UNION PACIFIC COUNTRY
U of Nebr., Lincoln, 1976, 1976. Reprint. Soft cover. Reprint. Pictorial trade wraps. 480pp. Illust. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Lightly soiled. Vg.
Colorado
THE COLORADO VOLUNTEERS
Privately Published, (Boulder?), ca 1900, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. 12mo gilt-stamped textured paper over boards. 66pp. One soldier's memoir of his own participation, & that of the Colorado Volunteers, in the Spanish - American War from recruitment to deployment through San Francisco to the Philippines, & the capture.....
COUNTRY EDITOR'S BOY (Publisher's Complimentary Copy)
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 313pp. LAID IN is printed card from the publisher, "This book has been sent / with the compliments of KENNETH O LOCKABY / J. B. Lippincott Company / Good Books Since 1792." A lovely memoir of the author's youth.....
HIGH, WIDE AND LONESOME
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Powder blue cloth. 251pp. From the dj flap: "This is the story of a boyhood on one of our last frontiers, the vast, rolling plains of eastern Colorado." The nature and outdoor writer's memoir of growing up in Colorado, where.....
GHOST TOWNS OF THE COLORADO ROCKIES
Caldwell: Caxton, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 401pp. Illustrated with vintage photos. Index. Endpaper maps. Published on glossy paper. Fine in lightly worn, pc dj.
THE STORY OF GHOST TOWN CARIBOO
Boulder: Boulder Publishing, 1958. Soft cover. 2nd printing. Pictorial wraps. 35pp. Illus. A nice Colorado mining item. Fine.
PEMLY AND SANFORD
n.p. Privately Published, 1990. First Edition. Soft cover. Apparently 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 368pp. Signed & dated in Jan '92 by Cameron. Western novel set in Colorado. Former owner's address (Eagle River, Alaska) on label affixed to inside back cover. Laid in is a "Servicio de TaxI" "Colon" with telephone.....
TOWARD THE SETTING SUN (Signed)
Portland: Columban Press, 1953. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Printed wraps. 157pp. Issued by Eva Cannon, Mile's Cannon's wife, fifteen years after his death based on his manuscript. Presentation copy from Mrs. Cannon to "The Hulls" and signed by her. Frontispiece portrait of Miles. Biographical in nature, the book.....
DAN D. CASEMENT: Viking on a Sea of Grass
Independence: Kansas City Posse of the Westerners, 1959. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 12pp. Volume IV, Number 4, December, 1959 of The Trail Guide, a quarterly of the KC Posse of The Westerners. Casement was a Colorado "cowboy, stockman, philosopher, soldier, author, individualist, railroad builder and patriot.....
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FLOWERS: An Illustrated Guide for Plant-Lovers and Plant-Users
NY: H. W. Wilson, 1945. q. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 5th reprintin, 1949, of 1945 third edition. Gilt-stamped flexible burgundy boards. 390pp. Illustrated with 26 color and 21 b/w plates. Glossary. Index. Marbled endpapers. fos on front paste down. Near fine.
COLORFUL COLORADO INVITES YOU!
Denver: A. B. Herschferld Press, 1972. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus. Oblong pictorial wraps. 51pp. Illustrated mainly in gorgeous color. 8 1/2" x 11". Maps. A lovely travel booklet for Colorado. Fine.
COLORADO The Diamond Jubilee of Statehood An Exhibition in the Library of Congress
Wash D. C. U. S. Gov't Printing Office, 1951. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 75pp. Illustrated with vintage photos. Index. 236 entries titled & described in the exhibition. Ink dates at top corner of front cover; soiled; good +.
DENVER Portal to the Rockies
Denver: Kendrick-Bellamy Co., & Albertype Co, 1915. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus. Oblong cord-tied wraps with photo on cover. 10 3/8" x 12 3/4". Twelve sepia-toned photogravures, 6 1/4" x 8 1/8". Photos are of buildings except for "Continental Divide from City Park" & a downtown shot. Stain.....
