Colorado Springs: Published by the author, 1956. Limited Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. 19pp; frontispiece from photograph. This is Copy No. 149 of 200 copies, signed by John J. Lipsey. Gray wrappers, cover lettering in red. 8" x 6" "An account of the author's encounter with Diamond Jack, a Chicago gangster...
Wilmington, CA: Pacific Coast Borax, 1934. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 16pp; 2pp illus from photographs. Contains lyrics and music to six classic cowboy songs, including "Zebra Dun." Few smudges on cover. 12" x 9"
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"
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...
Chicago: M.M. Cole, 1935. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 64pp; 4pp illus from action photos of Ken Maynard and his horse "Tarzan," with other photos, including his Hollywood home, inside the back cover. Contains words and music to 25 cowboy songs (two from Ken's movies), including: Wheels Of Destiny; The...
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 Howes "e" title. Decker 43:248.].
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...
Des Moines.Iowa: Kenyon Company Map Makers, 1916. First Edition. Softcover. Full-color map, opens to 18.5" x 32", including margins. Place-name index, census figures, shipping & postal guide on verso. Folds into printed, red card covers, 5.5" x 3". Printed inside front cover: "Don't waste time looking at poor land...come to...
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co., (1915). 1915 edition. Original Wrappers. 54pp, including ads for six hotels, etc. Full-color map, opens to 21" x 28". Folds into tan card covers, printed in black. 6.5" x 4" [OCLC cites two holdings: Minnesota Hist Soc and Penn State.].
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....
Saint Paul, Minnesota: Pioneer Press, 1889. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: x, 596 with index, errata leaf; engraved frontispiece portrait of Brev. Major-General Sibley in uniform. Bound in black cloth, gilt spine rules and lettering; floral-pattern endpapers. 9" x 5.75" [Eberstadt 107:392--"Early days and life among the Indians in Wisconsin...
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1915. 1915 edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. pp: 68. (2) ads. Tipped in is a full-color map, opening to 18.5" x 25", folded into brown card covers printed in black. 6.5" x 4"
Chicago & New York: Rand, McNally & Co., (1910). 1910 edition. Original Wrappers. Full-color map opens to 20" x 28", statistics printed on verso. Folds into tan card covers, printed in black. 5.5" x 2.5"
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...
St. Louis: Press of Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co., 1889. "Fourteenth Edition" Softcover. pp: 110, (2) ads for Iron Mountain Line and Colorado Short Line; full-page and text views, folding b&w map, opens to 20" x 22". Bound in printed yellow wrappers; spine ends and tips chipped; text block and...
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...
Chicago, New York, Los Angeles: Rand, McNally & Co., 1911. 1911 edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. 38pp, including ads for Fred Harvey's Santa Fe System of Hotels and other hotels in Montana. Full-color map opens to 21" x 28". Folds into brown card covers printed in black, 6.5" x 4" [OCLC...
[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...
1869. Original document. Small form (2.5" x 2.25"), partly printed in blue, accomplished by hand. Signed by Wm. H. Rodgers, Auditor, and by W.G. Barkley, Treasurer. Signed on the verso by L. McMurtry and witnessed by T.T. Sheffield. Cancelled with three diamond-shaped perforations. McMurtry's name appears in Territorial records of...
1889. Original manuscript. One page, quarto. Handwritten by order of Colonel Peter T. Swaine, 22nd Infantry Regiment, commander of Fort Keogh, in part: "...the A.C.S. will issue to the troops of this Command, seven-hundred and fifty (750) pounds of Canned Corned Beef and one-hundred and ninety (190) Cans of Baked...
Helena, M.T. Helena Steam Power & Lighting Co., 1885. Original document. Certifies that F.H. Kleinschmidt owns 15 shares of the Comany's capital stock. Dated at Helena, Montana Territory, 26 Dec 1885. Signed by Moses Morris, President, and Herman Gans, Secretary. Engraved certificate with gilt-stamped decorative borders, sphinx & pyramid logo...
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...
Norman: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1964. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: xv, 414, index; 16pp illus from photographs. 10.25" x 6.75"
London: Edward Stanford, 1878. First Edition. Original Cloth. 125pp; foldout frontispiece map of Oregon, tinted pink. Bound in green cloth over flexible boards, gilt lettering on spine and cover, cream endpapers. Written on the pastedown: "Please return / Eustace Mauch / 15/12/78." [Smith, Pacific Northwest Americana 7102.].
Leipsic / NY: Baedeker / Scribner's, 1899. Second Revised Edition. Original Cloth. pp: c, 579 with index; complete with 19 maps in color (some folded) and 24 plans (some folded). Red cloth, gilt lettering. Prior owner's name and 1902 date on front endpaper. Spine expertly mended with original backstrip laid...
