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Rare and Important Books ∙ Americana ∙ English and American Literary First Editions
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SPECIAL LIST Western Pamphlets
1. ALLEN, Marion V. Snap: A Special Horse during Early Homesteading. [N.P.: n.p., 1984]. 1st ed. xv,136pp. Illus., map. Orig.
pictorial wrappers. Fine. Account of homesteading in Lincoln County, Wyoming. $15.00
2. (NEWBERRY LIBRARY). American. Duplicates from the Distinguished Collections of the Newberry Library Sold by Order of
the Trustees Following the Accession of the Western American Collection of the Late Everett D. Graff. Original pictorial wrappers. New
York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1966. $20.00
First edition. Price list laid in. Closed tear to front wrapper, bookplate removed from verso of front wrapper, else very good.
3. ANDERSON, William Marshall. Adventures in the Rocky Mountains in 1834. [N.P.: Edward Eberstadt & Sons, 1951]. 21pp.
Plates. Orig.. printed wrappers. Removed, else very good. Bookplate of noted collector of Americana William Robertson Coe. One of 100
copies. Reprints an article from 1837 about incidents during a journey west. $25.00
4. (MINES). Annual Report of the Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company, San Francisco. 1892. San Francisco: Searle
& McClinton, Printers, 1892. 1st ed. 17pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Near fine. Annual report of this Comstock Lode mine. $125.00
5. ARROTT, James W. Arrott's Brief History of Fort Union. Edited from a Tape Recording of an Address delivered...at New Mexico
Highlands University, Las Vegas, on July 15, 1957 with Foreword and Additional Material by William S. Wallace. Las Vegas, NM: New
Mexico Highlands University], 1962. 1st ed. 20pp. Illus., portraits, map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $15.00
6. ARTHUR, Chester A. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Communication from the Secretary of
War,
Transmitting Plans and Estimates for the Erection of a Large Military Post at Fort Selden, New Mexico. 47th Congress, 1st Session, Senate.
Ex. Doc. No. 125. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1882]. 1st ed. 8pp. 25 folding plans. Later plain wrappers. A very good
copy. Fort Selden was established in 1865 in what is now Radium Springs, New Mexico. The first troops to occupy it were members of the
125th US Colored Infantry Regiment, black soldiers from Kentucky who had joined the US Army at the close of the Civil War. At the time of
this plan, the post commander was Capt. Arthur MacArthur, Jr., father of Douglas MacArthur, who later wrote that it was at Fort Selden that
he and his brother learned to ride and shoot. Fort Selden was closed in the 1890s due to consolidation of army posts during the Indian Wars.$75.00
7. ASAY, Karol. Gray Head and Long Hair: The Benteen-Custer Relationship. [Paris, TX: Karol Asay, 1983]. 4to. 1st ed. vii,59pp.
Portrait frontis. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. One of 300 copies. $35.00
8. BAILEY, Vernon. Mammals of New Mexico. Washington: United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey,
1931. 1st ed. 412pp. Illus., plates, maps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Spine lightly sunned, else very good or better, partially unopened copy.$45.00
9. BAILEY, Vernon. North American Fauna, No. 35: Life Zones and Crop Zones of New Mexico. Washington: Government Printing
Office, 1913. 1st ed. 100pp. Plates, folding map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Light chipping to foot of spine, else near fine. $15.00
10. BANCROFT, Caroline. Famous Aspen: Its Complete Story as Guide and Souvenir. Aspen, CO: The Aspen Times, 1951. 1st ed.
46pp. Illus., maps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $15.00
11. BANCROFT, Caroline. Tabor Luck. [N.P.: n.p., n.d.]. [11]pp. Illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Signed by the author on front
wrapper. History of the Tabor Theater, Denver. $10.00
12. (NEVADA). BARNES, Corrin and HASKELL, Irma. Perspective View of the Goldfield Mining District, Nevada. Showing the
Latite-Shale Contact or Shale Surface, the Present Surface and the Prominent Veins. [N.P.: n.p., n.d.]. Color map, 10-7/8 x 17-1/8 inches. Fine.
$10.00
13. BATE, W. N. Frontier Legend: Texas Finale of Capt. William F. Drannan, Pseudo-Frontier Comrade of Kit Carson. New Bern, NC:
Owen G. Dunn Company, 1954. 1st ed. 68,[1]pp. Portrait. Orig. printed wrappers. Near fine. Laid in is a mimeo letter about the book, signed
by the author. Casts doubts on William Drannan's claims to be "chief of scouts" for the U.S. Army. $25.00
14. BATES, Charles Francis. Custer's Indian Battles. Bronxville, NY: [n.p., 1936]. 1st ed. 4to. 36pp. double-columned. Map frontis.,
illus., portraits, map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $15.00
15. BAUER, Lester E. Rare and Desirable Western Americana: Important Books and Other Printed Matter. Collection of Dr Lester E.
Bauer, Detroit, Michigan, Sold by His Order. Original pictorial wrappers. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1958. $25.00
First edition. Auction sales catalogue. Very good or better copy.
16. BEAN, Luther E. Land of the Blue Sky People: A Story of the San Luis Valley. Monte Vista, CO: Printed by The Monte Vista
Journal, 1962. 1st ed. 99,[2]pp. Illus., portraits, map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Signed by the author on title page. On the settling of the
San Luis Valley, Colorado, and the Utah Indians. $15.00
17. BECKETT, V. B. Baca's Battle. Houston, TX: Stagecoach Press, [1962]. 1st ed. 30pp. Illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. One of 800
copies. Fine. "One part of this pamphlet is a reprint by the author from The Black Range, published in Chloride, New Mexico, in 1884; the
other part is a reprint from Baca's own pamphlet, which he had printed while running for office"--Adams, Six-Guns, 182. $35.00
18. BEELER, Henry C. A Brief Review of the South Pass Gold District, Fremont County, Wyoming. [N.P.: n.p.], 1908. 3rd ed. 23pp.
Illus., map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. A very good copy. On the mines and mining opportunities. $50.00
19. BEELER, Henry C. Wyoming Mines, 1907: A Summary of the Conditions and Progress in the Copper, Gold, Placer, Iron,
Asbestos, Sulphur, Stone, Plastic Minerals, Gravel, Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal Industries. Laramie, WY: Laramie Republican Company
Printers-Binders, [1908]. 1st ed. [46]pp. Frontis., illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Library stamp on front wrapper, else near fine. A review of the
year's progress in Wyoming mining by the State Geologist. $100.00
20. BEERS, Henry Putney. The Western Military Frontier, 1815-1846. Phila.: [Printed by Times and News Publishing Co.], 1935. 1st
ed. vi,227pp. Maps. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Doctoral dissertation. $75.00
21. (COLORADO). [BELL, Sherman M.]. Biennial Report of the Adjutant General to the Governor of the State of Colorado, 1903-
1904. Denver: The Smith-Brooks Printing Co., State Printers, 1904. 1st ed. 243pp. Plates. Errata slip. Orig. printed wrappers. Minor chipping
to wrappers, else very good. Mostly on the state militia. $50.00
22. BELL, W.S. Old Fort Benton: What It Was, and How It Came To Be. Helena, MT: [n.p.], 1909. 1st ed. 31pp. Frontis., illus. Orig.
printed wrappers. Library stamps, else near fine. Brief history of Fort Benton, Montana. $50.00
23. (NEW MEXICO). BENDER, A.B. Government Explorations in the Territory of New Mexico, 1846-1859. Reprinted from the
New Mexico Historical Review, January, 1934. 32pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers faded and a bit chipped, else very good. $25.00
24. BENTEEN, Frederick W. Cavalry Scraps: The Writings of Frederick W. Benteen. Edited by John M. Carroll. [N.P.]: Guidon
Press, 1979. 1st ed. 4to. xix,52pp. Illus., portraits, folding plate. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. One of 200 numbered copies signed by
the editor and by Charles A. Bentley, who wrote the introduction. Benteen commanded a battalion at Little Big Horn. $150.00
25. BIGGS, Donald C. The Pony Express: Creation of the Legend. San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1956. 1st ed. 20 pp. Frontis.,
illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. One of 500 copies for the Roxburghe Club, Sacramento Book Collectors & Zamorano Club. Fine.
$25.00
26. [BINGER, Herman]. Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Secretary of the Interior for the
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1898. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. 1st ed. 112pp. Orig. printed wrappers, minor chipping to
spine ends, else near fine. With the ownership signature "L.R.A. Condit, Johnson County" on front wrapper. Condit established the Condit
Ranch in Johnson County, Wyoming, in 1894. He was also a prominent Republican in the state. $15.00
27. (WYOMING). BONAR, John "Ace". Pride, Power, Progress: Wyoming's First 100 Years. A Collection of Stories about People,
Places and Events that Have Contributed to the History and Tradition of Wyoming. Casper, WY: Wyoming Historical Press, 1987. 1st ed.
101pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Presentation inscription from the author on title page. $10.00
28. BORAH, W[illiam] E. 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. [N.P.:n.p., 1899]. 1st ed. 49pp. Orig. printed wrapper. Near fine. The trial of Paul Corcoran for
killing James Cheyne in July 1899, grew out of the Coeur d' Alene mining riots of April 29, 1899. Corcoran was convicted of second degree
murder.
$125.00
29. BORAH, William E. Haywood Trial: Closing Argument of W.E. Borah. Boise, ID: The Statesman Shop, [1907]. 1st ed. 130pp.
Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Borah served as the prosecuting attorney in the trial of "Big Bill" Haywood and two other labor union officials
for the 1905 murder of former Idaho Governor Frank Steuneberg. Clarence Darrow defended Haywood. $75.00
30. BOWERS, Stephen. Reconnaissance of the Colorado Desert Mining District. Sacramento: A.J. Johnston, Superintendent State
Printing, 1901. 1st ed. 19pp. Illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Light toning to wrappers, minor shipping to upper corners, else very good or better.
Geological report including fossils found. $50.00
31. (WYOMING). The Brand Book of the Wyoming Westerners.Vol.1, No.1 (Nov. 1953). Laramie, WY: Posse of Wyoming
Westerners, 1953. 1st ed. 13pp. Orig. photograph tipped on inner rear wrapper. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Includes article on Sacajawea
and the suffragettes. $75.00
32. (WYOMING). The Brand Book of the Wyoming Westerners. Vol.1, No.2 (Feb. 1954). Laramie, WY: Posse of Wyoming
Westerners, 1954. 1st ed. Pp. 15-36. Illus., orig. photograph mounted on inner rear wrapper. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Includes article on
elk tuskers' cabins. $50.00
33. (WYOMING). The Brand Book of the Wyoming Westerners. Vol.2, No.1 (Nov. 1954). Laramie, WY: Posse of Wyoming
Westerners, 1954. 1st ed. 36pp. Illus., portraits, map, facsimile mounted on inner rear wrapper. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Some pencil notes on
wrapper, else very good or better. Includes article on armed robbers. $25.00
34. BRENNEN, C.A. and HARRIS, Fred B. Fourteen Years Cattle Production and Ranch Earning Power in Northeastern Nevada,
1928 to 1941. Reno: The University of Nevada, 1943. 1st ed. 31pp. Illus., folding chart. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Light sunning to spine and
head, else very good or better. $25.00
35. BRINISTOOL, E. A. The Custer Fight. Capt. Benteen's Story of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25-26, 1876. With
Comments on the Rosebud Fight of June 17, 1876, by Robert E. Strahorn, War Correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and New York Times.
Hollywood, CA: Privately Printed for E.A. Brininstool, 1933. 1st ed. 36pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. printed wrappers. Small strip lacking from
foot of rear wrapper, some pencil notes on rear wrapper and inside front wrapper, else very good. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the
author. $250.00
36. BROADHEAD, Edward. George Semmes Simpson: The Wayward Pioneer, 1818-1885. [Pueblo, CO]: Pueblo County Historical
Society, [1985]. 1st ed. 40pp. Illus., portrait. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Life of early Colorado settler. $20.00
37. BROWN, Mabel E. and THORPE, Elizabeth J. And Then There Was One: The Story of Cambria, Tubb Town, and Newcastle.
[N.P.: n.p., 1962]. 1st ed. 16pp. Illus., portrait, map. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Signed by the author on verso of front wrapper. $15.00
38. BROWNING, O[rville] H[ickman]. Massacre of Troops near Fort Phil. Kearny. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in
Answer to a Resolution of the House of January 29, 1867, Relative to Indian Massacre of United States Troops near Fort Phil. Kearney.
[Washington, DC: Government Printing Office], 1867. 39th Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 71. 17pp. Disbound, else near fine. The
Secretary of Interior's report, with supporting documents, on the Fetterman massacre in which 3000 Sioux warriors killed three officers and
90 enlisted men near Fort Philip Kearney in the Dakota Territory. $150.00
39. (CALIFORNIA). BUCKBEE, Edna Bryan. Pioneer Days of Angel's Camp. Angel's Camp, CA, 1932. 1st ed. 80pp. Illus. Orig.
decorated wrappers. Near fine. $75.00
40. (WYOMING). (FORT BRIDGER). Buildings on Fort Bridger Military Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War,
Transmitting a Report of a Board of Arbitrators Convened for the Purpose of Appraising the Valuation of Certain Buildings on the Military
Reservation of Fort Bridger, Wyo. 43d Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 71. [Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874]. 1st ed.
15pp. Disbound. Very good. In 1869, the reservation was downsized and private citizen built within the old fort boundaries. When the
government revoked permission, individuals attempted to obtain fair market value. $25.00
41. [BURKE, Marthy Cannary]. Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane. By Herself. [Facsimile, ca. 1945, of 1896 orig.] 7pp. printed
wraps. 6.5 x 4.25". Fine. Adams Guns 329. $35.00
42. (TEXAS IRON ASSOC.). By-Laws of the Texas Iron Association. Phila.: Press of Allen, Lane & Scott, [1913]. 1st ed. 11pp.
Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Article 45 affixed to last leaf. $50.00
43. (IOWA RAILROAD LAND CO.). CALHOUN, John B. Special Inducements. [Chicago: 1874]. 1 leaf printed both sides. Near
fine. Offering lands in western Iowa and touting its healthful climate and rich fields. Rare. $200.00
44. (CALIFORNIA). California School Lands. Los Angeles: Wiseman's Land Bureau, 1903. 1st ed. 30pp. Illus. Orig. printed
wrappers. Promotional pamphlet selling land set aside by the Federal government to benefit public schools. $75.00
45. (WYOMING). CAREY, Joseph M. Admission of Wyoming... Speech of Hon. Joseph M. Carey, of Wyoming, in the House of
Representatives, Wednesday, March 26, 1890. Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1890. 1st ed. 39pp. 1st ed. Orig. self-wrappers.
Speech by the Territorial Representative urging voting for admission of Wyoming to the Union. $25.00
46. (WYOMING). CAREY, Joseph M. Message of Joseph M. Carey, Governor of Wyoming, to the Twelfth State Legislature,
1913. [N.P.: n.p.], 1913. 1st ed. 46pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Minor chipping to wrappers, else very good or better. Printed slip,
"Compliments of Joseph M. Carey, Governor" affixed to verso of front wrapper. Report on the state of the state. $20.00
47. (HERTZOG, CARL). Carl Hertzog: Printer for the Southwest. Books, Pamphlets and Ephemera: The Art and Craft of Carl
Herzog. Original printed wrappers. State College, PA: Michael Gibbs, Bookseller, 1983. $15.00
Catalogue No. 10. Cover designed by Henry Morris. Fine.
48. CARLETON, J. H. The Mountain Meadows Massacre: A Special Report... Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1995.
1st ed. thus. 40pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Publisher's prospectus laid in. From original documents in the National Archives. Clark &
Brunet 41. $20.00
49. CASEMENT, Dan D. The Address of Mr. Dan D. Casement at the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Panhandle Plains Historical
Society at Canyon, Texas, May 11, 1951. Canyon, TX: Panhandle Plains Historical Society, 1951. 1st ed. [8]pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine.
With presentation inscription from Jerry Williams, former president of the Society. On ranching and an attack on Social Security. Adams,
Herd, 426. $25.00
50. (WYOMING). (CASPER). Casper Chronicles. Casper, WY: Casper Zonta Club, 1964. 1st ed. 107pp. Illus., portraits, map. Orig.
pictorial wrappers. Fine. Reminiscences of early days in Casper, Wyoming. $15.00
51. (NEW MEXICO). Catalogue of Books in English in the Library of the Society Relating to New Mexico and the Southwest.
Original printed wrappers. Santa Fe, NM: The New Mexican Printing Company, 1910. $25.00
First edition. Small chip to front wrapper and first few leaves (not affecting text) else very good or better.
52. (CATTLE). Catalogue of Hereford Cattle, To Be Sold at Dexter Park, Chicago, Illinois, November 16, 1888, by The Iowa
Hereford Cattle Company, Indianola, Iowa. Des Moines, IA: The Leader Printing Company, 1888. 1st ed. Oblong 8vo. 74pp. Illus. Orig.
printed wrapper. Lacks rear wrapper, some pencil annotations of buyers and prices, else very good. Catalogue for cattle auction listing
breeders and breedstock.
$250.00
53. CHIPMAN, N. P. Report upon the Fruit Industry of California. [San Francisco]: California State Board of Trade, 1889. 1st ed.
35pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. $25.00
54. (CALIFORNIA). (SAN FRANCISCO). The City of San Francisco. Prepared for the State Board of Trade. San Francisco: The
Mysell-Rollins Company, 1900. 1st ed. 82 pp. Illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Spine starting, else a very good copy. A guide to the city, the
final 25 pages are advertisements, often illustrated.
$75.00
55. CLINE, Isaac Monroe. Summer Hot Winds on the Great Plains. Washington: The Philosophical Society of Washington, 1894.
Offprint. Pp. 309-348. Maps. Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly chipped, else very good. $25.00
56. COCKRELL, Monroe F. After Sundown, Vol. 13. A Banker Counts His Cattle and No Hunting Pact Enforced While Well Being
Dug. Evanston, IL: Published by the author, 1962. 1st ed. [14]pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. $20.00
57. COLLINS, W[illiam]. Speech of Hon. W. Collins, of New York, on the Bill to Establish the Territorial Government of Oregon.
Delivered in the House of Representatives, July 28, 1848. Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1848. 1st ed. 13pp. double-
columned. Removed, else very good. $40.00
58. (CALIFORNIA). Constitution of the State of California. Sacramento, CA: State Printing Office, 1879. 1st ed. 47pp. Uniform
toning, minor loss to edges of outer leaves, former owner's name on front leaf. The California constitution of 1879 includes expansive free
public education and the University of California in Article IX. $45.00
59. (MONTANA). Constitution of the State of Montana, as Adopted by the Constitutional Convention held at Helena, Montana, July 4,
A.D. 1889, & ending Aug. 17, A.D. 1889. And also an address to the people. Helena, Independent Pub. Co., [1889]. 76pp. Orig. pink printed
wrapper. Very good. A proposed constitution had been rejected in 1884. In the address, the members of the Convention say "the judiciary
system is better suited to the wants & interests of our people." $100.00
60. (CALIFORNIA). COSTANSO, Miguel. The Portola Expedition of 1769-1770. Diary of Miguel Costanso. Ed. by Frederick J.
Teggart. Berkeley, 1911. Folded map frontis. 167pp. Orig. printed wraps. (Academy of Pacific Coast History, v.2, no.4). Fine. Spanish &
English versions. Different edition of Howes C-795, "first settlements in upper California, at San Diego & Monterey... first book devoted
entirely to Calif." $35.00
61. COUCH, Jacqualine Grannell. Those Golden Girls of Market Street, Denver's Infamous Redlight District: An Historical Glimpse.
[Fort Collins, CO: The Old Army Press, 1974]. 1st ed. 28pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $10.00
62. (WYOMING). Council Journal of the Tenth Legislative Assembly of the Tenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wyoming,
Convened at Cheyenne, on the Tenth Day of January, 1888. Cheyenne: Bristol & Knabe Printing Co., 1888. 292pp. Lacks front wrapper, else
very good. $50.00
63. (COLORADO). (CRIPPLE CREEK). Cripple Creek: Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress 1901 Souvenir. [Cripple Creek,
CO: The Evening Star], 1901. 1st ed. Oblong 8vo. [28]pp. Illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Extremities of wrappers sunned, very old
waterstaining, else very good. Many facts and figures about Cripple Creek for delegates to the Congress. $250.00
64. CULBERTSON, Thaddeus A. Journal of an Expedition to the Mauvaises Terres and the Upper Missouri in 1850. Edited by John
F. McDermott. Wash., 1952. Folding maps. viii, 164pp. Very good in orig. wrappers. BAE Bulletin 147. Howes C-941. "Explored the Bad
Lands and ascended the Missouri to a point several hundred miles north of Ft. Pierre. First account of those regions since Prince Maximillan of
Wied."
$60.00
65. CUMMINS, Sarah J. Autobiography and Reminiscences of Sarah J. Cummins. [Freewater, OR: M.J. Allen, 1914]. 61 pp. Portrait
frontis. Orig. printed wrappers. Foot of spine chipped, else a very good copy. "This is a somewhat impetuous but enthralling account of the
near-demise of Sarah when she was a teenage bride crossing the plains." Mintz 114.3. "An important contribution to the literature of the
plains" Holliday 254. HOWES C-952.
$50.00
66. DALE, Edward Everett. Cow Custom: Its Cardinal Principle Was that in Any Situation a Man Should so Act that His Wife Would
Be Proud of Him. Kansas City, MO: Don Ornduff, 1961. 1st ed. 12pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Signed by the author on title page.
Unwritten customs of the cattle drives, many of which later became laws. $15.00
67. DALE, Edward Everett. The Ranchman's Last Frontier. Offprint. Pp. 35-46. Orig. printed wrappers. Minor chipping to front
wrapper, else very good. On Oklahoma ranching. $25.00
68. DAVIS, Richard Harding. Ranch Life in Texas. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Austin, TX: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1984. $10.00
First separate edition. One of 450 copies. With printed slip, "Seasons greetings from John and Maureen Jenkins." Fine.
69. DAVIS, Thomas C. Lines West!: The Story of George W. Holdredge. [Lincoln, NE: Nebraska State Historical Society], 1950. 1st
separate ed. Offprint. 64pp. Portrait frontis., plate. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. Life of the general manager of the Omaha branch of
the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company until 1920. $35.00
70. DEATHERAGE, Charles P. Steamboating on the Missouri River in the 'sixties. [Kansas City, MO, 1924]. Narrow 8vo. 39pp. 2
illus. Printed wraps. Very good. Compilation of articles written for the Kansas City News-Press. Interesting material on the river and a
rowboat trip from Kansas City to St. Louis in 1878. Brief info. on the Mormon War in Missouri. Flake 2742. $35.00
71. DEGRAND, P.P.F. Petition of P.P.F. Degrand and Others, Praying a Charter for the Purpose of Constructing a Railroad and
Establishing a Line of Telegraph from St. Louis to San Francisco. 31st Congress, 1st Session, Miscellaneous, No. 28. [Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1850]. 1st ed. 28pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing, else very good. This plan "is the only one as yet proposed
which will secure practically, mathematically and irrevocably, by a single act of Congress, the construction of this great work in the shortest
time allowed..." $35.00
72. DEMKE, Siegfried G. The Cattle Drives of Early California. San Gabriel, CA: {Prosperity Press], 1985. 1st ed. Frontis., illus.
Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. One of 650 copies. History of the cattle drives from Texas to California. $20.00
73. DICK, Herbert W. The Excavation of Bent's Fort, Otero County, Colorado, 1954. Denver: The State Historical Society of
Colorado, 1956. 1st separate ed. Offprint. 16pp. Illus., plan. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. $15.00
74. (NEW MEXICO). (ROSWELL). DILLS, Lucius. Roswell: Some Facts and Observations Relative to Its Early Settlement and
Early Growth. [Roswell, NM: Chaves County Archaeological and Historical Society, 1933]. Facsimile ed. [28]pp. Portrait frontis., illus. Orig.
printed wrappers. Near fine. $25.00
75. (AUERBACH, HERBERT S.). The Distinguished Collection of Western American, Books, Newspapers, Many Relating to the
Mormon Church, Formed by the Late Herbert S. Auerbach, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sold by Order of the Heirs of the Decedent. Original
pictorial wrappers. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1947-8. 2 Vols.
$75.00
First edition. Some stains to wrappers, old waterstain to rear leaves of Vol. One, else very good.
76. DOBIE, J. Frank. The Mezcla Man. El Paso, TX: [Carl Hertzog], 1954. 1st ed. Orig. printed wrappers. Cook 54. Lowman 89.
Printed as a Christmas booklet for Dobie. $75.00
77. DOBIE, J. Frank. Tom Gilroy's Fiddler. [Austin, TX: Bertha and Frank Dobie, 1958]. 1st ed. Original pictorial wrappers. Cook
62. Printed as a Christmas book. Near fine. $20.00
78. DONNELLY, Charles. The Facts about the Northern Pacific Land Grants. [St. Paul, MN]: Northern Pacific Railway Co., [1924].
1st ed. 24pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Reprints a letter from President Coolidge about the railroad's claims. $20.00
79. DOTEN, S.B. The Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, 1888-1943; An Administrative History, with Comment upon It. Reno:
The University of Nevada, 1943. 1st ed. 75pp. Portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $15.00
80. DOWNEY, Stephen W. The Immortals. Autograph manuscript poem. 11 leaves, recto only. On House of Representatives
stationary. Fine. On 13 April 1880, Downey, who represented Wyoming Territory in Congress, read a very long poem--the only such ever
delivered--as his argument for a bill providing certain paintings on the wall of the Capitol. $150.00
81. (WYOMING). DOWNEY, Stephen W. Letter on Native Soda Deposits Near Laramie City, Wyoming Territory, to the
Superintendent of the Census. Laramie City, WY: Laramie Sentinel Print., 1880. 1st ed. 4pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Library stamps, else very
good or better. A scarce pamphlet on mining. $250.00
82. (WYOMING). DOWNING, C.O. Wyoming Legislative Procedure and Other Facts about Wyoming Government [Torrington,
WY: Telegram Press, 1924]. 2nd ed. 83pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Some pencil annotations, light wear to wrappers, else very good. $15.00
83. DRAPER, Solomon. An Historical Sketch of Knox County, Nebraska. Niobrara, NE: Pioneer Publishing House, 1876. 1st ed. 15
pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Stamp of New York Public Library on front wrapper, badly chipped, separating. A good copy. From Indian
settlement to founding of many settlements.
$40.00
84. DRISCOLL, R[obert] E. Seventy Years of Banking in the Black Hills: First National Bank of the Black Hills, 1876-1946. [Rapid
City, SD: The Gate City Guide, 1948]. 1st ed. 87 pp. Portrait. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Wrappers lightly rubbed, else a very good copy.
$25.00
85. (BILLY THE KID). DYKES, J[eff] C. Billy the Kid: The Bibliography of a Legend. Original printed wrappers. Albuquerque:
The University of New Mexico Press, 1952. $100.00
First edition. One of 500 copies. Signed by author on slip mounted to verso of front wrapper. Spine lightly sunned, minor scuffing to front
wrapper, else very good or better.
86. DYKES, Jeff. Rare Western Outlaw Books. Original printed wrappers. Albuquerque, NM: Printed for the Albuquerque Corral of
the Westerners International by the New Mexico Book League,1985. $25.00
First edition. One of 535 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine.
87. (CALIFORNIA). EADS, James B. Report of James B. Eads, Consulting Engineer, in Relation to Proposed Improvement to
Promote Rapid Drainage, and to Improve the Navigation of the Sacramento River. Sacramento: J.D. Young, Supt. State Printing, 1880. 1st ed.
16pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly sunned, stamp of California State Mining Bureau on front wrapper, some pencil underling, else
very good. $150.00
88. EBERSTADT, Edward. The William Robertson Coe Collection of Western Americana. Original printed wrappers. New Haven,
CT: Yale University Library, 1952. $25.00
First trade edition. On the highlights of the remarkable Coe collection at Yale. Fine.
89. EDGERLY, Winfield Scott. Scalp Dance: The Edgerly Papers on the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Edited by George M. Clark.
