Washington DC: USGPO, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. pp: iii, 75, index; 35 plates from photographs. Bound in pictorial wrappers. 10.25" x 7.5". Minor marks on covers. Contains 236 annotated entries on books, maps, photographs and documents relating to Colorado history. More about COLORADO: THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF STATEHOOD. An Exhibition in the Library of Congress
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Denver, Colorado: The Westerners, 1974. First Edition. Original Boards. Limited to 1,000 copies of which this is Number 458. pp: xxx, 510, colophon. Bound in decorated boards, pictorial endpapers; many illustrations from photographs, foldout b&w map. Near fine condition. 9.25" x 6" Provenance: Chad Flake's copy. Inscribed on the half-title... More about THE DENVER WESTERNERS 1973 BRAND BOOK, VOLUME XXIX. [presentation copy]; Art and Design by John...
1892. Original manuscript. Printed in blue and red on one side of heavy white stock, accomplished by hand, this receipt shows that Nels Kellerup bought from Fiske Mining Company some 8,000 pounds of mine tailings, valuing the silver at 86 to 87 cents per ounce. Signed by Nels Kellerup. 11.25... More about SILVER ORE RECEIPT ON THE BILLHEAD OF NELS KELLERUP--BLACK HAWK, COLORADO, APRIL 12, 1892
Colorado Springs: Hull Brothers, (1893). First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 24pp; views from photographs throughout, accompanying text. 6.75" x 3.75" Hull Brothers are identified as the proprietors of South Cheyenne Canyon. More about IN SOUTH CHEYENNE CANON WITH PEN AND CAMERA
Colorado Springs: Railroad View Publ Co., 1902. First Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. pp: 1, text; color frontispiece and 17 b&w photographic views mounted on black stock; Topographical Map of The Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, The Short Line. Back cover chipped near spine. Gray wrappers, embossed cover title... More about O'ER CANON AND CRAG TO THE LAND OF GOLD
Colorado Springs: Railroad View Publ Co, 1902. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Oblong quarto. pp: (1) text, (18) plates, (1) topographical map of the Cripple Creek Railway's Short Line. The 18 full-page plates are tipped to heavy black stock; one in color, the rest halftones, including a double-page view: from photographs... More about O'ER CANON AND CRAG TO THE LAND OF GOLD:; A Glorious Pathway
Colorado Springs, CO: Rodeo Directors, 1961. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 28pp; illustrated throughout from photographs. 11" x 8" Shown on the cover are Rex Allen and his horse, Koko, featured in this 21st annual rodeo. More about SOUVENIR PROGRAM OF THE 21st ANNUAL "PIKES PEAK OR BUST" RODEO:; Penrose Stadium, ...
Colorado Springs, CO: Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, 1945. Illus from Photographs. First Edition. Original Wraps. 24pp; photographs throughout text. This promotional booklet extolls the natural advantages of Colorado Springs and encourages Americans to relocate there. Includes the original, illustrated mailing envelope. 8.5" x 5.5" More about YOUR HOME IN COLORADO SPRINGS AND THE PIKES PEAK REGION
Victor, Colorado: Miners' Protective Assn. 1915. Original document. Printed form, accomplished by hand. Datelined Cripple Creek, Colo., June 30 1915. Ernest George Ahl, age 19, unmarried, born in Sweden and residing at 214 No. 4 St., V[ictor], states his occupation as "trammer." He has had 11 months experience as a.... More about APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE MINERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Cripple Creek, Colorado: Miners' Protective Assn. 1915. Original document. Printed form, accomplished by hand. Datelined Cripple Creek, Colo., June 29 1915. W. Forest Hodgin, age 21, unmarried, born in Indiana and residing at Welty Block, Cripple Creek, states his occupation as Mill Man. He has had 4 months experience with... More about APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE MINERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
1892. Original manuscript. 2pp, octavo, written in sepia ink in a readable hand. The agreement between Henry Chattillon, agent for W.H. Williams of Denver, and W.A. Maxfield, provides that "parties of the second part will sink a Shaft 5 ft by 8 ft in the clear upon the Bestie lode... More about HANDWRITTEN MINING-CLAIM AGREEMENT TO SINK A SHAFT IN THE CRIPPLE CREEK MINING DISTRICT, DATED 26...
