Norman: Press of the Gigantic Hound, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 364pp. Illustrated by fine Western artist, Haroid D. Bugbee. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Presentation copy inscribed by Wentworth to Western historian (The Old Oregon Country) O. O. Winther of the Univ. of Indiana. "To / Dean O. O......
San Antonio: Old Trail Drivers Association of Texas. Soft cover. 4 pages printed paper whick appears to be partly original and partly reproduction. The main article inside is Will Rogers' "Rogers Visits the Old Range." which was copyrighted in 1926. Illustrated with vintage photos, including four on the back page.....
San Bernardino: Privately Printed with Old Sunshine Press, 1978. First Edition. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st printing. "Desert Beautiful Edition." Pictorial wraps. 203pp. Illustrated abundantly with drawings and facsimilies from Harry Oliver's Desert Rat Scrapbook. Signed by Stohler. This book is about the remarkable Harry.....
Dallas: Cairn Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to hardbound in silver foil. Unpaginated. Abundantly illustrated in color with the photos of Mr. Marcus. Presentation "To J__ / Christmas 2007 ? (signed by Jerrie Marcus Smith and Aln [abbrev] V. Smith). Book plate "EX LIBRIS HL STANLEY MARCUS" on.....
Austin: Dorothy Sloan Rare Books, 2009. First Edition. Soft cover. Origina 4to pictorial wraps. A HUGE catalog printed on glossy paper "Featuring High Spots of Texas, the West, Borderlands & Mexico / Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Photographs, Iconography, Ephemera & Realia." Unpaginated. Color plates. Extensive Bibliography. Index. A FABULOUS auction.....
NY: Doubleday, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 460pp. Illust. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Front endpapers map, "Map of the American West" showing Kearny's Army of the West March, 1846, the Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail, and Fremont's Third Expedition, 1845-46. Rear endpaper maps, "Map of the.....
NY: Doubleday, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 460pp. Illust. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Front endpapers map, "Map of the American West" showing Kearny's Army of the West March, 1846, the Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail, and Fremont's Third Expedition, 1845-46. Rear endpaper maps, "Map of the.....
Toronto: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards.305pp. Illus. Laid in is the publisher's review copy promo, once side legal side, folded. Fine memoir of the Canadian Rockies hunting guide and effectively modern mountain man. Fine in vg dj with a trace of.....
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. q. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Lovely 1940 reprint of the Wyeth illustrated second edition. Royal 8vo cloth with laid on color illustration with title. 263pp. Color illustrations by Wyeth. Pictorial endpapers. Laid in the original custom box with cover illustration laid on. The top half of.....
Portland OR: Breitenbush Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 141pp. Laid in glossy b/w card from publishers featuring Rice in a night gown and night cap with a stack of books on his arm, under the caption, "Take An Author To Bed," a promo with explanation on the.....
Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles. 352pp. Illus. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Subtitle: "The movement of logs and its relationship in land settlement, waterway development, railroad construction, lumber production and prices." American Waterways Series #4. A fine, likely.....
n.p. No publisher stated, 1899. Hardcover. No printing or edition stated. Decorated cloth with gilt figures on front cover and spine. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated in the text with wood etchings. 600pp. Good plus condition, much better than most copies available. Front blank page has pencil signature of owner, and below.....
NY: MacMillan, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. Various paginations as this book compiles the five narrative fur trade and Indian wars epic narrative poems earlier published as separates: The Song of Three Friends, The Song of Hugh Glass, The Song of Jed Smith, The Song of the Indian.....
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 246pp. Illustrated with the classic drawings of the author artist. Endpaper drawings in color. Owner's name on ffep. The book is fine. The just is faded on the upper left section of the front panel and the top of.....
Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1871. Hardcover. Folio gilt-stamped cloth. Disbound with boards present and some maps loose. All maps present and accounted for and in color. Index. Appendices.
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 542pp. Clear and legible signature of McMurtry on the half-title (signed only). The copy was signed for me by McMurtry on 10/5/87, but the date is only on my card catalogue. Fine, unread copy. (No, I did.....
Ponder, TX: Privately Printed, 1976. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing (not added printings stated). Pictorial wraps. 233pp. Profusely illustrated with drawings by the author and facsimiles from catalogs. Near fine.
Burbank: Privately Printed, 1940. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Limited to 400 copies if which this is #298. Gilt-stamped red hardbound.272pp. Illus. Front endpapers with full drawing by H. D Bugbee. Rear endpapers "Map showing Cattle Trails as used from 1866 to 1895 for driving cattle on to shipping points or when trailing.....
NY: W. W. Norton, 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint in cloth. 320pp. 320pp. Frontispiece. Illus. Biographical Notes. Edited and with a Preface by Francis Farquhar. Custom bookplate of former owner on recto of front free end paper (ffep). Soiled overall and stained along bottom edge of both boards, but otherwise a......
Hartford and Philadelphia: Mutual Publishing & Quaker City Pub, 1873. Hardcover. Early printing of 1871 book. Original blue cloth with full figure blind-stamped image of an Indian on the front cover. 285pp. Frontispiece engraving of the author. Illustrated. According to the North Dakota government website, Fanny and Josiah Kelly were.....
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1882. First Thus. Soft cover. Original 12mo gray printed wrappers, booklet with folding map. 29pp plus several pages in rear: listing of "Guide Books," promo for "Rand McNally Official Railway Guide," " Cyclopaedia of Political Science," "Pocket Maps of Foreign Countries," and promo for "The Prairie Farmer.".....
NY: 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. I am offering a fine, unread, first printing of the novella upon which is based the 4-Oscar nominated film of the same title. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2011. Black cloth with silver-stamped spine titles. 116pp. The wonderful dust jacket illustration features one of.....
San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1979. First Edition. Soft cover. Original set of five (5) Catalogue 50 for sale from the Henderson collection. 1,665 item for sale and bibliographically presented. Errata. Index. Tiny cover crease to corner of Part 1. A fine set.
Sedro-Woolley: Sedro-Wooley Courier-Times, 1949. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Limited to 1,000 copies of which this is #188 signed by the author. Gilt-stamped green cloth. 436pp. Illus. Folding map of the Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858 in the back; Whatcom County provided an important trail to the gold bars and eventually gold.....
Tucson: Press of the Gigantic Hound, 1990. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1000 unnumbered copies. Cloth. 88pp. Illus. Signed by Hieb. Covers Hillerman's books through Talking God, plus the title, "The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries," plus "Short Fiction," Non-Fiction," "Contributions to Books," "Contributions to Periodicals," "Works about Hillerman," "Audio Recordings,".....