Pacific Slope Railroads, from 1854 to 1900.
Seattle: Superior Publishing, 1959. Many Illus. 4to, gray cloth, cloth lightly soiled. Seattle: Superior Publishing, (1959).
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...
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
William Tecumseh Sherman and the Settlement of the West
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1995). Near Fine.
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.
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.
Empire Express; Building the First Transcontinental Railroad.
New York: Viking, 1999. Illus. 797pp. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth. (New York): Viking, (1999). Very good.
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.
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.
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...
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).
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.
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.
Inventing Wyatt Earp; His Life and Many Legends
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1999. Illus. 426pp. 8vo, 1/2 brown boards and half blue cloth, d.w., cloth corners lightly bumped. New York: Carroll & Graf, (1999). Very good.
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.
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).
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.
The French in North America; A Bibliographical Guide to French Archives, Reproductions, and Research Missions
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1957. 413pp. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, corners of cloth bumped. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1957).
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.
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).