NARCISSA WHITMAN An Historical Biography (Signed)
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.
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SERGEANT HARRY MORREN Royal North West Mounted Police
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.
ALMIGHTY VOICE
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.....
ACCENT ON LIFE
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.
I MARRIED THE KLONDIKE
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.....
AND THERE WERE MEN (Signed)
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.....
ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK
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.....
FRED ROSENSTOCK: A Legend in Books and Art
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.....
COLONEL JOE The Last of the Rough Riders Recollections of a Centenarian
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.....
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.....
BUFFALO BILL From Prairie to Palace An Authentic History of the Wild West With Sketches, Stories of Adventure, and Anecdotes of "Buffalo Bill", the Hero of the Plains
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.....
TRAILBLAZER: The Autobiography of Kit Carson
NY: Chelsea House, 1985. Soft cover. Facsimile reprint, 1st printing of such. Glossy wraps. 192pp. Index. Vg.
FAMOUS FRONTIERSMEN, PIONEERS AND SCOUTS, etc.
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.....
YESTERDAY'S WYOMING The Intimate Memoirs of Fenimore C. Chatterton Territorial Citizen, Govenor, and Statesman AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Association copy)
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.....
DOUBLE OR NOTHING: The Flying Fur Buyer of Anahim Lake
Halfmoon Bay BC: Caitlin Press Inc., 2010. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 222pp. Illus. Index. Nice memoir of this interior British Columbia area. Near fine.
PHARISEE AMONG PHILISTINES The Diary of Judge Matthew P. Deady 1871-1892. Two Volumes
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.....
MY LIFE ON THE RANGE
NY: Antiquarian Press, 1961. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint ltd to 750 copies. Gilt-stamped cloth. 405pp. Illus. Index. A classic memoir of the old time cattle range on the northern plains. Fine, excellently bound book. No dj as issued.
NO LIFE FOR A LADY (Signed)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 356pp. Illustrated by the great Edward Borein. Endpaper maps, "A Sketch Map for the Story (title)." Warm seven line inscription to the recipient and dated Sept. 1, '41. "Neeta (or Nuta / Who know so much / more of this.....
UNCLE DICK WOOTON: The Pioneer Frontiersman of the Rocky Mountain Region (Classics of the Old West genuine leather copy)
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.....
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.
FIFTY YEARS ON THE OLD FRONTIER
New Haven: Yale, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth with gilt-stamped spine. 291pp. Illus. Index. A fine cattle and Western frontier autobiography, a classic. Texas cattle trailing, Wyoming big game hunting, New Mexico Apache War, Nebraska. Supplementary chapter on the Agate Springs Fossil Beds. Trace of wear; near fine.....
THE FIGHTING PARSON Biography of Col. John M. Chivington.
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.
THE DOWNS, THE ROCKIES AND DESERT GOLD
Caldwell: Caxton, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 247pp. Illustrated with vintage b/w photos. An account of three men who came to and settled down in Ouray, Colorado. Written by a daughter of one of the pioneers. Fine in complete dj but which along the lower back panel.....
WILLIAM ROBINSON LEIGH: Western Artist
Norman: OU, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 204pp. Illustrated with b/w & color plates of the great Western artist. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Fred Myers, Director of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art. Touch of wear at the points; near fine in dj with.....