In Two volumes. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1835. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavos. Two volumes: [1], xii, 13-282 pages, [1]; [1], viii, 286 pages. Matched set. Volume one is bound in green cloth with title on the spine and publisher's stamp bottom of the spine. Volume II, printed the same..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xv, 240 pages. Red cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Previous owner illustrated bookplate on the front paste down - "Ex-Libris Ray D. Smith Fortes Fortuna Juvay" At the bottom of the plate is written "10/14/49 A C...... More
America Exploration and Travel. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xv, 240 pages. Illustrations. Red cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Red illustrated dust jacket. Edge wear and a couple of tape repairs made to the dust jacket. More
New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1925. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. vi, 298pp. Frontispiece illustration of Pikes Peak. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on front cover and spine. Title faded on spine. Front hinge is cracked. Cloth is edge worn head and base of spine and corners. Slight lean to..... More
Containing An Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; General Kearney's Overland Expedition to California; Doniphan's Campaign Against the Navajos; His Unparalleled March Upon Chihuahua and Durango; and the Operations of General Price at Santa Fe. With A Sketch of the Life of Col. Doniphan. Illustrated with Plans of Battle-Fields..... More
An Account of legal and judicial development in the Southwest, 1853-1874, with special reference to the Indian, slavery, social and political affairs, journalism, and a chapter on circuit riding with Abraham Lincoln in Illinois. Western Frontiersmen Series VIII. Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 268..... More
A Recital of the Actual Events, Incidents, Trials, Hardships, Vicissitudes, Adventures, Perils, and Escapes of A Pioneer, Hunter, Minor and Scout of the Pacific North West. Together with His later Experiences in Official and Business Capacities, and a Brief Description of the Resources, Beauties and Advantages of the New Northwest;..... More
Interesting Sketches of Early Cowboys and Their Experiences on the Range and on the Trail During the Days that Tried Men's Souls. True Narratives Related by Real Cow Punchers and Men Who Fathered the Cattle Industry in Texas. Published under the Direction of George W. Saunders President of the Old..... More
[Des Moines]: Self published, 1915? First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. [92] pages. Frontispiece photograph portrait of author. Illustrated with halftone photographs. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on front cover. Green and brown patterned end sheets. A blue pen inscription on the title page reads; "I believe this book..... More
A volume of facts gathered from experience, by Hon. C. J. Jones, Whose Eventful Life has Been Devoted to the Preservation of the American Bison and Other Wild Animals; Who Survived the Perils of the Frozen North, The Land of the Midnight Sun, Among Eskimos, Indians, and the Ferocious Beasts..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. xvi, 17-274 pages. No advertisements. Brownish marbled paper covered boards with leather spine and corners. Front board is detached. Spine rubbed with missing title label. Right front end sheet has a straight vertical cut with a section missing. Howes I...... More
Virginia City, California: 1869. Paper. Approx. 8" x 3" check with printed green borders, information, and 2 stamps. Check is drawn on the account and signed by Isaac L. Requa. The information printed on the check is "Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company, W. C. Ralston, Treasurer. Agency of the..... More
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
Englewood, Colorado: Westcliffe Publishers In Cooperation with The Colorado Historical Society, 2000. Hardcover. Oblong folio. 224 pages. Illustrated mostly with black and white photography and some color photography. Brown padded hardcovers with title and embossed metal plate on the front cover. Light foxing to the title page. More
Colorado: Self published, n.d. Paper. Approx. 8" x 5.5" ribbon tied paper. Stiff covers with illustrated title and color flower illustrations on the front cover. Hand written text on the first leave - "James H. Keogh. Born in Breckenridge Colorado, March 1909. Under the sign of Pisces, with Jupiter as..... More
Roswell, New Mexico: Privately Printed. Press of Williams Printing Company Richmond, Virginia, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 183 pages. Gray cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover. Inscribed by the author "To Dr. S. B. Woolford With the compliments and best wishes of the author Jason W. James..... More
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
Austin: The Jenkins Company, 1986. First Edition. Soft cover. 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 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
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
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
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
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1990. Hardcover. 12mo. Hardcover in original publisher's shrink wrap. As new. Gilt top edge. More
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
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
