new York / Philadelphia: D. Appleton / Geo. S. Appleton, 1845. Second Edition, Revised. Hardcover. pp: 492 with index, (34) publisher's ads. Bound in modern red linen, printed paper spine label. 7.75" x 4.5" More
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, (1923). First Edition. Original Cloth. 212pp; 10 plates from photographs (portraits and views). Chapters include: The Journey to California in 1849; Pioneer Life of San Francisco; Virginia City and the Comstock; &c. Bound in red cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine; spine gilt dulled with..... More
NY: Cadmus Book Shop, 1916. Limited Edition. Original Wrappers. Limited to 250 copies. 26pp. Sewn, decorative wrappers; small chip from top of cover and first leaf. 9" x 5.75" [This 1916 reprint is a Howes, U.S.iana "aa" title, while the 1851 edition is one of only seven known and a...... More
NY: Bob Miller, 1934. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 48pp. Contains lyrics, music, guitar chords and charts to 22 songs by Bob Miller "that cannot be obtained in any other cowboy book." Edited by Arthur H. Gutman. 11.5" x 8.5" Songs include: Big Ball In Texas; Dangerous Dan McGrew; In..... More
St. Paul: State Board of Immigration, 1878. First Edition. Softcover. 88pp; small railway map in text; large, folding map of Minnesota shows towns, county lines, railroads, post offices, &c., detached from binding and laid in. Bound in printed green wrappers; lower tip chipped from cover, no text loss. 8.5" x...... More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Girart Hewitt, 1867. Fifth Edition. Softcover. pp: 36, (8) full-page ads. The ads are by: Winona & St. Peter Railroad, selling "250,000 acres of the finest farming lands in the northwest"; Hastins & Dakota Railway, offering Actual Settlers Only portions of a 1,280,000-acre land grant; Milwaukee &..... More
Albuquerque: Univ of New Mexico Press, (1987). First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xxv (including a double-page map and six pages of illustrations from photographs), 201 with index. Bound in green cloth, silver lettering on spine. 9.5" x 6" Contains 627 entries. More
St. Louis, Mo. Stereotyped & Printed by Aug. Wiebusch & Son, 1867. First Edition. Original Wrappers. 96pp. Printed gray wrappers, sewn. Professor Waterhouse of Washington University, St. Louis, wrote this book for the State Board of Immigration in order to attract settlers. The attractions include education, commerce, railroads, homesteading on..... More
London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin, & Co., 1880. First Edition. Softcover. 30pp. Bound in printed tan wrappers. 7" x 4.75". Vertical crease. Examines the economic aspects of agriculture in the western states. "...For what he raises he gets a lower price, and for what he consumes he..... More
[Virginia City, M.T.]: Montana Democrat Print, 1868. Original document. Decorative certificate, printed in blue and black, accomplished by hand, with two engraved vignettes. In part: "It is hereby certified that the Territory of Montana is indebted to Ira H. Ming in the sum of One Hundred Dollars, redeemable at the..... More
Washington DC: US Senate, 48th Congress, 1885. First Edition. Printed self-wraps. 45pp. Spine archivally reinforced. 9" x 5.75" Identifies 329 leases of land on the Crow reservation, naming each of the Native Americans involved: Long Otter, Alligator, Shell on the Neck, Pretty Gutts, Crazy Sister-in-law, Bear in the Water, Fire..... More
Miles City, Montana: Foster Photo Co., 1920. Original document. The photograph is captioned, "At A Boy Mose." On the verso is a handwritten message to a Pennsylvania woman: "...This is a sample of the real rough west as it is in reality never the less it is the life /..... More
New York: James Miller, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: 345, (8) ads. Bound in blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering and device on spine; minor discoloration of binding, text block clean. 7.5" x 4.75" Builds on the 1862 Homestead Act, which granted settlers 160 acres of Federal land if they settled..... More
Denver, Colorado: Forward Mining Development Co., (1905). First Edition. Original Wrappers. (12)pp. Bound in decorated white wrappers. On the back cover is a pink-tinted photographic view of "The Famous Combination Mine and Mill at Goldfield." 9.25" x 4" With a capital stock of $500,000, three members of the Patrick family..... More
Reno: Univ of Nevada Press, 1981 & 1991. First Editions. Hardcover. Two volumes. pp: (iii), 421 with index; (v), 403 with indices. First volume bound in blue cloth, second one bound in brown cloth, both with gilt spine lettering and printed dust wrappers. 10.25" x 7" The first volume contains..... More
Washington DC: USGPO, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. 3pp, removed from a nonce volume; spine reinforced with archival paper. "Relates to the consolidation of the Mescalero and Jicarilla Agencies and the civilization of the Indians thereof....and for the removal, with their consent, of the Mescalero Apache Indians to the Jicarilla Reservation..... More
Norman: U Oklahoma Press, 1950. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: xvii, 261 with index; 84 illustrations from photographs, four full-page maps. Bound in yellow cloth, green spine lettering; in a soiled, price-clipped dust wrapper. 9.25" x 6" Regards the Hopi Indians of the Arizona Mesa lands... More
Norman, Oklahoma: Univ of Oklahoma Press, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xviii, 400 with index; 28 illustrations of title-pages. Bound in brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, dust wrapper with slight edge wear. 9.5" x 6.25" Annotated bibliography of printed materials pertaining to Native Americans, especially the Five Civilized Tribes..... More
Oklahoma City: J. Frank Rice, 1906. Original document. Real-photo postcard, showing the main street of Oklahoma City. Small, pencilled message in lower margin: "11/13/1906 - Am just living here / Papa." Addressed on the verso to Miss Mildred Kalmus, Horton, Kansas, and postmarked Oklahoma, Nov 17, with a 13-star flag..... More
1906. First Edition. 2pp, removed from a nonce volume; spine reinforced with archival paper. Regarding a bill "to open for settlement 505,000 acres of land in the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache reservations...." Involves some 480,000 acres of land. 9" x 5.75" More
1908. Black-and-white image, 5" x 8", on a gray photo-mount. Shown are 22 boys and girls in mostly homemade clothes. Off to the side is a large man wearing a double-breasted suit. Two of the boys hold small slates on which is written: "Pleasant Valley, Dist. no 30. J.C. Barney..... More
Portland: Chamber of Commerce, 1911. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. pp: 32 + vii full-page colored views and map on heavy stock. 10.75" x 8.5" Here is a memento of the days when Oregon was courting settlers--"the homeseeker, the manufacturer, or the investor"--describing Oregon as "the last West." Illustrated throughout..... More
(Washington): Blair & Rives, Printers, 1840. First Edition. Removed. 3pp, drop-title, neatly removed from a nonce volume. 9" x 5.5" The extended title says it all. Signed in type by 44 male residents of Indiana, meaning to attract settlers to the Oregon Territory and to ease the journey. [Eberstadt 138:581.]..... More
Washington DC: Tippin & Streeper, printers, 1848. First Edition. Softcover. 26pp. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 9" x 5.5" Abernethy, the Governor of Oregon Territory, and others write here from Oregon City, describing fatal encounters with the local Indians, including the recent massacre..... More
(Washington): Blair & Rives, printers, 1840. First Edition. Removed. 4pp, drop-title, neatly removed from a nonce volume. 9" x 5.75" Signed by some 150 residents of the State of Missouri, stating: "That many of us entertain a desire to emigrate to the Territory of Oregon, provided the obstacles which now..... More