Badlands and Bronco Trails
Bismarck, N. D. Capital Book Co, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 114pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Pebbled red cloth over boards. The hinges have been reinforced. Life and lore of Sentinel Butte and the Dakota Badlands. More
Western Americana
From Where the Sun Now Stands: Addresses by a Posse of Famous Western Speakers
Santa Fe, NM: Stagecoach Press, 1963. First trade edition, limited to 650 copies. Hardcover. 73pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Maroon boards. A break in the text block at the beginning has been discreetly glued. In a dust jacket, with adhesive strips backing the edges. More
Utah: A Guide to the State
New York: Hastings House, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 595 pp. Octavo. [21 cm]. Blue cloth over boards with gilt title stamped on spine and front board. Original dust jacket has tearing and scuffing along edges and a small [1 mm] hole on front panel. A stated first edition copy of..... More
Forged in Strong Fires: The Early Life and Experiences of John Edward Dalton
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1948. Cecil Smith. First edition. Hardcover. 373pp. Large octavo [23.5 cm] Orange cloth covered boards with black ink stamped titles. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with a couple of..... More
The Union Pacific Railway: A Study in Railway Politics, History, and Economics
Chicago, IL: S. C. Griggs and Company, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 247pp. Octavo [21.2 cm] in pebbled brown cloth. Front hinge going; cloth at the spine ends mildly frayed; underlying boards peeking through at the corners. With map 1 and 3 at the rear. Signed and inscribed by author..... More
Big Country: Texas (American Folkways)
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1947. Hardcover. 326pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue and black cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Good condition. The edges of the spine and covers are rubbed, bumped and faded. The spine is very slightly rolled back. The front free..... More
Snow-Shoe Thompson (Early California Travels Series XXI)
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 63pp. Duodecimo [19 cm]. Printed paper over cream paper, with title printed in black on the spine. Boards are noticeably darkened at fore-edge. Spine is also slightly toned. Foot of spine is lightly bumped. This book 1/210, hand-set in Bulmer types, printed..... More
The Geo W. Soliday Collection of Western Americana
New York: Antiquarian Press Ltd., 1960. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 103 pp. Octavo. [24.5 cm]. Maroon cloth over boards. A comprehensive catologue of the works of Western Americana. This is number 233 out of 500 total copies for sale. More
The Romance of the Colorado River: The Story of its Discovery in 1540, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, 1904. Early printing. Hardcover. 399 [4] pp. Tan cloth with illustrated boards. Black and white photographic illustrations. Front hinge weak; text block cracked at the beginning; stitching periodically visible in the gutters; contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper..... More
1950 Brand Book, Volume VI; A Baker's Dozen of Essays on the West: Its History, Places, and People
Denver, CO: The Westerners / The University of Denver Press, 1951. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Olive green cloth spine and boards with brown illustration and decor. This volume in #281 of only 700 copies produced. Just a trace of rubbing at the tips of the corners. Illustrated with photographs, artwork..... More
New America (two volume set)
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1867. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. 359; 369; 12pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with embossed borders on the boards. Title and rules gilt stamped on backstrip. Good. The extremities are rubbed and gently bumped, and the spines are sunned and rolled. The spine ends have multiple..... More
Voyage Pittoresque dans les Grands Déserts du Nouveau Monde
Paris: Morizot, Libraire-Editeur, Circa 1862, but the edition is not dated. Early printing of the French edition. Hardcover. 608, [2] pp. Quarto [27 cm] Original cloth with stamped decoration and title in black and gilt to the front cover and spine. All edges gilt. Rebacked, with the majority of the..... More
The 1849 California Trail Diaries of Elijah Preston Howell (Number 1 Emigrant Trails Historical Studies Series)
Independence, MO: Oregon-California Trails Association, 1995. Emigrant Trails Historical Studies Series edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Octavo [24 cm] Red cloth over boards. With very occasional notations in pencil. Signed by the editiors on the title page. Additionally inscribed by one of the editors to Will Bagley, a prolific author and a...... More