Oswego, NY: Heritage Press, [1985]. 1st ed. 4to. 96pp. Frontis., portraits, facsimiles. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Presentation inscription
on front free endpaper. Collects primary materials by and relating to General Edgerly, one of the survivors of Little Big Horn. $25.00
90. EDWARDS, Elsa Spear. Trailing the Campfires. Sheridan, WY: The Sheridan Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution,
[1935]. 1st ed. 56pp. Illus., map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Former owner's signature on title page, else very good. One of 500 numbered
copies. Much about Wyoming pioneer days. $250.00
91. (GOLD RUSH). EGENHOFF, Elisabeth. The Elephant As They Saw It: A Collection of Contemporary Pictures and Statements
of Gold Mining in California. [San Francisco, 1963]. 3rd printing. Illus. including color frontis. 128pp. Fine in orig. pictorial wrappers.
Published as a Centennial Supplement to the California Journal of Mines and Geology for October, 1949. $20.00
92. EGLESTON, Thomas. Manufacture of Slag Bricks in Montana. [N.P.:n.p., (1891)]. Offprint. Pp. [189]-193. Illus. Orig. printed
wrappers. Some offset sunning to wrappers, else very good. $20.00
93. EGLESTON, T[homas]. The Treatment of Fine Gold in the Sands of Snake River, Idaho. [N.P.: n.p.], 1889. Offprint. 13pp. Orig.
printed wrappers. Light offset sunning to wrappers, else very good. $25.00
94. ELKINS, John M. Indian Fighting on the Texas Frontier. {Amarillo, TX: Russell & Cockrell, 1929]. 1st ed. thus. 96 pp. Portrait
frontis., illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Bound upside down in wrappers. A very good copy. Originally published in 1908 as Life on the Texas
Frontier, see HOWES E-90. Much on dealing with hostile Indians. Elkins was a Texas Ranger. $150.00
95. (NEW MEXICO). ELKINS, Stephen B. Admission of New Mexico as a State--Her Resources and Future. Speech of Hon.
Stephen B. Elkins, Delegate from New Mexico, in the House of Representatives, May 21, 1874. Washington: Government Printing Office,
1874. 1st ed. 33pp. Orig. self-wrappers. Light toning, else very good or better. Elkins argued forcefully for New Mexico's admission to the
Union but his efforts failed and the territory became a state in 1912. $35.00
96. ELLIOTT, David Stewart. Last Raid of the Daltons: A Reliable Recital of the Battle with the Bandits at Coffeyville, Kansas,
October 5, 1892. Coffeyville, KS: Coffeyville Journal Print, [1954]. Facsimile of the 1892 ed. 66pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers.
Fine. Six-Guns 671. $50.00
97. ELLIS, Edward S. Nat Todd; or, The Fate of the Sioux Captive. A Sequel to "Bill Biddon, Trapper." Beadle's Pocket Library,
Vol. 8, No. 100 (Dec. 9, 1895). Original pictorial self-wrappers. New York: Beadle and Adams, 1895. $40.00
First edition. Top inner corner sliced, minor chipping to wrappers, uniform toning, else very good.
98. (WYOMING). ELLISON, Robert S[purrier]. Fort Bridger, Wyoming, A Brief History Comprising Jim Bridger's Old Trading
Post, Fort Bridger Becomes an Army Post, Fort Bridger as a Frontier Army Post, Judge William A. Carter of Fort Bridger, Old Fort Bridger
Since 1890. [Sheridan], WY: Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming, 1938. Revised & enlarged ed. 79, [2] pp. Illus., portraits, map,
folding map. Orig. Pictorial wrappers. A very good copy.
$40.00
99. ELLISON, Robert Spurrier. Independence Rock: The Great Record of the Desert. Casper, WY: Natrona County Historical
Society, 1930. 41pp. Illus., folding map. Orig. printed wrappers with pictorial pastedown on front wrapper. Fine. Oregon Trail. $15.00
100. EWERs, John C. George Catlin, Painter of Indians and the West. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1956. Offprint. Pp.
483-528pp. Plates, map. Orig. printed wrappers. Very good. $15.00
101. (COLORADO). Facsimiles of Colorado Newspapers. Facsimiles of The Solid Muldoon (Ouray, CO) for 5 September 1879;
Rocky Mountain Herald (Denver, CO) for 5 May 1860; The Creede Chronicle (Creede, CO) for 22 March 1892; Map of Cripple Creek,
1896. Very good or better. $75.00
102. FARNHAM, Thomas J. Travels in the Great Western Prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory.
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843. 112pp. double-columned. Removed. Faint scattered foxing, else very good. HOWES F-50. Sabin 23872.
Wagner-Camp 85:3. Rittenhouse 201 (ref). Field 525. An important early account of the Oregon country. The author went overland in 1839 to
Bent's Fort and then north to the Oregon Trail. After a brief sojourn during which he gathered materials, he sailed for home via the Sandwich
Islands. The book became an effective piece of propaganda for advocates of American control of Oregon. $150.00
103. FARNHAM, Thomas J[efferson]. Travels in the Great Western Prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon
Territory. [New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1843]. 3rd ed. 112 pp. Disbound. Some light scattered toning, else a very good copy. First
published in 1841. An important account of the Oregon country. The author went overland in 1839 to Bent's Fort and then north to the Oregon
Trail. After a brief sojourn during which he gathered materials, Farnham sailed for home via the Sandwich Islands. The book became an
effective piece of propaganda for advocates of American control of Oregon. HOWES F-50. Wagner-Camp 85:3. Field 525.
$50.00
104. FARQUHAR, Francis P. Exploration of the Sierra Nevada. San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1925. 1st ed. 58pp.
Plates. Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly sunned, else very good. $75.00
105. (CALIFORNIA). (LIVINGSTON). FARQUHAR, Franklin S. History of Livingston, California: Narrative and Biography.
Livingston, CA: The Chronicle, 1945. 1st ed. 168 pp. Portrait frontis., portraits. Orig. cloth-backed printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly
rubbed, some toning, else a very good or better copy. $250.00
106. FLANDRAU, Grace. The Story of Marias Pass. [N.P.]; Great Northern Railway, [ca. 1925]. 1st ed. 23 pp. Portrait frontis., illus.,
map. Orig. printed wrappers. A near fine copy. History of the exploration of the best railroad pass through the Rockies on the southern
boundary of Glacier National park, much on John F. Stevens, explorer of the Pass. $15.00
107. FLANNERY, L.G. "This Old Gentleman John Hunton" as Related by L.G. (Pat) Flannery. [Osterville, MA: Pierre LaBonte, Jr.
1967]. 1st ed. 21pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by the publisher. Transcription of interview conducted by
LaBonte with Flannery on 28 June 1963 on his early days in Wyoming. $40.00
108. (NEVADA). FOLKES, John Gregg. Nevada's Newspapers: A Bibliography. A Compilation of Nevada History, 1854-1964.
Original printed wrappers. Carson City: University of Nevada Press, 1964. $35.00
Nevada Studies in History and Political Science No. 6. Spine faded, else a very good copy.
109. FORBES, Allan and EASTMAN, Ralph M. Yankee Sailing Ship Cards and Other Yankee Sailing Ship Cards. Boston, 1948-49-
52. Three vols. Illus. in full color. Orig. wrappers. A complete set of this interesting work. One volume is devoted to cards of the ships sailing
to California during the gold rush. Scarce. $75.00
110. FORBES, R[obert] H. Irrigation and Agricultural Practice in Arizona. Tucson: University of Arizona Agricultural Experiment
Station, 1911. 1st ed. thus. 83pp. Illus., plates, maps, folding maps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $45.00
111. FORBES, Robert H. The Penningtons: Pioneers of Early Arizona. A Historical Sketch. [Tucson]: Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society, 1919. 1st ed. iii,42pp. Portrait frontis., illus., portraits, maps. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. The Penningtons came to
Arizona in the 1850 to raise cattle. $100.00
112. FRANKS, J. M. Seventy Years in Texas: Memories of the Pioneer Days, Indian Depredations and the Northwest Cattle Trail.
Gatesville, TX: [n.p.], 1924. 1st ed. 133,[1]pp. Portrait. Orig. printed wrappers. Some light chipping to wrappers, spine tape repaired, light
uniform toning, else very good. Indians of Texas, 2370: "A rare item. Franks presents his memoirs of life in North Central Texas from the
1850s through the end of the frontier era as if relating the story in a taped interview . It is concerned with pioneer families, their hardships,
and their constant problems with Comanche and Kiowa raiders. Most of these personalized stories are not found in any other sources."
Adams, Herd 839, "Scarce." Six- Guns 759. $150.00
113. FRIGNET, Ernest. La Californie. Histoire des Progrès de l'un des États-Unis D'Amérique et des Institutions Qui Font Sa
Prospérité. Paris: Schlesinger Freres, 1867. 2nd ed. xxvi,479pp. Folding map. Orig. printed wrappers. Front wrapper lightly chipped, starting,
else a very good partially unopened copy. "One of the numerous works upon California, this is one of the best and most complete of the
period"--Cowan (1914), p.92. $175.00
114. FULLER, Henry C. Adventures of Bill Longley. Captured by Sheriff Milton Mast and Deputy Bill Burrows, near Keatchie,
Louisiana, in 1877, and Was Executed in Giddings, Texas, 1878. Nacogdoches, TX: [Baker Printing Co., n.d.]/ 1st ed. [68]pp. Portraits. Orig.
printed wrappers. Light wear to spine, wrappers lightly foxed, else very good. "A complete story of the life of one of Texas' most notorious
outlaws. It is said he had his picture made standing between his heavily bearded captors so that the world would know he was not captured by
'kids.'" Adams, Six-Guns and Saddle Leather, 783. $100.00
115. FULLER, Henry C. "A Texas Sheriff"; a Vivid and Accurate Account of Some of the Most Notorious Murder Cases and Feuds in
the History of East Texas, and the Officers Who Relentlessly Pursued the Criminals till They Were Brought to Justice and Paid the Full
Penalty of the Law. Nacogdoches, TX: Baker Printing Co., 1931. Portrait frontis., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Wrappers rubbed, minor
chipping to rear wrapper, light scattered toning, lacks title page, else very good. "Tell about many Texas murders, including the one by Bill
Mitchell of James Truitt, the result of one of Texas' many feuds. The author also touches upon the Border-Wall-Brooks feud" Adams, Six-
Guns and Saddle Leather, 784. $125.00
116. (WYOMING). FULLER, R.P. Wyoming Irrigation Projects, State and United States. Cheyenne, WY: Commissioner of Public
Lands, [1909]. 1st ed. 23pp. Illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Library stamp on front wrapper, else near fine. $20.00
117. GARNETT, Porter, ed. Papers of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851. Berkeley, 1910-1911. 2 vols. 69; 19 pp.
Frontis. Orig. printed wraps. (Academy of Pacific Coast History, pubs. v. 1 no. 7, and v. 2 no. 2.) Fine. $25.00
118. (COLORADO). General Laws and Joint Resolutions, Memorials and Private Acts, Passed at the Second Session of the Legislative
Assembly of the Territory of Colorado. Begun at Colorado City, on the 7th Day of July, 1862, Adjourned to Denver, on the 11th Day of July.
Together with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Organic Act of the Territory. Published by
Authority. Denver: Rocky Mountain News Printing Company, 1862. 1st ed. 166,[2]pp. Lacks boards, original cloth spine, faint scattered
foxing, else very good. $250.00
119. GIBBS, Josiah F. The Mountain Meadows Massacre. Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Tribune Co., 1910. 2nd ed. 59pp. Illus. Orig.
pictorial wrappers. Very good or better. Inflammatory account of the Mountain Meadows massacre, accusing the Mormon leadership. Flake
3553. $125.00
120. GIBBS, Josiah F. The Mountain Meadows Massacre. Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Tribune Co., 1910. 2nd ed. 59pp. Illus. Orig.
pictorial wrappers. Library stamps, else very good. Inflammatory account of the Mountain Meadows massacre, accusing the Mormon
leadership. Flake 3553. $75.00
121. (NORTH DAKOTA). Glimpses of North Dakota. Issued by Authority North Dakota Pan-American Exposition Commission.
[Buffalo, NY: Engraved and Printed by Gies & Co.], 1901. Oblong 8vo. 61pp. Illus. Orig. printed and blindstamped wrappers. Wrappers
slightly sunned, private owner's blindstamp on title page, else very good. Views of ranches, cattle, and prominent citizens. $150.00
122. GODFREY, Edward S. Custer's Last Battle: Originally published...in The Century Magazine, January, 1892. With Introduction
and Comments by Eugene McAuliffe. 39pp. Illus., portraits, map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Light offset sunning, else very good or better. On
Little Big Horn. $35.00
123. (GOLDFIELD MASCOT MINING CO.). Goldfield Mascot Mining Co. Denver: The Patrick Investment Co., Fiscal Agents,
[n.d. 1907]. 16pp. Map. Orig. printed wrappers. Prospectus for mine in Goldfield, Nevada. $25.00
124. (WYOMING). [GRANT, M. N.]. Annual Report of the Auditor of Wyoming Territory, for the Year 1887. Cheyenne, WY: The
Leader Book and Job Printing House, 1888. 1st ed. 35pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Minor chipping to spine, tiny spot on front wrapper, else
near fine. Wyoming Territory had a positive bank balance of almost $50,000. Rare, Worldcat locates seven copies. $150.00
125. GRESS, Kathryn. Ninety Years Cow Country: A Factual History of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association with Historical Data
Pertaining to the Cattle Industry in Wyoming. [Cheyenne]: The Wyoming Stock Growers Association, 1963. 1st ed. 85pp. Portrait frontis.,
illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. History of Wyoming cattle ranching. $15.00
126. GRESSLEY, Gene M. Teschemacher and deBillier Cattle Company: A Study of Eastern Capital on the Frontier. [Boston: Harvard
School of Business Administration], 1959. Offprint. Pp. [121]-137. Illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. $20.00
127. (CALIFORNIA). GRUNSKY, C.E. and ANDERSON, George G. Imperial Irrigation District. Report No. 2 by the Advisory
Board of Consulting Engineers. Work Required to Maintain an Adequate Supply of Water in the Canals of the District in 1917. [El Centro,
CA: n.p., 1916]. 1st ed. Folio. 4pp. double-columned. Folded. Small tear at fold, uniform toning, else very good. Recommendations on
dredging and damming to provide adequate water supply. $25.00
128. [HAAG, Maurice, ed.]. The Range Lands of Wyoming: A Summary of the Record of 50 Years Study by the Scientists of the
Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station. Laramie: University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, 1949. 1st ed. 35pp. Orig. printed
wrappers. Near fine. $10.00
129. HAGERMAN, Herbert J. A Statement in Regard to Certain Matters Concerning the Governorship and Political Affairs in New
Mexico in 1906-1907. Printed for Private Circulation, 1908. 1st ed. 113pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Hagerman resigned as governor after
allegations of actions taken on behalf of the Pennsylvania Development Company. This pamphlet is his defense. With the ownership signature
of P. Hagerman on front wrapper. $100.00
130. (WYOMING). HALE, William. Message of William Hale, Governor of Wyoming, to the Eighth Legislative Assembly, January,
1884. Cheyenne, WY: Sun Steam Book and Print, 1884. 1st ed. 13pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Small tear to head of front wrapper, very old
waterstain to head of leaves, duplicate stamp on front wrapper, else very good. Rare, Worldcat locates 2 copies. Includes request to Congress
that it not place Indian reservations in the territory. $250.00
131. (WYOMING). [HALE, William]. Report of the Governor of Wyoming, Made to the Secretary of the Interior. 1883. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1883. 1st ed. 69pp. Folding map. Orig. printed wrappers. Small inkstain to rear wrapper, very old waterstain to
rear wrapper, else a near fine copy. Much on cattle. Affixed to front wrapper is printed label, "Compliments of Wm. Hale, Governor." $75.00
132. HALEY, J. Evetts. Men of Fiber. El Paso, TX: Carl Hartzog,1963. 1st ed. 39pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine.
