Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. First Edition. 418pp. Quarto [26 cm] Black cloth with the title on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. From primary sources collected over thirty years, both textual and photographic, the author tells the story of the military subjugation of these Plains Indians and their removal..... More
Chicago: Belford, Clarke, & Co., 1881. First Edition. 286 + [16]pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Yellow cloth with titles and mule illustration stamped in black and gilt. Very good. Gentle wear to boards, internally nice. "This book deals largely with the singular scenery and Peculiar people of the Rocky Mountains. It..... More
New York: Random House, 1950. First Edition. 241pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Black cloth. A few small chips to the extremities of the jacket otherwise book and jacket better than very good. "In that game Jim Stanton, by profession a gambler, and by avocation a connoisseur of guns, won a store..... More
Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1929. First Edition. 126pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Near fine. Inscribed by George H. Brimhall to Franklin S. Harris in the year of publication on the front free endsheet: "George H. Brimhall from President Franklin..... More
London: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1950. First Edition. 283pp. Octavo [25 cm] Dark blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Top edge gilt. Very good. Both maps present in the rear pocket. The Hudson's Bay Record Society Publications, Volume XIII. Ogden's expedition of 1824–25 was the first..... More
London: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1961. First Edition. 255pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Both maps present in the rear pocket. The Hudson's Bay Record Society Publications, Volume XXIII. Ogden's expedition of 1826-27 traveled through the Klamath country, a part..... More
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1968. First Edition. 372pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth. Jacket is price-clipped otherwise near fine/near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. "The best coverage of cattle-raising in the Pacific Northwest. With impressive scholarship, Oliphant covers an important corner of the range industry which is often entirely..... More
Portland: The Oregon Historical Records Survey, February, 1941. 332pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Tan printed wrappers with a binder's tape spine as issued. Very good. Title manuscript in white on the spine. WPA work detailing the holdings of the Wasco County archives located in The Dalles. Uncommon. More
San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1966. First Edition. 233pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Light blue cloth. Near fine/Near fine. "Dr. Albert G. Osburn's two-year odyssey from 1849 to 1851 first takes him to mine for gold on the Yuba and upper Sacramento rivers. He was one of the leaders of a...... More
Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, December, 1926. 269pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Lower half of jacket's spine missing. Former owner name in ink on the rear free endsheet. Epic poem describing the Mormon Pioneer..... More
Salt Lake City: The Deseret News Press, 1927. 256pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Dark blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and again on the backstrip. Very good. Small faint staining to backstrip and rear board. Lacks the dust jacket. Inscribed on the limitation page [front free..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1953. First Edition. 410pp. Octavo [24 cm] Tan cloth. Very good/Very good. Gift inscription in ink on the half-title. "John Evans, former governor of Colorado, organized in 1881 a railroad to run southward from Denver as the first link in cheap rail-water route via the..... More
Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Quarterly, October, 1928. Volume 1 - Number 4. [101]-128pp. Octavo [23 cm] Gray printer wrappers. Very good. Fourth issue of this important and long-running periodical. Articles are: 'Personal Recollections of Wash-a-kie, Chief of the Shoshones' by P.L. Williams - 'Father Escalante and the Utah..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1949. First Edition. 295pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth with the title in blue on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Jacket is price clipped. "This is a firsthand description of two so-called 'short cuts' traveled by the prairie schooners of our pioneer grandfathers on their way..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1943. First Edition. 514pp. Octavo [22 cm] Red cloth with the title in white on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Jacket is price clipped with minor nicking at the corners. Square of discoloration on front pastedown likely from bookplate removal. Short inscription on front free endsheet..... More
Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1983. 186pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Publisher's red buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good. "Joel Palmer was widely known and highly respected in the Oregon Territory. He was elected speaker of the House of Representatives in Oregon in..... More
[Provo, UT]: Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, 1982. First Edition. 106pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with silver stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Fine. This work covers the formative years of Young's life, including his conversion to the Mormon faith, and the development of his..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. First Edition. 336pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip and front board. Fine. American Trails Series XX (20). The first scholarly work on children's narratives of the trail. Although at least one-fifth of the approximately 350,000..... More
New York: American Geographical Society, 1928. 289pp. Quarto [26 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt on black labels on the front board and backstrip. Very good. "The history of Elizabethan expansion is to a great extant the work of Richard Hakluyt, to a greater extent perhaps than the record..... More
Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Incorporated, 1962. First Edition. 196pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] White buckram with the title in red on the backstrip and printed blood splatters on the front board. Black buckram slipcase with printed white a wraparound printed label. The backstrip is gently sunned. Stain to wraparound label on..... More
Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1937. First Edition. 575pp. Octavo [24 cm] Green cloth with the title and borders gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Book has been placed in a 1968 reprint jacket, with '1968' crossed out and '1937 1st ED'..... More
Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1972. 74pp. Quarto [28 cm] Comb bound yellow wrappers with the title on the cover. Better than very good. Utah State Historical Society: Western Trail Guide Series, Number 1. Detailed and illustrated guide of the Mormon Battalion's march from Fort Leavenworth to San..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1997. First Edition. 137pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on backstrip and front board. Near fine. Northwest Historical Series XVIII (18). "The primary accounts offered in this work detail the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest as conducted by..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904. First Edition. 160pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Dark green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Gilt stamped image of the Whittier home on the front board. Better than very good. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "Ellen..... More
Salt Lake City: Granite Publishing Company, 1958. First Edition. 371pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth with the title printed in off-white on the front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. "Joseph C. rich might well be called the versatile pioneer; for pioneer he was, and a man of many talents and accomplishments..... More