Boston: Boston Music, 1944. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 59pp; illus from photos of rodeos, etc. Contains lyrics, music and guitar charts to 21 cowboy songs, most written by Sterling Sherwin. 11.75" x 8.75" More
NY: Macmillan, 1967. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: xvi, 334, bibliography, discography, subject index, and title/first line index. Illustrations are from Remington, Russell, et al. The editor of "Sing Out!" collaborates here with American composer Earl Robinson to present words and music to more than 100 songs sung by 49ers..... More
Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort for Oregon Historical Society, 1950. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. pp: (viii), 381; interleaved throughout with blank leaves for notes, not used. Bound in red cloth over heavy boards, gilt lettering on spine and cover; spine faded. 10.25" x 6.75" Contains 11,298 entries: Idaho, Montana..... More
Portland, Oregon: American Music, 1939. First Edition. Softcover. (50)pp, Contains words and music to 20 cowboy songs that Smith performed, including: We're Beddin' Down on A New Range Tonight; Ramblin' Rose of the Rio Grande; Git Along, Ole Mule; Cowboy Rangerette; Gamblin' Cowboy Jim; and 15 more. Inside the cover..... More
Portland, Oregon: American Music, 1941. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 50pp. Contains 21 songs performed by Jerry Smith. Titles include: Ridin' to the Rhythm of the Saddle; Margy Anne; The Cowboy's Warning; Bunkhouse Blues; Trail Dust; and 16 more. Six illustrations from photographs. 12.25" x 9"... More
San Francisco: Southern Pacific Lines, 1939. First Edition. Softcover. 55pp; map, two drawings. 9" x 8" The text gives information on dining cars and detailed time tables for all trains in the system, along with ads for the Golden Gate Exposition, bus tours, cruise lines, etc. Includes a map of..... More
s.l. s.n. [Published by the author?], [1905 or earlier]. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: (iv), 400; 20 b&w plates from old drawings and photographs. Bound in pictorial terracotta cloth, cover stamped in brown, gilt-stamped spine; small blemish on cover. 8" x 5.25" Inscribed on the front free-endpaper: "To Mrs and..... More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Pioneer Press, 1885. First Edition. Original Wrappers. 48pp; complete with 9 full-page views, map on back cover. Bound in salmon wrappers, title printed on cover. 8.75" x 5.75" The letters are datelined at various places along the route: Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota; Lockhart Farm, Norman County..... More
Independence, Missouri: Westerners, Kansas City Posse, 1959. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 14pp; two full-page illus (reward poster for Frank & Jesse James, photos of their revolvers). 9" x 6" Presentation copy, inscribed on the cover, signed by author Miles W. Standish. More
Washington DC: (GPO), 1866. First Edition. Printed Self-wrappers. 17pp, sewn, unopened signatures, drop-title, edges uncut. 9.5" x 6" Contains interesting information on various expeditions and scouts employed against the Indians during 1865 and 1866. Included are the military units involved, commanding officers, numbers of enlisted men, days absent, rations consumed..... More
San Francisco: Colt Press, 1939. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. pp: 66, (1), colophon; rubricated title-page, vignettes in margins, printer's device above colophon. Presentation inscription on blank flyleaf, signed by the author. Bound in cloth-backed pale-green boards, Colt Press device mounted on cover, paper spine label; edges of boards sunned. 11.5"..... More
Washington DC: [USGPO?], 1887. First Edition. Softcover. 14pp. Self-wrappers. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.75" x 5.5" Stewart (1827-1909), American lawyer and politician, left Yale University in 1850 to join the Gold Rush to California, soon moving on from San Francisco to begin..... More
NY: Hastings House, 1971. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: xii, 372; 28 maps, text illus. Examines the history of the old road to Santa Fe, the only pre-railroad link from the Mississippi River to the Southwest. The road started as a commerce route in 1821, crossing the Cimarron Desert and..... More
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Chicago: Newberry Library, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xxv, 854 with detailed index. Bound in red buckram, gilt lettering on spine, pictorial dust wrapper. 10.25" x 7.5" Contains 4,801 entries. Laid into this copy is the "Index to Maps in the Catalogue," compiled by Brenda Berkman and published in 1972..... More
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1966-1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Eight volumes, including index. Printed versions of prices realized at parts one and two of the sale are laid into volumes one and two, while prices for the rest of the sale are bound into the index volume, as issued. Bound in..... More
New York: American Home Missionary Society / John A. Gray, Printer, 1857. First Edition. Softcover. 34pp. Bound in decorated yellow wrappers, sewn. 9" x 5.75" Sturtevant was then president of Illinois College. Here, he discusses emigration to the 16 non-slaveholding States. "For obvious reasons...we shall leave out of our estimate..... More
New York: Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts, Inc., 1933. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. 125pp, printed on buff stock. Bound in cloth-backed printed boards, in the original glassine jacket. 10.5" x 7.5" More
Austin, Texas: Published for the author by Gammel Book Co., 1896. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprinted by the Frontier Press of Texas in 1955. pp: xvi, 268 with index. Bound in black cloth, gilt lettering and Texan star on cover, in the publisher's lightly worn slipcase. 8.75" x 5.5" Most of the..... More
New-York: D. Fanshaw, 1844. First Edition. Softcover. 55pp, Dedication on verso title is signed in print as T.S. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. Faint foxing here and there. 8.25" x 5.5" Sedgwick vehemently opposed the annexation of Texas to the US. [American Imprints..... More
Fort Worth, Texas: Radio Station KFJZ, 1940. First Edition. On the front of this rare card is a photo of Marc Williams and his Cowboys (Bill Stockard, Pete Scarborough, and Bob Atwine). On the back is printed: "Hear..Marc Williams (National Broadcasting Company and Brunswick Recording Artist) and his Cowboys, each..... More
(Huntsville, Texas): Texas Prison System, 1944. First Edition. Softcover. 4pp, printed in black on tan stock. Lists 22 events and the contestants in each, including: Mad Scramble; Bareback Bronc Riding; Goree Cowgirl Orchestra; Wild Mare Milking; Calf Roping Break-a-way; Wild Mule Race; Hillbillies Come to Town; Putting Hitler in His..... More
s.l. s.n., 1916. Original photograph. Real-photo postcard of Company G troops lined up for pay call. The names of the 11 non-coms and officers in the photograph are neatly hand-printed in ink on the verso: Artificer-N.S. Seery, Corp'l Turnner, Corp'l McGrew, Sergt Walrath, Sergt White, Sergt Verneigo, Sergt Thompson, 1st..... More
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NY: Hill and Range Songs, 1954. First Edition. Original Wraps. 36pp; cover and 12 illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 15 songs, written and performed by Hank Thompson, including: Rub-A-Dub Dub; You're Walking On My Heart; When You're Lovin', You're Livin'; Cryin' In the Deep Blue Sea; Swing..... More
Beverly Hills: Ernest Tubb Music, 1950. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 40pp; 11pp illustrations from photographs. Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames to 15 songs written and/or sung by Tubb, including: Don't Rob Another Man's Castle; My Filipino Rose; My Tennessee Baby; Drivin' Nails in My..... More
Portland, OR: American Music, 1941. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Some rubbing along spine. 42pp; two illus from photographs. Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames to 20 songs written and sung by Ernest Tubb. Titles include: I'll Get Along Somehow; Blue-eyed Elaine; Our Love Yodel; Swell San..... More