Pacific Slope Railroads, from 1854 to 1900.
Seattle: Superior Publishing, 1959. Many Illus. 4to, gray cloth, cloth lightly soiled. Seattle: Superior Publishing, (1959). More
Books
James Bridger, Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide; A Historical Narrative
Salt Lake City: Shepard Book Company, 1925. With which is incorporated a verbatim copy, annotated of James Bridger, A Biographical Sketch by Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge. 18 plates. xvii, 546pp. Small 4to, red cloth. Salt Lake City: Shepard Book Company, (1925). Limited First Edition. Very good Signed by the author. One of 1000 copies. Bridger began as fur trapper in 1822. "During the next twenty years...he repeatedly traversed the area between the Canadian boundary and the southern line of..... More
Lewis & Clark; Voyage of Discovery
Washington: National Geographic Society, 1998. Many color Illus. Oblong 4to, black boards, d.w., corners of boards bumped. (Washington): National Geographic Society, (1998). More
Nothing Like It in the World; The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Illus. 431pp. 8vo, brown boards, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, bottom of spine of boards heavily bumped and lightly worn. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). Book Club Edition. More
Nothing Like It in the World; The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Illus. 431pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). Near Fine. More
Nothing Like It in the World; The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Illus. 431pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). Near Fine. More
Undaunted Courage; Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Illus. 511pp. 8vo, 1/2 brown cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, (1996). vg. More
Buffalo Bill
Original drawing. Undated. Measures 12 1/8" x 9 1/2". This original portrait depicts Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, a soldier, bison hunter, and "Wild West" performer who rose to fame at the end of the 19th century. The sketch, done in pen on paper mounted to board, is signed "F.F.", possibly Frank F. English. Chips, tears, and pinholes to outer margins. Crude tape repairs to rear. As-is. More
Paddle Wheel And Pistols.
3 color and 15 b/w plates, text illus. 329pp. 8vo, cloth: Philadelphia, 1929. Fine History of armed conflict in the Mississippi Valley. More
Neon Mesa; Wonders of the Southwest
Piermont: Bunker Hill Publishing, 2009. Many color photo Illus. by the author. 101pp. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. (Piermont): Bunker Hill Publishing, (2009). Fine. More
Color and Light: The Southwest Canvases of Louis Akin.
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1973. Illustrated in color and in black & white. Slim square 4to, ochre cloth, d.w.l Flagstaff: Northland Press, (1973). Limited First Edition. Fine. More
Lewis & Clark; Partners in Discovery.
New York: William Morrow, 1947. Illus. 498pp. 8vo, gray cloth, front cover lightly soiled and lightly dampstained. New York: Morrow, 1947. More
The Western Art of James Bama
New York: Scribner, 1975. 45 color plates. Thin 4to, tan cloth, d.w. slightly chipped and lightly soiled, corners of cloth lightly bumped. New York: Scribner's, (1975). A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. First hardcover edition. More
Histoire de la Louisiane, et de la cession de cette colonie par la France aux Etats-Unis de L'Amerique septentrionale.
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1829. folding map that is partially colored. 485pp. 8vo, later half black morocco, boards worn on edges of corners and bottom edges, moderate foxing throughout, not affecting map, spine ends and boards lightly rubbed. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1829. First Edition "Barbe-Marbois represented France in the preliminary negotiations with the United States on the Louisiana purchase and his book is one of the main sources on that subject. It shows that in the claim by the United States..... More
Horse Wrangler; Sixty Years in the Saddle in Wyoming and Montana
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. Illus. 8vo, yellow cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1960). More
Digging Into Custer's Last Stand
Terre Haute: AST Press, 1998. Illus. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. creased on front flap. (Terre Haute: AST Press, 1998). Very good. More
Touched by Fire; The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer.
New York: Henry Holt, 1996. Illus. 540pp. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Henry Holt, (1996). Very good. More
The General; or, Twelve Nights in the Hunter's Camp. A Narrative of Real Life
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869. Illus. 12mo, original yellow decorated cloth, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped, front endpaper and front flyleaf lightly soiled, lacks top of front flyleaf. Boston: Lee and Shepard, (1869). First Edition Author writes of the experiences of his brother, General Willard Barrows, in Iowa and on the Great Plains. Includes conflicts with American Indians. Howes B-188. Graff 196. More
American Ecclesiastes; The Stories of James Pattie
San Diego: Harcourt, 1984. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 brown cloth, d.w. chipped. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1984). More
The Joe Beeler Sketch Book
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1974. Many Illus. by Joe Beeler. 4to, two-toned cloth, d.w. Flagstaff: Northland Press, (1974). A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Journal of Captain John R. Bell;
Official Journalist for the Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1820. Ed. by Harlin M. Fuller and LeRoy R. Hafen. Illus., folding map. Tall 8vo, green cloth. Glendale: Arthur H. Clark, 1973. Second printing. Fine. More
Julia Bulette and Other Red Light Ladies; An Altogether Stimulating Treatise on the Madams of the Far West
Sparks: Western Printing, 1959. Illus. 39pp. 12mo, pr. wrs., back wr. lightly soiled. (Sparks: Western Printing, 1959). More
The Genesis of the Frontier Thesis; A Study in Historical Creativity
San Marino: Huntington Library, 1971. 4to, decorated boards. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1971. Fine. More
Faces of the Frontier
New York: Dodd Mead, 1967. Many Illus. by the author. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Dodd Mead, (1967). More
A Dose of Frontier Soldiering; The Memoirs of Corporal E. A. Bode, Frontier Regular Infantry, 1877-1882
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994. Ed. by Thomas T. Smith. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. lightly soiled and chipped. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1994). More