A MORMON BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1839-1930: INDEXES TO A MORMON BIBLIOGRAPHY AND TEN YEAR SUPPLEMENT.
Salt Lake City: Univ of Utah Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xii, 208. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. 11.25" x 8.5" More
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A MORMON BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1839-1930: TEN YEAR SUPPLEMENT
Salt Lake City: Univ of Utah Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xii, 413. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. 11.25" x 8.5" More
A MORMON BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1839-1930: Books, Pamphlets, Periodicals, and Broadsides Relating to the First Century of Mormonism. Introduction by Dale L. Morgan.
Salt Lake City: Univ of Utah Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xxxi, 825 with index. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. 11.25" x 8.5" Contains 10,145 entries and 56 addenda. More
THE STORY OF MARIAS PASS
Great Northern Railway, (1925). First Edition. Softcover. pp: 22, (1); portrait of John F. Stevens, explorer of Marias Pass; six other illustrations, route map on final leaf. Printed stiff wrappers. 9" x 6" Marias Pass cuts through the Rocky Mountains on the southern boundary of Glacier National Park. The Great..... More
PAPERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE OF 1861 / II.; Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, Vol. 2, No. 2
Berkeley: Univ of California, 1911. First Edition. Softcover. 19pp; frontispiece showing the list of names approved by the Committee on Qualification. Bound in printed tan wrappers. 9.25" x 6" More
PAPERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE OF 1861; Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, Vol. I, No. 7
Berkeley: Univ of California, 1910. First Edition. Softcover. 69pp; frontispiece showing the signatures of the Committee of Vigilance.. Bound in printed tan wrappers. 9.25" x 6" More
DIARY OF GASPAR DE PORTOLA DURING THE CALIFORNIA EXPEDITION OF 1760-1770. Edited by Donald Eugene Smith and Frederick J. Teggart.; Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, Vol. I, No. 3
Berkeley: Univ of California, 1909. First Edition. Softcover. 59pp; frontispiece showing the first page of the original Gaspar de Portola diary.. Bound in printed tan wrappers. 9.25" x 6" More
THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE PORTOLA EXPEDITION OF 1769-1770. Edited by Frederick J. Teggart.; Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, Vol. I, No. 2.
Berkeley: Univ of California, 1909. First Edition. Softcover. 15pp; frontispiece showing the first page of the original Portola account. Bound in printed tan wrappers. 9.25" x 6" More
CRUMBS FROM MY SADDLE BAGS OR, REMINISCENCES OF PIONEER LIFE AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Toledo, Ohio: Blade Printing and Paper Co., 1884. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: (xiv), 298; engraved frontispiece portrait, tissue guard. Bound in brown cloth, spine lettering and rules in gilt, cover rules in black and blind, floral-pattern endpapers. 8" x 5" The author was a member of the Central Ohio..... More
LES PETITS VOYAGEURS EN CALIFORNIE
Tours: A. Mame et Cie, 1853. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. 188pp; 8 full-color, chromolithographed plates. Text in the original French. This is the tale of a Frenchman and two boys who journey from Le Havre to California in search of gold. We are told of their hard work at the..... More
WHERE TO EMIGRATE AND WHY: HOMES AND FORTUNES IN THE BOUNDLESS WEST AND THE SUNNY SOUTH...With a Complete History and Description of the Pacific Railroad.
Philadelphia: Peoples Publishing Company, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: 591; 16 plates of illustrations, 19 maps (three folding). Includes chapters and maps on the Pacific Railroad as well as individual states and territories: California/Nevada, Oregon, Washington Territory, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Eastern & Western Virginia, North & South Carolina..... More
MEMOIRS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF C.W. GOODLANDER OF THE EARLY DAYS OF FORT SCOTT: From April 29, 1858, to January 1, 1870,; Covering the time prior to the advent of the Railroad and during the days of the ox-team and stage transportation. And biographies of Col. H.T. Wilson and Geo. A. Crawford, the fathers of Fort Scott.
Fort Scott, Kansas: Monitor Printing Co., 1900. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Leatherette. 145pp; frontispiece portrait of author, other full-page portraits and views from photographs. Bound in grained leatherette, gilt cover title; tail of spine chipped. 6.25" x 4.25" Written on the front endpaper: "Presentation copy from Eugene Ware," historian and..... More
FREE HOMES FOR FREE MEN:; Speech of Hon. G.A. Grow, of Pennsylvania. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 29, 1860.
Detroit: Republican Executive Congressional Committee, 1860. First Edition. Printed self-wraps. 8pp, two-column text. Removed, spine reinforced with archival paper. 9" x 5.5" Grow spoke within the Presidential Campaign of 1860, arguing in favor of homestead law. Printed at the Detroit Tribune Office. More
HELL ON THE BORDER: A History of the Great United States Criminal Court at Fort Smith and of Crimes and Criminals in the Indian Territory , and the Trials and Punishment thereof before His Honor United States Judge Isaac C. Parker, "The Terror of Law Breakers."; Embracing the Leading Sentences and Charges in the Grand and Petit Juries ....
