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
Atoka, Oklahoma: 1899. Original manuscript. One page, quarto, written in sepia ink on lined paper. Territorial Clerk, E.J. Tannin, certifies that O.H. Etting is the official Notary Public for the Central District of the Indian Territory, "that he was appointed in open court on the 30th day of November, 1897... 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
[Vinita, Indian Territory]: [Chieftain Print], 1892. First Edition. Printed Self-wrappers. 44pp, unfolded and unbound. Title-page in English and Cherokee. Text in Cherokee. Paper toned, but sound. Printed on leaves 6.25" x 8" Reverend Chamberlin went to Pheasant Hill, in what is now Craig County, Oklahoma, in 1868, several years before... More
1903. Original document. One page, quarto, sepia ink in a bold, legible hand. Addressed to A. Nicodemus, Norman, Oklahoma, enclosing a check for certificate fees, "...four dollars for that Sullivan Lodge owes and four dollors for the ones that is in your office...." Signed, "Yours in C.H.& P. / John... 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. Signed, "Yours in C.H.& P. / I.W. Saunders." The C.H. & P. in... More
Washington DC: (GPO), 1897. First Edition. Removed. 29pp, drop-title, removed from a nonce volume; spine reinforced with archival paper. 9" x 5.75" More
1903-1907. Original documents. Nine items, octavo and duodecimo. (1) Sapulpa Lodge, A.O.U.W [Ancient Order of Unitied 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
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
Guthrie, OK: Bank of Indian Territory, 1899. Original document. This check features the portrait of a Native American and the name of Ferdinand Ritterbusch, Treasurer, Logan County. Datelined Guthrie, Okla. Jun. 3rd, 1899 [changed to 1900]. In the amount of $25.75, the check is payable to J.M. McDowell. Signed at... More
1899. Original document. Printed document, accomplished by hand, with a red, two-cent Internal Revenue Documentary stamp, Series of 1898. Initialed "J. R. K." [J.R. Keith] in ink, and dated "3/20/89". Payable at Holder, I.T. [Chickasaw Nation]. Signed by J.R. Keith, witnessed by F.O. Ruddy. 3.5" x 8.5" More
Marietta, Indian Territory: Snyder, photographer, circa 1890. Original photographs. Identified on the versos in pencil as Sophia Lee Turner and Verne Argile Turner. Ms. Turner, dressed in the western-woman fashion of the day, rests her right elbow on a studio prop, her left hand on her hip. Little Verne is... More
1891. Original document. Engraved check, with printed seal of the United States Depository. In a banner at the top is "J.H. Sherburne, U.S. Indian Trader--Dealer in Ponies and Cattle." Datelined Ponca Agency, O.T., 10/10/1891, payable to Butler Brothers in the amount of $64.99, drawn on the First National Bank, Arkansas... More
1816. Original manuscripts. Three documents. (1) Indiana Territory, Franklin County, 22 June 1816, signed at Brookville by John List, C.F.C.C. Written in sepia ink, 4.25" x 8", docketed on verso. (2) Indiana Territory, Franklin County, 20 August 1816, signed by John List, Clk.F.C.C. Written in sepia ink, 5" x 9.5"... 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
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co., [1923]. 1923 edition. Original Wrappers. pp: (41), (7) illustrated ads. Full-color map opens to 20" x 28", statistics printed on verso. Folds into tan card covers, printed in black; map detached from inside back cover with small loss to margin. 6.25" x.... More
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Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co., [1917]. 1917 edition. Original Wrappers. 8pp ads for motor cars, hotels, railroads, &c. Full-color map opens to 20" x 28", statistics printed on verso. Folds into gray card covers, printed in black. 6.25" x 3.75" [Dated by automobile ad announcing 1917 model.]. 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
Chicago / Philadelphia: Keen & Lee / Charles DeSilver, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. 264pp; frontispiece view of State Capitol, 7 other plates, large hand-colored folding map dated 1855 [old repairs on verso, folded and laid in]. Bound in blind-stamped and embossed blue cloth, gilt-pictorial spine; light wear to spine ends... 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
Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook, (1906). Second Edition. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. pp: 189, (1) publisher's ad; 3 frontispiece portraits. Printed on pulp stock. Moderate wear along spine. 7" x 5" First published at Kansas City in 1899. [Adams, Six-Guns and Saddle Leather, 1150. Howes, U.S.IANA J48: "Probably ghost-written by A.B. McDonald."]. More
Tsaile, Navajo Nation, Arizona: Navajo Community College Press, 1977. First Edition. Original Cloth. 335pp; text illustrated from photographs and drawings. Bound in pictorial green cloth, pictorial green endpapers. 9" x 5.75" "...contains personal, true accounts by 22 elderly Navajo men and women...." (foreword). 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