Biographical essays on John R. Baylor, Quanah Parker, R. S. Mackenzie, Andrew Jackson Potter, and Bob Beverly. $25.00
133. HALEY, J. Evetts. Personal Justice on the Arizona Dessert. [El Paso, TX: Carl Hertzog, 1979]. 1st separate printing. 5pp. Illus.
Orig. pictorial wrappers. Long presentation inscription from the author on verso of front wrapper. Essay about Frank King, former cowboy
and author. $40.00
134. HALL, Sharlot M. First Citizen of Prescott: Pauline Weaver, Trapper and Mountain Man. [N.P:n.d]. 1st ed. 28pp. Portrait frontis.,
illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Presentation inscription on front wrapper, "Dear Mr. Eaton, with my compliments. Alpheus Farmer." Farmer
wrote the introduction. Pauline Weaver was a fur trapper and trader near Prescott, Arizona. $20.00
135. HALL, William Ham. Sacramento Valley River Improvement: Government Policy and Works. [San Francisco: n.p., 1905]. 1st ed.
29pp. Orig. self-wrappers. Light toning, else very good. Proposed Sacramento Valley arterial drainage and river improvements. $35.00
136. (NEVADA). HALLOCK, J. F. Annual Report of the Controller of the State of Nevada for the Eighteenth Fiscal Year, Ending
December 31, 1882. [Carson City: State Office, J.C. Harlow, Supt. State Printing], 1883. 1st ed. 119pp. Folding table. Orig. printed wrappers.
Minor sunning to spine, slight chipping to spine ends, else near fine. Detailed expenses and receipts for the state, including costs of Indian
Wars and the care of the indigent and insane. $25.00
137. (COWBOYS). HAMLEY & COMPANY. Hamley's Cowboy Catalog No. 40. Pendleton, OR: Hamley & Company, 1940. 1st
ed. 159,[2]pp. Illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Order form, pictorial return envelope laid in. Fine. Catalogue of cowboy gear: boots, saddles,
hats, chaps, bits, spurs, belts, ropes, and more. $75.00
138. HAND, Wayland D. Eyes on Texas: Fifty Years of Folklore in the Southwest. Austin: The Texas Folklore Society, 1967. 1st ed.
27pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. printed wrappers. Near fine. $10.00
139. HANNA, Archibald Jr. and REESE, William S. From Train to Plane: Travellers in the American West 1866-1936. An Exhibition
in the Beinecke Rare Book Room and Manuscript Library Yale University. 4to. Original wrappers. New Haven: Yale University, 1979. $15.00
A fine copy. Indexed.
140. (NEW MEXICO). HARLEY, George Townsend. The Geology and Ore Deposits of Northeastern New Mexico (Exclusive of
Colfax County). Socorro: New Mexico School of Mines, 1940. 1st ed. 104pp. Folding maps, folding charts. Minor wear to foot of spine, else
near fine. $20.00
141. (MONTANA). HAUSER, Samuel Thomas. Report of the Governor of Montana to the Secretary of the Interior. 1885.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. 1st ed. 7pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Unobtrusive library blindstamp on title page, else fine. A
report on agriculture, Indian depredations, reservations, stock-raising, mining, etc. $250.00
142. HAWKEYE, Harry (pseud. Paul E. Lowe). The Dalton Brothers and Their Gang: Fearsome Bandits of Oklahoma and the
Southwest: A Tales of Thrilling Adventure, Daring Deeds and Hairbreadth Escapes. By Harry Hawkeye. Original pictorial wrappers.
Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1908. $75.00
First edition. Illus. Dime novel about the Daltons. Light toning to leaves, else a fine copy.
143. HAYDEN, F[erdinand] V. Geological Report of the Exploration of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers...1859-'60. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1860. 1st ed. ix,174pp. Orig. printed wrappers in custom cloth slipcase with inner chemise. Rear wrapper
lacking, lacks folding map. else very good or better. $50.00
144. (WYOMING). HAYDEN, Ferdinand V. Panoramic Views. [Washington: U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the
Territories, 1878]. 67 x 90 cm. Folded. 3 uncolored Views on one sheet: Glacial Lake and Moraines on New Fork of Green River, Wind River
Mountains. The Glaciers of Fremont's Peak, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming. The Teton Range from Upper Gros Ventre Butte Looking West,
with the Valley of Snake River in foreground. Accompanied the Survey's 12th annual report (1878). $150.00
145. HAYDEN, Ferdinand V. Parts of Central Wyoming. [Washington: U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories,
1877]. 66 x 85 cm. Folded. Uncolored topographic map, accompanied the Survey's 12th annual report (1878). Fine. $150.00
146. HAYDEN, Ferdinand V. Parts of Western Wyoming and Southeastern Idaho. [Washington: U.S. Geological and Geographical
Survey of the Territories, 1878]. 67 x 84 cm. Folded. Uncolored topographic map to accompany the Survey's 12th annual report (1878). Fine.
$150.00
147. HAYDEN, Ferdinand V. Parts of Western Wyoming, Southeastern Idaho and Northeastern Utah. [Washington: U.S. Geological
and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 1877]. 67 x 85 cm. Folded. Uncolored topographic map, accompanied the Survey's 12th annual
report (1878). Fine. $150.00
148. HEINTZ, C.M. The Official Call for the Fifth National Irrigation Congress to Convene in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, December 15,16,17, 1896. [Los Angeles: n.p.], 1896. 4pp. Very good. $20.00
149. HERTZOG, Peter, comp. A Dictionary of New Mexico Desperados. [Santa Fe, NM]: The Press of the Territorian, [1965]. 1st ed.
44pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine lightly sunned, else near fine. Biographical dictionary of New Mexican outlaws. $15.00
150. HERTZOG, Peter, comp. A Directory of New Mexico Desperados. Santa Fe, NM: The Press of the Territorian, 1965. 1st ed.
44pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Light sunning to spine, else near fine. Brief entries on the colorful villains of New Mexico. $20.00
151. HERTZOG, Peter. Little Known Facts about Billy the Kid. [Santa Fe, NM: The Press of the Territorian, 1963]. 1st ed. 32pp. Illus.
Orig. printed wrappers. Near fine. Stamped "Complimentary copy" on title page. $20.00
152. HILL, J. L. The End of the Cattle Trail. Long Beach, CA: Geo. W. Moyle Publishing Co., [n.d.]. 1st ed. 120pp. Portrait frontis.,
illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine lightly sunned and rubbed, else near fine. On cattle drives and cowboy life on the trail. Adams, Herd, 1035.
$45.00
153. HILL, J.L. The Passing of the Indian and Buffalo. Long Beach, CA, n.d., ca. 1910. 47pp. 8 illus. Orig. printed wraps. Paper
quite darkened, else very good. $50.00
154. (NEBRASKA). HINMAN, Eleanor and RANKIN, J.O. Farm Mortgage History of Eleven South-eastern Nebraska Townships,
1870-1932. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station 1933. 1st ed. 67pp. Maps, charts. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine.
$10.00
155. (CALIFORNIA). History of the Joint Anniversary Celebration at Monterey, Cal. of the 110th Anniversary of American
Independence and the 40th Anniversary of the Taking Possession of California and the Raising of the American Flag at Monterey by
Commodore John D. Sloat of the U.S. Navy, July 7, 1846, the Celebration Being Held Monday, July 5, 1886. [San Francisco: Fraternal
Publishing Company], 1886. 1st ed. (30) pp. Illus. Orig. cloth with pictorial wrappers bound in. Front inner hinge starting, else a very good
copy. Includes an oration by Maj. Edwin A. Sherman. NUC shows only the Library of Congress copy. $100.00
156. (TEXAS). History of Texas Land. Austin, TX: General Land Office, 1958. 1st ed., ix,22pp. Illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine.$15.00
157. (CHICAGO UNION STOCK YARDS). History of the Yards, 1865-1953. [Chicago: Union Stock Yard & Transit Company of
Chicago, 1953]. 1st ed. 44pp. Illus., portrait, map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. $10.00
158. HOIG, Stan. The Battle of the Washita: The Sheridan-Custer Indian Campaign of 1867-69. Garden City, NY: Doubleday &
Company, 1976. 1st ed. xvii, 268 pp. Portraits, map endpapers. Orig. cloth-backed boards, non-priceclipped d/j. A very good copy. Study of
Custer's sole victory against the American Indians. $25.00
159. (HOOFS AND HORNS). Hoofs and Horns: A Western Range Weekly. Vol. 1, No. 15 (30 Oct. 1931). Tucson, AZ: 1931. Folio.
8pp. Illus. Folded, minor shipping, else very good. Articles on Indians and dude ranches. $25.00
160. HOUGH, Walter. Archeological Field Work in Northeastern Arizona. The Museum-Gates Expedition of 1901. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1903. Offprint. 1st separate printing. Pp. 279-358pp. 101 plates (many colored). Orig. printed wrappers. Very
light wear to spine, else near fine. $50.00
161. (WYOMING). House Journal of the Tenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wyoming. 1888. Cheyenne, WY: The Leader
Book and Job Printing House, 1888. 1st ed. 327pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine stained, partially abraded, else very good. Day-by-day
business of the House including committee reports. Rare. $250.00
162. HOWARD, George S. The Adventures of Moccasin Joe: The True Life Story of Sgt. George S. Howard. Civil War Drummer Boy;
Train Wreck Survivor; Western Scout, Hunter, and Fisherman; and Murder Victim--Who Recorded His Impressions in Prose and Poetry. His
Recollections of Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, and the Dakotas Bring the Wild West to Life. By Susan C. Reneau. Missoula, MT: Blue
Mountain Publishing, 1994. 1st ed. xiv,205pp. Portrait frontis., illus., portraits, facsimiles, maps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. Inscribed
by the author on title page. Howard traveled around the West after serving in the Civil War until his murder. $20.00
163. (WYOMING). [HOYT, John W.]. Report of the Governor of Wyoming Territory Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the
Year 1878. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1878. 1st ed. 61pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. The report concentrates on farming and
ranching in the territory. $200.00
164. (WYOMING). [HOYT, John W.]. Report of the Governor of Wyoming Territory to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year
1880. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880. 1st ed. 12pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Request increase in Federal expenditures for
Territorial governance. Rare, Worldcat locates only one copy. $150.00
165. (WYOMING). [HOYT, John W.]. Report of the Governor of Wyoming Territory Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the
Year 1881. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882. 1st ed. 79pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Includes a long section on mining in the
territory. Rare, Worldcat locates 5 copies. $100.00
166. (SOUTH DAKOTA). (HUGHES CO.). Hughes County History. Compiled and Arranged in the Office of County Superintendent
of Schools, Hughes County, So. Dak. [Pierre, SD: n.p.], 1932. 1st ed. 205pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. "Articles
contributed by pupils, teachers, pioneers and historical authorities. Appropriate newspaper clippings are acknowledged." Detailed history of
Hughes County, includes biographical sketches of early residents and families. Includes 27pp. of advertisements for local merchants. $45.00
167. HUTCHINSON, W.H. A Notebook of the Old West. Chico, CA, [1947]. 122pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Signed by the
author.
$50.00
168. (COLORADO). (LEADVILLE). [INGERSOLL, Ernest]. The Camp of the Carbonates: Ups and Downs in Leadville.
Scribner's Monthly (October 1879), Pp. [801]-832. Illus. Disbound. Very good. Account of life in mining town. $20.00
169. (CATTLE). INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. No. 939. The
Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas and the Chicago Live Stock Exchange v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company et al.
Submitted June 26, 1907. Decided October 21, 1907. Cowan & Burney for the Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas. S.H. Cowan for the
Chicago Live Stock Exchange. Ed. Baxter for Defendants. Report and Order of the Commission. [Washington, 1907]. Pp. 592-601. Orig.
printed wrappers. Certified copy. $25.00
170. (MONTANA). Irrigation in Montana. [St. Paul, MN: Northern Pacific Railway, 1905]. 1st ed. Oblong 8vo. 28pp. Illus., maps.
Orig. pictorial wrappers. Minor chipping to wrappers, else very good. $25.00
171. (WYOMING). The Irrigation Laws of Wyoming. Codified from the Revised Statutes of 1899, and the Session Laws of
1901,1903, 1905, and 1907. Cheyenne: The S.A. Bristol Co., Printers and Binders, 1908. 1st ed. 88pp. Orig. printed wrappers. With printed
slip Compliments of the State Engineer tipped in. Some leaves dog-eared, else very good. $25.00
172. (KANSAS). (ELLSWORTH COUNTY). JELINEK, George. 90 Years of Ellsworth and Ellsworth County History. Ellsworth,
KS: The Messenger Press, 1957. 1st ed. [69]pp. double-columned. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $40.00
173. JENNEY, Walter P. Mineral Wealth, Climate and Rain-fall, and Natural Resources of the Black Hills of Dakota. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1876. 71pp. Folding map. Orig. printed wrappers in red morocco-backed custom cloth clamshell box, blue
morocco spine label. Near fine. Jenney was part of an expedition under Custer's command and wrote the government report about gold
findings. Includes material on stock-raising. Map of geological survey of the Black Hills area. Graff 2207. Adams, Herd, 1170, "scarce."
