Light Face & Letter Press Printed on Cameo Brilliant Book" with design & wood engraved decorations by Kirk Martin. A work of poetry that draws connections between the landscapes of the Sierra Nevada and the pageant of humanity. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 43 pp; Signed by Author. Illustrated by Martin, Kirk (illustrator).…

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 74 pps.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. 1972 paperback. SIGNED, LIMITED AND NUMBERED edition. #14 of 1000 copies. Illustrated from original signed wood engravings by Kirk Martin. NOTE: The illustrations in this edition are printed directly on the paper, NOT tipped in as they are in the smaller limited edition. Cover has some small spots in upper left corner near the spine and covers are age-toned. Otherwise a really nice clean copy. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 175 p. Illustrated by Katherine F. Clarke. First edition, limited to 700 numbered copies signed by Ardis M. Walker and Katherine F. Clarke. This copy is marked "Publisher's Copy" and inscribed by the publisher to California historian Richard Pourade opposite the limitation page. Ardis M. Walker, a grandnephew of Joseph Reddeford Walker, the Mountain Man for whom Walker Pass is named, tells a panoramic story of the Kern River country and its historical evolution. From the James S. Copley Library, with the San Diego newspaper publisher and philanthropist's bookplate to the front pastedown and a presentation label from Pourade on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original gray cloth binding, with pictorial black stamping. Some general minor browning and wear along the extremities of the dust jacket; otherwise a very good copy. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Katherine F. Clarke. First edition, limited to 700 numbered copies signed by Ardis M. Walker and Katherine F. Clarke. Ardis M. Walker, a grandnephew of Joseph Reddeford Walker, the Mountain Man for whom Walker Pass is named, tells a panoramic story of the Kern River country and its historical evolution. Gray cloth binding, with pictorial black stamping. Some general minor browning along the extremities of the dust jacket; otherwise a near fine copy. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED BY WALKER; BROWN CLOTH FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. Signed by Author(s).

Number 98 of 107 copies. Unique association copy of this series of illustrated sonnets by Ardis M. Walker (1901-1991), California historian and poet. Beautiful wood engravings by Western artist from California, Kirk Martin (1906-1991). This from the library of Hungarian-born Los Angeles book binder,Béla Blau. This publication was originally issued as loose sheets housed in a hand-bound slipcase by Blau, who here has done a one-off binding for his personal copy. 4to, unpaginated, [35] folded sheets with text on rectos and tipped-in wood engravings by Kirk Martin, each signed, opposite the text. The binder's copy, inscribed by Walker to Bela Blau on the title page. Full golden/tan morocco with black spine labels. Few scuffs and spots to boards, rubbing along spine. Near fine with publisher's prospectus laid in.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1946 Hardcover Fine/Fine Illustrations by Joan Cullimore; Kernville, CA, 1946, limited to 500 copies, Kern County Historical Society, fine condition in fine dust wrapper, California History.