Gold Rush Album
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. x, [1], 239 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Black cloth hardcover with title on the spine. No dust jacket. Map ilustrated end papers. More
Western Americana
The Canons of Colorado
From Photographs by W. H. Jackson. Printed and Bound in Denver. Denver: Frank S. Thayer, n.d. Hardcover. Octavo. Unpaginated. Brown cloth covered flexible stiff card. Title and pasted down illustration on the front cover. Front cover closes with button and fastener. Inside this album are 16 sepia half tone photographs..... More
Utah: The Land of Blossoming Valleys
The "See America First" Series. The Story of Desert Wastes of its Huge and Fantastic Rock Formations, and of its Fertile Gardens in the Sheltered Valleys; a Survey of its Rapidly Developing Industries; an Account of the Origin, Development, and Beliefs of the Mormon Church; and Chapters on the Flora..... More
Cow-Boy Life in Texas, ....or....27 Years a Maverick.
A Realistic and True Recital of Wild Life on the Boundless Plains of Texas, being the Actual Experience of Twenty-Seven Years in the Exciting Life of a Genuine Cow-Boy Among the Roughs and Toughs of Texas. Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], 9-213 pages, 214..... More
Cow Country
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xii, 242 pages. Illustrated in black and white by the author. Brown cloth hardcover with title and illustration in black on the front cover. Light shelf and edge wear to the cloth binding. A couple of small fain scuffs to..... More
Scorpion A Good Bad Horse
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 312 pages. Color frontispiece. Illustrated by the author. Peach colored cloth hardcover with title in black on the front cover and spine. Color illustrated dust jacket present with price of 2.50 on the front inner flap. Letter "A" on..... More
Coyote Pete The Desert Rat. Vol. 1. No. 1.
Twentynine Palms, California: Linotyped and Printed by The Desert Trail for The People of Twentynine Palms, 1940. First Edition. Periodical. Periodical. 9.25" x 4". 19 pages. Brown paper stapled soft cover. Title and illustration on the front cover. Light toning to this scarce, obscure western publication. More
The Texas Revolution and Republic: Materials Relating to the Period From the Beginning of Anglo-American Settlement to the Annexation of Texas to the United States [INCLUDED WITH] A Catalog of the John H. Jenkins Collection of Original Literary and Historical Manuscript Compositions [INCLUDED WITH] Early American Imprints A Collection of Works Printed in America between 1669 and 1800
Austin: The Jenkins Company, 1970-1986. First Edition. Soft covers. Tall quarto soft cover. Unpaginated. 784 items offered for sale. 8 page index. Blue paper covers with title in white on front cover and spine. Illustrated with pictures of items for sale. Front cover creased lower corner. Bottom corner page creases..... More
The Overland Monthly Devoted to the Development of the Country. Vol. 6. No. 2.
San Francisco: John H. Carmany & Co. Publishers, 1871. Periodical. Wraps. Single issue. viii (tipped in ads), pages 105-200, tipped in ads pages ix-xii. Peach colored wraps with title on the front cover. Paper is untrimmed. A few edge chips and creases to the covers. Articles include "Salt Making in..... More
The Overland Monthly Devoted to the Development of the Country. Vol. XI. No. 3.
San Francisco: John H. Carmany & Co. Publishers, 1873. Periodical. Wraps. Single issue. viii (tipped in ads), pages 201-296, tipped in ads pages ix-xvi. Peach colored wraps with title on the front cover. "American Naturalist" written in old ink top of the front cover. Paper is untrimmed. A couple of..... More
The Overland Monthly Devoted to the Development of the Country. Vol. XI. No. 6.
San Francisco: John H. Carmany & Co. Publishers, 1873. Periodical. Wraps. Single issue. viii (tipped in ads), [2] pages "A. H. Bancroft & Company" advertisement on purple paper, pages 489 - 588, [4] pages including a tipped in title page for 1873 Volume IX and 2 pages of contents, ads..... More
John Ringo King of the Cowboys His Life and Times From the Hoo Doo War to Tombstone
Number 6 in the A.C. Greene Series. Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press, 2008. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 366 pages, [2]. Illustrations. Contents clean and in very good condition. More
The Bloody Bozeman The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold
The American Trails Series. Edited by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xx, 366 pages. Illustrated. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated end papers. More
Trailblazers The Men and Women Who Forged the West
New York: Metro Books, 1995. Hardcover. Square quarto. Approx. 10" x 10". Hardcover with color illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated. Old price sticker on the front cover. Light wear to the hardcover and jacket. More
The Artist Was A Young Man: The Life Story of Peter Rindisbacher
Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Approx. square quarto. [2], vii, 101 pages. Illustrated in color and black and white. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. More
Cable Car Days in San Francisco
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1948. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xvi, 134 pages. Illustrated. Map illustrated end papers. Light edge wear and a few creases to the dust jacket. More
Comanche Ethnography Field Notes of E. Adamson Hoebel, Waldo R. Wedel, Gustav G. Carlson, and Robert H. Lowie
Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover with blue illustrated dust jacket. xiv, 542 pages, [1]. Illustrated section. Interior contents in very good condition. More
San Francisco Through Earthquake and Fire
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1906. Hardcover. Octavo. 55 pages. Illustrated with a panoramic frontispiece folding photograph and photograph plates in text. Ex-library copy with numbers on the spine and an old blind embossed stamp from the Public Library, Washington D.C. on the title page. Library numbers and a...... More
T. Butler King's Report on California. Message From the President of the United States, Transmitting The Report of T. Butler King, esq., heretofore appointed bearer of dispatches and special agent to California
31st Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 59. Washington DC: House of Representatives, 1850. Wraps. Disbound wraps. 32 pages. Light damp-stains to the bottom edge. Howes states that "This report...gave Washington its first official information on the gold strike." T. Butler King was from Georgia and served under the Zachary..... More
Army Life on the Pacific; A Journal of the Expedition Against the Nothern Indians
The Tribes of the Coeur D'Alenes, Spokans, and Pelouzes, in the Summer of 1858. New York: Redfield, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 144 pages. Blind stamped brown cloth hardcover with title on spine. Cloth covers and spine are worn and faded. Top and bottom of spine patched. Hinges repaired. Light..... More
The Rise and Fall of the Sundance Kid
Iola, Wisconsin: Western Publications, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Paperback. 153 pages. Illustrated. Light shelf wear and edge creases to the paperback. Contents are clean. More
Stratigraphy, Structure, and Depositional Environments of the Antelope Mountain Quartzite, Yreka, California
An Abstract of the Thesis by David S. Klanderman. Corvallis, Oregon: Self published, 1978. Hardcover. Tall quarto. 115 pages. Illustrated with figures, tipped in photographs and an index map. The 3 maps in the back pocket are missing. Green hardcover with gilt title on the front cover. Inexpensive binding. The..... More
An Endless Vista Colorado's Recreational Lands
Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall quarto. xvi, 134 pages. Illustrated with a two page map and black and white photography. Color pictorial covers. Light shelf wear to the binding. More
Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers In the Year 1870
Saint Paul? Self published, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxi, 122 pages, [3]. Frontispiece portrait of Washburn dated 1869. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Dark blue cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title and light brown illustration on the front cover. Gilt lettered title on the spine. Gilt top edge..... More