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
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.
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
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.
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......
ART WORK ON EASTERN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN IDAHO (complete in 12 parts)
Chicago: Charles T. Daily, 1900. First Edition. Soft cover. Dark brown, simulated alligator skin folio wraps, stapled under covers. Unpaginated, but the 12 parts have the following totals: 24pp text; 98 plates presenting 128 photogravures. A stunning presentation of cities, towns, mining camps, & scenic landscapes of this impressive region.....
ROADSIDE HISTORY OF IDAHO (Signed)
Missoula: Mountain Pr, 1996. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 362pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Idaho Chronology. Inscribed to your bookseller & dated in year of publication, by Derig. Fine, like new.
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.
HISTORY OF IDAHO TERRITORY showing its RESOURCES AND ADVANTAGES; with ILLUSTRATIONS descriptive of its SCENERY, RESIDENCES, FARMS, MINES, MILLS, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, Etc. From Original Drawings
San Francisco: Wallace E. Elliott & Co., 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Folio in 1/4 calf & cloth. 302pp. Frontispiece: Shoshone Falls. 69 plates (including Front. and 5 double-page plates), 2 colored maps: the Pacific Northwest & Idaho Territory. Some plates are whole page lithos of one ranch or.....
IDAHO YESTERDAYS
Boise: Idaho Historical Society, 1964. First Edition. Soft cover. Magazine size pictorial wraps. 32pp + 23pp Index 1961 - 1964. Illust. Contents include "Cousin Jack in Idaho" (Cornish mining in Idaho) & "Francois Payette" (one of the famous voyageurs). Fine.
SCENIC IDAHO Vol. 5, No. !
Boise: Belcher Pub Co, 1950. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing this issue. Colorful pictorial wraps. 32pp. Illustrated with photos and ads in b/w. Both covers in color, the front a painting by Anthony Cucchi. Articles: "Silver City," "The Giants of Silver City," "The Historic Lolo Trail," "Idaho's Last Civil.....
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.....
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.....
THE NORTHERN SHOSHONI
Caldwell: Caxton Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to cloth. Illus. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Fine, like new in near fine dj (couple of very tiny nicks/cuts to edge).
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.....