LOVE AND COUNTRY
Little Brown, Boston, (2003), 2003. ARC. Soft cover. Publishers advance. 4to pictorial, plastic bound wraps. 265pp one side. Publisher's letter bound in. A novel based in Idaho. Fine, as new.
Idaho
IDAHO CITY: Queen of the Gold Camp (Signed)
n.p. Privately published, 1958. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Printed blue wraps. 32pp. Illus. Signed by Adams. The year of publication is not stated; we are using the year suggested by a reprint edition. Fine. Scarce.
TIMOTHY A NEZ PERCE CHIEF: 1800-1891
Fairfield: Ye Galleon Pr, 1996. Soft cover. Originally copyrighted in 1983 by Alcorn and first published in 1985. Decorated glossy wraps. 73pp. Illus. Index. Map. Fine.
THE SHADOWY ST. JOE "The Switzerland of America"
Spokane: Privately Published. First Edition. Soft cover. Presumed first and probably only edition. ca 1910. Oblong cord-tied pictorial wraps. (52pp., 49pp of which are b/w photos of the St. Joe River in Idaho & its environs. Mainly river shots, but including pack train photo starting from E. F. Johnson &.....
BANDITTI OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS and VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF IDAHO An Authentic Record of Startling Adventures In the Gold Mines of Idaho
Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, 1964. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing of facsimile edition. Cloth. 190pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Notes & Bibliography by Jerome Peltier. The original edition, published in 1865, preceded Dimsdale's book largely on the same subject. Fine in dj. 6-guns 131, 150 #4, Howes I1.
BANDITTI OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS and VIGILANCE COMMITTEE IN IDAHO: An Authentic Record of Starling Adventures In the Gold Mines of Idaho (Association signed)
Minneapolis: Ross and Haines, 1964. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing of R & H reprint. Cloth. 190pp. Illustrated with the original illustrations. Former owner's address label top of ffep. Presentation (to no specific person) by the "editor," Jerome Peltier, who provided Notes and Bibliography. Peltier was the owner of Clark's.....
HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND MONTANA 1845-1889: The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft XXIX and XXX
NY: Arno Press & McGraw Hill Book Co, 1967. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint. Black cloth with gilt spine titles. 836pp. Index. In the series of Bancroft histories, this is volume XXXI. Quite small ink ownership stamp on ffep. Near fine; not issued a dust jacket to my knowledge.
CORRESPONDENCE/LETTERS: Idaho History
Nampa: Private Correspondence, 1946. Soft cover. Historian Bird of Nampa, Idaho, over a period of many years corresponded with rare book dealer Jerome Peltier of Clarks Old Book Store in Spokane. In this clutch of letters and cards, 23 in all, depending on what you count, but a minimum, Bird.....
INDIVIDUALISM IN IDAHO: The Territorial Foundations
WSU, Pullman, 1988, 1988. First Thus. Soft cover. Pictorial trade wraps. 110pp. Illust. Appendix. Extensive Notes. Bibliography. Index. Ex-lib. Nice reading copy.
THE CLOSING ARGUMENT OF W. E. BORAH FOR THE PROSECUTION, IN THE GREAT COEUR D'ALENE RIOT MURDER TRIAL, DELIVERED JULY 27, 1899, WALLACE, IDAHO
(Wallace): Privately Printed, 1899. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. String tied wraps with printed heading. 49pp. Delivered at the trial of Paul Corcoran. Fine.
HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF BOISE 1863-1952 Volume I
Boise and Caldwell: Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise & Caxton Printers, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 481pp. Illus. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Appendix. Map(s). Quite small mark on lower front cover. Near fine. No dj. (None issued?). Very scarce.
WHERE THE WEST BEGINS
Sun Valley: n.p., 1940. Soft cover. This item is an original leather presentation of 12 lines from Arthur Chapman's 1917 poem, "Out Where The West Begins." Multicolored but mainly brown an orange leather 6 3/4" x 11" with leather loop for hanging. Illustrated at top and bottom with Native American.....
FRAGMENTS OF VILLAINY (Signed)
Boise: Statesman Printing Co, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth.246pp. Illustrated with vignette drawings. Presentation copy signed by d'Easum to his illustrator, Paul B. Evans, who also did the dust jacket. Evans has also signed the copy & added a comment affirming himself as the illustrator. Furthermore, a......
