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THE CITY OF THE SAINTS And Across the Rocky Mountains to California Burton, Richard F. 2250.00 USD	TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1780, 1781 AND 1782 [TWO VOLUME SET] De Chastellux, Marquis 135.00 USD	WASHINGTON BOWED McKeldin, Theodore R. 72.00 USD
BOISE The Peace Valley Bird, Annie Laurie 135.00 USD	MY WILDERNESS East to Katahdin Douglas, William O. 36.00 USD	THE MACADAM TRAIL Ten Thousand Miles by Motor Coach Winn, Mary Day 81.00 USD
THE SOUTHERN HARMONY, AND MUSICAL COMPANION: CONTAINING A CHOICE COLLECTION OF TUNES, HYMNS, PSALMS, ODES, AND ANTHEMS Selected from the Most Eminent Authors in the United States: Together with Nearly One Hundred New Tunes, Which Have Never before Been Published Walker, William 270.00 USD	AN ACCOMPANIMENT TO MITCHELL'S REFERENCE AND DISTANCE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES Containing an Index of all the Countries, Districts, Townships, Town, & C. in the Union; Together with an Index of the Rivers; by Which Any County, District, Township, &c, or River, May be Found on the Map, Without Difficulty: Also, a General View... Anonymous 171.00 USD	PICTURES OF AN INLAND SEA Pen and Pencil Sketches of Great Salt Lake Lambourne, Alfred 135.00 USD
BAEDEKER'S UNITED STATES WITH EXCURSION INTO MEXICO A Handbook for Travellers Baedeker, Karl [editor] 67.50 USD	THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON FROM WYOMING TO MEXICO Kolb, E. L. 45.00 USD	THE GOLDEN FLOOD An Informal History of America's First Oil Field Asbury, Herbert 360.00 USD
THE EVIDENCE OF WASHINGTON Walton, William 112.50 USD	PHILADELPHIA The Place and the People Repplier, Agnes 112.50 USD	EXPLORING OUR NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS Butcher, Devereux 36.00 USD
AMERICAN PANORAMA West of the Mississippi Anonymous 36.00 USD	OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Development of Cities and Towns Along the Route; and Regions Traversed Beyond the Mississippi; Together with Incidents, Anectotes... Glazier, Willard (Captain) 112.50 USD	WASHINGTON STANDARD GUIDE The Nation's Capital Reynolds, Charles B. 67.50 USD
MOSTLY MISSISSIPPI Speakman, Harold 90.00 USD	THE CABLE CAR BOOK Smallwood, Charles; Miller, Edward; Denevi 45.00 USD	OVER THE RANGE TO THE GOLDEN GATE A Complete Tourist's Guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound, and the Great Northwest Wood, Stanley 135.00 USD

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