HOOFBEATS ON THE WIND: Tales of a Sagebrush Cowboy (Signed)
Columbus MT: Stillwater Sun, 1989. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 134pp. Illustrated. Signed by Abarr. A nice Montana cattle item. Vg.
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LOVINGLY, CARRIE
Marion IN: Wesley Press, 1983. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 154pp. Illus. Memoirs of homesteading near Willard, Montana, in the early 1900s. Vg.
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.
IZAAK WALTON INN A History of the Izaak Walton Inn and Essex, Montana
Privately Printed, Columbia Falls (MT), 1985, 1985. First Edition. Soft cover. 4to pictorial stapled wraps. 39pp. Nicely illustrated with old photos & other items. Index. Bibliography. "Essex, Montana's Historic Buildings 1942". Fine. Quite scarce.
THE MANSE An Anonymous Man Novel
Stevensville MT: Stoneydale Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 189pp. A move to a Montana dream home goes bad. Fine.
THE MANSE An Anonymous Man Novel (Signed)
Stevensville MT: Stoneydale Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 189pp. Presentation copy signed to someone (first name only). A move to a Montana dream home goes bad. Fine.
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.
WANDERSONG
Caldwell: Caxton, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Silver-stamped cloth. 309pp. Illustrated with drawings by George Bonner. Endpaper maps of "The Upper Missouri River Frontier Montana Territory 1864-1889." Frontispiece portrait of Henry MacDonald, the Montana frontiersman about whom this book was written. Fine copy in near fine and scarce dj.....
GOLD CAMP: Alder Gulch and Virginia City, Montana.
NY: Hastings House, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. NY. Hastings House. Pictorial cloth. 312pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in near fine dj.
DEATH, TOO, FOR THE-HEAVY-RUNNER
Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1982. Soft cover. 2nd printing. Pictorial wraps. 170pp. Illus. Bibliography. "... a beautifully written, moving account of the waning days of the Blackfeet Nation..." Vg.
HISTORICAL ALBUM OF MONTANA
L. A. Olde West, 1957. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Oblong pictorial wraps. (24pp). Illustrated with vintage photos. Page of ads. Nice item! Near fine.
JIM BRIDGER'S YARNS OF THE YELLOWSTONE
(St. Paul): Northern Pacific RR, 1931. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st thus. Tall stapled pictorial wraps. 12pp. Illus. Map of NPRR. "... a collection of whimsical tales.. with the express purpose of providing a few moments of amusement..." Lower fold split 2", slight bit of overlap edge crinkling; else fine.....
EIGHTY-ONE YEARS IN THE WEST Recollections of George A. Bruffey (Signed)
Butte: Butte Miner Co., 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped hardbound. 152pp. Frontispiece portrait. On the cover is also printed: "July 4th, 1852 Knoxville, Iowa (&) July 4th, 1926 Butte, Montana". On the half-title Bruffey has signed his name in pen & ink, & below it written seven places.....
BROTHER VAN
NY: Missionary Education Movement of the U. S. and Canada, 1919. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus in pictorial wraps. 171pp. Illustrated with vintage photos & a painting in b/w by Charlie Russell. Frontispiece of Van on a horse. Owner's signature on front cover under title. An affectionate account.....
MAN IN GLACIER
Glacier Natural History Assoc., West Glacier, 1976, 1976. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 88pp. Illustrated with vintage photos & prints. Maps, including double page "Aeroplane Map" , ca. 1920. Bibliography.
MONTANA'S RIGHTEOUS HANGMEN The Vigilantes in Action
Norman: U of Oklahoma, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardbound. 233pp. Illus. Index. Map: "Vigilante Country, 1863-64". Three appendices, including a 24pp "The Story of George Ives." Gift inscription on ffep. The very interesting & highly informative published edition of Callaway & his father's reliable memories of the Montana outlaws &.....
FROM THE QUARRIES OF LAST CHANCE GULCH Volumes I (signed) & II
Helena: Montana Record Pub Co, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printings. Gilt-stamped hardbound. 253pp & 248pp. Illustrated. Pictorial endpapers. Volume I is signed by Campbell and also has a former owner's signature. Volume II was published in 1964. Near fine. No dj as issued. Important Montana items.
BUTTE COMMEMORATIVE (Signed)
Visalia: Privately Published, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to decorated cloth. 96pp. Illustrated with great vintage photos. Rear endpapers of 1884 bird's eye view of Butte. Signed by Carling & dated in 1975. Notation in ink on recto of rear free endpaper. A few minor & small spots on covers, else.....
CHOCOLATE LEGS: Sweet Mother Savage Killer? plus NINE OTHER ROLAND CREEK TITLES (all signed)
Columbia Falls MT: Skyline, 2001. First Edition. Soft cover. 9 first printings and 1 second printing. Glossy trade wraps. Various paginations. Maps and illustrations vary by title. Either flat signed by Cheek or inscribed to a couple who collected his work and who were "most of a lifetime" friends of.....
PIONEER CATTLEMAN IN MONTANA: The Story of the Circle C Ranch (Signed)
Norman: OU, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 338pp. Illus. Includes a fold-out color reproduction of Charlie Russell's "Roping a Cow." Map: "Little Rockies of Montana." Appendices. Index. Coburn has signed this copy (name only) on a beige 4" x 6" card affixed to the ffep. His "C" is.....
COUNTING COUP: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn (Signed)
NY: Warner, 2000. ARC. Soft cover. ADVANCE READING COPY (ARC). Pictorial trade wraps. 415pp. Signed (signed only) by author. "Riveting" book on a mixed race (Crow American Indian and white) girls basketball team in Montana. Fine, like new.
MONTANA SURROUND Land, Water, Nature, and Place (Signed)
Boulder: Johnson, 2004. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 184pp. Foreword by William Kittredge. Signed by Condon. Personal essays of the country & states the author has lived in: Montana, British Columbia, Missouri. Well written. Fine, like new.
SON OF THE MORNING STAR Custer and the Little Bighorn.
San Francisco: North Point, 1984. Hardcover. Later printing. Cloth & bds. 441pp. Hardbound edition of the modern, fascinating study of the subject. Fine in dj.
THE UNDYING WEST: A Chronicle of Montana's Camas Prairie (Signed)
Fulcrum, Golden, 1999, 1999. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Trade pictorial wraps. 225pp. Illust. Maps. Notes. Index. Signed & dated by Cross soon after publication. "In her first book, (Cross) creates a memorable blend of personal and regional history" with "voices" of "sod-busting friends; the Salish, Kootenai, Nez Perce.....
MONTANA - THE GOLD FRONTIER (Signed)
Great Falls: Stay Away Joe Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 293pp. Illus. Index. Signed by Cushman on the half-title; also a presentation inscription "To Bro. John Gannon / Jan-3-1974 / Bro / Larry." A nice mining history by a popular historian. Fine in vg dj (rubbing.....