Chicago: E. A. Weeks, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Published in pictorial wrappers, and this copy bound in cloth by an early owner. The dramatic pictorial cover was mounted on the front board. 194pp. While the cloth binding is in vg condition, the original book was made on paper.....
Portland: Binfords & Mort, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 325pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps. Signed by Allen. Fine in very slightly worn, pc dj.
Calgary: Frontier, 1977. Soft cover. Later printing. Pictorial wraps. 56pp. Illus. Morren served the RNWMP beginning about 1911 & was involved in many "dramatic episodes." Frontier Book No. 21. Near fine.
Calgary: Frontier Publishing, 1971. Soft cover. This may be a first printing, but it is sometimes hard to determine on the Anderson books when a few later titles are listed on the back cover. Pictorial wraps. 47pp. Illus. References. Map. Brief biography of the "Cree outlaw." From the internet: "Almighty.....
Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 386pp. 386pp. Illus. Copyright is 1965 but printing was 1984. Armitage, among other professional callings, was a fine book designer, and examples of his work are found liberally throughout the Western Americana field. Fine in dj.
Boston: Richard G. Badger The Gorham Press, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 359pp. Illus. Index. Reminiscences of the author's 47 years in California beginning when he set sail from St. Louis to California early in the year of the gold rush, 1849. Scarce book in 1st edition. Good.....
Caldwell: Caxton, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Silver-stamped cloth. 223pp. Illus. Walker was the "narrator" of the much sought book, The Longest Rope. Here he tells of his experiences & shares opinions on cowboy, outlaw, and Indian life in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, & Wyoming. Fine in very slightly.....
London: Hutchinson, 1955. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing of the British edition. Cloth with silver-stamped spine. 231pp. Illus. Endpaper maps. Small address label (Lambeth, ONT) of previous owner on rear paste down. fos on blank front leaf. Ms. Berton was the mother of one of Canada's most important and.....
NY: Knopf, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 300pp. Striking photo illustrations in sepia by Asahel Curtis, Lee Morehouse, et. al. Glossary. Index. Signed by Blankenship on t-p. Chapters on Chief Joseph, Joab Powell, Bill Potter, William Keil, "The Walla Walla Jesus", the vigilantes of Montana, et. al.. Spine is.....
Columbus: Long's College Book Shop, 1950. Reprint. Hardcover. 1st printing thus of the nice Long's reprint. Silver-stamped maroon cloth. 491pp. Illus. Small bookseller's label on front paste down: Cleveland Antiquarian Books. Cover corners bumped & corner of first few leaves slightly; we still grade this copy very good. The dj.....
Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1980. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. 1st printing in the Time-Life Classics reprint. Genuine leather covers (not the faux leather). Gilt-stamped, gilt edges, silk ribbon, marbled endpapers. 491pp. fos on verso of ffep. I have handled sets of the original leather copies of these series and know how to.....
Northland, Flagstaff, 1976, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 212pp. Illust. Appendices. Laid in is an a.l.s. note (20 lines) from Rosenstock to famed book publisher Glen Adams of the Ye Galleon Press. Excellent biography of the great Denver bookman from the golden era of book dealing. A nice association item.....
Exposition, NY, 1978, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt-stamped hardbound. Embossment on ffep of Western historian Robert K. DeArment. This appears to be a good biography of a Westerner who saw a lot of history over the West, particularly around Kendall Camp, Montana. He served in the Spanish American War. Information.....
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.....
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.....
Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Professionally rebound in red-orange cloth with black imprinted spine with decoration. 275pp. I compared this copy, which I received disbound, with a copy in original binding which I have sold. This copy is missing the Buffalo Bill front., but has the.....
NY: Chelsea House, 1985. Soft cover. Facsimile reprint, 1st printing of such. Glossy wraps. 192pp. Index. Vg.
Chicago: Donohue Bros, 1883. Later Printing. Hardcover. Later edition, date not printed. Original edition was 1883. Decorative red, black, silver cloth. 540pp. Illus. fos & early price in ink on ffep. Chapters on Boone, Crawford, Girty, Finney, Adams & McCullough, Wetzel, Kenton George Clark, Capt Brady, Crockett, Houston, Carson, Custer.....
Encampment, WY: Affiliated Writers of Amer, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 255pp. Illus. Appendix. Bibliography, Index. Fine in dj with slight fading to backstrip.
Aurora, CO: Powder River Pub, 1957. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. #278 of ltd of 1,000 copies. Gilt-stamped cloth. 133pp. Tipped-in b/w portrait of Chatterton (as published, facing copyright/ltd page). Index. LAID IN: 1) 1957 ALS (10pp & with envelope) from Chatterton's daughter to a Pac NW bookseller with references to Tom Horn.....
Portland: Oregon Hist Soc, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printings. Royal 8vo cloth & beautifully marbled bds. Two volumes. 662pp. Illust. Deady was a justice of the territorial Supreme Court of Oregon & presided at the 1857 Oregon Constitutional Conventi on. Many references to famous western individuals, including Jesse Applegate.....
Chicago, Stanton and Van Vliet Co., 1917, 1917. Hardcover. 1st edition? Pictorial gilt-stamped cloth. 352pp. Illust. Portrait on cover with rub streaks. Moderate wear to covers. Good+. No longer common. cf. Rader 858, 6-guns 454.
Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1980. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. 1st printing in the Time-Life Classics reprint. Genuine leather covers (not the faux leather). Gilt-stamped, gilt edges, silk ribbon, marbled endpapers. 472pp. Illus. Laid in publisher's sheet of info on this title. Publisher's bookplate (unused) is glued to front paste down. A Colorado.....
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.
LA, 1959. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Pebbled hardbound cover attractively blindstamped with six horse soldiers. 284pp. Illust. Six appendices. Chivington's bloody mark on frontier history is assured, but this book goes into much more of his career than Sand Creek. Attractive Westernlore item. Fine invery slightly worn, pc dj.