Campaigns in the West, 1856-1861: The Journals and Letters of Colonel John Van Deusen Du Bois with Pencil Sketches by Joseph Heger
Tucson: Arizona Pioneers Historical Society, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Folio [39 cm] 1/4 red bonded leather with red and black patterned paper over boards. Top edge trimmed; other edges deckled. Map at the rear. With the publisher's prospectus tucked in. The extremities are lightly rubbed, and the leather at..... More
Grains of Wheat
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1934. First Edition, 1/10. Leather bound. SIGNED. 190pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Grained black leather with gilt stamped titles on the front cover and spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are rubbed. There is a previous owner's address label on the front free..... More
The Montana Gold Rush Diary of Kate Dunlap
Denver and Salt Lake City: Fred A. Rosenstock, Old West Publishing Company / University of Utah Press, 1969. Hardcover. Thin folio [33.5 cm] 1/4 beige cloth with illustrated paper covered boards and the title stamped in brown ink on the spine and covers. Very good. The rear board is lightly..... More
The Montana Gold Rush Diary of Kate Dunlap
Denver and Salt Lake City: Fred A. Rosenstock, Old West Publishing Company / University of Utah Press, 1969. Hardcover. Thin folio [33.5 cm] 1/4 beige cloth with illustrated paper covered boards and the title stamped in brown ink on the spine and covers. Very good. The covers are slightly concave..... More
The Montana Gold Rush Diary of Kate Dunlap
Denver and Salt Lake City: Fred A. Rosenstock, Old West Publishing Company / University of Utah Press, 1969. Hardcover. Thin folio [33.5 cm] 1/4 beige cloth with illustrated paper covered boards and the title stamped in brown ink on the spine and covers. Very good. The covers are slightly concave..... More
The Colonial History of The City of San Francisco: Being a Narrative Argument in the Circuit Court of the United States for the State of California, for Four Square Leagues of Land Claimed by That City and Confirmed to It by That Court
San Francisco: Towne & Bacon, Book and Job Printers, 1866. Third edition. Leather bound. 106; 391pp. Octavo [23 cm] 3/4 dark brown leather with marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. With 3 illustrated plates and 2 maps. Fair condition only. The extremities are rubbed, and the front cover detached. There..... More
All Aboard for Santa Fe:; Railway Promotion of the Southwest, 1890s to 1930s
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. First Printing Thus. Paperback. Wraps with black spine and colorful illustrated covers. "All Aboard for Santa Fe stands out from other AT & SF histories because it so thoroughly investigates how the railway promoted Santa Fe from the late 1800s to the..... More
Rangers All! A Catalog and Check List
College Park, MD: Jeff Dykes / Western Books, Circa 1968. Limited edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 150pp. Octavo [23 cm] Blue pebbled cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The top edges of the covers and text block are very gently soiled. There are a couple..... More
Go in Beauty
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. [INSCRIBED]. 279 pp. Octavo. [20.5 cm], 1/4 black paper over green boards with original dust jacket. Deckled edges. Dust jacket exhibiting some signs of wear at corners and edges with small [1 cm] tears at head and tail of spine. Inscription..... More
Trading Post Guidebook: Where to Find the Trading Posts, Galleries, Auctions, Artists, and Museums of the Four Corners Region
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing Company, 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 241pp. Square octavo [21x23cm]. Black leatherette over boards; title stamped in gilt on spine. In a matching slipcase. Glossy, heavily illustrated pages. Both a guidebook and a history of Navajo Nation and the Four Corners region. More
Down the World's Most Dangerous River
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 293pp. Octavo [21 cm] Yellow cloth with brown printed graphic and title to the front cover; title printed on the spine. Black and white photographic illustrations. The rear board is just a trifle warped. Internally very good. In a price-clipped..... More
Panoramic Perspective of the Area Adjacent to Hoover Dam and Lake Mead Recreational Area. Served by the Union Pacific System (Las Vegas, Hoover Dam and Lake Mead Recreational Area)
Chicago: Poole Bros. Inc, 1947. Map. Folded brochure which when unfolded has informative text on one side, and is printed with a map of Hoover Dam on the reverse. Bottom trimmed close. 30 1/2 x 18" when unfolded. With a handful of small splits to the folds. A birds-eye view..... More