OWYHEE TRAILS: The West's Forgotten Corner (Signed)
Caldwell: Caxton, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 314pp. Illus. Index. Great-looking endpaper maps. This copy signed by both authors front blank preliminary page. It is also inscribed by someone we assume is associated: "April 9th 1974 / Presented to / Winnifred Hanley / on her 82nd birthday /.....
SUMMONS.
Idaho City, October 12, 1865. 1865. Soft cover. Not a book. One ruled legal sheet printed by the Idaho World Office (successor to Boise News-Print), filled out in ink both verso & recto. Fine penmanship. Issued by 2nd Judicial District Court. Edward Lovelock & John Ewing are summoned to appear.....
1863: HOW IDAHO BECAME A TERRITORY
Boise: Idaho Historical Soc. 1963. First Edition. Soft cover. Magazine size pictorial wraps. 16pp. Illust. Maps. Idaho Historical Series Number 10. Fine. Scarce.
UPPER VALLEY WRANGLERS: Souvenir Edition
Rexburg: Upper Valley Wranglers, 1947. q. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st and apparently only printing. Stapled powder blue wrappers. (100 glossy pp). Illustrated abundantly with b/w photos and portraits. In 1947, residents of Rexburg and the surrounding country of Madison, Fremont, and Teton counties in SE Idaho "held a meeting.....
HANNAH AND THE MOUNTAIN: Notes Toward A Wilderness Fatherhood (Signed)
Lincoln: Univ of Neb. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo cloth. 224pp. Presentation copy to your bookseller, signed & dated by Johnson in year of publication. Much better than Reality TV! How a young married couple lives in "his family's land in a remote and beautiful corner of Idaho." Fine.....
HOME BELOW HELL'S CANYON
NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 243pp. Frontispiece photo of "Mailboat on the Snake River. Endpaper maps, "Idaho-Oregon Area below Hells Canyon." From the dj: "Ranching and raising a family in a mile deep gorge." A good copy in edge-worn, but good dj, price-clipped.
COEUR D' ALENE GOLD EXCITEMENTof 1865 (Signed)
Cheney: Eastern WA College of Educ, 1942. Reprint. Soft cover. Reprint, 1st thus. Wraps. 11pp. Author-signed label on top of first page, which acts as cover. Laid in is 2pp copy of letter, "Further Material on the Wilson Case", to Kingston from William Bischoff, S. J., Dept of History, Gonzaga.....
SALMON RIVER GOLD
Enumclaw WA: Nugget Enterprises, 1981. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial stapled wraps. 40pp. Illus. Maps. "This guide to Salmon River Gold shows a comparison of present day conditions to the past history of the area." "This report includes detailed maps of the major bars along the Salmon River.....
SO THIS IS RANCHING!
Caldwell, 1948. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Gift inscription on t-p. Account set in Idaho in the 1940s on a small ranch. Bumped upper corners, else fine in in ch, pc dj.
SKETCH OF A TRIP FROM OMAHA TO SALMON RIVER
Fairfield: Ye Galleon, 1976. Limited/Numbered. Soft cover. 1st modern printing limited to 300 copies of which this copy is #282. Decorated wraps. 23pp. Illus. "The North Platte River to Ft. Laramie, etc. 1862 etc." Attractively designed edition as usual by Ye Galleon Press. Fine, like new.
YELLOW WOLF - MY STORY
Caldwell: Caxton, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 324pp. Illustrated with vintage photos. Appendices. Glossary. Endpaper maps (Nez Perce Campaign 1877). This copy with the ownership hand- printed name of the former owner, Tom Sanger, who was a park ranger at Mount Rainier & (as hand-printed in this book) at.....
SHORT STORIES TALL TAILS (FROM NORTH IDAHO) (Signed)
Wallace ID: Privately Printed, 1992. First Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial wraps. 58pp. Illust. Fun reading (and the author says he "meant to put the wrong kind of tales on the cover." "Bears and Berries", "Trouble With Ice Cream", "Just How Cold is Darn Cold", etc. Author's signature on first leaf.....