Stockton, CA: Frank L. Van Eaton, (1953). Third Edition. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. pp: xiii, 303; frontispiece portrait of Judge Parker and 20pp illus from photographs, printed on coated stock; text printed on pulp paper, still clean and tight. Tan wrappers, cover picture. 7.75" x 5" [Adams, Six-Guns and Saddle Leather..... More
AN ARGUMENT FOR A PROTECTIVE TARIFF. THE FARMER'S QUESTION; Being A Reply to the Cobden Club Tract entitled "The Western Farmer of America." By Jonathan B. Wise.
Cambridge: University Press: John Wilson and Son, 1880. First Edition. Softcover. 40pp; slip stating author's name is tipped in at front; errata slip at rear. Printed blue wrappers; back cover lacking. Neatly removed from a nonce volume. 8.5" x 5.5" More
ANCIENT LIFE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST.; With an Introduction on the General History of the American Race.
NY: Tudor Publishing Co., 1943. copyright 1930. Original Cloth. 392pp with index; frontispiece and 32pp of illustrations from photographs on plate stock. Bound in tan hopsacking, green lettering, in the original dust wrapper with a wrap-around illustration of the Hopi Pine Tree Dance. 9.25" x 6.25" More
HI-YO SILVER: The Lone Ranger's Song; Words and music by Vaughn De Leath and Jack Erickson.
NY: Chappell, 1938. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 6pp, words and music, in part: "Horses come and horses go, But there is one that you all know .... Give me the reins, There's pep in my veins, Onward Westward, ho! Hi-yo, Silver, Hi-yo!..." Name pencilled at top of cover. 12" x...... More
1892 HANDWRITTEN LETTER (ALS) OF PERMISSION FROM BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO.
1892. Original manuscript. One page, octavo. Written in sepia ink, somewhat faded but readable: "This is to certify that I am willing that part of the money due me from uncle Jacob's estate can be used for tombs at the graves of uncle Jacob & wife. [signed] M.M. Hilliard." Dated..... More
ONCE THEIR HOME, OR, OUR LEGACY FROM THE DAHKOTAHS: Historical, Biographical and Incidental from Far-off Days, down to the Present.
Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 1892. Third Edition. Hardcover. pp: 419, v index; frontispiece portrait of author, 32 plates from photographs, including portraits of Native Americans. Bound in gilt-stamped green cloth; spine scarred at top and bottom; free endpaper removed; old historical society label on pastedown, marked Duplicate; text block sound..... More
THE PRAIRIE SCHOONER
Chicago: Saul Brothers, 1918. First Edition. Original Cloth. 156pp; full-color frontispiece, 1 b&w plate, 1 full-page sketch. Bound in pictorial green cloth, gilt lettering, cover illustration in black. 7.25" x 4.5" Inscribed on the front free-endpaper: "Presented to Nolie Dandridge, by the author, Wm. F. Hooker[signed], New York, Sept. 9..... More
1952 BRAND BOOK: Sixteen original studies in Western history. With special sketches by H.D. Bugbee.
Denver, Colorado: The Westerners, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xxi, 297 with index; 32pp illustrations from photographs and drawings, printed on coated stock, pictorial endpapers. Bound in pictorial red cloth. 9.25" x 6" This is No. 51 of 500 copies. More
I AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE:; Words and music by Tim Spencer and Glenn Spencer.
Beverly Hills, CA: Tim Spencer Music, 1951. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 4pp, words and music, in part: "I'm hangin' all my teardrops out to dry For baby I ain't gonna cry no more. No more! I may be blue and lonely till I die...." 12" x 9" On the cover..... More
IDAHO INVITES YOU
Boise: Idaho Chamber of Commerce, 1950. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. 16pp; illus from photographs, map. Describes and pictures the "Gem of the Mountains": its hunting and fishing opportunities, wildlife, lumbering, etc. The front cover shows a mounted Native American in full headdress and regalia. 7.5" x 5.5"... More
SOUVENIR PROGRAM OF THE ANNUAL TWIN FALLS COUNTY FAIR AND RODEO, September 8-12, 1936.; Featuring Night Rodeo and Afternoon Racing.
Twin Falls, Idaho: Twin Falls County, 1936. First Edition. Original Wraps. 32pp; illus throughout from photographs. Printed in blue ink at the Buhl, Idaho "Herald." This program also promotes tourism in Idaho. 10" x 7.5" More
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAIL-ROAD COMPANY, OFFERS FOR SALE OVER 2,000,000 ACRES, SELECTED FARMING AND WOOD LANDS, IN TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS, TO SUIT PURCHASERS, ON LONG CREDITS, & AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST, SITUATED ON EACH SIDE OF THEIR RAIL-ROAD, EXTENDING ALL THE WAY FROM THE EXTREME NORTH TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
New-York: Isaac J. Oliver, Printer, 1856. First edition thus. Softcover. 64pp, sewn. Self-wrappers, string tied; faint foxing to first and last few leaves. 8.5" x 5.5" [Sabin 34317--more acreage was offered in 1854 and 1855. Buck, Travel & Description, locates five copies with this variant imprint by Oliver.]... More