MURDER IN THE COTSWOLDS
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 194pp. Novel set in England by the famous Montana writer. "Montana Sheriff Chick Charleston Confronts an English Crime." Fine in dj.
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Geological Controls of Lead and Zinc Deposits in Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) District, Nevada
USGS, Wash. D. C., 1954, 1954. First Edition. Soft cover. Gray printed wraps. 111pp. Index. Maps. Tables. This booklet, bulletin 1010, has geological information on the mines in the district, "Study of ore deposits and descriptions of the mines." Front cover with some wrinkles. Good+. ALONG WITH the called for.....
GROWING UP WESTERN Recollections by Dee Brown, A.B. Guthrie, Jr., David Lavender, Wright Morris, Clyde Rice, Wallace Stegner, Frank Waters.
NY: Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Oblong cloth & boards. 220pp. Illus. An essential work for collectors of any of these writers. Fine, as new in dj.
THE TUSCARAWAS VALLEY IN INDIAN DAYS 1750-1797: Original Journals and Old Maps
Cambridge OH: Gomber House Pr, 2000. First Edition Later Printing. Hardcover. 4th printing. 4to gilt-stamped cloth. 329pp. Illus. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Endpaper maps. Inscribed and signed by Booth. Fine in dj with short bump on front panel.
WISCONSIN WITNESS TO FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER A Collection of Essays on The Historian and the Thesis (Signed)
Madison: State Historical Soc of Wisconsin, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 204pp. Illus. Presentation on ffep from author (using his initials) & dated 12/21/1961. Fine in dj, which is backstrip browned & has a closed short tear on back panel. Scarce signed.
PHARISEE AMONG PHILISTINES The Diary of Judge Matthew P. Deady 1871-1892. Two Volumes
Portland: Oregon Hist Soc, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printings. Royal 8vo cloth & beautifully marbled bds. Two volumes. 662pp. Illust. Deady was a justice of the territorial Supreme Court of Oregon & presided at the 1857 Oregon Constitutional Conventi on. Many references to famous western individuals, including Jesse Applegate.....
THE BLACK FRONTIER
Lincoln: Univ. of Nebr Television, 1970. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Oblong stiff wraps with comb binding. 103pp. Illus. Bibliography. Attractively illustrated with a variety of drawings & vintage photos. "The Black Man in the Early West," "The Black Cowboy," "The Black Soldier on the Frontier," (with list of.....
A SENDER OF WORDS: Essays in Memory of John G. Neihardt (with photo)
Salt Lake City: Howe Brothers, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Silver-stamped cloth. 177pp. Frontispiece portrait. Neihardt was the fine poet laureate of Nebraska who expressed the history of the high plains in epic poetry & prose. This copy is an unusual review copy that has laid in a glossy.....
LOUIS HOUCK: Missouri Historian and Entrepreneur
Columbia: U of Missouri Studies, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 153pp. Bibliography. Appendices. Index. Map showing "Early Railroads in Southeast Missouri." Fine, not dj as issued. Laid in is printed long bookmark from Jefferson National Expansion book store from which your bookseller purchased this book many years.....
MASSACRES OF THE MOUNTAINS A History of the Indian Wars of the Far West.
NY, 1886. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt pict cloth. 784pp. Illustrated with splendid line engravings. Fldg map of Indian reservations. One of the all time classics on the subject. Two blank preliminary pages have several humorous penciled comments, apparently by people involved in giving this book to the original owner.....
SILVER from Spanish Missions To Space Age Missiles
Pasadena: Hicks, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo cloth. 199pp. Illust. Appendix: "Silver Statistics". Quotes & References. Index to Mines. Includes chapter on "History of Southwest Silver". Owner's address label on ffep. Fine. No dj. A tad scarce.
GIANTS OF THE RAIL: Accurate Drawings in Full Color and Descriptions of Modern Locomotives of Every Type on the Major Railroads of the U.S.A
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co, 1944. Hardcover. Printing not stated. Oblong 4to pictorial hardcover. Unpaginated. A slim book in terms of number of pages, but dramatic locomotive illustrations in color. Front cover corner tips worn. Back cover paste down with some loss of paper lower corner, about 1" x......
THE SWISS TEXANS
San Antonio: Institute of Texas Cultures, 1977. First Edition. Soft cover. 4to pictorial wraps. 23pp. Illustrated with photos & prints. Owner's name/date on top of front cover. The first folks of Swiss origin settled in Texas in 1821. Fine. Rather scarce.
CONSERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Comstock, Cornell Heights, Ithaca, 1949. Hardcover. Royal 8vo cloth with gilt-stamped vignette on cover. 445pp.. Illustrations, Charts, Maps. Former owners signatures (2). Written by members of the faculty at Cornell University, this book covers a wide swath of conservation issues during the Depression, Soil, Water, Grazing Lands, Cattle, Minerals, Wildlife.....
THE BLUE HEN'S CHICK A Life in Context
NY: McGraw Hill, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 187pp. Autobiography/memoir of the famous Montana novelist. Near fine in edge darkened, but complete dj (no chips).
THESE THOUSAND HILLS A Novel
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 346pp. A fine classic novel of the Pacific Northwest. Fine in worn but complete, good dj.
THE BIG IT and other stories.
Boston, 1960. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 177pp. Owner's small address label on ffep. This volume represents dome of the best short story writing on the West ever written. It's a classic. Fine in slightly worn dj.
THE BIG SKY (Signed)
NY: William Sloane Associates, 1947. Hardcover. Early printing. First Printing statement removed otherwise copyright 1947. Cloth. 386pp. Title page and facing page is a map of the the American West in the fur trade days from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean marking sites of the Mandan Massacre, the fur.....
NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN GRAPHICS: An Introduction to Silk Screen Prints
Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to cloth. 144pp. Illus. Appendices. One of my favorite books on Northwest First Nations art. Fine in dj.
GRASS BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 256pp. Endpaper maps of the original cattle range of interior British Columbia. Simply one of the best memoirs of a North American cowboy ever written. Vg+ in moderately worn dj with small amount of chipping to head and toe of backstrip.....
GRASS BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 256pp. Endpaper maps of the original cattle range of interior British Columbia. Simply one of the best memoirs of a North American cowboy ever written. Partially affixed former owner's custom bookplate on front paste down. The facing ffep has summary text.....
GRASS BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS (Inscribed by Hobson)
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1951. Hardcover. 2nd impression. Cloth. 256pp. Endpaper maps: "The Last Cattle Frontier." Author's presentation on the half-title, "Best regards / To Mrs. Frank / Reid. / Rich Hobson / Dec 3 - 51." One of the best memoirs ever written on the cattle ranges of British.....
THE RANCHER TAKES A WIFE
Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co, 1961. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Gilt-stamped cloth. 236pp. Endpaper maps of the great Chilcotin, British Columbia, cattle country, with points of interest and landmarks featured in the book. I cannot speak more highly of this third book of ranching memoirs written by the Canadian rancher.....
SWIM, YOU MISERABLE, FROZEN DOGIES!
Greenwich & NY: Cavalier, 1956. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus. Color pictorial magazine wraps. 8pp feature article in full issue the magazine (96pp), CAVALIER: Action and Adventure for Men (Jan. 1956). This true story by famous British Columbia cowboy (author of Grass Beyond the Mountains and two others).....
WESTERN MEMORABILIA Collectibles of the Old West.
Maplewood, 1980. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition. Padded "Classics Edition". Gilt-stamped 4to simulated leather. 256pp. Illustrated. Values (read 'em & weep) printed in text. One of the first books of the current boom in the field. Fine in dj.