Wheat, Transmississippi 1264. Eberstadt 135:287. $200.00
174. JENNEY, Walter P. The Mineral Wealth, Climate and Rain-Fall, and Natural Resources of the Black Hills of Dakota. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1876. 1st ed. 71pp. Large folding map. Printed wrappers. Lacks rear wrapper, map separated but present, else
very good. Jenney took part in an expedition commanded by Custer and made this report to the government, which was anxious to gather
information regarding gold findings. Contains a section on stock-raising. The map is a geological survey of Black Hills area. Adams, Herd,
1170, "Scarce." Graff 2207. Wheat Transmississippi 1264. Eberstadt 135:287. Jennewein 57. $100.00
175. (CALIFORNIA). JOHN HOWELL--BOOKS. Catalogue 50. Parts 1-5. California. The Library of Jennie Crocker Henderson
with Additions. Original printed wrappers. San Francisco, CA: John Howell --Books, 1979-1980. 5 parts. $75.00
First editions. Near fine set.
176. (WYOMING). [JOHNSTON, Clarence T.]. Important Notice to Those Who Own Land and to Those Who Propose to Settle on
the Ceded Portion of the Shoshone Indian Reservation, Fremont County, Wyo. [N.P.: n.p.,(1908)]. 7pp. Very good or better. On water rights,
water management, and land speculation on ceded portions of the Shoshone Indian reservation. $150.00
177. JOHNSTON, Clarence T. Irrigation in Wyoming. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. 1st ed. 60pp. Maps, folding
maps. Orig. printed wrappers. Library stamp on front wrapper, light uniform toning, else very good. $25.00
178. JUDY, J.W. Catalogue of the Entire Herd of Pure-Bred Hereford Cattle, the Property of the Iowa Hereford Cattle Company,
Indianola, Iowa. To Be Sold at Auction on the Following Dates: A Draft at Dexter Park, Chicago, Nov. 15, 1890, Remainder of Herd at
Hereford Farm, Indianola, Iowa, Dec. 10, 1890. Harvey, IL: Harvey Printing Co., 1890. 1st ed. 175,[1]pp. Frontis., illus. Orig. printed
wrappers. Pencil annotations, else very good. $100.00
179. (CATTLE). Just between You'n Me! A Personal Message to You from the American Cattleman. [Denver]: The American National
Live Stock Association, [1950]. 1st ed. [12pp. Illus., portrait. Orig. self-wrappers. Light uniform toning, else near fine. On cattle prices. $20.00
180. KUHLMAN, Charles. Did Custer Disobey Orders at the Battle of the Little Big Horn? Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company,
[1957]. 1st ed. viii,56pp. Frontis., illus., portraits, maps. Orig. pictorial cloth. Light uniform toning, else very good. $35.00
181. KURZ, Rudolph Friedrich. Journal of...An Account of His Experiences Among Fur Traders and American Indians on the
Mississippi and Upper Missouri Rivers During...1846 to 1852. Translated by Myrtis Jarrell and Edited by J.N.B. Hewitt. Washington, 1937.
1st ed. Illus. with 48 plates. 382pp. Howes K-281(aa). BAE Bulletin #115. Fine in original wrappers. An important journal. $125.00
182. [LANDER, Frederick W.]. Maps and Reports of the Fort Kearny, South Pass, and Honey Lake Wagon Road. 36th Congress, 2d
Session, Ex. Doc. No. 64. [Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861]. 1st ed. 39pp. Self-wrappers. Fine, partially unopened copy.
HOWES L-58, "Only 250 copies printed. No maps accompanied this report as published." $65.00
183. (CALIFORNIA). [LANG, Walter B.] The First Overland Mail. Butterfield Trail. St. Louis to San Francisco, 1858-1861. [n.p.,
1940]. 163pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Very good. Contemporary accounts of the famous Gold Rush trail. $50.00
184. (REMINGTON, FREDERIC). LATENDORF, E. W. Frederic Remington (Bibliographical Check List) and More Fact and
Fiction of the Old West and the Wild West. New York: Mannados Bookshop, [n.d.]. 1st ed. 72pp. Illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Very good.
Bookseller catalogue. $15.00
185. LEA, Tom. The Land of the Mustang. [Austin: The University of Texas at Austin, 1967]. 1st separate ed. [unpaged]. Plates. Orig.
cloth. Fine. $25.00
186. (NEW MEXICO). Letter from the Secretary of State of the Territory of New Mexico, Communicating a Copy of the Acts,
Resolutions, and Memorials of the Legislative Assembly of that Territory, Passed at a Session Begun and Held on the 2d June, 1851.
[Washington: n.p.], 1852. 1st ed. 74pp. Removed, in custom cloth slipcase with inner chemise. Light scattered foxing, very small hole on first
leaf affecting a few words, else very good. List of legislative actions taken with documentation of each act, resolution, or memorial. Includes
duties of justices of the peace and appropriating money for Fourth of July celebrations. $75.00
187. (MONTANA). [LIBBEY, Chan]. O.T.O. Ranch. Dude Ranch, Montana. [Livingston, WY: Hammond Printing Co., 1938]. 1st ed.
Oblong 8vo. 4pp. Plates. Orig. printed wrappers. Small insect damage to rear wrapper, else near fine. The O.T.O. Ranch claimed to be the
first dude ranch. $50.00
188. (SHEA, JOSEPH B.). The Library Collected by the Late Joseph B. Shea, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Part I: Americana. Original
printed wrappers. New York: American Art Association Anderson Galleries, 1937. $25.00
First edition. Very good or better.
189. (SOUTH DAKOTA). LINCOLN, Francis Church, et al. The Mining Industry of South Dakota. Rapid City, 1937. Illus. Pocket
map. 201pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Very good. South Dakota School of Mines Bulletin No. 17. $25.00
190. LOCKLEY, Fred. To Oregon by Ox-Team in '47: The Story of the Coming of the Hunt Family to the Oregon Country and the
Experiences of G.W. Hunt in the Gold Diggings of California in 1849. Portland, OR: Fred Lockley, [1924]. 1st ed. Orig. printed wrappers.
Spine lightly sunned, else near. fine. Condensed from the account furnished by Jeptha T. Hunt of Marion County, Oregon. $20.00
191. LOCKWOOD, Frank C. Thumbnail Sketches of Famous Arizona Desert Riders, 1538-1946. Tucson: University of Arizona,
1946. 1st ed. 30pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Brief sketches of early travelers through Arizona. $15.00
192. [LOWE, Paul E.]. Rube Burrow, the Outlaw: A Book of Thrilling Adventure and Desperate Deeds, Narrating Actual Facts as
Obtained from Principals and Eyewitnesses. By Harry Hawkeye. Original pictorial wrappers. Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1908. $100.00
First edition. Adams, Six-Guns, 947. Small chip to foot of front wrapper, uniform toning as usual, else very good or better.
193. [LOWE, Paul E.]. Tracy, the Outlaw, King of Bandits: A Narrative of the Thrilling Adventures of the Most Daring and
Resourceful Bandit Ever Recorded in the Criminal Annals of the World. By Harry Hawkeye. Original pictorial wrappers. Baltimore; I. & M.
Ottenheimer, 1908. $100.00
First edition. Adams, Six-Guns, 948. Minor chipping to rear wrapper, uniform toning as usual, else very good or better.
194. (WYOMING). MALONE, Rose Mary. Wyomingana: Two Bibliographies. Original printed wrappers. Denver: The University of
Denver Press, 1950. $35.00
First edition. Studies in Bibliography, No. One. Some pencil annotations, else very good.
195. [MALTBY, William J.]. Captain Jeff or Frontier Life in Texas with the Texas Rangers: Some Unwritten History and facts in the
Thrilling Experiences of Frontier Life. The Battle and Death of Big Foot, the Noted Kiowa Chief. The Mortally Wounding and Dying
Confession of "Old Jape," the Comanchie, the Most Noted and Bloodthirsty Savages that ever Depredated on the Frontier of Texas. By One
of the Nine, A Member of Company "E" Texas Rangers. Colorado, TX: Whipkey Printing Co., 1906. 2nd ed, 204pp. Portrait, plates. Orig.
pictorial wrappers. Spine partially abraded, a few tiny chips to wrappers, else a very good copy. HOWES M-243 "By a companion of Big
Foot Wallace in expeditions against the Commanches and Kiowas, 1850-1875." Rader 2340. Graff 2667. $150.00
196. (NEVADA). Map of the State of Nevada Showing Counties and Mining Districts, the Latter Being Indicated by Corresponding
Numbers carried on Map and by Index. Washington, DC: U.S. Geological Survey, 1922. Preliminary ed. 17 x 22 inches. Borders in color. Fine.
$15.00
197. MARKHAM, H[enry] H. Resources of California. Sacramento: State Office, 1893. 1st ed. 144 pp. Frontis.,illus. Orig. pictorial
wrappers. A very good copy. An official publication celebrating California's history and culture from pre-colonial times to the present, mostly
describing counties, the rest emphasizing agriculture. $150.00
198. MARQUIS, Thomas B. She Watched Custer's Last Battle: Her Story, Interpreted in 1927. [N.P.: n.p.], 1933. [8]pp. Orig. printed
wrappers. Fine. $15.00
199. MARQUIS, Thomas B. Sketch Story of the Custer Battle: A Clashing of Red and Blue. [N.P.: n.p.]. 1933. 1st ed. [8]pp. Orig.
printed wrappers. Fine. $15.00
200. MARQUIS, Thomas B. Two Days after the Custer Battle: A Clashing of Red and Blue as Viewed by a Gibbon Soldier.
[Scottsdale, AZ: Cactus Pony], 1934. [8]pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. $15.00
201. MARQUIS, Thomas B. Which Indian Killed Custer? Custer Soldiers Not Buried. [Santa Fe, NM: Paul D.R. Ruthling], 1933.
[10]pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. $15.00
202. MARTIN, George W. The First Two Years of Kansas, or Where, When and How the Missouri Bushwhacker, the Missouri Train
and Bank Robber, and Those Who Stole Themselves Rich in the Name of Liberty, Were Sired and Reared. Topeka, 1907. 1st ed. 30pp. Orig.
printed wrappers. A fine copy. $65.00
Howes M-335. Adams Guns 1456: "Revelations, based upon original sources, of vital historical facts not found elsewhere. The author's
quotations are from exceedingly rare files of pioneer newspapers."
203. MAURY, William A. In the Supreme Court of the United States. October Term, 1889. The United States, Plaintiff in Error, vs.
Luke Voorhees. No. 282. In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. Brief for the United States.
[Washington, DC: n.p., 1889]. 1st ed. 5pp. Orig. printed wrapper. Front wrapper lightly chipped, rear wrapper lacking, else very good. Suit
over contracted postal services in the Dakotas. $200.00
204. MAURY, William A. Supreme Court of the United States. October Term, 1886. The United states, Appellant, vs. The Maxwell
Land-Grant Company and Others. No. 974. [Washington: n.p.], 1886. 1st ed. 7pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Light offset sunning to wrappers,
small library stamp, else very good. Motion to request the Supreme Court rehears arguments. $20.00
205. MAXWELL, William Audley. Crossing the Plains Days of '57: A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-
Team Method. [San Francisco: Sunset Publishing, 1915]. 1st ed. Illus. 179pp. Orig. pictorial wrappers; lower right hand corner slightly
chipped, but a very good copy. $50.00
206. (ARIZONA). McCORMICK, Richard C. Arizona: Its Resources and Prospects. A Letter to the Editor of the New York
Tribune. N.Y., 1865 (Reprinted 1968). With a New Introduction by Sydney B. Brinkerhoff. Illus. xviii, 22pp. Fine in orig. wrappers. A
facsimile edition of Howes M-65. $25.00
207. McCOY, Joseph G. Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest. Edited by Ralph P. Bieber. Glendale, CA:
Arthur H. Clark Company, 1940. 1st ed. 435pp. Illus. Orig. cloth, orig. plain wrapper. Rear and spine of wrapper sunned, else fine. $200.00
208. McKAY, E. B. Irrigation by Artesian Wells. Report of Exploratory Survey. [Victoria, BC: Printed by Richard Wolfenden,
Government Printer, 1888]. 1st separate ed. Pp. 559-565. Very good. Interesting journal of travel and exploration throughout the Thompson
River Valley, the Okanagan and Cache Creek country, and the Nicola and Mission Valleys. $75.00
209. McKITRICK, Reuben. The Public Land System of Texas, 1823-1910. Madison, WS: University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1918.
1st ed. 172pp. Map. Orig. printed wrappers. Some wear to foot of spine, else very good. With the ownership signature of Marion Clawson,
one of the pioneers of resource and environmental economics. $35.00
210. (WYOMING). McMURTRIE, Douglas C. The Sweetwater Mines. A Pioneer Wyoming Newspaper. With Notes on the
Apparently Unique File Preserved in the Bancroft Library, University of California. Minneapolis: Privately Printed, 1935. 6pp. Very good in
orig. printed wrapper. Limited to 200 copies. $35.00
211. McNIERNEY, Michael, ed. Taos 1847: The Revolt in Contemporary Accounts. Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Company,
[1980]. 1st ed. 102pp. Portraits, maps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. First-hand accounts of the U.S. incursion into Taos. $10.00
212. (WYOMING). [MEAD, Elwood]. Second Annual Report of the Territorial Engineer to the Governor of Wyoming, for the Year
1889. Cheyenne, WY: Bristol & Knabe, Printing Company, 1890. 1st ed. [4], 100pp. Folding table. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine repaired,
else near fine. Presentation stamp on front wrapper, "Compliments of Elwood Mead, Territorial Engineer." Rather early Wyoming imprint,
includes agricultural resources, meteorology, and recommendations for dams, farming, etc. $125.00
213. MEADE, Dorothy C. The Story of Agate Springs Ranch. [Scottsbluff, NE: Business Farmer Printing, 1990]. 1st ed. 40pp. Illus.,
portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Presentation inscription from the author on verso of front wrapper. History of this Nebraska cattle
ranch. $10.00
214. MERKLEY, Christopher. Biography of Christopher Merkley. Wirtten by Himself. Salt Lake City, UT: J.H. Parry & Company,
1887. 46pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine sunned, else very good. Merkley was an early convert and Mormon missionary. Flake 5341. $75.00
215. MERRIAM, C. Hart and STEJNEGER, Leonhard. North American Fauna, No. 3: Results of a Biological Survey of the San
Francisco Mountain Region and Desert of the Little Colorado, Arizona. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. 1st ed. vii,136pp.
