London: Western Book Club, 1957. 277 pages. 12mo, bright blue boards, graphic pictorial d.w. (very minor wear at corner and one crease on rear panel; light foxing visible only on recto). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode/Western Book Club, [1957]. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Abbey's second novel, the basis for the film "Lonely are the Brave," starring Kirk Douglas and Gena Rowlands. More

Oliver Ditson, 1850. Original sheet music. Folio. 5 Pages bound. Some foxing and thumb prints but still bright and clean. This sheet music is inscribed as a "New and Improved Edition" of an old song written by Rev. E. H. Chapin. The original song was published in the September 1839 issue of Poe's Southern Literary Messenger. When the words were set to music by George N. Allen, the song became a favorite and soon founds its way into the lumberjack's..... More

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1998. Many color Illus. Oblong 4to, black boards, d.w., corners of boards bumped. (Washington): National Geographic Society, (1998). More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Illus. 431pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). Near Fine. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Illustrated sparingly in black and white. 511 pages. 8vo, brown cloth-backed boards, d.w. (dust soiled at rear, spine sunned). New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996). First Edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More

3 color and 15 b/w plates, text illus. 329pp. 8vo, cloth: Philadelphia, 1929. Fine History of armed conflict in the Mississippi Valley. More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orne, 1809. Map. Original uncolored engraving. Sheet measures 11 1/2" x 17 1/8". This detailed map shows North America. The map includes the Arctic Circle, from Iceland to eastern Asia, extending southward to the Caribbean coast of South America. The Rocky Mountain Range is depicted prominently, drawn as one cordillera extending from Canada and connecting to the Sierra Madre mountains through Mexico and the Cordillera Central in Central America. The combined ranges are labeled "the..... More

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1958. Illustrated in black and white. 196 pages. 4to, brown cloth. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1958. A very good copy-- sunned boards. Ex libris. With gift inscription on front endpaper. More

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

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

Terre Haute: AST Press, 1998. Illustrated. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. creased on front flap. (Terre Haute: AST Press, 1998). Very good. More

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

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