Albuquerque: U New Mexico Press, 1959. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. pp: (vii), 150; 16pp illus from photographs, most in full color. Pictorial tan cloth, stamped in red; price-clipped, lightly worn dust wrapper. 10.25" x 7" Contents: What is a kachina? Making a kachina doll. Principal features of kachina dolls..... More
Chicago Calumet Music 1935. 1935. First Edition. Softcover. 6pp. Contains lyric, melody line, piano accompaniment, guitar chords and frames. In part: "Some time ago two weeks or more, if I remember well, I found myself in town and thought I'd knock around a spell...." 12" x 9.25". Prior owner's name..... More
New York: Samuel French, circa 1855. Early edition. Softcover. 19pp. Bound in printed yellow wrappers, 7.5" x 4.5". Lower corner of cover chipped away. [Kurutz, California Gold Rush, 160: "The California Gold Rush provided the inspiration for this dramatic presentation. Scene two depicts English, Spanish, Americans, Indians, Mexicans, and African-Americans..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1927. Third printing. Pictorial Cloth. pp: x, 364; frontispiece and 52 illustrations from photographs on plate stock, foldout map of Navajo and Hopi Country. Bound in black cloth, orange lettering, cover picture in purple and orange, top edges gilt. 9" x 6" [Decker 27:154.[... More
![CROFUTT'S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE: containing a condensed and authentic description of over One Thousand Two Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Government Fort and Camps, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Sulphur, Soda and Hot Springs, Scenery, Watering Places, and Summer Resorts;; Where to look for and hunt the Buffalo, Antelope, Deer and other game; Trout Fishing, etc., etc. ... Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads ... Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona. Vol. 1 - 1878-9 [complete].](/pictures/038233_2.jpg?v=1535398750)
![CROFUTT'S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE: containing a condensed and authentic description of over One Thousand Two Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Government Fort and Camps, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Sulphur, Soda and Hot Springs, Scenery, Watering Places, and Summer Resorts;; Where to look for and hunt the Buffalo, Antelope, Deer and other game; Trout Fishing, etc., etc. ... Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads ... Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona. Vol. 1 - 1878-9 [complete].](/pictures/038233_3.jpg?v=1535398750)
![CROFUTT'S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE: containing a condensed and authentic description of over One Thousand Two Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Government Fort and Camps, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Sulphur, Soda and Hot Springs, Scenery, Watering Places, and Summer Resorts;; Where to look for and hunt the Buffalo, Antelope, Deer and other game; Trout Fishing, etc., etc. ... Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads ... Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona. Vol. 1 - 1878-9 [complete].](/pictures/038233_4.jpg?v=1535398750)
![CROFUTT'S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE: containing a condensed and authentic description of over One Thousand Two Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Government Fort and Camps, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Sulphur, Soda and Hot Springs, Scenery, Watering Places, and Summer Resorts;; Where to look for and hunt the Buffalo, Antelope, Deer and other game; Trout Fishing, etc., etc. ... Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads ... Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona. Vol. 1 - 1878-9 [complete].](/pictures/038233_5.jpg?v=1535398750)
Chicago: Overland Publishing Co., 1878. First Edition. Original Cloth. Erratic pagination as noted by WorldCat. pp: (vi), (25-257+301-322, 2 ads); frontispiece, 18 double plates of Western views, other illustrations and maps in the text. Some of the double plates have ads printed on their versos. The rear pastedown is a...... More
Chicago & Philadelphia: H.J. Smith, 1889. Original Cloth. pp: 252, (1); plates, illustrations in the text; lacking the folding map. 9" x 4.75" Lacks the folding map. More
Ironside, Oregon: Rankin Crow, 1973. Third printing. Hardcover. 242pp; frontispiece and 180+ illustrations from photographs. Bound in gray cloth, red lettering on spine and cover, pictorial dust wrapper with one small chip. 9.25" x 6" Inscribed, "With my very best wishes / Rankin Crow / Vale, Ore. 97918."... 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 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
St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co., Printers, 1883. First Edition. Calf & Boards. pp: vii, (i), 166 with index, erratum slip tipped at front. Bound in half-calf and marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in blind; some edge wear to boards, else clean and tight. 9" x 5.75" Sets forth laws..... 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
![THREE (3) CENTENNIAL ISSUES OF "FRONTIER SCOUT," THE FIRST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN EARLY NORTH DAKOTA, VOL. 1, NOS. 2-4 [no copy known of no. 1]:; July 14, July 27, August 17, 1864.](/pictures/037089_2.jpg?v=1535398750)
![THREE (3) CENTENNIAL ISSUES OF "FRONTIER SCOUT," THE FIRST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN EARLY NORTH DAKOTA, VOL. 1, NOS. 2-4 [no copy known of no. 1]:; July 14, July 27, August 17, 1864.](/pictures/037089_3.jpg?v=1535398750)
![THREE (3) CENTENNIAL ISSUES OF "FRONTIER SCOUT," THE FIRST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN EARLY NORTH DAKOTA, VOL. 1, NOS. 2-4 [no copy known of no. 1]:; July 14, July 27, August 17, 1864.](/pictures/037089_4.jpg?v=1535398750)
Fort Union, D.T. Winegar & Goodwin, circa 1964. Centennial reprints. Printed self-wrappers. Three issues, 4pp each, three-column format with rules; one horizontal fold. Contents are outlined as follows. (#1) A poem by R.H. Stoddard. "The Rescued Maiden," a short story by Ben. Barnacle. A problem with mail and supplies from..... More
NY: Bourne Music, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. pp: 47, (1) ad; portrait,19 illus from photographs on centerspread. 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
Somerville, N.J. C.H. Bateman, 1897. First Edition. Original Cloth. 150pp; frontispiece with six portraits. Bound in green cloth, gilt lettering and monogram on cover, patterned endpapers; lower tip of cover discolored. 7.75" x 5.75" Includes chapters on: Sleeping Cars (detailing the 14 occupied by this group); San Francisco; Monterey and..... More
Washington DC: GPO, 1905. First Separate Edition. Original Wrappers. pp: iii, (157-199). Bound in tan wrappers, cover lettering and seal printed in black. 9" x 5.75" Covers gold and silver minng in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming during 1903. [See Alliot..... 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
Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Institute of Science, (1954). First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. pp: xiv, (iii), 185 with index, colophon; 16 color plates, 23 drawings on text stock. Bound in terracotta cloth, lettering and cover picture in silver; top edge of rear board scuffed, prior owner's name on endpaper. 9.25" x...... 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
Berkeley: Univ of California, 1913. First Edition. Softcover. 101pp; frontispiece showing a handwritten page from the Pages diary. Bound in printed tan wrappers; unopened signatures. 9.25" x 6" More
![AN INDIAN CAPTIVITY AND ITS LEGAL AFTERMATH [signed]:; Reprinted from The Kansas Historical...](/pictures/036915.jpg)
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