Illus., plates, maps (some folding). Orig. pictorial wrappers. Spine sunned, somewhat abraded, else very good. Stamped, "Compliments of J.
M. Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture." $20.00
216. (NEW MEXICO). Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Copy of the Constitution Adopted by the
Inhabitants of New Mexico, together with a Digest of the Votes for and against It; also, a Letter to the Late President of the United States.
31st Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 74. [Washington: n.p.], 1850. 17pp. Disbound. Very good. Includes the proposed New
Mexican constitution. $85.00
217. (WYOMING). The Message of the President of the United States, Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate
of the 12th Instant, Information in Relation to an Organized Band of Persons at Cheyenne, in the Territory of Wyoming or Vicinity, the Number
and Designs of Such Persons. 41st Congress, 2d Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 89. [Running Head: Encroachment upon Indians in Wyoming
Territory]. [Washington: Government Printing Office], 1870. 1st ed. 18pp. Disbound. Very old waterstain to head, not affecting text, else very
good. On the actions of the Big Horn Mining and Exploring Association on Indian lands. $50.00
218. MITCHELL, Lige. Daring Exploits of Jesse James and His Band of Border Train and Bank Robbers: Containing also Some
Desperate Adventures of the Dalton Brothers. Original pictorial wrappers. Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, [1912]. $75.00
First edition. Illus. Dime novel. "Another example of the cheap early-day novels published by this house" Adams, Six-Guns, 1518. Light
toning to leaves, else a fine copy.
219. MOORE, Tex. The West. [Wichita Falls, 1935]. 147pp. plus plates. Portrait. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Spine faded. Very good.
Adams Herd 1569. Adams Six-Guns 1538. Describes ranching, Lincoln County War, etc. $65.00
220. (WYOMING). (SINCLAIR). [MOORHEAD, Ralph B., ed.]. Parco Sinclair, Wyoming: 50 years. [Sinclair, WY: Town of
Sinclair, 1975]. 1st ed. 67pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Very good or better. History of the town. $25.00
221. (COLORADO). (CLEAR CREEK COUNTY). MORGAN, Mary E. Historical Souvenir of Clear Creek County, Colorado,
"The Gem in the Mountains." Georgetown, CO: The Georgetown Courier, 1948. 1st ed. 25pp. Illus., map. Orig. printed wrappers. Near fine.
$15.00
222. (COLORADO). (CENTRAL CITY). MORGAN, Minnie B. Historical Souvenir of Central City, Colorado "On the
Prospector's Trail." Steamboat Springs, CO: Printed by The Steamboat Pilot, 1949. 1st ed. 40pp. Illus., map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine.$15.00
223. (COLORADO). (DENVER). [MORRISON, Andrew, ed.]. The City of Denver, and the State of Colorado. [St. Louis, MO:
Geo. W. Englehardt, 1890]. 1st ed. 148pp. Frontis., illus. Lacks wrappers, else very good. A guide to Denver with much on local businesses
and mines. $50.00
224. (ALASKA CENTRAL RAILWAY CO.). Mortgage. Alaska Central Railway Company to Central Trust Company of Illinois,
Trustee. Securing Thirty-Year Fiver Per Cent Sinking Fund Gold Bonds. Dated March 1, 1903. Chicago: Rand, NcNally & Co., Printers,
1903. 1st ed. 37pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. $25.00
225. MOSLER, Alfred James. Fort Caspar (Platte Bridge Station). Caspar, WY: The Prairie Publishing Company, 1939. 1st ed. 74,[1]
pp. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Plates, map. Spine lightly sunned, some offsetting from news clipping, else very good or better. Presentation
inscription from the author on copyright page. Describes the killing of Lt. Caspar W. Collins in the 1865 Battle of the Platte Bridge Station
against the Lakota and Cheyenne in Wyoming. $40.00
226. MULLIN, Robert N. An Item from Old Mesilla. [El Paso, TX; Carl Hertzog, 1969]. [2]pp. Frontis., map. Orig. printed wrappers.
Fine. Page from a boy's 1869 diary when Billy the Kid came to town. Laid in is a 1p. typed letter, signed, from the author about Western
history matters, ending "Carl Hertzog has just sent me some copies of a little thing I wrote and I am enclosing a copy." $20.00
227. (COLORADO). MUMEY, Nolie. History of Red Rocks Park and Theater. Park of the Titans, Garden of the Titans, Yard of the
Titans, Red Rocks Park, Garden of the Angels, Rock of Ages. Boulder, 1962. Illus. 81pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Minor soiling to wrappers,
else fine. Inscribed by the author. $50.00
228. MUMEY, Nolie. Poker Alice. Alice Ivers, Duffield, Tubbs, Huckert (1851-1930). History of a Woman Gambler in the West.
Denver: Artcraft Press, 1951. 4to. Illus. 47pp. Fine in orig. stiff wrappers. Limited to 500 copies. $150.00
229. MUSEY, Henry Raymond. Combination in the Mining Industry: A Study of Concentration in Lake Superior Iron Ore Production.
New York: [n.p.], 1905. 1st ed. 169. Folding maps. Orig. printed wrappers. Minor chipping to wrappers, else very good, partially unopened
copy. Doctoral dissertation. $50.00
230. (LAND GRANTS). The National Anti-Land Grant Monthly. Vol. 1, No. 1 (June 1, 1890). Chicago: J.F. Wilcox. 40pp. Orig.
printed wrappers. Fine. "The National Anti-Land Grant Association has been started to put an end to this state of things and t restore millions
of acres to the public domain now illegally held by soulless corporations"--from the editorial. $50.00
231. (NEBRASKA). The Nebraska Question Comprising Speeches in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Chase, Mr. Smith,
Mr. Everett, Mr. Wade, Mr. Badger, Mr. Seward, Mr. Sumner Together with the History of the Missouri Compromise: Daniel Webster's
Memorial in Regard to It--History of the Annexation of Texas--the Organization of the Oregon Territory--and the Compromises of 1850. New
York: Redfield, 1854. 1st ed. 119pp. double-columned. Disbound. Light scattered foxing, else very good. The discussion for admitting
Nebraska to the Union rewoke the slavery questions of the Missouri Compromise. Sabin 52200. Afro-Americana 7004. $50.00
232. NELSON, Dick J. Crow Scout Curley's Message to General Terry of the Battle General Custer Was Fighting.[San Diego, CA: The
Steele Printing Company, 1965]. 1st ed. [8]pp. Illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Presentation inscription from the author on verso of front
wrapper." Additionally inscribed on verso of front leaf.
$35.00
233. NELSON, Herbert B. The Literary Impulse in Pioneer Oregon. Original printed wrappers. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College,
1948. $20.00
First edition. Near fine.
234. NIMMO, Joseph, Jr. Uncle Sam's Farm. The Reclamation of the Arid Region of the United States by Means of Irrigation.
Washington: Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders, 1890. 1st ed. 43pp. Folding map. Orig. printed wrappers. Library stamp on front
wrapper and title page, blindstamp on title page, else very good. $20.00
235. NORD, Myrtle. Chicken "Chicken" Bill. Durango, CO: Tri-State Printing Co., 1977/ 1st ed. 34pp. Illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers.
Fine. Account of "Chicken' Bill Lovell, of Leadville, Colorado, a notorious mine-salter. $10.00
236. (NORTH DAKOTA). North Dakota: A Land of Sunshine, Clean, Sweet Air and Healthful Climate; Contented Homes and
Forward Looking People, of Fertile Plains and Restful, Inspiring Beauty. Bismarck, ND: Commissioner of Immigration, [n.d.]. Folded sheet,
forming 15pp. Illus., verso color map. Near fine. Promotional brochure on crops and climate of North Dakota. $75.00
237. NORTH DAKOTA STOCKMEN'S ASSOCIATION. North Dakota Stockmen's Association. Mouse River Cattlemen's
Association. 1949 Convention, Minot, June 10-11, Programme. [Minot, ND: Independent], 1949. 1st ed. [12]pp. Illus., portraits. Orig.
pictorial wrappers. Very good. Pp. [2]-[8] "Mouse River Reminiscences" by Tom Davis. The front wrapper is inscribed, "This is the type of
thing I'm most in desirous for--Tom." $25.00
238. (CALIFORNIA). (SAN FRANCISCO). [O'MEARA, James]. The Vigilance Committee of 1856. By a Pioneer California
Journalist. San Francisco: James H. Barry, [1890, date on wrappers]. 57pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers starting to separate, else very
good. On the vigilante movement in gold rush San Francisco, from the point of view of the law and order faction. Howes D-84. $50.00
239. O'NEIL, Thomas E. Passing into Legend: The Death of Custer. Brooklyn, NY: Arrow and Trooper, 1991. 1st ed. 4to. ii,16pp.
Orig. pictorial wrappers. Illus., maps. Fine. $15.00
240. (WYOMING). Organic Act and General Laws of Wyoming, Together with the Memorials and Resolutions Passed by the Third
Legislative Assembly, Convened at Cheyenne, Nov. 4th, 1873. Published by Authority. Cheyenne, WY: H. Glafcke, Public Printer, 1874. 1st
ed. 288pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Head of spine abraded, some chipping to rear wrapper, else very good or better. $150.00
241. PARCHER, Marie Louise and PARCHER, Will C. Dry Ditches. Bishop, CA: The Parchers, [1934]. 1st ed. 41pp. Illus. Orig.
pictorial paper-covered boards. Some chipping to paper, spine partially abraded, else a very good copy. Rocq 2265. Signed and dated by the
authors on the ½-title. Sketches written during the period of the evacuation of the Owens Valley. $50.00
242. PARKER, Aaron F. Forgotten Tragedies of Indian Warfare in Idaho. History of the "Sheepeater" Campaigns of 1878-1879. Vivid
Story of the Last Indian wars in Idaho County. [Grangerville, ID, 1925]. 1st ed. 10pp. Orig. printed wrappers, in custom cloth slipcase with
inner chemise. Light scattered foxing to exterior, else very good. The "Sheepeaters" were a small group of Indians raiding ranches in the
Council and Indian valleys. $35.00
243. PARSONS, George W. A Thousand Mile Desert Trip and Story of the "Desert Sign Post". Los Angeles: [n.p.], 1918. 1st ed. 16pp.
Illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine tape repaired, else very good. Signed by the author on verso of front wrapper. Parsons, an attorney and
banker in the Old West, details a trip through the California desert in the winter of 1901-2. Rocq 2332. $25.00
244. PERSINGER, Joseph. The Life of Jacob Persinger Who Was Taken by the Shawnee Indians When an Infant.... Sturgeon, MO:
Printed for the Author by Moody & M'Michael, 1861. 2nd ed. 24 pp. Orig. printed wrappers. A fine copy. An Indian captivity narrative and life
in Missouri. $35.00
245. PETERS, Charles. The Autobiography of Charles Peters In 1915 the Oldest Pioneer Living in California Who Mined in "The
Days of Old, The Days of Gold, The Days of '49." Also Historical Happenings, Interesting Incidents and Illustrations of The Old Mining
Towns in The Good Luck Era The Placer Mining Days of the '50s. Sacramento, Cal.: The LaGrave Co., [n.d.]. 1st ed. (6), 231 pp. Illus. Old
waterstain on spine; spine chipped at foot, else a very good copy in orig. printed wrappers.
$40.00
246. PHILLIPS, Paul C., ed. The Battle of the Big Hole: An Episode in the Nez Perce War. Missoula: State University of Montana,
1929. 1st separate ed. Offprint. 20pp. Portrait. Orig. printed wrappers. Very good. $10.00
247. (SOUTH DAKOTA). Plain Facts about Dakota: Its Fertile Lands, Its Wonderful Crops, Its Inexhaustible Resources. Milwaukee,
WI: Cramer, Aikens & Cramer, Printers, 1888. 32pp. Illus., maps. Orig. printed wrappers. Small piece lacking from inner foot of rear
wrapper, very minor chipping, minor spotting to wrappers, ownership stamp from Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway dated 1889, else
very good. Letters from farmers and others living in Dakota extolling its merits. $250.00
248. (TEXAS). [POLK, James K.]. Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the
Commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-Ninth Congress. Washington, 1845. 138pp. Disbound. Darkened, foxed. Overall very
good. Includes "Correspondence with Texas, on the subject of Annexation" with related correspondence between the two governments, as well
as the Constitution of the State of Texas as adopted Aug. 27, 1845. (Variant printing of Howes T-116). $100.00
249. (CALIFORNIA). (GLEN ELLEN). POPPE, Charles J. Views of Glen Ellen and Vicinity. Glen Ellen, CA: Published for Chas.
J. Poppe, [1915]. Eight plates. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Includes a photograph of Wake-Robin Lodge where Jack London wrote Before
Adam and The Iron Heel. $75.00
250. (OREGON). Portland. Portland, OR: The J.K. Gill Company, [n.d.]. Oblong 4to. 23 leaves photographic plates (including one
folding). Orig. printed wrappers, two photographic pastedowns. Light chipping to extreme edges of wrappers, else very good or better.
Shows prominent buildings and scenes of turn-of-the-century Portland. $45.00
251. PORTOLA, Gaspar de. Diary of Gaspar de Portola During the California Expedition of 1769-1770. Berkeley: University of
California, 1909. 59pp. Orig. printed wrappers. (Pubs. of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, Vol. I, No. 3.) Portola was in command of the
expedition to San Diego and Monterey from May 1769 to January 1770. $25.00
252. POWELL, Donald M. An Arizona Gathering. A Bibliography of Arizoniana, 1950-1959. Orig. stiff printed wrappers. Tucson:
Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society, [1960]. $40.00
First edition. Limited to 400 copies. A fine copy.
