NY: J.H. Colton, 1852. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. pp: 351, (18) ads for Colton's maps, charts and books; large, engraved, folding map tipped in at front as issued. Blind-stamped purple cloth, spine tanned as usual. Upper portion of rear joint wormed; still a clean, tight copy of this desirable book..... More
NY: J.H. Colton, 1852. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. pp: 351, (18) ads for Colton's maps, charts and books; large, engraved, folding map tipped in at back as issued. Blind-stamped green cloth, spine ends and tips rubbed. Gilt-stamped on the cover is the name, A. Sheldon Clark. 7.5" x 5" Endpaper..... More
Bismark, Dakota: Tribune Printers & Binders, 1888. First Edition. Original Cloth. 85pp. Bound in maroon cloth, blind-ruled borders, gilt cover lettering. Major sections of this report are: Report of the Commissioner of Immigration: Report of Territorial Statistician; Dakota Weather Service; Agricultural Products; Land Entries (settlers and homesteaders); The Railroads. 9.5"..... More
NY: Bourne Music, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. pp: 47, (1) ad; portrait,19 illustrations from photographs on centerfold. Contains words and music to 15 songs, including: Silver Stars, Purple Sage, Eyes of Blue; Strawberry Blonde (On the Strawberry Roan); They Call Me Happy Go Lucky (Denver Darling's theme song); Wabash Moon;..... More
Elizabeth, NJ / NYC: Palmer & Co. / James Miller, 1870. Second Edition. Original Cloth. 512pp; frontispiece, pictorial half-title, plates with tissue guards; light foxing at plates. 9.25" x 6" General Kearny was born in New York City in 1815 and died near Chantilly, Virginia in 1862. His exciting career..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: xii, 329 w/index; 42 illustrations, most on plate stock. One leaf at back roughly opened. 9.5" x 6.25" [Howes, USiana Final Edition, D458 (b). Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators, Remington 529, &c. Decker 30:152.]... More
Berkeley: Univ of California, 1911. First Edition. Softcover. 21pp. Bound in printed tan wrappers. 9.25" x 6" More
College Park, Maryland: Jeff Dykes / Western Books, 1967-1984. First Editions. Softcover. 14 volumes, averaging 32pp each. Included are: Catalog Six, Cowboys and Indians; Catalog Nine, Rangers All!; Cat. 18, Russell Roundup 1; Cat. 22, Christmas Sampler; Cat. 24, Great Western Illustrators; Cat. 27, Great Western Illustrators; Cat. 29, Dime..... More
[Flagstaff, Arizona]: Northland Press, (1977). First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xiii, 192; rubricated title-page, 10 full-page illustrations. Bound in blue wove cloth, silver lettering on spine, blue endpapers, printed dust wrapper. 10" x 7" More
New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, Ltd, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Four thick volumes. Bound in red buckram, gilt lettering on spines. 9.25" x 6" Especially strong in Western Americana. Limited to 750 copies. More
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Topeka, Kansas: Kansas Historical Society, 1954. First Separate Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. 10pp; two portraits from photographs. Bound in green wrappers, black lettering on cover. Inscribed and signed inside the cover: "For...with my sincere regards / Alan W. Farley / June 14, 1955." 9" x 6" [Socolofsky & Dean, Kansas..... More
New Haven: William Reese Company, 1991. Hardcover. pp: (x), 430. Bound in red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 9.25" x 6" This pioneering work on Native Americans was first issued in 1873. More
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
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
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
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
Denver, Colorado: Forward Mining Development Co. / App Printing Co., (1904). First Edition. Softcover. 24pp, narrow octavo; map on verso title, 7 views from photographs. Compiles detailed information on Goldfield from various sources. Topics include: Mineral Belt; Ore at Depth; Production; Grade of Ore; Camp in its Infancy; Abnormally Rich;..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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