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
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
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
Chicago: Illinois Central Rail Road Office, 1857. First Edition. Softcover. 80pp. Bound in at front: Outline Map of Illinois; Railway Guide to the Illinois Central Rail Road Lands (double-page map); woodcut frontispiece, "Prairie Scene in Illinois." Six woodcuts in the text. Bound in at back: four pages of broadside-style ads..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas M. Scroggy, (1852). First Edition. Eight verses and chorus, in part: "Now since you have asked a song of me, I will sing a song of woe .... Her father was an Indian chief,-- In ambush he had lain, To rob the wearied soldier boys, Likewise the baggage..... More
1903. Original documents. Nine items, octavo and duodecimo. (1) Sapulpa Lodge, A.O.U.W [Ancient Order of United Workmen]., ALS re a Medical Examination Policy and Benefits Policy. (2) Addie Lodge, A.O.U.W., ANS re Beneficiary Certificate. (3) US Court in the Indian Territory, receipt for deposit in the Guardianship Case of Lizzie..... More
Oklahoma City: H.H. Clarke, (1906). Original document. Photo-illustration in black and white. Messages on front and back are written in sepia ink and pencil. In part: "This is the cotton press in I.T. They have so much cotton there...." Addressed to Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, and signed by Orlena Schenk. 3.5"..... More
Washington DC: USGPO, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. 4pp, removed from a nonce volume; spine reinforced with archival paper. Regards "interest due the Osage Indians on the net avails of their trust and diminished reserve lands, sold under...their treaty of September 29, 1865....An estimate of appropriation in the sum of $189,981.17..... More
Washington DC: USGPO, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. 3pp, removed from a nonce volume; spine reinforced with archival paper. Calls for enlarging the Pawnee Reservation, "made necessary by reason of the fact that a number of said tribe have made improvements in good faith upon lands supposed to be within their..... More
1904. Original document. One page, quarto, sepia ink in a bold, legible hand. Addressed to A. Nicodemus, G.R., Norman, Oklahoma, approving the Med[ical] Ex[amination] of Bro. T.H. Smith, sending a $1.00 check for a Ben[eficiary] C[ertificate], etc. Dated Feb. 12, 1904. Signed, "Yours in C.H.& P. / I.W. Saunders." The..... More
Afton, I.T. Jeremiah Hubbard, 1894. First Edition. Softcover. 4pp, printed in a small and legible typeface. Self-wrappers. 9" x 6". The first 2-3/4 pages recount Quaker missionary Hubbard's train trip with his wife and young son from Afton, I.T. to Oakland, California, including a visit to the Midwinter Fair in..... More
1813. Original manuscript. One page, folio, written in sepia ink. Sheriff's bond in the "penal sum of fifty six Dollars & seventy-five Cents with Interest thereon from the Twenty second day of March 1809 for the true payment whereof we do bind our selves and each of our heirs....This Third..... More
Chillicothe / Iowa City: Printed by Wm. C. Jones / Prairie Press, 1840 / 1950? Limited Edition. Original Cloth. pp: xiv, 28, (5), colophon; b&w folding map tipped to rear pastedown. Bound in green cloth, gilt spine lettering. 9.25" x 6" [Howes, U.S.IANA G22.]. More
Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1937. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. 575pp w/index. Gilt-stamped decorative green cloth. Small private bookplate on pastedown, prior owner's signature on endpaper, otherwise a clean, bright copy. 9.5" x 8.25" Laid into this volume is a four-page brochure, circa 1950, showing a steamboat and..... More
Chicago: Chart Music, 1940. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 58pp; 4pp illus from photographs. A biography of Buck Jones inside the cover precedes the words and music to 30 songs, including: Big Bad Bill From Brimstone; I'm A-leavin' Cheyenne; Nestin' Time In Nevada; Range Ridin' Fool From Texas; Weary Cowboy;..... More
Des Moines, Iowa: Kenyon Co., Map Makers, (1916). 1916 edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. (26)pp text. Full-color map, folded inside card covers, opens to 15" x 20". Blue card covers, printed in black. Fresh, clean condition. 6.25" x 4" [WorldCat locates four holdings of this map: Princeton, Yale, U Missouri-KC, U...... More
Denver, Colorado: Nolie Mumey, 1959. Limited Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. 24pp; Nolie Mumey's commentary on leaf tipped at front; large, folding map at rear. Bound in decorative paper covers in facsimile of the original. In a simulated wood-grain shelf box, paper spine label. 7.25" x 4.75" This is #225 of..... More
Westport: Greenwood Press, (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xxiv, (i) map, 587 with author and subject indices. Bound in blue cloth, red blocks and gilt lettering on spine and cover. 9.5" x 6" Contains 4,565 entries. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: xxii, 294 with index, (6) adverts. Bound in green cloth, gilt spine lettering; cover spotted, spine sunned. Prior owner's label on front pastedown. Inscribed on the free-endpaper: "With love and best wishes from the grandson of the author." Tipped..... More
Coldwater, Kansas: Talisman Print Shop, Circa 1905. Original edition. One page. Indicated in pencil are three properties: one at $7,500; One at $6,500 with a house; one with three houses. Five mail boxes are pencilled in at the end of the road. 10.5" x 8.5" Comanche County was created in..... More
Portland, OR: American Music, 1939. First Edition. Softcover. 58 pages. Contains words and music to "20 new songs, introduced by J.L. Frank's original Golden West Cowboys," including: My Madonna of the Trail; Rocky Mountain Trail; Swim, You Lazy Cattle, Swim; I'll Never Be A Saddle-tramp Again; It's Swing-time in the..... More
Hornellsville, NY: Tuttle & Bunnell, Printers, 1902. Original manuscript. Full-Leather. pp: 45 + 97; engraving of locomotive. Bound in the original wallet-style case of cordovan leather; carried in a pocket and showing some signs of use. 6.5" x 4" Begins with 45 pages of printed text, "...giving the Proper Method..... More
Iola, Kansas: Laude Printing Co., 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 647pp; frontispiece, full-page and text illustrations from photographs. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering; spine color faded. 8" x 5.5" [Adams, Rampaging Herd 1310.]. More
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xiii, 254, glossary, bibliography, compendium of songs; illus on title-page and in text by William Moyers. The author, a noted folksinger, traces the evolution of cowboy music in this annotated compilation of cowboy verse and song, including more than 50 original musical..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1935. First Edition. Morocco & Boards. Unpaginated. Contains 12 separate title-pages, some in color, each followed by an excellent example of an author's manuscript, and scholarly commentary by another author. The letters, which are tipped into the text, represent: George Sterling, Bret Harte, Frank..... More