253. PRINCE, L. Bradford. The Stone Lions of Cochiti. Santa Fe, NM: The New Mexican Printing Company, 1903. 1st ed. 21pp.
Plates. Orig. printed wrappers. Light toning to extremities, else very good or better. On ancient Indian sculpture in Sandoval County, New
Mexico. $30.00
254. PUMPELLY, Raphael. Northern Transcontinental Survey. First Annual Report of Raphael Pumpelly, Director of the Survey.
September, 1882. New York: E. Wells Sackett & Rankin, Printers, Lithographers and Stationers, 1882. 1st ed. 16pp. Orig. printed wrappers.
Upper outer corner of front wrapper lacking, small tear to foot of leaves, else very good. In 1881, Pumpelly organized the Northern
Transcontinental Survey for the Northern Pacific Railroad and published parts of his report in the Tenth Census. This survey collected
information concerning the topographical and economic features of Dakota, Montana, and Washington territories. $35.00
255. PUTNAM, George E. The Land Credit Problem. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1916. 107pp. Orig. printed wrappers.
Light chipping to head of spine, else very good or better. $15.00
256. RAMIREZ, Nora. The Southwestern International Livestock Show and Rodeo. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1972. 1st ed. 40pp.
Illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $15.00
257. (BOYNTON, J.E.). Rare Americana Including the Texas Library of the Late J. E. Boynton...Original printed wrappers. New York:
The Walpole Galleries, 1925. $20.00
First edition. Small chip and stain to front wrapper, else very good or better.
258. RASTALL, Benjamin McKie. The Labor History of the Cripple Creek District: A Study in Industrial Evolution. Madison, WS:
University of Wisconsin, 1908. 1st ed. 166pp. Plates. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine abraded, light chipping to front wrapper, else very good.
On the Cripple Creek Strike of miners in 1894, the only time a state militia was used in support of the workers. $50.00
259. (CALIFORNIA). RAYMOND, W. and WHITCOMB, I.A. Two Grand Winter Trips to California... Boston: James S. Adams,
Printers, 1883. 1st ed. 75,[5]pp. Map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. Detailed itinerary for two month sojourn in Monterey and other
resorts in central and southern California. $150.00
260. (NEVADA). Report of Committee on Federal Relations in Relation to Joint Memorial, and Resolutions Asking Government Aid in
the Construction of the Sutro Tunnel. Carson City, NV: Joseph E. Eckley, State Printer, 1867. 1st ed. iv,[3]-12pp. Orig. printed wrappers.
Small waterstain inner foot of rear wrapper, else near fine. Petition for federal assistance, demonstrating the expected effects on Western
mining and, in turn, the beneficial consequences for the nation, of the Sutro Tunnel project. $250.00
261. (ARIZONA). Report of the Governor of Arizona to the Secretary of the Interior. 1896. Washington: Government Printing Office,
1896. 1st ed. 144pp. Plates, large color folding map. Orig. printed wrappers. Light chipping to spine, two holes drilled near spine, else very
good. Rumsey 3773 listing a collection of 12 of these Annual Reports, with the 1896 edition being the earliest. Rumsey characterizes the
reports as being important studies of the development of the territory over a 14 year period.
$150.00
262. (WYOMING). (ALBANY CO.). Resources of Albany County, Wyoming Laramie, WY: Laramie Chamber of Commerce, 1913.
1st ed. 104pp. Illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine lightly sunned, else near fine. Promotional booklet to encourage both tourism and
investment in the county. $150.00
263. RICE, E.J.A. The Ride of John Phillips: An Incident of the Bozeman Trail in the Early Days of Wyoming. Ainsworth, NE:
[Privately Printed], 1930. 1st ed. [8]pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Gift presentation from Nebraska rancher and friend of Chief Red Cloud,
James H. Cook. $25.00
264. (COLORADO). (OURAY COUNTY). RICE, Frank A. The Mines of Ouray County. Ouray, CO: Bear Creek Publishing Co.,
1980. Revised ed. [iv],56pp. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $20.00
265. (WYOMING). RICHARDS, William A. Message of William A. Richards, Governor of Wyoming, to the Third Governor of
Wyoming, to the Third Legislative Assembly, 1895. Cheyenne, WY: Cheyenne Sun, Printers and Bookbinders, 1895. 1st ed. 47pp. Orig.
printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly sunned, else very good or better. $50.00
266. RICHARDSON, Ernest M. The Battle of Lightning Creek. Pacific Palisades, CA: [n.p.], 1956. 1st ed. 28pp. Account of the final
battle between the settlers and Indians in Wyoming. $50.00
267. RICKARD, Thomas A. Two Autograph Letters signed to Julian W. Feiss, dated December 1937 and 13 February 1938, the latter
in original mailing envelope. Rickard was a geologist and editor of Mining Magazine and author and editor of many books including Man and
Metals, and Retrospect, his autobiography. He responds to Julian Feiss, another mining geologist, who wrote complimenting him on
Retrospect. In the second letter Rickard talks about reading and writing. $25.00
268. RICKS, Joel Edward. Forms and Methods of Early Mormon Settlement in Utah and the Surrounding Region, 1847 to 1877.
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1964. 1st ed. v,[3],141pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine lightly sunned, else fine. On how the earlier
adversities of the Mormons forged cooperative bonds in their communities. $25.00
269. ROBERTS, Ralph J. Quicksilver Deposits of the Bottle Creek District, Humboldt County, Nevada: A Preliminary Report.
Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1940. 1st ed. 29pp. Map, folding maps. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. $15.00
270. (CALIFORNIA). (RIVERSIDE). ROBINSON, W.W. The Story of Ventura County. [Los Angeles: Title Insurance and Trust
Company, 1957]. 1st ed. 52pp. Illus., portraits, folding map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $25.00
271. ROBINSON, W.W. The Story of San Luis Obispo County. [Los Angeles: Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1957]. 1st ed. 56pp.
Illus., map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $10.00
272. (CALIFORNIA). (VENTURA COUNTY). ROBINSON, W.W. The Story of Ventura County. [Los Angeles: Title Insurance
and Trust Company, 1956]. 1st ed. 48pp. Illus., portrait, map. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. $10.00
273. ROUTT, John L. Message of Governor John L. Routt to the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Colorado. Denver: The
Smith-Brooks Printing Co., State Printers, 1893. 1st ed. 56pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Slight darkening to bottom of front wrapper, else fine.
Includes inaugural address of Davis H. Waite as governor. $50.00
274. RYDER, David Warren. Memories of the Mendocino Coast: Being a Brief Account of the Discovery, Settlement and
Development of the Mendocino Coast, Together with the Correlated History of the Union Lumber Company and How Coast and Company
Grew Up Together. San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1948. 1st ed. xiv, 81 pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. decorated wrappers, printed paper spine
label. . Label lightly chipped, else near fine. History of the Union Lumber Company.
$25.00
275. [SARVIS, J.T.]. Grazing Investigations on the Northern Great Plains. Fargo: Agricultural Experiment Station, North Dakota
Agricultural College, 1941. 1st ed. 110pp. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Very good. $25.00
276. (OREGON). (COLUMBIA RIVER). Scenes Along the Columbia River. Portland, OR: The J.K. Gill Company, [nd.]. Oblong
4to. 23 leaves of mounted photographic plates. Orig. printed wrappers, photographic pastedown. Minor chipping to wrappers, else very good
or better. Shows Mt. Hood, steamboats, lighthouses, etc. $45.00
277. (KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY). Second Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company
(Late Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division,) to the Stockholders. For the Year Ending December 31, 1868. New York: Baker &
Godwin, Printers, 1869. 1st ed. 40pp. Orig. printed boards, rebacked in later cloth, very old small waterstain on title page, else very good.
Progress of the line to end of 1868; the Texan cattle shipped from Abilene; land operations; projected extension through Arizona; trade of the
West, etc. $250.00
278. SEELEY, Charles Livingstone. Pioneer Days in the Arkansas Valley in Southern Colorado and History of Bent's Fort. Denver:
Charles Livingstone Seeley, [1932]. 1st ed. 20pp. Illus., portrait. Orig. printed wrappers. Near fine. Presentation inscription from the author on
front wrapper, "Complimentary to State Historical Society by C.L. Seeley." "Has a chapter on Jesse James, telling about his murder by Bob
Ford" Adams, Six-Guns, 1973. $175.00
279. (HUNTINGTON, HENRY E.). Selections and Duplicates, Part III from Mr. H.E. Huntington's Library. Extraordinary Collection
of Americana Comprising the Principal Part of the Famous Christie-Miller Collection Consigned by Mr. Henry E. Huntington of New York
City. The Most Remarkable Library of Rarities on the History of the American Continent Ever Offered in This Country of Europe...
Contemporary cloth, original wrappers bound in. New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1917. $35.00
First edition. A priced auction catalogue. Light wear to spine ends, else very good.
280. (WYOMING). Session Laws of Wyoming Passed by the Fifth Legislative Assembly. Convened at Cheyenne, Nov. 7, 1877.
Published by Authority. Cheyenne, WY: H. Glafcke, Public Printer, 1878. 1st ed. xvi,149pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. $250.00
281. (WYOMING). Session Laws of Wyoming Territory Passed by the Tenth Legislative Assembly, Convened at Cheyenne, on the
Tenth Day of January, 1888. Published by Authority. Cheyenne, WY: E.A. Slack, Printer and Binder, 1888. 1st ed. 274pp. Orig. printed
wrappers. Chipping to spine ends, small piece missing from upper outer corner of front wrapper, minor amount of faint foxing, else very good.
Rare, Worldcat locates one copy. $250.00
282. (IOWA). (JOHNSON CO.). SHAMBAUGH, Benjamin F. Constitution and Records of the Claim Association of Johnson
County, Iowa, with Introduction and Notes. Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1894. 1st ed. xix,196pp. Orig. printed wrappers.
Light chipping to front wrapper, else a very good partially unopened copy. Includes many deeds and genealogical information. $20.00
283. SLOAN, Dorothy. Women in the Cattle Country, Catalogue Three. Original blindstamped pictorial wrappers. Austin, TX: Dorothy
Sloan--Books, [1986]. $20.00
First edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Offset sunning to spine and front wrapper, else near fine.
284. (MONTANA). (WINDHAM). SMALL, S. J. Wouldn't You Like To Own a Home Like This? Judith Gap, MT: S.J. Small, [n.d.].
Double-sided three panel leaflet. Illus. Near fine. Promotional brochure for sale of land by Cottonwood Coal Company of "nearly 30,000 acres
of the richest agricultural lands in the famous Judith Basin, Montana, on seven years' time at 6 per cent interest." $75.00
285. SMALLEY, Vern. More Little Bighorn Mysteries: Issues Concerning the Approach to and Conduct of the Battle of the Little
Bighorn. Bozeman. MT: [Little Buffalo Press, 2005]. 1st ed. 4to. [unpaged]. Portrait frontis., illus., maps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine.
Signed by the author on title page. $25.00
286. SMITH, George Otis, and Others. The Classification of the Public Lands. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913. 1st ed.
197pp. Illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Minor wear to spine ends, else very good or better. $15.00
287. [SMITH, Marion P. and McMECHEN, Edgar C.]. Healy House State Museum and the Dexter Cabin, Leadville, Colorado.
Denver: The State Historical Society of Colorado, [1951]. 1st ed. 36pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. $10.00
288. (WYOMING). Some Views of Wyoming. Cheyenne, WY: The Department of Immigration, 1908. 1st ed. Oblong 8vo. 64pp. Illus.,
Orig. printed wrappers. Library stamp on front wrapper, else near fine. Promotional pamphlet. $100.00
289. SPEAR, Elsa. The Books and Photographs of Elsa Spear. [Sheridan, WY]: The Fort Phil Kearny/Bozeman Trail Association,
[1987]. 1st ed. 83pp. Oblong 8vo. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine. Numbered copy, presentation inscription from the author on
copyright page. History of Fort Kearny, Bozeman Trail, and much about early Wyoming settlers. $35.00
290. SPRING, Agnes Wright. Buffalo Bill and His Horses. [Ft. Collins, CO: B & M Printing Company, 1953]. 1st ed. 24pp. Portrait
frontis. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Presentation inscription from the author on verso of front wrapper. Review of booklet affixed to rear inner
wrapper, else fine. $50.00
291. SPRING, Agnes Wright. THE Cheyenne Club: Mecca of the Aristocrats of the Old Time Cattle Range. Kansas City: Don Ornduff,
1961. 1st ed. 29,[1]pp. Orig. printed wrappers. History of elite club for cattle barons in Cheyenne, Wyoming, which closed in 1888, One of
117 copies. $250.00
292. (TEXAS). [STRALEY, William Wilson]. Pioneer Sketches Nebraska and Texas. Hico, Texas: Hico Printing Co., 1915. 1st ed.
Illus. 58pp. Orig. printed wrappers. A very good copy. $175.00
Howes S-1059. Scarce.
293. STRICKLAND, Rex W. The Turner Thesis and the Dry World. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1960. 1st ed. 15,[1]pp. Orig.
printed wrappers. Fine. Consideration of settling in arid lands. Printed by Carl Hertzog, Lowman 126. $15.00
294. STRONG, Henry W. My Frontier Days and Indian Fights on the Plains of Texas. [N.P.: n.d.]. 1st ed. 122 pp. Illus. Old
waterstaining to bottom 1/4 of first 12 pp, else a very good copy in orig. printed wrappers with cloth spine back.
$100.00
295. SULLIVAN, Vernon L. Irrigation In New Mexico. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. 1st ed. 42pp. Map, folding
map. Orig. printed wrappers. Light toning, else near fine. $20.00
296. (CALIFORNIA). SUTTON, O[wen] P. and LIES, Eugene. Society of California Pioneers. Inaugural Ceremonies at the
Opening of the New "Pioneer Hall," Eighth of January, 1863. Inaugural Address, by President O.P. Sutton. Oration by Eugene Liés, Esq. San
Francisco: Printed at The Alta California Book and Job Office, 1863. 1st ed. 27pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Light scattered foxing to front
wrapper, else very good or better. $50.00
297. (WYOMING). (RIVERTON). A Sweet and Prosperous Home Is the Foundation of Happiness: A 160-Acre Farm Can Be
Obtained Cheap on 10-Years' Time--Just Like a Building Association on the Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming. 35,000 Acres Opened for
Public Entry by the Government. Greatest Irrigation System in the Country Being Built by Wyoming Central Irrigation Co. under the
Supervision of the State of Wyoming. Fertile Lands, Mild Climate, Coal, Lubricating and Illuminating Oil, Gold and Copper Mining, Cattle,
Sheep, Horses, Hogs, Water Power. Riverton, WY: Wyoming Central Irrigation Co., 1907. 1st ed. 15pp. Orig. self-wrappers. Illus., map.