1896. Original manuscripts. Two documents, folio, dated February 8, 1896. (1 ) Indenture of Agreement to Assign Lease and Agreement of Sale of the John Kyle and Gurley Lode Claims to Robert Billings, 8pp on tissue stock, signed by J.N. Porter, President. (2) Assignment of Lease and Agreement to Sell... More about TYPEWRITTEN DOCUMENTS FROM THE MAGGIE WEIMER GOLD MINING COMPANY FOR THE SALE OF THE JOHN KYLE...
Denver, Colorado: Scott & Austin, Reynolds Companies, circa 1885. Original edition. Broadsheet, 8" x 6", printed on card stock, blue lettering and red borders. The Scott Hardware side features an anvil at the center. Faint bleeding of the red ink, still attractive. Windsor Stables were part of the grand Windsor... More about FRANK P. SCOTT & CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HARDWARE, DENVER, COLO: STOVES, RANGES, HOUSE...
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[Colorado Springs]: [Thayer & Howbert], [1880s]. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Contains 12 plates of views in leporello (accordion-fold) format. Based on photographs, the views include: Manitou with Pike's Peak in the Distance; Manitou Bath House; Ute Iron Spring; Colorado College, Colorado Springs; The Antlers; Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak from... More about MANITOU & VICINITY [cover title
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[Colorado Springs]: [Thayer & Howbert], [1880s]. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Contains 12 plates of views in leporello (accordion-fold) format. Based on photographs, the views include: Manitou with Pike's Peak in the Distance; Manitou Bath House; Ute Iron Spring; Colorado College, Colorado Springs; The Antlers; Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak from... More about MANITOU & VICINITY [cover title
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Brooklyn, NY: Albertype Co., circa 1918. First Edition. Softcover. Contains 11 leaves printed in sepia ink on heavy stock, rectos only: one page of text, 10 views from photographs. Ribbon-tied, pictorial cream wrappers. 4.75" x 6.5" Views include: Entrance to Pike's Peak Auto Highway; Ute Pass; Glen Cove; Serpentine Trail;... More about PIKE'S PEAK BY AUTO [cover title]: THE PIKE'S PEAK AUTOMOBILE HIGHWAY...Grandest Scenic Highway...
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 about HOPI KACHINA DOLLS: With a Key to their Identification. Color photographs by Jack Breed
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: xix, 291; index; 32 plates from photographs; spine expertly repaired. 9.5" x 6" [Adams, Rampaging Herd, 369. Six-Guns, 484. Graff Collection, 863. Decker 26:88. Reese, Six Score, 23: "...Cook's ranching career...varied life in other roles...much material on Indian wars... More about FIFTY YEARS ON THE OLD FRONTIER AS COWBOY, HUNTER, GUIDE, SCOUT AND RANCHMAN.; Introduction by...
Berkeley: Univ of California, 1911. First Edition. Softcover. 167pp; foldout frontispiece showing Costanso's 1770 map of California. Bound in printed tan wrappers. 9.25" x 6" More about THE PORTOLA EXPEDITION OF 1769-1770: DIARY OF MIGUEL COSTANSO.; Publications of the Academy of...
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 about INDIANS OF THE ENCHANTED DESERT
Worcester, MA: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1899. First book edition. Original Wraps. 26pp. First published in the AAS Proceedings, October 1898. 10" x 6" More about RUFUS PUTNAM AND HIS PIONEER LIFE IN THE NORTHWEST
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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 about CROFUTT'S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE: containing a condensed and authentic...
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 about CROFUTT'S OVERLAND TOURS. Consisting of nearly Five Thousand Miles of Main Tours, and Three...
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 about WESTERN PORTRAITURE, AND EMIGRANT'S GUIDE; A Description of Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, with...
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 about WESTERN PORTRAITURE, AND EMIGRANT'S GUIDE; A Description of Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, with...