FAMOUS COLORADO MEN - THE COLORADO CHRONICLES: (Vol 1) and FAMOUS COLORADO WOMEN (Vol 2)
Frederick: Jende-Hagen Bookcorp, 1982. Hardcover. 2nd printings. Both in 4to pictorial cloth. 42pp. each volume. Illus. Well-designed item with material on (men): Pike, Evans, Byers, Bonfils, Tammen, Palmer, Packer, W H Jackson, Soapy Smith, Boettcher, Stratton, Enos Mills; and (women): Aunt Clara Brown, Bird, Tabor, Jackson, Silks, Molly Brown, Griffith.....
GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS
Colorado: n.p., 1972. First Thus. Soft cover. Stapled & folded yellow legal sheets (3). 3pp. Printed listing of Colorado ghost & old mining towns with brief intro & then "Towns Accessible by Auto". Fine.
HOTEL COLORADO
N.p, Denver, 1896, 1896. Soft cover. Not a book. One ruled sheet A.L.S. (written & signed letter). Oct. 21, 1896, from Matt Edwards, who was staying at the Hotel Colorado in Denver (Chas. Straul, Prop.), 1634 Larimer St.. Mr. Edwards wants his friend, Billy, to know that he really wants.....
NOTHING IS LONG AGO A Documentary History of Colorado 1776/1976 (Signed)
Denver: Denver Public Library, 1976. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. # 57 of a limited edition of 100 copies. 4to cloth. 141pp. Wonderfully illustrated with photos, prints, maps, facsimile titles & documents, etc. Four signatures: Thomas Hornsby Ferril (introductory poem), famed author James A. Michener (who wrote 7pp Introduction), Richard D. Lamm (Governor).....
RAND, McNALLY & CO'S SHIPPERS GUIDE OF COLORADO
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1885. Soft cover. 1st printing thus. 12 printed brown wraps. 26pp. MISSING THE MAP. "1886" inked at bottom of front cover. Yes, I know, what good it this without the map? Well, a page lists the railroads, and the populations are printed on all the pages of.....
ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS On the Rio Grande - The Scenic Line of the World
Denver: Smith - Brooks, 1935. Soft cover. Circa 1935 as last date in text is 1934. Oblong 4to green pictorial wraps. (44pp). Illustrated with toned photos of mountain scenes - some in Utah - most in Colorado. 1" closed tear bottom & top of binding. Good+.
STRATTON PARK SOUTH CHEYENNE CANON AND SEVEN FALLS
Colorado Springs: The Cheyenne Canyon and Seven Falls Development Co., 1908. First Edition. Soft cover. No printed stated, but circa 1910-1920. 4to, nearly folio, silver stamped title on black wraps. (40pp.). Illustrated with good quality half-tone b/w photos. First leave is a large folded double page photo of Seven Falls.....
FIRST NATIONAL BANK, draft, Eads, Kiowa Co., Colo.
n/a, April 30, 1910, 1910. Soft cover. Not a book. Original, cancelled. Made out to New England Nat't Bank & signed by F. L. Lyles. Vg.
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK
n.p. Mesa Verde Company, 1940. First Thus. Hardcover. No printing/edition stated. Oblong 4to b/w photo paper over boards, plastic spiral bound. 32pp as 16 one-sided leaves with 1pp Intro & 15 full-page b/w photo. Inside front cover is "Location Map" including "Scenic Southern Highways Across the Rockies." Inside back cover.....
IN THE CLOUDS OFFICIAL FOLDER A Thousand Miles Through the Rockies On the Scenic Line of the World
n.p. Denver & Rio Grande RR, 1916. First Thus. Soft cover. Not a book. A color picture folder, postmarked/mailed from Twin Lakes to someone in Washington State. Red/pink ink stamp of "Top of the World" Tennessee Pass, etc. Folder has 23 brilliantly, but not garishly colored photos of Colorado scenes.....
PIKES PEAK OR BUST
Colo. Springs, 1950, 1950. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st edition. "Number 1 1950, May 29". Pictorial wraps (6' x 9"). (32pp.). Illustrated with lots of b/w photos & period ads. Middle fold is a full hand-drawn map looking over Colorado Springs to Pikes Peak. Info on Cheyenne Mountain, Garden of.....
THE CIVIL WAR IN THE WESTERN TERRITORIES: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah
Norman: OU, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 230pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Maps. On the rear paste down is stamped a small read star. Else fine in good dj with a top edge snag next to the backstrip and some foxing along the bottom edge.