Promotional pamphlet on agricultural and other possibilities of Fremont County, Wyoming. $35.00
298. TAUNTON, Francis B. "Sufficient Reason?": An Examination of Terry's Celebrated Order to Custer. London: The English
Westerners' Society, 1977. 1st ed. 97pp. Map. Orig. printed wrappers. Near fine. One of 500 numbered copies. A re-examination of Custer's
orders. $35.00
299. TAYLOR, Morris F. A Sketch of Early Days in the Purgatory. [Trinidad, CO: Risley Printing Company, 1959]. 1st ed. 48pp. Orig.
printed wrappers. Fine. Presentation inscription from the author on the title page, "For Agnes Wright Spring. Morris F. Taylor." Spring was the
prolific author bo books about early days in Wyoming and Colorado. $25.00
300. TAYLOR, Paul S. Mexican Labor in the United States Imperial Valley. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1928. 1st ed.
94pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Light chipping to wrappers, else very good. $25.00
301. TEGGART, Frederick, ed. The Official Account of the Portola Expedition of 1769-1770. Berkeley: University of California,
1909. 15pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. (Pubs. of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, Vol. I, No. 2.) The first official report of the
landmark Portola expedition to California, originally published by the Government of New Spain, here reproduced in the original Spanish and
in English facing-page translation. $10.00
302. (NEW MEXICO). TERRITORIAL BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION. Resources of New Mexico. Prepared for the Territorial
Fair to be held at Albuquerque, N.M., Oct. 3-8, 1881. Santa Fe, 1973. 63pp. plus ads. Printed wrappers. Fine. Reprint of the 1881 ed.
Elaborate land promotion with historical sketch. $12.50
303. TILGHMAN, Zoe A. [Mrs. Bill Tilghman]. Outlaw Days: A True Story of Early-Day Oklahoma Characters. [Oklahoma City]:
Harlow Publishing Co., 1926. Illus. 138pp. Very fine in orig. pictorial wrappers. The Doolin and Jennings gangs, Henry Starr, Belle Starr, etc.
$50.00
304. TILTON, James. General Orders, No. 1. [New Haven, CT: Friends of the Yale Collection of Western Americana, 1966]. Facsimile
of 1855 broadside from Olympia, Washington Territory, part of the Yakima Indian War. Fine. 9-3/4 x 12-3/4 inches. One of 300 copies. $25.00
305. (YELLOWSTONE). To Provide for the Appointment of a Commission to Inspect and Report on the Condition of Indians, Indian
Affairs, and Other Purposes. [Running title: Indians and Yellowstone Park]. 49th Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 1076. [Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1886]. 1st ed. 63pp. Disbound. Faint scattered foxing, else very good. Testimonies include speeches, reports, and
sworn statements by Indians, agents, traders, military and civilian officers, relating to Indian affairs, treaty rights and violations, and social
conditions, examination of costs to maintain the first National Park, and its influence upon adjacent Indian reservations. $45.00
306. (OREGON RAILWAY). To the Stockholders of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. New York: September 27, 1889.
1st ed. 2pp. On modifying the indenture lease of the railroad. Rare, Worldcat locates only one copy. $250.00
307. (ARIZONA). (AJO). TRAIN, Arthur, Jr. Ajo: Early History of Ajo, Home of New Cornelia Branch, Phelps Dodge Corporation.
[N.P.: n.p.], 1941. 1st ed. 15pp. Illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. On the development of Ajo, Arizona, as a mining town. $50.00
308. (MCKEIGHAN, WILLIAM A.). A Tribute of Respect to Hon. W.A. McKeighan. From May Alliance, No. 1772. [N.P.:n.p.,
1892]. [2]pp. Orig. printed wrapper. Very old waterstains to wrappers, else very good or better. McKeighan was a populist two-term
Congressman from Nebraska. $15.00
309. TRUDEAU, Jean Baptiste. Journal of Jean Baptiste Trudeau among the Arikara Indians in 1795. Translated by Mrs. H.T.
Beauregard. Missouri Society Collections, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1912), Pp. 9-48. Plates, large folding map. Orig. printed wrappers. Front wrapper
lightly chipped, separated, else very good. $35.00
310. TUCKER, Mary. Books of the Southwest: A General Bibliography, Original printed wrappers. New York: J. J. Augustin, [n.d.].
35.00
First edition. Some wear to spine, else a very good copy.
311. (RANCHING). Typed Contract between The Red River Valley Co. and Tipton Brothers 25 October 1904, 2pp., signed by C. M.
O'Donal, W. R. Tipton, and T. F. Tipton. Dealing with raising cattle by the Tiptons for the Red River Valley Co. $200.00
312. (COLTON MINING & MILLING CO.). Typed contract signed, dated 23 December 1905. 7pp. Agreement on distributing land
claims in Lincoln County, Nevada. $100.00
313. (MINING). United States Mining Laws and Regulations Thereunder. General Land Office, April 1, 1879. [Washington, DC]:
General Land Office, 1879. 1st ed. 28pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Very old waterstain, light scattered foxing, else very good. [with]
WILLIAMSON, J. A. Circular. Department of the Interior, General Land Office, Washington, D.C., January 17, 1881. 1st ed. 2pp. On land
grants for mining. Rare, Worldcat locates 2 copies. $50.00
314. (CALIFORNIA). UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. The International Competition for the Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan
for the University of California. San Francisco, [1899]. Oblong 4to. 152pp. Illus. Ports. Plans. Text in English, French, Italian & German. Orig.
printed wraps. Ex-lib. Corners of front wrapper lacking, spine ends chipped. Overall very good. The Board of Regents was planning the
campus when Mrs. Hearst expressed interest in funding an international competition and two of the buildings. Contains history, instructions for
competing, two photos of exhibition room full of submitted entries, plates of first through fifth prize-winning entries. First prize went to
Monsieur E. Bernard of Paris who won $10,000. Many plates of drawings submitted. $100.00
315. UPTON, Richard, ed. The Custer Adventure as Told by Its Participants. [Fort Collins, CO]: The Old Army Press, [1975]. 1st ed.
119pp. Illus., maps, plates. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Very good. Presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper. Overview of
the Little Big Horn. $15.00
316. (UTAH). Utah and Statehood. Objections Considered. Simple Facts Plainly Told. With a Brief Synopsis of the State Constitution.
By a Resident of Utah. New York: Printed for the Author by Hart & Von Arx, 1888. 1st ed. 11 pp. A very good copy.
$75.00
317. (UTAH). Utah: Its Resources and Attractions. 1901. Compliments of the Passenger Department. [Omaha: Union Pacific Railroad
Co,], 1901. 10th ed. 98,[1]pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly foxed and chipped, light uniform toning, else very good. Description
of the agricultural and mining resources of Utah as well as its attractions for ranching, mining, and farming. $50.00
318. (NEW MEXICO). UTLEY, Robert M. Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico. Washington, D.C., 1962. Illus. 68pp. Orig.
printed wrappers. Very good. $15.00
319. (WYOMING). The Vanished Frontier. [Laramie, WY: Wyoming Pioneer Association, 1929]. 1st ed. 32pp. Illus., portrait. Orig.
pictorial wrappers. Fine. Essays on the pioneers. $75.00
320. (OREGON RAILWAY). VILLARD, Henry. To the Stockholders of the Oregon & Transcontinental Company. New York: May
21, 1888. 1st ed. 1p. Villard, the founder of the railroad, announces that he has secured foreign capital for the company. $250.00
321. VOLLMER, George Frederick. An Example of Irrigation in the Arid Regions of the United States. London: The Institution of
Civil Engineers, 1905. 1st separate ed. 9pp. Folding plate. Orig. printed wrappers. Light wear to spine, else very good. $20.00
322. WALLACE, Henry A. The Western Range. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture Transmitting in Response to Senate
Resolution No. 289 a Report on the Western Range--A Great but Neglected Natural Resource. 74th Congress, 2d Session, Document No. 199.
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1936. 1st ed. 620pp. Illus., maps. Orig. printed wrappers. Minor chipping to foot of spine, else
near fine. $25.00
323. (WYOMING). WARREN, Francis E. Report of the Governor of Wyoming to the Secretary of the Interior. 1885. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1885. 1st ed. 118pp. Large color folding map Orig. printed wrappers. One very small stain and hole in front
wrapper, else near fine. Much material on fauna of Wyoming Territory, Indians, institution,. Includes "Special Report Concerning Chinese
Labor Troubles." $250.00
324. WATERHOUSE, Sylvester. The Resources of Missouri. St Louis: Stereotyped and Printed by Aug. Wiebusch & Son, 1867. 1st
ed. 96pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Includes many pictorial advertisements. On the wealth of natural resources in Missouri. $85.00
325. (TEXAS). WAUGH, Julia Nott. Castro-Ville and Henry Castro, Empresario. San Antonio, TX: Standard Printing Company, 1934.
1st ed. 97pp. Portrait frontis., illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. Castroville is 25 miles west of San Antonio and was founded in 1844. $45.00
326. WEADICK, Guy. Clay McGonagil: A Fast Man with a Rope. Clarendon, TX: Clarendon Press, 1962. 1st ed. [14]pp. Illus. Orig.
wrappers, printed paper label. Spine very slightly sunned, else near fine. One of 92 numbered copies. McGonagil was one of the top rodeo
ropers. $75.00
327. WEGEMANN, C.H., HOWELL, R.W., and DOBBIN, C.E. The Pumpkin Buttes Coal Field, Wyoming. Washington: United
States Government Printing Office, 1928. 1st ed. 14pp. Plate, folding maps, folding chart. Orig. printed wrappers. Light toning, minor
chipping to spine, else very good. $15.00
328. [WEHMAN, Henry J.]. The Scouts of the West; or, the Rifle and the Tomahawk. New York: Clinton T. De Witt, [c. 1860]. 48 pp.
Frontis., illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Wrappers separated but present, very old waterstain to front wrapper, rear wrapper repaired with tape,
a good copy. Accounts of frontier life and adventuring particularly in western Pennsylvania and Virginia. $100.00
329. WERNER, Herman. On the Western Frontier With the United States Cavalry Fifty Years Ago. N.p., 1934. 1st ed. Portr. 98pp.
Orig. stiff printed wrappers. $40.00
Howes W-259. The Modoc War, Montana operations, etc.
330. (WEST). The West: Its History and Romance. Rare, Curious and Important Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides and Maps Relating to
the Western States from the Ohio to the Pacific including the Original Manuscripts of Sutter's Fort, 1846-1847. Original printed wrappers.
New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1921. $25.00
First edition. Spine starting, a few marginal annotations, else very good.
331. (BARBER, GUTHRIE Y.). Western Americana and Other Americana, Canadiana, with Many Rarities. An Important Collection o
Currier & Ives and Other American Lithographs. Collected by the Late Guthrie Y. Barber, New York. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries,
1941.
$25.00
First edition. Small chip from head of front wrapper, else very good.
332. WHEAT, Carl I. Mapping the American West, 1540-1857. A Preliminary Study...Dedicated to Henry R. Wagner. Orig. wrappers.
Worcester, Mass.: American Antiquarian Society, 1954. $60.00
First separate edition. Covers a trifle soiled, else a fine copy.
333. (CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD). Wheeler N. French, vs. Henry F. Teschemacher. Supreme Court of California. [N.P.: n.p.,
n.d.]. 52pp. Removed. Very good. This famous case involved the power and right of San Francisco to subscribe to railroad stock , and the
liability of the city for railroad debts. $100.00
334. WHEELER, Olin D. Wonderland 1906. St. Paul, MN: A. M. Cleland, General Passenger Agent, Northern Pacific Railway, 1905.
69,[4]pp. Frontis., illus, map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. Promotional work by the Northern Pacific with the scenic attractions of its
routes. $100.00
335. WHITE, C.A. and AUGHEY, Samuel. Artesian Wells upon the Great Plains; Being the Report of a Geological Commission
Appointed to Examine a Portion of the Great Plains East of the Rocky Mountains, and Report upon the Localities Deemed Most Favorable for
Making Experimental Borings. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882. 1st ed. 38pp. Large folding map. Orig. printed wrappers.
Lacks rear wrapper, front wrapped lightly chipped, else very good.
$100.00
336. (NEVADA). WHITE, Cora Fay. Lyon County Where It Is, and What It Contains: Close to California, Made Up of Rich Valleys
and Mineral-laden Hills, It Still Has Available Lands at Reasonable Prices, and Is an Ideal Homing Spot. [San Francisco: The Ten Bosch
Company, nd]. 1st ed. 30 pp. Frontis. illus., map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Wrapper a little worn and faded, else a very good copy. A
promotional pamphlet for the Walker River area, includes information on water, farming, mining, and towns. Rare, OCLC finds only 6 copies.
$250.00
337. (CATTLE). WILSON, Brownlow. Typed Letter signed to Harold J. Cook, Agate Springs Ranch, Agate, 4pp., dated 5 January
1931. Detailed letter on cattle prices in the depths of the Depression. Wilson was the manager of the W.S. Land and Cattle Company,
Cimarron, New Mexico. $125.00
338. WILSON, Eldred D., J.B. CUNNINGHAM, and G.M. BUTLER. Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining. Tucson:
University of Arizona, 1934. 1st ed. 261pp. Maps, diagrams, folding map. Orig. printed wrappers, Small old waterstain to head of page, not
affecting text, else near fine. $25.00
339. WOOTON, E[lmer] O[tis]. The Public Domain of Nevada and Factors Affecting Its Use. Washington, DC: United States
Department of Agriculture, 1932. 1st ed. 52pp. Map, 2 large folding maps. Orig. printed wrappers. Internally cracked, else very good. On the
use of public lands. Ownership signature on front wrapper of Marion Clawson, one of the pioneers of resource and environmental economics.
$25.00
